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House of Representatives Considering Bill to Stamp Out Patent Trolls

While occasionally amusing, patent wars between tech companies are always expensive, often needless, and sometimes stymie creativity. Now, though, the House of Representatives is considering a bill which could help reduce the number of cases we see. https://gizmodo.com/apple-and-samsung-cant-even-agree-on-where-to-sit-in-co-5929512 Ars Technica reports that the Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes (SHIELD) Act would attempt to…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Aug 2

Does the Technology Make the Writer? I Hope Not

Over at The Atlantic, Robert Rosenberger has a fascinating and smart piece about technologies like Siri, which take voice dictation and turn it into text, and what kinds of effects they may have on how we write. As a writer who’s being thinking a lot about finding easier ways to write while I have my…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Aug 2

Massive dead humpback whale washes up in seaside swimming pool

If you thought over 100 frenzied sharks eating a dead whale was a tremendously unpleasant reason to go in the water, here’s a swim hazard that’s depressingly weirder. A 38-foot-long dead humpback — that Australian cetacean rescue experts speculate was hit by a ship while migrating — washed up in an ocean bath abutting Sydney’s…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Aug 2

The title of the X-Men: First Class sequel is a huge, thrilling spoiler

Spoiler alert: The sequel to X-Men First Class will be called X-Men: Days of Future Past. Fans of Chris Claremont’s X-Men will already know that this means we’ll be visiting a horrendous dystopian future, where mutants are basically stuck in interment camps and a mutant-hating regime rules the world. This is the result of an…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 2

New Doctor Who trailer will stop both your hearts with awesomeness

If you weren’t already on the edge of your seat for the return of Doctor Who, then this 90-second trailer ought to do the trick. Among other things, it features some of the coolest-looking Dalek scenes in years. Our first official glimpse of dinosaurs on a spaceship. More of that cyborg gunfight from “A Town…

Trailers Charlie Jane Anders Aug 2

Do You Want to Live Forever?

If you saw James Cameron’s Avatar and thought “Hey now! That looks like a wise and wonderful way of existing in this world!” a Russian dreamer named Dmitry Itskov is the man you want to know. HIs “2045 Initiative” is modern, multi-billion dollar answer to the mortality. Or so he hopes it to be. But…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Aug 2

The Stoner Channel: Kid Cudi on Weed, The White Stripes on Peppermint Parade, and Redman on the Art of Blunt Rolling

How to Roll a Blunt – Redman “Educate them [children] out there. Weed is not a drug, it’s a plant. It’s just, like, collard greens or some shit—just with flavor.” Kid Cudi – Marijuana Mothers lock up your daughters, Fathers lock up your stashes—Kid Cudi is coming to an amphitheater near you! People are Awesome…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Aug 2

Tentacles and Wrist-cuffs and Floggers, Oh My! A Tour of Kink.com’s Adult Film Studio

The Armory, a 200,000 square-foot reproduction Moorish castle, lies at the corner of 14th and Mission Streets in San Francisco. A combination of revivalist architecture and early 20th century machine age construction, it is currently home to Kink.com’s adult film studio. Rusty Blazenhoff of Laughing Squid was kind enough to share with Gizmodo photos she…

Gadgets Molly Oswaks Aug 1

The Ultimate Can and Bottle Opener

Two things you always seem to need but that always seem to grow legs and scuttle away: can openers and bottle openers. This handy well-made tool from Kuhn Rikon combines both of those into one. Problem solved! This particular piece of kitchen/bar gear will remove your lids without you having to pry them off and…

Tech News Leslie Horn Aug 1

Why Is Nobody Buying Our $1 Million Vacuums, Wonders Company

Remember the $1 million gold-plated vacuum with its own awful rap video? Of course you do. Gaudy loot like that isn’t easily forgotten. https://gizmodo.com/this-million-dollar-vacuum-cleaner-has-its-own-totally-5923379 And apparently, it’s not easily sold, either. “It’s perplexing to me, but as of now we’ve not sold a single vacuum,” creator of the Gold Vacuum, Justin Haver, is quoted as…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Aug 1

Tiny Hotel Hypercubus Is a Modular Dwelling for the Modern Traveler

Just because there isn’t a four-star hotel located in every lushly landscaped region of the world doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be able to visit and vacation anywhere other than Paris and Hong Kong or Kauai. Sure, there’s always camping. But it’s okay to not want to sleep in a tent for a fortnight. Really, I…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Aug 1

Watch a South American “superbird” diving 150 feet underwater

For years, it was assumed that imperial cormorants — large seabirds typically found along the southern coasts of South America — fed on fish just below the surface of the ocean. But when scientists in Argentina outfitted one with a tiny camera, they discovered that the birds are, in fact, remarkably accomplished predatory divers. “This…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Aug 1

Why Remakes Are One of Our Greatest Achievements as a Civilization

Whenever a reboot or remake of a movie comes out, people complain that it’s “not original.” When creators turn a book or comic into a TV show, critics sneer at Hollywood for having “no new ideas.” But they’re wrong. What remake-mania demonstrates is that pop culture behaves the way folklore has for thousands of years.…

Movies Annalee Newitz Aug 1

Archeologists Uncover Maya Temple of the Blood Drinking Sun God

National Geographic is reporting on the remarkable discovery and analysis of a 1,600 year old ancient Maya temple in Guatemala. Called the Temple of the Night Sun, it features a series of striking stone monuments, including various depictions of the Maya sun god as a shark, jaguar, and blood drinker. Archaeologists are hoping that the…

io9 George Dvorsky Aug 1

The U: When Football Players Go Bad, Fun Things Happen

From the players to the coaches to the administrators to the boosters, University of Miami football in the ’90s was dirty, underhanded, morally and ethically suspect. It was also the best. But unlike the other schools which almost certainly went out of their way to project a squeaky clean image, the U was downright unapologetic…

Tech News Adrian Covert Aug 1

MedalCount.com Helps You Keep Track of the Only Thing That Really Matters at the Olympics

Every nation, broadcast network, and news site on the planet have a way to keep track of the medal count at the Olympics. But why wade through all that other ancillary crap—like stories of athletes overcoming adversity and political drama—when all you care about is what nation has the most medals, and by extension is…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 1

New Iron Sky clip shows what happens when you crash land on a Nazi moon base

What if the Nazis had a secret Moon base hiding from the rest of the planet since 1945? And quietly the space Nazi hold outs had been waiting until 2018 to strike the unsuspecting planet. This is the insane plot line for the ridiculous comedy Iron Sky. Get a sneak peek at a Nazi moon…

Movies Meredith Woerner Aug 1

Google Is Cracking Down on Terrible, Malicious Android Apps in Google Play

Google just introduced new content restrictions for apps in Google Play in hopes that it can crack down on the malicious apps that pollute the Android ecosystem. For the longest time, Google Play, like the Android Market before it, has been an unregulated wilderness, so it’s a good thing Google’s drawing a line in the…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Aug 1

Rush Limbaugh’s newsletter rips off the Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual

First there was that Bane imbroglio, and now this — radio host Rush Limbaugh is certainly intersecting with geek touchstones in downright baffling ways. On the cover of his most recent newsletter, artist Christopher Hiers is credited with the left illustration, which — Rush’s severed head and hypno-Obama eyes notwithstanding — looks exactly like artist…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Aug 1

Wolfram Cat Breeds Reference App: You Can Haz Cat Factz

The internet has done a lot for the rise of cats. With the deluge of feline videos and gifs, you’d think the four-legged furballs actually ran the world wide web. But what are cats really like? Answer all your burning questions with Wolfram Alpha’s Cat Breeds Reference App. What does it do? Gives you every…

Tech News Leslie Horn Aug 1

House of Representatives Considering Bill to Stamp Out Patent Trolls

Does the Technology Make the Writer? I Hope Not

Massive dead humpback whale washes up in seaside swimming pool

The title of the X-Men: First Class sequel is a huge, thrilling spoiler

New Doctor Who trailer will stop both your hearts with awesomeness

Do You Want to Live Forever?

The Stoner Channel: Kid Cudi on Weed, The White Stripes on Peppermint Parade, and Redman on the Art of Blunt Rolling

Tentacles and Wrist-cuffs and Floggers, Oh My! A Tour of Kink.com’s Adult Film Studio

The Ultimate Can and Bottle Opener

Why Is Nobody Buying Our $1 Million Vacuums, Wonders Company

Tiny Hotel Hypercubus Is a Modular Dwelling for the Modern Traveler

Watch a South American “superbird” diving 150 feet underwater

Why Remakes Are One of Our Greatest Achievements as a Civilization

Archeologists Uncover Maya Temple of the Blood Drinking Sun God

The U: When Football Players Go Bad, Fun Things Happen

MedalCount.com Helps You Keep Track of the Only Thing That Really Matters at the Olympics

New Iron Sky clip shows what happens when you crash land on a Nazi moon base

Google Is Cracking Down on Terrible, Malicious Android Apps in Google Play

Rush Limbaugh’s newsletter rips off the Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual

Wolfram Cat Breeds Reference App: You Can Haz Cat Factz

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