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Watch a video of the first known all-white adult killer whale

Everybody, meet Iceberg. Iceberg looks and behaves like a lot of other killer whales, with one very big exception: Iceberg is entirely white. In fact, researchers say he’s the only all-white, adult orca to ever be observed. A group of Russian scientists and students co-led by conservationist Erich Hoyt recently spotted Iceberg off the coast…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Meet Frankenthulhu: half Frankenstein, half Cthulhu, all awesome monster!

Gaze upon the tentacled brow of the Frankenthulu — he’s 50% Frankenstein’s monster, 50% slumbering nightmare! Created by the artist Rob Roberts over at Deviant Art, this dual horror deserves a spot on Universal’s classic movie roster. Nothing left to do now other than beseech the gods of H. P. Lovecraft to inspire additional mash-up…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Nuclear Powered Preamp Promises Incredibly Excessive Accuracy With a Built-in Atomic Clock

Audiophiles are always on the hunt for the most over-the-top setup to impress and make other audiophiles jealous. And there’s now a nuclear option in the audiophile arms race with this DAC featuring a built-in rubidium-powered atomic clock promising incredibly accurate and stable digital to analog conversions, and vice versa. Antelope Audio’s upcoming Rubicon Atomic…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Virus Attack Kills Iranian Oil

Iran may or may not be decoding American drone data right now, but one thing’s for sure: someone cyber-punched the crap out of its oil infrastructure. Internet war! https://gizmodo.com/iran-cracks-us-stealth-spy-drones-secrets-shows-proof-5904255 The BBC reports that 90% of the country’s oil export network is now out of commission: The computer virus is believed to have hit the internal…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Five Reasons the New Photoshop Is a Big Deal

It’s CS6 day! Adobe just dropped Creative Suite 6, which means a trove of updated apps with new features that make it seem like magical gremlins live inside your computer, processing your images. https://gizmodo.com/adobe-creative-cloud-and-creative-suite-6-are-out-today-5903914 There’s a lot to love about Photoshop CS6. But it’s easier to fall in love when you can see the tools…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

An Exclusive Look at The Avengers XXX: A Porn Parody Trailer

And there came a day unlike any other, when Earth’s mightiest heroes decided to have an orgy. Okay, so that’s not the actual tagline for The Avengers XXX: A Porn Parody, Vivid Entertainment’s sex-filled spoof of the upcoming Marvel Studios blockbuster -– but hey, who are we to tell them how to market their superhero…

Trailers Rick Marshall

This Is the World’s First Adult White Killer Whale

Say hello to Iceberg. Spotted off the coast of Kamchatka in eastern Russia, he is the first ever entirely white adult killer whale to be observed. While there have been examples of white whales in the past—including one orca with a rare genetic condition that died in a Canadian aquarium in 1972 when it was…

Biology Jamie Condliffe

This flamboyant creature is half mollusk, half discotheque

Meet Ctenoides ales, a bivalve that also goes by the names “electric flame scallop” and “fire clam.” This invertebrate — which can be found off the coast of the Pacific Rim around Indonesia and Japan — manipulates the highly reflective tissue on its mantle in a wave-like motion, which gives the impression that an electrical…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Marvel Comics Pleather Gaming Chair Is the Nerd Throne You’ve Been Dreaming Of

Comic fans can be pretty rabid in their loyalty to their favorite heroes. They hoard crates upon crates of musty old issues. They cosplay at conventions. And they, apparently, buy and sit in pleather gaming chairs with images of their favorite Marvel characters stuck down the middle of them. Features of the XZipit Video Game…

Books & Comics Kyle Wagner

If YouTube Were Invented in the 90s, It Would Have Worked Like This

What if the YouTube we know and love had been invented in the 1990s? The video is the latest in a series of similarly themed visions of retro-trech showcasing Twitter, Facebook, and Google among others. https://gizmodo.com/if-facebook-were-invented-in-the-90s-it-would-have-wor-5898651 This time around, the lovely overacting voice-over artist explains the “Digital Online TV Station” and the wonders of FLV…

Tech News Michael Hession

This Quadrotor Flying Machine Gun Would Kick Serious Ass Some Day

The FPS Russia people made this video showing a “prototype” quadrotor equipped with a machine gun. Yes, a remote controlled flying machine gun. They take it for a spin and shoot some targets, as they usually do. In reality, this weaponized quadrotor or quadrotorized weapon is just a fun 3D animation, lifting the concept from…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Watch one of the world’s greatest voice actors make lion noises for The Lion King

In addition to voicing Fred from Scooby Doo, Abu from Aladdin, Nibbler from Futurama, Megatron from Transformers, and about a zillion other animated characters, veteran voice actor Frank Welker provided sundry big cat snarls for The Lion King simply by yelling into a garbage can. And here’s more of Welker on the job. https://gizmodo.com/remember-that-time-megatron-got-drunk-on-the-transforme-5809433 [Via…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Massive Doctor Who Spoilers, Major Iron Man 3 Casting, and More Dark Knight Rises Rumors!

There’s a brand new set of crazy rumors for The Dark Knight Rises. And a brand new Avengers clip showcasing a confrontation between Bruce Banner and the Black Widow. Plus Iron Man 3 casting news gives us a huge set of plot hints. And there are some huge spoilers for Amy Pond’s Doctor Who swansong.…

Television Michael Ann Dobbs

Pixel Qi Boldly Claims Its Next-Generation Displays Will Be Better Than the New iPad’s

In a rather surprising post on her blog, Pixel Qi founder Mary Lou Jepsen claims the company’s next-generation transflective LCD technology will not only match the new iPad’s display in terms of resolution, but will also match and exceed its contrast, color saturation and even viewing angle. Them’s fightin’ words. Perhaps emboldened by a new…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The New F-18 Cockpit Display Looks Like An Awesome Videogame

This is the new LCD display in the cockpit for the new revision F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. It looks like an awesome 90s arcade videogame. One that doesn’t allow you to insert a coin to continue when you die. The new LCD screen shows a 3D situational awareness display that offers a clear view of the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Iran Cracks US Stealth Spy Drone’s Secrets, Shows Proof

Iran claims that their engineers have reverse engineered the secrets of the American stealth spy drone RQ-170 Sentinel that went down in their territory last December. To prove it, they have made public some of the encrypted information stored in the plane. If confirmed, it’s very bad news for the United States. https://gizmodo.com/has-iran-killed-this-advanced-us-stealth-plane-update-5864883 Speaking on…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Turing’s Nazi Enigma Code-Breaking Secrets Have Been Declassified

Over 70 years ago, father of computer science Alan Turing developed the techniques which enabled quick and efficient decryption of the Nazis’ Enigma-scrambled messages. Now, the secrets behind his techniques—hidden away in research documents since the Second World War—have been declassified. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-build-turing-s-universal-machine-5891399 Two papers were donated by the UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) to the…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Meet the Man Who Registered 14,962 Domains in 24 Hours

This is Michael Mann. Last week, in a binge lasting less than 24 hours, he registered 14,962 domains. He plans to sell them on to the likes of you and me, at an inflated price, to make a bucket load of cash—which is how his company manages to pull in over $400,000 every month. Mann…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

This Is What 70 Fully Armed F-15s Taxying On a Single Runway Look Like

If you were impressed by the elephant walk of twenty-seven F-16 Fighting Falcons taxying down the runway, fully armed and ready for immediate take off and battle, check out these seventy (70!) F-15E Strike Eagles doing exactly the same. https://gizmodo.com/you-have-never-seen-so-many-f-16s-ready-for-battle-in-y-5866971 They got together for one purpose: celebrate the destruction of Nazis! U.S. Air Force F-15E…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

When AI Gets Too Smart, It’ll Be Dumb Again

What will we do when artificial intelligence becomes self-aware? Nothing! It’ll be too caught up with the existential issues that sentience brings with it to do anything more than marvel at its own intelligence. Maybe. [xkcd]

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Watch a video of the first known all-white adult killer whale

Meet Frankenthulhu: half Frankenstein, half Cthulhu, all awesome monster!

Nuclear Powered Preamp Promises Incredibly Excessive Accuracy With a Built-in Atomic Clock

Virus Attack Kills Iranian Oil

Five Reasons the New Photoshop Is a Big Deal

An Exclusive Look at The Avengers XXX: A Porn Parody Trailer

This Is the World’s First Adult White Killer Whale

This flamboyant creature is half mollusk, half discotheque

Marvel Comics Pleather Gaming Chair Is the Nerd Throne You’ve Been Dreaming Of

If YouTube Were Invented in the 90s, It Would Have Worked Like This

This Quadrotor Flying Machine Gun Would Kick Serious Ass Some Day

Watch one of the world’s greatest voice actors make lion noises for The Lion King

Massive Doctor Who Spoilers, Major Iron Man 3 Casting, and More Dark Knight Rises Rumors!

Pixel Qi Boldly Claims Its Next-Generation Displays Will Be Better Than the New iPad’s

The New F-18 Cockpit Display Looks Like An Awesome Videogame

Iran Cracks US Stealth Spy Drone’s Secrets, Shows Proof

Turing’s Nazi Enigma Code-Breaking Secrets Have Been Declassified

Meet the Man Who Registered 14,962 Domains in 24 Hours

This Is What 70 Fully Armed F-15s Taxying On a Single Runway Look Like

When AI Gets Too Smart, It’ll Be Dumb Again

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