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Instagram Finally Gets Online Likes and Sharing

In the wake of its acquisition by Facebook, Instagram has added a very limited online interface. You can now like and comment on photos online if the photos are shared with you. Holy smokes! Is a full-fledged web app on the way? In addition to interacting with user photos, Instagram’s online interface also lets you…

Social Media Mario Aguilar Jun 29

Report: RIM Might Look to Windows Phone 8 for Salvation

Despite RIM CEO Thorsten Heins’ bluster yesterday afternoon about how BlackBerry needs to stick with its own—hopelessly delayed—platform, Reuters reports that the company is indeed seeking out other options. Windows Phone 8, specifically. Which, uh, guys? Not sure how much that’s gonna help. https://gizmodo.com/rim-cutting-5-000-jobs-and-pushing-back-bb10-in-disastr-5922154 There are many wonderful things about Windows Phone 8, but financial…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jun 29

Benedict Cumberbatch will make Captain Kirk grow up in Star Trek 2. Plus the latest Amazing Spider-Man clips!

The new Aunt May confirms a crucial detail about Spider-Man’s latest adventure. Rumor has it Edgar Wright has already filmed Ant-Man… well, sort of. Glen Mazzara reveals whether any happy ending is possible on The Walking Dead. Plus a new Riddick photo! It’s spoilers all the way down! Top image from The Walking Dead. The…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Jun 29

Can Anyone Account for Alex’s Misbehaving iTunes Movie Playback?

Gizmodo reader Alex W. wrote in with another bugging-out MacBook question, this time concerning iTunes and its (in)ability to play movies downloaded in HD/SD. Hive mind, can we help him? Alex writes: I was wondering if you were aware of problems with iTunes (seemingly when the new retina displays were released). In the past few…

Movies Molly Oswaks Jun 29

Why Is LA’s Lovely and Historic Union Station Getting Such a Modern Makeover?

Am I the only one feeling a little bit bummed about the modern makeover LA’s historic Union Station is set to receive? Union Station was build in 1939—a combination of Dutch Colonial Revival Architecture, Mission Revival and Streamline Moderne, on a grand scale that afforded it the nickname of “The Last of the Great Railway…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Jun 29

Picture of the Day: June 28, 2012

WE’RE HERE TO SORT YOU OUT | “Invasion” concept art by Josh Kao, an artist who’s worked on X-Men: First Class and many of your favorite games. We’ve featured his art before. Want to read today’s io9 stories a different way? Check out our blog view. Or visit Observation Deck, our general discussion forum.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 29

Childless Couple Turns to Twitter to Spread Story of Struggle to Adopt

Rick and Erica Jones have been trying to adopt a baby for the past three years. Unfortunately for the Michigan couple, their adoption agency (Morningstar Adoption Center) doesn’t have the means to market their clients—nor do the Jones’s have the enough money to pay for the services of a larger, more successful adoption agency. To…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Jun 29

The Stoner Channel: Hulk Rage, Phytoremediation, and Other Things We Don’t Understand

Everyday Hulk He is going to be so embarrassed when he calms down and realizes there was a spare roll on the back of the tank. Also, nice ass. [Cartoon Brew] Miami Face-Eater Wasn’t High, Just Really Fucking Crazy The Miami-Dade coroner’s office released the toxicology results of Rudy Eugene, the man shot dead while…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jun 29

Scientists Invent Mind-Reading System That Lets You Type With Your Brain

Researchers have invented a mind-reading system that, for the first time in history, allows any person to type words and phrases letter by letter, just by thinking. It all occurs in real time, without moving a single muscle or uttering a single word. This is an amazing invention. Not only it will help anyone with…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 28

We Were Right: Google Confirms Chrome Is to Blame for Crashing MacBooks

In a statement issued directly to Gizmodo this evening, a spokesperson for Google has confirmed that Chrome is indeed to blame for our frozen and crashing new MacBook Airs. “We have identified a leak of graphics resources in the Chrome browser related to the drawing of plugins on Mac OS X. Work is proceeding to…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Jun 28

The Invention of Morel: This Story Puts Hologram Tupac to Shame

Often, I have dreams in which people close to me who have died are brought back to life—sometimes fully living, sometimes as what my dream-self understands to be a hologram. This is probably pretty common, and I usually think nothing of it, but this morning I woke after one such dream and thought instantly of…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Jun 28

Spray-On Batteries Could Turn Graffiti Into Power

Students at Rice University have invented a spray-on lithium-ion battery that could be applied to any surface like Krylon. How does it work? Just spray on each of the different components of a battery in layers. Is it really that easy? Yes, nerds are amazing. A team lead by Neelam Singh describes their rechargeable battery…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jun 28

This Bamboo Globe Is As Gorgeous As It Wants The Planet to Be

If you want to raise worldwide awareness about the environment through your design, you should probably do so in an environmentally friendly way, right? And if you want to save the Earth, you might as well put it on display. This globe designed by Fabio Lucian for Danish designer Kristoffer Zeuthen is made entirely out…

Tech News J.D. Levite Jun 28

Would You Wear a Deodorized Fart Pad?

Did you know there’s a pad that will apparently mask the scent of your farts? And sure, maybe it works, but could you take yourself seriously knowing you had this stuck to your ass? If your intestinal issues are such a problem, maybe you should just see a doctor? [Laughing Squid]

Tech News Adrian Covert Jun 28

This Homemade Crossbow Revolver Spins and Shoots Arrows So Fast You Can’t Even See It

Joerg Sprave, performing arts expert and mankind’s last line of defense, cooks up gnarly kill machines in his picturesque home. Today, he calmly introduced a crossbow revolver capable of shooting four arrows without reloading. It’s a beast and its secret is… a toothbrush? https://gizmodo.com/just-how-resilient-is-a-bulletproof-vest-against-everyt-5919164 Make no mistake, if Joerg decided to amp up the firepower…

Tech News Casey Chan Jun 28

Staggering Photos that Combine Self-Portraiture with Surrealism

These photographs by Chicago-based photographer Kyle Thompson are hands down some of the most stunning self-portraits we’ve ever seen. “I started taking self portraits a little over a year ago. I was interested in photography but am terrible at talking with people,” he writes in a recent imgur post. “So I ended up using myself…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jun 28

No Facebook, I Do Not Want to Add That Open Graph Social App to My Page

The number one most annoying thing about Facebook right now is that half the time you click to look at a friend’s shared link, a prompt pops up asking you to add the associated social app. So to read a Washington Post story or listen to a song on Soundcloud directly from Facebook, you have…

Social Media Adrian Covert Jun 28

This Might Be the Craziest Computer Case We’ve Ever Seen

Whether it’s so ugly it’s beautiful or just plain beautiful is hard to pin down, but the GreatWhite SHK979C chassis looks like an alien torture probe. Luckily, it’s just a fantastically designed, super-frosty enclosure for your gaming setup. The GreatWhite tosses out a lot of what you’d expect from a case. Little things like, uh,…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jun 28

Kim Kardashian’s Sisters Writing a Young Adult Science Fiction Novel

If I Am Number Four wasn’t enough to prove young-adult science fiction novels had jumped the proverbial shark, now there’s absolute proof positive. Kendall and Kylie Jenner, the youngest sisters of Kim Kardashian, are writing a book that’s set “200 years in the future,” featuring two sisters. They promise it won’t be full of celebrity…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Jun 28

A Distant Planet Whose Atmosphere Was Blasted Away by Solar Flares

You might think our own sun is turbulent — but it turns out we’ve got it easy. Astronomers have found a gas giant, 60 light years away from Earth, that’s been hit with a violent flare from its star, blasting it with an intense wave of X-ray radiation. Because the exoplanet is so close to…

io9 George Dvorsky Jun 28

Instagram Finally Gets Online Likes and Sharing

Report: RIM Might Look to Windows Phone 8 for Salvation

Benedict Cumberbatch will make Captain Kirk grow up in Star Trek 2. Plus the latest Amazing Spider-Man clips!

Can Anyone Account for Alex’s Misbehaving iTunes Movie Playback?

Why Is LA’s Lovely and Historic Union Station Getting Such a Modern Makeover?

Picture of the Day: June 28, 2012

Childless Couple Turns to Twitter to Spread Story of Struggle to Adopt

The Stoner Channel: Hulk Rage, Phytoremediation, and Other Things We Don’t Understand

Scientists Invent Mind-Reading System That Lets You Type With Your Brain

We Were Right: Google Confirms Chrome Is to Blame for Crashing MacBooks

The Invention of Morel: This Story Puts Hologram Tupac to Shame

Spray-On Batteries Could Turn Graffiti Into Power

This Bamboo Globe Is As Gorgeous As It Wants The Planet to Be

Would You Wear a Deodorized Fart Pad?

This Homemade Crossbow Revolver Spins and Shoots Arrows So Fast You Can’t Even See It

Staggering Photos that Combine Self-Portraiture with Surrealism

No Facebook, I Do Not Want to Add That Open Graph Social App to My Page

This Might Be the Craziest Computer Case We’ve Ever Seen

Kim Kardashian’s Sisters Writing a Young Adult Science Fiction Novel

A Distant Planet Whose Atmosphere Was Blasted Away by Solar Flares

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