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Another Reason Your K-Cup Coffee Machine Is a Terrible Thing

I think the coffee that comes out of single-serving coffee pod machines is not very good. But, putting that aside, it can be obscenely expensive, as Oliver Strand points out in the NYT: For example, the Nespresso Arpeggio costs $5.70 for 10 espresso capsules, while the Folgers Black Silk blend for a K-Cup brewed-coffee machine…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

New G.I. Joe trailer picks up right where the last movie left off, but looks infinitely more fun

If you remember the last Joe flick, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, the whole point was to place the master of disguise Zartan (Arnold Vosloo) in the White House, replacing the current U.S. President, played by Jonathan Pryce. And what’s the first thing the President does in the sequel, G.I. Joe: Retaliation? Kills all…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

TripLingo Romance Edition: Love Abroad

There are a ton of apps headed down the ol’ App Store highway that will make Valentine’s Day magical for you and your significant other. But what about the lonely people of the world? And what’s going to happen to folks in other countries during this, the cruelest of holidays? Don’t worry lonely travelers. I…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

Lightspeed Presents… “Her Words Like Hunting Vixens Spring” by Brooke Bolander

io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we’ll be featuring a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “Her Words Like Hunting Vixens Spring ” by Brooke Bolander. Enjoy! Art by Khitrets. Her Words Like Hunting Vixens Spring by Brooke Bolander The first fox to come clawing up…

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Every Bus Stop On Earth Should Smell Like Fresh Baked Potatoes

As part of the UK promotion for the company’s new microwave pre-baked potatoes (called jackets there for some reason), McCain has outfitted ten bus shelters with giant 3D spuds that release the aroma of a freshly baked potato. Waiting at a shelter for a bus that’s seemingly never going to arrive is torture enough, but…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Ancient humans just couldn’t stop having sex with Neanderthals

The human genome carries an average of 1% to 4% Neanderthal DNA, which means our ancient human ancestors must have interbred with our extinct evolutionary cousins. That raises an obvious next question: why did humans have sex with Neanderthals? That question isn’t meant to be totally glib. The current consensus is that ancient humans must…

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Tech News Roberto Baldwin

Google Voice on Android Is Now Much, Much Prettier

The Google Voice app for Android got a significant update today, unveiling a fancy UI facelift for Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich and finally implementing offline SMS queueing. The offline SMS queueing features means you’ll be able to compose and save messages when you don’t have a mobile connection. Once you emerge from whatever signal-free…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

These Avengers and Spider-Man costumes have already ruined Halloween

This happens like clockwork once every few months. A perfectly nice Halloween costume manufacturer sends us the latest disguises based on [insert upcoming $150-million movie’s name here] and we have an ethical obligation to make fun of them. It’s not the fault of the designers. I bet there was an idealistic intern out there who…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Three reasons to watch The River tonight, and one reason not to

Produced by Steven Spielberg, and created by Paranormal Activity writer/director Oren Peli, new TV series The River boasts some pretty great credentials out of the gate. But can one-hit-wonder Peli, whose movie we loved, really handle a weekly horror series? We’ve seen the two-hour premiere of the show, which airs tonight, and we’ve got a…

Television Annalee Newitz

Cancer is just as deadly as it was 50 years ago. Here’s why that’s about to change.

Why haven’t we cured cancer yet? It seems like almost every day, we hear about another miraculous advance in cancer treatment. Drugs that cause tumors to shrink, gene therapies, and even a possible vaccine. And yet, our loved ones keep dying of cancer. We spoke to cancer experts to find out why the death rate…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Olympics Will Have Bombproof Trash Cans with LCD Screens

Trash cans are the eye sores of city life, like the grimy physical manifestation of popped pimples overflowing with bags and Chinese takeout ooze. The Olympics? A magnifying glass on a city’s life. That’s why it’s not surprising to see a city (in this case, London) introduce new, stylish trash cans as a quick makeover.…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Softer Side of Chainsaw-Accentuated Rifles

Rifles augmented with chainsaws designed to cut through zombie hordes are old hat, so when Guns & Gardens set about making theirs, they wanted it to be different. Cuter, more adorable, and more appealing to your stereotypical tweenaged girl. https://gizmodo.com/add-an-electric-chainsaw-to-your-ak-47-to-battle-non-ex-5879178 With their $100 budget (not including the rifle) they built the OMG-AR15 Unicorn from a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Your Next Piece of Furniture Could Be Made From Your Old Refrigerator

The huge, incredible DIY Maker Bot is almost as impressive as the beautiful furniture it assembles from the melted-down refuge of discarded kitchen appliances. You have to watch this for yourself. Dutch designer Dirk Vander Kooij will build you a futuristic rocking chair, a wild-looking table, or whatever kind of furniture you want. From the…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

8 clips from The Lorax make us sad, but not for the trees

These eight clips from the mangled Dr. Seuss Lorax translation fill us with so many emotions. On one hand, it’s gorgeous. The Truffula Tree forrest is simply stunning, and the Humming Fish are supremely adorable. But that is where it stops. The plot moves forward, and we get to meet the Once-ler’s extended family (faces…

Movies Meredith Woerner

How a Smart Photographer Beat Out a Bunch of Abusive Cops

Accredited Journalist Carlos Miller was arrested while covering the Occupy Miami eviction, following orders by Miami-Dade police’s Major Nancy Pérez. Then they deleted his footage, which is illegal and may lead to a federal lawsuit. Fortunately, Miller is smarter than these cops. He recovered the deleted footage from his camera’s memory card, part of which…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Logitech Cube Lightning Review: This Is Not a Mouse

Logitech arguably makes the best mice you can buy. I guess it tires of doing so, as the Cube mouse-plus-PowerPoint-clicker is an ergonomic war crime and peripheral abomination. At least it’s small enough to purge from memory. https://gizmodo.com/logitech-g400-lightning-review-im-going-to-murder-your-5837268 What Is It? A “compact” pinky-long touch mouse meant to be used during presentations, too. Who’s it…

Reviews Sam Biddle

How much of your online dating profile do people actually read?

If you’re trying to attract men in San Francisco who like to visit coffee shops, you may want to skip filling in your “about me” section, and spend as much time as possible picking out your very best profile picture. According to consumer research company AnswerLab, men spend 65 percent more time looking at photos…

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Take Pictures Quicker, Sync DropBox Music, and Open Almost Any File

Apple says the camera on the iPhone 4S is quick. Well, quicker, anyway. You still have to launch the app, then take a photo. Sometimes it’s super fast. Other times, it’s so slow you miss your chance to take a picture of the Yeti that just ran off with your backpack. Next time, capture that…

Commerce Roberto Baldwin

The Best Laptops Under $500

Looking for the best bang for your PC buck? Our friends at Laptop Magazine and Laptop Mag—who oversee 140+ notebook and netbook reviews every year—have rounded up the top performers under $500. The price of Windows laptops continues to decline, with the average system costing just $456 in December 2011. However, you don’t have to…

Tech News David Eitelbach-Laptopmag.com

Another Reason Your K-Cup Coffee Machine Is a Terrible Thing

New G.I. Joe trailer picks up right where the last movie left off, but looks infinitely more fun

TripLingo Romance Edition: Love Abroad

Lightspeed Presents… “Her Words Like Hunting Vixens Spring” by Brooke Bolander

Every Bus Stop On Earth Should Smell Like Fresh Baked Potatoes

Ancient humans just couldn’t stop having sex with Neanderthals

TripLingo Romance Edition Gallery

Google Voice on Android Is Now Much, Much Prettier

These Avengers and Spider-Man costumes have already ruined Halloween

Three reasons to watch The River tonight, and one reason not to

Cancer is just as deadly as it was 50 years ago. Here’s why that’s about to change.

The Olympics Will Have Bombproof Trash Cans with LCD Screens

The Softer Side of Chainsaw-Accentuated Rifles

Your Next Piece of Furniture Could Be Made From Your Old Refrigerator

8 clips from The Lorax make us sad, but not for the trees

How a Smart Photographer Beat Out a Bunch of Abusive Cops

Logitech Cube Lightning Review: This Is Not a Mouse

How much of your online dating profile do people actually read?

Take Pictures Quicker, Sync DropBox Music, and Open Almost Any File

The Best Laptops Under $500

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