Latest

The Galaxy Note 3 Has a Hidden Tiny Screen Mode For Your Tiny Hands

If, like many of us, your hands are too small to to comfortably use the Galaxy Note 3’s giant 5.7-inch display, you’re in luck. Android Central has uncovered a hidden tiny screen mode for your tiny baby dwarf hands. It may look a little silly, but tiny screen mode is actually pretty darn useful. To…

Tech News Leslie Horn Oct 2 '13

A Starry Mural That Hums When You Touch It

“Do Not Touch” is a bummer of a directive to give to curious kids. So when designer Scott Garner was selected for a Tough Art residency at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, he opted to create something that encouraged engagement with the piece itself, as well as with the people surrounding it. Garner describes his…

Tech News Jordan Kushins Oct 2 '13

Edgar Wright gets to work on Ant-Man, tweets a look at the suit

Looks like Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man is finally getting started! The director tweeted the above picture from the set, along with a peek at the new Ant-Man suit, which looks a bit upgraded from the one in that test footage shown at Comic-Con. Now the next question is: Who’s in the suit? Okay, the answer to…

io9 Rob Bricken Oct 2 '13

Will we be living in city-states in the near future?

As we shift away from fossil fuels, there will be a few cultural changes that you might not expect. For one thing, political and economic power will become focused in cities rather than regions or states. That’s what energy expert Joe Browder says in an intriguing essay. Image by Jake Murray Browder, who consults with…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 2 '13

You Can Now Manage Diabetes With a Wearable, Artificial Pancreas

We’ve been relying on artificial insulin injections for diabetes management for over 30 years now—which is practically ancient in modern medicine terms. But now, the FDA (presumably pre-shutdown) has approved an artificial, wearable pancreas that may finally kick all those painful insulin injections to the curb. Made by Minneapolis-based medical device company Medtronic, the palm-sized…

Health Ashley Feinberg Oct 2 '13

No, Extreme Human Longevity Won’t Destroy the Planet

It’s only a matter of time before humanity solves the aging problem. And resistance to radical life extension has already begun, driven by fears of overpopulation and the exhaustion of our planet’s resources. Here’s why the critics are wrong. Top image: “Chi-Town” by Stefan Morell. Make no mistake, it’ll take us a long, long time…

io9 George Dvorsky Oct 2 '13

This massive repository of space porn will devour your afternoon

NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory is famous for retrieving some truly remarkable images of the Universe. Now, the observatory has launched an interactive, all-sky visualization that puts 14 years’ worth of imagery of the cosmos right at your fingertips. Above: “RCW 86: All Eyes on Oldest Recorded Supernova,” released October 26, 2011 You’ll need to head…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Oct 2 '13

Feds Seize Silk Road, Everybody’s Favorite Illegal Drug Website

Once upon a time, you could sign on to Silk Road and buy everything from LSD to Moon Rock molly with Bitcoin. That time is now over because the FBI along with a few other federal agencies have seized the domain and shutdown the drug-dealing site. The only question is, what took them so long?…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Oct 2 '13

A Projector Camera That Adds Wacky Animations Can’t Just Be for Kids

Photography is a lovely hobby for adults who’ve developed the requisite patience to wait for the perfect shot. But for kids? Not so much. They demand more instant gratification, so Hasbro has created the Showcam, a digital camera targeted at kids that lets them add effects and hilarious animations to photos, and even project them…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Oct 2 '13

Incredible examples of ancient writing found in lost city in Iraq

Often when archaeologists find a lost city or civilization, they have to puzzle out what life was like there based on buildings and objects like pots and weapons. But the researchers who recently excavated the kingdom of Idu, which is over 5,000 years old, got lucky. They found some written records. Like many ancient cities…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 2 '13

This Massive Cargo Ship Will Harness the Wind With Its Hull

It doesn’t matter how efficient we make their engines or how many solar panels we install on their decks, the world’s largest cargo ships—those water-bound leviathans on which international trade depends—will require massive amounts of fuel for the foreseeable future. However, this conceptual super-carrier could potentially save billions of barrels of petrol every year just…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Oct 2 '13

What Moving an Entire Town Was Supposed to Look Like In the Future

Back in 1900, the German chocolate company Hildebrands included with their chocolates some promotional postcards with illustrations of what the year 2000 might look like. The cards featured personal flying machines, moving sidewalks, and even machines that would help move entire city blocks. Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan has the fascinating story of six towns that were more…

Tech News Matt Novak Oct 2 '13

These face blends of the classic and new Star Trek crews are amazing

Reddit user ThatNordicGuy blended the faces of the Star Trek casts from the original series and the new movies to create the ultimate Enterprise crew, and the results are mindblowingly awesome. I ask — nay, demand — that these hybrids be genetically cloned and cast in all future Star Trek endeavors. Here’s the rest of…

io9 Rob Bricken Oct 2 '13

NYT: The NSA Tested Out a Plan To Collect Tons of Phone Location Data

According to a report by the New York Times, the NSA tested a system to collect location data from American cellphones in bulk back in 2010 and 2011, before ultimately tabling any plans to roll it out. For now, anyway. Information about the project was declassified by Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper, but…

Tech News Eric Limer Oct 2 '13

How a Porsche, a Meteorite, and $4 Million in Gold Ended Up In a Museum

It’s not uncommon to see $4 million worth of art in a museum. It’s less common to see $4 million worth of solid gold bricks in a museum. It’s called Tower of Power, and it will require a 24/7 security guard as long as it remains at the New Museum as part of a retrospective…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 2 '13

Best selling spy novel writer Tom Clancy dies age 66

American writer and Ronald Reagan fan Tom Clancy has died today. Clancy was the author of many literary and cinema blockbusters, including The Hunt for Red October. His Cold War novels have probably been in every beach and pool chair in the planet.

Sploid Jesus Diaz Oct 2 '13

Report: The Next Fitbit Will Also Be a Watch

The Verge has obtained some purported information on the next Fitbit fitness tracker. The follow-up to the Flex supposedly called the Force, and it will apparently work as an actual watch this time around. Additionally, the arm band will be partially water-resistant, have a physical button that lets you scroll through features, and have an…

Tech News Leslie Horn Oct 2 '13

You can’t watch Gravity like a typical movie, warns Alfonso Cuarón

Everyone is buzzing about Gravity, the stunning new film from director Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men). We sat down with Cuarón to talk about it. He told us why you can watch basically every mainstream movie with your eyes closed, but not Gravity. Far too many films today rely on characters pointing at the sky…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 2 '13

Turn Your Samsung Galaxy S4 Into a TV-B-Gone

Sometimes you not only want a bar where everybody knows your name, but one that’s free of blaring TVs. It was that idea that inspired the original TV-B-Gone device that lets you discreetly turn off any TV, but now anyone with an infra-red equipped smartphone—like the Samsung Galaxy S4—can do the same thanks to a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 2 '13

Re-Live the Windows 95 Glory Days in Your Browser With This Easter Egg

We’ve all got some nostalgia for computing days gone by, and you have to admit there’s a little corner of your heart that lights up at the thought of Windows 95, right? Right?! Well Microsoft wants you to dig in and find it by taking a trip down memory lane with its new, re-invented web-version…

Tech News Eric Limer Oct 2 '13

The Galaxy Note 3 Has a Hidden Tiny Screen Mode For Your Tiny Hands

A Starry Mural That Hums When You Touch It

Edgar Wright gets to work on Ant-Man, tweets a look at the suit

Will we be living in city-states in the near future?

You Can Now Manage Diabetes With a Wearable, Artificial Pancreas

No, Extreme Human Longevity Won’t Destroy the Planet

This massive repository of space porn will devour your afternoon

Feds Seize Silk Road, Everybody’s Favorite Illegal Drug Website

A Projector Camera That Adds Wacky Animations Can’t Just Be for Kids

Incredible examples of ancient writing found in lost city in Iraq

This Massive Cargo Ship Will Harness the Wind With Its Hull

What Moving an Entire Town Was Supposed to Look Like In the Future

These face blends of the classic and new Star Trek crews are amazing

NYT: The NSA Tested Out a Plan To Collect Tons of Phone Location Data

How a Porsche, a Meteorite, and $4 Million in Gold Ended Up In a Museum

Best selling spy novel writer Tom Clancy dies age 66

Report: The Next Fitbit Will Also Be a Watch

You can’t watch Gravity like a typical movie, warns Alfonso Cuarón

Turn Your Samsung Galaxy S4 Into a TV-B-Gone

Re-Live the Windows 95 Glory Days in Your Browser With This Easter Egg

Latest news

Google’s Project Suncatcher Is Sending AI Chips Into Space Next Week

New Technique Bypasses 1,024-Bit RSA Without Factoring It

The Final ‘Clayface’ Trailer Gets Ugly

The New US Piracy Bill Would Regulate Paid VPNs. Free Ones Are Off the Hook.

This Newly Discovered Sea Spider Is a Parasite With Its Own Parasites

Don’t Believe His Lies

A24, Sony, or The New York Times May Soon Swallow Letterboxd

Tom Hiddleston ‘Never Expected’ He’d Still Be Playing Loki 15 Years After ‘Thor’

Latest Reviews

Sonos Ace Ultra Review: Headphones That Only Hardcore Sonos Fans Could Love

M6 Mac mini Review: A Better Tiny Desktop, With or Without AI

Aqara Multi-Sensor FP400 Review: Not Quite the mmWave of the Future

Alienware’s AW3926QW Ultrawide Gaming Monitor Review: Size Really Does Matter

iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max Review: Apple Is Just Flexing Hard Now

AirPods 5 Review: A Ridiculously Great Value for ANC Wireless Earbuds

Steam Frame Review: Valve Shows Us VR Was Always Meant to Be a Toy

Maingear Zero (2026) Review: PC Gaming Bliss With a Price Tag to Make You Cry

Let us help you find what you’re looking for...