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How to Watch Today’s Apple Event

It’s that time again. Apple wants to sell you about something. It’s probably a new, smaller phone and another, smaller iPad Pro. Also something about the Apple Watch maybe? Here’s how to watch it all unfold, starting at 1pm ET/10am PT. Since this is an Apple event, your best bet to watch live will be…

Tech News Darren Orf

Watch What Happens When You Ship a 3D Printer While It’s Still Printing

3D printers have revolutionized the speed at which prototype parts can be created, but what if your deadline is so tight you can’t wait for the printer to finish before the part is shipped out? That’s easy, you just pack up the entire printer in a box, with a battery for power, and send it…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Marvel Is Probably Going to Do a New Jessica Jones Comic

The company didn’t exactly confirm a new comic focusing on its Netflix hero this weekend, but they came pretty damn close to it. Speaking at the company’s “All-New, All-Different” panel at the C2E2 convention this weekend, Marvel executive Tom Brevoort told fans that a new book starring the super-powered P.I. (well, the former P.I.) was…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

What to Expect From Apple’s iPhone SE and iPad Pro Event

Happy Apple day! According to the rumor mill, we’re getting two new gadgets today: a 4-inch iPhone SE and an 9.7-inch iPad Pro. The new iPhone, which will probably be called “SE” for reasons still unknown, will reportedly be a throwback to the 5s with its manageable, 4-inch screen. But also expect some lighter specs.…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin

The Two-Mile-Long Tunnel Beneath Seattle Makes Humans Look So Tiny

One of the major elements of the the Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Program will be the gigantic SR 99 tunnel which will host a double-deck roadway under downtown Seattle. In this stunning new photo, you are looking south inside the tunnel dug by Bertha, the SR 99 tunneling machine. It is hard to say less…

Tech News Attila Nagy

The Smart Way to Make Perfectly Clear Cocktail Ice

The quest for perfect ice is older than mankind, and slightly younger than the quest for perfect whiskey. One of those problems can be solved for you with a stroke of genius. But why is ice cloudy in the first place? Cocktail Chemistry explains that impurities in water are the last to freeze, and those…

Sploid Avery Ellis

This Fractal Generator Is More Beautiful Than the Hypnotic Patterns it Creates

Designer Love Hultén is probably best known for his Pixel Vision, a tiny portable gaming machine made of wood that’s reminiscent of the folding Game Boy Advance. His latest creation doesn’t play games, but it does generate mesmerizing fractals guaranteed to burn hours of time. Unlike the Pixel Vision, the new Echo Observatory isn’t available…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Some Fascinating New Hints About Laura Dern’s Star Wars: Episode VIII Character

Two of the men on the Han Solo shortlist discuss the role. Jeremy Renner wants a Hawkeye Netflix show. Amber Heard confirms her Aquaman part. Liam Cunningham talks the next season of Game of Thrones. Plus, new Warcraft footage, a new look at Wynonna Earp, and teasers for The Walking Dead’s season finale. Behold, spoilers!…

Television James Whitbrook

Google’s Giving Internet to Cuba

Cuba is one of the least digitally connected nations in the world. But Barack Obama has announced that Google will start providing the island nation with internet service. Speaking to ABC News during his historic trip to Cuba, Obama explained that “one of the things that we’ll be announcing here is that Google has a…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

How Your Parents’ Career Choices Affect Your Own, Visualized

Ever wondered if your choice of job was influenced by what your parents did for a living? Well, researchers at Facebook have taken a look at parent-child profession choices to find out. In a blog post, Facebook research staff Ismail Onur Filiz and Lada Adamic explain how they’ve sifted through 5.6 million parent-child pairs in…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Look at the Monster Magnet Made for America’s First Offshore Wind Farm

Now this is a gadget. Just look at the 6-megawatt direct-drive generator, equipped with a huge permanent magnet rotor: it was designed by General Electric’s engineers and it is one of the largest of its kind that ever built. The numbers are impressive. The 150-ton generator is 24-feet wide, and it will be sitting hundreds…

Tech News Attila Nagy

Bloomberg: Apple-FBI Scrap Started When iOS 8 Was Shared With the Feds

The current scrap between Apple and the FBI feels timely and relevant to most of us. But as a new Bloomberg feature explains, it’s been brewing for at least 18 months. The feature explores some of the tensions between Apple and the FBI over the past 18 months. It makes clear the fact that the…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Watch a Guy Discover How Human Flesh Would Taste Using a Biopsy From His Leg

Ever wondered how tasty you are? In this video, Greg Foot has a biopsy of muscle taken from his leg in order to discover what it tastes like. It’s a reasonable thing to wonder, of course, but quite another to actually explore in detail. That doesn’t seem to bother Foot, who happily has a small…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

iMessage Encryption Flaw Allows Researchers to Intercept Images

A team of researchers from Johns Hopkins University has discovered a flaw in iMessage on older version of iOS which makes it possible for a third party to intercept and decrypt images and video. A team led by Matthew D. Green believed that the encryption in iMessage could contain a weakness after studying the finer…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Standing Desks Are ‘Fashionable’ Without Any Real Benefits, Says Research

Standing desks are the latest way to trade comfort for the moral high ground, and their health benefits have always been dubious at best. Following an analysis of studies into their benefits, researchers have come up with a loud, resounding “meh”. A paper in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews analyzed 20 studies that looked…

Tech News Chris Mills

Time to Get Your Free 10.33GB of SXSW Music

Amidst all the startups and tasteless PR stunts, it’s easy to forget that South by Southwest is technically a music festival. Thankfully, the organizers didn’t forget, and have continued their years-old tradition of releasing all the music, DRM-free. Since 2005, SXSW has made music from participating artists freely available as MP3 downloads. Since manually downloading…

Tech News Chris Mills

19 Times Someone Gets Thrown Into the Vacuum of Space, From Worst to Best

We all know people don’t explode when exposed to space without protection. But science fiction has taken some … liberties with vacuum exposure over the years. Here are 19 scenes of people being exposed to space, ranked from the least realistic to the most. While the explosive decompression scene is a hallmark of science fiction…

io9 Andrew Liptak

This Is the Last Sun Antarctica Will See for Six Months

Manning the NOAA’s research station at the South Pole is a lonely job at the best of times. But when you’re watching the last sunset for half a year, things have to be feeling particularly bleak. The NOAA’s Jesse Milton describes the base as the “coldest, driest, flattest place you can imagine,” and that’s probably…

Tech News Chris Mills

An iPhone Is the Latest Thing to Catch Fire on a Plane

Lithium-ion batteries and aircraft have some bad blood: Boeing’s 787 Dreamliners were grounded three years ago because of battery fires, the FAA banned all lithium batteries in hold luggage, and now an innocent iPhone has caused a fire on an Alaska Air flight. According to a KOMO news report, a girl on a spring break…

Tech News Chris Mills

How The Artificial Heart Went From Miracle To Medical Pariah And Back Again

On December 2nd, 1982, Barney Clark became the first human to receive an Jarvik-7 artificial heart. Suffering from congestive heart failure, he became a media sensation before he passed away. The Retro Report and New York Times take a look at the rise and fall of what had been hailed as a medical miracle. The…

Health Andrew Liptak

How to Watch Today’s Apple Event

Watch What Happens When You Ship a 3D Printer While It’s Still Printing

Marvel Is Probably Going to Do a New Jessica Jones Comic

What to Expect From Apple’s iPhone SE and iPad Pro Event

The Two-Mile-Long Tunnel Beneath Seattle Makes Humans Look So Tiny

The Smart Way to Make Perfectly Clear Cocktail Ice

This Fractal Generator Is More Beautiful Than the Hypnotic Patterns it Creates

Some Fascinating New Hints About Laura Dern’s Star Wars: Episode VIII Character

Google’s Giving Internet to Cuba

How Your Parents’ Career Choices Affect Your Own, Visualized

Look at the Monster Magnet Made for America’s First Offshore Wind Farm

Bloomberg: Apple-FBI Scrap Started When iOS 8 Was Shared With the Feds

Watch a Guy Discover How Human Flesh Would Taste Using a Biopsy From His Leg

iMessage Encryption Flaw Allows Researchers to Intercept Images

Standing Desks Are ‘Fashionable’ Without Any Real Benefits, Says Research

Time to Get Your Free 10.33GB of SXSW Music

19 Times Someone Gets Thrown Into the Vacuum of Space, From Worst to Best

This Is the Last Sun Antarctica Will See for Six Months

An iPhone Is the Latest Thing to Catch Fire on a Plane

How The Artificial Heart Went From Miracle To Medical Pariah And Back Again

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