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More Samsung Galaxy S III Hardware Caught On Camera

Samsung looks like it’s playing the sneaky disguise-a-phone game Apple so famously played – wrap your next generation phone’s hardware in a body that looks exactly like current models, at least from a cursory glance. This time though we get a glimpse at Samsung’s musings over its new UI, and it looks like Samsung’s not…

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This Skimmer Is Why You Should Be Nervous at ATMs

There have been plenty of attempts to make ATM skimmers look realistic—including 3D printing—but this is perhaps the best yet. Reported by Krebs on Security, you would have to be an expert to spot it. https://gizmodo.com/atm-card-skimmers-are-getting-frighteningly-sophisticat-5453857 The device was discovered in a bank in San Fernando Valley earlier this year. From the front, it is…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe

NASA Begins Testing GPS-Based Earthquake Detection System

NASA has a new trick up its sleeve: a GPS system that is designed to locate the exact positon of serious earthquakes. Known as the Real-time Earthquake Analysis for Disaster (READI) Mitigation Network, it’s being tested in the western US—and it’s hoped it will save lives in the process. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-an-earthquake-5890488 The system gathers GPS data…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

The Internet Icon You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

This is Marc Andreessen. He’s not as rich as Bill Gates, not as inspirational as Steve Jobs, nor as well-known as Mark Zuckerberg—but that doesn’t make him any less important. Because, in his twenty year career, Andreessen has probably done more than any other person to change the way we communicate online. Wired is running…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

The Drone That Will Never Stop for Directions

Until now, MAVs found their way from A to B with one of two methods—GPS navigation or a human pilot. Problem is, both of those rely on external systems to guide the robot. For a more autonomous MAV, the quad-copter must see for itself. See, GPS signals can have an error measurement of up to…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

CRISIS AVERTED: Japan Standardizes Its Emoji

There’s been a storm brewing in Japan—emoji, the ubiquitous text-based faces that dominate Japanese mobile communications, have been getting mistranslated between carriers. You send a picture of a bull, they get a picture of a cow, AND PEOPLE START DYING. So three of the largest Japanese cell carriers, Docomo, KDDI, and eAccess, have announced that…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Drawing Daffy, Talking Mannequins, and a Salvador Dali Joint

Destino by Salvador Dali and Walt Disney Started in 1945 between the legendary painter and animator, Destino follows the ill-fated love between Chronos and a mortal woman. The six minute film took 58 years to complete after being rediscovered in 2000 and first ran at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in Annecy, France. https://gizmodo.com/chuck-jones-teaches-you-how-to-draw-bugs-bunny-and-daff-5893520…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

The Girlfriend Experience: Seventy-Six Streaming Minutes of Sasha Grey

It’s late. It’s Tuesday. You’re sitting at your computers. Here is the movie that will make your night more…fun. In The Girlfriend Experience, porn star Sasha Grey plays Chelsea, a high-class escort working in 2008 recession-era Manhattan. She charges $2,000 a night to let men pretend she’s their girlfriend—dinner dates, griping about work, cozy bathrobe…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

The Ark of the Covenant Cake is Face-Meltingly Awesome

The Groom’s cake may be a bit of a consolation prize for otherwise being ignored on the big day but that doesn’t men you shouldn’t milk it for all its pastry goodness. Like this guy, who got himself the Ark of the Covenant in cake. The Ark was created by Charm City Cakes, a specialty…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Herbie Hancock: Cantaloupe Island (Live)

You know all the words to Nikki Minaj’s latest hit? That’s so adorable but let’s try something with a melody and that will be remembered two years from now for more than just Pub Quiz fodder. Herbie Hancock is an American pianist and Jazz icon, playing with the likes of Miles Davis’ “second great quintet”…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Of Course Ikea’s Digital Camera Is Made of Cardboard

In the press kits they distributed last week at Milan’s Salone design show, Ikea included a very Ikea product: a digital camera made of cardboard. The camera, which runs on two AA batteries and can hold up to 40 images on a built-in memory stick, can be synced with a computer via the USB that…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Another Day, Another Flashback Variant All Up in Your Mac

For those Mac users who still haven’t taken the hint and updated their systems’ security (all, what, 140,000 of you?), here’s yet another version of the Flashback Trojan for you to enjoy. https://gizmodo.com/mac-flashback-trojan-find-out-if-youre-one-of-the-140-5902976 The new version, dubbed Flashback.S, isn’t really all that new in terms of technical prowess. It infects unprotected Macs in the same…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Picture of the Day: April 24, 2012

IT’S ALL WAITING FOR YOU OUT THERE | The Helix Nebula, photographed by the Spitzer Space Telescope, part of a new exhitibion of “The History of Space Photography” at the gallery at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. See more at the L.A. Times. Want to read today’s io9 stories a different way? Check…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

N.K. Jemisin goes high fantasy, and we all win

N.K. Jemisin is playing with the gods again — and it’s just as good as the first time. Not that you would mistake her new novel, The Killing Moon, for her acclaimed Inheritance Trilogy, which started with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. The start of a new duology, The Killing Moon sees Jemisin delving deeper into…

io9 Naamen Tilahun

Would You Use These Pointed Puppets to Spear Your Snacks?

A company by the name of Fred and Friends has come out with possibly the most pointless product of our time. Food Fingers—the “FingerPickin Cocktail Picks”—are multicolored plastic caps that fit over your finger and end in a tiny three-pronged food spear. They seem almost like a good idea, for party platters and such, until…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Greenpeace Ambushes Apple Stores with Balloon Prank

Apple’s iCloud is powered on the back of some seriously dirty electricity. That truly sucks. You know what else sucks? Cleaning dozens of balloons out of a cavernous Apple store after Greenpeace protesters attack. https://gizmodo.com/apple-is-one-of-the-heaviest-coal-users-in-the-industry-5902712 The stunt, further confirming that Apple has very little left of its hippie rebel bandana spirit left, is now in…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Puppy Social Networking Is Here to Rescue Lonely People

You’d do anything for your dog. It keeps you company and does the cutest things which you can Instagram and post to Twitter. All it asks in return is a few walks and treat every now and then. Your dog does not need a social network for its dog park parties, but obsessed dog owners…

Biology Mario Aguilar

NASA’s Building of the Future: a Model for Tomorrow’s Moonbases

Check out this gorgeous cutting-edge building, which NASA just opened in Moffett Field, CA and won the coveted Platinum LEED certification. Ames Research Center director Pete Worden described the Sustainability Center as “the first Moon building on the planet Earth,” because of all the insane technology that’s been deployed here. A water recycling system, similar…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

These Sleek Salt and Pepper Shakers Have Only One Opening

Moloko’s Vortex Salt and Pepper Shakers are beautifully minimalist—so minimalist, they have no plug and only one opening. To fill them, salt or pepper is poured into the top funnel, where it flows down into the inner chamber. Later, when you want to dispense some seasoning onto your food, turning the shaker upside down will…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Why does this blue stone have yellow light coming out of it?

You’d expect this cloudy blue glass to throw a blue light onto its surroundings. The light it throws, though, is clearly a bright orange-yellow. Can you guess why? Put a red vase up to a window and anything it its light will be covered in red. A blue piece of plastic should work the same.…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

More Samsung Galaxy S III Hardware Caught On Camera

This Skimmer Is Why You Should Be Nervous at ATMs

NASA Begins Testing GPS-Based Earthquake Detection System

The Internet Icon You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

The Drone That Will Never Stop for Directions

CRISIS AVERTED: Japan Standardizes Its Emoji

Drawing Daffy, Talking Mannequins, and a Salvador Dali Joint

The Girlfriend Experience: Seventy-Six Streaming Minutes of Sasha Grey

The Ark of the Covenant Cake is Face-Meltingly Awesome

Herbie Hancock: Cantaloupe Island (Live)

Of Course Ikea’s Digital Camera Is Made of Cardboard

Another Day, Another Flashback Variant All Up in Your Mac

Picture of the Day: April 24, 2012

N.K. Jemisin goes high fantasy, and we all win

Would You Use These Pointed Puppets to Spear Your Snacks?

Greenpeace Ambushes Apple Stores with Balloon Prank

Puppy Social Networking Is Here to Rescue Lonely People

NASA’s Building of the Future: a Model for Tomorrow’s Moonbases

These Sleek Salt and Pepper Shakers Have Only One Opening

Why does this blue stone have yellow light coming out of it?

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