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The New Ghostbusters Villain Might Come From A Very Familiar Source

Another potential name for Felicity Jones’ Rogue One character hits the web. Anthony Mackie has high praise for Civil War. Robbie Amell is unsure how he’ll return to The Flash again. Agents of SHIELD teases a member of the Secret Warrior. Plus, new pictures from Batman v Superman, and what’s to come on iZombie. Spoilers…

Television James Whitbrook

Here’s How This Magical See-Through Wine Rack Actually Works

For just shy of $300, Harlequin Illusions will sell you a seemingly magical red oak wine rack that always looks empty when viewed from the side, despite there obviously being bottles stored in it. But the secret behind this trick isn’t wormholes or holograms, it’s a magician’s most faithful assistant. A quick patent search on…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The World’s Cheapest Smartphone Costs $4

This is the Freedom 251. It gets the name from its rather modest 251-rupee price tag, which equates to about $4. And you know what? Its specs aren’t too bad, either. The device features the kind of technical specification that many people would be quite content with: A 4-inch screen, 1.3 GHz quadcore processor, 1GB…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

This Chip Will Make Satellite Radars Way Sharper

It may look like any other picture of a silicon chip, but this one’s rather special: It’s the centrepiece of a new 94 GHz radar system being developed by the European Space Agency, that will transform radar systems in space missions. The new hardware is being developed in Ireland by a company called Arralis. Its…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

This Flexible Prototype Is a Glimpse at Your Future Phone

The sci-fi dream of flexible electronics is on its way—it’s just taking a while to arrive. But this new prototype flexible smartphone, that responds to the way it’s bent and twisted, at least hints at how your future phone may behave. Created by researchers from Queen’s University’s Human Media Lab, the device uses a 720p…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Apple Is ‘Challenging the FBI’s Demands’ to Create an iOS Backdoor

Yesterday, a District Court Judge ordered Apple to help the FBI access files on one of the iPhones of the San Bernardino shooters. Now, Apple CEO Tim Cook has defined Apple’s position on the matter—and it plans to fight the ruling as far as it can. In an open letter published on the Apple website,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Why Doesn’t Your Store Accept EMV Yet?

It’s over four months since retailers around the US were supposed to start using EMV technology to accept your card payments. So why is it that so many stores seem to be ignoring the chip? That’s exactly what payments expert Allen Weinberg has been wondering too. In a nice article on his blog, he runs…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe

You Can Now Buy a .Cloud Domain Because Modern Life Is Awful

If domain names like “.com” and “.org” lack the sense of buzzword-fuelled modernity that your website requires, well, it’s your lucky day. You can now buy “.cloud” domains, because the internet isn’t clichéd enough just yet. The top level .cloud domain was bought by the Italian company Aruba in 2014 and now it’s opened it…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Damn, Earth Can Be Colorful

In between doing real astronaut things like space walks, science experiments, and dressing up as a ghost, Commander Scott Kelly has found the time to show off his inner photographer. Under the hashtag #ColorsofEarth, Kelly’s been conducting a high-speed exploration of all the differently-colored natural phenomena he can see from the International Space Station. It’s…

Space & Spaceflight Chris Mills

Instagram Is Finally Adding Two-Factor Authentication

If you want to not be hacked, the absolute best thing you can do is turn on two-factor authentication for all your accounts. Instagram is way behind the trend here, but it looks like tween’s second-favorite photo network is finally getting with the times. According to TechCrunch, Instagram is in the process of rolling out…

Privacy & Security Chris Mills

Libelling a Lawyer in Online Reviews Turns Out to be a Bad Idea

In case you’re ever in the position of wanting to get back at a lawyer, here’s some news from Florida: don’t get your revenge by posting false reviews across the internet, or you’ll be in the hole for $350,000. The case concerns a divorcing couple, Copia Blake and Peter Birzon, and Blake’s lawyer, Ann-Marie Giustibelli.…

Tech News Chris Mills

Now We Know How Many Ways We Can Arrange 128 Tennis Balls

Here’s a question worthy of the ball boy at Wimbledon: if you have 128 tennis balls packed into a container, how many different ways can you arrange them? Answer: 10250 — more than the entire number of subatomic particles in the universe. That’s the conclusion of a team of researchers at the University of Cambridge…

Physics & Chemistry Jennifer Ouellette

Judge Orders Apple to Help the FBI Hack San Bernardino Shooter’s iPhone

The problem of law enforcement and encryption is mostly talked about in vague terms of “backdoors” and “a new Manhattan Project”, but here’s something concrete: a District Court Judge just ordered Apple to help the FBI access files on one of the iPhones of the San Bernardino shooters. The ruling was handed down by Sheri…

Tech News Chris Mills

The New Amityville Horror Movie Poster Conveys Terror Via Instagram

There are a few notable things about Amityville: The Awakening. It stars Oscar nominee Jennifer Jason Leigh and teen dream Bella Thorne. It’s directed by the guy who did the Maniac remake (Franck Khalfoun) and produced by prolific horror master Jason Blum. And its marketing campaign is equal parts hilarious and perfect. Please, admire this…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Two Previously Unknown J.R.R. Tolkien Poems Have Been Found

The Hobbit author J.R.R. Tolkien contributed two poems to a school magazine in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, back when he was an Oxford don. One is an early version of a poem that later appeared in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (pictured above), while the other is a Christmas poem, set in a landscape not unlike Middle…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

The World Needs More Goofy, Gory B-Movie Monster Flicks Like Deep Rising

Stephen Sommers is best-known for directing the first two Mummy movies, but his breakout, Deep Rising, is well worthy of its own praise. Yes, it is a silly movie, and it bombed when it opened in 1998. But it’s a magical kind of silly that results when a killer B-movie premise meets an ensemble cast…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Things Uber CEO Travis Kalanick May Have Said In His TED Talk Today

Today in Vancouver, the annual mind orgy TED welcomed Uber CEO Travis Kalanick to the stage. Did he talk about the logo? Did he talk about how cities are bringing him down? What did he say? You could wait a few months for the video—or you could take these people’s words for it. Now keep…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Scientists Have Come Up With a ‘Vaccine’ Against Designer Drugs

Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute have just published the results of a study done on a special kind of vaccine in the journal Angewandte Chemie. This vaccine does not guard against a virus. Instead, it blocks the effects of synthetic designer drugs. Fentanyl is an opioid that moves from the blood to the brain,…

Tech News Esther Inglis-Arkell

Streetcars Are the Great Urban Gimmick of Our Time

I want to love streetcars. I really do. Who doesn’t want to go rolling through your neighborhood, bells dinging and clanging, like you’re living in a Rice-A-Roni ad? But just when you thought these antiquated relics of the Victorian Era were dead, now Streetcars: The New Batch are coming to your city. Or that’s what…

Tech News Alissa Walker

The Incredibly Strange Tale of the Kid Who Thinks His Pigeon Is a Dog

“The Tall Tales of Urchin” is a bizarre animated short about Urchin, who has a very sick pigeon he calls a “dog.” You will never want a bird to be healthy more in your life than this one, I promise. “The Tall Tales of Urchin” is by Hamish Steele and produced by Blink Industries for…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

The New Ghostbusters Villain Might Come From A Very Familiar Source

Here’s How This Magical See-Through Wine Rack Actually Works

The World’s Cheapest Smartphone Costs $4

This Chip Will Make Satellite Radars Way Sharper

This Flexible Prototype Is a Glimpse at Your Future Phone

Apple Is ‘Challenging the FBI’s Demands’ to Create an iOS Backdoor

Why Doesn’t Your Store Accept EMV Yet?

You Can Now Buy a .Cloud Domain Because Modern Life Is Awful

Damn, Earth Can Be Colorful

Instagram Is Finally Adding Two-Factor Authentication

Libelling a Lawyer in Online Reviews Turns Out to be a Bad Idea

Now We Know How Many Ways We Can Arrange 128 Tennis Balls

Judge Orders Apple to Help the FBI Hack San Bernardino Shooter’s iPhone

The New Amityville Horror Movie Poster Conveys Terror Via Instagram

Two Previously Unknown J.R.R. Tolkien Poems Have Been Found

The World Needs More Goofy, Gory B-Movie Monster Flicks Like Deep Rising

Things Uber CEO Travis Kalanick May Have Said In His TED Talk Today

Scientists Have Come Up With a ‘Vaccine’ Against Designer Drugs

Streetcars Are the Great Urban Gimmick of Our Time

The Incredibly Strange Tale of the Kid Who Thinks His Pigeon Is a Dog

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