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OS X Mountain Lion: The Future of Apple

So, OS X Mountain Lion. You should probably know about that. Here’s a rundown on what you should know about Apple’s next OS: https://gizmodo.com/the-end-of-mac-5885803 The End of Mac The latest Mac OS X is now just OS X. The “Mac” is now gone. It’s a clear declaration of intentions. The end of Macintosh-the desktop metaphor…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Feb 16 '12

And now, JFK riding a robotic unicorn on the Moon

You may remember artist Jason Heuser’s New and Improved Presidents series, which featured Andrew Jackson fighting aliens and Teddy Roosevelt murdering sasquatch. https://gizmodo.com/teddy-roosevelt-murdering-sasquatch-and-fdrs-mecha-the-5831152 Since then, he’s expanded the line to include more presidents and other famous figures in American history. I had no idea Benjamin Franklin had an adamantium skeleton. You can find prints of…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Feb 16 '12

eBay Moron Sells Safe Containing $26,000 for $123

Some lamentable sucker in California sold a locked safe on eBay for $123 with a warning of “WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET. NOTHING MORE AND NOTHING LESS.” The “nothing less” bit came back to bite him in the accumulation of wealth when the buyer cracked open the safe and found $26,000. The seller…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Feb 16 '12

Can time travel and alternate universes help solve a young woman’s murder from decades ago?

James Renner’s novel The Man from Primrose Lane takes a totally unique, mind-bending approach to the crime thriller — and we’ve got an exclusive excerpt, showing just how the limits of crime-solving might change in the next few decades. Here’s the book’s synopsis: In West Akron, Ohio, there lived a reclusive elderly man who always…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 16 '12

116 fleshy photos show off the many bare chests from Disney’s John Carter

Think Disney’s John Carter will be devoid of sexy Frank Frazetta inspired leather thongs and nakedness? Well, think again. We’ve got oodles of new John Carter pics that prove that these Martians are just as sexy as 1970s aliens. Who’s excited for some Taylor Kitch nipple and fleshy Barsoom flesh? Special thanks to Neil Miller…

Movies Meredith Woerner Feb 16 '12

Everything You Need to Embrace Linsanity

Linsanity! You’re a nerd, but you just got interested in basketball because Jeremy Lin’s improbable rise from Harvard-bred benchwarmer to Kobe Buster is changing the way that you look at the game. Aren’t you so excited to be into sports? Jeremy Lin proves that anyone can be a winner. Well, not exactly. Jeremy Lin is…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Feb 16 '12

Your Exclusive First Look at George R.R. Martin’s New Book Covers

Chances are, you’re all familiar with George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series at this point. Even if you haven’t read the books or seen the TV series, you know enough to mutter something about Ned Stark and honor, if the subject comes up. But have you read Martin’s other books? The…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Feb 16 '12

Why this fish has teeth all over its body

This beautiful image of a skate fish embryo reveals something truly extraordinary about the scales on its body. As University of Cambridge biologist Andrew Gillis explains, they are, in fact, quite similar to human teeth. They’re even controlled by genes similar to those that control tooth growth in humans. You may never look at fish…

io9 Annalee Newitz Feb 16 '12

Adorable Tiny Plotter Draws Adorably Tiny Pics

Instead of being limited to only creating images on paper pulled through a sheet feeder, plotters can work on much larger canvases. And instead of costing thousands of dollars, the tiny Piccolo CNC-Bot can be yours for just $70. There is a considerable amount of assembly required to turn the included laser cut plastic pieces…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 16 '12

Fruit flies can cure themselves of intestinal parasites, with the power of alcohol

Fruit flies, the simple little things that buzz around the fruit you swore you’d eat and the jack-o-lantern you swore you’d throw out, can diagnose themselves with intestinal parasites — and drink alcohol until they’re all better again. Fruit flies really seem to have a bad time of it. They get constantly experimented on in…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Feb 16 '12

Turn water into 4 different deadly weapons, using just pencils and a battery

A simple childhood experiment, involving basic stuff that anyone could find around the house, provides you with a simple means to make both a chemical and physical weapon. Find out how to split ordinary water into two different dangerous gases, and cause two different explosions. Top image: Water and Fire, by Serg64/Shutterstock.com Would you believe…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Feb 16 '12

This Is How Apple Will Use Mountain Lion’s Gatekeeper to Crush Competitive Apps

OS X Mountain Lion’s Gatekeeper is ideally meant to warn users about potentially malicious apps sitting around the web. That’s a good thing! But Gatekeeper could also be interpreted as Apple heavily discouraging less savvy users from installing non-Mac App Store apps entirely. It’s one step away from turning the current app freedom on the…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 16 '12

You Can Buy the Lumia 800 Now If You’re Rich and Very Stupid

The wonderful Lumia 800 is finally available in the US. Awesome. But only in a preposterous $900 bundle at the Microsoft Store. Guhhhhhhhh. https://gizmodo.com/nokia-confirms-lumia-800-coming-to-us-in-crazy-opulent-5882996 The bundle—which includes the phone, a few headsets, and a speaker—”officially” goes on sale February 26th, but apparently you can get it now if you “can’t wait.” We’ll let you know…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Feb 16 '12

Air Pollution Linked to Cognitive Decline in Women

We’ve known for a long time that air pollution is bad for your body, including your heart. But now, we’re learning it might be messing up your brain, too. https://gizmodo.com/exposure-to-air-pollution-can-increase-your-risk-of-hea-5842367 Reasearchers on mice have already found a possible link between air pollution and memory problems, but now a similar correlation has been shown in women.…

io9 Tim Barribeau Feb 16 '12

Clik for iPhone and Android: Magically Control Any Web Browser from Your Phone

So you have a YouTube video on your phone but you want to watch it on a bigger screen. Do you open a web browser and find that video again? Guh. That would take too long. Instead, use Clik, an app that magically pushes YouTube videos from your phone on to any screen with a…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 16 '12

The End of Mac

The latest Mac OS X is now just OS X. The “Mac” is now gone. It’s a clear declaration of intentions. The end of Macintosh—the desktop metaphor that reigned supreme for more than two decades—is near. https://gizmodo.com/os-x-10-8-mountain-lion-more-iphone-like-than-ever-5885628 Not the MacBooks and the iMacs, no, but what defines them. Their software soul. Two more years and…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 16 '12

How Your Dog Could Help Create Groundbreaking Treatments for Cancer

If your beloved dog gets cancer, it could be a heartbreaking and scary event — but your dog’s misfortune could help save a lot of people’s lives down the road. A lot of the cutting edge of cancer research involves studying canine tumors and treating canine cancer aggressively — and humans could benefit quite a…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 16 '12

Those nutty dudes from Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! are making an apocalyptic TV show

You may know Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim as the inscrutable masterminds behind Adult Swim’s Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, a surrealist comedy program that dove butt-first into the oubliette that is public access television. And this spring, the duo releases Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie, a gleefully deranged cinematic nugget about…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Feb 16 '12

Electric cars could cause worse pollution than your gas guzzler

The electric (or even hybrid) car has been heralded as a way to help limit the amount of aerial pollution hitting the skies and our lungs, but a new study out of China has shown that they’re actually even worse than regular gas guzzlers. Top image: Asterix611 on Flickr The study in specific looked at…

io9 Tim Barribeau Feb 16 '12

Girl Falls on Her Face While Texting (During Live News Broadcast)

That thing you’re worried is going to happen to you ever single time you walk down the sidewalk while texting? It just happened. To someone else! Laugh away. We’re loath to make light of a woman falling down so severely that she has trouble getting up and attracts the attention of an entire crowd, but,…

Tech News Sam Biddle Feb 16 '12

OS X Mountain Lion: The Future of Apple

And now, JFK riding a robotic unicorn on the Moon

eBay Moron Sells Safe Containing $26,000 for $123

Can time travel and alternate universes help solve a young woman’s murder from decades ago?

116 fleshy photos show off the many bare chests from Disney’s John Carter

Everything You Need to Embrace Linsanity

Your Exclusive First Look at George R.R. Martin’s New Book Covers

Why this fish has teeth all over its body

Adorable Tiny Plotter Draws Adorably Tiny Pics

Fruit flies can cure themselves of intestinal parasites, with the power of alcohol

Turn water into 4 different deadly weapons, using just pencils and a battery

This Is How Apple Will Use Mountain Lion’s Gatekeeper to Crush Competitive Apps

You Can Buy the Lumia 800 Now If You’re Rich and Very Stupid

Air Pollution Linked to Cognitive Decline in Women

Clik for iPhone and Android: Magically Control Any Web Browser from Your Phone

The End of Mac

How Your Dog Could Help Create Groundbreaking Treatments for Cancer

Those nutty dudes from Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! are making an apocalyptic TV show

Electric cars could cause worse pollution than your gas guzzler

Girl Falls on Her Face While Texting (During Live News Broadcast)

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