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Current Windows Phones May Not Be Getting Upgraded After All

Earlier this week, a Microsoft spokesman announced that all Windows Phone 7 devices would be getting the upgrade to Windows Phone 8. Today developer evangelist Nino Silva acknowledged that he, uh, misspoke. Apparently he was confusing application compatibility with device upgrades and cleared things up on his blog today. The point I was attempting to…

Tech News Kif Leswing

Robert Pattinson searches for sex and a haircut in the future hell of David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis trailer

The full (French) trailer for David Cronenberg’s dark film Cosmopolis is out, showcasing a whole lotta sex and glimpses into the crappy “not-too-distant” future. Watch as rich boy Robert Pattinson sinks into the gritty abyss of future New York as he rides his limo in search of a haircut. Cosmopolis will be premiering at the…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

PSA: There’s a Fake Instagram For Android That Could Steal Your Information

We’ve already seen a fake, malware-spreading version of Angry Birds Space for Android. Now there are reports of a fake, malware-spreading Instagram that’s also making the rounds. https://gizmodo.com/psa-fake-angry-birds-space-android-app-is-full-of-malw-5901691 The Android world rejoiced a few weeks ago when Instagram was finally made available to them, but according to the security firm Sophos, cyber criminals seized the…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Experience the eldritch horrors of H.P. Lovecraft’s relationship advice

What if author H.P. Lovecraft abandoned his career as a horror writer and instead found his true calling as an advice columnist? What forbidden mysteries hide inside the letters from those lonely hearts, and in Lovecraft’s florid words of relationship wisdom? James Warner, author of the novel All Her Father’s Guns, has imagined an installment…

io9 Lauren Davis

The Best Inexpensive Point-and-Shoot Camera with Wi-Fi

Smartphone cameras have gotten so good—and sharing photos from them has gotten so easy—that in most situations, a simple point-and-shoot camera seems like an unnecessary inconvenience. But point-and-shoot manufacturers, eager to keep their products relevant, have begun equipping the cameras with built-in Wi-Fi transmitters. These combine a legitimate camera’s lens and sensor with a phone-like…

Reviews Mario Aguilar

What if Where’s Waldo went on a killing spree? Behold, Where’s Jason!

To celebrate the passing of another Friday the 13th, the folks over at Stange Kids Club commissioned this hilarious wallpaper from illustrator Glen Brogan. We kind of love where their minds are at, now someone please make a horror book with a collection villains like Where’s Jason?, Where’s Freddy?, Where’s Michael?, and Where’s Pumpkinhead? Thanks…

Books & Comics Meredith Woerner

Annoying Eco-Friendly Lamp Turns Off Whenever You Close Your Eyes

As long as it doesn’t require any additional effort, people seem happy to embrace eco-friendly ideas. So to free people from having to remember to turn a light off when it’s not needed, Randy Sarafan created this handy lamp that turns off automatically whenever you close your eyes. And in case you were wondering, yes,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Electrons Can Split Into Two

Until now, electrons have been regarded as elementary particles—which means that scientists thought they had no component parts or substructure. But now, electrons have been observed decaying into two separate parts—causing physicists to rethink what they know about the particles. The electrons split into two separate parts, each carrying a particular property of the electron.…

Physics & Chemistry Jamie Condliffe

Your Disquieting Fact of the Day: Tsetse Flies Lactate

Science never fails to deliver on the creepy, and today’s fact to try to avoid thinking too deeply about is that the tsetse fly lactates. Not only that, but its lactation can help save human lives. Tsetse flies lactate and give milk to their young. While leaving you to contemplate that, over your cup of…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Could a microwave save your electronics during an EMP attack?

You sleep with your iPhone beside you, waking up in the middle of the night to check your e-mail? Feel anxious when separated from your smartphone? https://gizmodo.com/do-you-feel-more-lonely-after-using-your-smart-phone-5898841 An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) is a wave of energy that follows nuclear detonations and threatens to fry your personal electronics. Could something already in your abode save your…

io9 Keith Veronese

Flight Aborted 392 Feet Before Landing Because Pilot Was Texting

It’s pretty widely accepted that you shouldn’t text and operate a vehicle. Especially when that vehicle is a commercial aircraft. Apparently one pilot, though, hasn’t taken that advice to heart. And he almost killed a few hundred people because of it. Upon arrival in Singapore, Jetstar flight JQ57 had to abort its landing at a…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Is James Cameron’s next big venture asteroid-mining?

James Cameron, Google founders Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, and Ross Perot, Jr. are just a few of the big names backing a brand new space exploration company called Planetary Resources, that next Tuesday will “unveil a new space venture with a mission to help ensure humanity’s prosperity.” According to the press release: [Planetary Resources]…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Depressing Necklace Measures How Much Air Pollution You’re Breathing In

Sure, air pollution might make for particularly stunning sunsets. But have you ever thought about the toll it takes on your body? You won’t have a choice after wearing RTI International’s MicroPEM—or personal exposure monitor—which measures the adverse affects of breathing in all that poison. Providing a direct correlation between pollution levels and how it…

Health Andrew Liszewski

The Amazing Seductiveness of a Cult Leader Who Knows the Future… Because She’s Been There

What if you were introduced to a spiritual guru who claimed to have traveled back in time from the year 2054? What would it take to make you believe her? Those are some of the questions raised by The Sound of My Voice, the Sundance sensation that’s coming to select theaters on April 27. You’ve…

Trailers Charlie Jane Anders

Breast Cancer Is Actually Ten Different Diseases

For years, we’ve been treating breast cancer as a single disease. But a new study has reclassified it into ten separate sub-diseases, all with different genetic features—which could transform the way women are diagnosed and treated. The research, conducted at the University of British Columbia and published in Nature, analyzed the DNA and RNA of…

Health Jamie Condliffe

Joseph Gordon-Levitt reveals why his time-travel epic Looper really will be the most awesome thing ever!

An Avengers toy gives us our best look yet at the movie’s mysterious army. There are new clips from Battleship and the brand new Batman cartoon. Barry Sonnenfeld talks time travel in Men in Black 3, and his Dinosaurs vs. Aliens project with Grant Morrison. James Cameron still vows to make his Battle Angel movie.…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Idiot Steals Gas from Cop Car, Posts Picture on Facebook, Goes Directly to Jail

This is Michael Baker. Michael is 20 years old, lives in Kentucky, and likes The Bucket List on Facebook. I know these things because Michael has not activated his Facebook privacy settings, which is something that’s recommended in most cases but absolutely essential if you’re going to post pictures of yourself stealing gas from a…

Social Media Brian Barrett

Nokia’s Lumia Is Selling Well in the US—But Nowhere Else

Nokia has just announced its first quarter financial results, and while the company’s managing to shift its new Lumia range in the US, its performance elsewhere is less impressive—in fact, it suffered a $775 million dollar net loss over the period. Nokia’s US sales have “exceeded expectations”, according to CEO Stephen Elop, but other markets…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Apple and Greenpeace Trade Blows in Data Center Grudge Match

Call it the battle of Maiden. This week, Apple and Greenpeace traded very public barbs over how much clean power is used by Apple’s $1 billion state-of-the-art data center in Maiden, North Carolina. But it appears that much of the arguing stems from their inability to agree on what they’re arguing about. On Monday, Greenpeace…

Tech News Robert McMillan - Wired

The First Ever Proposal for the Web Was Judged “Vague, But Exciting”

Great ideas aren’t always recognised as such at first. But when Tim Berners-Lee submitted to his boss the first proposal for what would become the web, everyone knew that something special was in the making. Berners-Lee submitted the document to his boss at CERN, Mike Sendall, in the March of 1989. A hard copy of…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Current Windows Phones May Not Be Getting Upgraded After All

Robert Pattinson searches for sex and a haircut in the future hell of David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis trailer

PSA: There’s a Fake Instagram For Android That Could Steal Your Information

Experience the eldritch horrors of H.P. Lovecraft’s relationship advice

The Best Inexpensive Point-and-Shoot Camera with Wi-Fi

What if Where’s Waldo went on a killing spree? Behold, Where’s Jason!

Annoying Eco-Friendly Lamp Turns Off Whenever You Close Your Eyes

Electrons Can Split Into Two

Your Disquieting Fact of the Day: Tsetse Flies Lactate

Could a microwave save your electronics during an EMP attack?

Flight Aborted 392 Feet Before Landing Because Pilot Was Texting

Is James Cameron’s next big venture asteroid-mining?

Depressing Necklace Measures How Much Air Pollution You’re Breathing In

The Amazing Seductiveness of a Cult Leader Who Knows the Future… Because She’s Been There

Breast Cancer Is Actually Ten Different Diseases

Joseph Gordon-Levitt reveals why his time-travel epic Looper really will be the most awesome thing ever!

Idiot Steals Gas from Cop Car, Posts Picture on Facebook, Goes Directly to Jail

Nokia’s Lumia Is Selling Well in the US—But Nowhere Else

Apple and Greenpeace Trade Blows in Data Center Grudge Match

The First Ever Proposal for the Web Was Judged “Vague, But Exciting”

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