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Looks Like That Ikea TV Could Be Pretty Great—And Cheap

So far, the best thing you could say about Ikea’s media center-TV centaur was that it came with an appropriately quirky introductory video. But GigaOm’s got some actual, you know, details about the Uppleva. And they’re looking very, very appealing. The big sell for Uppleva, of course, is that it’s chock full of internet. To…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Facebook Will Offer Up 50 Million More Shares Than Expected

Facebook has announced that it will be selling an extra 50.6 million shares, at a price likely to fall between $34 and $38 per share, reports TechCrunch. That should snag them at least another $13.1 billion—and probably push their final valuation north of the expected $100 billion. The extra release of 50,612,302 shares will be…

Social Media Jamie Condliffe

Overhead Electric Lines for Trucks Are Coming to California

Systems of overhead electric cables are a common sight on trams and trains—but a new system designed to power road-going trucks is landing in the US. Developed by Siemens, the overhead lines will soon be rolled out for testing in California. The system, called eHighway, is just like that uses by trains. Overhead electric cables…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Most Popular Surveillance Cameras Can Be Hacked

In a world where security cameras are nearly as ubiquitous as light fixtures, someone is always watching you. But the watcher might not always be who you think it is. Three of the most popular brands of closed-circuit surveillance cameras are sold with remote internet access enabled by default, and with weak password security –…

Privacy & Security Kim Zetter - Wired

Mountain Biking Down 1,000 Steps Is as Terrifying as It Sounds

When the Colombian downhill mountain biker Marcelo Gutierrez competes in races, he’s kind enough to video his rides and post them online. They’re usually terrifying, but this one, which took place in the foothills of Montserrate last week, is particularly exhilarating. It took Gutierrez just 4 minutes and 27 seconds to complete the Red Bull…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Is This the World’s Most Over-Crowded Restroom?

This is the male public restroom at Celestial Heights in Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong. The room boasts a positively luxurious 27 square feet of floor space, into which eight urinals are squeezed. Eight urinals, with less than six inches separating each one. There are some obvious problems here. The first is purely physical: with…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Best Buy Chairman to Resign Over CEO’s Affair

Richard Schulze is the founder of Best Buy, and is soon to step down from his position as chairman for the firm. Why? Because he got caught up in the mess that was his CEO’s affair with Dayna Cline, but failed to alert board members despite knowing it was going on. https://gizmodo.com/is-this-the-mistress-who-took-down-the-ceo-of-best-buy-5901903 The Best Buy…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

What Would You Most Like to See Printed in 3D?

Right now, strange and spectacular 3D-printed objects are proliferating in the tech and design worlds. Butt plugs, cakes, brains, scaled models of Fenway Park. There is seemingly no object that a 3D printer won’t try. What would you, our readers, like to see printed in 3D? Please, share your answers and ideas in the comments!…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Brave Blogger Confronts Evil Newspaper Editor Who Plagiarized His Post

On May 1, a Missouri man named Duane Lester published on his personal blog a post titled “Changes Implemented After MO Auditor Finds ‘Serious Shortcomings’ In Holt County Sheriff’s Department.” 10 days later, the local newspaper for Oregon, Missouri, covered the same story Duane had written about on his blog. In fact, the Oregon Times…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon: The Ultralight, Semi-Rugged Carbon Fiber Ultrabook

Tablets may be the next big thing in mobile computing, but don’t count out ultrabooks just yet. At least not until you’ve given Lenovo’s Thinkpad X1 Carbon—a feather-weight, carbon fiber workhorse a closer look. It’s tough, it’s light, and you don’t have to be an office drone to crave it. The X1 Carbon it the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Here’s the Brand New AMD Processor that Could Power Your Next Laptop

You didn’t think AMD was going to let Intel get all the cool new processor attention with Ivy Bridge, did you? AMD’s latest and greatest is now: Trinity. It’s runs fast, cool, efficiently, and packs some terrific graphical tricks. To put it simply, Trinity is about graphics. The chip packs a significant CPU upgrade, of…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Robots Stealing Unicorns, Meth-Testing Spice, and Five (More) Ways the Man Is Keeping You Down

The Top Five Special Interest Groups Lobbying To Keep Marijuana Illegal What’s that you say? Law enforcement has a vested interest in keeping weed a Schedule 1 Drug despite evidence that it’s less damaging and dangerous than cigarettes and alcohol simply so they can keep raking in Federal cash? Noooooo. [Republic Report via @RepublicanDalek –…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Printed books existed nearly 600 years before Gutenberg’s Bible

It is a little-known but undisputed historical fact that Johannes Gutenberg did not invent the printing press. Though the Gutenberg Bible was certainly the first mass produced printed work, it was hardly the first printed book — nor was it even the first made using movable type. Chinese and Korean inventors had been producing printed…

io9 Annalee Newitz

What Is This?

Garth Britzman‘s “Pop Culture” is an environmentally green art project, comprised of 1,500 recycled plastic beverage bottles. Each bottle is filled with colored water and hangs from a string of varied length. The result is a brilliant, stained glass-looking canopy meant to call attention to our consumer “pop” culture and our global need to recycle.…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

How to Safely Eat Fallen Food with the 5-Second Rule

Who among us hasn’t quickly reclaimed a floor cookie when no one was looking? If nobody’s seen: it didn’t happen and it’s not dirty. Well, not quite. A new study out of Manchester Metropolitan University has come up with a more nuanced iteration of the fallen food rule. Because, if you’re going to do it,…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

There’s Not an App for That: When Will Our Smartphones Be Recognized as Valid Forms of ID?

Over the weekend, I flew to LA to attend the wedding of my mother’s cousin, a beautiful ceremony, right on the ocean, at a hotel in Santa Monica called Shutters. Vows were exchanged and champagne flowed and as soon as we were seated inside for dinner, I was hit with a world of ridiculous. Figuring…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

A Custom-Made, Data-Driven Butt Plug for Each GOP Presidential Candidate

Forget everything that’s come before: these data-driven butt plugs are far and away the best use of 3D-printing technology on this side of the 2012 presidential campaign. Grand Ole Party is a data visualization of voter approval rates, amongst registered republicans, for each of the GOP candidates. It’s also a set of butt plugs. To…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Would You Live in a Church?

Just outside of Adelaide, Australia, there’s a pedestrian-looking, bluestone church deserving of a second glance. Inside, the 1877 house of worship has been completely renovated and transformed into a thoroughly modern dwelling. It’s such a unique residence that it’s no surprise that it was snapped up almost immediately after it went on the market. What…

Tech News Kif Leswing

Once Upon A Time’s Season Finale: This Changes Everything

After a few slow weeks, last night Once Upon A Time finally let all its cats out of the bag and then chased them around town with a vacuum. So let’s break this mother down, because we have a lot of convenient ground to cover. Spoilers ahead… While I’m kind of ticked at Once for…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Picture of the Day: May 14, 2012

SPEND A DAY IN ORBIT AROUND JUPITER | “Sunrise on Io,” concept art by Ron Miller. This is just the first image in a gallery tracking what an entire day would look like from Jupiter’s moon Io. https://gizmodo.com/experience-one-spectacular-day-in-orbit-around-jupite-5910258 Want to read today’s io9 stories a different way? Check out our blog view. Or visit Observation…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Looks Like That Ikea TV Could Be Pretty Great—And Cheap

Facebook Will Offer Up 50 Million More Shares Than Expected

Overhead Electric Lines for Trucks Are Coming to California

Most Popular Surveillance Cameras Can Be Hacked

Mountain Biking Down 1,000 Steps Is as Terrifying as It Sounds

Is This the World’s Most Over-Crowded Restroom?

Best Buy Chairman to Resign Over CEO’s Affair

What Would You Most Like to See Printed in 3D?

Brave Blogger Confronts Evil Newspaper Editor Who Plagiarized His Post

Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon: The Ultralight, Semi-Rugged Carbon Fiber Ultrabook

Here’s the Brand New AMD Processor that Could Power Your Next Laptop

Robots Stealing Unicorns, Meth-Testing Spice, and Five (More) Ways the Man Is Keeping You Down

Printed books existed nearly 600 years before Gutenberg’s Bible

What Is This?

How to Safely Eat Fallen Food with the 5-Second Rule

There’s Not an App for That: When Will Our Smartphones Be Recognized as Valid Forms of ID?

A Custom-Made, Data-Driven Butt Plug for Each GOP Presidential Candidate

Would You Live in a Church?

Once Upon A Time’s Season Finale: This Changes Everything

Picture of the Day: May 14, 2012

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