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Amazon Sets Holiday Shopping Records Despite Making Half Of What It Made Last Year

On its peak day this holiday shopping season, Amazon sold an astonishing 26.5 million items at a rate of 306 items per second. And the honor of being the “#1 best-selling, most gifted, and most wished for product” goes to Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD. The release is chock full of wins for Amazon but take…

Commerce Peter ha Dec 27 '12

Geese will tremble before the might of THE GOOSINATOR

Do you hate geese? Of course you do. Fear not, because the GOOSINATOR is here to save the day. Geese are probably pretty much the worst things on Earth. People talk about the Black Death like it was some sort of great scourge of humanity, but biblical-grade plague can’t hold a candle to geese, in…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 27 '12

21-inch iMac 2012 (Thin) Review: Looks Only Get You So Far

Gadgets get thinner. Apple’s gadgets more than most. That’s just the natural order of things. But while thin and light are two of the chief virtues of mobile, and prettier is always better, the new deskbound iMac has to prove it’s more than just a diet plan. Design The iMac’s new, thinner design is the…

Reviews Kyle Wagner Dec 27 '12

Spider-Man cartoon to promote Spider-Man comics, just not… Spider-Man? Huh?

One of the American comics industry’s biggest problems is its inability to attract new, young readers. It’s not for a lack of opportunities, clearly — between the constant superhero cartoons and blockbuster movies, superhero awareness is at an all-time high, and yet comic sales have barely grown at all. But Marvel has a plan that’s…

io9 Rob Bricken Dec 27 '12

Are you boozing this holiday season? Try blunting hangovers with asparagus

New Year’s Eve is fast approaching — will you be drinking? If so, you may want to pick up some asparagus while you’re laying in champagne, liquor and other supplies for your tipple-lipped festivities; studies show the stalky vegetable may actually help treat hangovers. Via Popular Science: Research published in the Journal of Food Science…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 27 '12

This Is the Exact Date When Our Computer World Ends

The world didn’t end last Friday just like the world didn’t end in the year 2000, with failing computers deleting bank accounts and crashing airplanes. That doesn’t mean the world isn’t going to end. It will. And if we keep our current operating systems, this is the exact date when all goes poof: 15:30:08 UTC…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 27 '12

Astronomer says all those Earth-like planets we’re discovering are anything but

The past 12 months has seen a dramatic influx in announcements proclaiming the discovery of Earth-like planets. It was only a few years ago that the detection of any kind exoplanet was cause for celebration, but these days news of a potentially habitable planet has become routine. But as astronomer and astrobiologist Caleb Scharf now…

io9 George Dvorsky Dec 27 '12

Seriously, How Does the Media Still Not Know How Facebook Works?

You’ve probably seen the deeply silly Randi Zuckerberg photo privacy story going around. But the lesson learned might be more about how little everyone knows about Facebook itself, like these goons on the Today show. https://gizmodo.com/randi-zuckerberg-is-just-as-confused-by-facebook-privac-5971227 Here’s a clip from this morning’s Today show: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the…

Social Media Kyle Wagner Dec 27 '12

Watch sparklers duke it out with water and destroy a test tube

What goes into fireworks? A combination of things that include fuel, an occasional colorant, and the most important part of any pyrotechnic, an oxidizer. Because of that oxidizer, you’ll get to see sparklers in water basically blow up a test tube. We’d see a lot more fires in the everyday if there were more oxidizers…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Dec 27 '12

Find out why Kirk has so much to prove in Star Trek Into Darkness!

Kirk may be installed as Captain of the Enterprise at the start of Star Trek Into Darkness, but that doesn’t mean he’s secure in that role, as some new plot hints make clear. Maybe Guardians of the Galaxy hasn’t found its Star Lord after all. Joss Whedon and Patrick Stewart are excited for S.H.I.E.L.D. and…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Dec 27 '12

Toshiba Is Working On a Miniature Lytro Sensor For Your Smartphone

Imagine for a second that your smartphone could snap in-focus images every single time. Kind of like the Lytro camera you can buy today. While it might seem like a pipe dream, we might actually see it in the next two years thanks to Toshiba. https://gizmodo.com/lytro-light-field-camera-this-is-what-new-feels-like-5890028 Reports out of Japan say the Japanese company has…

Tech News Peter ha Dec 27 '12

Transect China in Half the Time Aboard the World’s Longest High-Speed Rail Line

High speed rail may be a quixotic public works project here in California but for China, it’s a cornerstone of the country’s transportation infrastructure. Yesterday, Chinese officials expanded that infrastructure by inaugurating the longest such rail line on Earth and announced plans for seven more. While not nearly as fast as the Tokyo-Nagoya mag-lev line…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Dec 27 '12

The Stoner Channel: The One with All the Awesome Classic Bluegrass

Dr. Ralph Stanley – Wind Gap – 2012 You may know recognize the name from the O’ Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack (he did O Death and origianlly wrote Man of Constant Sorrow) but Dr. Stanely is actually a pioneering force of the genre. He and his brother Carter began recording ole-timey tunes all the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Dec 27 '12

Baraka: Our Ridiculous World Will Blow Your Mind

It’s hard to categorize this movie. It’s sooort of a documentary, but there is no real plot or dialogue here. It honestly is just a collection of images. But those images will leave you awestruck. Baraka, made in 1992, consists of sequences of shots that take you to a whole mess of locales around the…

Movies Michael Hession Dec 26 '12

A Few Reasons to Make it to the Comic Store This Week

So yeah, it’s the holiday week, and there’s almost no new comics out. But a few brave publishers are launching new series — including a couple which actually sound like they might be worth the trip to the store. And there’s a couple new trades that might be worth catching up on as well. Here’s…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Dec 26 '12

The One Type of Music That All Parrots Everywhere Despise

Parrots obviously have a keen ear, as their incredible skills in mimicry attest. This caused researchers in the U.K. to wonder if they have certain preferences when it comes to music. As their resulting study shows, parrots’ taste in music varies from individual to individual. But one thing was made perfectly clear: they hate electronic…

io9 George Dvorsky Dec 26 '12

Get This iPhone App With Secret Tethering Powers While You Can

FlashArmyKnife in the iOS App Store has secret built-in powers that will allow you to tether you iPhone to a computer for no extra charge. The app costs $2, while using your iPhone’s data connection on a separate device would cost you a monthly fee. As we said before, the app’s tethering capabilities are secret…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Dec 26 '12

Nico Vega: Wooden Dolls

If you’ve seen one of the more recent trailers for BioShock Infinite or Jack Reacher, then you’ve probably heard Nico Vega though you might not have heard of them before that. I randomly stumbled onto this video shortly after it dropped on YouTube in early 2009. And they’ve been one of my favorite bands ever…

Tech News Peter ha Dec 26 '12

One Full Hour of Proof that the Star Wars Episode VII Screenwriter Knows What He’s Doing

We’re all verrrry curious about how Little Miss Sunshine screenwriter Michael Arndt will handle his job writing the script for the somewhat anticipated Star Wars: Episode VII. Happily, Movies.com has dug up the video of an hour-long talk Arndt gave in 2007, discussing his screenwriting process for Little Miss Sunshine, but also his thoughts on…

io9 Rob Bricken Dec 26 '12

Japan Tsunami’s Floating Debris to Keep Hitting the Pacific Coast This Winter

Authorities expect more debris from the March 2011 Japanese Tsunami to wash up on the Pacific Coast this winter. Seasonal changes in ocean currents and North Pacific winds will push the 1.5 million tons of debris still out there towards our shores. Just last week, authorities in Washington State were nervously tracking the massive dock…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Dec 26 '12

Amazon Sets Holiday Shopping Records Despite Making Half Of What It Made Last Year

Geese will tremble before the might of THE GOOSINATOR

21-inch iMac 2012 (Thin) Review: Looks Only Get You So Far

Spider-Man cartoon to promote Spider-Man comics, just not… Spider-Man? Huh?

Are you boozing this holiday season? Try blunting hangovers with asparagus

This Is the Exact Date When Our Computer World Ends

Astronomer says all those Earth-like planets we’re discovering are anything but

Seriously, How Does the Media Still Not Know How Facebook Works?

Watch sparklers duke it out with water and destroy a test tube

Find out why Kirk has so much to prove in Star Trek Into Darkness!

Toshiba Is Working On a Miniature Lytro Sensor For Your Smartphone

Transect China in Half the Time Aboard the World’s Longest High-Speed Rail Line

The Stoner Channel: The One with All the Awesome Classic Bluegrass

Baraka: Our Ridiculous World Will Blow Your Mind

A Few Reasons to Make it to the Comic Store This Week

The One Type of Music That All Parrots Everywhere Despise

Get This iPhone App With Secret Tethering Powers While You Can

Nico Vega: Wooden Dolls

One Full Hour of Proof that the Star Wars Episode VII Screenwriter Knows What He’s Doing

Japan Tsunami’s Floating Debris to Keep Hitting the Pacific Coast This Winter

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