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Deus Ex: Human Revolution PC Download Is Your What-Does-It-Mean-To-Be-Human Deal of the Day

I was mocked for loving the original Deus Ex. Maybe it was the way I pronounced the title of the game (“Doo Sex. I LOOOVE Doo Sex”). And then came its horrible sequel. I got pretty far into the game, only to get stuck inside a cave with no ammo or health and guys outside…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals Feb 24 '12

Computer scientist scores two-book deal with Angry Robot

Ramez Naam is a software engineer who spent years at Microsoft working on Explorer, Outlook, and Bing. Then he became fascinated by biotechnology and authored a non-fiction book called More Than Human: Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement. And now he’s turned to science fiction. He’s sold two books, Nexus and its sequel Crux, to…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz Feb 24 '12

Rumor: Google Drive Will Play Nice WIth Third-Party Apps

Google Drive—Google’s rumored cloud storage service—is all but official, yet one question remains: how much freedom will we have with the space? If this alleged Google Drive code suggesting third-party apps will be allowed to access the storage is legit, it might be as open as we all hope. https://gizmodo.com/googles-cloud-storage-could-launch-in-the-coming-weeks-5883648 According to the blog Google…

Tech News Adrian Covert Feb 24 '12

Rock You Like An Apocalypse: Art That Destroys The World!

Is there anything more hardcore than a really great apocalypse? One featuring fire raining down and tidal waves and people with mohawks running wild? It’s Friday, which makes this a perfect time to rock out like Roland Emmerich. We’ve gathered some of the most bitchin apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic art from all over the internet. Check…

io9 MaryKate Jasper and Charlie Jane Anders Feb 24 '12

Incredibly Badass Tactical Mug Lets You Strap on Spec Ops Gun Attachments While You Drink

Something it’s nice to jazz up your morning cup of coffee or tea with, say, a stronger brew. Or maybe a little whiskey, hey-oh! But what about night vision scopes, laser targeting, and a tripod mount? The OPMOD Battle Mug is probably the only mug you want to bring with you if you’re both thirsty…

Gadgets Sam Biddle Feb 24 '12

The Biggest YouTube Porn Fakeouts of All Time

There’s a boring, obscure video on YouTube titled “Pregnancy Booster Clomid (Pregnancy Health Guru).” It has over 174 million views—beating famous songs by Katy Perry, Bieber, and Chris Brown. How? Like dozens of others, it’s pretend porn. This sad, bizarre phenomenon—short videos of awful quality and ostensibly zero entertainment value that have hundreds of millions…

Tech News Sam Biddle Feb 24 '12

Who is Spock Vulcan nerve-pinching in the first Star Trek 2 photos? Spoilers!

Brace yourself, because the first set photos (below) from J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek sequel have hit the web! In these unofficial shots, Spock (Zachary Quinto) battles the film’s unknown villain — Sherlock’s Benedict Cumberbatch, who’s wearing a black Starfleet uniform — on a space barge. Spock goes in for his famous tweak attack, but Cumberbatch…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Feb 24 '12

Court Says Cops Can’t Make You Decrypt Your Secure Hard Drives

Remember the defendant in that fraud case who was prepared to claim she forgot the password to her laptop if ordered to decrypt it? Adding some more intrigue to the matter is the fact that the 11th Circuit Court says defendants won’t have to decrypt drives if the contents are unknown. Huh? https://gizmodo.com/defendant-ordered-to-decrypt-hard-drive-says-she-forgot-5882811 The Fifth…

Privacy & Security Adrian Covert Feb 24 '12

10 Science Policies We Wish the Government Would Enforce

There’s been a lot of talk recently about how science is defined and who does it best. I don’t much care to follow that, because it makes me stomp around my room shouting at the walls, and that’s a waste of time. I’d rather discuss science in a way that makes other people shout at…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Feb 24 '12

Why Can’t I Share This Awesome List of Movies On Netflix?

Did you see this absolutely epic list of of movies that Martin Scorcese thinks you should watch? I want to add them all to my Netflix queue, but it would be a pain. I wish I could just add them all with a click. Am I the only one who misses when Netflix was more…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Feb 24 '12

Naked Women Bursting Bubbles In Super-Slow Motion—I Rest My Case (NSFW)

A group of veteran Playboy photographers have joined forces to teach how to perfectly capture naked people on film. Their first lesson: how to photograph models bursting bubbles. And… well, there’s not much to say here, really. NSFW, for obvious reasons. These masters of photography and Centerfold shooters are Arny Freytag and Jarmo Pohjaniemi. Shoot…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 24 '12

What if The Phantom Menace was a really, really good movie?

Dig if you will a motion picture about a vengeful Obi Wan Kenobi, an unkillable Darth Maul, and a forbidden Jedi romance that doesn’t involve the kid from Jingle All The Way. This movie could’ve been The Phantom Menace, if only the plot was super-streamlined. In a critique similar to that of Mr. Plinkett, the…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Feb 24 '12

Astounding Gentleman Shoots Himself in the Stomach Point Blank to Test Body Armor

If you need any further proof that handguns should be illegal or that the human race doesn’t deserve to exist, watch this intrepid amateur scientist blast himself with a 10mm round at point blank. Why? Fer testin’! Somehow he survived the pistol trial, although his chorus of “Fuck, Oh, Fuck” indicates this sure hurt. Strange,…

Tech News Sam Biddle Feb 24 '12

Meet the deepest land animal ever found

This pale little fellow is the newly discovered Plutomurus ortobalaganensis, a springtail found almost 2,000 meters underground and the title holder of “deepest terrestrial arthropod ever found.” This creature along with Anurida stereoodorata, Deuteraphorura kruberaensis, and Schaefferia profundissima are four new species identified by researchers who descended into Krubera-Voronja, the world’s deepest cave. These four…

io9 Tim Barribeau Feb 24 '12

Australia’s answer to The Hunger Games will leave you hungry

Tomorrow, When The War Began is based on a famous series of Australian books about naughty Asians invading Oz. But the timing of the movie’s Stateside release obviously has more to do with Hunger Games fever — here’s another film about a group of teenagers dealing with an apocalyptic, dystopian scenario, featuring a strong female…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 24 '12

A Kickstarter for Porn? Sure, Why Not!

Let’s just put this in the clearest possible terms: THERE’S A KICKSTARTER FOR PORN. It’s called Offbeatr (obviously), and according to Xbiz, it provides porn creatives “a way to raise money for their projects from individuals in exchange for unique rewards” The concept pretty much explains itself. A producer/director/actor has an idea for a film,…

Tech News Adrian Covert Feb 24 '12

Behold, the Mickey Mouse gas mask from World War II

During World War II, the American military began investigating methods to protect the civilian population from domestic saboteurs. One solution the military devised was this extremely eerie Mickey Mouse gas mask. These masks were designed to shield children from chemical warfare and to calm them with the dead-eyed visage of their favorite happy rodent. It…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Feb 24 '12

The Social Network Only the Cops Have Access To

Former police officer Anne Marie Rasmusson is about to file a lawsuit alleging that her drivers license record was illegally accessed hundreds of times by other law enforcers in Minnesota. Who else are the police illegally looking up and how can they be held accountable? The Twin Cities alt-weekly, City Pages, tells Ramusson’s tale. The…

Privacy & Security Mario Aguilar Feb 24 '12

Is the Ark of the Covenant Really Buried on a Small Canadian Island?

For two hundred years, rumors have swirled that hidden treasure lies buried on Oak Island, a 140-acre plot of land off the coast of Nova Scotia. Over the centuries, thousands of people have devoted ridiculous amounts of time and money to finding it. Their adventures are a litany of awesomely catastrophic failures as they chased…

io9 Keith Veronese Feb 24 '12

What Are Steroids?

You might have a friend who has to take them for asthma. You might know someone else who denies taking them but has gotten crazy ripped really fast and angers easily. Famous athletes are denying or being caught with them in their blood stream seemingly every day—just yesterday, MLB slugger Ryan Braun successfully appealed a…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski Feb 24 '12

Deus Ex: Human Revolution PC Download Is Your What-Does-It-Mean-To-Be-Human Deal of the Day

Computer scientist scores two-book deal with Angry Robot

Rumor: Google Drive Will Play Nice WIth Third-Party Apps

Rock You Like An Apocalypse: Art That Destroys The World!

Incredibly Badass Tactical Mug Lets You Strap on Spec Ops Gun Attachments While You Drink

The Biggest YouTube Porn Fakeouts of All Time

Who is Spock Vulcan nerve-pinching in the first Star Trek 2 photos? Spoilers!

Court Says Cops Can’t Make You Decrypt Your Secure Hard Drives

10 Science Policies We Wish the Government Would Enforce

Why Can’t I Share This Awesome List of Movies On Netflix?

Naked Women Bursting Bubbles In Super-Slow Motion—I Rest My Case (NSFW)

What if The Phantom Menace was a really, really good movie?

Astounding Gentleman Shoots Himself in the Stomach Point Blank to Test Body Armor

Meet the deepest land animal ever found

Australia’s answer to The Hunger Games will leave you hungry

A Kickstarter for Porn? Sure, Why Not!

Behold, the Mickey Mouse gas mask from World War II

The Social Network Only the Cops Have Access To

Is the Ark of the Covenant Really Buried on a Small Canadian Island?

What Are Steroids?

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