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Warren Buffett Just Made an $11 Billion Bet on IBM

Warren Buffett popped up on CNBC this morning to talk about this and that and how his investment firm Berkshire Hathaway casually dropped $10.7 billion to become IBM’s largest shareholder, and…waaaaaaaaaaaaaait…WHOA. Buffett acquired 64 million shares of Big Blue, which is good for 5.5 percent of the company. According to AllThingsD, the next biggest shareholder,…

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 14 '11

Projector Phone: Talk and Touch at the Same Time (If You Work in a Dark Cave)

Unless you’re using a Bluetooth headset or their speakerphone, you can’t really operate a touchscreen smartphone while it’s held to your ear during a call. So this prototype once again merges a phone with a pico projector to give you full access to your device during a call, as well as the device of the…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Nov 14 '11

Why an omniscient foe will always lose a game of chicken

Find out how omniscience can let one opponent make a chump of another in one paradoxical game but get completely trounced in another. Game theory at its weirdest, folks. So you’re down on planet Mrrfrrglebrox wearing your lovely red shirt, seeking out new life and new civilizations. You come across a being called Zentarr. Zentarr…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Nov 14 '11

Meet AMD’s New History-Making, 16-Core Beast

Your quad-core computer doesn’t seem so great anymore now, does it, champ? AMD’s Opteron 6200 boasts 16 cores running at up to 2.6 GHz each. That is a lot of number crunching—and the first x86 with 16 cores. Sadly, the monster isn’t really made for you. AMD’s going after server farms with the 16-headed Opteron—places…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 14 '11

A Hong Kong exorcism, complete with laser eyes and Nintendo swords!

It is with great joy that I can report that Sardonicus1313 — the YouTube archiver of such sense-shattering martial arts scenes as the Ninja Vagina Bubble and the decapitated flying head ninjutsu — has now dredged up another deranged cinema moment. Happy Monday, here is your madness. https://gizmodo.com/q-whats-the-worst-ninja-magic-ever-a-the-evil-vagin-5642030 https://gizmodo.com/if-you-decapitate-a-ninja-with-a-boomerang-he-just-ain-5826548 In this exorcism sequence from the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Nov 14 '11

This Impossible to Destroy Hardshell Backpack Is Perfect for a Modern Day Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle

This super slick hard shell backpack, called Solid Gray and made in the Netherlands, is cut and shaped from a single sheet of polypropene block copolymer. It’s supposedly so strong that even if you bend it a million times it will never break or tear. The material made to create the Solid Gray backpack was…

Tech News Casey Chan Nov 14 '11

This Is the Sword Stolen from Lincoln’s Tomb

This is the three-foot long copper sword stolen from Abraham Lincoln’s Tomb in the Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois. It was there sometime in September (left) and now is gone (right). The sword was brandished by a Civil War artillery officer on one of the four bronze statues atop the monument, which represent the four…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 14 '11

YouTube’s Getting a Google+ Inspired Update

YouTube’s probably a pretty big (and wildly unproductive) part of your life. So it sucks that it’s organized like a drunken blind guy’s sock drawer. Google’s trying to do something about that with a new and very pretty redesign available to select users, according to The Next Web. The new design is focused around heavier…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Nov 14 '11

New Hunger Games trailer takes you inside the teenage Thunderdome

The Hunger Games movie is being called the next Twilight (and even the next Harry Potter), but will Suzanne Collins’ post-apocalyptic movie adaptation live up to the teen juggernaut series before it? Check out the first-ever trailer with footage from the film, including scenes inside the games, at the Capitol, and a look at the…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 14 '11

Zipping from San Francisco to Oakland in 5 Minutes

Last week I had two friends from the Bay Area over to my apartment in Los Angeles. They recently moved to San Francisco from Oakland and I asked how they liked their new digs. “We love it. But I wish there was a way to get between Oakland and San Francisco easier.” They explained that…

Tech News Matt Novak Nov 14 '11

Rumor: Lenovo to Release the Honey Badger of Tegra 3 Tablets

Lenovo is not one to sit around and let Asus have all the super-spec’d tablet fun. Engadget has sniffed out a rumor that they’ll be bringing their own quad-core Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) very, very soon. Monster fight! If you’re into specs, get ready to swoon. This feller is rumored to be running a…

Tech News Brent Rose Nov 14 '11

Could One Element Power the Entire Planet?

The world isn’t too hot on nuclear energy today, and for good reason. But “nuclear energy” doesn’t have to be the kind we’ve come to know and botch. Some engineers think the rocks we’re walking on could change electricity forever. Motherboard’s new mini-doc, “The Thorium Dream,” follows just that—the fantasy of ditching uranium in favor…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 14 '11

DARPA and MIT Are Making a Robo-OSTRICH That Runs Faster Than You

Not merely satisfied with having the the top research labs develop robotic dogs and cheetahs and humans, DARPA’s latest endeavor will see the military agency team up with MIT to develop FastRunner, a robotic ostrich capable of outrunning us all. https://gizmodo.com/alphadog-is-the-new-generation-of-the-creepiest-robot-e-5845419 And while an ostrich seems like a comical animal to fashion a war machine…

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 14 '11

Home Flight Simulator: Fly Without TSA Gropings

Since you never actually leave your living room, the OVO-4 home flight simulator lets you skip all the unpleasantness of modern air travel, while still enjoying the mind numbing boredom of being inside a commercial aircraft for hours at a time. It’s a fully gimbaled enclosed simulator that’s able to twist and pitch, recreating the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 14 '11

Creepy App Lets You Creepily Meet (Creepy?) Strangers

Here is a recipe: Take Foursquare, remove all potential usefulness. Take the entirety of dating, add all possible creepiness. Mix. Dump in five pounds of salt. Inject into jugular. Mm! You’re now using Crowded Room, today’s stupidest, disquieting iPhone app. Crowded Room is made by the same tech conglomerate that owns Match.com and OkCupid—two very…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 14 '11

Will the prologue for The Dark Knight Rises set the stage for the entire movie?

The Dark Knight’s prologue simply introduced the Joker, but could next month’s IMAX prologue for The Dark Knight Rises be doing much, much more? An insane new description suggests the prologue will completely change everything before the actual movie even begins. George Miller gives another Mad Max: Fury Road status update, and he explains why…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Nov 14 '11

Google’s Secret Ideas Factory Could Put You in a Space Elevator

Hidden away in a remote part of the San Francisco Bay Area, Google has a top-secret lab that’s home to the future. It’s called Google X and guess what? Nobody knows for sure what happens in there. The New York Times reports that Google X is home to all manner of exotic technology and forward-thinking…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe Nov 14 '11

There’s Going to Be a LEGO MOVIE

Fresh from recent huge successes in the video game world, the Danish brickies at LEGO are teaming up with the film part of Warner Bros. to create a full, LEGO-based motion picture. Due in 2014, the LEGO film is being written and directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who were the co-directors behind 2009′s…

Movies Gary Cutlack Nov 14 '11

The Story of the Crazy Stunt Motorcyclist and the Pickup Truck

Ever wished there was a way to shut your truck’s tailgate that didn’t involve, you know, using your damn hands? Well, this guy can do it for you using just the rear wheel of his motorcycle. Problem solved. [Carscoop]

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Nov 14 '11

You Can Actually Buy the Tron Light Cycle Now

If there’s one thing cooler than riding a motorcycle, it’s riding a Tron:Legacy Light Cycle. Now you can, and without harming the environment. https://gizmodo.com/how-tron-legacy-light-cycle-designers-made-the-sexiest-5711658 Launched at the Milan International Motorcycle Show over the weekend, Evolve Motorcycle’s new creation is the Xenon: an all-electric replica of Tron’s iconic Light Cycle. The bike features a 40,000 watt…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Nov 14 '11

Warren Buffett Just Made an $11 Billion Bet on IBM

Projector Phone: Talk and Touch at the Same Time (If You Work in a Dark Cave)

Why an omniscient foe will always lose a game of chicken

Meet AMD’s New History-Making, 16-Core Beast

A Hong Kong exorcism, complete with laser eyes and Nintendo swords!

This Impossible to Destroy Hardshell Backpack Is Perfect for a Modern Day Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle

This Is the Sword Stolen from Lincoln’s Tomb

YouTube’s Getting a Google+ Inspired Update

New Hunger Games trailer takes you inside the teenage Thunderdome

Zipping from San Francisco to Oakland in 5 Minutes

Rumor: Lenovo to Release the Honey Badger of Tegra 3 Tablets

Could One Element Power the Entire Planet?

DARPA and MIT Are Making a Robo-OSTRICH That Runs Faster Than You

Home Flight Simulator: Fly Without TSA Gropings

Creepy App Lets You Creepily Meet (Creepy?) Strangers

Will the prologue for The Dark Knight Rises set the stage for the entire movie?

Google’s Secret Ideas Factory Could Put You in a Space Elevator

There’s Going to Be a LEGO MOVIE

The Story of the Crazy Stunt Motorcyclist and the Pickup Truck

You Can Actually Buy the Tron Light Cycle Now

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