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Keep Dangerous Animals At Bay With This 950,000V Hiking Stick Stun Gun

If you’re on a hike and come across a predator that’s determined to protect its young or its turf, you’re not going to have much luck scaring it off with whistles or loud noises. You need a deterrent that’s a little more convincing, like a 950,000-volt stun gun on the end of a 56-inch hiking…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Deals: Fox Searchlight Film Set, LED Bulbs, MacBook Storage Expansion

The Fox Searchlight 20th Anniversary Collection packs in 20 critically acclaimed movies in one pretty package. All Blu-ray, a few special editions, and an Amazon-exclusive inclusion of Once. It’s also $170 off MSRP today with your preorder, bringing the set down to $130, or $6.50 a movie. [Fox Searchlight 20th Anniversary Collection] 127 Hours 28…

Tech News Shep McAllister

New Apple Patent Shows Off Smartypants “Siri for Mac”

Given the gradual blurring of linesbetween iOS and OS X, Siri for Mac is a pretty safe bet. Now, a new patent filing details what the desktop version of the voice assistant might look like. As previous patents have also suggested, it’s going to be a lot more extensive than on mobile. The patent for…

Tech News Leslie Horn

You Can Compress This Water Bottle Into a Tiny Puck When It’s Empty

Most of your travel accessories can be compacted for easy storage when they’re empty: your duffel bag, your toiletries case, even your sleeping bag. So why does your water bottle waste so much space after you’ve drained it? It shouldn’t, and with Hydrapak’s new collapsible Stash bottle, it never will again. The 750 ML bottles…

Health Andrew Liszewski

How Pigeon Bones Forced Us To Rethink Neanderthal Cognition

We may think of pigeons as “flying rats,” but research published today in the journal Scientific Reports suggests that their wild counterparts were an important source of nutrition for some Neanderthals. Header photo: Ashik Musicroom/Wikimedia Commons

io9 Jason G. Goldman

Swimming From Alcatraz to Shore With a GoPro on My Head

On July 20th, I rode in a cab from my apartment to San Francisco’s Aquatic Park; struggled into a wetsuit; took a ferry to Alcatraz; jumped off the boat into the Bay; and swam the mile-and-a-half back to shore. I also wore a GoPro on my head for good measure. Here’s what it was like.…

Tech News Jordan Kushins

Clickhole or Die: The Fight Over ‘Sponsored Content’ Is 150 Years Old

Sponsored content, native advertising, advertorials. Maybe better to call it what it is: media content, paid for by advertisers, produced to look like news. Whether you think it’s ethical or not, we need to first acknowledge one important fact. The fight over this kind of advertising is about 150 years old. This past Sunday, John…

Tech News Matt Novak

Vizio Just Recalled 245,000 TVs at Risk for “Tipping Over”

Do you own a 39- or 42-inch E-Series Vizio flat screen? Does your flat screen keep falling on its face? Then we have some good news for you, friends: Vizio just recalled about 245,000 of its TVs due to a “risk of tip over.” According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Vizio has already had…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

An Oscar-Nominated Short Film About The World’s Unluckiest Undertakers

This Way Up was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Animated Short Film, but if you haven’t yet gotten a chance to see this fun short, give it a watch. A pair of undertakers try to deliver a body to a graveyard, but everything goes wrong along the way. This Way Up was directed…

io9 Lauren Davis

This Fake Lens Is Actually a Vacuum That Sucks Dust Out of Your DSLR

If there’s one downside to a digital SLR that every photographer has to deal with—at least every photographer who doesn’t just stick with their kit lens—it’s dust getting inside the camera and on the sensor. Attempting to clean the inside of a DSLR often feels like performing delicate surgery, but this faux lens promises to…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Shooting Challenge: Super Duper Moon

This Sunday, the moon will appear in more splendor than it will for another 20 years. Yes, some of you already sent in photos of this summer’s super moons, but that old moon? Pfft. Not as impressive as this month’s moon! So for this week’s Shooting Challenge, don’t miss the opportunity to capture the moon…

Tech News Mark Wilson

No, Apollo 11 astronauts didn’t go through customs after splashdown

Government bureaucracy, am I right? Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins get out of their ship after going to the moon, and the first thing they have to do is fill out some pesky customs paperwork. It’s a sign of our times, right? Nope—it’s an urban legend. As NASA History explained recently (and as our friends over…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

How Big Data Is Helping Snuff Out California’s Wildfire Epidemic

California is currently in the grips of a major drought, one of the worst of this generation. The region’s lack of precipitation has not only hindered California’s agricultural industry, it’s also turned our forests into tinder. But researchers at the University of California San Diego have a potential solution: just wire up all the trees…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Why You Always Wake Up Early After A Night Of Drinking

Lots of people have a little booze before bed to help them get to sleep — but while a night cap may help in the dozing-off department, too much alcohol can actually do a number on the overall quality of your shuteye. Let’s take a look at some of the important differences between drunk sleep…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

The Flash Trailer Shows Barry Allen’s Powers In Action

Want to see what Barry Allen’s going to look like zipping around town with his new superpowers? This latest trailer shows every single Flash-in-action camera angle available—including what can only be called a Flash Cam POV angle. See what it’s like to be the Flash!

io9 Meredith Woerner

Two more summer Lego movies are coming

Hollywood Reporter just got word that Warners is planning two more Lego movies to open the summer season. That’s great! We’ll just have to wait until Memorial Day 2018 and 2019, respectively, to see them. As we previously heard, the second Lego movie will hit theaters on May 26, 2017. Further installments will come on…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

Here’s How to Explore the Moon and Mars in Google Maps

Everyone’s favorite lil’ rover, Curiosity, has now been rolling around Mars for two years. So it’s high time Google Maps got in on the action—and now, to celebrate the anniversary, it’s launched Maps for Mars and the Moon. Getting pin man into space is pretty easy, if you follow a few steps. It’s simple, as…

Space & Spaceflight Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

TMNT Movie Makers Reveal Ninja Turtle Easter Eggs You Should Look For

We sat down with TMNT director Jonathan Liebesman and producers Brad Fuller and Andrew Form to talk turtles, and uncovered a whole lot—just a ton—about pizza product placement, baby turtles and which non-turtle mutants are in the film. Plus, find out what TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman himself contributed to the new film. Why is right…

io9 Meredith Woerner

What’s The Difference Between Epic Fantasy And Sword-And-Sorcery?

As an editor at Pyr Books, Lou Anders has published tons of fantasy novels of all stripes. But now he’s crafted his own fantasy novel, Frostborn, in the sword-and-sorcery tradition that goes back to Conan. But what’s the difference between “epic fantasy” and “sword and sorcery”? Anders explains. Nothing will land you an ax in…

io9 Lou Anders

How To Disable Annotations and Pop-Ups on YouTube Videos

File this under “simple settings you might not be aware of.” If you’re frustrated by the “Click here to subscribe!” pop-ups and other annotations that clutter up many YouTube videos, you can quickly disable them from the site options page. You’ll need to be signed in for the changes to take effect. Click on the…

Gadgets David Nield

Keep Dangerous Animals At Bay With This 950,000V Hiking Stick Stun Gun

Deals: Fox Searchlight Film Set, LED Bulbs, MacBook Storage Expansion

New Apple Patent Shows Off Smartypants “Siri for Mac”

You Can Compress This Water Bottle Into a Tiny Puck When It’s Empty

How Pigeon Bones Forced Us To Rethink Neanderthal Cognition

Swimming From Alcatraz to Shore With a GoPro on My Head

Clickhole or Die: The Fight Over ‘Sponsored Content’ Is 150 Years Old

Vizio Just Recalled 245,000 TVs at Risk for “Tipping Over”

An Oscar-Nominated Short Film About The World’s Unluckiest Undertakers

This Fake Lens Is Actually a Vacuum That Sucks Dust Out of Your DSLR

Shooting Challenge: Super Duper Moon

No, Apollo 11 astronauts didn’t go through customs after splashdown

How Big Data Is Helping Snuff Out California’s Wildfire Epidemic

Why You Always Wake Up Early After A Night Of Drinking

The Flash Trailer Shows Barry Allen’s Powers In Action

Two more summer Lego movies are coming

Here’s How to Explore the Moon and Mars in Google Maps

TMNT Movie Makers Reveal Ninja Turtle Easter Eggs You Should Look For

What’s The Difference Between Epic Fantasy And Sword-And-Sorcery?

How To Disable Annotations and Pop-Ups on YouTube Videos

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