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A Bed That Warms My Feet So I Fall Asleep Faster Is the Only Furniture I Need

Getting the recommended eight hours of sleep every night means you’ll spend at least a third of your life in bed. So if you’re going to splurge on a piece of furniture, it might as well be a bed that constantly adjusts its comfort to match your sleeping position and warms your feet so you…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

We May Need to Wait a Little Longer for the Han Solo Movie

Iain Glen talks bringing more characters together for the climax of Game of Thrones. Get a look at a new alien from Valerian. Jeremy Jordan teases what’s in store for Winn on Supergirl. Plus, new behind the scenes footage from The Great Wall, and a suitably strange teaser for the return of Agents of SHIELD.…

io9 James Whitbrook

Linksys Wants to Eliminate Wi-Fi Dead Spots With These Tiny Towers Scattered Around Your Home

As more and more devices have become dependent on wi-fi, wireless routers have been growing in size, and sprouting countless antennas, in an attempt to keep up with the wireless demand. The results haven’t been pretty, but Linksys is finally jumping into whole home wi-fi with a new wireless router that doesn’t look like alien…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Mattel’s Creepy New Gadget Wants to Spy on Your Newborn [UPDATED]

On Tuesday, Mattel debuted Aristotle, a $300 home assistant for parents that has the latest in voice and image recognition, live streaming, and IoT compatibility. But in terms of privacy concerns, Aristotle embodies a new event horizon in tracking and surveilling children. Touted in the press as “Alexa for kids,” the device’s core tech is…

Tech News Sidney Fussell

Catch Up on the Biggest Scientific Discovery of 2016 in Nine Minutes

A lot of cool science happened in 2016, but the obvious “holy shit!” moment came when physicists announced they’d confirmed the existence of gravitational waves, ripples in the fabric of spacetime first predicted by Albert Einstein in 1916. https://gizmodo.com/holy-shit-scientists-have-confirmed-the-existence-of-g-1755465297 Of course, some folks had other things to do last year besides geeking out about science…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone

The Putty Patrollers May Have the Best Redesign in the Power Rangers Movie

The upcoming movie reboot of the Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers is filled with a mix of updated designs ranging from the good but weird to the straight–up WTF. But never would I have expected that the best movie update of them all would be for the monstrous mooks that were the Putty Patrol. Yes, it’s…

io9 James Whitbrook

Watch a Crazy Trailer for Japan’s 4D Godzilla Theme Park Ride

If you’ve always wanted to witness a Godzilla attack from the ground level—but without, of course, the 99 percent probability that you would die during it—Universal Studios in Japan has the answer. A brand new 4D Godzilla ride will open later this year, and now there’s a short, awesome trailer for it: I would love…

io9 Germain Lussier

Yet Another Reason the Dinosaurs Were Screwed

Why did the dinosaurs go extinct? We may never be completely sure, although a giant asteroid and a bunch of enormous volcanic eruptions probably had a lot to do with it. But here’s another factor you may not have considered: too much time in the egg. https://gizmodo.com/what-killed-the-dinosaurs-was-more-devastating-than-an-1733831989 Dinosaur eggs took a surprisingly long time to…

Tech News Maddie Stone

Greet the New Year With January’s Must-Read Scifi and Fantasy Books

It’s a new year, so it’s time to add some new books to your shelf, too. January brings a bumper crop of science fiction and fantasy, with a little bit of horror thrown in for good measure. After all, who knows what lies ahead for 2017? We certainly don’t, but we highly recommend you have…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Rideshare Carpooling Could Completely Eliminate the Need For Taxis in New York City

A computer model developed by researchers at MIT shows that just 3,000 Uber and Lyft vehicles, when carpooled, could replace New York City’s entire 14,000-strong taxi fleet. It’s a finding that highlights the potential for ridesharing apps to revolutionize transportation in big cities. A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of…

Tech News George Dvorsky

The Latest Star Wars Rebels Trailer Is Cut With Scenes From Rogue One

By now, it’s no secret there are lots of winks and nods to Star Wars Rebels in Rogue One. Nor is it a secret that when the animated show returns January 7, insurgent Saw Gerrera will return as well, once again played by Forest Whitaker. But odds are plenty of people out there remain unaware…

io9 Germain Lussier

Eight Futuristic Foods You’ll Be Eating in 30 Years

We ate some weird shit in 2016. A person born in the year 1000 AD definitely wouldn’t comprehend a Dorito. He certainly wouldn’t understand why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and if you showed him a Twinkie, he’d probably burn you at the stake. But the way things are headed, our food…

Health Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Zack Snyder Made a Silly, Secret Cameo in Batman v Superman

Some shots are just not important enough to bother the expensive actor with.for example, if all you need is a close-up of a body part that’s not the face, somebody standing around the set can step in. And sometimes that someone is the director. In this case, cinematographer Larry Fong was answering questions on Twitter…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

SpaceX Plans to Return to Flight Next Week

New years bring new beginnings, and for SpaceX, that means a return to flight after a five-month dry spell. Having officially determined the cause of the infamous Falcon 9 “anomaly” at Cape Canaveral on September 1st, the rocket company is eyeing January 8th for its first launch of 2017. SpaceX has been grounded ever since…

Tech News Maddie Stone

The Stranger Things Behind-the-Scenes Video of the Demogorgon Is Almost Scarier Than the Show

Actual, physical special effects are always welcome and seeing the Demogorgon’s head as an actual animatronic is great. But there’s something about this jerky test footage—maybe it’s that the head isn’t attached to anything—that makes it almost creepier than in the show. Spectrial Motion, the makeup and animatronics house behind the monster, posted this test…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Here’s Your First Good Look at Edward and Alphonse In Japan’s Live-Action Fullmetal Alchemist Movie

Although there’s been a short teaser trailer for the Japanese live-action adaptation of Hiromu Arakawa’s beloved manga, we didn’t actually get to see all that much of the Elric brothers—until now that is, even if they’re hidden in shadows and steam. An update to Warner Bros. Japan’s website for the film for New Years included…

io9 James Whitbrook

In France, You Really Can Tell Your Boss to Fuck Off on the Weekend

What’s that? It’s 9pm on a Sunday night and your boss just sent you an email, subject line “URGENT”? A month ago you would have clicked on the message, saw that he wanted that report first thing in the morning, and hauled your ass out of the blanket nest you’ve been happily stewing in for…

Tech News Maddie Stone

Geoff Johns Is Returning to Comics Writing

And it’s a pretty reasonable assumption to make that he’ll be the writer behind anything Watchmen-related that happens this year in DC Rebirth. Johns hasn’t actually spent that much time away from the world of DC Comics—his final work before taking a break due to his new role over the DC films was last years’…

io9 James Whitbrook

How to Turn YouTube Into the Ultimate Music Player

YouTube’s not just for toy dissections and mannequin challenges, it’s the world’s biggest jukebox too, though it may lack some of the refinements of your favorite desktop music player. Here’s how to queue up an endless list of songs you’ll love, old and new, without having to constantly search for and select each track at…

Gadgets David Nield

Ridley Scott Does Not Like the ‘Non-Reality’ of Superhero Movies

He’s also not a fan of the state of movies generally. Speaking to Digital Spy, Ridley Scott explained why he’s turned down superhero movies: Superhero movies are not my kind of thing—that’s why I’ve never really done one. [I’ve been asked] several times, but I can’t believe in the thin, gossamer tight-rope of the non-reality…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

A Bed That Warms My Feet So I Fall Asleep Faster Is the Only Furniture I Need

We May Need to Wait a Little Longer for the Han Solo Movie

Linksys Wants to Eliminate Wi-Fi Dead Spots With These Tiny Towers Scattered Around Your Home

Mattel’s Creepy New Gadget Wants to Spy on Your Newborn [UPDATED]

Catch Up on the Biggest Scientific Discovery of 2016 in Nine Minutes

The Putty Patrollers May Have the Best Redesign in the Power Rangers Movie

Watch a Crazy Trailer for Japan’s 4D Godzilla Theme Park Ride

Yet Another Reason the Dinosaurs Were Screwed

Greet the New Year With January’s Must-Read Scifi and Fantasy Books

Rideshare Carpooling Could Completely Eliminate the Need For Taxis in New York City

The Latest Star Wars Rebels Trailer Is Cut With Scenes From Rogue One

Eight Futuristic Foods You’ll Be Eating in 30 Years

Zack Snyder Made a Silly, Secret Cameo in Batman v Superman

SpaceX Plans to Return to Flight Next Week

The Stranger Things Behind-the-Scenes Video of the Demogorgon Is Almost Scarier Than the Show

Here’s Your First Good Look at Edward and Alphonse In Japan’s Live-Action Fullmetal Alchemist Movie

In France, You Really Can Tell Your Boss to Fuck Off on the Weekend

Geoff Johns Is Returning to Comics Writing

How to Turn YouTube Into the Ultimate Music Player

Ridley Scott Does Not Like the ‘Non-Reality’ of Superhero Movies

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