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Beautiful black-and-white illustrations put a gothic spin on Game of Thrones

Hogan McLaughlin is an artist and fashion designer with a particular passion for A Song of Ice and Fire—especially the ambitious clothes horse Margaery Tyrell. His Game of Thrones illustrations are often stark and deceptively simple, rendering each character in profile. But there’s a special attention paid to each character’s clothing and key symbols, capturing…

io9 Lauren Davis Mar 9 '13

How to Opt Out of Facebook’s Creepy New Targeted Ads

Facebook has announced that it’s teaming up with four of the world’s largest corporate data brokers to “enhance” the ad experience for users. Datalogix, Epsilon, Acxiom, and BlueKai obtain information gathered about users through online means (such as through cookies when users surf the web) as well as through offline means (such as through loyalty…

Social Media Rainey Reitman - Electronic Frontier Foundation Mar 9 '13

Grimm returns with a vengeance (and some hate sex)

The first half of Grimm’s second season ended strong, and the second half continues strong in “Face Off.” No faces come off, but plenty of secrets are revealed, Nick and Renard’s relationship changes forever, and oh, did I mention the hate sex? Having just discovered that his love Juliette is macking on Captain Renard, a…

io9 Rob Bricken Mar 9 '13

Wacky Wreck-It Ralph mockumentary tracks the fall and rise of the Fix-It Felix Jr. world champion

To promote the release of Wreck-It Ralph on Blu-Ray and DVD, Disney released this oddball mockumentary parodying the Donkey Kong high score documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. Wreck-It Ralph director takes on the role of faux interviewer for Garlan Hulse: Where Potential Lives. The titular Garlan was once the high-scorer on…

io9 Lauren Davis Mar 9 '13

New Self-Healing Microchips Can Shrug Off Laser Blasts Like It’s Nothing

Technology can be fragile. Anyone who’s dropped his or her phone knows that all too well. And though you might not get it in your hands for a while, there are some seriously robust electronics coming down the pipe. New self-healing microchips developed by Caltech, for instance, can survive multiple laser blasts. The team responsible…

Tech News Eric Limer Mar 9 '13

A Very Special Episode of Archer Tackles Human Trafficking

This week in the world of cartoons, Finn & Jake get a visit form an old pal on Adventure Time, Archer spends some time at the U.S. border, and Fishlegs takes the spotlight on Dragons: Riders of Berk. We also pay homage to what are very likely the next to last episodes of Green Lantern:…

io9 Keith Veronese Mar 9 '13

Always Wear a Helmet Cam When You’re Falling Down a Mountain

Mountain climbing can be dangerous if you don’t know what you’re doing. It can be dangerous if you do know what you’re doing. Mountaineer Mark Roberts knows this first hand after his terrifying tumble down Parsley Fern Lefthand Gully in Wales. If you thought mountain climbing was just slightly too scary to ever actually do,…

Tech News Eric Limer Mar 9 '13

Mind the gap! This lego metro station has controlled sliding platform doors

Modeled after Copenhagen’s Islands Brygge Metro Station, this build comes complete with NXT controlled sliding platform doors (which even open at the same time!) and a working elevator. MOC builder Esben Kolind showcased this impressive engineering feat at Lego World 2013 in Copenhagen. There’s a 9V train running on an outer loop and the underground…

Tech News Tatiana Danger Mar 9 '13

Here Are All Your Favorite Social Networks Explained

All those social networks we spend more than half our life on? There all just varying degrees of the same damn thing. Basically, look at my cat’s albums. Watch my cat videos. Read how I hashtag my cat. Check this filtered cat. And on and on we go. According to Devin made a hilarious comic…

Social Media Casey Chan Mar 9 '13

Why People Should Just Stay Away from Electric Fences

There’s this thing called being smart that explains how you can avoid getting shocked by an electrical fence by avoiding them altogether. There’s also this thing called being human and tip toeing the line of dumb behavior which causes people to play around with electric fences… and predictably get shocked and knocked down. You can…

Tech News Casey Chan Mar 9 '13

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: JO JO IN THE STARS

A stunning tale of love and devotion set against a bleak, nightmarish background, Jo Jo in the Stars is simply incredible. The juxtaposition of monstrous creatures in an alien landscape exhibiting the very human emotions of love and jealousy makes for an oddly endearing animated short. It was written and directed by Marc Craste, Jo…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 9 '13

A Converted Silo Ice Climbing Wall Is the Only Reason Why Winter Exists

It’s March, which mean it’s still a little colder than you want it to be. Which means eventually you’ll ask yourself why in the hell is it still cold. Which will lead to yourself questioning why does it have to be cold at all? And then you’ll see this converted silo in Cedar Falls, Iowa…

Tech News Casey Chan Mar 8 '13

Burlesque superstar Dita Von Teese goes Metropolis in this 3D-printed dress

In this incredible 3D printed dress, burlesque performer Dita Von Teese looks like a cross between the beautiful robot and the art nouveau buildings from 1920s scifi movie Metropolis. Not surprisingly, one of the dress’ designers was an architect. Here’s the Metropolis robot. Note the shoulders. And here’s the iconic citiscape from the same film.…

io9 Annalee Newitz Mar 8 '13

This Week’s Top Comedy Video: Batman Says His Goodbyes

Sometimes Gotham gets the hero it deserves, but not the one it needs right now. And sometimes that hero doesn’t get the hint that it’s time to go ahead and leave already, before everybody gets blown to bits with him. Full video below: For the rest of this week’s top comedy videos, including bad babysitters,…

Tech News Splitsider Mar 8 '13

Why Are F-22 Raptors Patrolling Las Vegas?

The skies above Las Vegas, Nevada have been packed with military aircraft over the last week. It’s not another reboot of Red Dawn, mind you, but rather the second round of the Red Flag war games held at Nellis Air Force Base. Check out these sweet shots of the F-22 Raptor—America’s first stealth fighter—staying sharp…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 8 '13

Sony Chairman Howard Stringer Is Stepping Down in June

The ol’ boss of Sony is stepping down. After giving up his CEO and presidency of Sony last year, Stringer has decided to also retire from being the chairman of Sony’s board. He first became CEO in 2005. It’s an end of an era for a company we still miss. [Financial Times via Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/we-miss-sony-5484148

Tech News Casey Chan Mar 8 '13

What Every Fanboy Argument About Google Glass and the Apple iWatch Will Be Like

Even though we’re going to be whoa’d and inspired by the future that Google Glass and the Apple iWatch will bring, let’s not kid ourselves. The most realistic future is going to be the silly arguments we all get into about Google Glass and the Apple iWatch… which will only get more ridiculous after Apple…

Tech News Casey Chan Mar 8 '13

The Earth’s most powerful telescope goes online next week

We are about to see what happens when stars come to life. On March 13, the Atacama Large Millimeter/Sub Millimeter Array (ALMA) goes online. It’s the most powerful such telescope ever built, and is part of a class of “very large telescopes” that combine the power of several massive antennae to gather information about distant…

io9 Annalee Newitz Mar 8 '13

The robots of Europe are more debonair than you

We’ve seen Japanese robots, and we’ve seen American ones. But these classic European robots show you how to wear metal with style and charm. The Artificial Man, or “Occultus”, or Barbarossa from “The Gebethner and Wolff’s Yearbook”, 1912 One mechanic in Berlin constructed a mechanism which, in his opinion, very much imitated “a real man”.…

io9 Vincze Miklós Mar 8 '13

Daft Swanson: The Daft Punk SNL Mystery Clip Meets a Dancing Gif

Why is Ron Swanson so happy? Why can’t he stop dancing? Oh you didin’t hear: There’s a new Daft Punk record on the way. During last week’s Saturday Night Live, NBC played a very short clip of funky dance music over the image of the Daft Punk logo and the odd helmet that that has…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Mar 8 '13

Beautiful black-and-white illustrations put a gothic spin on Game of Thrones

How to Opt Out of Facebook’s Creepy New Targeted Ads

Grimm returns with a vengeance (and some hate sex)

Wacky Wreck-It Ralph mockumentary tracks the fall and rise of the Fix-It Felix Jr. world champion

New Self-Healing Microchips Can Shrug Off Laser Blasts Like It’s Nothing

A Very Special Episode of Archer Tackles Human Trafficking

Always Wear a Helmet Cam When You’re Falling Down a Mountain

Mind the gap! This lego metro station has controlled sliding platform doors

Here Are All Your Favorite Social Networks Explained

Why People Should Just Stay Away from Electric Fences

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: JO JO IN THE STARS

A Converted Silo Ice Climbing Wall Is the Only Reason Why Winter Exists

Burlesque superstar Dita Von Teese goes Metropolis in this 3D-printed dress

This Week’s Top Comedy Video: Batman Says His Goodbyes

Why Are F-22 Raptors Patrolling Las Vegas?

Sony Chairman Howard Stringer Is Stepping Down in June

What Every Fanboy Argument About Google Glass and the Apple iWatch Will Be Like

The Earth’s most powerful telescope goes online next week

The robots of Europe are more debonair than you

Daft Swanson: The Daft Punk SNL Mystery Clip Meets a Dancing Gif

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