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Mark Zuckerberg Really, Really Loves Walls

Mark Zuckerberg is building a wall on his 700-acre Hawaii parcel of land, and his neighbors are pissed. Somewhere, Donald Trump is thrusting his tiny fists in the air, furious that he’s been ousted as the world’s resident wall-loving entrepreneur. According to a report in a local Hawaiian newspaper, Zuck’s neighbors on the island of…

Social Media Sophie Kleeman Jun 28 '16

Bose’s New Speaker Only Costs $150 But You Have to Build It Yourself

Every company wants kids to build stuff—not in an illegal child labor kind of way but in a fun, educational kind of way. Ball robots are teaching kids code and Google’s new modular blocks work toward a similar goal. But Bose’s BOSEbuild speaker is more interested in teaching the ins and outs of sound and…

Tech News Darren Orf Jun 28 '16

How To Save Old Film Photos With Your Phone

If you have a bunch of old printed photos sitting in a drawer somewhere, there are plenty of ways you can easily save digital versions of them. You could scan the original negatives, but for that, you need a special scanner and a lot of time. On the other hand, you could also just use…

Gadgets David Nield Jun 28 '16

13 Sensational Camera Trap Photos of African Animals At Night

Will Burrard-Lucas likes to photograph unsuspecting African animals with strategically placed camera traps. For his latest project, the wildlife photographer sought to capture images of nocturnal animals as they conduct their affairs at night, and the results are spectacular. Burrard-Lucas, with the help of African Parks and Norman Carr Safaris, recently undertook two expeditions to…

Tech News George Dvorsky Jun 28 '16

New Apple Patent Could Stop You From Taking Photos and Videos at Concerts

If you’re the kind of person who takes lots of photos and videos at concerts, your days might be numbered. Apple has been granted a patent that would let the company to disable photo and video capturing in places where it’s frowned upon. The patent, filed back in 2011, describes the iPhone’s camera detecting an…

Tech News Royel Edwards Jun 28 '16

Lone Wolf and Cub to Get English Language Remake With ‘Essentially Japanese’ Cast

The production company that is currently adapting Ghost in the Shell with Scarlett Johansson has just announced it’s remaking another famous work of Japanese pop culture. It’s acquired the rights to Lone Wolf and Cub: Final Conflict, based off the comic series written by Koike Kazuo and illustrated by Goseki Kojima. Variety says the company…

io9 Germain Lussier Jun 28 '16

You Can Now Rent Jaunt’s Crazy Expensive Camera For Your Own VR Creations

Jaunt is a company obsessed with creating the cameras and hardware needed for artists and creators to fully embrace virtual reality. The big problem is that those cameras can be cost-prohibitive. It’s why Jaunt only works with partners with deep pockets, like Sir Paul McCartney. Now Jaunt is opening its doors to the public by…

Tech News Darren Orf Jun 28 '16

Ikea Recalls 29 Million Dressers After Third Child Dies

Rumors broke yesterday that Ikea was going to recall millions of dressers today. And they were right. But it’s not just the Malm, as we originally heard. Ikea is recalling 29 million dressers of all varieties in partnership with the US Product Safety Commission after the death of a 22-month-old child who was crushed by…

Tech News Matt Novak Jun 28 '16

Idiots Climb the Eiffel Tower for Shits and Giggles

The Eiffel Tower is the most famous and one of the most heavily-guarded structures in Paris. For a fee you can hang out inside of it, but its upper reaches are not legally accessible to the public. So three Russian daredevils decided to scale it anyway, without safety equipment, while being filmed by a drone.…

Sploid Avery Ellis Jun 28 '16

More Proof That the Original Ghostbusters Theme Song Is Untouchable

It is delightful even when it’s a cover/parody done by four Japanese comics. I would listen to this a thousand times over that Fall Out Boy disaster they released last week. This music video, released by Sony Pictures Japan, is wonderful in every possible way. In it are Japanese comedians Tomochika, Oniyakko Tsubaki, Naomi Watanabe…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Jun 28 '16

NASA’s Mars-Bound Rocket Just Passed a Major Test

To get the world’s most powerful rocket off the ground, it’s going to take some serious thrust from its rocket boosters. Today, NASA successfully tested one of those 77-ton rocket boosters by lighting it up at full power—all while never leaving the ground. The rocket booster appeared to work just as expected on its test.…

Space & Spaceflight Ria Misra Jun 28 '16

We’re Getting Really Fucking Close to Jupiter

On July 4th, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will arrive in orbit around Jupiter for a new scientific mission that seeks to solve the decades-long mystery of what lies beneath the gas giant’s swirling cloud tops. As the latest stunning image from the spacecraft’s approach shows, we’re getting really fucking close. Juno is closing in on Jupiter’s…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone Jun 28 '16

Why Are So Few People Talking About the Preacher TV Series?

Everywhere you go on the internet Monday mornings, people are talking about Sunday night’s television. Mainly HBO’s Game of Thrones. Lest we forget another major geek adaptation also airs Sunday nights, and has been for the past month: AMC’s Preacher. So why are so few people are talking about it? Sure there are a few…

io9 Germain Lussier Jun 28 '16

99-Million-Year-Old Bird Wings Found Encased in Amber

Finding ancient bugs trapped in amber is a relatively common occurrence, but the recent discovery of two ancient bird wings fossilized in Burmese amber is unprecedented. These 3D fossils—which still contain feather arrangements and traces of soft tissue—are simply amazing. Birds first emerged over 150 million years ago when dinosaurs still ruled the Earth. Scientists…

Tech News George Dvorsky Jun 28 '16

No, Cormac McCarthy Didn’t Die of a Stroke

Cormac McCarthy, author of such utopian sci-fi novels as The Road, didn’t die today at 82 from a stroke. But that didn’t stop the death hoax rumors from getting tweeted out by respected news outlets like USA Today. The rumors started with a tweet by Italian journalist Tommasso Debenedetti, a man Business Insider has described…

Tech News Matt Novak Jun 28 '16

Bot Lawyer That Successfully Appealed 160,000 Parking Tickets Is a Damn Hero

Parking tickets are the worst. Sadly, the burden of challenging a ticket is far greater than just paying the damn thing. But what if an artificially intelligent robot could do the dirty work for you? DoNotPay, a free-to-use artificially intelligent lawyer chatbot, is meant to do exactly that. According to a report from The Guardian,…

Tech News Michael Nunez Jun 28 '16

Marvel’s Canadian Superheroes Will Bitch to Justin Trudeau About Annoying American Colleagues

He’s buff. He’s charming. He’s smart. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau feels pretty damn close to being a real-life superhero sometimes. So it makes sense that he’ll be showing up in an Alpha Flight-focused Civil War II spinoff story. An article up on the CBC today details Trudeau’s upcoming appearance in Civil War II: Choosing…

io9 Evan Narcisse Jun 28 '16

These Massive Slip ‘N Slides Will Put Your Fun Childhood Memories to Shame

There is perhaps nothing more American than careening down a massive slip ‘n slide at a former Olympic park wearing a stars and stripes flag cape and a helmet. At the Utah Olympic Park, you can do exactly that. The park is home to the Slip ‘n Soar, a group of three ski ramps—a smaller…

Sploid Sophie Kleeman Jun 28 '16

North America Is Set to Announce Its Most Ambitious Clean Energy Target Yet

The United States, Canada, and Mexico are poised to announce an ambitious new energy pledge that would see 50 percent of North American electricity drawn from clean sources by 2025. That pledge, which encompasses renewables like wind and solar but also nuclear energy and carbon capture technology, signals a growing consensus about the energy future…

Climate Change Maddie Stone Jun 28 '16

Game of Thrones Showrunners Confirm There Are Only 15 Episodes Left, Max

The rumors have swirled for a while now. Various people who have worked on the show have dropped hints. But now David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Game of Thrones’ showrunners, have officially, irrevocably confirmed that we only have 15 episodes of the show left… at most. Probably less. Here’s Benioff during an interview with Deadline…

io9 Rob Bricken Jun 28 '16

Mark Zuckerberg Really, Really Loves Walls

Bose’s New Speaker Only Costs $150 But You Have to Build It Yourself

How To Save Old Film Photos With Your Phone

13 Sensational Camera Trap Photos of African Animals At Night

New Apple Patent Could Stop You From Taking Photos and Videos at Concerts

Lone Wolf and Cub to Get English Language Remake With ‘Essentially Japanese’ Cast

You Can Now Rent Jaunt’s Crazy Expensive Camera For Your Own VR Creations

Ikea Recalls 29 Million Dressers After Third Child Dies

Idiots Climb the Eiffel Tower for Shits and Giggles

More Proof That the Original Ghostbusters Theme Song Is Untouchable

NASA’s Mars-Bound Rocket Just Passed a Major Test

We’re Getting Really Fucking Close to Jupiter

Why Are So Few People Talking About the Preacher TV Series?

99-Million-Year-Old Bird Wings Found Encased in Amber

No, Cormac McCarthy Didn’t Die of a Stroke

Bot Lawyer That Successfully Appealed 160,000 Parking Tickets Is a Damn Hero

Marvel’s Canadian Superheroes Will Bitch to Justin Trudeau About Annoying American Colleagues

These Massive Slip ‘N Slides Will Put Your Fun Childhood Memories to Shame

North America Is Set to Announce Its Most Ambitious Clean Energy Target Yet

Game of Thrones Showrunners Confirm There Are Only 15 Episodes Left, Max

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