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Watch a High-Speed Train Race a Fighter Jet

If you don’t live in a country where high-speed trains are common, you might not realize how fast they can really go. Traveling at just shy of 200 miles per hour, this TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse) train in France was able to keep pace with a fighter jet during an inaugural run of a…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Jul 7 '17

Experts Sound the Alarm as Drug Resistant Gonorrhea Goes Global

Describing it as a “serious situation,” the World Health Organization has issued a grim warning about the dramatic rise of antibiotic resistant gonorrhea around the world. The agency is now calling for the quick development of drugs to treat the sexually transmitted disease. Data collected from nearly 80 countries shows that antibiotic resistance is making…

Health George Dvorsky Jul 7 '17

If You Want Your Five Bucks Back, The FAA Is Refunding Drone Registrations

Good news for drone hobbyists who were noble enough to register their aircrafts but could really use $5 right about now: The US Federal Aviation Administration is refunding registration fees and removing names from its registration database. The FAA first started requiring drone owners to register small aerial vehicles on December 21, 2015. The registrations…

Commerce Jennings Brown Jul 7 '17

Fly Trapped in a 3D Printed Block Is a 21st Century Fossil

Millions of years ago, unlucky animals settled in the sticky resin of trees, only to be trapped and preserved until we humans found them. Fossils of the distant future, however, will probably be a whole lot weirder than bugs in tree sap. An engineer 3D-printing this honeycomb structure was surprised to find a bug had…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum Jul 7 '17

iOS 11 Has a Secret Feature That Lets You Stomp Around Cities Like Godzilla

With the introduction of iOS 11 and a development tool called ARKit, Apple is betting that augmented reality could be the next revolutionary feature for smartphones. At the very least, it’s facilitated a secret feature that lets iPhone users pretend they’re giant monsters stomping through a tiny city. https://gizmodo.com/ios-11-all-the-cool-new-features-coming-to-your-iphone-1795826183 The feature was discovered by developer…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 7 '17

Dave Filoni Can’t Stop Lampshading Ahsoka’s Death, Even After Confirming She’s Alive

Whether or not Ahsoka survived her fateful encounter with her former master at the end of Rebels season two is still on the minds of fans, even though executive director Dave Filoni has confirmed, obfuscated, and then confirmed her survival multiple times now. But that’s not stopped him from offering a few more cryptic hints…

io9 James Whitbrook Jul 7 '17

Jeremy Renner Managed to Break Both Arms During Avengers: Infinity War [Updated]

Update: Jeremy Renner actually broke his arms while filming a stunt for New Line comedy Tag. During the chat where he revealed the injuries, he was also discussing filming Avengers: Infinity War, leading to the confusion that the injuries stemmed from his Hawkeye roll. Here is the original article. In an unfortunate instance of a fake superhero…

Movies Zach Ezer Jul 7 '17

Slapping a Fancy Name on Nokia’s New Smartphone Cameras Won’t Make Them Good

Nokia’s smartphones have long been known for having great cameras. Classic devices like the N95 (2007), 808 PureView (2012), or Lumia 1020 (2013) all had industry-leading camera tech on board. But will Nokia’s upcoming Android smartphones be just as great now that HMD Global is manufacturing them? This week, HMD Global announced a partnership with Zeiss…

Tech News Alejandro Alba Jul 7 '17

Can an Algorithm Diagnose Heart Disease Better Than a Person?

On Thursday, researchers at Stanford University introduced the latest thing in AI diagnostics: an algorithm that can sift through hours of heart rhythm data gathered by wearable monitors to determine whether a patient has an irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia. The algorithm, the researchers say, is not only as good as a cardiologist at correctly diagnosing…

Artificial Intelligence Kristen V. Brown Jul 7 '17

More Avengers: Infinity War Set Pictures Tease Yet Another Villain

It’s already time to start talking about Spider-Man: Homecoming 2’s villains. Once Upon a Time bulks out its new cast in the wake of several key departures. The next big DC/CW crossover event wants to up the emotional stakes. Plus, new Kingsman: The Golden Circle footage, and rumors of another comic adaptation coming to Netflix.…

Television James Whitbrook and Gordon Jackson Jul 7 '17

Amazon’s Kindle Is King–Why Would I Buy This Other E-reader?

I’ve got a struggle y’all. I’ve been using the new Kobo Aura H2O off and on for the last few weeks, switching between reading on it with reading on my overpriced but super damn slick Amazon Kindle Oasis. The two aren’t entirely comparable: The Oasis costs $290 and the Kobo goes for $180. But the…

Tablets Alex Cranz Jul 7 '17

First Handshake Between Trump and Putin Is Posted by Angela Merkel on Facebook

President Donald Trump and Russian president Valdimir Putin aren’t scheduled for a sit-down meeting until 9:30am Eastern this morning at the G-20 summit. But we have the first video from their meeting thanks to Facebook and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Tools like Facebook and Twitter have changed the way that news breaks. And governments, politicians,…

Tech News Matt Novak Jul 7 '17

Experts Cast Doubt on That New Photo Alleged to Show Amelia Earhart

The world is fascinated with a newly discovered photo that claims to show Amelia Earhart being held by the Japanese in 1937. That’s supposed to be her in the photo above with her back to the camera. The only problem is that experts at the US National Archives aren’t so sure about key assertions made…

Tech News Matt Novak Jul 7 '17

Mike Pence Touches NASA Equipment Labeled ‘Do Not Touch’, Becomes Instant Meme

Vice President Mike Pence made a big mistake during his tour of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center yesterday. He touched a piece of critical space flight hardware in the Orion clean room, despite the fact that there was a sign that clearly read, “DO NOT TOUCH.” So, of course, the photo is now a meme. The…

Tech News Matt Novak Jul 7 '17

A Man Fights for His Right to See Light in Dystopian Short Helio

It’s been almost 200 years since “the final war,” and the masses dwell in a grimy underground metropolis, controlled by their totalitarian government’s cruel police force. It’s a grim future indeed… until one desperate man lucky enough to own a very special pair of sneakers accidentally inspires an uprising. Teddy Cecil’s noir-drenched Helio has some…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Jul 6 '17

We Finally Have an Update on Horror Master John Carpenter’s Spooky New TV Projects

We’ve known since late 2015 that esteemed genre director John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing, They Live) has been working on several small-screen projects. Today, we got an update on exactly what televised awesomeness we’ll be seeing from him—and one project involves his favorite holiday. According to a press release, Carpenter and his producing partner Sandy…

Television Cheryl Eddy Jul 6 '17

Illinois Wants To Ban Location Tracking Without Consent

It’s increasingly difficult to do anything on your phone nowadays without sharing your geolocation information. Certain Snapchat filters, Facebook status updates, Instagrams, and even text messages are all potentially tied to geolocation data. It’s relatively simple for app developers to build in geolocation functionality—and many services require users to opt-in to sharing location data. But…

Privacy & Security Alejandro Alba Jul 6 '17

Open Channel: How Would You Cast Your Dream Superhero Film in the ’80s, ’90s, or Beyond?

Earlier today, we shared a concept trailer that imagined what a 1990s version of Batman v Superman would look like. We got so excited casting Wonder Woman that we expanded it to other superhero flicks, like a grindhouse Logan in the 1970s, or an early 2000s The Avengers. Here’s your chance to dream up your…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jul 6 '17

Fly Through This Real Hotel Like It Was Scanned by an Enormous Medical Machine

Using strong magnetic fields and radio waves, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines let us peer inside the human body as if it were sliced into thousands of layers. The same effect has been achieved here, letting you fly through the massive Sofa Hotel in Istanbul. But do they make MRI machines that big? Obviously not.…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Jul 6 '17

You Can Own the Original ‘Just Two Years Away’ Flying Car for Five Million Bucks

After spending 40 years and unspeakable amounts of investor money to make his dream a reality, Paul Moller’s flying car is finally available for purchase. But because flying cars are perpetually “just two years away,” Moller is actually auctioning off his original prototype, not a production model. https://gizmodo.com/surprise-dubious-flying-car-company-loses-all-kinds-of-509183291 You’ve probably seen the G90 M400 Skycar…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 6 '17

Watch a High-Speed Train Race a Fighter Jet

Experts Sound the Alarm as Drug Resistant Gonorrhea Goes Global

If You Want Your Five Bucks Back, The FAA Is Refunding Drone Registrations

Fly Trapped in a 3D Printed Block Is a 21st Century Fossil

iOS 11 Has a Secret Feature That Lets You Stomp Around Cities Like Godzilla

Dave Filoni Can’t Stop Lampshading Ahsoka’s Death, Even After Confirming She’s Alive

Jeremy Renner Managed to Break Both Arms During Avengers: Infinity War [Updated]

Slapping a Fancy Name on Nokia’s New Smartphone Cameras Won’t Make Them Good

Can an Algorithm Diagnose Heart Disease Better Than a Person?

More Avengers: Infinity War Set Pictures Tease Yet Another Villain

Amazon’s Kindle Is King–Why Would I Buy This Other E-reader?

First Handshake Between Trump and Putin Is Posted by Angela Merkel on Facebook

Experts Cast Doubt on That New Photo Alleged to Show Amelia Earhart

Mike Pence Touches NASA Equipment Labeled ‘Do Not Touch’, Becomes Instant Meme

A Man Fights for His Right to See Light in Dystopian Short Helio

We Finally Have an Update on Horror Master John Carpenter’s Spooky New TV Projects

Illinois Wants To Ban Location Tracking Without Consent

Open Channel: How Would You Cast Your Dream Superhero Film in the ’80s, ’90s, or Beyond?

Fly Through This Real Hotel Like It Was Scanned by an Enormous Medical Machine

You Can Own the Original ‘Just Two Years Away’ Flying Car for Five Million Bucks

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