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This Slim Toaster Has Clever Heated Pockets To Keep Your Toast Warm

Here’s the trade-off: if you want a slim toaster that doesn’t gobble up too much counter space, you’re going to be limited to how much toast you can make. But the Easy Toaster from Russel Hobbs incorporates a nice workaround. You can only toast two slices of bread at one time, but a pair of…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

What Are the Best Tech Support One-Liners Your Parents Have Asked You?

I’m at my parents’ house for the weekend. Loosely translated, I’m doing some minor tech support for the next few days. My mother just implored: Siri now hates me. Can you help me? Sure, mom. Most of you have experienced something similar. If you’re of a certain age or have at least a little knowledge…

Tech News Leslie Horn

First Look at Game of Bones, the X-Rated Version of Westeros [SFW!]

We’ve got a long wait until Game of Thrones returns next March… but fear not! Episodes of Game of Bones, the porn parody from director Lee Roy Myers, will start appearing on the Web in just a couple of weeks. (Including a female Joffrey!) We’ve got the first exclusive teaser and cast photos, plus an…

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Runtastic’s New App Goes Straight For the Abs

You may be familiar with Runtastic’s workout app that’s primarily geared toward running. It’s one of the most advanced running apps out there, with interval training and all kinds of metrics. But today the company is shifting its focus away from your legs and honing in on your mid-section. Runtastic Six Pack is, as you’d…

Tech News Brent Rose

LIFE unveils unpublished photos of pioneering astronaut Scott Carpenter

NASA legend Scott Carpenter – a member of America’s original Mercury Seven – died yesterday at the age of 88, after suffering a recent stroke. Today, LIFE Magazine marked his passing by unveiling a trove of rare photographs showcasing Carpenter’s public and private life. Above: Astronaut Scott Carpenter and kids, 1962 // Ralph Morse—Time &…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

This Bronze Candle Will Burn Forever and Never Melt Away

Given how important it’s been to our development, mankind will always be drawn to open flames. But if you’re tired of buying tea light candles in bulk for a little bit of accent lighting, Fabien Gerlier’s Caviar might be better suited to adding accent lighting to your home. Made of sintered bronze, the lamp stays…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Biologists Deliberately Hold Back Details on Deadly New Toxin

For the first time in over 40 years, scientists have discovered a new form of the toxin responsible for botulism. But they’re keeping many of the details about it a secret for fear that it could be turned into a deadly bioweapon — prompting some scientists to warn that this action can only hold further…

io9 George Dvorsky

Google’s Going to Start Sticking Your Face and Name in Ads

This was bound to happen. Following Facebook’s highly controversial attempts to make social endorsements ubiquitous on the site, Google just announced a Terms of Service update that will enable the company to use your name, photo and endorsements in its advertising network. So how does that make you feel? Google obviously wants you to feel…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Random Viral Video Blasts an 8-Year-Old Kanye West Song to the Top 20

A few weeks ago, Marina Shifrin made a YouTube video to tell her boss she was quitting. Shifrin’s resignation went viral, granting her 15-minutes of inter-fame and the possibility of a future job. Good for her! But the video has also given an unlikely second life to its Kanye West soundtrack. “Gone,” from Yeezy’s 2005…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Vampire Academy is actually A LOT funnier than we expected

The biggest draw for the latest vampire movie isn’t the hot young things starring it it, it’s the two middle-aged Waters Brothers. The director from Mean Girls and writer of Heathers combined their powers to steal the thunder from the baby vamps on stage at New York Comic-Con. And thank god for it. Based on…

Movies Meredith Woerner

11 Most Prolific Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors of All Time

When you discover a new favorite author, you want to dive in and read all of his or her works — but sometimes, that means a paltry stack of five or six books. And then there are some authors whose output would take years to read. Here are the 11 most prolific science fiction and…

io9 Emily Stamm and Charlie Jane Anders

A Free App Can Save Your iPhone 5C From Looking Hideous In Its Case

If you snatched up the colorful iPhone 5C and its perforated case before you realized what an eyesore it is, there’s now a cheap and simple solution to the problem. The developers at LunarLincoln have just released a free app called CaseCollage that lets you create and print an insert that fills all those cheese…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Bob Orci is reportedly talking to CBS about a new Star Trek TV series

Take this with a reasonably sized grain of salt, but Sky News Entertainment reporter Joe Michalczuk says that Star Trek movie co-writer and producer Roberto Orci has discussed bringing the franchise back to TV with CBS. On the other hand, Michalczuk says Orci told him this directly, which is much better than coming from an…

io9 Rob Bricken

Sneak Peek of SimCity: Cities of Tomorrow

Last night, Gizmodo got a sneak peek at the new SimCity: Cities of Tomorrow expansion pack due out next month. The eye-popping visuals of the relaunch were covered widely, immediately making a game as easy to discuss for its many frustrations as for its design advances, and we were thus keen to learn how Cities…

Tech News Geoff Manaugh and Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

This remarkable sand sculpture will make your face melt

Behold “Bleeding,” an absolutely incredible sand sculpture by Quebec City-based artist Guy-Olivier Deveau. It’s so freakishly good it makes us not want to pick up a shovel and pail ever again. Deveau’s piece finished third at the recently concluded Sandcastle Days 2013 in South Padre Island, Texas. Which makes me wonder what the two other…

io9 George Dvorsky

More People Would Camp If All Trailers Had Home Theaters

Heading into the great outdoors is supposed to be about getting away from it all. And for the most part, the campers and trailers from Germany’s Dethleffs let you do just that, and in relative comfort. But at the Dusseldorf Caravan show the company showed off its Mini Movie Campy concept; a portable home theater…

Movies Andrew Liszewski

Tom Hiddleston’s impression of Owen Wilson as Loki is surreally fun

I don’t know why someone would ask Tom Hiddleston to do an impression of Owen Wilson as Loki in from The Avengers, but I do know the internet is a better place now because of it. By the gods, could this man get any more likable?

io9 Rob Bricken

Is This Mysterious Space-Splosion Creating Gravity in Real Life?

OK, by this point we all know Gravity was beautiful and terrifying and, mercifully, complete fiction. But scary clouds of space debris are real. There’s one floating up there right now—a possible missile explosion—and it’s a debris cloud of mystery. The mystery started about six hours ago, when Luca Parmitano, an astronaut currently on the…

Space & Spaceflight Eric Limer

Another remarkable example of how smart elephants are

Elephants are widely regarded as one of the world’s most intelligent creatures, able to use tools, show grief and exhibit remarkable memory. New research now shows African elephants can do something no other wild animal has been shown to do: They can understand human pointing gestures without any kind of training. When someone looks and…

io9 Joseph Bennington-Castro

Zero Charisma is an awkward but honest love letter to nerds

Upon seeing the latest trailer for Zero Charisma, I worried that it was laughing at nerds, not with them. I am happy to report this is not the case. Zero Charisma is a film about nerds for nerds (and presumably by nerds), to the point where I’m not sure how much “normal” audiences would get…

Movies Rob Bricken

This Slim Toaster Has Clever Heated Pockets To Keep Your Toast Warm

What Are the Best Tech Support One-Liners Your Parents Have Asked You?

First Look at Game of Bones, the X-Rated Version of Westeros [SFW!]

Runtastic’s New App Goes Straight For the Abs

LIFE unveils unpublished photos of pioneering astronaut Scott Carpenter

This Bronze Candle Will Burn Forever and Never Melt Away

Biologists Deliberately Hold Back Details on Deadly New Toxin

Google’s Going to Start Sticking Your Face and Name in Ads

Random Viral Video Blasts an 8-Year-Old Kanye West Song to the Top 20

Vampire Academy is actually A LOT funnier than we expected

11 Most Prolific Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors of All Time

A Free App Can Save Your iPhone 5C From Looking Hideous In Its Case

Bob Orci is reportedly talking to CBS about a new Star Trek TV series

Sneak Peek of SimCity: Cities of Tomorrow

This remarkable sand sculpture will make your face melt

More People Would Camp If All Trailers Had Home Theaters

Tom Hiddleston’s impression of Owen Wilson as Loki is surreally fun

Is This Mysterious Space-Splosion Creating Gravity in Real Life?

Another remarkable example of how smart elephants are

Zero Charisma is an awkward but honest love letter to nerds

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