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Lost’s Damon Lindelof hired to rewrite Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel

Damon Lindelof might be penciling in a bit of Lost-like weirdness into Ridley Scott’s first Alien prequel. Lindelof is rumored to be rewriting Scott’s backstory-explaining outing. But what will this alien-buff add to the classic H.R. Giger imagery? [a href=”http://www.deadline.com/2010/07/is-losts-damon-lindelof-boarding-alien”>Deadline]

Movies Meredith Woerner

A sleep disorder can reveal you have Parkinson’s – 50 years before you develop the disease

REM sleep behavior disorder blocks the paralysis that comes with deep sleep and causes people to violently act out their dreams. As though that’s not bad enough, the disorder might mean neurological diseases are in the patient’s future. Researchers examined the full medical records of 27 Mayo Clinic patients who suffered through at least fifteen…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Those Nighttime iPhone Downloads Are Actually Not Downloads

Those large quantities of nighttime data transfer that appear on your AT&T cellphone bill? It’s not new, and it’s nothing to worry about—even though somehow it’s getting more attention now. It’s just routine updates for billing. As you can see in this screenshot, the night transfers are as big as 75 megabytes: And AT&T’s official…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

This Is a Gun

This cube may look like hell’s version of Jenga, but it’s actually an elaborate, 125-piece puzzle. The solution? A single-shot 45-caliber muzzle-loading pistol called the Intimidator. No, seriously. See for yourself. The Intimidator puzzle, by machinist GarE Maxton, comprises six different kinds of metal: aluminum, brass, bronze, copper, magnesium, and steel. When disassembled, it’s an…

Tech News Brian Barrett

UK Finds Google Innocent In Street View Privacy Brouhaha

Google’s been cleared of any wrongdoing in the UK over the accidental collection of Wi-Fi network details by their Street View cars, with the Information Commissioner Office (ICO) stating “On the basis of the samples we saw, we are satisfied so far that it is unlikely that Google will have captured significant amounts of personal…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

YouTube Increasing Upload Limit from 10 to 15 Minutes

Since YouTube’s launch, the longest video you could upload was 10 minutes. No longer! Boing Boing reports that in the near future, that limit will rise to 15 minutes. Pro online video companies can already break the 10 minute limit, but this will open the door to anybody and everybody to upload longer videos. It’s…

Tech News Adam Frucci

30 Days of Nights’ sequel turns a UV light on vampires in our cities

Normally direct-to-DVD sequels are a bit of disappointment. But the new 30 Days of Night 2 trailer has us thinking this might be a whole lot of bloody fun. Check out what happens after the 30-day Alaskan human flesh buffet. That whole “I’ve installed UV lights in the ceiling” thing was pretty grand. And something…

Movies Meredith Woerner

At This NFL Stadium You Can Watch Replays On Your Phone

When it opens this fall, the New Meadowlands Stadium will be the NFL’s most state of the art facility. That means queuing up replays on demand on your smartphone (or just checking how long the concession lines are). Hoping to keep apace with the sport’s increasingly sophisticated television broadcasts, stadium officials have poured some $100…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

People are still dressing up as Na’Vi at protests

When Avatar was still in theaters, protestors dressed up as the imperialism-battling Na’Vi people. But it’s still happening now, and it’s the clearest proof yet that blue body-paint is the new armband. https://gizmodo.com/avatar-sparks-new-trend-in-protest-chic-5471528 These particular protestors are from a demonstration that just happened in London, and they’re protesting against plans by a mining company, Vedanta,…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Apple Magic Trackpad: The Beginning of the End for Mac OS X

The $69 Apple Magic Trackpad is nothing new. The Wacom Bamboo Touch has offered the same multi-touch functionality for almost a year. Its true relevance is in what it heralds: The end of Mac OS X as we know it. https://gizmodo.com/new-wacom-bamboo-is-first-graphic-tablet-with-tactile-m-5366763 Madness, some will scream. But it’s just the next logical step of the evolution.…

Reviews Jesus Diaz

Check out the full Thor trailer and get hammered

Now you can see the Thor trailer that debuted at Comic-Con, and check out how everybody looks, from Loki to Destroyer. It’s an action-packed introduction to a movie that looks like pure superhero goodness. [Sorry folks – the video has been taken down.] Click to view

Trailers Annalee Newitz

What secrets lie in Thor’s video game trailer and concept art?

Sega has released two pieces of concept art from the Thor video game, and we’ve got two more. Pair those with the game’s trailer, and you’ve got a whole heap of potential Thor hints to swift through. Here are two pieces of concept art: one showing the Surtur Forge, another depicting River Dock. Plus two…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Tips: Jesus doesn’t approve of man-on-bot sexiness, tour a cave in Klingon, and more!

Every week, we round up the best tips that you post in io9’s tips forum. This week, we’ve got a mash-up tours in Klingon, wacky posters, even wackier Kafka, sexbots, science, and much more! If you want to post a tip, just click on the #tips link on our navigation bar, or include the word…

io9 Krista Fulton

Spectroscopy: Using rainbows to analyze the universe

I can tell you what you’re made of just by looking at you. Through a spectrometer. Who can take a rainbow, mix it with a sigh, soak it in the sun and make a strawberry lemon pie? The candyman. But who can take a rainbow, look at the ominous dark spots in it, and label…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Apple’s Overheating Problem Boils Over

Overheating devices have plagued Apple for a few years now. But two stories today have highlighted the issue: a lawsuit in federal court concerning overheating iPads, and the Japanese government’s demand for an official iPod Nano overheating explanation. https://gizmodo.com/apple-confesses-first-gen-ipod-nanos-smoking-and-sparki-5039011 The iPad complaint was filed last Friday in California and seeks class-action status and unspecified damages,…

Tech News Brian Barrett

An awesome Superman casting rumor, plus a key Transformer spotted in Chicago

The latest Superman rumor will have you breaking out the early morning Scotch and cigarettes in celebration. See Green Lantern’s star-crossed lovers, and hear what Deadpool will have to say. David Fincher tells us what’s cool about Jules Verne. Spoilerage! Superman Reboot: Here’s something that’s high on my list of things I desperately want to…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Unannounced BlackBerry Bold 9780 and OS 6.0 Shown Off In Video

Driphter.com‘s back with another leaked BlackBerry video, this time the Bold 9780 that we’ve been hearing so much about. It’ll be one of the first to ship with OS 6.0, and could be why RIM’s holding an event next week. https://gizmodo.com/rim-and-at-t-are-holding-a-joint-event-next-week-5599086 This is the first time OS 6.0 has been caught on a device other…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Panasonic’s Headphones Packaging Trumps Even Apple’s

Must not buy these Panasonic RP-HJE 130 headphones for the packaging alone. Must…not…buy…headphones…[Coloribus via Scary Ideas via OhGizmo]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Where’s Your Pagan God Now, Magic Trackpad?

The alien autopsseurs over at iFixit pried the Magic Trackpad apart like Arthur pulling the sword from the stone. The big surprise? …there weren’t any. It does use the same touchscreen controller chip as the iPhone, however. What’s that mean? It means Apple is continuing their trend of reusing guts across multiple devices. For this…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Over 1m Android Users’ Details Were Compromised Thanks to a Suspicious App

Does “Jackeey Wallpaper” sound familiar to you? If you downloaded one of their Android apps, then there’s a good chance your privacy was compromised. According to telecoms security company Lookout, the app was sending users’ info to a Chinese website. The data infringement was revealed at the Black Hat security expo in Las Vegas yesterday,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Lost’s Damon Lindelof hired to rewrite Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel

A sleep disorder can reveal you have Parkinson’s – 50 years before you develop the disease

Those Nighttime iPhone Downloads Are Actually Not Downloads

This Is a Gun

UK Finds Google Innocent In Street View Privacy Brouhaha

YouTube Increasing Upload Limit from 10 to 15 Minutes

30 Days of Nights’ sequel turns a UV light on vampires in our cities

At This NFL Stadium You Can Watch Replays On Your Phone

People are still dressing up as Na’Vi at protests

Apple Magic Trackpad: The Beginning of the End for Mac OS X

Check out the full Thor trailer and get hammered

What secrets lie in Thor’s video game trailer and concept art?

Tips: Jesus doesn’t approve of man-on-bot sexiness, tour a cave in Klingon, and more!

Spectroscopy: Using rainbows to analyze the universe

Apple’s Overheating Problem Boils Over

An awesome Superman casting rumor, plus a key Transformer spotted in Chicago

Unannounced BlackBerry Bold 9780 and OS 6.0 Shown Off In Video

Panasonic’s Headphones Packaging Trumps Even Apple’s

Where’s Your Pagan God Now, Magic Trackpad?

Over 1m Android Users’ Details Were Compromised Thanks to a Suspicious App

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