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A Ton of Tech Companies Just Came Out Against Net Neutrality

More than 60 huge tech companies including Intel, Qualcomm, Cisco, and IBM have written a letter to leaders in Congress and the FCC opposing net neutrality. The free and open internet isn’t going to happen without a fight. In an effort to implement net neutrality regulations that would stand up to legal scrutiny, President Obama…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Disney’s New Frozen Book Sounds Like Gone Girl On Ice

Frozen is branching out its extended universe and releasing a book based on the relationship of Hans and Anna, and it’s going to be told from each character’s point of view. So basically, it’s reverse Gone Girl. Spoilers for Frozen and Gone Girl ahead! According to Stitch Kingdom, Disney’s new Frozen spinoff book is titled…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Optical Illusion Placemats Provide Subliminal Portion Control

You can opt for healthier food choices all you want, but if your dinner plate is towering with over-generous portions, you’re probably still going to put on weight. So if you’re struggling with portion control, these amusing optical illusion placemats from Japan’s A.P. Works might provide some subliminal encouragement. Through the use of clever contoured…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

What’s The Explanation Behind This Incredible Lake-Walking Video?

YouTuber Tomas N and his friend were hiking the High Tatra Mountain range along the border of Slovakia and Poland when they happened upon a frozen lake with astonishingly clear ice. The resulting visual effect – that of walking on air – is really something else. But how did this clear ice come to be?…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

This Isn’t A Drawing Of The Silver Surfer. It’s A Photo Of A Real Guy.

Holy crap. There’s no artist credit for the drawing above, because it isn’t a drawing of Marvel’s Silver Surfer at all – it’s an actual person, painted to look like him. How amazing is that? There might not be an artist’s credit for a drawing, but the credit for this incredible photoshoot goes to the…

Tech News James Whitbrook

9 Gifts to Turn a House Into a Smart Home

The number of connected home devices has skyrocketed in the past dozen months, and your loved ones might feel a little left out if they’re not controlling appliances with a phone. Let’s fix that, shall we? With the smart home beginner in mind, we’ve put together an up-to-date guide to some of our favorite connected…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

A Mesmerizing Video Shows One Year Of The Moon’s Phases In Five Minutes

The Moon always keeps the same face to us, but not exactly the same face. Because of the tilt and shape of its orbit, we see it from slightly different angles over the course of a month. And when each month is compressed into 24 seconds, as in this video, our changing view of the…

io9 Mark Strauss

Apple Is Pulling a Bunch of the Neatest iOS 8 Apps

Remember when Apple went after that handy note-taking widget, a popular app that’s one the first truly useful widgets for iOS 8? Turns out, Apple’s been pulling all kinds of apps that take advantage of new features in iOS 8—even after they’ve been approved to be in the App Store. And developers are starting to…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Watch A Man In A Jetpack Fly In Formation With A Plane Above Dubai

Swiss pilot Yves “Jetman” Rossy is best known for piloting a jetpack of his own design above some of the world’s most gorgeous landscapes. Now, the “aviation enthusiast” has returned in a video that shows him tearing up the atmosphere high above Dubai – and this time, he’s got company. “To fly alone is great,”…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

1960s Batman, Herzog, Agricola, Free SimCity 2000, More Deals

Some days you just can’t get rid of a bomb, but you can get Batman The Complete Series Limited Edition Blu-ray for just $154 today. [Batman Complete Series] Here’s how much better it looks on Blu-ray, and some recommendations for must-watch episodes. It’s also part of io9’s Blu-ray Gift Set Guide. This awesome limited edition…

io9 Shane Roberts

Microsoft Is Giving Away a Ton of Free Music You Might Actually Want

Like free things? Microsoftis giving away100 albums until December 15, in MP3 form. You just to download Microsoft’s Music Deals app (on a Windows machine running 8.1), and the albums are yours for the taking. You have to make a Microsoft account to use the app if you don’t already have one, but it’s worth…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

11 Secret Weapons Developed By Japan During World War 2

Normally, it’s the Western Powers who are remembered for developing some of the most innovative and conceptual weapons of the Second World War. But when it came to experimental military technologies, Japan suffered from no shortage of ideas. Here are 11 you should know about. Illustration: MXY-7 Okha Suicide Attacker, by Fiddlers Green Japan emerged…

io9 George Dvorsky

Creeptastic Short About A Child Imprisoned By Foxes Will Become A Film

If you haven’t already seen the completely eerie stop-motion animated short Foxed!, get thyself to iTunespost haste, because it’s really, really messed up. And now it’s going to be an even freakier movie! THRis reporting that Martin Katz (Cosmopolis) has purchased the rights to director James Stewart’s short.Now for those of you previously unaware of…

Movies Meredith Woerner

See Every Possible Kind Of Snowflake Shape In One Chart

Every snowflake is different. But while each snowflake itself may be different from the one that came before it, the crystalline shapes that make up all these special little snowflakes are actually remarkably uniform. Andy Brunning over at Compound Chem turned the data from a recent paper in Atmospheric Research into this chart, detailing the…

io9 Ria Misra

Simon Pegg Cast As The Devil in The Gathering? Yes, Please

Some exciting news from the director of comedy-horror movie The Gathering (not to be confused with Magic: The Gathering, also in pre-production) has emerged: Simon Pegg has been cast as the devil. He’ll appear in the anthology film’s framing device, which director Jon Keeyes describes thusly in his Fangoria interview: On Halloween night, the devil…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

A Football With Wings Lets You Throw Farther Than an NFL Quarterback

The ultimate football fantasy involves throwing a last second Hail Mary pass into the endzone that ends up winning the Super Bowl. Such a fantasy usually requires you to have an NFL-caliber throwing arm, but the winged Raptor Football promises to give quarterback-like capabilities to almost anyone. Now we just need it approved by the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Ikea Replaced All the Seats In This Movie Theater With Comfy Beds

Another way that movie theaters have tried to lure audiences away from their living rooms is with big comfy upgraded seats that often even recline. But that’s nothing compared to the facelift Ikea gave a movie theater in Khimki, Russia. The seats were all removed and replaced with freshly made beds all pointing at the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Congressional Debate Over What Makes Food “Natural”

A controversial bill that seeks to block mandatory GMO food labeling by individual U.S. states was the subject of a hearing held yesterday by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health. Amid the testimonies, one key question emerged time and again: Are genetically modified foods “natural”? Activists in several states have been pushing for…

io9 Mark Strauss

HBO Want Your Game of Thrones Fan Creations For A New Book

Well, this is neat. HBO are planning to release a new Game of Thrones Compendium late next year – the twist being that it’s packed solely with content created by fans of the books and TV series. Starting next week, you can start submitting your own work for it! Header Image Credit: The King of…

Tech News James Whitbrook

2014 As Told By Photos from the World’s Highest Resolution Satellites

Our lives are chronicled from space these days. These satellite images from Digital Globe, operator of the world’s most powerful commercial imaging satellites, tell the story of some of the year’s most indelible moments—from the protests in Ukraine to wildfires in San Diego. Earlier this year, Digital Globe launched their Worldview-3 satellite, their most powerful…

Tech News Sarah Zhang

A Ton of Tech Companies Just Came Out Against Net Neutrality

Disney’s New Frozen Book Sounds Like Gone Girl On Ice

Optical Illusion Placemats Provide Subliminal Portion Control

What’s The Explanation Behind This Incredible Lake-Walking Video?

This Isn’t A Drawing Of The Silver Surfer. It’s A Photo Of A Real Guy.

9 Gifts to Turn a House Into a Smart Home

A Mesmerizing Video Shows One Year Of The Moon’s Phases In Five Minutes

Apple Is Pulling a Bunch of the Neatest iOS 8 Apps

Watch A Man In A Jetpack Fly In Formation With A Plane Above Dubai

1960s Batman, Herzog, Agricola, Free SimCity 2000, More Deals

Microsoft Is Giving Away a Ton of Free Music You Might Actually Want

11 Secret Weapons Developed By Japan During World War 2

Creeptastic Short About A Child Imprisoned By Foxes Will Become A Film

See Every Possible Kind Of Snowflake Shape In One Chart

Simon Pegg Cast As The Devil in The Gathering? Yes, Please

A Football With Wings Lets You Throw Farther Than an NFL Quarterback

Ikea Replaced All the Seats In This Movie Theater With Comfy Beds

The Congressional Debate Over What Makes Food “Natural”

HBO Want Your Game of Thrones Fan Creations For A New Book

2014 As Told By Photos from the World’s Highest Resolution Satellites

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