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Reminder: io9 and Laughing Squid meetup is tonight in NYC!

Come hang out with the writers and readers of io9 and urban culture blog Laughing Squid tonight in futuristic New York City. We’ll be meeting at The Magician bar, 118 Rivington St. in Soho. We’ll be there between 6:30-9 PM. Here’s the Facebook invite if you want more details.

io9 Annalee Newitz

Venter’s “synthetic life” is the faucet drip that would be a monsoon

Last week, bio-enterpreneur icon Craig Venter burst into the limelight yet again by announcing his “synthetic organism.” The work duly appeared in Science and the predictable shouting ensued, from fears that humans are “playing God” to hails of “artificial life”. https://gizmodo.com/scientists-create-artificial-life-synthetic-dna-tha-5543843 Several important issues got lost in the din. Let’s leave the obvious potential objections…

io9 Athena Andreadis

Witness a Zombie Outbreak On Your Android’s Wallpaper

Zombies. Brains. Zombie hunters. Nuclear bombs. Statistics. You love all of these things, and now you can have them as the live wallpaper on your Android phone. Pixel Zombies Live Wallpaper, now available for $1 in the Android Market, simulates a zombie outbreak on your phone: The red dots are zombies, the blue dots are…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Disney throws loads of cash at Bruckheimer’s space race picture, Lightspeed

Jerry Bruckheimer and Disney just paid a pretty penny for the new space race screenplay from Bruckheimer’s usual writers. Which means we’re due for a epic space film that may not be groundbreaking, but by god it will be entertaining. Variety is reporting that past Bruckheimer scribes Terry Rossio and Bill Marsilii made off with…

io9 Meredith Woerner

The Gulf Disaster Video That BP Doesn’t Want You To See

Those damn BP liars are making things even worse trying to fix the catastrophe they caused. Their efforts are turning the massive oil flood into giant underwater clouds made of corrosive particles. Here’s the underwater video to prove it. The chemical dispersants that BP is using—trying to fix the gigantic mess caused by their reckless…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Best Lost Building—and My Favorite Scene

Lost became a mess and left many questions unanswered, but it also left us with some of the best scenes and sets in television history. This is the best building in the series, where it all started: The Swan station. The Swan station was simply beautiful. Dark and mysterious, centered around a geodesic dome and…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

7 Great Space-Themed Songs for Your Next Introspective Montage

Every TV show needs a montage of people processing their emotions every now and then. (We’re looking at you, Stargate Universe.) But why not feature actual songs about space? Here are seven great space-themed songs to accompany your emotional moments. “Satellite of Love,” Lou Reed If your stars are unlucky in love, there’s no better…

io9 Kelly Faircloth

Air Display: Use Your iPad as a Second Monitor, Without the Pain

The first app to pull this admittedly excellent trick was called iDisplay, but it was slow and buggy. Thankfully, Air Display takes the pain and frustration—and most importantly, the lag—out of using the iPad as a spare monitor. https://gizmodo.com/review-idisplay-turns-your-ipad-into-a-second-monitor-5508816 As far as I can tell, Air Display (from the same people who make the fantastic…

Tech News John Herrman

Foxconn’s HR Website Hacked With Snarky Suicide Message

Shanghaiist discovered that a sneaky hacker (or maybe a Foxconn employee) snuck in this page onto the Foxconn servers. There’s no way this is official. It says: Foxconn — We’re Hiring Are you feeling down today? Do you feel like not living anymore? Do you want to know what it feels like to jump down…

Tech News Jason Chen

Gadget Deals of the Day

For the first time, the iPhone 3GS is available for under a $100. Unfortunately, the iPhone 3GS is going to get owned by the next iPhone soon. So hold off a little longer and check out the other deals! https://gizmodo.com/the-tale-of-apples-next-iphone-5520471 Top Deals: • 42″ Panasonic Viera TC-P42U1 1080p 600Hz Plasma TV for $598.00 plus free…

Tech News Casey Chan

To Make Motor Racing History, New Ideas Are a Must

Porsche Intelligent Performance is a principle which is as evident on the race track as it is in the new Cayenne S Hybrid and the Concept Study Porsche 918 Spyder, a high-performance hybrid for the 21st century. The new Cayenne S Hybrid takes the intelligent interplay of forces to the road. Parallel Full Hybrid ensures…

Tech News Gawkercreative

AT&T Says T-Mobile Is “Misleading Customers” By Suggesting HSPA+ Is 4G

While T-Mobile’s customers may be thrilled with the company’s ever-expanding HSPA+ coverage, their competitors are not. AT&T, who is also rolling out HSPA+ this year, says that T-Mobile is “misleading customers” by insinuating that HSPA+ is a 4G technology. https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-expands-speedy-hspa-network-into-new-york-co-5547206 Instead of putting their eggs in the long-term 4G basket, T-Mobile’s electing to give its…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Behold the most transcendently cheesy paintings of animals among the stars

Could it be the new Three Wolf Moon? We’ve got an amazing gallery of paintings from Eugene J. Pentz’ “Cosmic Series,” where animals from whales to deer are living among the stars. They are gloriously cheesy, but also heartfelt. About his “Cosmic Series,” Pentz writes: The time is fast approaching when we shall reach to…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Jobs and Schmidt Bury the Hatchet in 29 Adorable Ways

For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you to show Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt making nice. After all, life is too short for bitter personal relationships. And you responded with some really hilarious images. First Place—Parker Olen Second Place—Em Pleh Third Place—Seven 5 Suited

Tech News Adam Frucci

IBM to patent traffic light that can remotely control your car engine

IBM’s wants to patent a geegaw called the “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE ENGINE RUNNING STATE AT BUSY INTERSECTIONS FOR INCREASED FUEL CONSUMPTION EFFICIENCY.” In other words, the traffic light is in charge of when you stop and go. In the mellifluous language of the patent application: The present disclosure is directed to a…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Tivo and Best Buy Birth a TV With a DVR Deficiency

Best Buy and Tivo have finally consummated the union they first announced last year. The result: an Insignia TV pre-loaded with TiVo software. Just not of the DVR variety. https://gizmodo.com/best-buy-and-tivo-tie-the-knot-insignia-tvs-to-get-dvr-5310837 Instead, the Best Buy exclusive sets will be packed full with TiVo’s internet services. So Best Buy can become a player in the connected TV…

Television Brian Barrett

The Mass Effect Movie Gets One Step Closer To Reality

According to Heat Vision Blog, the Mass Effect movie (we reviewed Mass Effect 2 here) is in talks to get a writer. This is probably the number one game-to-movie translation we want to see right now. https://gizmodo.com/the-mass-effect-experience-5456404 For the unfamiliar, Mass Effect is about a Commander (that’s you) with his own ship that goes around…

Movies Jason Chen

Rare fish with “hands” are the true missing link

Found off the coast of Tasmania and Australia, the rare handfish are solitary, slow-moving creatures. They use their fins to walk on the seafloor, rather than swimming. This is how our ancestors might have looked, before emerging from the sea. National Geographic has a series of articles on these fish, which are spotted so infrequently…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Don’t Hold Your Breath For the Color Kindle

Despite signs that they’re beefing up the Kindle team, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says that the company is “still some ways out” from delivering the color Kindle, according to MarketWatch. Not much of a surprise, but a bummer nonetheless. [MarketWatch] https://gizmodo.com/amazon-beefs-up-its-kindle-team-to-take-on-the-ipad-5541760

Commerce Kyle VanHemert

Zombie jerky, the dried blue meat snack! Uh… nom?

Well, of course dehydrated zombie flesh snacks would be blue – that is the most popular color of a zombie hide, after all. Check out what zombie jerky looks like. But does this mean we’ll get alternate zombie flavors/colors like grey or green? I hope so. Plus when will the zombies get brain jerky? Fair…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Reminder: io9 and Laughing Squid meetup is tonight in NYC!

Venter’s “synthetic life” is the faucet drip that would be a monsoon

Witness a Zombie Outbreak On Your Android’s Wallpaper

Disney throws loads of cash at Bruckheimer’s space race picture, Lightspeed

The Gulf Disaster Video That BP Doesn’t Want You To See

The Best Lost Building—and My Favorite Scene

7 Great Space-Themed Songs for Your Next Introspective Montage

Air Display: Use Your iPad as a Second Monitor, Without the Pain

Foxconn’s HR Website Hacked With Snarky Suicide Message

Gadget Deals of the Day

To Make Motor Racing History, New Ideas Are a Must

AT&T Says T-Mobile Is “Misleading Customers” By Suggesting HSPA+ Is 4G

Behold the most transcendently cheesy paintings of animals among the stars

Jobs and Schmidt Bury the Hatchet in 29 Adorable Ways

IBM to patent traffic light that can remotely control your car engine

Tivo and Best Buy Birth a TV With a DVR Deficiency

The Mass Effect Movie Gets One Step Closer To Reality

Rare fish with “hands” are the true missing link

Don’t Hold Your Breath For the Color Kindle

Zombie jerky, the dried blue meat snack! Uh… nom?

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