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Torani Bacon Flavoring Syrup Can Ruin Even the Best Coffee

Bacon is divine. (Although far from my favorite pork.) But can we all agree that bacon-as-a-flavor has run its course? If you’re pouring bacon syrup into coffee you’re just stunt casting. Bacon is the racist Robert DeNiro of flavorings. [Torani]

Tech News Joel Johnson

How Will Facebook Look After The Zombie Apocalypse?

After the zombie outbreak, life will go on. And so will the internet. That’s why we’re excited about Mira Grant’s new project, Feed, which gives us a glimpse of social networks after they’re invaded by flesh-eating zombies. Take a look. Feed is the first novel in Grant’s Newsflesh Trilogy, which hit shelves last week. It’s…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

iPad Spy Software Lets You Secretly Record Email and Website Visits

Mobile Spy‘s iPad Spy is a new app for jailbroken iPads that will let you keep track of what the iPad is being used for with the user being none the wiser. Creepy! Once it’s installed, there’s no indication that anything else is running while the iPad is in use. It periodically uploads data silently…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Gadget Deals of the Day

What is this, 1999? No, it’s the day after Cinco de Mayo hence the crazy offerings. Yes, that’s a Vaio and a Dreamcast. One’s good, the other’s still awesome. We’ll let you decided which is which. Oh, Facebook us, please. Top Deals: • 16.4″ Sony VAIO VPCF1190X Intel Core i7 Quad-Core Laptop for $949.99 plus…

Tech News Casey Chan

Explore the World of Android Apps

Gizmodo and Verizon have teamed up to bring you the brand-new Essential Android Apps Directory, a compendium of the best apps—complete with insightful descriptions and QR codes to instantly grab the apps you need. It’s a must-bookmark page for all droid owners. Click here to check it out!

Tech News Gawkercreative

When Worlds Collide: The Muppets Versus Team Darlton

If anyone can weasel secrets of Lost’s final arc from Damon Lindelof and Cartlon Cuse, and make a little cash on the side, it’s a rat — Rizzo the Rat — and a giant bear. [Slashfilm]

io9 Marc Bernardin

Russia Investigating Whether or Not Regional President Gave State Secrets to Aliens

Russian regional president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov claims he was abducted by aliens. Now, a Russian MP has asked President Dmitry Medvedev to investigate his claims to make sure he didn’t give any state secrets to the space visitors. MP Andre Lebedev is not just asking whether Mr Ilyumzhinov is fit to govern. He is also concerned…

Space & Spaceflight Adam Frucci

Ask David Louis Edelman Anything About Infoquake

For the past few days, we’ve been discussing and kibbitzing about David Louis Edelman’s novel Infoquake. And now the author himself is here to answer all of your questions! Post your questions in the comment thread, and David Louis Edelman will be reading them in real time and responding. He’ll get to as many questions…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Penn State’s New Twelfth Man Is Science

Penn State’s Beaver Stadium is already one of the toughest away venues in college football. But this fall—thanks to some scientific chicanery—it’s going to be nearly 50% louder, making it almost impossible for opposing QBs to be heard. PSU’s not achieving the increase by adding more seats or handing out more thundersticks. In fact, they’re…

Physics & Chemistry Brian Barrett

No iPhone for Verizon This Year, Says Analyst

Sorry, Verizon users. If you wanted the new iPhone 4 this year, you better start looking around in beer gardens. According to BroadPoint AmTech analyst Brian Marshall, AT&T has extended its exclusive deal thanks to their bargaining with the iPad: https://gizmodo.com/this-is-apples-next-iphone-5520164 AT&T had to do something dramatic to get the iPad. [AT&T’s negotiated a 50%…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Details Revealed For Rian Johnson’s Bloody Time-Travel Movie

We’re all very excited about Brick director Rian Johnson’s science fiction movie Looper, but we had no idea it was going to be this delightfully violent. New plot details crank our anticipation up to 11. Spoilers ahead… We spoke with Johnson about Looper a while back, but sense then many details have surfaced. In an…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Make Your Own MicroSIM

Have a SIM card that, for some reason (the iPad), you’d like to chop down to MicroSIM form? It’s possible, just follow this handy tutorial. (You pretty much just cut the casing very carefully, keeping contacts intact.) [JohnBenson via DVICE]

Tech News Mark Wilson

Inside Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class with Marvel’s Go-To Screenwriters

Zack Stentz and Ashley Edward Miller made their genre bones in TV, as writer-producers on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Fringe. Now they’re shifting to movies with Thor and X-Men: First Class under their utility belts. How did you guys end up on Fox’s radar for First Class? Zack Stentz: We had one of…

io9 Marc Bernardin

The Secret Behind the Mysterious Digital Nikonos Camera

The legendary Nikonos was created by Cousteau and Wouters in the 60s. Built for submarine photography, it could stand a Kraken’s bite. Later, Nikon turned it into an SLR. But this US Navy SEAL’s camera wasn’t an ordinary Nikonos. This Nikonos was a total mystery. A secret that not many people knew about until recently.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Did Motorola Just Buy Its Own Smartphone OS?

It’s far from a sure thing, but a listing on LinkedIn, which refers to an acquisition of a company called Azingo by Motorola, could mean that Motorola’s about to charge headlong into the mobile software game. But why? AndroidandMe first flagged the listing, which had it not been for Motorola execs repeatedly stressing their desire…

Tech News John Herrman

Google Goggles Gets Text Translation: See C’est Bon!

Google Goggles—the fun-to-say visual search app—now includes a point-and-click translation tool that’ll take a lot of the guesswork out of your next overseas vacation. It’s like having a little multilinguist living in your phone. https://gizmodo.com/google-goggles-googles-scary-good-visual-search-app-5420894 It also looks stupid simple to use: just point your phone at a word or phrase, press the shutter button,…

Tech News Brian Barrett

The Haunting Gothic Loveliness Of Frankenstein Art

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has seized our imaginations for nearly 200 years. Frankenstein art ranges from the grotesque to the glamorous to the playfully weird… like this Frankenstein meets Vampirella image. The Frankensteinia blog has compiled some incredibly gorgeous Frankenstein art. Frankensteinia launched in August 2007, and has covered everything from exploitation movies to trivia to…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Best Buy Opens In UK and Breaks All Global Sales Records

After opening its first store in the UK last Friday, Best Buy has seen its best-ever opening weekend sales since they first set up shop in 1983. In this age of online shopping, it’s surprising. But not for the UK. https://gizmodo.com/first-best-buy-uk-stores-opening-in-may-5504233 See, here in my home country, we don’t have Fry’s, Walmart, or Circuit City.…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

First Non-Latin Domains Now Live

Look closely at the URL field in this browser. It’s one of the new non-latin domain names, which are live now. [ICANN]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Raising Money to Keep Joss Whedon in the Hot, Ass-Kicking Chicks Business

You know, His Jossness doesn’t need the money, but anyone who can — in a mere two minutes — demolish Stephen Baldwin and exalt Whedon’s penchant for making TV with attractive, ball-busting women earns our love.

Television Marc Bernardin

Torani Bacon Flavoring Syrup Can Ruin Even the Best Coffee

How Will Facebook Look After The Zombie Apocalypse?

iPad Spy Software Lets You Secretly Record Email and Website Visits

Gadget Deals of the Day

Explore the World of Android Apps

When Worlds Collide: The Muppets Versus Team Darlton

Russia Investigating Whether or Not Regional President Gave State Secrets to Aliens

Ask David Louis Edelman Anything About Infoquake

Penn State’s New Twelfth Man Is Science

No iPhone for Verizon This Year, Says Analyst

Details Revealed For Rian Johnson’s Bloody Time-Travel Movie

Make Your Own MicroSIM

Inside Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class with Marvel’s Go-To Screenwriters

The Secret Behind the Mysterious Digital Nikonos Camera

Did Motorola Just Buy Its Own Smartphone OS?

Google Goggles Gets Text Translation: See C’est Bon!

The Haunting Gothic Loveliness Of Frankenstein Art

Best Buy Opens In UK and Breaks All Global Sales Records

First Non-Latin Domains Now Live

Raising Money to Keep Joss Whedon in the Hot, Ass-Kicking Chicks Business

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