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Apple TVs Don’t Need Dedicated Carrying Cases

There may come a time, when you have to transport your Apple TV from point A to point B. Will you really need a specialized $45 case for that purpose? Something tells me no. [SF Bags via CrunchGear]

Television Adrian Covert Jul 6

The Avengers will be at Comic-Con after all

We’ve been saying for weeks that there’s no way The Avengers would skip out entirely on Comic-Con. SDCC without Joss Whedon is like Christmas without Santa Claus. And the rumor mill is whispering that The Avengers will assemble once again! First Showing has the inside scoop on Disney and Marvel’s plans for marketing The Avengers…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 6

10 science fiction cartoons that didn’t make it past one episode

Woe to be an animated series that only makes it to one episode (or worse, a rinky-dink promo reel) before being consigned to the dustbin. Here are 10 canned cartoons we can watch thanks to the magics of YouTube. Youngblood Some of you may remember that Jim Lee’s WildStorm comic Wild.C.A.T.s got its own TV…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 6

Apple Demands Sales Ban Against Samsung in Growing Trade Battle

The slapping match between electronic giants (and major rivals) Apple and Samsung took another jump upward, with the former filing suit against the latter to execute an import ban. This would take Samsung products off shelves—a major defeat. It’d be a temporary defeat—only yanking the Galaxy S 4G, Infuse 4G, Droid Charge and Galaxy Tab…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 6

The Smartphone Eyepiece That Diagnoses Cataracts

As cataracts is the main cause for blindness, a phone accessory that diagnoses cataracts could cut down on blindness, particularly in the developing world. As shown in the video here, MIT’s CATRA is a low-cost solution which not only detects cataracts, but also tracks the severity of them over time. Thanks to the low-cost supplies…

Health Kat Hannaford Jul 6

The Boxee Remote Now Works For Your Home Computer

For those of you who like Boxee but couldn’t be bothered getting the Box for your home theater setup, D-Link is now offering you the remote that came with it for your Mac or PC. Just to show they care. https://gizmodo.com/boxee-review-good-at-one-thing-bad-at-everything-else-5697736 The remote has the same functionality as before, even if it was always a…

Tech News Kwame Opam Jul 6

Americans Set New World Record For Hugest Burger For America

Juicy’s LLC set the record for most ginormous burger ever made on Saturday at the Alameda County Fair in California. Weighing in at 777 pounds, it whooped Canada’s former record of 590 pounds. Please. This is America. We invented obesity. Juicy’s Outlaw Burger—an outlaw because it broke zoning laws for awesome—was 600 pounds, or a…

Tech News Kwame Opam Jul 6

Rejoice! Spotify US Invites Are Officially Here

Spotify is coming to the US! This time, it’s for real! They’ve even put up a (trumpet-blaring) page letting Yanks request an invite to the streaming music service. https://gizmodo.com/spotify-signs-universal-music-could-arrive-in-the-u-s-5810827 Why do you care? Because Spotify is the greatest thing since sliced bread, if sliced bread could play you any song you wanted at any time.…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 6

Brazilian Ranchers Using Agent Orange to Illegally Clear Out Rainforests

Agent Orange is a forest-clearing herbicide that killed over 400,000 people during the Vietnam War. Almost 40 years later, ranchers in the Amazon region of Brazil are still using the substance to illegally clear out 440 acres of rainforest. According to Treehugger and the Brazilian environmental agency IBAMA, ranchers have turned to Agent Orange as…

Commerce Adrian Covert Jul 6

NATO Gets Hacked for the Second Time

A group of hackers, known as Inj3ct0r Team, are saying that they’ve hacked a server that belongs to NATO. They’ve posted the compromised files, which were confidential files stored on a backup server, onto MediaFire. According to The Hacker News, the reason Inj3ct0r tapped into NATO was because of the development and financing of nuclear…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 6

“Soulless” Rumored to Be Gathering Across the Country for Miracle Day Protests

Word on the street is that groups of the so-called “Soulless” are gathering peacefully to silently protest the impending Miracle Day, rumored to be taking place this Friday. Some believe that Miracle Day will be a day for rejoicing (probably because, allegedly, no one will ever die again), but others remain cautious. Miracle Day is…

Tech News Sponsored post Jul 6

The chemicals that make you happy. No. Not those.

Every day, we look for ways to be happy. We do terrible things, or seek great achievement, or search for true love, or sometimes take on deep spiritual quests. Because happiness can be found within — literally. Your body provides itself with many chemicals that make you happy for no good reason. Take a look…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 6

7 Tools to Help Your #AntiSec Hacking Antics Remain Anonymous

Lulzsec has vanished into the ether. Anonymous is lost in Orlando City. And, I don’t know what you’re doing on the internet. Don’t wanna know. But if someone were to step up in their place and expose corruption or shoddy corporate IT security, they should prepare for the oh-so-dramatic moment when the FBI rolls in…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jul 6

Is Apple using its mountains of cash to build a time machine?

People have ascribed all sorts of paranormal abilities to Steve Jobs… but could he have spurred Apple to create a time machine? That’s what an anonymous poster at Quora hinted, and the post was picked up by Forbes’ Brian Caulfield. But don’t worry, paradox-phobes. It’s not a literal time machine. Rather, it’s a way of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 6

Microsoft Demands Samsung Pay $15 Royalties For Every Android Phone It Sells

HTC’s beginning to look like it got a good deal the other month, paying just $5 to Microsoft for every Androidphone it sells, compared to Samsung’s $15. These royalties are based on patents Microsoft holds, which Samsung’s utilizing for Android phones. Samsung’s understood to be asking for a lower rate at $10 per device, if…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 6

Scientists Argue About How To Better Store Spent Nuclear Fuel

In the wake of the meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, scientists and lawmakers are struggling to deal with the vulnerability of spent fuel, both as a hazard and as a potential terrorist target. One solution includes moving away from nuclear pools and into dry casks. According to the New York Times: Several members of…

Tech News Kwame Opam Jul 6

The story of a cat and two humans, trying to survive in post-apocalyptic, underwater Brooklyn

Fathoms is a 20 minute film that captures the sad whimsy of life on a salvage ship, roaming the drowned subways of Brooklyn. Environmental meltdown has left most of Earth underwater. We follow the story of a cat named Hippo and his two humans, Sam and Evan, are surviving in the remains of New York,…

Movies Annalee Newitz Jul 6

Spray Painting with a Skateboard Is Just As Fun As It Sounds

These skaters attached a remote control spray paint can to the bottom of their skateboards. That way, whenever they would skate, a trail of paint would follow their path. It all makes for chaotically colorful artwork. Ingeniously, the skaters chose to tag up an empty pool. Given the constant loopy back and forths that are…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 6

Japan’s Rare Earth Metals Find May Break China’s Stranglehold on Our Gadgets

Looks like that skirmish between Japan and China last year over the neodymium and lanthanum required in the production of electronics has been resolved, now that Japan has stumbled over their own supplies in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. https://gizmodo.com/china-withholds-valuable-materials-needed-for-electric-5646091 China produces 90 per cent of the world’s neodymium, and when arguments with Japan came…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 6

The lost Hawkman movie was a Baby Ruth commercial

While we speculate how DC Comics are going to regroup their superhero blockbuster strategy post-Green Lantern, let’s not forget that DC heroes have been manhandled worse. In 1997, Hawkman shilled a nutty candy bar. https://gizmodo.com/which-dc-comics-character-could-save-dcs-non-batman-sup-5818333 I’m not sure what the ramifications of this commercial are. Does Baby Ruth have the power to make you come…

Television Cyriaque Lamar Jul 6

Apple TVs Don’t Need Dedicated Carrying Cases

The Avengers will be at Comic-Con after all

10 science fiction cartoons that didn’t make it past one episode

Apple Demands Sales Ban Against Samsung in Growing Trade Battle

The Smartphone Eyepiece That Diagnoses Cataracts

The Boxee Remote Now Works For Your Home Computer

Americans Set New World Record For Hugest Burger For America

Rejoice! Spotify US Invites Are Officially Here

Brazilian Ranchers Using Agent Orange to Illegally Clear Out Rainforests

NATO Gets Hacked for the Second Time

“Soulless” Rumored to Be Gathering Across the Country for Miracle Day Protests

The chemicals that make you happy. No. Not those.

7 Tools to Help Your #AntiSec Hacking Antics Remain Anonymous

Is Apple using its mountains of cash to build a time machine?

Microsoft Demands Samsung Pay $15 Royalties For Every Android Phone It Sells

Scientists Argue About How To Better Store Spent Nuclear Fuel

The story of a cat and two humans, trying to survive in post-apocalyptic, underwater Brooklyn

Spray Painting with a Skateboard Is Just As Fun As It Sounds

Japan’s Rare Earth Metals Find May Break China’s Stranglehold on Our Gadgets

The lost Hawkman movie was a Baby Ruth commercial

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