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A computer program that can detect sarcasm online

Sometimes it’s hard to tell when somebody online is complimenting you or being a douche. That’s why a group of Israeli researchers invented the “Semi-supervised Algorithm for Sarcasm Identification,” a program that recognizes sarcastic statements with 77 percent precision. That’s right – a computer program is almost as good as you are at recognizing sarcastic…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Lego Arcade Machine Overloads My Nerd Senses

Behold, my ultimate wet dream: Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Galaxian, Galaga, Zaxxon, Pengo, Frogger, 1942, 1943, Phoenix, Time Pilot, Bomb Jack, Arkanoid, and even Burger Time—48 classic games inside a beautiful Lego arcade cabinet. The Lego arcade cabinet doesn’t use MAME on a PC. Instead, it has a Jamma board inside.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Tweetie 2 Clears Out of App Store, Making Room For “Twitter For iPhone”

Last month, Twitter bought Tweetie—our most favorite of all iPhone Twitter apps—with the intention of rebranding it as the free, official Twitter for iPhone app. It looks like that change is imminent—Tweetie 2 disappeared from the App Store this morning without a trace, and presumably Twitter for iPhone will show up sometime soon—possibly even today…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Set Your Calendars: Contagion And Red Riding Hood Set Release Dates

Steven Soderbergh’s star-filled thriller Contagion will be in theaters October 21, 2011, Journey to the Center of the Earth 2, is out September 23, 2011, and Amanda Seyfried’s werewolf picture Red Riding Hood releases April 22, 2011. [For more: slashfilm]

io9 Meredith Woerner

Amazon Beefs Up Its Kindle Team to Take on the iPad

Nick Bilton flags a surge of job openings at Amazon, all for the Kindle team. Word is that Amazon’s working on a touchscreen color Kindle, and if anything, this hiring spree shows that they’re not screwing around: They’re gathering software engineers, new QA staff and apparently talking to game publishers about games for the platform.…

Tech News John Herrman

The Ghostbusters Return to the New York Public Library

Sure, the ghost special effects somehow have gotten worse in the last 20 years, but it’s pretty much impossible to not be charmed by the Ghostbusters returning to the New York Public Library. [Improv Everywhere]

Tech News Adam Frucci

Tim Burton Coming Back To Mai, The Psychic Girl

Mai, The Psychic Girl was the first full-length manga series to be published in English, and for a whole generation of us it was the first manga we fell in love with. Can Tim Burton do it justice? Burton has been trying to direct a Mai film for years now — he was reportedly on…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Nike+ iPod Heart Rate Monitor Launching June 1

If you’ve been waiting for the iPod-compatible Nike+ heart rate monitor to really start exercising in earnest, well, you’ve been waiting a really long time. But now you can dust off those running shoes and start planning your jog on Google Maps—June 1 is the first day of the rest of your life. https://gizmodo.com/nike-ipod-patent-shows-heart-rate-temperature-and-hydr-384460 According…

Health Kyle VanHemert

Your Last Chance To Discover One Of Comics’ Gone-Too-Soon Masterpieces

There are so many top-notch stalwart Vertigo series that it’s hard to keep track of them all, and it’s always a bummer when they’re canceled. G. Willow Wilson’s Air falls into both of these camps: it’s awesome and going under. I feel a tad sheepish recommending a book after its been canceled, but if you…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Make Your Own Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Comics

These three simple frames from Gates and Jobs historic All Things D interview possess endless comedic possibilities. But while the whole set by Sad and Useless is pretty fantastic, we’re sure you can do even better. The only catch—there was a template online to make things easier, but it appears to be down. So you’ll…

Tech News Mark Wilson

The Tokyoflash Pocket Watch

The occasional grinning nerd with an overcomplicated watch, well, I can take that. Timekeeping is boring, I guess! But there is a limit to novelty. An inscrutable pocket watch? I… I just can’t. Tokyoflash has crossed the line. The Tokyoflash Round Trip pocket watch charges via USB and, well, I’m not even going to bother…

Tech News John Herrman

“Real” “Ghosts” Haunt the New York Public Library

Just like in Ghostbusters. And, fancy that, four real Ghostbusters herd them away. Sorta. Staged by the Improv Everywhere troupe in the same location as the Bill Murray-Dan Aykroyd paranormal classic, this is a pretty swell little prank. Of course, this would’ve been a wee bit more impressive if the New York Public Library wasn’t…

io9 Marc Bernardin

Ecomodo – The Best of TreeHugger

This week on TreeHugger, Microsoft and Google take over our cars, becoming Spiderman is closer to reality, making toasters from scratch, and sound systems held within LED lightbulbs. MusicLite Combines Audio System and LED Bulb in One Fixture. The Question is: Why? Insta-sound system? We aren’t sure what to make of this all-in-one LED bulb…

Tech News Jaymi Heimbuch

Disney’s Princesses Reimagined As Comic Book Heroines

Disney is reinventing Cinderella as a real-life career girl. To celebrate, here are eight art prints of Disney’s princesses, reimagined comic-book style. Ready to see Cinderella in the flesh as an overworked, underappreciated gal about town, just looking for her Prince Charming? Disney is rumored to be rebooting the glass slippered princess with the help…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Periodic Table of Superpowers

Have you ever wanted to be able to codify any particular hero’s abilities in a short-but-mystifying series of letters? What luck! Mad genius Chris Sims has made it all possible with this Rosetta Stone of superpowers. [ComicsAlliance]

io9 Marc Bernardin

Thirty Years Since Mount St. Helens Devastation

Everything was calm in beautiful Skamania County, Washington, until May 18, 1980. Then, a massive stratovolcano unleashed its rage, obliterating 230 square miles around it. It was Mount St. Helens. This video show how things have changed since then. 1.5 million metric tons of sulfur dioxide were released during the largest known avalanche in history,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Attack of the Zombie Satellite

There has been a zombie satellite in space for the last few days. Apparently, the sun’s radiation—or space Gremlins—turned it into a rogue spacecraft. Since then, Galaxy 15 has been threatening other cable TV satellites, like MTV’s. While ground control hasn’t been able to disconnect Galaxy 15, they have been able to force some intricate…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Nathan Fillion To Play Ant-Man? We’re Not Getting Our Hopes Up

While we really want to believe the rumors that Nathan Fillion will be playing Ant-Man in the Edgar Wright film, we’re not 100% convinced. But weigh the evidence yourself: Is Captain Hammer finally getting his big-screen superhero debut? Marvelous News has been gathering information on the next Marvel movies, including who will play the remaining…

io9 Meredith Woerner

If a Stereo System Comes Standard, Shouldn’t a Safety System?

Introducing the Star Safety System™, a combination of advanced safety features that’s standard on every Toyota vehicle. It’s all designed to help keep you out of harm’s way. Vehicle Stability Control (VSC)* Toyota’s VSC monitors your steering angle and the direction your vehicle is actually traveling and senses when your front or rear wheels begin…

Tech News Gawkercreative

The Most Politically Incorrect Fake SciFi B-Movie Poster Ever

Dan Evans’ poster for Talibannosaurus Rex was too mind-blowing for both CG Society’s B-Movie contest and reality. Look at that happy raptor driving the jeep! Seriously, this is what will happen if Hollywood reboots Dino-Riders. [My Art Shame via Boing Boing]

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

A computer program that can detect sarcasm online

Lego Arcade Machine Overloads My Nerd Senses

Tweetie 2 Clears Out of App Store, Making Room For “Twitter For iPhone”

Set Your Calendars: Contagion And Red Riding Hood Set Release Dates

Amazon Beefs Up Its Kindle Team to Take on the iPad

The Ghostbusters Return to the New York Public Library

Tim Burton Coming Back To Mai, The Psychic Girl

Nike+ iPod Heart Rate Monitor Launching June 1

Your Last Chance To Discover One Of Comics’ Gone-Too-Soon Masterpieces

Make Your Own Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Comics

The Tokyoflash Pocket Watch

“Real” “Ghosts” Haunt the New York Public Library

Ecomodo – The Best of TreeHugger

Disney’s Princesses Reimagined As Comic Book Heroines

The Periodic Table of Superpowers

Thirty Years Since Mount St. Helens Devastation

The Attack of the Zombie Satellite

Nathan Fillion To Play Ant-Man? We’re Not Getting Our Hopes Up

If a Stereo System Comes Standard, Shouldn’t a Safety System?

The Most Politically Incorrect Fake SciFi B-Movie Poster Ever

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