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Why There Should Never, Ever Be a He-Man Movie

I am a He-Man fan. A huge one. The amount of money I’ve spent on Masters of the Universe toys, new and old, is frankly tragic. Of all my favorate franchises — Star Wars, Game of Thrones, Saga, Avengers, whatever — it is by far my favorite. So please understand I’m not saying this lightly:…

Movies Rob Bricken

Report: The Cheap Kindle Fire to Be Replaced by Cheaper Fire HD

The Kindle Fire HD is the Amazon tablet for most people. Last year, it was just $40 more than the improved-but-uh-why-would-you-buy-this-again second gen Kindle Fire 2. BGR has an unconfirmed report, though, that last year’s Fire HD is this year’s Fire is very confusing for everyone, probably. There are already reports of the new Fire…

Commerce Kyle Wagner

These photos of Shanghai’s cityscape were taken just 26 years apart

If there was any doubt about China’s explosive growth over the past two decades, this unbelievable GIF will most certainly put those suspicions to rest. The first picture, which was taken in 1987, shows Pudong, the area east of the Huangpu river. The second image, taken just last week, reveals the futuristic mega-city that is…

io9 George Dvorsky

Watch Vincent Van Gogh’s art come to life thanks to 3D animation

Artist Luca Agnani uses 3D animation and visual mapping to bring Vincent Van Gogh’s classic paintings to life. It’s almost a little spooky. [Via The Creator’s Project]

io9 Meredith Woerner

What’s a skyrmion and how it can change the world

The skyrmion is a mysterious particle that until very recently was just a theory. Now, scientists have discovered that they can use them to miniaturize a laptop hard drive to the size of a peanut using 100,000 times less power. And they will be cheap to make too. This can dramatically affect all the electronics…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

You were born with an accent

Newborn babies have local accents the moment they pop out. A study of 60 babies shows that different nationalities are born having differently accented cries. A study of the cries of 60 French and German newborns has shown that German babies have emphatic cries that trail off towards the end, and French babies give the…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Finally, an App That Saves Your Snapchats Without Telling the Sender

Snapchat really broke the mold with this whole single-serve messaging feature. Send a friend a sexy pic without the risk of anybody else seeing it? What genius! Of course some enterprising app developer was going to come along and ruin it. Snap Save is a new iOS app that lets you save all of your…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

How a Librarian Figured Out What Was Written in This Microscopic Book

The University of Iowa library has more than 4,000 miniature books in its collection. The smallest one of all, though, manages to stand out from the rest by measuring in at an itty-bitty 0.138 inches square and 0.04 inches thick. And as The Atlantic uncovered, researchers have only just found out what text this tiny…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

Seven tips to cut your food budget down without getting hungry

If you find yourself spending too much in groceries but don’t want to be hungry, don’t eat $1 menus every day. You will not give anything up or lower the quality of your food if you follow these rules. https://lifehacker.com/how-to-lower-your-food-budget-without-giving-anything-1077105045

Sploid Jesus Diaz

An elaborate 12-course meal squeezed into one can

It doesn’t look very appetizing, but designer Chris Godfrey has managed to pack a lavish medieval-style 12-course banquet into a single can. Here’s what’s inside the “All In One” can: A selection of local cheeses with sourdough bread Pickled Kobe beef with charred strawberry Ricotta ravioli with a soft egg yolk Shiitake mushroom topped with…

io9 George Dvorsky

This Multi-Camera Rig Lets Sports Fans Watch Any Angle They Want

There’s usually a talented director calling the shots at televised live events like sports or a concert, but researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute want to put some of the control in the hands of the viewer at home. They’ve developed the OmniCam360, an ultra-compact 360 degree camera weighing in at just over 30 pounds that…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Mystery particle could revolutionize personal electronics

A strange, newly discovered particle could shrink a laptop computer’s hard drive to the size of a peanut and an iPod’s drive to the size of a rice grain. The particle, called a skyrmion, is more stable and less power-hungry than its conventional, magnetic cousin. Besides storing data in ultra compact media, skyrmions could lead…

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Could Phil Coulson die again in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.?

Forget the Batman rumors — what about Superman’s arch-enemy? Disney’s John Lasseter explains the animated Marvel film Big Hero 6. A Game of Thrones costar joins Ronald D. Moore’s show Outlander. Dane De Haan talks Amazing Spider-Man 2. Check out the latest Transformers 4 set videos. Spoilers ahead! Top image from Amazing Spider-Man 2. Man…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Can You Name the Brands Behind These 20 Translated Logos?

The logo of a multinational brand needs to be recognizable in any language, which is why so much time and effort goes into developing a strong design. But it’s still fun to see what Subway’s logo looks like in Chinese, or what Pizza Hut looks like in Farsi. I collected 20 of these amazing “domesticated”…

Tech News Attila Nagy

This Is What an Undersea Data Cable Actually Looks Like

The internet doesn’t just happen; it’s served up to us by thousands of miles of physical cabling, and much of it, naturally, has to stretch under the sea in order to make it truly international. In case you’ve ever wondered, this is what one of those cables actually looks like. https://gizmodo.com/these-are-all-the-cables-that-carry-the-internet-under-5980965 When they’re not being…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

What if OS X Looked Like iOS 7?

iOS 7 hasn’t even been shipped to the public yet, but we’ve seen almost everything about it already, and it’s radically different in design aesthetic from anything Apple’s done before. It’s Jony Ive’s creation, and it’s certainly colourful—but what if Apple applied the same aesthetic to OS X as well? These stunning design concepts are…

Tech News Sam Gibbs - Gizmodo UK

This Beautiful Hubble Image Solves a 40-Year Scientific Mystery

This image, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, depicts the Magellanic Stream: a long ribbon of gas which stretches nearly halfway around our galaxy. But it also solves a 40-year mystery of where the damn thing came from, too. The image shows how the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds—two dwarf galaxies which orbit our very…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe

What It Means to Be an NSA ‘Target’

An important New York Times investigation from today reporting that the NSA “is searching the contents of vast amounts of Americans’ e-mail and text communications into and out of the country,” coupled with leaked documents published by the Guardian, seriously calls into question the accuracy of crucial statements made by government officials about NSA surveillance.…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe

How Different Countries See Each Other, According to Google

Google search suggestions are a mixed blessing—but sometimes they can prove hilarious. Like this series of locality based suggestions, which show what different countries really think of each other. Put together by Noah Veltman, this graphic relies on the variation of search suggestions by location. And it really works. Here, you can see suggestions for…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

A Size Comparison of (Almost) Everything

If you’ve always wondered how big, say, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man is relative to the Sydney Opera House, then this is the visualization for you: a size comparison of (almost) everything. Put together by sixteen-year-old deviantART user Lexinator117, this HUGE visualization compares a mixture of fictional characters and real-life objects. Lexinator117 explains his research:…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Why There Should Never, Ever Be a He-Man Movie

Report: The Cheap Kindle Fire to Be Replaced by Cheaper Fire HD

These photos of Shanghai’s cityscape were taken just 26 years apart

Watch Vincent Van Gogh’s art come to life thanks to 3D animation

What’s a skyrmion and how it can change the world

You were born with an accent

Finally, an App That Saves Your Snapchats Without Telling the Sender

How a Librarian Figured Out What Was Written in This Microscopic Book

Seven tips to cut your food budget down without getting hungry

An elaborate 12-course meal squeezed into one can

This Multi-Camera Rig Lets Sports Fans Watch Any Angle They Want

Mystery particle could revolutionize personal electronics

Could Phil Coulson die again in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.?

Can You Name the Brands Behind These 20 Translated Logos?

This Is What an Undersea Data Cable Actually Looks Like

What if OS X Looked Like iOS 7?

This Beautiful Hubble Image Solves a 40-Year Scientific Mystery

What It Means to Be an NSA ‘Target’

How Different Countries See Each Other, According to Google

A Size Comparison of (Almost) Everything

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