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You Have to Be Hopelessly Devoted to Antique Computers to Build a Commodore 64 VR Rig

If you don’t have the budget for a $500 Oculus Rift headset and a thousand dollar VR-ready gaming PC, here’s a far cheaper solution. A die-hard Commodore 64 fan created a pair of virtual reality goggles for the classic 8-bit computer that can be easily found for just a few bucks at thrift shops around…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Futurama Podcast Was Way Too Much Podcast, Not Nearly Enough Futurama

The Futurama gang reunited for a scripted radio drama taking us back to New New York for the first time in over four years. And as exciting as it was to hear Fry, Leela, Bender, and everybody else on their epic space adventures, the whole thing really doesn’t work unless you’re a freakishly major fan…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Robots Made From DNA Could One Day Transport Medicine Inside Your Body

In the classic 1966 American science fiction film Fantastic Voyage, a submarine crew was miniaturized and injected into a body to fix a blood clot in the brain. That’s obviously not how future medical science is going to work, but the notion of creating microscopic machines to perform complex tasks is certainly on point. A…

Health George Dvorsky

An Exclusive Excerpt From io9 Co-Founder Annalee Newitz’s New Novel, Autonomous

So you guys may remember the name Annalee Newitz. I mean, she only-co-created this very site and ran it as editor-in-chief from 2008 through 2015. So I thought you may be interested in reading a preview from Autonomous, her first novel, which bestselling scifi author Neal Stephenson describes thusly: “Autonomous is to biotech and AI…

io9 Rob Bricken

Long Lost’s First Issue Is a Promising Start to a Haunting, Female-Driven Horror Story

There’s nothing like a good mystery. The time spent between the panels of a comic book, anticipating what might happen next, can be just as satisfying as the images on the page themselves, and Scout Comics’ Long Lost #1 provides a mystery worth wondering about. This first issue—written by Matthew Erman and drawn by Lisa…

io9 Zach Ezer

The Lego Movie Sequel Will Focus on Gender Issues, and That Sounds Great

Phil Lord and Chris Miller may not be directing The Lego Movie Sequel, but they’re still creating the story, having signed on to do a rewrite of the original script. And it looks like the next film is going to be about an issue Lego has had several problems with in the past: gender. In…

io9 Beth Elderkin

The Case of a Brain-Damaging ‘Sonic Weapon’ in Cuba Is Only Getting Stranger and Scarier

The baffling story of US diplomats in Cuba suffering hearing loss and brain damage in some sort of covert “health attack” just gets stranger and more terrifying with every new report. The Associated Press has learned that victims’ recollections and symptoms are even more varied and serious than we previously knew. https://gizmodo.com/diplomats-plagued-by-sonic-weapon-in-cuba-reported-to-s-1798359405 The AP spoke…

Tech News Rhett Jones

These Smart Glasses Could One Day Turn Your Nose Into a Secret Remote Control

Google, a company that spends billions of dollars on research and development, still hasn’t found a good reason for everyone to own a pair of smart glasses. But an international team of researchers is rethinking how upgraded glasses could be useful—by turning the wearer’s nose into a remote control for other devices. Computer scientists from…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Apple’s Touch ID Is Probably Doomed and That’s Okay

When the iPhone X eventually arrives in November it will come loaded with a futuristic camera module that, if all goes right, should let you securely open your phone with little more than a glance. The promise is enticing—a perfect blend of convenience and security that’s hard to come by in mobile computing devices. After…

Tech News Alex Cranz

Hubble Telescope Observes Goth Jupiter

Over a thousand light years away, there’s a planet that isn’t conforming to your so-called rules. It’s not one of the jocks like Earth, or one of the preps like Saturn. WASP-12b probably sits beneath the bleachers dressed in its black outfit with the checkered wristbands it bought from Hot Jupiter Topic, listening to The…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Has the Only Batman Romance That Ever Needed to Be Told

As a grim, obsessed loner dedicated to fighting crime in all its forms, Batman is supposed to have no time for love, yet somehow nearly all his live-action movies have had a token love interest. However, the animated Mask of the Phantasm revolves around the idea that Bruce Wayne had a fleeting yet meaningful chance…

Books & Comics Evan Narcisse

Biologist Subjects Himself to an Electric Eel Attack for Science

It’s no secret that the electric eel (Electrophorus electricus) is a species not to be messed with. Capable of generating an electric discharge of more than 800 volts, the enigmatic tropical fish can easily stun prey and would-be predators alike. Land-lubbing assailants aren’t safe either; the eels can breach out of the water like high-voltage…

Biology Jake Buehler

FTC Publicly Confirms Equifax Investigation, Revealing Just How Horrific This Breach Is

Thanks to intense public outcry, the Federal Trade Commission has confirmed that it is investigating Equifax’s vast array of screw-ups surrounding the security breach that compromised the personal data of an estimated 143 million Americans. The public announcement demonstrates just how alarming this breach is. “The FTC typically does not comment on ongoing investigations. However,…

Privacy & Security Jennings Brown

The Shape of Water‘s Redband Trailer Promises a Dark and Thrilling Fairy Tale for Adults

Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water is something like a thriller crossed with a love story that’s told the way you might tell a fairytale. How is a deaf woman supposed to be with her one true love, a mysterious fish-man from an extinct race, if her beloved is being hunted by Cold War-era…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

CBS Won’t Allow Any Reviews of Star Trek: Discovery Before It Airs

Welcome, friends, to the story that never ends: it’s Star Trek: Discovery and the flaming nightmare pile that has been every bit of PR for this show. It could be great, it could be bad, it has been impossible to tell. And it will remain impossible to tell, since CBS has reportedly made it a…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

IBM Quantum Computer Does Record-Breaking Chemistry

As cool as they sound, quantum computers will probably not be best suited for designing websites or making pretty word processors. Instead, their quirky bits may one day be used to solve special algorithms, for artificial intelligence applications, or to model things that actually follow the wild rules of quantum physics. One day. IBM scientists…

Physics & Chemistry Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Twitter Rewards Bad Behavior, Says Twitter Co-Founder

Why does the internet feel so fundamentally broken? Ev Williams, the co-founder of Twitter, Medium, and Blogger, gave his two cents while speaking with CNN Money today. The interview’s moment of refreshing honesty came when Williams—who is still a Twitter board member but sold 30 percent of his stock for “personal” reasons—hypothesized on why the…

Tech News Avery Ellis

Red Sparrow Looks Like The Black Widow Movie We’ve Been Waiting For Forever

This is what happens when you take too long. Someone beats you to the punch. Directed by Francis Lawrence, Red Sparrow has Jennifer Lawrence playing Dominika Egorova, a former ballerina who submits to training in a secret spy program. The film is based on a book by Jason Matthews but, if you know the Black…

io9 Evan Narcisse

This Guy’s Simple-Looking Camera Tricks Are Actually Pretty Amazing

Before Twitter killed it off, Kevin Parry was a Vine star (who has since jumped ship to Instagram) known for his simplistic yet mind-blowing optical illusions. He’s since compiled a few of them into a longer video that will have you spending the rest of the day trying to figure out how he made each…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

One Year After Bricking Third-Party Ink With Update, HP Is Back on Its Bullshit

The astronomical prices printer makers charge for cartridges have long been a favorite subject of internet comedians (with more than one noting that printer ink is now more valuable than gold), so it came as a bit of a surprise when HP actually made some concessions after pushing out an update that bricked unofficial ink…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford

You Have to Be Hopelessly Devoted to Antique Computers to Build a Commodore 64 VR Rig

The Futurama Podcast Was Way Too Much Podcast, Not Nearly Enough Futurama

Robots Made From DNA Could One Day Transport Medicine Inside Your Body

An Exclusive Excerpt From io9 Co-Founder Annalee Newitz’s New Novel, Autonomous

Long Lost’s First Issue Is a Promising Start to a Haunting, Female-Driven Horror Story

The Lego Movie Sequel Will Focus on Gender Issues, and That Sounds Great

The Case of a Brain-Damaging ‘Sonic Weapon’ in Cuba Is Only Getting Stranger and Scarier

These Smart Glasses Could One Day Turn Your Nose Into a Secret Remote Control

Apple’s Touch ID Is Probably Doomed and That’s Okay

Hubble Telescope Observes Goth Jupiter

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Has the Only Batman Romance That Ever Needed to Be Told

Biologist Subjects Himself to an Electric Eel Attack for Science

FTC Publicly Confirms Equifax Investigation, Revealing Just How Horrific This Breach Is

The Shape of Water‘s Redband Trailer Promises a Dark and Thrilling Fairy Tale for Adults

CBS Won’t Allow Any Reviews of Star Trek: Discovery Before It Airs

IBM Quantum Computer Does Record-Breaking Chemistry

Twitter Rewards Bad Behavior, Says Twitter Co-Founder

Red Sparrow Looks Like The Black Widow Movie We’ve Been Waiting For Forever

This Guy’s Simple-Looking Camera Tricks Are Actually Pretty Amazing

One Year After Bricking Third-Party Ink With Update, HP Is Back on Its Bullshit

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