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Samsung Galaxy S5: Everything We Think We Know

We’re almost certainly about to see Samsung’s Galaxy S5 superphone next week, the long-awaited followup to the company’s Android flagship. With competition heating up from the likes of Motorola and HTC, will it be enough to stay near the top of the heap? Here’s what we’re expecting to see. https://gizmodo.com/every-android-phone-ranked-1468382693 Design While there wasn’t a…

Tech News Leslie Horn Feb 20 '14

A pregnant woman encounters the basilisk she defeated in her youth

What happens when a girl adventurer revisits the monsters from her past? In this brief comic, a pregnant woman decides to call upon her old foe the basilisk, and the snake is not happy. Sarah Stern wrote and drew the comic For Old Time’s Snake for a class at the Savannah College of Art and…

io9 Lauren Davis Feb 20 '14

Vacation Photos of Famous Photographers Are Better Than Yours

The New York Times Magazine has a wonderful slideshow of locations that some of the world’s best photographers go to vacation. It’s a delightful look at how creative minds approach their immediate surroundings, when not shackled by professional constraints. The post, Where the World’s Greatest Photographers Go to Get Away, features not just photos, but…

Tech News Michael Hession Feb 20 '14

10 More Viral Photos That Are Actually Total Fakes

The internet can be a tough place to distinguish fact from fiction. Who has time to fact-check all those beautiful, weird, and sometimes horrifying pictures? Well, we do. Today we have ten more images you may have seen tossed around on social media recently. And all of them are lying to you. 1) Is this…

Tech News Matt Novak Feb 20 '14

U.S. 4G Coverage Still World’s Second-Worst, Now 30% Crappier Than 2013

The network-analyzing super-wonks at OpenSignal have released their 2014 State of LTE report, and things aren’t looking good for U.S. smartphone users. Not only is our 4G LTE signal once again the second-slowest in the world; compared to last year’s report, it actually got more than 30% slower. The full report is generated from data…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich Feb 20 '14

Microsoft’s Cortana Could Combine the Best Parts of Siri and Google Now

Microsoft is late to the game when it comes to putting a digital assistant on its phones, but the wait might be worth it. Sources close to the project have revealed some of the specifics of Microsoft’s upcoming “Cortana” service to The Verge, and it could be the very best of Siri and Google Now.…

Tech News Eric Limer Feb 20 '14

22 Obsolete Technologies That People Thought Would Last Forever

We live in an era of accelerating technological change, and with it, accelerated rates of obsolescence. Here are 22 antiquated technologies that are actually quite young — and which people thought would be around for much longer than they were. 1. Folding Maps The advent of GPS has all but killed the humble printed map.…

io9 George Dvorsky Feb 20 '14

DHL Pranked UPS Into Advertising For Them

The dramatic increase of online shopping has fanned the flames of competition between shipping companies. Which is why, using thermal-activated ink, DHL figured the best way to advertise just how fast and efficient its shipping services are was to trick its competitors into doing it for them. The prank was simple and brilliant. DHL hired…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 20 '14

The White Walkers from Game of Thrones may be invading Stockholm

Or else HBO has really stepped up its viral marketing, because this obsidian dagger-filled glass case has popped up just outside the Swedish city with no explanation. HBO is denying it’s theirs, and I fell like they would be a little more subtle that to stick the “Game of Thrones” logo on the sign (it’s…

io9 Rob Bricken Feb 20 '14

Ice-Climbing Structures Are Mind-Blowing Experimental Architecture

The design and fabrication of artificial ice-climbing structures is an incredibly creative yet widely overlooked form of experimental architecture. The resulting constructions are often astonishing: ice-covered loops, ledges, branches, and towers reminiscent of the playful 1960s experiments of Archigram, yet serving as some of the most spatially interesting athletic venues in all of today’s professional…

Tech News Geoff Manaugh Feb 20 '14

The weirdest rainbow I’ve ever seen looks like a nuclear bomb

This photo may look like the beginning of a nuclear bomb explosion or a magic portal opening in the sky, but it’s a rare rainbow pileus cloud captured by Peter Lowenstein. From NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day: Pictured, behind this darker cloud, is a pileusiridescent cloud, a group of water droplets that have a…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Feb 20 '14

This New “Pure” Laser Makes Fiber Optic Networks 20x Better

Whether you’re a huge geek or a total luddite, you’ve got to be excited when scientists invent a new kind of laser, especially one that stands to replace the one we’ve been using for fiber optic communications for the last 40 years. A team of CalTech researchers did just that. Be excited. This new laser…

Physics & Chemistry Adam Clark Estes Feb 20 '14

These Frozen deleted scenes are so damn adorable

We’ve got two Frozen deleted scenes that give us lots more time with Anna, Elsa and Kristoff. Unsurprisingly, they are all completely delightful and adorable and can we all just go to Norway and build a snowman together? I totally understand why they cut the girls’ scene — it’s more severe to have them meeting…

io9 Meredith Woerner Feb 20 '14

The Joker is all smiles as a nightmarish dragon facing the Dark Knight

In a medieval fantasy version of Batman, the Joker transforms himself into a hideous dragon, laughing gas leaking from his toxic maw. But even in his new form, the Joker still remembers to grin. See the full image below. Artist Sandara created this Batman-vs.-Joker showdown. She has a number of other magnificent dragon paintings, some…

io9 Lauren Davis Feb 20 '14

NYC’s New Bathroom Clubs Will Let You Pay to Poop in Private

A new startup is betting that you can’t find a suitable public restroom to relieve yourself—and that you’ll pay top dollar for a cushy seat when the urge strikes. Posh Stow and Go is billing itself as New York’s “first members-only day storage and bathroom facility,” with memberships that allow you to pay-as-you-poo. Posh Stow…

Tech News Alissa Walker Feb 20 '14

Simple, the Alternative to Big Banks, Was Just Acquired by a Big Bank

Everybody’s favorite start up bank is no longer a startup. Simple has been acquired by BBVA, a massive multinational banking group with $820 billion in assets, for $117 million in cash. So say goodbye to your dream of future-forward, independent banking folks. Say goodbye. As companies tend to do when they’re acquired, Simple says that…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Feb 20 '14

The Incredible Flying Tanks of WWII

Given how devastatingly effective both newly-invented tank and airplane technologies proved during World War I, it was only a matter of time before enterprising military designers on both sides of the Atlantic thought to combine them into a flying Reece’s Peanut Butter Cup of armored mayhem. And they almost succeeded. Well, at least the Soviets…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Feb 20 '14

The NSA once banned Furbies as a threat to national security

Furbys are adorable and a bit obnoxious, but could they be used as fluffy little spies? The National Security Agency once banned the electronic toys because it feared that they would listen in on classified conversations. In 1999, after the Furby craze put tons of these talking toys beneath American Christmas trees, the NSA issued…

io9 Lauren Davis Feb 20 '14

The F-35 has a friendly R2-D2 on board connected to an evil HAL 9000

DefenseTech has a good summary of a recent 60 Minutes segment on the F-35, America’s most expensive combat airplane yet. The Pentagon talks about how it uses “Star Wars-level technology.” The pilots, however, aren’t so enthusiastic. RD-D2 vs HAL 9000 CBS News’ national security correspondent David Martin says that the airplane’s Autonomic Logistics Information System…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Feb 20 '14

Missouri schools may have to “alert” parents when evolution is taught

In what may be the first of its kind, a proposed bill in Missouri would require that parents be notified when evolution is being taught to their children at school. They could then pull them from the class. Critics say the bill would “eviscerate” the teaching of biology. The bill is being sponsored by State…

io9 George Dvorsky Feb 20 '14

Samsung Galaxy S5: Everything We Think We Know

A pregnant woman encounters the basilisk she defeated in her youth

Vacation Photos of Famous Photographers Are Better Than Yours

10 More Viral Photos That Are Actually Total Fakes

U.S. 4G Coverage Still World’s Second-Worst, Now 30% Crappier Than 2013

Microsoft’s Cortana Could Combine the Best Parts of Siri and Google Now

22 Obsolete Technologies That People Thought Would Last Forever

DHL Pranked UPS Into Advertising For Them

The White Walkers from Game of Thrones may be invading Stockholm

Ice-Climbing Structures Are Mind-Blowing Experimental Architecture

The weirdest rainbow I’ve ever seen looks like a nuclear bomb

This New “Pure” Laser Makes Fiber Optic Networks 20x Better

These Frozen deleted scenes are so damn adorable

The Joker is all smiles as a nightmarish dragon facing the Dark Knight

NYC’s New Bathroom Clubs Will Let You Pay to Poop in Private

Simple, the Alternative to Big Banks, Was Just Acquired by a Big Bank

The Incredible Flying Tanks of WWII

The NSA once banned Furbies as a threat to national security

The F-35 has a friendly R2-D2 on board connected to an evil HAL 9000

Missouri schools may have to “alert” parents when evolution is taught

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