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HP’s Open Source WebOS Code Has Arrived. Will Anyone Actually Use It?

There’s almost no reason for any normal person to get excited about the beta release of open source WebOS, but for those of us who still can’t come to grips with the fact that Palm’s stunted mobile OS was an abject failure, there’s still a faint beacon of light to soothe the soul. https://gizmodo.com/goodbye-webos-the-greatest-phone-youll-never-use-5832332 So…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Awesome $5-Billion Airborne Laser Is in The Boneyard, Never to Fire Again

Despite being a total success, the USAF’s Airborne Laser was killed by the Pentagon back in December 2011. Now she’s resting wrapped in her death shroud with the rest of planes in “permanent storage” at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. https://gizmodo.com/video-of-airborne-laser-destroying-a-ballistic-missile-5471926 The high-energy laser ballistic missile interceptor was developed by Boeing and the US Air…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Eight Super-Adaptable Life Forms That Rule Our Planet

As the most intelligent and technologically advanced species on Earth, we humans like to think that we own the place. But evolutionary success can be measured any number of ways. As evolutionary biologist Stephen G. Gould once noted, complexity, intelligence, and ferocity don’t count for much in the long run — adaptability and reproductive success…

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Your Metal Laptop Deserves a Throne of Concrete

Aside from the inalienable fact that having things made of concrete on your desk is badass, there are countless reasons to love Greg Papove’s Foundation laptop stand made from processed rock. Maybe it’s that its inspiration comes from the concrete foundations of a house. Or that there are secret pockets to stash a phone or…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Yamaha’s Awesome Affordable Soundbar Now Comes With a Wireless Subwoofer

When the Yamaha YAS-101 came out last year, we marveled at the perfect balance between the sound quality afforded by its full-range drivers and a price point that wouldn’t break the bank. Now the successor—the YAS-201—is here and instead of packing its bass technology into the bar itself, it has been split off into a…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Drinking too much too fast? Check the shape of your glass.

Here’s some barroom banter-material for the three day weekend: psychologists at the University of Bristol have shown that “young, healthy people” (students and faculty from the University) drank beer faster when it was served up in a curved flute glass (pictured on the right) than they did when it was served to them in a…

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Finally, WD-40 That Won’t Ruin Your Bike

A few weeks ago we explained that while WD-40 is useful for everything from unsticking gum to cleaning tile, you shouldn’t spray it anywhere near your bike. It causes dirt and dust to stick to your chain, turning it into a grody mess. Now the venerable brand will release a whole line of products formulated…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Science demands that you stop calling this kid the ‘Marmot Whisperer’

Have you heard tell of the Marmot Whisperer? That’s him pictured above. Photos of the boy — who goes by Matteo Walch — have been doing laps around the internet the last few days — an eight year old child from Innsbruck sharing meals, touching noses, hanging out and having a good time. With marmots.…

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Why I Pay for Content (And Why That Makes Me Feel Like a Sucker)

In 2001 I downloaded five songs by a now-defunct “folk rock duo” from the internet. The band was obscure, its albums not stocked at the small-town music stores nearby or the Walmart 25 minutes up Route 1. iTunes didn’t exist yet. Amazon was still a bookstore. So I fired up LimeWire and snapped them up…

Commerce Brian Barrett

Samsung’s Crazy Better-Than-Retina Display Series 9 Ultrabook Can’t Get Here Fast Enough

Samsung is showing a 13-inch Series 9 ultrabook at IFA with a 2,560×1,440 display. It’s only a prototype, but here is the only reasonable reaction to that bit of news: Hell f*cking yes. The Series 9 is the most beautiful laptop out there. It’s prettier than MacBooks and ZenBooks and BookBooks. But the screen was…

Gadgets Kyle Wagner

Doctor Who premieres tomorrow night, so here’s the scoop on all those Daleks

It’s hard to say what from the Doctor Who universe is more iconic: Daleks or the TARDIS. Metallic mutant monsters…time-defying phone box…metallic mutant monsters…time-defying phone box… In preparing the new season of Doctor Who, executive producer Steven Moffat was particularly inspired by the classic, tank-like cyborgs, an army of which is descending upon the Doctor,…

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Russia’s Unmanned Strategic Nuclear Bomber Is a Really Terrible Idea

Top aerospace and defense company Tupolev is developing a new stealth plane that will replace Russia’s mighty but aging nuclear strategic bomber fleet. Called the PAK-DA bomber, it will enter service in the mid-2020s, just in time to face the USAF’s new stealth strategic nuclear bombers. But that’s inoffensive compared to what’s coming next. The…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Possession is the Jewish pop reggae version of The Exorcist

The Possession (originally titled Dybbuk Box but called “The Jewish Exorcist movie” by most of America) first intrigued the masses by casting reggae rapper Matisyahu as the religious ghost wrangler, upped the ante with this aggressive poster, and kept us interested with the promise of Jewish mysticism (an unfamiliar take on a tired movie genre)…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The gene that makes mustard explosively spicy

It takes a special species like Homo sapiens to devour something designed to fend off predators. Given our obsession with spiciness, it’s astonishing that we haven’t simply decided that eating thornbushes is truly delicious. Now that scientists have revealed the gene responsible for mustard spiciness, I predict we’re in for some truly atomic GMO hot…

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Why You Might Want to Preorder Your iPhone 5 Early

All signs point to the fact that Sharp is one of the manufacturers of the next iPhone display. In fact, the phone might even use Sharp’s new IGZO technology. But if Wall Street Journal’s reports that Sharp has halted production of the displays due to problems are true, you might wanna be among the first…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Why It Makes Sense for the iPad Mini to Be an iPad 2 on the Inside

So there is probably an iPad Mini of some sort coming next month. But while what it will look like is still anyone’s guess, we may have just gotten a pretty big clue about its insides—and they’re more familiar than you might think. Last night, Instapaper developer Marco Arment wrote about two new iPad 2…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Apple’s Running Out of 27-Inch iMacs, So Get Ready for a Refresh

Apple Stores are apparently running low on 27-inch iMacs, fueling the rumor that an update is coming soon. MacRumors reports that around half of Apple’s 249 U.S. retail services are out of both configurations of the big machines. In some cases there are delays—if you order one of these computers now, you won’t be able…

Tech News Leslie Horn

The physics of fire rainbows

Sometimes clouds take on rainbow colors – hazy greens and reds. Fire rainbows are the turbo-charged versions of that. They’re rainbows that seems to be turned into wispy clouds, making them look like sky fires. Although fire rainbows are rare, the physics behind them is pretty simple. Fire rainbows are very, very cool looking. They’re…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

What if the Avengers and the Justice League starred in samurai movies?

Just for kicks, artist Alex Mitchell gave Earth’s Mightiest Heroes a makeover in the style of chambara films, or samurai period dramas. Among those on his Avengers squad are a Hulk who subdues his monstrous side with paper talismans, a Captain America who battles with a steel-reinforced parasol to avoid killing his foes, and a…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

How To Get 50GB of Free Dropbox Storage

If you’ve had your eyes on the new Samsung Galaxy Note II, or have been pining for the Samsung Galaxy Camera, they just got a little more appealing. Dropbox will be offering a free 50GB account to anyone who buys either of those devices. All a user has to do to get access to that…

Tech News Eric Limer

HP’s Open Source WebOS Code Has Arrived. Will Anyone Actually Use It?

The Awesome $5-Billion Airborne Laser Is in The Boneyard, Never to Fire Again

The Eight Super-Adaptable Life Forms That Rule Our Planet

Your Metal Laptop Deserves a Throne of Concrete

Yamaha’s Awesome Affordable Soundbar Now Comes With a Wireless Subwoofer

Drinking too much too fast? Check the shape of your glass.

Finally, WD-40 That Won’t Ruin Your Bike

Science demands that you stop calling this kid the ‘Marmot Whisperer’

Why I Pay for Content (And Why That Makes Me Feel Like a Sucker)

Samsung’s Crazy Better-Than-Retina Display Series 9 Ultrabook Can’t Get Here Fast Enough

Doctor Who premieres tomorrow night, so here’s the scoop on all those Daleks

Russia’s Unmanned Strategic Nuclear Bomber Is a Really Terrible Idea

The Possession is the Jewish pop reggae version of The Exorcist

The gene that makes mustard explosively spicy

Why You Might Want to Preorder Your iPhone 5 Early

Why It Makes Sense for the iPad Mini to Be an iPad 2 on the Inside

Apple’s Running Out of 27-Inch iMacs, So Get Ready for a Refresh

The physics of fire rainbows

What if the Avengers and the Justice League starred in samurai movies?

How To Get 50GB of Free Dropbox Storage

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