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Verizon Is Ditching Unlimited Data Plans on July 7th

According to FierceWireless, Verizon has confirmed that they’ll be getting rid of their unlimited data plans in favor of tiered pricing plans. Starting July 7th it’ll be $10 for 75MB, $30 for 2GB, $50 for 5GB, and $80 for 10GB. Overage charges will cost users $10 per GB. Also, according to Verizon spokesperson Brenda Raney,…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 5 '11

The Qosmio F750 Is the First Glasses-less 3D Laptop

Thank you, Toshiba, for keeping up with the 3D laptops. Now with the Qosmio F750, eschewing the glasses seems like the best idea for what’s under the hood. But who wants to stare at a lenticular lens sheet all day? https://gizmodo.com/toshiba-dynabook-tx-98mbl-is-first-3d-blu-ray-playing-l-5557042 The machine packs an Intel Sandy Bridge Core i7 processor, NVIDIA GeForce 540M graphics,…

Tech News Kwame Opam Jul 5 '11

10 Classic SF and Fantasy Books That Were Originally Considered Failures

Some of science fiction/fantasy’s classic books failed to win over readers at first. And the publishers of some of SF’s most beloved works were convinced they had a disaster on their hands. Here are 10 masterpieces that were deemed failures. Top image: Lord of the Rings watercolor by David T. Wenzel Little, Big by John…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders and Michael Ann Dobbs Jul 5 '11

Vain Monkey Steals Cam to Take These Adorable Self-Portraits

If you need any further proof that we’re related to monkeys, behold: they’re just as cunning and self-obsessed as we are! British photog David Slater was snapping some Indonesian macaques, when they nabbed his camera. And one started photographing itself. Slater tells The Telegraph that the little guy was probably captivated by its own image,…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 5 '11

Watch 9 minutes of the new ThunderCats series!

Behold a silent-but-deadly Snarf, Lion-O’s new haircut, and the soulless, unblinking eyes of Wiley Kit and Wiley Kat! We’ve got 9-plus minutes from the new ThunderCats series right here! And if you can’t get enough ThunderCats, we’ve included two of the wallpapers from the animated series’ website. Are we the only ones getting creeped out…

Television Meredith Woerner Jul 5 '11

Gmail’s Drafts Folder: Where All Our Dreams Go to Die

I’ve stacked up 14,279 emails in my Gmail inbox since I joined in Summer ’04. Most of them are pretty mundane. Forgettable. But the drafts folder? A haunting archive of unsent feelings, deflated wishes, and sadness. Our email’s id. It happens without realizing. We start something, and then stop. And then Google saves it forever.…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 5 '11

This week, Warren Ellis writes a comic book in invisible ink

Yes, the Transmetropolitan author has penned a book whose hidden story you must read by black light. Plus, new issues of Fear Itself and Flashpoint, and Joe Casey pens Magneto up to his old supervillainous shenanigans. First Issues One of the more intriguing releases this week comes from writer Joe Casey — the miniseries Vengeance…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Jul 5 '11

Starred Commenters! Toast the End of the World as We Know It With Us

If the world is changing forever on 7/8 (newsflash), you may as well spend the night of 7/7 with a free drink in your hand and a free amuse-bouche in your bouche on a sick downtown NYC rooftop in the presence of an ice sculpture and people dressed as they want to be dressed for…

Tech News Sponsored post Jul 5 '11

Air Force Flies From Washington To Antarctica To Rescue Sick Worker

If you’re wondering about the cost of this medical evacuation, think high. And then probably think a bit higher. Flying 4,600 miles from Washington State to Antarctica, the C-17 cargo plane dodged ash-clouds and strapped on night-vision goggles to pick up the poorly contractor and drop him off at a hospital in New Zealand. Presumably…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 5 '11

Starred Commenters! Toast the End of the World as We Know It With Us

If the world is changing forever on 7/8 (newsflash), you may as well spend the night of 7/7 with a free drink in your hand and a free amuse-bouche in your bouche on a sick downtown NYC rooftop in the presence of an ice sculpture and people dressed as they want to be dressed for…

io9 Sponsored post Jul 5 '11

Is Apple So Far Ahead Because They Use Tech From the Future?

An anonymous Quora post posited a solid theory as to why the iPhone and the iPad seem to so handily beat out the competition every year. It’s because Apple can get their guts literally years before anyone can even respond. Here’s what he or she had to say: What Apple does is use its cash…

Tech News Kwame Opam Jul 5 '11

The Magnet So Powerful It Explodes Copper Wires

The average American refrigerator generates a magnetic field of one-half Tesla. The world-record breaking magnet developed by the High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Dresden generates nearly 200 times that much, a whopping 91.4 Tesla. The magnet, dubbed the Pulse Cell, is about the size of a paint bucket (55cm tall, 32cm across) and weighs 440…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jul 5 '11

An entire Taiwanese city does Lady Gaga cosplay for “Lady Gaga Day”

Yesterday was “Lady Gaga Day” in the Taiwanese city of Taichung, and the whole city went all out. Little children dressed in post-apocalyptic space disco outfits. Women wore meat bikinis. Acrobats tumbled in front of a giant Gaga face. Lady Gaga herself was there, performing a concert, watching children do a ceremonial Gaga dance, and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 5 '11

Paper Mache Is Instapaper Soup for the TouchPad Soul

The TouchPad filled our hearts with sand and aching—a crushing disappointment. But we love Instapaper, so if you put the latter into the former, things would be a bit better, right? Yeah! Paper Mache does just that. https://gizmodo.com/hp-touchpad-review-unbreak-my-heart-5816916 There’s nothing quite like some Read Later action to make you feel good about a tablet, and…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 5 '11

A map of future undersea mining facilities

Rare earth elements like yttrium are difficult to extract from the ground, but they’re crucial ingredients in flat screens and consumer electronics. Now a group of researchers have discovered massive deposits of these elements in mud on the deep sea floor. They believe we could start mining ocean mud to build more smart phones. In…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 5 '11

The Caped Crusader’s attacked by a giant Joker head in this 4-minute preview for Batman Live

A four-minute vignette of the Batman Live arena show has hit the web. Check out Batman looking extremely confused as a Joker head (with inmates for teeth) bears down on him. Also, Schumacheresque Day-Glo bo fighting! https://gizmodo.com/first-batman-live-trailer-promises-no-bat-nipples-5804270 As for the general vibe of the whole affair, it’s feeling less like Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Jul 5 '11

Zuckerberg Is the #1 Most Popular Person! (On Google+)

Mark Zuckerberg is so rich and incredible that he’s not only running the universe’s most beloved social network, but is the most beloved person on Google+—his competition! What a guy. He’s even beating Google’s own CEO. According to Google+ stat-tracking site SocialStatistics, Zuck’s topping out the Google+ popularity contest with over 29,000 followers. Google CEO…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 5 '11

The Mystery of the Phantom Pyramid That Never Existed

There’s nothing triangular about the Mount Teide volcano. From its base, it’s the third largest volcano in the world but is pretty flat on top. So why does its shadow look like a perfect ghost pyramid rising over the horizon? The answer is very simple: Perspective. This amazing photo was taken by Juan Carlos Casado…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jul 5 '11

Potato chips — the other natural way to get stoned

Scientists have found out why people can put the brakes on eating sugar, but will go through an entire bag of potato chips, followed by a plate of fries. It turns out that fats get us stoned. As much as extra desserts are blamed for the national waistline, it seems that most weight is gained…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 5 '11

China Enlists Cisco To Spy On the Public

500,000 cameras have been purchased by the Chinese government for installation in the Chongqing city over the coming three years, to keep an eye out for crime, but more importantly political activists. Or so human-rights warriors fret. Since the Tiananmen Square incident in 1989, the US government has been strict about US companies selling their…

Privacy & Security Kat Hannaford Jul 5 '11

Verizon Is Ditching Unlimited Data Plans on July 7th

The Qosmio F750 Is the First Glasses-less 3D Laptop

10 Classic SF and Fantasy Books That Were Originally Considered Failures

Vain Monkey Steals Cam to Take These Adorable Self-Portraits

Watch 9 minutes of the new ThunderCats series!

Gmail’s Drafts Folder: Where All Our Dreams Go to Die

This week, Warren Ellis writes a comic book in invisible ink

Starred Commenters! Toast the End of the World as We Know It With Us

Air Force Flies From Washington To Antarctica To Rescue Sick Worker

Starred Commenters! Toast the End of the World as We Know It With Us

Is Apple So Far Ahead Because They Use Tech From the Future?

The Magnet So Powerful It Explodes Copper Wires

An entire Taiwanese city does Lady Gaga cosplay for “Lady Gaga Day”

Paper Mache Is Instapaper Soup for the TouchPad Soul

A map of future undersea mining facilities

The Caped Crusader’s attacked by a giant Joker head in this 4-minute preview for Batman Live

Zuckerberg Is the #1 Most Popular Person! (On Google+)

The Mystery of the Phantom Pyramid That Never Existed

Potato chips — the other natural way to get stoned

China Enlists Cisco To Spy On the Public

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