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How Facebook Could Save Ticketmaster from Scalpers

Live Nation Entertainment, the live music behemoth forged in the mega-merger between ticket seller Ticketmaster, artist manager Front Line Management Group, and promoter and venue owner Live Nation, finds itself at a crossroads. Nevermind the “convenience fees” that people still hate paying (and which incidentally go not only to Ticketmaster but also to artists, managers,…

Social Media Eliot Van Buskirk - Evolver.fm

This Is a Bloody Mary

It’s a Bloody Mary, which may be the most chemically complex cocktail in the world, broken down into its component flavors and ingredients. The diagram by NPR’s Adam Cole is based on the research of Neil Da Costa, a chemist who specializes in the chemical analysis. The magic thing about the Bloody Mary is that…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Augmented reality weather helmet allows you to turn a sunny day into a snowstorm

Do you hate the idea of all the lovely spring weather coming just around the bend? Then don Magic Vision Lab’s augmented reality weather-changing helmet. All your bucolic spring days can now be filled with sleet and misery. Says Magic Vision Labs of the helmet: ARWeather, a simulation application, […] can simulate three types of…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

March Movie Madness the Final Four: Empire Vs. Star Wars

This is it, it’s the final countdown. We are officially in the final four. Serenity beat Terminator to slip into the final four against Blade Runner. But we’re only doing one match up today: Star Wars Vs. Empire. BRING IT. Which George Lucas film deserves the title as the greatest science fiction film of the…

Movies Alasdair Wilkins and Meredith Woerner

First Full-Length Trailer for Doctor Who Season Six

The Doctor is facing his “darkest hour” in season six of Doctor Who, according to this new trailer. Secrets will be revealed, cool helmets will be worn, and decisions will be made. The trailer includes scary monsters, a sad/spooky clown, and Amy shooting a gun — at the Doctor? It’s hard to say. And the…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

The Best Deal of the Day

I don’t have a desk. And it’s not because I’m some progressive thinking, no shower taking hippie who would rather do work in the park while flying a kite and painting rainbows. No, that’s not me. I just don’t have room for one in my unmansion-like apartment. I got clothes! I got shoes! A giganto…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals

Security expert predicts a future pirate war off the coast of Somalia

Somalian pirate raids, though deadly, are often amateurish. Security guards can usually shake them off with a few carefully-aimed shots, but one expert says that soon this won’t be enough. Get ready for the modern world’s first pirate war. Casey Christie, who works with maritime security consultancy Concept Tactical Worldwide, predicted: Pirates trying to board…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Fukushima’s Four Troubled Nuclear Reactors Will Be Permanently Shut Down

TEPCO says they’re going to permanently shut down the four nuclear reactors at the Fukushima power plant which caused catastrophic problems for the entire Japanese nation after the earthquake that hit on March 11. While members of Japan’s government are lobbying to have all six reactors decommissioned, Kyodo News reports that TEPCO Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The 10 most befuddling scenes from Sean Connery’s dystopian sexcapade Zardoz (NSFW)

John Boorman’s psychosexual vanity project Zardoz was a spectacular failure for the director, but — in spite of (and because of) its nonsensical plot — this 1974 film is nowadays lauded as a cult classic. Boorman, who could do no wrong after directing Deliverance, spins a wacky yarn about Zed (Sean Connery), an “Exterminator” in…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Project Noah App Lets You Learn About Nearby Wildlife and Provide Worthy Research Yourself

This could be an app that makes you relinquish control of your iPhone and see the nearest kid around you begin a lifelong journey in wildlife appreciation. The free Project Noah app lets you snap photos of a plant or animal and submit it to find out details on exactly what it is, and what…

Biology Kat Hannaford

Google +1 Is Rolling Out Today

Google +1, what was once rumored to be Google’s big social project and later transformed into a toolbar, is now live and is, well, neither of those two. Instead it’s literally a +1 button next to all the searches where you can give props to searches you enjoy. You’ll be able to see what your…

Tech News Casey Chan

Barfing big-nosed monkeys like to eat their meals twice

Proboscis monkeys are unlike any other primates. The males’ noses are almost four inches long – because females find it sexy, naturally. Plus, they’re the only primates to throw up their half-digested food and eat their meals all over again. Grazing animals like cows and sheep practice something known as rumination, which means they eat…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Shooting Challenge: LEGO

For every single Shooting Challenge, at least one or two participants include a LEGO photo. Well for this week, we give in. We’re celebrating LEGO and only LEGO. The Challenge Photograph LEGO. It can be a scene of miniatures or just some artsy interpretation of the form. The only requirement is to have fun! (But…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Google’s Gigabit Fiber Network Is Coming to Kansas City

Kansas City, Kansas citizens! You lucky somuvaperson. Google just announced that they will outfit your city of 145,000 people with ultra fast, super speedy 1Gbs fiber network. Congrats! Sometimes, re-naming your city or naming your kids Google isn’t enough. [Google] https://gizmodo.com/topeka-kansas-changes-name-in-attempt-to-get-googles-g-5483255

Tech News Casey Chan

Is Samsung Installing Keyloggers on Laptops?

It seems weird that a company like Samsung would go and install keylogger software on their products, but according to IT expert Mohamed Hassan, he found the software on not one, but two of his brand new Samsung laptops. Here’s what Hassan had to say in an article for NetworkWorld: While setting up a new…

Gadgets Adrian Covert

A Kid Turned His Jeans Into a Pair of Drums

This kid is genius! Aseem Mishra, a 17-year-old Brit, designed a pair of jeans that could be used as a drum kit. So when he wears his jeans and starts drumming his lap, well, it sounds like the drums. Spurred by the annoyance of having to lug drums around, Mishra wove 8 pressure sensitive sensors…

Tech News Casey Chan

See the new and improved Wonder Woman costume in action

It looks like NBC has ditched Wonder Woman’s heinous shiny blue pleather pants and boots. Thank goodness. Actress Adrianne Palicki was spotted filming David E. Kelley’s new series in a slightly modified Wonder Woman costume. What do you think? You remember the American Apparel shiny leggings disaster that was the first ever Wonder Woman costume…

Television Meredith Woerner

An Analog Watch That Looks Like a Digital Watch

You name it, this watch has got it—it’s greedily made from platinum, gold, titanium and carbon fiber, and has three mechanics in the analog watch face that align to make the time look digital. Further details on just how much this digital-pretender will cost have sadly been cloaked in secrecy, for now. [Wired UK]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Windows 8 Might Get a Time Machine of Its Own

According to WinRumors, Windows 8 will introduce a feature similar to OS X’s Time Machine called History Vault. The feature will allow Windows 8 users to backup files and data automatically using the Shadow Copies function of Windows. According to one person familiar with the company’s plans, the backup feature will include the ability to…

Tech News Adrian Covert

How many groups reached the Americas before Christopher Columbus?

In 1492, Christopher Columbus landed in what is now the Bahamas, changing the world forever. But was he first non-indigenous person to reach the Americas? Vikings got there before him, and possibly Polynesians too…and those are just the sane theories. Before we get started on this, I want to make one thing clear – this…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

How Facebook Could Save Ticketmaster from Scalpers

This Is a Bloody Mary

Augmented reality weather helmet allows you to turn a sunny day into a snowstorm

March Movie Madness the Final Four: Empire Vs. Star Wars

First Full-Length Trailer for Doctor Who Season Six

The Best Deal of the Day

Security expert predicts a future pirate war off the coast of Somalia

Fukushima’s Four Troubled Nuclear Reactors Will Be Permanently Shut Down

The 10 most befuddling scenes from Sean Connery’s dystopian sexcapade Zardoz (NSFW)

Project Noah App Lets You Learn About Nearby Wildlife and Provide Worthy Research Yourself

Google +1 Is Rolling Out Today

Barfing big-nosed monkeys like to eat their meals twice

Shooting Challenge: LEGO

Google’s Gigabit Fiber Network Is Coming to Kansas City

Is Samsung Installing Keyloggers on Laptops?

A Kid Turned His Jeans Into a Pair of Drums

See the new and improved Wonder Woman costume in action

An Analog Watch That Looks Like a Digital Watch

Windows 8 Might Get a Time Machine of Its Own

How many groups reached the Americas before Christopher Columbus?

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