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Japanese Pasta Fork Will Change How You Eat Pasta Forever

Twirling your pasta around a fork is an artform. Some people twirl it on the side of the bowl, other use spoons and people who are lazy and unimaginative cut their pasta up. And now, from Japan, a new option. This crazy fork has a “thumb” of sorts to snag your past and keep it…

Tech News Adam Frucci

What The Hell Is Buried In This Half-Ton Coffin?

Last summer, archaeologists unearthed this 1,000-pound lead coffin buried on the outskirts of Rome. Researchers don’t want to crack open the sarcophagus, lest they harm whomever’s inside. But shouldn’t we be more concerned about its mysterious tenant harming us? In the ancient ruins of Gabii 11 miles outside of Rome, a dig team found this…

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To the Writers and Director of “Hot Tub Time Machine,” From A Physics Professor

Noted time-travel expert Dave Goldberg, a physics professor at Drexel University, just saw Hot Tub Time Machine and was – disturbed. Here he explains the “egregious number of inviolable paradoxes” in the film, in an open letter to its creators. There are spoilers for Hot Tub Time Machine below. Be warned! Dear Sirs: As a…

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Rumored iPhone 4 Specs: 960×640 Display, Front Facing Camera, Multitasking

Daring Fireball builds on the WSJ iPhone 4 rumors earlier today by dumping what they know: An almost iPad-level 940 x 640 resolution display, an iPad-esque A4 CPU and a front facing camera. AND, multitasking in iPhone OS 4. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-two-new-iphones-one-for-verizon-5504823 Here’s why we should care about these rumors. Daring Fireball has dumped these types of…

Tech News Jason Chen

Caprica Ends With Something You’ve Been Wanting

Friday’s episode of Caprica, “End of the Line,” was the mid-season finale for the series, which won’t return until fall. There were some major deaths, some inexplicable reversals, and one tragedy you won’t regret at all. Philo’s Defunct Things are coming to a head for Daniel Graystone, who finally had to sell his beloved C-Bucs…

Television Annalee Newitz

There Was Another iPad 20 Year Ago

Computer genius Alan Kay designed the Dynabook back in 1971, the first notebook and allegedly the first iPad. In 1989, Tom Dair—co-founder and president of Smart Design—worked in this other iPad predecessor for Apple. Here is its story: https://gizmodo.com/the-ipad-will-rule-the-world-5477094 As we all await that moment when we can finally get our mitts on an actual…

Tech News Tom Dair

8 Other Witches We’d Rather See In Tim Burton’s Maleficent Movie Over Angelina

Angelina Jolie is reportedly interested in starring in Tim Burton’s rumored next project, Maleficent. But is Jolie really the best actress for Disney’s most iconic villain? Here’s our list of women who have already proved they’re worthy of dragon transformation. First and foremost let’s take a look at the mighty Maleficent, from the original Sleeping…

Movies Meredith Woerner

iPad OS 3.2 Golden Master Available for Developers

Saturday is almost here, and Apple has just posted the final operating system for the iPad, build 7B367. [BGR]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Behold! The First Ugly iPad App

Look at all the pretty iPad apps! Then, look at this one. The iPad’s earliest apps may be blessed with good looks and high production values, but it’s only a matter of time until the rest show up. Like Twitepad. What’s especially striking about this Twitter app is that it doesn’t seem that bad—most of…

Tech News John Herrman

The Breathtaking Orbital Environments And Strange Artifacts Of The Polity, Brought To Life

Neal Asher just signed another five-book contract with Macmillan/Tor, which means more thrilling adventures in the Polity universe. But it also means more bitchin covers by artist Jon Sullivan. Check out some of the most glorious covers so far. Over at his blog, Asher writes: Now, whilst progressively renewing my covers (using those superb Jon…

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Turn Any Food Into Gold

Witchcraft! The philosopher’s stone is now real: It comes in a spray can and will turn any food into gold (or silver). I want a bling bling pizza for dinner. [Deli Garage via Likecool]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

First Images Of Doctor Who’s New TARDIS Interior. It’s… Glam?

Britain’s Radio Times debuted a ton of images of the inside of Doctor Who’s newly remodeled time machine, the TARDIS. In some ways, it’s surprisingly similar to David Tennant’s model. In others? Well… see for yourself. It’s very sparkly and red and gold, isn’t it? These are images from the Radio Times site, plus some…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Zune 4.5 Update Has Smart DJ, On-TV Zune Marketplace, More Codecs

As promised (and as a sign that Microsoft isn’t forgetting about Zune HD to work on Windows Phone 7), the Zune 4.5 update brings more video codec support and Smart DJ music discovery to the player. I checked out Smart DJ on the Zune, and it’s really similar to the Genius playlist on Apple devices,…

Tech News Jason Chen

Philip Pullman Sets Aside His Dark Materials For His Dark Messiahs

He raised the ire of readers all over the world with his sideways glance at the Catholic Church in the series “His Dark Materials.” With his new novel, Philip Pullman imagines a Jesus that had, yes, an evil twin brother. Never one to shy away from religion — given that his Dark Materials series openly…

io9 Marc Bernardin

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Dark Side Edition

In today’s Remainders: the Dark Side of the Force. Boingo tries to seduce you with $2 Wi-Fi access; Fake Steve Jobs runs into TV show trouble; College Humor espouses the Galactic Empire State of Mind, and more Boingo A Go Go Boingo, the Wi-Fi meganetwork that you love to hate (but can’t help using, once…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Firefly’s Original Writers Return To The ‘Verse With New Classic Tales

It’s not as good as a new season of Firefly on television, but it’s still cause for celebration — a new anthology will feature original tales from TV series writers Jane Espenson, Jose Molina, Brett Matthews and Ben Edlund. We mentioned the anthology a while back, but new details have emerged. According to Whedonesque, here…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Rumor: Two New iPhones, One for Verizon

Could it be? The WSJ busts out the “breaking” graphic on the front page to say a new iPhone’s coming this summer, and Apple “appears to be working on another model for U.S. mobile phone operator Verizon Wireless.” Updated. Update: The details are in. A second new iPhone that runs on CDMA—Verizon and Sprint’s cell…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Fact: The iPad Is Not Expensive—for an Apple Product, Anyway

The iPad is not expensive. In fact, compared to other products through Apple’s history, it’s very cheap. It’s not opinion. It’s fact, as you can see in this comparative graphic, covering every major Apple device launch since the Apple I. When you adjust the prices to 2010 dollars, the iPad is the second-cheapest major device…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Japan May Force All Phones to Be Able to Accept Any SIM Card

It’s a beautiful dream: buy whatever phone you want and then use it with whatever service you want. And it looks like that’s a dream that will come true in Japan. The Japanese government has launched a review of the SIM lock system that doesn’t allow people to simply swap their SIM cards out to…

Tech News Adam Frucci

The Astonishing, Wet Faces Of Sleeping Insects

This bejeweled creature is actually a fly, covered in tiny droplets of dew that gathered on his body while he slept through the early morning hours. It’s from a series of shimmering insect photographs taken in the Polish forest. To take photos like these, amateur photographer Miroslaw Swietek goes out into the forest near his…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Japanese Pasta Fork Will Change How You Eat Pasta Forever

What The Hell Is Buried In This Half-Ton Coffin?

To the Writers and Director of “Hot Tub Time Machine,” From A Physics Professor

Rumored iPhone 4 Specs: 960×640 Display, Front Facing Camera, Multitasking

Caprica Ends With Something You’ve Been Wanting

There Was Another iPad 20 Year Ago

8 Other Witches We’d Rather See In Tim Burton’s Maleficent Movie Over Angelina

iPad OS 3.2 Golden Master Available for Developers

Behold! The First Ugly iPad App

The Breathtaking Orbital Environments And Strange Artifacts Of The Polity, Brought To Life

Turn Any Food Into Gold

First Images Of Doctor Who’s New TARDIS Interior. It’s… Glam?

Zune 4.5 Update Has Smart DJ, On-TV Zune Marketplace, More Codecs

Philip Pullman Sets Aside His Dark Materials For His Dark Messiahs

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Dark Side Edition

Firefly’s Original Writers Return To The ‘Verse With New Classic Tales

Rumor: Two New iPhones, One for Verizon

Fact: The iPad Is Not Expensive—for an Apple Product, Anyway

Japan May Force All Phones to Be Able to Accept Any SIM Card

The Astonishing, Wet Faces Of Sleeping Insects

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