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Is Apple Adding Siri to iMacs and MacBooks?

Apple originally touted Siri as the killer feature for the iPhone 4S, but it might not be exclusive to the phone for long. A new patent shows that iPhone users could be using Siri to control their iMac or MacBook in forthcoming versions of these machines. It’s pretty logical to assume that Apple would include…

Tech News Leslie Horn Apr 2 '12

A List of Actors We’d Rather See Play Steve Jobs Than Ashton Kutcher

Apparently, Hollywood just made the kooky decision to cast Ashton “One Third of Two and a Half Men or Just 5/6th of One Man” Kutcher as the lead in an upcoming Steve Jobs biopic. Yes, there is some resemblance between Ashton and young Steve Jobs. Yes, Ashton is a famous guy. But people, he’s… Ashton…

Tech News Casey Chan Apr 2 '12

Penguin poop can be seen from space

A combination of background coloring and penguin gastrointestinal prowess allows the Emperor penguin to be tracked by satellites orbiting the Earth. And ecologists love it. As anyone knows, there are some serious downsides to white carpeting, namely stains. All it takes is a single errant glass of juice, and the furniture has to be rearranged.…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Apr 2 '12

Long lost Star Trek script won’t be a fan film, after all

The lost Star Trek script by Norman Spinrad (“The Doomsday Machine”) may have been found — but it won’t be coming to your screen any time soon. https://gizmodo.com/read-a-lost-star-trek-script-by-the-writer-of-the-doom-5887369 The producers of the nonprofit webseries Star Trek: Phase II were planning on producing it, the way they did with David Gerrold’s lost Star Trek: The Next…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 2 '12

The trouble with race in Game of Thrones can be traced to Tolkien

Over at Salon, fantasy writer Saladin Ahmed has a terrific essay about race in fantasy epics, focusing especially on Game of Thrones and its relationship to JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings cycle. His main question is really whether George RR Martin’s contemporary tale is any better than Tolkein’s tale at dealing with — for…

io9 Annalee Newitz Apr 2 '12

Snap-Together Voltron Chess Set Is a Checkmate Of Awesome

The game of chess has long been viewed as a pursuit for nerds. But that’s totally going to change with Joseph Larson’s Thingiverse creation—a custom chess set where all the pieces come together to form a super robot ala Voltron. The set was created for a Tinercad-sponsored contest to design a unique chess set. With…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 2 '12

Scientific Proof That Junk Food Makes You Miserable

Next time you’re stuffing your face with a limp fast food burger or street-side hot dog, ask yourself: Is it really making you happy? I mean, really? Not according to new research it isn’t; in fact, eating junk food is linked to far higher rates of depression. The study, carried out at the University of…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Apr 2 '12

What the Hell Is Kim Dotcom Singing?

Good news, people! Kim Dotcom—Megaupload founder and large guy who loves to live large—is recording a music album! According to his lawyer, Paul Davison, it’s part of a “musical project” that may produce some money for him. https://gizmodo.com/feds-kill-megaupload-updated-5877612 Davison says Dotcom wrote the lyrics for some of the songs and he is a special guest…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 2 '12

It Makes Total Sense That the Bankers Who Destroyed Our Economy Are Now Trading Bitcoin

At its core, Bitcoin is worthless. That people continue to trade the invented digital currency is understandable because it’s possible to turn a quick, risky buck. It’s more gambling than economics. So of course the financial professionals who leveled the global economy love it. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-yorker-tries-to-flush-out-bitcoin-creator-5846604 Here’s an interesting trend within the world’s Bitcoin exchanges. People…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Apr 2 '12

Watch Arthur C. Clarke predict the internet and the iPads decades before they were invented

It’s no secret that 2001: A Space Odyssey author Arthur C. Clarke was an avid futurist, but it’s still absolutely amazing to see just how prescient the writer was. In this 1974 clip from Australian television, the science fiction visionary describes computerized life in the year 2001 with eerie accuracy. And of course, this was…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Apr 2 '12

Inflatable Captain’s Chair Is Where Kirk Would Have Spent a Day At the Beach

Star Trek encouraged us to boldly go where no man has gone before. And as long as that’s no where near a thumbtack or a safety pin, you can do so in comfort and style with ThinkGeek’s new inflatable Captain’s Chair. It’s an officially licensed Star Trek collectible, and for just $25 it includes authentic…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 2 '12

Family Guy Gives Voice to Your Longstanding Evite Hatred

Where would we be without Evite? Probably right where we are now! There are a bajillion other, better ways to invite friends to things online (like saaaaay, Facebook). But the fact that nobody’s used the world’s most annoying online RSVP service in years doesn’t stop Family Guy from dishing out a good ol’ fashioned Evite…

Tech News Michael Hession Apr 2 '12

Neil deGrasse Tyson is behind the only major technical change in the Titanic re-release

It took James Cameron 60 weeks to prepare Titanic for its rerelease, but apart from remastering the original at 4k resolution and converting it to stereoscopic 3D, nothing about the movie has really changed. Well, almost nothing. According to Cameron: “Neil deGrasse Tyson sent me quite a snarky email saying that, at that time of…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 2 '12

Neil DeGrasse Tyson Made James Cameron Update the Stars in Titanic 3D

No one asked James Cameron to trot out Titanic again with an annoying 3D makeover. But at least this time around the stars in scenes where the night sky is visible will all be in the right place. A few years ago physicist Neil deGrasse Tyson was asked a question about bad science in movies,…

Movies Andrew Liszewski Apr 2 '12

The Dalek relaxation album will make you hyperventilate

Over the weekend, BBC radio host Peter Serafinowicz began speculating what the Daleks have been up to since taking a hiatus from Doctor Who. His supposition? They were off recording an absolutely chilling New Age meditation tape. Pair this with “Doctor in Distress” for extra headache-inducing power. Hat tip to Krakenstein2! https://gizmodo.com/latest-rumors-and-hints-for-captain-america-2-doctor-w-5898241 https://gizmodo.com/doctor-in-distress-the-worst-charity-single-of-all-5473162

Television Cyriaque Lamar Apr 2 '12

The Strongest Argument Against Subway Cellphone Coverage Yet

QR codes don’t have an especially illustrious history of implementation. Which is to say, a lot of it is very freaking dumb. But this QR code on a subway advertisement might be the dumbest. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-worst-place-for-qr-codes-burqas-5894827 Strike One: Most of the time, there will be a human head in the way of this code. So right…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Apr 2 '12

Latest Rumors and Hints for Captain America 2, Doctor Who and The Robocop Remake!

The latest Captain America 2 rumors have a surprising Community connection. And meanwhile, Kevin Feige promises that Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man movie is still happening. The great Peter Dinklage joins the mind-bending science fiction movie Rememory. And do we finally know what the mysterious extraterrestrials in The Avengers are? All that, plus the latest casting news…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Apr 2 '12

Humongous and Deadly “Giant Pencil Launcher” Proves Grade School Fantasies Will Kill Us All

A few weeks ago, outrageous weapon master Joerg Sprave made a small-but-wonderful pencil-launcher that looked destined to deadly-up classrooms around the world. But Joerg doesn’t really do small-but-anything, so now we’ve got the megasized version. It’s huge and delightful. https://gizmodo.com/every-teachers-worst-nightmare-the-deadly-pencil-launc-5890432 Baaaasically, Joerg made the launcher as humongous as possible for a single human being to…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Apr 2 '12

In the first trailer for Ted, Seth MacFarlane is a bong-ripping teddy bear

The first trailer for director Seth MacFarlane’s live-action film debut has hit the web. In this ribald buddy comedy, Mark Wahlberg wishes his favorite childhood toy (voiced by MacFarlane) to life, and they proceed to swear a lot in Boston accents. Ted hits theaters July 13. Hat tip to Ash (Not From Pallet Town)!

Trailers Cyriaque Lamar Apr 2 '12

The DHS Is Using Wartime Mega-Cameras to Study the Southern Arizona Border

One legacy of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars has arrived on the southern border of the United States. The Department of Homeland Security recently completed tests of a powerful camera, one that cut its teeth in the war zones, that captures video of entire miles of border in a single frame. DHS thinks mega-cameras on…

Privacy & Security Spencer Ackerman - Wired Apr 2 '12

Is Apple Adding Siri to iMacs and MacBooks?

A List of Actors We’d Rather See Play Steve Jobs Than Ashton Kutcher

Penguin poop can be seen from space

Long lost Star Trek script won’t be a fan film, after all

The trouble with race in Game of Thrones can be traced to Tolkien

Snap-Together Voltron Chess Set Is a Checkmate Of Awesome

Scientific Proof That Junk Food Makes You Miserable

What the Hell Is Kim Dotcom Singing?

It Makes Total Sense That the Bankers Who Destroyed Our Economy Are Now Trading Bitcoin

Watch Arthur C. Clarke predict the internet and the iPads decades before they were invented

Inflatable Captain’s Chair Is Where Kirk Would Have Spent a Day At the Beach

Family Guy Gives Voice to Your Longstanding Evite Hatred

Neil deGrasse Tyson is behind the only major technical change in the Titanic re-release

Neil DeGrasse Tyson Made James Cameron Update the Stars in Titanic 3D

The Dalek relaxation album will make you hyperventilate

The Strongest Argument Against Subway Cellphone Coverage Yet

Latest Rumors and Hints for Captain America 2, Doctor Who and The Robocop Remake!

Humongous and Deadly “Giant Pencil Launcher” Proves Grade School Fantasies Will Kill Us All

In the first trailer for Ted, Seth MacFarlane is a bong-ripping teddy bear

The DHS Is Using Wartime Mega-Cameras to Study the Southern Arizona Border

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