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South Korea Wants to Install Spying “Zombie PC Prevention” Software on Each and Every Computer

Honestly, I’m surprised this bill is trying to be passed in the more liberal South Korea. It’s not looking good for the country’s citizens, who’d have to install the anti-virus software…or face the law’s might. Obviously people will freak out and think that the government is spying on them or their business. It wouldn’t be…

Privacy & Security Kat Hannaford

This Star Is So Cold that You Can Actually Drink It

75 light-years away there’s a star called CFBDSIR 1458 10b. I would call it Star Latte. See, Star Latte here is a brown dwarf star so cold that you can actually drink it. In fact, it’s the coldest star ever detected. Only 206º Fahrenheit (97º Celsius). That’s about the temperature of a cup of fresh…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Actress Natasha Henstridge is the Chupacabra. For real.

The Chupacabra, a legendary blood-sucking cryptid, appeared on The X-Files, had its own series called Chupacabra: Dark Seas, and enjoys near-mascot status in Texas. Now it seems it may have its origins in the movie Species. The first reported sightings of the Chupacabra, feasting on goat blood, were in Puerto Rico in 1995. A woman…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The Past, Present, and Future of Our Internet Loneliness

Does being on the internet ever make you feel like you’re alone in the world? It should! Because this is basically how we live now: more and more ways to shout into the void, fewer and fewer people listening. Unless you’ve got, like, a kickass podcast, maybe? Nah. [Sticky Comics via TDW]

Tech News Brian Barrett

A Lot of You Have Watched March Madness on the iPhone and iPad App

This year’s March Madness is even more awesome because of all the apps we have to keep track of it. And according to the networks, a lot of you guys have been using the official March Madness app to stream games. Their numbers say 36% of all streams (which are up 47% themselves) have been…

Tech News Casey Chan

Stargate Universe’s cast and crew pitch their own post apocalypse series

Stargate Universe maybe canceled, but it’s not dead yet, sort of. Visual effects supervisor Mark Savela (one of the coolest parts of SGU) is creating his own pitch for a post-apocalypse series, with 80% of SGU’s cast and crew. Red Eye is reporting that Savela has teamed up with SGU production assistant Ken Kabatoff to…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Air Traffic Control Abandoned as Two Passenger Planes Try To Land

Shortly after midnight on Wednesday, two DC airliners approached Washington DC’s Reagan National Airport. They waited for guidance from air traffic control. And waited. And waited. And waited. They never got a response. The two pilots—responsible for the safety of a combined 165 passengers—managed to land only by coordinating between themselves, giving each other regular…

Tech News Brian Barrett

These Awesome Public Bike Repair Stations Let You Fix Your Bike for Free

These super useful bicycle repair stations have been popping up over Cambridge to encourage biking and make it easier for cyclists to fix their stuff. From the looks of it, there’s all the basic tools you need to fix your bike and an air pump to pump flat tires. So far, there are three free…

Tech News Casey Chan

The new Beast talks X-Men: First Class. Plus stunning Game of Thrones photos, and two new Doctor Who trailers!

New Hank McCoy actor Nicholas Hoult explains how he played the furry mutant in X-Men: First Class…right down to the CGI feet. Doug Liman’s Moon-centric heist movie is looking for actors, and Neil Gaiman clarifies the Sandman TV show rumors. Spoilers from this point forward! Top image from Captain America. X-Men: First Class Here’s a…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

The Red Square Nebula rips a hole in space-time

This might look like some weird cosmic gateway straight out of 2001: A Space Odyssey or a particularly trippy old-school Doctor Who adventure, but the Red Square Nebula is completely real. Just don’t ask astronomers to explain its bizarre shape. [io9] https://gizmodo.com/the-red-square-nebula-rips-a-hole-in-space-time-5784752

Space & Spaceflight Alasdair Wilkins

Condom USB Stick Reminds You to Eject Safely

You can keep your novelty sushi USB stick—all the cool kids are protecting themselves by backing-up. [Eugene Filatov via LikeCool]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Which Gadgets Should You Ditch, and Which Should You Keep?

The NY Times has a great (read: fun!) little piece up, detailing which of your gadgets you should toss out the window, and which to keep forevermore. Unkindly spelling the death of compact cameras, sat-navs, USB sticks and more, they’re more hopeful that books, alarm clocks and broadband should be kept. Do you agree/disagree with…

Gadgets Kat Hannaford

Spotify Will Stream its First Live Gig in April

Here’s a money-making idea for music-streaming apps—accept a big chunk of change from corporate sponsors (in this case, Nissan), to stream a live broadcast. Not that the gig, which will be recorded in London on April 5th, will offer up anything worth listening to…unless you like La Roux, Delphic, The Naked and Famous and Pony…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Two Fukushima Workers Hospitalized Due to High-Level Radiation

The brave Fukushima 50 are still soldiering on at the damaged nuclear plant, but two have been hospitalized after working on the No. 3 reactor today. https://gizmodo.com/50-fukushima-heroes-work-on-as-radiation-levels-soar-5782440 The two workers sustained injuries to their legs and were exposed to radiation between 170 – 180 millisieverts, with the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency describing how the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Is Motorola Developing its Own OS So it Doesn’t Get Too Tangled With Android?

Motorola’s nabbed a few engineers from both Apple and Adobe recently, and just what do you think they’re working on? According to the whisper-mill, it’s their own mobile platform. No-one seems to know whether it’s for cellphones, tablets or both. Supposedly they’re using webOS-style frameworks and tools for the best possible fighting chance against the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

IMAX is Opening 100 Cinemas a Year in China

Guess we know which country likes “larger than life” films the most. With IMAX opening 100 cinemas a year there over the next 2 – 3 years they’ll be buying up a lot of pairs of 3D glasses. As of last year, there were 445 IMAX cinemas globally. [Variety]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The Cyrosauna Is Helping Athletes Get Better with Liquid Nitrogen

In a long line of crazy things athletes do to gain an edge, this might be on par with poking yourself in the butt with a needle. From the brainchild of mad scientist trainer Alberto Salazar comes the cyrosauna. It’s a machine pumps liquid nitrogen gas into a cylinder, where the athlete stands, and drops…

Tech News Casey Chan

You Must Watch the YouTube Mashup Master’s Triumphant Return

Two years ago, Kutiman gave us one of the most amazing mashup videos we’d ever seen: bits and pieces from various YouTube performances clipped and smushed together to form a might Voltron of awesome. Now, finally, he’s back. And I gotta say, he’s really outdone himself. [YouTube] https://gizmodo.com/heres-the-most-amazing-mashup-music-video-you-are-going-5169878

Tech News Brian Barrett

We’re Losing a Lot of Nitrogen From the Oceans and Nobody Knows Where It’s Going

Nitrogen is one of the core components of all living things. But as of late, more nitrogen has been leaving the world’s oceans than has been entering, leaving researchers perplexed as to where it’s ending up. The New York Times’ Scientist at Work blog is following around oceanic researcher Alyson Santoro as she travels off…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Color App Shares Photos With People Around You, And Just Those People

So if you take Instagram, which lets you share photos with a select group of friends, and take out the ability to choose your friends, what do you have? Color, which is available for the iPhone and Android. It’s a bit confusing. The NYT explains that you can see other Color users’ photos—provided they’re geographically…

Tech News Jason Chen

South Korea Wants to Install Spying “Zombie PC Prevention” Software on Each and Every Computer

This Star Is So Cold that You Can Actually Drink It

Actress Natasha Henstridge is the Chupacabra. For real.

The Past, Present, and Future of Our Internet Loneliness

A Lot of You Have Watched March Madness on the iPhone and iPad App

Stargate Universe’s cast and crew pitch their own post apocalypse series

Air Traffic Control Abandoned as Two Passenger Planes Try To Land

These Awesome Public Bike Repair Stations Let You Fix Your Bike for Free

The new Beast talks X-Men: First Class. Plus stunning Game of Thrones photos, and two new Doctor Who trailers!

The Red Square Nebula rips a hole in space-time

Condom USB Stick Reminds You to Eject Safely

Which Gadgets Should You Ditch, and Which Should You Keep?

Spotify Will Stream its First Live Gig in April

Two Fukushima Workers Hospitalized Due to High-Level Radiation

Is Motorola Developing its Own OS So it Doesn’t Get Too Tangled With Android?

IMAX is Opening 100 Cinemas a Year in China

The Cyrosauna Is Helping Athletes Get Better with Liquid Nitrogen

You Must Watch the YouTube Mashup Master’s Triumphant Return

We’re Losing a Lot of Nitrogen From the Oceans and Nobody Knows Where It’s Going

Color App Shares Photos With People Around You, And Just Those People

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