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Everything Is a Remix

Ever watch a movie and suddenly feel like you’d seen a particular scene before? You’re not crazy and you’re not imagining things—it’s just that nearly every movie is somehow a remix. Don’t believe it? Watch this. PS: Be sure to keep watching this clip past the credits for an extra movie breakdown. [Everything Is A…

Movies Rosa Golijan Feb 2

The Early Verizon iPhone 4 Reviews Are In

The first reviews of the Verizon iPhone 4 are starting to appear and we’re rounding them up for you. Here’s a look at the early impressions: Wired’s Brian X. Chen was just plain happy to be able to use his iPhone as a phone again: Now I really know what “network congestion” means. Switching from…

Reviews Rosa Golijan Feb 2

This Planet Is Not In Another Solar System

It’s right here. David Kaplan took this otherworldly image in Switzerland, with Orion glimmering over the mountains and the villages around the Lauerzersee glowing below a sea of fog. His sunrise shot—with the Moon and Venus aligned—is even better: Check out David’s Flickr page for more photography goodness. [David Kaplan via APOD]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 2

Today on io9

These are the most mind-blowing io9 stories of the day. Top image: Detail from Asimovs “Ice War” cover by John Picacio. Why we have to get rid of pi for the sake of good math Pi is perhaps the most beloved number in the world. People devote an entire day to celebrating it; enthusiasts memorize…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 2

A Better Soda Can

Aluminum cans are convenient! So why would we need a better soda can? Well because even though they’re recyclable, they’re not really reusable. This soda can is not only reusable, it’s also biodegradable. Better for everybody! It’s humorously called the TIN CAN though its made from PLA (poly-lactic acid), which means some sort of corn…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 2

Cleveland Elementary School, San Francisco (1910-2011)

A copper box buried for a century behind the Cleveland Elementary School cornerstone didn’t hold a singing frog in a top hat or a stash of gold coins. But the 1910 time capsule, opened Wednesday in front of San Francisco schoolchildren, teachers and city officials, was full of treasure nonetheless. Read more at the San…

Tech News Matt Novak Feb 2

Only a Mexican wrestler can save us from the army of alien babes in identical golden mini-dresses!

The great Mexican wrestler Alejandro Muñoz Moreno, aka Blue Demon, saved us from a variety of unthinkable menaces — but none so insidious as the aliens he vanquishes in the classic Blue Demon Y Las Invasoras. A crew of beautiful babes in gold baby-doll dresses and silver gloves lands at the bottom of a lake…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 2

What Happens When You Give an Artist 2,200 Pounds of Salt and Five Days?

This photo shows what Japanese artist Motoi Yamamoto created out of 2,200 pounds of salt over the course of five days. At first glance it seems like he didn’t actually make anything, but look closer and you’ll see something lovely. That’s right. Yamamoto turned the whole messy salt pile into an incredible and intricate maze:…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Feb 2

Make It So Sexy: Exclusive First Look at the New Star Trek: The Next Generation Porn Movie

Star Trek: The Next Generation: A XXX Parody is the latest porn movie to bring together science fiction and porn. It’s also a loving tribute and unofficial sequel to a classic TNG episode starring some major Trekkie porn stars, not to mention an uncannily convincing Jean-Luc Picard impersonator. We just had to know what was…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Feb 2

The Daily for iPad

The Daily is finally here. It’s good all the way through, occasionally great, and it will certainly be an impressive feat (and a good value) if they can keep churning it out like this every day. But it’s no revolution. What is it? The Daily, iPad, $1 a week or $40 a year. If there’s…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Feb 2

Palm Gets Seductive With Latest webOS Tablet Tease

I guess if HP thinks its webOS tablets are going to be the month’s best gadget porn, then this counts as foreplay: an oh-so-brief glimpse of the purported Palm slate peeking out from the shadows. Cheeky thing. Of course, what we’re seeing in this video from Palm’s YouTube channel could be anything. But the accompanying…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 2

Horses, Camels, Rocks, Molotovs: Egypt’s Thug Tech

What type of low-tech weapons are supporters of Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak using to attack the protestors in Cairo? Think rocks, camels, Molotov cocktails, space heaters and even a cavalry charge. Egypt runs an ultra-modern security state, with extensive experience wielding the latest tools of repression. That was on display when the government shut down…

Tech News Spencer Ackerman - Wired Feb 2

Comcast Injects 3,000 Hours of Streaming Video Into Xfinity TV iPad App

Comcast subscribers just got an unexpected Groundhog Day present: the cable provider’s Xfinity TV iPad app just got a 3,000 hour boost of on-demand shows and movies from HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, and more. Giddyup. While the app itself is free, you’ll need to be a premium subscriber to access all that premium content. It’s open…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 2

It’s Like Flying Really Really Close to the Ground

If you’ve always wanted to fly but were scared of hang gliding and paragliding and skydiving and base jumping, don’t worry! You can “fly” really close to the ground with this StreetFlyer. It’s like suspending yourself on a gigantic tricycle. You begin with a running start, presumably until you gain enough momentum, and then let…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 2

First Look at Captain America’s steadfast sidekick Bucky

The World War II version of Captain America doesn’t just need his handy shield — he also needs his companion Bucky. Here’s your first look at Sebastian Stan as Cap’s indispensable pal. The image comes from Premiere Magazine, which also clarified that Chris Evans isn’t actually signed up for nine movies as Steve Rogers, as…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Feb 2

Neil Gaiman’s 1994 safe sex PSA starring Death from Sandman and John Constantine

In 1994, Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean of Sandman created this HIV awareness PSA comic designed for a high school readership. The comic starred everyone’s favorite goth anthropomorphic depiction of Death, an abashed John Constantine, and a banana. Sadly, this comic didn’t spur a series of Vertigo-themed PSAs. I would’ve liked to have seen the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Feb 2

The Most Stunningly Spectral Light Paintings You’ll Ever See

It’s official; this blizzaster we’re stuck with has ushered in an age of glowing, fire-ringed skeletons that will send us to our maker. Either that or someone is very, very good at light painting. Okay! Quick research shows that it’s the latter. The above work—entitled Invocation For an Ice Age, which is the last thing…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 2

AT&T’s New, Slightly More Fair Wireless Data Plans

AT&T’s got new data plans to go with the wireless hotspot feature debuting in its first 4G Android phones—which they’re “working with Apple to bring it to iPhone”—and they actually screw you less than before. So! You remember how AT&T killed unlimited data for the iPhone? And totally hosed people with the tethering plan, charging…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Feb 2

How does one battle a blizzard? Borrow flamethrowers from MIT

On January 22, 1948, Boston mayor Mayor James Curley wrote this letter to MIT President Karl Compton asking for “a competent group of engineers [to] make an immediate study as to ways and means of removing the huge accumulation […] be it by the use of flame throwers or chemicals or otherwise.” Quite the modest…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Feb 2

Here’s a Fire That Can Never Burn an iPhone

If you throw your iPhone into this fire, it will never burn. How is that possible? Because the fire isn’t real. Instead, the fireplace uses water vapor and LEDs to mimic fire. It looks pretty damn real, though. The fireplace, called Zen Fireplace, is made by GlammFire and creates a fake 3D fire by combining…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 2

Everything Is a Remix

The Early Verizon iPhone 4 Reviews Are In

This Planet Is Not In Another Solar System

Today on io9

A Better Soda Can

Cleveland Elementary School, San Francisco (1910-2011)

Only a Mexican wrestler can save us from the army of alien babes in identical golden mini-dresses!

What Happens When You Give an Artist 2,200 Pounds of Salt and Five Days?

Make It So Sexy: Exclusive First Look at the New Star Trek: The Next Generation Porn Movie

The Daily for iPad

Palm Gets Seductive With Latest webOS Tablet Tease

Horses, Camels, Rocks, Molotovs: Egypt’s Thug Tech

Comcast Injects 3,000 Hours of Streaming Video Into Xfinity TV iPad App

It’s Like Flying Really Really Close to the Ground

First Look at Captain America’s steadfast sidekick Bucky

Neil Gaiman’s 1994 safe sex PSA starring Death from Sandman and John Constantine

The Most Stunningly Spectral Light Paintings You’ll Ever See

AT&T’s New, Slightly More Fair Wireless Data Plans

How does one battle a blizzard? Borrow flamethrowers from MIT

Here’s a Fire That Can Never Burn an iPhone

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