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Windows 8 Has Deep Integration With Facebook, Twitter, Google

As part of its Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Microsoft has been releasing a small selection of apps for testing. One, called People, seems particularly interesting, acting as an OS-wide social and contact tool that integrates with Facebook, Twitter and Google, amongst others. The cloud-based app is designed to keep contacts in order, sure, by syncing…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Watch the latest Amazing Spider-Man videos! Plus an Arrested Development star joins the Munsters remake!

Total Recall director Len Wiseman explains why his reboot isn’t just copying the original. Tim Burton discusses the weird kids of Frankenweenie. Tom Cruise starts filming Oblivion. A Next Generation legend joins Warehouse 13. Plus a new Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter clip! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Total Recall. The Amazing Spider-Man…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Girl Gets New Veins Made From Her Own Stem Cells

A team of scientists from the University of Gothenburg has managed to grow new veins for a 10-year-old girl using her own stem cells—and then, in a medical first, successfully implant them into her body. The team explain in the Lancet that the girl had a blocked hepatic portal vein—the blood vessel which takes blood…

Health Jamie Condliffe

How Facebook Uses You as Part of a Giant Sociological Experiment

Facebook, with its 900 million users, is a social scientist’s wet dream: a huge number of participants, all offering up rich streams of personal information. Obviously that hasn’t escaped Facebook’s attention, which is why it has its own team of social scientists analyzing all of our data—and, on occasion, experimenting with us too. Technology Review…

Social Media Jamie Condliffe

Reddit Bans Links to Big-Name Sites Over Spamming Violations

Reddit has announced, in a new subreddit called r/BannedDomains, that it is banning a swathe of big-name websites—including The Atlantic and Businessweek—in a bid to limit spam and abuse. Reddit explains that the bans are being issued to sites which are “spammy, malicious, or involved in cheating shenanigans”, and users that submit links to any…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Paul Simon: You Can Call Me Al

What’s not to love about this? Simon without the Garfunkel (seriously, without him “Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme” would have been 160 bpm). Chevy Chase doing the Chevy Chase. Plus, THE MOST ROCKIN’ HORN SECTION OF ALL TIME. It is, in the parlance of the times, Teh Shit.

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

The Stoner Channel: Mike Tyson on LeBron James, Microscope Bongs, and Steve Jobs—iPothead

“LeBron James” – Mike Tyson Iron Mike rocks a guitar like he rocked Marvis Frazier’s dome. Steve Jobs Smoked Weed—Surprised? According to documents uncovered by Wired, a 1980’s application for top-secret government clearance uncovered some interesting facts about Steve Jobs’ youthful drug dabbling: He also provided additional details about his drug use. It’s been previously…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

NASA’s Robo-Garden Is a Terra-Forming Trifecta

Colonizing Mars is a Sisyphean task—we’ll have to produce our own food, water, and most importantly, our own atmosphere. This new robotic aerogarden, however, could produce all three. The grow system is being designed by a team of students from the Colorado University, Boulder and Colorado State as part of the X-Hab competition—an annual engineering…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Tarantola

Picture of the Day: June 13, 2012

IF YOU CAN MAKE IT HERE… | “Alien World” by Johnson Ting on Deviant Art. Want to read today’s io9 stories a different way? Check out our blog view. Or visit Observation Deck, our general discussion forum.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

ChatWithTheBand—Like Airtime, But With Famous People

Although journalists and bloggers continue to debate the utility, novelty, and ethicality of the new much-buzzed-about start-up Airtime, there’s no denying that live video chatting has secured a place in the pantheon of internet fads. Airtime follows the lead of several existing video chat services: Skype, Chatroulette, Apple’s FaceTime, Google+ Hangouts, Tinychat, etc. While each…

Tech News Eliot Van Buskirk - Evolver.fm

This Miniscule Backpack Packs a Massive Load

The Trek Light PackBack weighs just 3 ounces and can fold into a package the size of a toddler’s fist, but its uber-strong parachute nylon construction means it can hold over 30 pounds of stuff. Forget a fist, you could fit a whole child in there! Its feathery weight and packability do come with some…

Tech News Michael Zhao

Do You Care if The Best Laptop Ever Is the Most Impossible to Repair?

At this point, we’ve gushed and slobbered about the Retina MacBook Pro enough (until we review it, that is). Today we learned that in addition to being an engineering marvel, it’s a DIY black hole. Does that matter? The Retina Pro’s unified construction not only means damage to the screen requires replacing an entire half…

Tech News Sam Biddle

What If Facebook Started Charging Facebook Users?

Have you seen Facebook stock lately? It’s no where near where it IPO’d at. And since that means Facebook isn’t worth as much, the hilarious folks at Jest realized that means Facebook needs to start earning some cash moneys… by charging for Facebook. Can you imagine how many options Facebook could offer if they decided…

Social Media Casey Chan

Designing a Dumb Flying Robot That Can Safely Crash Is Easier and Cheaper

As the story goes, when farmers were looking for a better way to deliver tomatos undamaged, they just engineered a more resilient vegetable. And that’s basically the same approach being taken by crash-friendly flying robot researchers at the EPFL. Instead of focusing their efforts on obstacle and collision avoidance systems, which can weigh a robot…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Songkick Concerts: Never Miss Your Favorite Band

It’s a big bummer when a band you likes comes through town and you miss it. But your brain can’t be expected to track every single show put on by every single band you like. So that’s why SongKick Concerts is useful. What does it do? This app ensures you never miss a concert. It…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Hollywood Steve Jobs Returns to Disgrace Apple’s Magic Garage

Ashton Kutcher’s cinematic opus, jOBS—yes, it’s spelled like that—is getting real. How real? People who look nothing like the characters they’re playing have entered the Jobs family home, where Apple was born. These shots from the Los Altos set show Ashton Kutcher, like a broke-ass Shaggy from Scooby Doo, doing his best to look dour.…

Tech News Sam Biddle

This Is Not a Comic Book

You could technically refer to Sharon Moody as a comic book artist, but that description would only be a half-truth. She was responsible for all the artwork in this issue of Superman, but only because that’s actually a hyper-realistic painting of the comic book. Sharon uses an oil painting technique called trompe l’oeil, and it’s…

Books & Comics Andrew Liszewski

This Is the MacBook Pro Retina Model You Should Buy

OK, so you’re buying a retina display MacBook Pro. Let’s look past the fact that a maxed-out MacBook Air is probably enough for most regular people, or that if you order a new retina MBP today you’ll have to wait a month until it arrives. Let’s figure this thing out! Now, not to belabor the…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Melie Bianco’s Neon iPad Clutch Is as Stylish as You Are

Ladies, here’s a eye-catching way to tote your tablet. Melie Bianco has a new neon faux patent leather purse specifically designed for your iPad or whatever slate you’re shlepping. Are you drooling yet? It’s 13 inches tall and nine inches wide and it’s got a detachable strap, so you can carry it as a clutch…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Some Amazing Science Fiction Picture Books For Your Kids (And You)

We’re used to seeing lots of fantasy picture books aimed at little kids — so it’s nice to find a bunch that are more geared towards science fiction. Check out a look at some new science fiction picture books… plus one classic. Spoilers ahead… Top image: Oh No! Not Again!: (Or How I Built a…

io9 Michael Ann Dobbs

Windows 8 Has Deep Integration With Facebook, Twitter, Google

Watch the latest Amazing Spider-Man videos! Plus an Arrested Development star joins the Munsters remake!

Girl Gets New Veins Made From Her Own Stem Cells

How Facebook Uses You as Part of a Giant Sociological Experiment

Reddit Bans Links to Big-Name Sites Over Spamming Violations

Paul Simon: You Can Call Me Al

The Stoner Channel: Mike Tyson on LeBron James, Microscope Bongs, and Steve Jobs—iPothead

NASA’s Robo-Garden Is a Terra-Forming Trifecta

Picture of the Day: June 13, 2012

ChatWithTheBand—Like Airtime, But With Famous People

This Miniscule Backpack Packs a Massive Load

Do You Care if The Best Laptop Ever Is the Most Impossible to Repair?

What If Facebook Started Charging Facebook Users?

Designing a Dumb Flying Robot That Can Safely Crash Is Easier and Cheaper

Songkick Concerts: Never Miss Your Favorite Band

Hollywood Steve Jobs Returns to Disgrace Apple’s Magic Garage

This Is Not a Comic Book

This Is the MacBook Pro Retina Model You Should Buy

Melie Bianco’s Neon iPad Clutch Is as Stylish as You Are

Some Amazing Science Fiction Picture Books For Your Kids (And You)

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