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Sonic 4 Episode 1: It’s SONIC on Your IPHONE

Having a real hedgehog in your pocket would be uncomfortable. Thankfully, the first episode of the long-awaited Sonic 4 is now available, letting you spin, dash, and spin dash your way across some heartwarmingly familiar levels. Sonic 4 Episode 1, the first of four installments, has four zones, each with three acts and a boss.…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

No Ordinary Family should really just become a comedy

Last night’s No Ordinary Family found Jim and George chasing ludicrously high-end jewel thieves, Stephanie racing to protect the family’s secrets, and Daphne’s psychic powers destroying lives left and right. It was all a bit silly…but genuinely funny, too. “No Ordinary Ring” marked another improvement on the previous episode, although not as big as one…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Show off your best costumes in the io9 Halloween Costume Show!

Every year we celebrate Halloween on io9 by having a costume show on Flickr. Here you can see one of last year’s costumes, a fine Thor vs. Ultimate Thor moment. Post your pictures in this year’s io9 Halloween Costume Show! Thor vs. Ultimate Thor via Lifeofreilly. Here’s how to participate. Post pictures of yourself in…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Danny Boyle’s not opposed to making 28 Months Later (but he’s too busy)

At a press conference to promote his upcoming mountain-climbing thriller 127 Hours, Danny Boyle mentioned that he’s not against directing 28 Months Later, but he’s booked until 2012. The infected may run fast, but this project’s moving slooow. [/Film]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Paolo Bacigalupi, Karen Tei Yamashita nominated for National Book Awards

Paolo Bacigalupi continues his incredible awards sweep: His young-adult novel Ship Breaker was nominated for a National Book Award for young people’s literature. Also nominated, for fiction: magical realism/science fiction maven Karen Tei Yamashita, for I Hotel. [L.A. Times]

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Find the Best Pick Up Spots Using Foursquare Data

You’ve been diligently checking in for what seems like years. Maybe it has been! Now you can put that data to work with Ratio Finder, a site that scrapes Foursquare and tells you where the ladies and fellas are hiding. If you live in New York or San Francisco and you’re ready to explore the…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Apple Gets a Limited Pinch-to-Zoom Patent

Patents are a company’s greatest weapon in the mobile industry melee, and Apple just picked up a dangerous one: the coveted pinch-to-zoom patent. It could potentially cover a good deal, though probably not all, of your smartphone screen squeezing. https://gizmodo.com/whos-suing-who-in-the-mobile-industry-5656913 Among 17 or so other mulittouch patents awarded to Apple yesterday was patent #7,812,826, one…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Michael J. Fox Goes Back To Back To The Future

It’s just a teaser for the upcoming Scream Awards on Spike, but god damn is it good to see Marty McFly back in the saddle. That Blu-ray release needs to get here yesterday. https://gizmodo.com/back-to-the-future-trilogy-coming-to-blu-ray-on-october-5597004

Tech News Joel Johnson

Razer’s Hybrid Monster Naga Mouse Gets Its Cord Cut

The MMO-centric Naga mouse—if you can even call it that—has a lot going for it. Seventeen programmable buttons, and a 5600 dpi tracking sensor. But it just lost something—the cord. So take your freaky keymouse wherever you want. The new version, coined the Naga Epic, seems to be pretty much the exact same mouse as…

Tech News Sam Biddle

This Is the Real Transformers

Cars that turn into giant robots? Please. I’m over it. This is how real Transformers roll. The boring version? Maybe. But what it lacks in special effects and explosions it makes up for in Shia LaBeouflessness. [Abstruse Goose via The Daily What]

Books & Comics Brian Barrett

Bing Friends Facebook For Social-Powered Search

Microsoft and Facebook have collaborated since 2006, but today they’re stepping up their search partnership. The vision for Bing: a search experience where your Facebook network helps inform your every query. So far it all seems very broad and conceptual: you’ll be able to execute name searches of non-famous people more efficiently, and product searches…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Tom Hardy cast in Chris Nolan’s Batman 3?

Inception’s breakout star, Tom Hardy, has been cast in Christopher Nolan’s latest Batman picture. No real surprise there, given that Nolan delights in recasting past actors he’s worked with, but still — who do you think he’ll play? Deadline is reporting that Hardy is up for the lead role in the next Batman film, and…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Gadget Deals of the Day

Today we feature some excellent deals on a 14″ Core i3 HP Laptop, a 60GB 2.5″ SSD, and a free Hass Avocado. Mmm, guacamole! Top Deals: • 14″ HP G42t Core i3 Laptop with 3GB RAM for $549.99 plus free shipping (normally $650) • 60GB OCZ Agility 2 2.5″ Solid State Drive for $99.99 plus…

Tech News Adam Harris

Grow Up and Drink Something Fancy, Manly

You’ve moved out of Mom’s basement, so it’s time to order something at the bar that doesn’t come in size “yard.” Try a Rusty Nail. It’s fancy and manly, and an 18th-century rebel prince ran from England to Scotland with the recipe for Drambuie in his knickers—all so you could enjoy this very cocktail. And…

Tech News Gawkercreative

The Best File Sharing Apps

One thing smartphones aren’t very good at? Sharing. They keep to themselves, hoard what they create, and bristle at the thought of accessing and sharing files like a normal computer. Thankfully, we have these apps. These apps will fall into one of two categories, and sometimes both. Some are cloud-based storage apps, and others focus…

Tech News John Herrman

Where on Earth do these extraterrestrial toadstool trees grow?

The Socotra archipelago is an isolated island chain in the Indian Ocean. One-third of the flora on Socotra grows nowhere else on the planet, including these curious dragon’s blood trees (Dracaena cinnabari). Socotra, which is part of Yemen and 250 miles south of the Arabian Peninsula, built its first and only airport in 1999. Prior…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Scientists use Flickr to discover whale’s record-breaking 6,000 mile migration

You may be looking at cute animal pictures on Flickr and YouTube for fun, but biologists are increasingly using those images for research into animal behavior. Case in point: Biologists used tourist pictures to track one humpback whale’s epic migration. One way that biologists identify individual humpbacks is via the unique markings on their tails…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Foxconn Charging More to Offset Price of Keeping Employees From Killing Themselves

Foxconn, ever-classy manufacturer to the stars, was considering raising prices to offset the cost of paying its overworked, suicide-prone employees a decent wage. Now we know it’s happening, despite an iPhone-boosted 30% increase in sales. https://gizmodo.com/foxconns-latest-suicide-prevention-attempt-hiring-olde-5607922 You see, Foxconn wouldn’t want to have to pay its employees, who are literally killing themselves because their working…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Did Damon Lindelof just save the Alien Prequel?

Lost showrunner Damon Lindelof’s script for Ridley Scott’s troubled Alien prequel may have just solved all the director’s problems. In fact his reportedly stunning script may have even nabbed Natalie Portman for the lead role. A few weeks ago, rumor had it that Scott and Fox were squabbling over the Alien prequel budget and rating.…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Is the Mac Ready for Multitouch?

Steve Jobs enters. “We’ve had tremendous, unbelievable success with multitouch. And that’s why starting next year, we’re bringing it to the Mac.” Crazy? A little. But also inevitable. Apple isn’t going to abandon the Mac and OS X, despite a success with iOS that perhaps even they didn’t expect, but that doesn’t mean OS X…

Tech News Joel Johnson

Sonic 4 Episode 1: It’s SONIC on Your IPHONE

No Ordinary Family should really just become a comedy

Show off your best costumes in the io9 Halloween Costume Show!

Danny Boyle’s not opposed to making 28 Months Later (but he’s too busy)

Paolo Bacigalupi, Karen Tei Yamashita nominated for National Book Awards

Find the Best Pick Up Spots Using Foursquare Data

Apple Gets a Limited Pinch-to-Zoom Patent

Michael J. Fox Goes Back To Back To The Future

Razer’s Hybrid Monster Naga Mouse Gets Its Cord Cut

This Is the Real Transformers

Bing Friends Facebook For Social-Powered Search

Tom Hardy cast in Chris Nolan’s Batman 3?

Gadget Deals of the Day

Grow Up and Drink Something Fancy, Manly

The Best File Sharing Apps

Where on Earth do these extraterrestrial toadstool trees grow?

Scientists use Flickr to discover whale’s record-breaking 6,000 mile migration

Foxconn Charging More to Offset Price of Keeping Employees From Killing Themselves

Did Damon Lindelof just save the Alien Prequel?

Is the Mac Ready for Multitouch?

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