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Google’s Getting Into Flight Information

Soon you’ll be able to add “travel info” to the long list of things for which you depend on Google—they just bought ITA Software, a company that organizes airline flight information, for $700 million. In a separate but not unrelated note, everyone at Kayak and Expedia just canceled their summer vacation plans. [TechCrunch]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Throwdown Bed: For When Going to Bed Is a Battle

I’m not sure what lessons you teach your kid by getting them a cage fighting bed, but I will say that I sort of wish they made it in adult sizes. [Wermma via BornRich]

Tech News Adam Frucci

23 new images from Steven Spielberg’s alien drama Falling Skies

Behold the devastation brought upon our planet by invading alien forces. All that’s left are Noah Wyle and his band of muted-tones-clad refugees. Check out a bunch of pictures from Spielberg’s alien drama Falling Skies, which is coming to SDCC. TNT announced that the Speilberg-produced alien resistance drama Falling Skies is coming to San Diego…

Television Meredith Woerner

The Sidekick Gets Kicked To The Curb

I come to bury Sidekick, not to praise him. Less than 24 hours after Microsoft killed Kin dead, T-Mobile has abandoned the granddaddy of messaging phones. Sidekick sales will cease tomorrow, July 2nd, and honestly? No one will care. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-kills-kin-5576764 The Sidekick LX and Sidekick 2008 will no longer be supported by T-Mobile after tomorrow,…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Global warming started 15,000 years ago with uncontrolled mammoth hunting

It turns out humans have been affecting the Earth’s climate for a long, long time. Overhunting the woolly mammoth 15,000 years ago kick-started a chain reaction that changed the surrounding ecosystem and heated up the Earth. How could humans have affected the prehistoric Earth’s climate at a time when their population only numbered in the…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Why Kinect Should Really Come With Sunglasses

They had me at, “Good morning, Batman.” So much so, in fact, that I didn’t bother reading the rest of this comic (which I assume is an earnest plug for the future of everything as we know it). [Reddit] https://gizmodo.com/xbox-360-kinect-puts-play-back-in-gameplay-5565657

Tech News Mark Wilson

The BBC says there’s no Doctor Who movie in the works. Not even with Johnny Depp.

You can scratch that rumor about Johnny Depp starring in a big-screen Doctor Who extravaganza. We checked with the BBC, and a rep says there are “no plans” for a Who movie, and any talk is “pure speculation.”

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Stephen King’s It script is almost done. Say goodbye to showering!

Warner Brothers is still set on bringing Stephen King’s clown monster to life. Screenwriter Dave Kajganich (The Invasion) has the difficult job of adapting the book into a 120-page screenplay. And his latest update makes us all kinds of nervous. We loved everything about It. Loved it. Loved the complicated and incredibly long and drawn…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Expert Says iPhone 4 Has the Best Smartphone Display

PCMag ran the Evo, the Droid X, the Droid Incredible, and the iPhone 4 through a gauntlet of tests to determine which really has best display. Here’s what DisplayMate President Dr. Raymond Soneira has to say about the results. PCMag tested the displays for brightness, contrast, color depth, and color accuracy. The iPhone 4’s display…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Microsoft Announces InstaLoad, Batteries That Work Any Way You Insert Them

Microsoft just introduced InstaLoad, a new battery technology that allows batteries to be placed in any direction without regard to positive or negative polarity. Meaning you can put a battery in however you want and it’ll just work. It’s genius. InstaLoad uses a new, patented contact design that doesn’t drain battery power or require expensive…

Tech News Casey Chan

A modern-day esoteric shrine, deep beneath the Alps

Why is this ornate, gorgeous “spiritual machine” so threatening that the Vatican wanted to blow it up? Rapture-seeker Erik Davis recently visited the mystical Damanhur temple beneath the Italian Alps to find out. Davis writes: Over thirty years ago, a handful of initiates into a vibrant and esoteric Italian mystery school took up hand drills…

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Gadget Deals of the Day

Dealzmodo is getting more and more excited for the holiday weekend. We know you want fireworks but our advice is to create some of your own through eHamorny’s free weekend. Or you can just buy the latest insanely cheap gadgets! Top Deals: • 15.6″ HP G62-140US Core i3 Laptop with for $499.97 plus free shipping…

Tech News Ryan F. Salerno

Finally, a Menstruation Machine That Allows Men to Experience the Monthly Cycle!

Here’s one gadget I won’t be lining up for: a “Menstruation Machine” that allows men “to experience the painful bleeding of menstruation.” Well, wow. The device is the graduate project of Royal College of Art student Hiromi Ozaki. It’s pretty horrifying! Fitted with a blood dispensing mechanism and lower-abdomen-stimulating electrodes, the Menstruation Machine simulates the…

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Sony’s Active-Shutter 3D Glasses Shipping Now For $150

Sony may ship two pairs of glasses (and the emitter) “free” with the LX900 TV, but for anyone needing to pick up an extra pair or two they’re available now on Amazon for $150 each. https://gizmodo.com/would-you-pay-133-for-sonys-3d-glasses-5489070 Compatible with Sony’s HX800, HX909 and LX900 3DTVs, the batteries last for up to 100 hours before needing charging,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

From time travel to alien invasion: Nacho Vigalondo dishes on “Extraterrestre”

Nacho Vigalondo took the genre world by storm a few years ago with Timecrimes. The unlikely time travel adventure marked Vigaondo as another bright voice in Spanish cinema. Now he’s back with a mysterious new SF flick about aliens. The director has been pretty tight lipped about his next project but late last week he…

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I Hope and Pray the Wii HD Allows Me to Battle Real, Half-Naked Men

What if the Wiimote could control more than just a video game? What if it could control…real people? Idiots of Ants explores this idea in the ensuing sketch. [GoNintendo]

Tech News Mark Wilson

Visual Guide: 22 Great Ways to Improve Your Home Movies

Your summer videos don’t have to be boring. Now that everyone has great inexpensive cameras, you can make them a lot more interesting by keeping this simple guide in mind: 22 good ideas to frame, stage, and light your videos. It is based on the “22 Panels That Always Work“, a guide by comic book…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Build a better quantum computer with diamond nanocrystals

One big problem holding up the development of quantum computing is building materials. But there might be a solution, and it awesomely involves nitrogen-infused diamond nanocrystals. Quantum computers theoretically work by using qubits (short for quantum bits), which can rely on quantum mechanical principles to hold multiple values simultaneously. This ability makes quantum computers unimaginably…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Yahoo Mail, Messenger and Search Apps Come to Android

Google Yahoo has just released a Gmail Yahoo Mail app for Android, along with Google Talk Yahoo Messenger and Google Search Yahoo Search apps. Godspeed on the enemy’s turf, Yahoo. [Yahoo via Talk Android]

Tech News Mark Wilson

Falling Skies Gallery

Google’s Getting Into Flight Information

Throwdown Bed: For When Going to Bed Is a Battle

23 new images from Steven Spielberg’s alien drama Falling Skies

The Sidekick Gets Kicked To The Curb

Global warming started 15,000 years ago with uncontrolled mammoth hunting

Why Kinect Should Really Come With Sunglasses

The BBC says there’s no Doctor Who movie in the works. Not even with Johnny Depp.

Stephen King’s It script is almost done. Say goodbye to showering!

Expert Says iPhone 4 Has the Best Smartphone Display

Microsoft Announces InstaLoad, Batteries That Work Any Way You Insert Them

A modern-day esoteric shrine, deep beneath the Alps

Gadget Deals of the Day

Finally, a Menstruation Machine That Allows Men to Experience the Monthly Cycle!

Sony’s Active-Shutter 3D Glasses Shipping Now For $150

From time travel to alien invasion: Nacho Vigalondo dishes on “Extraterrestre”

I Hope and Pray the Wii HD Allows Me to Battle Real, Half-Naked Men

Visual Guide: 22 Great Ways to Improve Your Home Movies

Build a better quantum computer with diamond nanocrystals

Yahoo Mail, Messenger and Search Apps Come to Android

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