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Newly discovered pictures show the everyday life of a WWII soldier

The Rescued Film Project is an online gallery showing pictures found in lost film rolls from countries all over the world. They recently discovered a batch of 31 undeveloped rolls taken by a World War II American soldier, 70 years ago. Here are some of his best: This video documents the process and development of…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Jan 19 '15

The Librarians Finale: Teamwork!

That was what the finale brought us: proof that the team, as ragtag as they might appear, is perfect together. And also that Flynn Carson is the most annoying Librarian to ever walk the Earth. That might be just my opinion, though. Spoilers… Like last week, this week we had two episodes, one of which…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Jan 19 '15

Programmable DNA Glue Can Selectively 3D-Print Natural Materials

A team of researchers from University of Texas at Austin has developed a new technique which uses the binding properties of DNA to create selective glues, which will be able to produce complex 3D-printed objects using natural, living materials. The researchers have developed a series of nanoparticles made of either polystyrene or polyacrylamide that are…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 19 '15

How Seized Gadgets Fund Electronic Surveillance

“You follow drugs, you get drug addicts and drug dealers. But you start to follow the money, and you don’t know where the f*** it’s gonna take you.” This oft-cited wisdom comes from Detective Lester Freamon, a character in the classic HBO series The Wire, which tracked how an elite task force of (fictional) Baltimore…

Privacy & Security Dave Maass - EFF Jan 19 '15

Bloomberg: HTC M9 With 20MP Camera and First Smartwatch Coming March

Bloomberg is reporting that HTC will launch a new flagship phone in March, with heavily updated camera and audio features, alongside its first ever smartwatch. The new M9 flagship phone will apparently feature a 20-megapixel rear camera and an HTC UltraPixel front camera. The handset is said to resemble last year’s M8 in size and…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 19 '15

The NSA Saw Signs That the Sony Hacks Were Coming

When the FBI blamed North Korea for the Sony Pictures hacks, some wondered how that finding had been made so quickly. Now, new interviews and documents reveal that the NSA had tapped into North Korean networks years before the attacks, and saw indications that such an attack may be imminent. https://gizmodo.com/fbi-north-korea-was-behind-the-sony-hack-1672489503 The New York Times…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe Jan 19 '15

Bad News: Frank Darabont’s Off The Huntsman. But Wait, There’s Good News

The massively troubled follow-up to 2012’s Snow White and the Huntsman has been dealt another blow: It’s lost Frank Darabont as a director. But at least they’ve got plans for a new villain that might inject life into this thing once again. The Huntsman, which takes the place of a sequel that didn’t happen and…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Jan 19 '15

Boo: Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen Won’t Be In X-Men: Apocalypse

This isn’t a huge surprise, since their appearance in Days of Future Past was dependent on that film’s time travel plot, but we now have the word straight from the man himself: Patrick Stewart. Stewart’ll be on Wednesday’s episode of Larry King Now, but an early clip has Stewart addressing the question about whether he’d…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Jan 19 '15

Here’s Sigourney Weaver Test-Firing the Flamethrower From Alien

Your spirit animal is a honey badger? That’s nice. My spirit animal is Sigourney Weaver in a jumpsuit unleashing a plume of hot death over what looks like a dry, potentially disastrous, patch of grass. Xenopedia, the AvP Wiki, has a wonderfully informative entry on the “M240 Incinerator Unit,” and the backstory on this photo:…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 18 '15

Waxahatchee: “Air”

Waxahatchee is an indie band born from lead singer/songwriter Katie Crutchfield’s bedroom, the “recording studio” for the band’s freshman album American Weekend. Since then, the group has become something pretty amazing. Waxahatchee’s sound quality may have improved, but Crutchfield and company haven’t given up that raw quality in its chord and lyrical structure that makes…

Tech News Darren Orf Jan 18 '15

Magic Leap’s Patents Are a Crazy Vision of the Augmented Reality Future

Magic Leap is one of the most intriguing secrets in augmented reality tech right now. You can piece it together from the rumors and hearsay, but questions still remain. If these recently-published patents are any indication, the Magic Leap future involves a lot of insane wearables. Posted on the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office website…

Tech News Darren Orf Jan 18 '15

What Is on Your Windows 10 Wish List?

This week is the a big one for Microsoft an its fans. The company will finally be detailing the consumer features of Windows 10 at a press event at its Redmond headquarters. We already got a healthy dose of Windows 10 during the technical preview along with a few leaks showing Cortana in action. We…

Tech News Darren Orf Jan 18 '15

This Is What Happens When Lava Meets The Sea

This is a close-up of the very newest land in Hawaii, fresh lava dripping into the sea to build out a new layer of basalt on this island volcano. The ropey texture of the flow is a consequence of its chemistry, the same geochemistry behind the slow, oozing eruptions characteristic of the tropical paradise. Top…

Tech News Mika McKinnon Jan 18 '15

Report: Apple May Be Creating a Stylus for the Rumored iPad Pro

Apple Insider reports that Apple may be considering its own stylus or iPen or Apple Pen or whatever for the upcoming iPad Pro, or is it the Air Plus? Like I said, it’s a big ole rumor party. But this rumor happens to come from Ming-Chi Kuo from KGI Securities. Yes, that Ming-Chi Kuo, the…

Tech News Darren Orf Jan 18 '15

Can You Crack One Of Car Talk‘s ‘Toughest Puzzlers’?

For years, the radio show Car Talk challenged its listeners with a weekly “Puzzler.” According to the show’s archives, this is one of the toughest Puzzlers to ever air. Can you solve it? Today’s post marks the sixteenth installment in io9’s Sunday Puzzle series. That means we’ve been at this for about four months now.…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 18 '15

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

With the holiday season well over, new apps and updates are flooding all mobile platforms. Windows Phone is going to have a huge week with Microsoft (finally) detailing the future of the mobile OS with its Wednesday Windows 10 event. But until then, hold over your mobile phone obsessions by taking a look at new,…

Tech News Darren Orf Jan 18 '15

The Trouble With Star Trek Transporters

Being a Trekkie for many years, I’m used to the cyclical fictional debates of whether a Klingon Bird-of-Prey would handedly defeat a Romulan Warbird. Don’t even get me started on Kirk versus Picard. But The Nerdist’s “Because Science” YouTube segment asks an interesting question: if you teleport somewhere, are you technically the same person on…

Tech News Darren Orf Jan 18 '15

Humanity Is In The Existential Danger Zone, Study Confirms

The Earth’s climate has always changed. All species eventually become extinct. But a new study has brought into sharp relief the fact that humans have, in the context of geological timescales, produced near instantaneous planetary-scale disruption. We are sowing the seeds of havoc on the Earth, it suggests, and the time is fast approaching when…

io9 James Dyke – The Conversation Jan 18 '15

Maybe a Crowd-Sourced Ambassador to Outer Space Isn’t the Best Idea

Welcome once again to Reading List, awesome technology and science reads tucked away in one place. Does SimCity deliver a more painful realization of our society that we’d care to admit? Is crowd-sourcing humanity’s first impression to the rest of the universe really a great idea? What will happens once machines can read our emotions?…

Tech News Darren Orf Jan 18 '15

80% Of Americans Support Mandatory Labels On Foods Containing DNA. DNA!

A recent survey conducted by the Oklahoma State University Department of Agricultural Economics found that 80.44% of respondents supported a government policy mandating labels on foods containing DNA. Not GMOs. DNA, the genetic material contained in every living thing known to science and practically every food, GMO or otherwise. Update: In light of responses to…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 18 '15

Newly discovered pictures show the everyday life of a WWII soldier

The Librarians Finale: Teamwork!

Programmable DNA Glue Can Selectively 3D-Print Natural Materials

How Seized Gadgets Fund Electronic Surveillance

Bloomberg: HTC M9 With 20MP Camera and First Smartwatch Coming March

The NSA Saw Signs That the Sony Hacks Were Coming

Bad News: Frank Darabont’s Off The Huntsman. But Wait, There’s Good News

Boo: Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen Won’t Be In X-Men: Apocalypse

Here’s Sigourney Weaver Test-Firing the Flamethrower From Alien

Waxahatchee: “Air”

Magic Leap’s Patents Are a Crazy Vision of the Augmented Reality Future

What Is on Your Windows 10 Wish List?

This Is What Happens When Lava Meets The Sea

Report: Apple May Be Creating a Stylus for the Rumored iPad Pro

Can You Crack One Of Car Talk‘s ‘Toughest Puzzlers’?

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

The Trouble With Star Trek Transporters

Humanity Is In The Existential Danger Zone, Study Confirms

Maybe a Crowd-Sourced Ambassador to Outer Space Isn’t the Best Idea

80% Of Americans Support Mandatory Labels On Foods Containing DNA. DNA!

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