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The Metal War Cloud over Libya

Libya’s air power is destroyed. Its ground power is (largely) blasted. All because of a persistent storm of aircraft enforcing a strict no-fly zone—planes like this French Super Etendard fighter, dumping a plume of fuel across the sun. The nearly 40 year-old design is just one of many standing watch over Libya—a Libya that’s still…

Tech News Sam Biddle May 25

Watch Kaydara, a visually stunning 55-minute Matrix fan film

Check out Kaydara, a sprawling, almost hour-long Matrix fan movie conceived by Raphaël Hernandez and Savitri Joly-Gonfard, French fans of the Wachowskis’ trilogy. The special effects are an absolute knockout for a labor of love. Here’s a synopsis of the film from Seth Ickerman Studios: The story of “Kaydara” takes place within the universe of…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar May 25

Pioneer AppRadio: Imagine Your Entire Car Stereo System, Powered By a Smartphone

You want to play music from your iPhone when you’re in the car. You want to control everything from the in-dash head unit. Rarely do these two pieces of hardware work together in harmony, even if we wish that was the future of all car stereo systems everywhere. Pioneer’s AppRadio might just change that. Eseentially,…

Tech News Adrian Covert May 25

YOU CAN ADOPT A WAR DOG

Holy shit, did you know you could adopt an awesome, maybe-titanium-fanged WAR DOG?! Even better, there’s an entire association dedicated to the greatness of WAR DOGS. https://gizmodo.com/navy-seal-dogs-have-titanium-fangs-updated-5798978 According to the AP, 300 WAR DOGS go up for adoption each year after they finish their duties overseas. They may be 10 years old, and costs upwards…

Biology Adrian Covert May 25

Vin Diesel may be willing to take a huge pay cut to play Riddick again

Our favorite Furian shared some good news and some bad news about the new Riddick movie. The good news is, it might start filming this summer. The bad news, Diesel’s salary woes may halt the project completely. Diesel broke the news over on his Facebook page saying: D T the writer/director just landed in New…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 25

Black & Decker iShred: Pretty, But Doesn’t Do CDs

Finally, Black & Decker answers the question: What would Steve Jobs’ paper disposal system look like? Plusses Instead of the typical grinder-over-waste-paper-basket design, Black & Decker set the unit on its ear, flared out the receptacle base and removed all of its right angles. The result: a futuristic piece of office equipment you won’t want…

Reviews Andrew Tarantola May 25

Manhattan Apple Store Accused of Discriminating Against Black Men

When Brian Johnson and Nile Charles visited Manhattan’s Upper West Side Apple Store last December, they were looking for some cutting edge gadgets and gizmos. What they got, they allege in a lawsuit, was some cutting edge racism. Johnson, 34, and Charles, 25, claim a middle-aged white Apple employee booted them out of the store…

Tech News Adrian Chen May 25

Perfect Presents for a Paterfamilias or Post-Pupil (i.e., a Dad or Grad)

It’s that time of year again, when, in the same month, we celebrate the men who successfully wooed your moms, and the smarmy little wunderkinds who will one day steal your jobs. That’s right, June is almost here and it’s time to start thinking about gifts for the dads and the grads in your life.…

Tech News Sponsored post May 25

Why we need volcanoes to build a high-tech society

In this io9 interview with Earth Scientist Jim Webster at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, you’ll learn why the technological revolution is dependent on volcanoes. They’re the source of most metals we use in our machines. Webster also explains how volcanoes can lead to climate change. Best of all, he takes…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 25

There’s No Crying in Space Because Tears Just Stay on Your Eye

Andrew Feustel, an astronaut, got soap in his eye and started tearing up. In his words, “my right eye is stinging like crazy” which really sucks because in space, tears “don’t fall off of your eye…they kind of stay there.” Feustel was spacewalking when the incident occurred and almost had to retreat back to the…

Space & Spaceflight Casey Chan May 25

The scientific reason why the honey badger doesn’t have to give a s**t

This National Geographic honey badger video, with a hilarious voiceover from “Randall,” went viral a few months ago. Seriously, though, why can the honey badger wake up from a cobra bite and be on his merry way? And why can it get stung repeatedly by a swarm of bees and “not give a shit?” It’s…

io9 Kristen Philipkoski May 25

How Gmail Found a Stolen Car

Avrohom Eliezer Friedman got his car stolen the other day. Which is pretty damn terrible. But! Police found the carjacker on the road thanks to Gmail. Well, kinda. It’s not exactly the Gmail we love and use. The thing is Friedman’s car (which he admitted to be a piece of shit) had a customized license…

Tech News Casey Chan May 25

The lost Indiana Jones-Star Wars crossover was really depressing

Here’s some weird trivia to bandy about. In 2004, Dark Horse Comics published “Into The Great Unknown,” a 10-page story that marked the first Lucas-approved (if non-canonical) meeting of Han Solo and Indiana Jones. It was also a massive bummer! This not-so-cheery tale, which was written by Star Wars comic scribe W. Haden Blackman and…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar May 25

The Best Deal of the Day

I spend a lot of my free time wondering what I would do if Antiques Road Show came to my town. It’s a tricky one, because on the one hand I love being on TV and watching material goods being assigned arbitrary monetary values, but on the other hand I don’t own anything interesting. Except…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals May 25

The Tragic, Unforeseen Death of a Prediction Technology Mogul

John Delaney was reportedly just 150 feet from the peak of Mount Everest when he died Saturday, having collapsed from an unknown medical condition. The Intrade founder passed away without knowing he had a new daughter. He was 42. Delaney, the first Irishman to perish on Everest, had tried the summit once before five years…

Tech News Ryan Tate May 25

Monkeys experience regret over a game of rock-paper-scissors

It’s sometimes said that you should live life without regrets, but doing that means ignoring lots of information about how you could do things better. Even monkeys see the value in regret…at least after they throw rock instead of scissors. Regret tends to get a bad wrap, but as with most things, it’s all about…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins May 25

A Candle That Doubles As an Ashtray Makes Smoking Less Stinky

Smoking is terrible, we all know that. But it’s terribly addictive and…disgustingly stinky. Your fingers reek, your clothes are tainted and the air, oh the air. This candle ashtray tries to make it a wee less smelly. The wick of the candle is shifted off to the side of the depressed center, so as the…

Tech News Casey Chan May 25

Oren Peli’s The River: Best TV Pilot We’ve Seen in Years

A good TV pilot tells you a complete story, and seduces you into wanting to see more. It provides a crash course in a TV show’s world, and introduces a cast of characters. There’s a lot of heavy lifting. The pilot for Oren Peli’s new show, The River, makes it all look easy. The director…

Television Charlie Jane Anders May 25

Shooting Challenge: 1 Second

Last week, you captured life at 1/1000 of a second. This week, your photographs will last 1000x as long. You will photograph one entire second of time. https://gizmodo.com/111-scenes-that-lasted-1-1000-of-a-second-5805026 The Challenge Capture a photo with the shutter speed of 1 second. No faster or slower. The Technique 1-second exposures are interesting because it opens up options…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 25

Is it possible we’ve found the first white hole?

White holes are the opposite of black holes, objects into which nothing can enter but are constantly spewing out matter. They were thought to be completely hypothetical, more a mathematical oddity than a real thing…but we may have seen one. We’ve talked about white holes before in some detail here and here, but the basic…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins May 25

The Metal War Cloud over Libya

Watch Kaydara, a visually stunning 55-minute Matrix fan film

Pioneer AppRadio: Imagine Your Entire Car Stereo System, Powered By a Smartphone

YOU CAN ADOPT A WAR DOG

Vin Diesel may be willing to take a huge pay cut to play Riddick again

Black & Decker iShred: Pretty, But Doesn’t Do CDs

Manhattan Apple Store Accused of Discriminating Against Black Men

Perfect Presents for a Paterfamilias or Post-Pupil (i.e., a Dad or Grad)

Why we need volcanoes to build a high-tech society

There’s No Crying in Space Because Tears Just Stay on Your Eye

The scientific reason why the honey badger doesn’t have to give a s**t

How Gmail Found a Stolen Car

The lost Indiana Jones-Star Wars crossover was really depressing

The Best Deal of the Day

The Tragic, Unforeseen Death of a Prediction Technology Mogul

Monkeys experience regret over a game of rock-paper-scissors

A Candle That Doubles As an Ashtray Makes Smoking Less Stinky

Oren Peli’s The River: Best TV Pilot We’ve Seen in Years

Shooting Challenge: 1 Second

Is it possible we’ve found the first white hole?

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