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A Rainbow USB Cable With Every Charging Adapter You Need—Also Nokia

It may seem a little opulent, but a lot of us won’t leave home with at least our smartphone—maybe even two—and a tablet. And eventually one of them is going to need a battery boost, so instead of carrying charging cables and adapters for every single device, toss this single colorful USB adapter in your…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Why anti-vaxxers might be creating a world of more dangerous viruses

In science fiction, we see all kinds of nightmare viruses that evolve immunity to vaccinations. The scary part? It could actually happen in real life, especially if anti-vaxxers encourage people not to get vaccinated. Populations with pockets of non-vaccinators are more likely to evolve vaccine-resistant viruses than populations where everybody gets a vaccination. Viruses are…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Will Disney ever release the pre-Special Edition Star Wars movies?

Happy new year, folks! I wish I could tell you what year I’m in, but to tell the truth after our smartphones died and people stopped making calendars, we post-apocalyptic survivors kind of lost track of dates. So for New Year’s Eve, we all kind of get together and pick an evening and get really,…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken

Spidey gets sassy in the special New Year’s Eve trailer

In case you had other things to do than watch for new Amazing Spider-Man 2 footage on New Year’s Eve, here it is. And’s all about the Spider-Man/Electro Times Square Showdown. Which, given the holiday and the venue, makes sense. Where the previous trailer showcased a bunch of plots and characters, the footage shown on…

Trailers Katharine Trendacosta

This Roomba-Riding Baby Is the Perfect Way to Start 2014

We here at Gizmodo enjoy a rich, vibrant history of tiny creatures riding Roombas. So naturally, we can think of no better way to welcome Baby New Year than with an actual baby. Riding a Roomba. Straight into 2014 and into our hearts. Our clean, dust-free hearts. [@hellogiggle via Kyle Wagner] https://gizmodo.com/turtle-on-roomba-5534458

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

The First American Rocket Flight Was an Advertising Stunt

Chuck Yeager shattered the sound barrier in the Bell X-1, and the X-15 was perhaps the world’s first spaceship. But these fabulous machines hardly sprang into being from nothing. They were the products of a long evolution of rocket-propelled aircraft, whose strangest episode may have come when the very first American rocketed into the skies…

io9 Ron Miller

We Have the First Weather Forecast for a Super-Earth

Our galaxy is filled with massive planets known as super-Earths. But what these planets are like has been anyone’s guess. Now, for the first time, astronomers have determined that a super-Earth 42 light years away is incredibly cloudy – and that could affect our search for life on these potentially habitable worlds. Super-Earths are exoplanets…

io9 Joseph Bennington-Castro

The Last Airbender movie tie-in comic is surprisingly worth your time

So this Last Airbender movie tie-in comic was recommended over at the Avatar Parallels tumblr, and it’s legitimately good. But before every Avatar fan and M. Night Shyamalan hater gets up in arms, let me explain why. Aside from the characters’ resemblance to their movie counterparts (Iroh has some serious dreadlocks), this prequel comic does…

Movies Jason Krell

I just don’t get tired of seeing awesome photos of rocket launches

I love rocket launches photos, especially when they are as awesome as this photo by Pat Corkery, featured by the US Air Force. The 45th Space Wing successfully launched a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the second Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-2) satellite for the U.S. Navy July 9, 2013, at Cape Canaveral…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Can Lego Batman survive this massive, animated Joker’s Funhouse?

Good lord. Maybe this massive Lego set doesn’t have quite the beauty of the Lego Rivendell we recently showed you, but what it lacks in artistry is more than makes up for in animatronics and a massive assortment of Bat-villains. It was built by Paul “Brickbaron” Hetherington for the last Brickcon, and understandably won him…

io9 Rob Bricken

This pickup truck is made of ice and you can actually drive it

Behold the first self-propelled ice sculpture ever—a truck made of ice that actually works! It’s a real truck, using 11,000 pounds of ice over a regular truck chassis complete with engine and electrical system. Check out the videos to see how they built it—and how it melted. The truck ran for 1.6 kilometers at about…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

The first photo from Guardians of the Galaxy looks unbelievably badass

Dwayne Johnson could be starring in a DC Comics movie… but which one? There’s a hint that Paramount is already preparing for Transformers 5 and 6. Katie Cassidy doesn’t think Felicity is a challenge for Laurel on Arrow. And Mark Pellegrino theorizes about the future of Jedikiah on Tomorrow People. Spoilers now! Top image: Guardians…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Polar Bear! The 4 Best Places to Take a Frigid Dip This New Year’s Day

It’s New Year’s morning—you’ve got a champagne hangover and half an ill-advised Meat Lover’s pizza on your nightstand. What could possibly make this day better? For some, it’s jumping into an ice-fringed ocean. But why, you ask? In many cities, the annual polar bear plunge is a centuries-old civic tradition, a large-scale display of collective…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Welcome 2014 with this awesome movie trailer mashup

With cunning use of cuts and music, Mark Brandon’s got us all excited for this year’s movies. Everything’s going to be epic. Even the Muppets. Actually, especially the Muppets. With the exception of Maybe 22 Jump Street, is amazing how well all of these trailers cut together. Maybe it’s because so many of them are…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

4.6 Million Snapchat User Names and Phone Numbers Leaked (Check Yours)

Oh dear. In an inauspicious start to 2014 for both Snapchat and its users, a website appears to have published user name and phone number information for 4.6 million accounts. The leaked user info from SnapchatDB matches phone numbers to user names, and was in retrospect probably inevitable. Just a week ago, a group of…

Privacy & Security Brian Barrett

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: All the Way

Happy 2014 everybody! Now take a tip from famed poet Charles Bukowski and stop half-assing your way through those new years resolutions.

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Looking Back at 2013 with io9!

Happy New Year! | Just one of the beautiful space images that artist Ron Miller contributed to io9 in 2013. Download this image as a wallpaper here. The Best and Worst Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies of 2013 This was a good year to argue about movies. A lot of films inspired powerful reactions, either…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

How people in the movies celebrate New Year’s Eve

Happy New Year everybody! Or well, almost. Or maybe, already (depending on where and when you read this). Either way, stay safe in your celebrations but have as much fun as you possibly can because it’ll be your last chance for the year. The clock is ticking! If you need inspiration on how to get…

Sploid Casey Chan

New discovery reveals 2100 could be a “catastrophic” year

A new study on environmental changes suggests that our future may be warmer than we thought — 4 degrees C warmer, to be exact. That’s how much hotter the planet will be in 2100, as a result of changes in cloud cover. And this could prove catastrophic for human life. Over at the Guardian, Damian…

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Is this the TV roster we’ll see in 2014?

With 2014 literally around the corner, we’ve been making predictions about what the year ahead could bring. And, after peering deep into the darkness of our blank television screens, we have some ideas about just what we might see on TV in the next twelve months. https://gizmodo.com/make-a-prediction-about-2014-1491864459 Commenter Area51Comics sketched out this possible future for…

Television Ria Misra

A Rainbow USB Cable With Every Charging Adapter You Need—Also Nokia

Why anti-vaxxers might be creating a world of more dangerous viruses

Will Disney ever release the pre-Special Edition Star Wars movies?

Spidey gets sassy in the special New Year’s Eve trailer

This Roomba-Riding Baby Is the Perfect Way to Start 2014

The First American Rocket Flight Was an Advertising Stunt

We Have the First Weather Forecast for a Super-Earth

The Last Airbender movie tie-in comic is surprisingly worth your time

I just don’t get tired of seeing awesome photos of rocket launches

Can Lego Batman survive this massive, animated Joker’s Funhouse?

This pickup truck is made of ice and you can actually drive it

The first photo from Guardians of the Galaxy looks unbelievably badass

Polar Bear! The 4 Best Places to Take a Frigid Dip This New Year’s Day

Welcome 2014 with this awesome movie trailer mashup

4.6 Million Snapchat User Names and Phone Numbers Leaked (Check Yours)

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: All the Way

Looking Back at 2013 with io9!

How people in the movies celebrate New Year’s Eve

New discovery reveals 2100 could be a “catastrophic” year

Is this the TV roster we’ll see in 2014?

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A Rainbow USB Cable With Every Charging Adapter You Need—Also Nokia

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Spidey gets sassy in the special New Year’s Eve trailer

This Roomba-Riding Baby Is the Perfect Way to Start 2014

The First American Rocket Flight Was an Advertising Stunt

We Have the First Weather Forecast for a Super-Earth

The Last Airbender movie tie-in comic is surprisingly worth your time

I just don’t get tired of seeing awesome photos of rocket launches

Can Lego Batman survive this massive, animated Joker’s Funhouse?

This pickup truck is made of ice and you can actually drive it

The first photo from Guardians of the Galaxy looks unbelievably badass

Polar Bear! The 4 Best Places to Take a Frigid Dip This New Year’s Day

Welcome 2014 with this awesome movie trailer mashup

4.6 Million Snapchat User Names and Phone Numbers Leaked (Check Yours)

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: All the Way

Looking Back at 2013 with io9!

How people in the movies celebrate New Year’s Eve

New discovery reveals 2100 could be a “catastrophic” year

Is this the TV roster we’ll see in 2014?

Forget Shokz, Anker Pushes Soundcore AeroClip Open-Ear Earbuds to an All-Time Low in the Final Hours of Amazon’s Spring Sale

Google Pixel 10 Pro Gets Cleared Out at a Record Low, Now Even Cheaper Than AirPods Pro With Trade-In

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