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These Game Of Thrones Plushes Have All Grown Up

When Factory released their first Direwolf Puppy plushes, we were wounded innocents still in a post Red Wedding haze. But we’ve grown up, as has Game of Thrones – and thus, so must the plushie merchandise. https://gizmodo.com/heal-your-game-of-thrones-anguish-with-these-plush-dire-829401868 So far only Ghost from the surviving Direwolves has been elevated to adult-plush status (Poor Lady and Grey…

Tech News James Whitbrook

BioLite’s NanoGrid Is a Lantern, Battery, and Flashlight All In One

This new BioLite NanoGrid functions as a hanging work light or lantern, a multi-point area light, a powerful flashlight and a portable power source for your electronics, all in a single $100 product. The ultimate camping gadget? I got my hands on a unit to find out. https://gizmodo.com/biolites-nanogrid-is-a-lantern-battery-and-flashlight-1688057016

Reviews Wes Siler

Sex Criminals Comic To Bring Orgasm-Based Bank Heists To TV

Most TV shows about sex crimes are kind of dark. But that’s because none of them are based on Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky’s comic Sex Criminals, where two lovers discover they have the ability to stop time when they orgasm, and immediately use their powers to rob banks. Now that’s going to change! Fraction…

Television Rob Bricken

BioLite’s NanoGrid Is a Lantern, Battery, and Flashlight All In One

This new BioLite NanoGrid functions as a hanging work light or lantern, a multi-point area light, a powerful flashlight and a portable power source for your electronics, all in a single $100 product. The ultimate camping gadget? I got my hands on a unit to find out. What’s It Supposed To Do? BioLite’s first product…

Reviews Wes Siler

A Chart Comparing Publication Dates To When A Story Takes Place

Randall Munroe has really outdone himself with today’s xkcd. The infographic shows when a certain story was published and then compares that date to the length of time — either in the future or past — to when the story actually took or will take place. To understand this chart, called “Stories of the Past…

io9 George Dvorsky

Rumor: Naked Arnie Will Look “Like A Ken Doll” In Terminator Genisys

The new Terminator movie will give us another look at the iconic scene from the original film, where a naked killer robot arrives in the past to hunt down Sarah Connor. But now it appears as though we’ll be seeing a lot more of Naked Arnold Schwarzenegger than we had in the past… but he…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

10 Popular Toys From the ’80s That Are Back

The ’80s were arguably one of the greatest decades in history to be a kid with an allowance burning a hole in your pocket, and a free afternoon to spend at a toy store. And decades later, toy companies have realized that all those kids buying the wonderful toys from the ’80s are all grown…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

The Government Refuses to Prove Snowden Damaged National Security

Did Edward Snowden actually damage national security? There’s no way in hell to tell from official documents released to the press—they’ve been thoroughly redacted to the point of uselessness. Well, that’s not true: They’re useful in showing that the government isn’t exactly eager to reveal concrete proof that the revelations about its surveillance abuses have…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs

How To: Build A World-Class Insect-Photography Rig For Under $6,000

Six thousand bucks is a lot of money, but it’s small change compared to the price of many professional camera kits. That’s why this instructional post from Alex Wild caught my eye. Wild is talented photographer, and his subjects are mostly insects (we’ve featured his work on io9 on multiple occasions), which makes sense; he’s…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Journalists Arrested For Flying Drones In Mystery Drone Scare

Three Al-Jazeera reporters have been arrested in the wake of the drones of Paris mystery. It’s likely the reporters were using drones to film a poorly-thought-out segment on the mystery drones, not the original perpetrators of the problem. We have so many questions. What were the journalists thinking? The “unknown drones” story was big international…

Tech News Kaila Hale-Stern

These Glowing Flowers Reveal How Flowers Shed Their Organs

They’re not glowing on their own. They’re tagged with a fluorescent protein that shows the flower doing a very strange thing — a thing that humans take for granted. Here’s how flowers get rid of their own organs. What if, at a certain point in your life, you could just shed an ungainly limb, a…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Philip K. Dick On Fine-Tuning Your B.S.-Meter To Spot “Pseudo-Realities”

How can you tell what’s real, in a world where huge industries, governments and religions are all trying to force-feed you manufactured realities? Philip K. Dick sums up the challenges of detecting reality in a world that resembles Disneyland, in this great 1978 quote. It was always my hope, in writing novels and stories which…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Google’s AI Is Now Insanely Good at Playing Space Invaders

Since Google acquired the artificial intelligence company DeepMind for $628 million last year, it’s put the software to hard work…playing Atari 2600 video games. But no really, learning how to play 49 different Atari games showcases the promises—and the weaknesses—of DeepMind’s software. A paper published today in Nature details how the AI learned to play…

Tech News Sarah Zhang

What Men Really Need To Know About Testosterone Replacement Therapy

One of the fastest growing areas in pharmacology today is testosterone supplementation in men. But while low-T is a genuine problem for some men, it’s not as prevalent as you may think – and the treatment is not without its risks. Here’s what men need to know about testosterone replacement therapy, and why it should…

io9 George Dvorsky

This Batman Figure Comes With Three Different Kinds Of Bat-Cowl

Do you prefer your bat ears small, medium, or extra large? Not matter which way, Sideshow has you covered with their latest 1:6 Batman figure, which has more Bat-faces and Bat-Cowls than you can shake a bat-stick at. Sideshow’s ‘Gotham Knight’ figure is the latest in their long line of 1:6 DC figures, and is…

Tech News James Whitbrook

Is That a VR Headset In Your Pocket?

Oh, it is a VR headset. How the hell did you fit that in your pocket? It’s collapsible? Okay, we need to talk about this. There’s been a lot of talk recently about cramming your phone into a VR headset, but nobody’s talking about one of the biggest problems with that idea: Phones are portable…

Tech News Sean Buckley

Channing Tatum’s Jupiter Ascending Character On A Three Wolf Moon Shirt

This was probably inevitable, but it’s still pretty perfect. Caine Wise, Channing Tatum’s part-canine character from Jupiter Ascending, acts out his own version of the famous Three Wolf Moon t-shirt. And you can buy it to wear or hang on your wall. Artist Stefanie Masciandaro came up with this wonderfully silly tribute to the Wachowskis’…

io9 Lauren Davis

Lady Gaga Cast In American Horror Story. Yep, That Makes Sense.

This was only a matter of time, right? Lady Gaga took to Twitter to announce that she will be joining American Horror Story: Hotel. Which we can only hope is like those Cosmopolitan commercials, but with more masturbating ghosts. Gaga released this video with her wearing a creepy mask while making the announcement. People are…

Television Meredith Woerner

A Possible Explanation For The Mysterious Bright Spots On Ceres

The discovery of a bright spot on Ceres has given rise to lots of speculation. And now we’ve learned something new: it has a friend. The second spot is not quite as bright, but still weirdly reflective compared to the rest of the dwarf planet. The geological mystery keeps getting more interesting! Top image: From…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

Superman May Make An Appearance In The Supergirl TV Series After All

Yeah, don’t get too excited. Because this isn’t connecting DC’s TV universe to its cinematic universe, Henry Cavill will definitely not be showing up on TV in his Superman costume, and because the new Supergirl show has figured out a way to minimize the Man of Steel as much as possible. Here’s the newest casting…

Television Rob Bricken

These Game Of Thrones Plushes Have All Grown Up

BioLite’s NanoGrid Is a Lantern, Battery, and Flashlight All In One

Sex Criminals Comic To Bring Orgasm-Based Bank Heists To TV

BioLite’s NanoGrid Is a Lantern, Battery, and Flashlight All In One

A Chart Comparing Publication Dates To When A Story Takes Place

Rumor: Naked Arnie Will Look “Like A Ken Doll” In Terminator Genisys

10 Popular Toys From the ’80s That Are Back

The Government Refuses to Prove Snowden Damaged National Security

How To: Build A World-Class Insect-Photography Rig For Under $6,000

Journalists Arrested For Flying Drones In Mystery Drone Scare

These Glowing Flowers Reveal How Flowers Shed Their Organs

Philip K. Dick On Fine-Tuning Your B.S.-Meter To Spot “Pseudo-Realities”

Google’s AI Is Now Insanely Good at Playing Space Invaders

What Men Really Need To Know About Testosterone Replacement Therapy

This Batman Figure Comes With Three Different Kinds Of Bat-Cowl

Is That a VR Headset In Your Pocket?

Channing Tatum’s Jupiter Ascending Character On A Three Wolf Moon Shirt

Lady Gaga Cast In American Horror Story. Yep, That Makes Sense.

A Possible Explanation For The Mysterious Bright Spots On Ceres

Superman May Make An Appearance In The Supergirl TV Series After All

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These Game Of Thrones Plushes Have All Grown Up

BioLite’s NanoGrid Is a Lantern, Battery, and Flashlight All In One

Sex Criminals Comic To Bring Orgasm-Based Bank Heists To TV

BioLite’s NanoGrid Is a Lantern, Battery, and Flashlight All In One

A Chart Comparing Publication Dates To When A Story Takes Place

Rumor: Naked Arnie Will Look “Like A Ken Doll” In Terminator Genisys

10 Popular Toys From the ’80s That Are Back

The Government Refuses to Prove Snowden Damaged National Security

How To: Build A World-Class Insect-Photography Rig For Under $6,000

Journalists Arrested For Flying Drones In Mystery Drone Scare

These Glowing Flowers Reveal How Flowers Shed Their Organs

Philip K. Dick On Fine-Tuning Your B.S.-Meter To Spot “Pseudo-Realities”

Google’s AI Is Now Insanely Good at Playing Space Invaders

What Men Really Need To Know About Testosterone Replacement Therapy

This Batman Figure Comes With Three Different Kinds Of Bat-Cowl

​Is That a VR Headset In Your Pocket?

Channing Tatum’s Jupiter Ascending Character On A Three Wolf Moon Shirt

Lady Gaga Cast In American Horror Story. Yep, That Makes Sense.

A Possible Explanation For The Mysterious Bright Spots On Ceres

Superman May Make An Appearance In The Supergirl TV Series After All

NASA Rover Finds Glowing, Ruby-Like Crystals on Mars for the First Time

Anker Prime Docking Station Hits Its Lowest Price as Amazon’s Spring Sale Winds Down (14 Ports With 160W Output)

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UGREEN Bluetooth Tracker 4-Pack Now Just $7 Each With iOS and Android Support, While AirTag Stays at Full Price

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