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Swizz Beatz Is Not Megaupload’s CEO, Actually

According to Megaupload’s attorney Ira Rothken, Professor Swizz “I Sleep With Alicia Keys Every Night” Beatz of New York University isn’t CEO of the clobbered site. Rather, VentureBeat reports, he was “negotiating” for the position. Let’s assume negotiations are over. This flies in the face of Megaupload.com, which had Swizz Beatz plastered across its face…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jan 20 '12

Rare Arctic Panda Seal Visits Seattle Woman’s Dock

OK it’s not really called a panda seal. But it should be! It’s actually a ribbon seal, and it seems to have taken a wrong turn and paused for a nap on the dock of a Seattle-woman’s riverside home. I love her calm reaction: “I thought, ‘That’s an interesting-looking creature.'” Perhaps interesting creatures appear on…

Biology Kristen Philipkoski Jan 20 '12

iPhone 4S and iPad 2 Finally Get an Untethered Jailbreak

It took a while, but owners of the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 finally have an untethered jailbreak. Yup, it’s time to start putting ROM apps on our iOS A5 devices. The updated Greenpois0n tool is called Absinthe A5 and be downloaded here. Yeah, the servers are getting hammered pretty hard, so you might want…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Jan 20 '12

New Amazing Videos Show Birds Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before

Birds have always fascinated humans. Their flight has inspired writers, artists and engineers to create poems, legends, novels, airplanes and superheroes. The new BBC documentary Earthflight captures this fascination in a way that nobody has before. It’s awesome. Earthflight was made for the BBC by John Downer Productions in high definition. I can imagine they…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 20 '12

The Extreme Sexiness of Concept Art Pin-Ups [NSFW]

Concept art takes us to strange worlds and expands our imagination — but sometimes, it’s also as sexy as hell. You can’t look through the artist galleries at CGHub, Concept Art World and other sites without finding some concept art that’s basically pin-up art as well. Here are 30 or so of our favorite concept…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 20 '12

Why Did the Feds Target Megaupload? And Why Now?

The federal government, with help from police abroad, came down on Megaupload.com with the online cop fury of an Old Testament God. But why Megaupload? And why now? There are plenty of players in the no-questions-asked online storage game: HulkShare, MediaFire, YouSendIt. They’re all staples of web sharing—and they’re all still up and running today.…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jan 20 '12

The Future of Air Travel: Now With Even Less Legroom

Southwest Airlines is completely retrofitting its planes in an effort to reduce costs and “protect the environment.” Sounds great, except that the redesigned seats will take away some of the precious few comforts you had left in the air. The new Evolve cabin interiors will save the company $10 million dollars a year, and the…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 20 '12

The Most Exuberant 404 Error Ever

You will never be happier to get a 404 error than if you land on this one from a Russian construction company whose web engineers clearly have a sense of humor. The stick figure dancing is delightful, and the dude bobbing his head along is the icing on the cake. Add it to your best…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski Jan 20 '12

U.S. House Just Put the SOPA Bill on Hold (Updated)

According to Cnet, House Rep. Lamar Smith—aka the most vocal proponent of the proposed SOPA legislation—just announced that the House will put the bill on hold. The move follows tuesdays SOPA blackout protest and the Senate’s decision to postpone their vote on the corresponding PIPA bill. Rep. Smith issued an official statement, saying that he…

Tech News Adrian Covert & Sam Biddle Jan 20 '12

ScienceOnline2012 is the coolest (un)conference you’ve probably never heard of

Are you big on science and science communication? If you are, do yourself favor and check out ScienceOnline2012 (or scio12 to those in the know), the sixth annual international meeting on science and the internet. Scio12 kicked off yesterday and will run through tomorrow — and odds are high that many of your favorite bloggers,…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 20 '12

A One-Ton Metal Mammoth Made from Old Farm Equipment

Drop what you’re doing — this is more important. Oregon sculptor Jud Turner has built a life-sized model of a Columbia mammoth skeleton, he’s done it with 95% recycled materials (mostly old farming equipment and agricultural tools), and it’s probably the most jaw-droppingly bad-ass thing I’ve ever laid my eyes on. I’m sorry, did you…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 20 '12

Music Video Megamart Vevo Might Find New Home at Facebook

The go-to service for music videos on YouTube could be heading to Facebook of all places. Because we all know how well it works out when social networks become a place for musicians to hang out (*cough* MySpace). According to CNET, Vevo has been talking to Facebook about leaving YouTube. The music video service has…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Jan 20 '12

Do you reside somewhere on the autism spectrum? In the near future, you may not.

For the first time in seventeen years, the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (D.S.M.) is undergoing a significant revision. One of the mental conditions facing major emendations in its D.S.M. definition is autism. If the changes go through, a recent analysis suggests that the rate of official diagnosis for autism,…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 20 '12

Charlize Theron gives good Evil Witch in new Snow White and the Huntsman footage

Snow White and the Huntsman looks like it oozes dark fantasy and evil magic — and that’s a type of film we haven’t seen since the days of Willow. Plus Charlize Theron looks like she’s killing it as the youth-sucking Evil Queen. A new batch of footage was released during Theron’s stop by Top Chef…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jan 20 '12

Senate Leader Harry Reid Postpones PIPA Vote (Updated: RIAA Speaks)

In response to tuesday’s online blackout in protest of the proposed SOPA and PIPA bills floating around congress, Senate leader Harry Reid has opted to postpone the vote on the bill, believing there’s a way to first find compromise between all parties. From his official statement: There is no reason that the legitimate issues raised…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 20 '12

The Amazing Artist Who Lets the Real World Paint His Pictures

Some street artists paint awesome murals. Some leave thought-provoking installations in public spaces. That’s pretty cool. But Russian artist Pavel Puhov uses urban objects as his muse—in a very serious way. The eyeglasses are my favorite. How many times a day do you look at a light pole and just see a way to illuminate…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Jan 20 '12

10 Comic Book Characters Who Become Completely Different if You Change One Letter

We’ve seen Batman turned into Bartman with the simple change of one letter. But what other heroes can be transmogrified completely, with a simple change to one letter? Check out the wild, weird, world of Marvel and DC, if only the creators made more typos. 10. The Greed Lantern This one I just included because…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jan 20 '12

$356 Million Later, the Justice Department’s Wireless Network Still Sucks

After 9/11, three federal law enforcement agencies planned a massive project to replace a mishmash of aging and obsolete radios used by thousands of federal agents. A decade and $356 million later, the program has made “minimal progress” and the Department of Homeland Security, one of the project’s key partners, wants little to do with…

Tech News Robert Beckhusen - Wired Jan 20 '12

Apparently, Nazis Are Now Taking Their Hate to Wi-Fi In New Jersey

New Jersey police are in search of A bigot who set up a Wi-Fi network called “F*ck All Jews and N*****s” inside a community center in the town of Teaneck, 10 miles outside of New York City. A 28-year-old African-American mom got the Wi-Fi signal on her iPhone while inside the Richard Rodda Community Center.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 20 '12

Must Watch: Ursula Le Guin and other authors discussing science fiction

The made-for-cable-TV show Science Fiction Conversations features the involvement of an amazing bunch of science fiction authors. Vonda McIntyre directed the episodes. Nisi Shawl and Eileen Gunn hosted the show. And the authors interviewed included Ursula K. Le Guin, Hiromi Goto and Gunn herself. Fortunately, three half-hour episodes of this show are available on Google…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 20 '12

Swizz Beatz Is Not Megaupload’s CEO, Actually

Rare Arctic Panda Seal Visits Seattle Woman’s Dock

iPhone 4S and iPad 2 Finally Get an Untethered Jailbreak

New Amazing Videos Show Birds Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before

The Extreme Sexiness of Concept Art Pin-Ups [NSFW]

Why Did the Feds Target Megaupload? And Why Now?

The Future of Air Travel: Now With Even Less Legroom

The Most Exuberant 404 Error Ever

U.S. House Just Put the SOPA Bill on Hold (Updated)

ScienceOnline2012 is the coolest (un)conference you’ve probably never heard of

A One-Ton Metal Mammoth Made from Old Farm Equipment

Music Video Megamart Vevo Might Find New Home at Facebook

Do you reside somewhere on the autism spectrum? In the near future, you may not.

Charlize Theron gives good Evil Witch in new Snow White and the Huntsman footage

Senate Leader Harry Reid Postpones PIPA Vote (Updated: RIAA Speaks)

The Amazing Artist Who Lets the Real World Paint His Pictures

10 Comic Book Characters Who Become Completely Different if You Change One Letter

$356 Million Later, the Justice Department’s Wireless Network Still Sucks

Apparently, Nazis Are Now Taking Their Hate to Wi-Fi In New Jersey

Must Watch: Ursula Le Guin and other authors discussing science fiction

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