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Windows 8 Release Preview Hands On: Wonderful (And Kind Of Boring)

Windows 8 Release Preview is among us and, boy, is it lovely. It’s so much dreamier than the Consumer Preview, and makes the Developer Preview look like something cobbled together out of two-by-fours, electrical tape, and rebar. It also is quite boring. https://gizmodo.com/windows-8-consumer-preview-hands-on-no-going-back-5889001 Windows 8 is Microsoft’s next-generation operating system, due to ship this fall.…

Tech News Mat Honan May 31

This 4D Puzzle of Washington DC Is Your Politickin’ Deal of the Day

When I was a baby boy who thought the Earth was flat, I wrongly assumed the Redskins and Bullets were from the state of Washington and not DC. When the truth was revealed to me, I felt horrible for the state. They were bigger! They were on the best coast! How could they get punked?…

Tech News J.D. Levite May 31

The bad guy of Piranha 3DD tells us about his aquatic swingers’ club

In Piranha 3DD — the sequel to 2010’s “nubile swimmers getting eaten underwater” flick Piranha 3D — a sleazy water park monitored by stripper lifeguards and an unapologetically ineffectual David Hasselhoff is invaded by hungry fish. io9 had a quick chat with comedian David Koechner about playing P3DD’s villainous water slide magnate and the public’s…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar May 31

Marine Robot Helicopters Can Now Snatch Cargo Without Landing

With a skilled pilot at the controls, a helicopter can easily pick up cargo while remaining hovering in the air. It’s a time-saving maneuver that the Marine Corps’ K-MAX autonomous helicopter has just learned to perform itself. The military has been testing the K-MAX for just over half a year now, and with a million…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski May 31

In 1901, you could pay 50 cents to ride an airship to the Moon

The passengers wait eagerly in the ornate lobby of the enormous spaceport. Soon, a signal indicates that their spaceship is ready for boarding. As they wait, special displays instruct them about how their spaceship functions and what to expect once they leave Earth’s atmosphere. Aboard the giant spacecraft — as luxuriously appointed as any yacht…

io9 Ron Miller May 31

Shooting Challenge: Reflections Without Mirrors

Anyone can use a mirror to snag a reflection. But every day, there are reflections going on around us, totally unnoticed. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, capture one—without a mirror or glass globe, and no self-portraits! The Challenge Capture a naturally occurring reflection in your environment (urban or wild)—that means puddles, store windows and shiny…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 31

Will Vizio’s Hot New Computers Be Available Next Month at Walmart?

An anonymous tipster sent us apparent photos of Walmart’s inventory supply system, complete with listings for two upcoming Vizio computers. (Presumably this tipster is a Walmart employee.) It looks like the gorgeous machines we first saw at CES could hit the big box giant’s stores in mid-June. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-vizio-pcs-and-notebooks-are-worthy-of-apple-5874294 There are references to a “27 All-In-One…

Tech News Mario Aguilar May 31

The Best Way to Get Fit: Leave the Gym

I’m just going to come out and say it: screw the gym. Screw it right in the face. There is a better way to get the body you want, one that’s actually fun and that uses your brain’s reward system. Really. Welcome to Fitmodo, Gizmodo’s gym for your brain and backbone. Don’t suffer through life…

Tech News Brent Rose May 31

The First 4K Movie You Can Download Is 160GB and Absolutely Breathtaking

I’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time and, at last, it’s here: Tom Lowe has released his stunning documentary TimeScapes, a silent portrait of our planet captured with exquisite 4K cinematography. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-most-delicious-eye-candy-ive-seen-all-week-5683126 It’s available in iTunes up to 1080p and also from his site at 1440p. That’s 2560 x 1440 pixels, the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 31

Here’s What Happens When You Apply Every Instagram Filter to Your Photo

Yep, you get a big, abstract splotch of light on a reddish-brown background. Or that’s what you get if you’re taking a picture of trees, at least. And it’s actually pretty interesting. Appleogen documented the entire progression in 18 steps, which is as cool, if not cooler than the end result itself. The question is,…

Tech News Adrian Covert May 31

What Flies Can Teach You About Your Restless Leg Syndrome

Restless leg syndrome (RLS) is one of those frustrating diseases where we know what it does, and how it works, but the underlying root cause is difficult to ascertain. Now, by engineering flies to have the disease, scientists may have revealed the genetic origins of RLS. One of the theories behind RLS is that it’s…

io9 Tim Barribeau May 31

Don’t Let Your Money Fly Away: A 1909 Warning to Airship Investors

Today, new futuristic-looking technologies often attract investors hoping to make gobs of money. And airships of the past were no different. In the first few decades of the 20th century people scrambled to figure out how they might cash in on these exciting new inventions, which were slowly beginning to prove themselves technologically reliable. But…

Tech News Matt Novak May 31

Crazy Kinect Magic Makes Sci-Fi Holograms Real

We’re reaching a point at which the Kinect might be more impressive for everything it does except gaming—and projects like this one might seal the deal. DSLR footage spread over a 3D mapped body? Here’s the future. As the Creators Project points out, the technique of pasting human faces and frames on computer forms isn’t…

Movies Sam Biddle May 31

10 Weirdest Ways That Ancient Rulers Died

One of the most shocking things about Game of Thrones is the brutal and often bizarre ways that the nobles and princes kick the bucket — but George R.R. Martin’s horrifying story is pretty close to historical realism. Many historical leaders snuffed it in bizarre, insane ways, from being smothered by coats to, yes, drinking…

io9 Keith Veronese May 31

Most Ridiculous Foursquare Thing: Jewelry Made by Mapping Out Your Check-Ins

If you’ve ever stopped and wondered why you obsessively check in to Foursquare wherever you go, Rachel Binx and Sha Hwang have the answer. They’ve come up with a unique jewelry line that lets Foursquare users create custom geometrical designs based on where they’ve been. On their website, meshu, you can either login to Foursquare…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski May 31

And now, every single Harry Potter magic spell in one video

Behold 17 minutes of straight spell-shouting from the cast of the Harry Potter films, courtesy of one very patient YouTuber. The creepy thing? We can name just about every single spell’s intended result. Wingardium Leviosa! [Via Buzzfeed]

Movies Meredith Woerner May 31

Here Come a Crap Ton of Ivy Bridge Ultrabooks

After many delays Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors were finally unleashed on the world last month. Now here comes the notebook version. Next week we’ll get a look at the first wave of Ivy Bridge ultrabooks, courtesy of Intel. The dual core 17-watt Ivy Bridge chips will power this year’s crop of ultrabooks, and they’ll about…

Tech News Mario Aguilar & Kyle Wagner May 31

How Snow White‘s Huntsman morphed from grizzled old Sean Connery into Thor

The script for the dark fantasy flick Snow White and the Huntsman didn’t just spring up out of the fairy tale fever over the last few years. When screenwriter Evan Daugherty was in film school at NYU, he penned this gritty take on the girl with skin as white as snow. We chatted with the…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 31

You Can Easily Buy the Drugs that Created the Miami Zombie Online (Updated)

No, it wasn’t LSD that made a Miami man eat another man’s face off on Memorial Day. Signs are pointing to “bath salts,” a friendly name for a horrific drug that turns people into raving violent monsters. It’s shipping online. http://gawker.com/5914352/the-disturbing-18+minute-miami-zombie-attack-caught-on-surveillance-camera?tag=miamizombie Although Reuters reports “at least 38 states have enacted bath-salt bans, according to the…

Tech News Sam Biddle May 31

Behold, the violent comics Frank Miller wrote for his high school newspaper

Frank Miller has made a name for himself with hard-boiled comic yarns like The Dark Knight Returns, Daredevil, and Sin City. Miller’s grittier inclinations were on display at the age of 15, when he contributed these two comic strips to the October 1972 edition of his high school newspaper. The students at Miller’s high school…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar May 31

Windows 8 Release Preview Hands On: Wonderful (And Kind Of Boring)

This 4D Puzzle of Washington DC Is Your Politickin’ Deal of the Day

The bad guy of Piranha 3DD tells us about his aquatic swingers’ club

Marine Robot Helicopters Can Now Snatch Cargo Without Landing

In 1901, you could pay 50 cents to ride an airship to the Moon

Shooting Challenge: Reflections Without Mirrors

Will Vizio’s Hot New Computers Be Available Next Month at Walmart?

The Best Way to Get Fit: Leave the Gym

The First 4K Movie You Can Download Is 160GB and Absolutely Breathtaking

Here’s What Happens When You Apply Every Instagram Filter to Your Photo

What Flies Can Teach You About Your Restless Leg Syndrome

Don’t Let Your Money Fly Away: A 1909 Warning to Airship Investors

Crazy Kinect Magic Makes Sci-Fi Holograms Real

10 Weirdest Ways That Ancient Rulers Died

Most Ridiculous Foursquare Thing: Jewelry Made by Mapping Out Your Check-Ins

And now, every single Harry Potter magic spell in one video

Here Come a Crap Ton of Ivy Bridge Ultrabooks

How Snow White‘s Huntsman morphed from grizzled old Sean Connery into Thor

You Can Easily Buy the Drugs that Created the Miami Zombie Online (Updated)

Behold, the violent comics Frank Miller wrote for his high school newspaper

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