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Stop the mumbling! Why can’t we understand what people are saying in movies any more?

Did you understand what Vin Diesel was saying half the time in Pitch Black? Or the new B.A. Baracus in The A-Team? And good luck understanding Ken Watanabe in Inception. DenOfGeek declares war on muddy sound mixes and mumbling actors.

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Customers Who Bought the Male Masturbator Kit Also Bought…

I thought this Amazon page was fake… until I searched for it and found the product page for the Fleshlight. Now, I believe. https://gizmodo.com/i-had-sex-with-furniture-the-shameful-nsfw-fleshligh-5375323 The Amazon page for the FleshLight Male Masturbator shows—among a variety of lubricants and anal accessories—Fallout 3, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Command and Conquer the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

New trailer for “The Social Network” is classic scifi techno-tragedy

There’s a good case to be made that The Social Network is a science fiction movie set in the present, about the way technology transforms human life – often with tragic and unintended consequences. The new trailer delivers on tragedy. https://gizmodo.com/is-the-social-network-a-science-fiction-movie-5580630 Of course the tragic victims are us, the people who use Facebook because we…

Trailers Annalee Newitz

Gadget Deals of the Day

We’ve got the Droid X here for $50 less than Verizon, so if you still want one after reading about its software problems, dive in. And don’t forget to browse the rest of the deals while you’re at it. https://gizmodo.com/motorola-droid-x-review-5587225 Top Deals: • 14″ Dell Inspiron 14z Laptop with Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 1.3GHz…

Tech News Jeremiah Dobruck

How to vacuum up every last little piece of news about San Diego Comic-Con

Our pals over at UGO have put together an excellent list of all the blogs with plans to cover SDCC, with a handy guide linking to each site’s coverage – as well as a taste of what they’ll be covering most intensely. You can visit UGO for more information, or visit some of the blogs…

io9 Annalee Newitz

18th-Century Ship Exhumed at World Trade Center Site

Earlier this week, workers excavating the site of the future World Trade Center unearthed an ancient wooden plank. Then another. Then an entire row, comprising what remains of a 30-foot long wood-hulled vessel, over 200 years old. It’s the biggest find of its kind since 1982, when an 18th-century cargo ship was discovered on Water…

Tech News Brian Barrett

How much should you compromise your vision to get published?

Your writing reflects your unique — and sometimes messy — vision of the world. But how much should you compromise or censor yourself to get published? Urban fantasy author Stacia Kane delves into tricky questions of art and commerce. A few weeks ago over on the Romance Divas forum a discussion was started about honesty…

Books & Comics Stacia Kane

Arrington: Consumer Reports Needs To Get Its Act Together on iPhone 4

Mike Arrington has a post over at TechCrunch taking Consumer Reports to task over their iPhone 4 coverage. And it’s true! It feels like there’s a new Consumer Reports update every day that either repeats or directly contradicts the previous day’s. It’s well worth a read to see it all laid out like this, especially…

Tech News Brian Barrett

The latest experimental robots, from dinobots to Robosapiens

The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) just met in Georgia, and some new photos show off the incredible diversity of your future robot overlords. Jiuguang Wang (JiuGuangW on Flickr) visited AAAI as well as some local robotics labs, and posted some amazing photos. It’s pretty incredible how many different visions of the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Woz’s iPhone 4 Antenna Solution: Double Fisting

At this point, we’ve seen all sorts of crazy ideas for fixing the iPhone 4’s antenna problems, from strapping it with a rubberband to covering it with nail polish. Steve Wozniak’s solution: just carry another phone. https://gizmodo.com/the-best-semi-solutions-for-iphone-4-reception-problems-5573179 In an interview with a Dutch reporter, Woz described his own iPhone 4 antenna woes at length: Henk…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Big mystery holding back practical superconductors may have been solved

Superconductors carry electric current with no energy loss. They could revolutionize our electrical grid, but they only work at impractically low temperatures. We just figured out a key reason why – and possibly got a lot closer to room-temperature superconductors. Scientists have spent the last two decades trying to figure out why their superconductors only…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

The Full Social Network Trailer: Creepy

Here’s the first full-length trailer for The Social Network, David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin’s movie about the creation of social wonder/ill, the Facebook. Thanks largely to a brilliant song choice, the trailer is eerily evocative. That’s the Vega Scala Choir’s rendition of Radiohead’s “Creep,” and when coupled with sad, lonely images of people reaching out…

Social Media Richard Lawson

Ryan Reynolds’ Green Lantern costume revealed!

Check out your first look at Warner Brother’s new Green Lantern costume, on the cover of Entertainment Weekly. So what do you think of our new Hal Jordan? Should those who worship evil’s might be worried? UPDATE: More images added. Click on the image for the super high res. version. The Green Lantern EW issues…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Britain’s Train Expert Unveils His Next Transportation Icon

Paul Priestman, designer of Britain’s widely-used Virgin Pendolino train cars, thinks his country is in need of a new transportation icon, one that upholds the legacy of the Rolls Royce and the Concorde. His vision? The double-decker Mercury train. Priestman is determined to convince Britain that a high-speed, high-tech train like the Mercury is key…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Gong Li and Andy Lau sign up for Chinese remake of Mel Gibson’s creepiest film

Mel Gibson skeeved us out when he gained selective telepathy, allowing him to hear women’s thoughts, in What Women Want. So why is the fantastic Gong Li signing up to star with Andy Lau in a Chinese remake? There’s a whole sub-genre of films out there that combine the worst elements of romantic comedy and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Elgato Turbo.264 HD Makes Converting Video For iPads and iPhones Super Simple

If someone you know would be daunted by an instruction to “just use Handbrake,” Elgato’s new Turbo.264 HD software makes it dead easy to convert video files from camcorders and computers for playback on iPads and iPhones and the rest. https://lifehacker.com/optimized-handbrake-presets-to-encode-video-for-your-ne-5572037 Sure, you probably know how to get that video you just shot all nice…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Google May Use Mouse Movements to Influence Search Rankings

How Google decides what sites come up first on any given search is a closely-guarded secret, a formula that changes regularly to keep people from gaming the system. But it may get a lot harder to predict. A new patent filed by Google on Tuesday would allow Google to analyze information about where on a…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Why do the biggest waves in the world hit a tiny beach in Northern California?

If you haven’t heard of Mavericks, that’s because it’s a tiny beach on the Northern California coast. But scientists and surfers know it well, because it delivers some of the most spectacularly huge waves in the world. Find out why. This KQED story is science reporting at its coolest – you see something awesome, and…

io9 Annalee Newitz

US Senator Hammers iPhone 4 Antenna Problem In Letter to Steve Jobs

AppleInsider has posted an open letter to Steve Jobs by New York Senator Charles Schumer (D). The letter strongly criticizes the iPhone 4’s antenna problem. We have confirmed that the letter is real, and it’ll be officially published soon: https://gizmodo.com/wireless-expert-on-iphone-4-antenna-we-got-a-problem-5576839 July 15, 2010 Dear Mr. Jobs, I write to express concern regarding the reception problem…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

New images reveal the secret of how supermassive stars are born

We’ve long known how stars like our Sun are born, but we weren’t sure about their much bigger counterparts. This image of a dust-shrouded, supermassive baby star offers some answers. Located roughly 10,000 light-years away in the constellation of Centaurus, the star IRAS 13481-6124 is twenty times the Sun’s mass and about five times bigger…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Stop the mumbling! Why can’t we understand what people are saying in movies any more?

Customers Who Bought the Male Masturbator Kit Also Bought…

New trailer for “The Social Network” is classic scifi techno-tragedy

Gadget Deals of the Day

How to vacuum up every last little piece of news about San Diego Comic-Con

18th-Century Ship Exhumed at World Trade Center Site

How much should you compromise your vision to get published?

Arrington: Consumer Reports Needs To Get Its Act Together on iPhone 4

The latest experimental robots, from dinobots to Robosapiens

Woz’s iPhone 4 Antenna Solution: Double Fisting

Big mystery holding back practical superconductors may have been solved

The Full Social Network Trailer: Creepy

Ryan Reynolds’ Green Lantern costume revealed!

Britain’s Train Expert Unveils His Next Transportation Icon

Gong Li and Andy Lau sign up for Chinese remake of Mel Gibson’s creepiest film

Elgato Turbo.264 HD Makes Converting Video For iPads and iPhones Super Simple

Google May Use Mouse Movements to Influence Search Rankings

Why do the biggest waves in the world hit a tiny beach in Northern California?

US Senator Hammers iPhone 4 Antenna Problem In Letter to Steve Jobs

New images reveal the secret of how supermassive stars are born

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