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T-Mobile’s myTouch 4G Sleight of Hand

The next T-Mobile myTouch, which looks to be a fine phone, as T-Mobile’s first video-chatting Android phone, is being re-branded as the myTouch 4G. But it’s not really 4G. It’s pretty lame of them to call it that. https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-mytouch-is-t-mobiles-first-android-phone-with-5654657 The myTouch, along with the G2, are T-Mobile’s first phones to run with the HSPA+ networking…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

“Liberal gene” could turn social butterflies toward the political left

Is your political outlook in your genes? Researchers have identified a gene variant that could predispose adolescents to becoming liberal adults — but only if they have an active social life. An article published in the Journal of Politics looked at 2,000 subjects from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, examining their genes, social…

io9 Lauren Davis

Meet the Unarians, the most awesomely bad UFO cult ever

In the 1980s, the Unarius Academy of Science produced several public access films explaining their belief system, namely that aliens would visit Earth in 2001. These movies were no-budget masterworks. Gird yourself for the most superlative thing you’ll see today. The Unarius Academy of Science was founded in 1954 by the husband-and-wife team of Ernest…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Just You Try and Play Dominoes With Your Fancy Ebooks Now

It may be an ad for Arizona bookstore chain Bookmans, but by gum does it tickle my olfactory senses with imaginary whiffs of all those lovely books falling like dominoes. [Urlesque]

Books & Comics Kat Hannaford

Caprica has been ripped from our bleeding fingers

Troubled Battlestar Galactica spinoff Caprica has been nuked by Syfy. Not only will the show not be getting a second season, the remaining episodes of this season won’t be aired until next year. Syfy announced that the remaining episodes, starting with the one that would have aired next week, will be shown in early 2011.…

Television Annalee Newitz

RIM Employees Are Growing Mustaches For Charity and Sport

In Canada, they have no use for Octobeard. Instead, Ontario-based RIM is encouraging employees to cultivate mustaches along with smartphones in Movember. But to what (finely waxed) end? The entry fees of five dollars will collectively go towards prostate cancer research, which is great! But while the rules are quite explicit as to what does…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is now officially a legal authority

The wisdom of Spock has guided us all for years, but now it’s enshrined in Texas law. Ruling on the limits of police power, the Texas Supreme Court quoted from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Ruling in Robinson vs. Crown Cork Seal Company (PDF), Justice Don Willett writes: Appropriately weighty principles guide our…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

No Ordinary Family needs to put its heroes in real danger

Yesterday’s episode of No Ordinary Family offered an earthquake-producing superwoman, pregnancy-revealing urine, a ruthless businessman’s cold betrayal, and an innocent man’s life getting destroyed…and the Powell family barely suffered anything more than hurt feelings. Yeah, this is a problem. “No Ordinary Quake” was another tentative step in the right direction for this show. Each week,…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

There’s Still Time To Win A Zombified Portrait Of Yourself!

You seemed to enjoy our first Facebook illustration contest, so we decided to put Gizmodo’s contributing illustrator Sam Spratt to work again. This time, he’ll make one of you a Halloween portrait. Here’s how you can be the lucky zombie/vampire/ghoul/random-creature-of-the-night: https://gizmodo.com/the-prize-portraits-from-our-facebook-illustration-cont-5659385 All you have to do is head over and join our official Facebook page…

Social Media Rosa Golijan

Meet your new alien overlords in the first Skyline clip

Get ready for some alien-on-human violence. The first clip from the Strause Brothers’ extraterrestrial horror film Skyline gives us a sneak peek at the extraterrestrial apocalypse. Here’s the official synopsis: Strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, drawing people outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Truck Smashes Into Power Pole and Shit Goes Crazy

I would use the expression “night turns into day” to describe what happens when this truck smashes into this electricity pole, but, really, days don’t look nearly this crazy. I was pretty much expecting Dr. Manhattan to emerge fully formed. Or maybe for Nikola Tesla to poke his head out from the clouds or something.…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Let This Robot Give You a Lesson in Facial Expressions

I have approximately three facial expressions: staring at computer (eyes glazed), staring at TV (eyes more glazed), and staring at phone (eyes focused, brow furrowed). Watching this truly freakishly expressive robot, however, I frowned a bit. Recently, there was one robot that was better than me at singing and dancing and one that was better…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Kraken of the Sea and of Our Trembling Fear

Why do we fear the giant squid? Brian Lam of ocean blog The Scuttlefish gets to the dark heart of kraken horror. In 1965, a Soviet Whaler watched an adult squid and sperm whale battle one another, but neither was victorious. The whale was found strangled, and the severed head of the squid was found…

io9 Brian Lam - The Scuttlefish

Will Apple Go Around Carriers With a Built-In iPhone SIM?

According to a report at GigaOM, Apple’s working on creating a SIM card that will be integrated into the iPhone itself. That means cutting carriers out of the purchasing process, and giving more power to Apple—and the consumer. The plans reported by GigaOM involve the European market only, and would mean that customers could change…

Tech News Brian Barrett

20 last minute science fiction Halloween costumes

We love Halloween, but we also realize that some readers lack the free time or emotional investment to build a lifesize Power Loader from Aliens. Here are 20 costumes that you can whip up by Halloween weekend. NOTE 1: Some of these costumes are more conceptual than material and thereby require a bit of dramatic…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

App Deals of the Day

I scream, you scream, we all scream for free apps? Either way, check out the awesome free and reduced price apps we have today. Free Apps: iOS: • BOLT – IE Browser (iPhone) for $0 (normally $3.99) • Fishing Champion (iPhone) for $0 (normally $1.99) • Dawn of the Dead (iPhone) for $0 (normally $2.99)…

Tech News Adam Harris

Oakley wants you to invest $150 in your Tron 3D experience

Sunglasses maker Oakley wants to improve your 3D-viewing experience with their limited edition Tron glasses. They’re designed to eliminate the visual “crosstalk” during 3D viewing, but at $150, you better hope James Cameron keeps making movies. [OhGizmo! — thanks cljohnston108]

io9 Lauren Davis

Glee defangs Rocky Horror with cuteness

Last night Glee took us on a strange journey with their G-rated version of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. While the cast struggled through the poorly written script, the music, dancing, costumes, and shout-outs were electrifying! The episode started off with a big-lipped bang that made us all want to cry, because we wanted to…

Television Meredith Woerner

4-yo Boy Shoots Mom With Semiautomatic Shotgun

There are certain things you should never do in life. Like changing a lightbulb barefoot, while you wait to dry after showering. Or feed raw meat to crocodiles with your bare hands. Or give a shotgun to your 4-yo boy. That’s not exactly what the father of this 4-year-old boy from Kitsap County did. But…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Fart collecting and testicle mashing: The grossest jobs in science

Considering a career in science? You know, all those clean labs and shiny white coats? Well consider this: A lot of science jobs are more disgusting than all the Saw movies put together. We round up seven of the grossest. Beetle testicle crusher Do the size of your balls help you find a mate? To…

io9 Annalee Newitz

T-Mobile’s myTouch 4G Sleight of Hand

“Liberal gene” could turn social butterflies toward the political left

Meet the Unarians, the most awesomely bad UFO cult ever

Just You Try and Play Dominoes With Your Fancy Ebooks Now

Caprica has been ripped from our bleeding fingers

RIM Employees Are Growing Mustaches For Charity and Sport

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is now officially a legal authority

No Ordinary Family needs to put its heroes in real danger

There’s Still Time To Win A Zombified Portrait Of Yourself!

Meet your new alien overlords in the first Skyline clip

Truck Smashes Into Power Pole and Shit Goes Crazy

Let This Robot Give You a Lesson in Facial Expressions

Kraken of the Sea and of Our Trembling Fear

Will Apple Go Around Carriers With a Built-In iPhone SIM?

20 last minute science fiction Halloween costumes

App Deals of the Day

Oakley wants you to invest $150 in your Tron 3D experience

Glee defangs Rocky Horror with cuteness

4-yo Boy Shoots Mom With Semiautomatic Shotgun

Fart collecting and testicle mashing: The grossest jobs in science

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