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Cocoon Egg Shower Concept Lets You Pretend You’re In Darth Vader’s Isolation Pod

When asking each member of Giz what they planned on spending their hard-earned pocket money on this year, Jason Chen chose this shower. I’m sure after eyeing up this “cocoon shower stall” he’ll change his mind. https://gizmodo.com/the-gadgets-we-want-5448212 Like an egg pod from space, the cocoon is not only a shower, but also a bathtub and…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Return Of The UFO That Mined Uranium In Argentina During The 1970s?

An Argentinian newspaper reports that people have witnessed the return of UFOs that once mined uranium in the Frías area. In fact, this image is a cell phone snap of a recent UFO visit to the region. According to El Liberal: [The community of] Santiago del Estero was graced yet again by a new sighting…

io9 Annalee Newitz

AT&T Owns Up to Shoddy NYC and San Francisco Service

Well, AT&T just finished up a call to discuss their earnings announced earlier today. The verdict on 3G performance its most heavily trafficked cities: still needs work! A lot of it. They even gave us a chart to prove it! https://gizmodo.com/sorry-download-speeds-at-t-added-4-million-3g-devices-5458597 Apple executives described the system overload as a “high quality” problem, which from a…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Three Lost T-Shirts Help You Rock Out And Mutate

UK designers WakeUpTimeToDie have made three new Lost-themed tees available in their online shop. You can get a Dharma Initiative tee anywhere – what about a Drive Shaft tee? Or Mittelos Bioscience? Classic. You can pick these tees up at WakeUpTimeToDie – £18.00 each. Special 10% discount for io9 readers! Enter this code at checkout:…

Television Annalee Newitz

George Lucas’ CG Fairy Musical Mystery: Our Theories

Skywalker Ranch is producing a “top-secret” CG musical starring… fairies! What could it be about? A Ferngully reboot? A new Willow? Tinkerbell’s teen daughter goes to fairy college, or something wholly original? Check our guesswork. Kevin Munroe, of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fame, is directing the picture, from a screenplay by David Berenbaum, who wrote…

Movies Meredith Woerner

England Is Next Country To Project Criminals’ Faces On Buildings

Huge billboards of FBI’s most wanted have already been hoisted up in Times Square, but unfortunately that’s not the only crim-soaked corner of the globe. Buildings across the UK are splashing scary mugs on them too, like the one above. https://gizmodo.com/times-squares-newest-video-billboard-stars-fbis-most-wa-5449748 It’s not just criminals apparently, with monuments and buildings proving to be the 21st…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Philip K. Dick’s Estate Now Rep’d by Uber-Agency

The long rise of Philip K. Dick‘s reputation, from out-of-print obscurity during much of the ’70s and ’80s to celebrated film projects and literary respectability, is well known to io9 readers. But the author has just taken another step uptown. Few people have noticed that the Dick estate has changed agents, and is newly represented…

Books & Comics Scott Timberg

Adobe Responds to the iPad’s Lack of Flash

As you’re probably aware, the Apple iPad, like the iPhone and iPod Touch, doesn’t support Flash. Apple has its reasons for this, but clearly Adobe isn’t happy about it. Here’s their response. https://gizmodo.com/8-things-that-suck-about-the-ipad-5458382 It looks like Apple is continuing to impose restrictions on their devices that limit both content publishers and consumers. Unlike many other…

Tech News Adam Frucci

McG Gets Back On The Scifi Horse, Rebooting La Femme Nikita

TV series La Femme Nikita is getting a full-fledged reboot with McG. This great news, since McG’s current TV productions include Supernatural and Chuck. Pair that with his secret-agent know-how directing Charlie’s Angels, and Nikita may have a chance. After Terminator Salvation flopped and Disney pulled out from his 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea origins…

Television Meredith Woerner

The Google Earth Guys Have a Tough Gig

Click to viewWe’ve seen the ordeal the Google Street View guys were put through in order to photograph every street on Earth. But what about the guys tasked with photographing the entire planet? [CollegeHumor] https://gizmodo.com/those-google-street-view-drivers-had-no-idea-what-they-5382386

Tech News Adam Frucci

MenuPages App Hits the App Store: Delicious and Free

Do you live in New York, San Francisco, LA, Philly, Boston, Chicago, DC or South Florida? Then you have no reason not to download this app, which has stunningly complete restaurant listings with full menus for your entire city. https://gizmodo.com/sweet-deliverance-a-menupages-iphone-app-is-coming-5423409 Since MenuPages doesn’t do reservations (update: it does, though the restaurant’s profile page! But only…

Tech News John Herrman

How Neuroscience Became A Major Scientific Discipline In Just One Decade

Using new mathematical tools, a group of researchers created a fascinating chart that shows how neuroscience went from a hodgepodge of unconnected scientific disciplines, to a unified science that’s one of the most important today. In just under 10 years. Neuroscience is the study of how neurons – nerve cells – form networks in the…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Did Mad Max: Fury Road Just Get A Villain? Plus Mandalorians! And Stargate Goes Cloverfield?

The Mad Max sequel added some cast members – and plot details. Also, Star Wars delves into the Mandalorians, and Lost’s Jacob/M.I.B. duality gets complicated. Stargate does Cloverfield? Plus: Resident Evil, Doctor Who, Fringe, Supernatural, Smallville and True Blood spoilers! Mad Max: Fury Road: This post-apocalyptic sequel has cast Nicholas Hoult (Skins) as the new…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

There Are No Good Games On Android, If You Ignore All These Good Games On Android

It gets tiresome, that old “Android doesn’t have any games!” refrain, especially now that it’s not really true. Disgruntled French site Android HD has compiled annotated video proof of at least 50 worthy titles. See, look! Right there! Fun. [AndroidHD]

Tech News John Herrman

Sorry, Download Speeds: AT&T Added 4 Million 3G Devices Last Quarter

AT&T made over $800 million in wireless data revenue last fall, thanks to a glut of new 3G users. Unfortunately, that also puts extra strain on their already-clogged data pipes. And we’ve still got all that iPad traffic ahead. https://gizmodo.com/apple-ipad-everything-you-need-to-know-5458292 AT&T’s plans to fix things up include a $2 billion increase in the amount of…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Nokia Surprises With Mammoth 126.9m Units Shipped and Profits Increase

Laugh/cry about Nokia all you want, but when it comes down to cold, hard figures, they’re still performing well. They’ve seen a 65 per cent increase in net profits for the last quarter, shipping 126.9m units in the period. Those 126.9m units shipped in the fourth quarter are 12 per cent more than the previous…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Stephen Fry’s Thoughts On The iPad: All 2,180 Words Of It

British wit and tech maestro Stephen Fry has—rather predictably—scribed a 2,180 word essay about the iPad, after we spotted him skulking around with the whiskey-drinking Jonathan Ive. If only he’d written it on an actual iPad. Infamously purchasing the second Mac to be sold in the UK (after Douglas Adams), Fry has admitted yesterday’s event…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Microsoft’s Minimum Required Specs For Windows Mobile 7 Point At High-End Feature-Laden Phones

We’ve been so caught up in the Windows Mobile 7 launch date rumors, we almost forgot about Microsoft’s supposed leaked minimum specifications requirements. After all, this is a company that issued maximum Windows 7 netbook specs. https://gizmodo.com/more-sources-claim-that-windows-mobile-7-will-be-shown-5458031 Supposedly, Microsoft’s weighing down on hardware manufacturers wishing to create tidy little phones for the platform, with the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

iPad Could Be Sold Without iBooks In Non-US Countries At Launch

Bad luck, non-US countries. iBooks won’t be available from launch in any country other than the US. That could mean Apple’s still to finesse the licensing details with book publishers in each country, or you’re just plain out of luck. While I doubt they could write off one of the most attractive features of the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Walmart Not Getting Nexus One, Leaked Product Page Described As “Technical Error”

Walmart’s told the Christian Science Monitor, of all people, that they won’t be selling the Nexus One through its Walmart Wireless arm, despite a product page saying otherwise. That page has now disappeared, and blamed as a “technical error.” https://gizmodo.com/googles-nexus-one-on-sale-at-walmart-wireless-soon-5457080 It could be seen as good news, or bad news. Giz commenter Aja175 summed the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Cocoon Egg Shower Concept Lets You Pretend You’re In Darth Vader’s Isolation Pod

Return Of The UFO That Mined Uranium In Argentina During The 1970s?

AT&T Owns Up to Shoddy NYC and San Francisco Service

Three Lost T-Shirts Help You Rock Out And Mutate

George Lucas’ CG Fairy Musical Mystery: Our Theories

England Is Next Country To Project Criminals’ Faces On Buildings

Philip K. Dick’s Estate Now Rep’d by Uber-Agency

Adobe Responds to the iPad’s Lack of Flash

McG Gets Back On The Scifi Horse, Rebooting La Femme Nikita

The Google Earth Guys Have a Tough Gig

MenuPages App Hits the App Store: Delicious and Free

How Neuroscience Became A Major Scientific Discipline In Just One Decade

Did Mad Max: Fury Road Just Get A Villain? Plus Mandalorians! And Stargate Goes Cloverfield?

There Are No Good Games On Android, If You Ignore All These Good Games On Android

Sorry, Download Speeds: AT&T Added 4 Million 3G Devices Last Quarter

Nokia Surprises With Mammoth 126.9m Units Shipped and Profits Increase

Stephen Fry’s Thoughts On The iPad: All 2,180 Words Of It

Microsoft’s Minimum Required Specs For Windows Mobile 7 Point At High-End Feature-Laden Phones

iPad Could Be Sold Without iBooks In Non-US Countries At Launch

Walmart Not Getting Nexus One, Leaked Product Page Described As “Technical Error”

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