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The Latest Pokémon Merchandise Trend? Pokémon Butts.

Pokémon’s huge reach means that in Japan, it appears everywhere—plastered over trains, on food, on clothes, and in all sorts of toys and plushies and whatnot. That’s not the crazy part. That part is this new line of official toys, which literally is a collection of the severed rear ends of a variety of Pokémon.…

Tech News James Whitbrook Sep 29 '15

The 10 Best Things To Do With 3D Touch—And the Things We Wish It Did

Hands-down, one of the coolest features of the new iPhone 6s and 6s plus is 3D Touch, that subtle touch mechanism that lets you quickly access common tasks fast as hell. Here are our 10 favorite shortcuts so far. Instagram: Why yes, I do in fact want to post the sunset pic I just snapped…

Tech News Michael Hession Sep 29 '15

34 Amazing Photos Of The Super Blood Moon

Sunday night’s sky was a rare treat, wasn’t it? We won’t even see another lunar eclipse until 2018. But in the meantime, we have a lot of fantastic photos, taken by you, of the blood super moon. Middle-Of-Nowhere We live in the Middle-Of-Nowhere, Colorado. We often have some beautiful night skies to stare at. But…

Tech News Mark Wilson Sep 29 '15

New Clues Point to Hidden Chambers at King Tut’s Tomb

There may be treasures still waiting to be discovered at the site of King Tut’s tomb, nearly a century after it was first discovered in 1922. After inspecting the site yesterday, a team of archaeologists say they’ve found evidence of two previously undiscovered rooms—rooms that may hold the remains of Queen Nefertiti. The inspection occurred…

io9 George Dvorsky Sep 29 '15

The Pixel C Is Google’s Own Android Tablet Hybrid

Google brought us the Pixel Chromebook back in 2013, and now, it looks like Android 6.0 Marshmallow will be co-opting the name. And it all starts with a new tablet called the Pixel C. The new tab has all the Pixel aesthetics you’re familiar with: aluminum design, no exposed screws—just good looking. But its best…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin Sep 29 '15

What Kinds of Life Forms Could Actually Live on Mars?

Yesterday, NASA reignited our hopes of finding alien life when it announced the first direct evidence of liquid water on Mars. But before we start indulging in fantasies of space crabs and reptilian beings, we ought to remember that Mars is a frigid world with a thin atmosphere. And that raises an obvious question: What…

Tech News Maddie Stone Sep 29 '15

The Four Doctors Is a Comic Reunion the Twelfth Doctor Never Knew He Needed

Peter Capaldi's Doctor gets his team-up in the Titan Comics miniseries.

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Sep 29 '15

Google’s Got Two New Chromecasts That Have You Covered From Music to Video

When Google debuted Chromecast in 2013, the streaming dongle was a hit. While it’s been juiced up with new features over the past few years, we’ve been waiting for a true upgrade. The wait is over: At today’s Google Nexus event, Google debuted two new Chromecasts for television and audio. Here’s what we know about…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Sep 29 '15

Parents Are Suing Welch’s Fruit Snacks for Confusing Kids About What Fruit Is

Parents who were shocked (shocked!) to find that Welch’s fruit snacks—despite being compressed into the shape of tiny, tiny fruits—were not actually fruit-like at all but something closer to fruity candy, have brought a lawsuit. To be fair to the parents, Welch’s fruit snacks do, indeed, bill themselves as a “fruit” snack. To be fair…

io9 Ria Misra Sep 29 '15

Google’s New Family Plan for Music Is a Damn Good Deal

Google just announced a “Family Plan” for Google Play Music. For just $15 a month, you get up to six accounts that family members can use on any device. The plan will even keep each preferences and recommendations. That’s a pretty good deal. The idea of a shared family plan for streaming music is hardly…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Sep 29 '15

Edward Snowden Joins Twitter, Only Follows One Account: The NSA

Edward Snowden just joined Twitter. Everyone’s favorite whistleblower and data privacy advocate is gaining followers fast, but is only following one account at current: the NSA. Touché, Ed. Follow him @snowden. Snowden recently participated in the launch of the Snowden Treaty, an initiative named after him that would see countries swear to surveillance restrictions and…

Tech News Kaila Hale-Stern Sep 29 '15

The Nexus 5X Is the Resurrection of the Best Phone Google Ever Made

In 2013, LG made the Nexus 5, and I loved it. It was a simple device, a slab of a phone really with 1080p LCD display and matte plastic finish. But at $350, it was incredibly cheap and held its own with the very best. Now, LG and Google return with the Nexus 5X. This…

Tech News Darren Orf Sep 29 '15

Nexus 6P: Google Reinvents Its Android Giant In a Cloak of Metal

The original Nexus 6 was a mammoth, and not just in size. It was a lovely combination of well-designed hardware and stock Android software, which made a huge phone finally feel right. How do you top the original? With a gorgeous aluminum body. The phone is 7.3 mm thick and has a 5.7-inch WQHD AMOLED…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Sep 29 '15

Hand making a suit at home takes $4000, 10 months, cotton picking and a lot of animal shearing

What does it take to truly make a handmade suit? If you want to do every step of the process on your own, it takes a lot and a lot and a lot of work. Think about the materials that go into a suit: the cotton, the wool, the knitting, the silk and more. You…

Sploid Casey Chan Sep 29 '15

See Thor and Vision Make Out in the New Avengers: Age of Ultron Gag Reel

The first Avengers: Age of Ultron gag reel was funny, but there’s a new one out and it’s better. Why? Well, there’s a lot of passionate kissing between odd characters, such as Vision and Thor, and we even get some blooper CGI that likely cost more than most other movies. Seriously, how much did it…

io9 Germain Lussier Sep 29 '15

Our Google Nexus Liveblog Is Here

Welcome to our Google Nexus liveblog, where we’ll be feeding you all kinds of Google goodies from new Nexus Android phones to maybe a Chromecast or two. And hey! There might even be some sort of tablet! This is also Google’s last chance to showcase Marshmallow, Android’s upcoming six dot zero release, before seeding the…

Tech News Gizmodo Staff Sep 29 '15

We’re One Small Step Closer to a Working Light Saber

Killjoy physicists have long pointed out the sheer unlikelihood of building a working light saber. But now, they’ve taken a small step toward realizing the dream of Star Wars fans worldwide, by figuring out how to get photons to stick together like molecules in a super-chilled gas. This latest work builds on prior experiments from…

Physics & Chemistry Jennifer Ouellette Sep 29 '15

This Courting Bird Has More Dance Moves Than John Travolta

When they’re courting, male Carola’s Parotia put on one hell of a show. Whenever this bird-of-paradise from New Guinea gets females to visit his painstakingly-prepared display court, he runs through six specific dance moves, each of which has to be performed well, and in the right order, to convince a female he’s a worthy mate.…

Biology Diane Kelly Sep 29 '15

The Ultimate Power in the Universe Can Now Be Used to Charge Your Phone

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away it was used to blow up entire planets. But years later the Empire isn’t what it used to be, and the Death Star is now just the ultimate way to charge your mobile devices as a USB wall adapter. Available exclusively from ThinkGeek, the $30…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Sep 29 '15

Gotham Is the Wackiest Show About Setting a Bus Full of Cheerleaders on Fire Ever Made

Last week, I called Gotham “still bizarre, still silly, and a lot better.” I would like to add something to my assessment of season two: Gotham is also horrifically, ludicrously violent. Arguably far more violent than a show where the criminals wear matching theme outfits has any right to be. Gotham has always been simultaneously…

io9 Rob Bricken Sep 29 '15

The Latest Pokémon Merchandise Trend? Pokémon Butts.

The 10 Best Things To Do With 3D Touch—And the Things We Wish It Did

34 Amazing Photos Of The Super Blood Moon

New Clues Point to Hidden Chambers at King Tut’s Tomb

The Pixel C Is Google’s Own Android Tablet Hybrid

What Kinds of Life Forms Could Actually Live on Mars?

The Four Doctors Is a Comic Reunion the Twelfth Doctor Never Knew He Needed

Google’s Got Two New Chromecasts That Have You Covered From Music to Video

Parents Are Suing Welch’s Fruit Snacks for Confusing Kids About What Fruit Is

Google’s New Family Plan for Music Is a Damn Good Deal

Edward Snowden Joins Twitter, Only Follows One Account: The NSA

The Nexus 5X Is the Resurrection of the Best Phone Google Ever Made

Nexus 6P: Google Reinvents Its Android Giant In a Cloak of Metal

Hand making a suit at home takes $4000, 10 months, cotton picking and a lot of animal shearing

See Thor and Vision Make Out in the New Avengers: Age of Ultron Gag Reel

Our Google Nexus Liveblog Is Here

We’re One Small Step Closer to a Working Light Saber

This Courting Bird Has More Dance Moves Than John Travolta

The Ultimate Power in the Universe Can Now Be Used to Charge Your Phone

Gotham Is the Wackiest Show About Setting a Bus Full of Cheerleaders on Fire Ever Made

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