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Ladeez Be Hacking!!1!

Click to viewBREAKING: There are WOMEN on the INTERNET. Some of them are hackers, even, but only for the power of good! And some of them also happen to be model-slash-dental hygienists. Thanks, Fox affiliate news team! This is amazing. [The Awl]

Tech News Brian Barrett

Hurt Locker Producers Take Up Arms Against Pirates

Voltage Pictures, the production company behind The Hurt Locker, is gearing up to sue thousands—no, tens of thousands—of individuals who pirated the film online. Get ready for a huge escalation in the war on P2P. The suit could hit as early as tomorrow, according to The Hollywood Reporter, as Voltage teams up with the US…

Tech News Brian Barrett

How to Download and Play With Steam for Mac Right Now

You wouldn’t know it by going to the Steam home page, but you can in fact download Steam for Mac now—the secret link is live. Click here. Update: AND, here’s how to start playing immediately: 1. After you’ve installed Steam for Mac and gotten it ready to go, go to Steam’s Mac beta page. 2.…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

First New True Blood Footage Of Sookie And Lafayette

A new True Blood minisode has appeared, and it’s got our main man Lafayette acting all sorts of sassy, Sookie looking vacant, and Tara just being annoying “extra sassy” Tara. We missed you guys so much. Did you forget how annoying Tara is and how amazing Lafayette is? I didn’t. But I had forgotten all…

io9 Meredith Woerner

The 2010 Illusion of the Year Is Gloriously Mind-Melting

This simple yet confounding model was named the Illusion of the Year by the Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences, Japan. Watch the clip, allowing yourself the thrill of confusion before seeing how it works 25 seconds in. And when you’re done with that, you can build your own, as the inventor shared…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Is Fringe’s Alternate Universe The Same Earth As I Am Legend?

The citizens of Fringe’s alternate universe could have bigger problems to cope with than just whatever William Bell has cooked up. They may have a plague-zombie outbreak on their hands, if an alternate-universe movie marquee is any indication. Or at least, the same movie is showing in both the I Am Legend-verse and Fringe’s alt-universe:…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Droid Eris Finally Gets Android 2.1 OTA Update

Droid Eris owners, rejoice! If you haven’t already updated your phone to Android 2.1 via that firmware leak, you’ll be getting the official upgrade soon. Verizon’s begun pushing 2.1 to Eris phones, with some lucky few having already gotten the bump and the rest of you seeing it over the next several days. Verizon’s even…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Gawker Media Seeks Community Interns

Gawker Media seeks a few brave interns to learn about our commenting system and help us with our beloved communities. The interns will learn about behind-the-scenes administrative tasks and quality oversight under direction by our Community Manager. Applicants should have several days per week to devote to these duties. Strong communication skills, familiarity with Gawker…

Tech News Kaila Hale-Stern

Win Locke’s Wheelchair – A Ton Of Lost Props Are Up For Auction

Ever wanted to wield Mr. Eko’s Jesus Stick? Well, you’re in luck – approximately 100 props from Lost will soon be up for auction, such as Locke’s hunting knife, Hurley’s lottery ticket, Sawyer’s glasses, Dharma beer, and fish biscuits. [Profiles in History via THR] Collection of 32 DHARMA Beer Cans in Varied Condition A large…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Digital Storm BlackOPS Assassin: A Cool Ride In a Fast Machine

Digital Storm’s superpowered BlackOPS PC line added an Assassin this week. It’s “the industry’s most vastly superior vertically cooled” rig around, and it still looks like it could power the Death Star. https://gizmodo.com/digital-storms-blackops-pc-can-probably-run-entire-star-5469674 The Assassin has three 180mm fans at the bottom of its chassis to pump cool air up vertically through the system, while…

Tech News Brian Barrett

The Light Bulb That Could Help to Save the World

There plenty of fluorescent low-power lights out there, but their light depresses me. Unlike the EnduraLED, a LED-based bulb that produces the same light of a 60W incandescent light bulb but only takes 12 watts. The savings could be amazing. According to Philips, 50% of all the 60-watt incandescent light bulbs are bought in the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Where’s My Goddamn Strikeforce: Morituri TV Show?

In 1986, Marvel began publishing a scifi comic about humanity’s last, desperate stand against alien invaders that was full of tragedy, valor, and sacrifice. It could be a successor to BSG’s legacy. Why has it all but vanished from memory? Created by writer Peter B. Gillis and artist Brent Anderson, Strikeforce: Morituri took place late…

io9 Marc Bernardin

Limitless, Cheap Chips Made Out of DNA Could Replace Silicon

Silicon chips are on the way out. According to Duke University engineer Chris Dwyer, a student using the properties of DNA could produce more logic circuits in one day than the entire global silicon chip industry could in one month. Indeed, DNA is perfectly suited to such pre-programming and self-assembly. Dwyer’s recent research has shown…

Tech News Clay Dillow - Popular Science

George Romero Has 2 More Zombie Films Rising From The Dead

Iffy reviews for his latest film Survival of The Dead aren’t going to stop undead legend George Romero from unleashing more zombies. In fact, he’s got two more undead films in mind, which might even be a two-parter. In Shock Til You Drop Romero revealed that he wanted two more “Dead” films that would be…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Avatar Blu-ray Sales Now Total 6.2m

6.2million people are officially nuts. That’s the conclusion I’ve come to after hearing Avatar’s now sold 6.2million Blu-ray copies in the first three weeks since launch—that’s a steady climb since the 2.7million sold in the first four days. https://gizmodo.com/avatar-blu-ray-breaks-sales-records-by-doubling-them-5524842 6.2million Blu-rays in total, and 13.5million DVD sales. Let’s sit on those figures for a while.…

Movies Kat Hannaford

NASA Finds Outer Space 65 Feet Underwater

NASA may not be sending anyone to the moon or Mars in the near future, but they’ve discovered the next best thing: an undersea laboratory three miles off of Key Largo. It’s how astronauts do Space Camp. The NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations—its friends call it Neemo—has been around for nearly a decade. This past…

Space & Spaceflight Brian Barrett

Total Recall: The Musical: All Singing, All Dancing, All Ahnuld!

Can you imagine Kermit the Frog impersonating Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Doug Quaid while singing a haunting refrain about finding himself “while climbing the mountains of Mars”? Well, now you don’t have to. [Topless Robot]

io9 Marc Bernardin

Dan Aykroyd’s Alien Rant: “They’re Breaking The Law”

Dan Aykroyd doesn’t belief we’ll ever have a “formal” relationship with aliens – because of 9/11. But that doesn’t matter, because the 23 other species constantly observing the human race should all be arrested. Watch Aykryoyd’s Larry King rant. [Videogum]

io9 Meredith Woerner

The Mystery of the Orphaned Robot

Deep in the bowels of an old industrial building in Brooklyn, behind a dusty steel door, stands a cylindrical device marked “DANGER.” Black rubber accordion folds separate its silver base from its rectangular top, from which protrudes The Claw. The Claw rises from a sea of colorful wires and pieces of half-built machinery. In The…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

The FDA May Block All Genetic Test Kits

Walgreens plans to sell genetic testing kits for the first time in brick and mortar stores, but the FDA thinks this shift from labs/internet to pharmacy may be too much too fast. https://gizmodo.com/looking-into-my-genome-reveals-risks-i-ll-never-unsee-5524729 The FDA has issued a warning to Pathway Genomics following their announcement to sell their saliva-based genetic tests in thousands of Walgreens…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Ladeez Be Hacking!!1!

Hurt Locker Producers Take Up Arms Against Pirates

How to Download and Play With Steam for Mac Right Now

First New True Blood Footage Of Sookie And Lafayette

The 2010 Illusion of the Year Is Gloriously Mind-Melting

Is Fringe’s Alternate Universe The Same Earth As I Am Legend?

Droid Eris Finally Gets Android 2.1 OTA Update

Gawker Media Seeks Community Interns

Win Locke’s Wheelchair – A Ton Of Lost Props Are Up For Auction

Digital Storm BlackOPS Assassin: A Cool Ride In a Fast Machine

The Light Bulb That Could Help to Save the World

Where’s My Goddamn Strikeforce: Morituri TV Show?

Limitless, Cheap Chips Made Out of DNA Could Replace Silicon

George Romero Has 2 More Zombie Films Rising From The Dead

Avatar Blu-ray Sales Now Total 6.2m

NASA Finds Outer Space 65 Feet Underwater

Total Recall: The Musical: All Singing, All Dancing, All Ahnuld!

Dan Aykroyd’s Alien Rant: “They’re Breaking The Law”

The Mystery of the Orphaned Robot

The FDA May Block All Genetic Test Kits

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