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Facebook Now Tells You When People Like Your Foursquare and Instagram Updates

Be careful with what you like, because that Like button in your favorite social apps can now publish your friends Facebook notifications. In a blog post, Facebook describes a change to Open Graph introducing a new like button that developers can put in their mobile apps, which will post the like to Facebook as well.…

Social Media Mario Aguilar Jun 20

Shooting Challenge: Heat

Today is the first day of summer, which means one thing: Heat. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, embrace the rise in temperature. Capture heat. The Challenge Capture a photo of heat. And not the Miami Heat. I mean like, hot heat. Things high in temperature. The Technique What’s odd about heat is that you don’t…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jun 20

How To Turn Your Twitter Avatar Into an Animated GIF

If you’ve been watching Twitter lately, more and more people are using animated Twitter avatars. They’re eye-catching and cool, but how do you make them? It’s not complicated, but as our friends at FWD point out in this handy guide, there are a few tricks that will make your clever GIF pop. [FWD]

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jun 20

Watch Ray Kurzweil Deliver the Sensory Effect Keynote Here

Tonight at 7:30 PM ET we’ll be livestreaming Danfung Dennis and Ray Kurzweil speaking at The Sensory Effect, a special NY Tech Meetup all about the latest in gesture/sound control in partnership with Gawker Media, presented by Windows Internet Explorer. Email [email protected] to receive the password to watch the livestream in its entirety. Come back…

Tech News Sponsored post Jun 20

The Greatest T-Shirt in the World

When you think about wool, you probably conjure up images of warm sweaters, scratchy socks, or bald sheep. But certainly not a breezy, summerweight t-shirt, right? Change the way you think. This is the greatest t-shirt in the history of the world. How can I possibly be qualified to make such a sweeping judgment? I…

Tech News Joe Brown Jun 20

Plants communicate with each other by using clicking sounds

It’s been known for a while that some plants are able to communicate with each other through chemical signaling — but new research published in Trends in Plant Science now suggests that plants not only respond to sounds as well, they can also talk to each other, by making “clicking” sounds. Plants like cabbage can…

io9 George Dvorsky Jun 20

Hingeless Sunglasses Flex Like Your Spine

In addition to the adjustable A-Frame glasses designed to fit any face, Ron Arad also created another unique set of sunnies called the Corbs that eschew a traditional hinge for a design inspired by a skeletal vertebrae. https://gizmodo.com/futuristic-a-frame-glasses-will-adjust-to-fit-any-face-5919069 His design team apparently spent a bit of time studying how an animal’s vertebrae actually works, allowing…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 20

This Looney Tunes Collection Is Your Oh-Right-Father’s-Day-Was-Sunday Deal of the Day

Looney Tunes started everything for me. As a kid it was my first cartoon. It was the first thing my dad and I used to joke about. It was the first thing I remember drawing. I’ve never been much of an artist but I was a lot better when I was a kid. I still…

Tech News J.D. Levite Jun 20

A Pill to Cure Your Pathological Rage?

Bruce Banner take note: Researchers at the University of Southern California and Italy have successfully identified a critical neurological factor in aggression. By studying overly hostile mice, they located a malfunctioning brain receptor — and by turning it off, they were able to calm the mice down. The discovery could have implications for people who…

io9 George Dvorsky Jun 20

Have we really found the God Particle? CERN physicists say don’t believe the hype

The internet is beside itself with rumors that the long-sought Higgs Boson has been found — but a representative from one of the teams searching for the so-called “God Particle” says to chill the frak out. So what’s going on here? Are researchers waiting for an international physics conference in July to make their big…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jun 20

The Five Most Terrifying Weapons For Sale at Eurosatory 2012

Just because the US is the worldwide leader in military might doesn’t mean the other world powers are just sitting on their thumbs. No. They’re designing and building their own weapons systems, then selling them at trade shows like Eurosatory 2012, the world’s largest military weapons expo. Held in Paris from June 11th – 15th,…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jun 20

How Chemistry Is Predicting the Flavor Pairings of the Future

Some tastes just go together beautifully: lamb and rosemary, tomato and basil, peanut butter and jelly. But despite a new wave of molecular gastronomy, human imagination can only go so far—which is why scientists are developing computational chemistry techniques to predict the flavor combinations of the future. Chemical and Engineering News takes a long, and…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jun 20

Windows Phone 8 Devices Will Get OTA Updates and 18 Months of Firmware Support

Well, here’s some cold comfort to Windows Phone 7.5 users and an iron-clad promise to future Windows Phone 8 buyers; Microsoft has just announced that all WP8 updates will be over the air from now on (so you won’t have to plug your device into your computer), and that all future Windows Phone 8 devices…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jun 20

The Best Action Camera

Action cams have always sounded great. Just strap them to a bike, a surfboard, a car, or a helmet, and record a ride from the daredevil’s POV. Now they’re getting fancy, with full 1080p HD recording, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS. So which is the right one to capture your classic runs and epic wipeouts? Note:…

Reviews Brent Rose Jun 20

Dredd trailer shows off the bloody, slo-mo goodness inside Mega-City One

Here it is — your first brief look at Dredd starring Karl Urban as the Judge. Watch as Urban sticks out his lip and delivers his first ever line: “Negotiation’s over” — then BLAMMO! No sight of Lena Headey as Madeline ‘Ma-Ma’ Madrigal just yet (except for one brief second of a woman smoking). Here’s…

Trailers Meredith Woerner Jun 20

10 Deranged Costume Designs From The 1600s That Put Lady Gaga To Shame

If you think dressing up like a giant slab of filet mignon is a modern contrivance, think again. Throughout his career in the 1600s, Parisian artist Nicolas de Larmessin II drew dozens of jovially wackadoodle caricatures of people flamboyantly garbed as their professions. How flamboyant? Two words: seafood suit. This 17th-century illustrator depicted a butcher…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Jun 20

The Windows Phone 8 Start Screen Is the Best of Any Phone

I love Windows Phone 7’s start screen: neatly organized square tiles that clearly show information in real time—from emails to photos to weather to travel progress—without having to click on applications. With Windows Phone 8 Microsoft has solved my only criticism: not enough information density. And it have done so without destroying Metro’s simplicity and…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 20

iPhone Wind Meter Lets You Make Your Own Surf Forecasts

Your local forecaster’s weather predictions are a good start if you’re a surfer—or really any athlete who relies on the wind—waiting for the perfect conditions. But for more precise on-the-spot forecasts, Shaka’s anemometer accessory turns your iPhone into a handheld weather station. When available, the $60 wind meter will simply attach to your phone’s headphone…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 20

Windows Phone 8 Looks Great, but It Screws Existing Users

Microsoft announced Windows Phone 8 today, with multi-core support, a new Start screen, native code sharing with its forthcoming Windows 8, a new Wallet feature for mobile payments, SD card support, more screen resolution support, and IE 10. Phew. Oh yeah, and existing users won’t be able to upgrade to Windows Phone 8, just version…

Tech News Mat Honan Jun 20

Microsoft Boots Bing Maps for Nokia in Windows Phone 8

We saw this coming, and we’re glad it’s true: Windows Phone 8 will replace Bing Maps with Nokia’s stellar mapping tech. The Nokia data will be available offline—a huge perk—and include turn by turn directions, 3D, and fast transit planning. It takes a big man to admit his own son is terrible, and replace that…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jun 20

Facebook Now Tells You When People Like Your Foursquare and Instagram Updates

Shooting Challenge: Heat

How To Turn Your Twitter Avatar Into an Animated GIF

Watch Ray Kurzweil Deliver the Sensory Effect Keynote Here

The Greatest T-Shirt in the World

Plants communicate with each other by using clicking sounds

Hingeless Sunglasses Flex Like Your Spine

This Looney Tunes Collection Is Your Oh-Right-Father’s-Day-Was-Sunday Deal of the Day

A Pill to Cure Your Pathological Rage?

Have we really found the God Particle? CERN physicists say don’t believe the hype

The Five Most Terrifying Weapons For Sale at Eurosatory 2012

How Chemistry Is Predicting the Flavor Pairings of the Future

Windows Phone 8 Devices Will Get OTA Updates and 18 Months of Firmware Support

The Best Action Camera

Dredd trailer shows off the bloody, slo-mo goodness inside Mega-City One

10 Deranged Costume Designs From The 1600s That Put Lady Gaga To Shame

The Windows Phone 8 Start Screen Is the Best of Any Phone

iPhone Wind Meter Lets You Make Your Own Surf Forecasts

Windows Phone 8 Looks Great, but It Screws Existing Users

Microsoft Boots Bing Maps for Nokia in Windows Phone 8

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