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Nest Adds an Army of New Products to Its Smart Home Ecosystem

Fitness trackers. Cars. Washing machines. Lightbulbs. Cameras. Nest might only really make two products, but it’s spent the past year building up a sprawling ecosystem of devices and companies that can function in tandem with its products. Today it announced five more—as well as its acquisition of the connected home system Revolv. According to the…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Ebola Has No Escape From Emory University’s Isolation Ward

The Ebola virus has made landfall in the United States with patients popping up in both Dallas, Texas and New York City. But don’t freak out! To help contain the outbreak, the CDC relies on a handful of biocontainment isolation units to quarantine these highly infectious folks. Luckily, the iso-ward at Emory University is practically…

Health Andrew Tarantola

Batmobile Slippers: Because that Batcave Isn’t Heated

If you can muster enough courage to battle your way past the tweens into your local Hot Topic store, your act of bravery will be rewarded with a pair of plush Batmobile slippers—officially licensed from DC Comics. Based on the Batmobile design from Tim Burton’s Batman films, these $13 slippers feature a detailed print and…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Author Don DeLillo Offers His Thoughts on Taylor Swift’s ‘White Noise’

Don DeLillo, author of the famous literary novel White Noise, has supplied The Atlantic with a review of the third track from Taylor Swift’s latest album – eight seconds of static that were briefly made available to Canadian iTunes customers earlier this week. Notably, much of what DeLillo had to say about the track he’d…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Lucasfilm Is Suing The Empire Brewing Company Over Its Bock Lager

A small brewery in upstate New York has incurred the wrath of the Star Wars franchise by naming one of its signature lagers, “Strikes Bock.” Lucasfilm has filed a “notice of opposition” against Empire Brewery, when it recently tried to trademark the beer. [Image: Photo by Frederik Herregods at frederikherregods.be] “We named it ‘Strikes Bock’…

io9 Mark Strauss

Old Rich Google Man Already Beat Felix Baumgartner’s Space Jump Record

Looks like Red Bull’s wings aren’t very good at keeping people ahead of the competition. Today, Alan Eustace, a 57-year-old senior vice president at Google, broke Baumgartner’s much-heralded world altitude breaking record. He went up into the stratosphere in a helium balloon and jumped out at around 135,908 feet (Baumgartner went up a paltry 127,852…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

A Guide To The Ravenous Hellbeast That Is The Carnivorous Caterpillar

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.” So said Marie Curie, a brilliant scientist who had clearly never heard of the horrifying Hawaiian caterpillars that dine on living flesh. Here, we explore how evolution came to play this cruel joke on us all. Note: All animations feature in this…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

io9 Newsstand: Best Stories of the Week for October 20 – 25

Over on his blog Morning, Computer, Warren Ellis has a few thoughts on the state of SF magazines (mostly of the British variety) prompted by the news that the new New Worlds is now defunct. “NEW WORLDS was never a nostalgic enterprise. But, perhaps, publishing a speculative fiction magazine is. I had drinks with an…

io9 K. Tempest Bradford

Allied aircraft deliver massive bombing to destroy a single ISIS flag

The AFP is reporting (in Spanish) about the massive bombing operation over a single ISIS flag placed on a tiny, almost nonexistent hill next to the Turkish border and the Syrian city of Kobane, which ISIS and Kurdish troops are fighting for. This video was filmed from the Turkish frontier. This is what followed. Yes,…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Report: Beats Music Will Fold Into iTunes As Music Sales Plummet

The Wall Street Journal reports digital music sales in Apple’s iTunes will be down 13 to 14 percent in 2014. That’s a huge hit to the recording industry’s brightest spot. As the recording industry has flailed since illegal music downloads basically made paying for music optional, iTunes has helped slow the hemorrhaging. But after a…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

What Are Americans Most Afraid Of?

A recent survey asked 1,500 Americans what they fear most. The answers may surprise you. The nationwide survey was conducted by researchers at Chapman University, the results of which can be found here. It’s considered the first comprehensive nationwide study of what strikes fear in Americans, and it’s the first of what is planned to…

io9 George Dvorsky

Tiny Self-Driving Race Cars Don’t Need Your Help To Avoid Crashing

The tiny RC toy trend started with Tomy’s Bit Char-G cars almost a decade ago, and over the years they’ve not only gotten smaller, they’ve also finally gotten rid of the need for human intervention. Part of Tomy’s Choro-Q line, the new Q-eyes cars feature left and right sensors located under the headlights to detect…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

WB/DC Actually Wants A Female Director For The Wonder Woman Movie

Well, this is a pleasant surprise. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. is looking specifically for a female director to take the reins of the solo Wonder Woman movie, currently due in 2017. Of course, there’s a problem in that there aren’t a ton of female directors out there, but that means giving a…

io9 Rob Bricken

ATLAS Is Getting Faster and Faster At Simple Human Tasks

Oh sure, we all pointed and laughed at ATLAS when it was first revealed, stumbling over simple obstacles. But it was because deep down we all knew that like our original iPods, it would quickly evolve into something far more capable. And here we are, just over a year later, and ATLAS is already tackling…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Top 100 Science Fiction-Themed Songs Of All Time

Whether it be rock or rap, metal or country, no genre of music has been left untouched by the influence of science fiction. Here are the 100 greatest songs about science fiction. A couple of years ago we presented the top 100 essential albums for science fiction fans. Now it’s time to turn our attention…

io9 George Dvorsky

The KitchenAid You Deserve, A New Pair of Jeans, and More Deals

You’ve always wanted a KitchenAid, and today, they’re only $210 brand new from Best Buy. You even get to pick from five different colors. [KitchenAid 4.5 Quart Stand Mixer, $210] Today’s Amazon Gold Box offers Garmin Vivofit fitness bands for $100, or $30 off their usual price. While it’s not a perfect product, it offers…

Tech News Shep McAllister

75 Years of Marvel, Your Beautiful New Alarm Clock, and More Deals

75 years. 700 pages. 2000 images. Hardcover. $85 or more off MSRP. [ 75 Years of Marvel: From the Golden Age to the Silver Screen] Monoprice’s DJ-style over-ears were already one of the best deals in headphones, but they’re on sale today direct from the source, with free shipping. [Premium Hi-Fi DJ Style Over-the-Ear Pro…

io9 Shane Roberts

So Far the Future of Virtual Reality Is Just Lame Ads

Since the 1980s, we’ve been dreaming about the resplendent future of virtual reality; one day, headgear like the Oculus Rift will be used to pour immersive entertainment into our brains. No part of this dream includes corporate sponsors shellacking our vision with brand messages. But now that the technology is on the cusp of the…

Social Media Mario Aguilar

Crowdfund gorgeous Space posters, fantasy Map creation and More!

We’re back with another look at neat crowdfunding projects, and this week’s got everything from a poster series dedicated to NASA’s robotic spacecraft, a mapping tool for fantasy writers and tabletop gamers alike, and even a Calendar dedicated to the badass Women of cosplay. Header Image Credit: The Historic Robotic Spacecraft Poster Series Thistil Mistil…

Tech News James Whitbrook

Comet Siding Spring and Mars In One Beautiful Image

Ah, now this was the beautiful view we were waiting for! When comet Siding Spring grazed past Mars last weekend, the robots hid while trying to sneak a peek. The first images of the comet’s nucleus taken were historic, but it takes the Hubble Space Telescope to make it beautiful. https://gizmodo.com/martian-robots-brace-for-close-encounter-with-comet-sid-1648159011 https://gizmodo.com/heres-what-comet-siding-spring-looked-like-from-mars-1648975616 https://gizmodo.com/all-satellites-and-rovers-have-checked-in-as-happy-and-1648459331 Top image:…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

Nest Adds an Army of New Products to Its Smart Home Ecosystem

Ebola Has No Escape From Emory University’s Isolation Ward

Batmobile Slippers: Because that Batcave Isn’t Heated

Author Don DeLillo Offers His Thoughts on Taylor Swift’s ‘White Noise’

Lucasfilm Is Suing The Empire Brewing Company Over Its Bock Lager

Old Rich Google Man Already Beat Felix Baumgartner’s Space Jump Record

A Guide To The Ravenous Hellbeast That Is The Carnivorous Caterpillar

io9 Newsstand: Best Stories of the Week for October 20 – 25

Allied aircraft deliver massive bombing to destroy a single ISIS flag

Report: Beats Music Will Fold Into iTunes As Music Sales Plummet

What Are Americans Most Afraid Of?

Tiny Self-Driving Race Cars Don’t Need Your Help To Avoid Crashing

WB/DC Actually Wants A Female Director For The Wonder Woman Movie

ATLAS Is Getting Faster and Faster At Simple Human Tasks

The Top 100 Science Fiction-Themed Songs Of All Time

The KitchenAid You Deserve, A New Pair of Jeans, and More Deals

75 Years of Marvel, Your Beautiful New Alarm Clock, and More Deals

So Far the Future of Virtual Reality Is Just Lame Ads

Crowdfund gorgeous Space posters, fantasy Map creation and More!

Comet Siding Spring and Mars In One Beautiful Image

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