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How Pinterest Could Save Google

It’s no secret that Google desperately wants Google+ to be the cornerstone of how you use the internet. The problem? No one’s taking the bait. It might be time for something drastic. Something like backing up several truckloads of cash to buy Pinterest, a social network crammed full of 10 million people who actually want…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

CIA’s Secret Fear: High-Tech Border Checks Will Blow Spies’ Cover

When Tom Cruise had to break into police headquarters in Minority Report, the futuristic crime thriller, he got past the iris scanners with ease: He just swapped out his eyeballs. CIA agents may find that just a little beyond the call of duty. But meanwhile, they’ve got to come up with something else: The increasing…

Privacy & Security Jeff Stein - Wired

Leaked Microsoft Roadmap Shows IE 10 Will Probably Launch Soon

A copy of a Microsoft roadmap has been leaked online, showing what’s in store for some key products, most notably, that an Internet Explorer 10 launch could be imminent. A screenshot of the document was posted on Twitter by Maarten Visser, the CEO of Microsoft cohort Meetroo. The document, dated Dec. 22, 2011, was not…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Vacuum Powered Dragsters Should Make Short Work Of Housecleaning

Hearing stories about awesome places to work is always inspiring, and it’s no surprise that working at Dyson sounds like a pretty sweet gig. To encourage creativity, and boost morale, the company had its engineers build model drag racers using nothing but vacuum parts. Given the limitation of only being able to harvest parts from…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

More racial diversity in Dungeons & Dragons, please

Recently, an article over at Salon tackled the portrayal of race in Game of Thrones and the racial legacy of J.R.R.Tolkien. Now, Tor.com‘s Mordicai Knode notes that another high-fantasy favorite, Dungeons & Dragons, has its own racial issue, namely Eurocentric homogeny. And it’s time for that to change. https://gizmodo.com/the-trouble-with-race-in-game-of-thrones-can-be-traced-5898311 Knode points out that, while games…

io9 Lauren Davis

It’s Not a Crime to Break a Terms of Service Agreement (So It’s Okay to Never Read Them)

We all blindly agree with those much too long Terms of Service Agreements without even reading them, right? So what happens if you like, do something unagreeable with the TOS? According to the 9th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals… nothing. They’ve ruled that it’s not a crime to break a TOS. The ruling that breaking…

Tech News Casey Chan

How to bring back Firefly in five terrible steps

How many times a day do you think someone tries to convince Joss Whedon to bring back Firefly? The users of social bookmarking site reddit wasted no time asking Whedon to get the Serenity gang back together during an “Ask Me Anything” chat, and Whedon explained the ruinous steps he’d have to take. One of…

io9 Lauren Davis

Million Dollar Subterranean Garage Is Only Accessible Through an Aircraft Carrier Elevator

If you’ve ever wondered how the obscenely rich squander their wealth, here’s your answer. Tom Gonzalez made a small fortune when he sold his software company, so he purchased an elaborate estate in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, which includes one of the most over-the-top and drool-worthy garages we’ve ever seen. The top floor houses an impressive…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Canon 5D Mark III Partial Teardown: Don’t Try This At Home

After playing with the Canon 5D Mark III for the last few weeks, we’ve safely concluded that this is easily one of the best cameras to come out in years. Still, we’re always down to learn more. Our friends at Lensrentals.com are giving us our first look at the camera’s guts, revealing it’s intelligent compact…

Tech News Roger Cicala - LensRentals.com

One-star reviews of Fahrenheit 451 will make you want to burn everything down

If you want to lose all your faith in the human race and surrender to the fear that we’re going to turn into some kind of nightmarish dystopia — then check out the collection of one-star reviews of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 over at Least Helpful. Sample review: I think this book was a very…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Don’t Forget To Pack This Highly-Detailed Moon Globe For Your Next Lunar Vacation

Space tourism is just getting under way, but before we know it spending a weekend on the moon will be commonplace. (If you have a kabillion dollars.) So in addition to warm socks, you’ll want to make sure you pack Sky & Telescope’s new detailed Moon Globe if you’re planning to explore. https://gizmodo.com/space-x-ceo-on-the-daily-show-lets-colonize-mars-5901020 Previous moon…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Alfonso Cuarón’s astronaut epic Gravity really does begin with a single 17-minute opening shot!

Christopher Nolan talks Dark Knight Rises villains, while Joss Whedon hints at a Captain America character’s fate. Plus a crucial Doctor Who casting update, and more on Man of Steel, Lock-Out, Fringe, American Horror Story, and the Short Circuit remake! Spoilers ahead! Top image from The Dark Knight Rises. The Dark Knight Rises Christopher Nolan…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Watch How Your iPad Really Gets Made

A lot has been said and written about the conditions under which Foxconn workers construct the millions of iPads that are sold each quarter. But strip all that away, focus on the process itself, and what are you left with? Turns out it’s a lot of painstaking detail, and far more hand assembly than you…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Recycling Paper from Poop—I’m Not Sure I Want to Save the Planet That Badly

Would you lick an envelope made from used toilet paper? One Israeli firm hopes you will. Don’t gag, paper consumption is at an all-time high (damn Belgium, save some for later) and something must be done. https://gizmodo.com/were-using-way-more-paper-than-we-ever-have-before-5898830 Applied Clean Tech collects the solid sludge from water treatment plants and, through a proprietary method, extracts the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Appeals Court Rules Computer Code Is Not “Property” and Can’t Be Stolen

Sergey Aleynikov, an ex-Goldman-Sachs programmer, spent a year in prison for downloading source code of the firm’s high-speed trading software before his sentence was overturned in February. Today, the court explained why—downloading computer code doesn’t constitute stealing under the National Stolen Property Act. The 2nd Circuit Appeals Court ruled that since computer code cannot be…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

The BBC Studies Stupid, Butterflies Induce Rage, and Dungeons & Dragons Is the Devil (NSFW)

Roll that spliff phatly, pack some fresh ice into the binger, and set the Volcano to “toastify.” It’s time for tonight’s Stoner Channel. We’ve collected our best high-times material for the discerning pothead so sit back, relax, and pass that shit on the left, yo. Click here for more hits from the bong. This Chiesel…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Want to Look Two Inches Taller? Try Holding a Gun

A core tenet of the human “fight or flight” response begs the question, is this guy bigger than me? A recent study suggests that answer depends on if he’s wielding or not. Turns out, our brains might give a subconscious size advantage to opponents if they’re holding a weapon. Dr. Daniel Fessler and a team…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Biometric ATM Reads Palms, Not Debit Cards

Want some cash in Gifu Prefecture, Japan? Come September, you’ll be able to just press some flesh with one of Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank’s biometric ATMs to access your accounts. These are expected to be the first biometric-only teller machines in Japan. The technology is already employed by some other banks but in conjunction with a…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

NES Controller Tables, Blinking Lego(ish) Bricks, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. Glowy Blinky Unofficial Lego Bricks Are Almost as Good as Official Ones These blinking glowing Lego bricks…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Picture of the Day: April 11, 2012

COME TO CRASH YOUR TOWN | A lonely war machine rampages through a city of ashes, in “Endzeit” by concept artist Michael Kutsche. Check out some of his John Carter, Thor and Alice in Wonderland concept art at CG Hub. Want to read today’s io9 stories a different way? Check out our blog view. Or…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

How Pinterest Could Save Google

CIA’s Secret Fear: High-Tech Border Checks Will Blow Spies’ Cover

Leaked Microsoft Roadmap Shows IE 10 Will Probably Launch Soon

Vacuum Powered Dragsters Should Make Short Work Of Housecleaning

More racial diversity in Dungeons & Dragons, please

It’s Not a Crime to Break a Terms of Service Agreement (So It’s Okay to Never Read Them)

How to bring back Firefly in five terrible steps

Million Dollar Subterranean Garage Is Only Accessible Through an Aircraft Carrier Elevator

Canon 5D Mark III Partial Teardown: Don’t Try This At Home

One-star reviews of Fahrenheit 451 will make you want to burn everything down

Don’t Forget To Pack This Highly-Detailed Moon Globe For Your Next Lunar Vacation

Alfonso Cuarón’s astronaut epic Gravity really does begin with a single 17-minute opening shot!

Watch How Your iPad Really Gets Made

Recycling Paper from Poop—I’m Not Sure I Want to Save the Planet That Badly

Appeals Court Rules Computer Code Is Not “Property” and Can’t Be Stolen

The BBC Studies Stupid, Butterflies Induce Rage, and Dungeons & Dragons Is the Devil (NSFW)

Want to Look Two Inches Taller? Try Holding a Gun

Biometric ATM Reads Palms, Not Debit Cards

NES Controller Tables, Blinking Lego(ish) Bricks, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

Picture of the Day: April 11, 2012

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