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Intel’s Ivy Bridge: Tri-Gate Transistors Bring Supercharged Performance

Today is the day that the full veil comes off Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors, which will be more commonly known as the third generation of Core processors. With that comes stats and specs about what Ivy Bridge is built on and what it will be capable of. Here’s everything you need to know about Ivy…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 23

All Modern American Rockets and Spaceships Compared

This is a very neat graphic: all modern American rockets and spaceships compared, from XCOR’s Lynx—a two-seat space transport vehicle—to NASA’s next-generation Space Launch System. And of course, the classic Saturn V added for good measure. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-nasas-new-deep-space-rocket-5840149 After all, it’s still the biggest and baddest American rocket (America fuck yeah!) [America Space]

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Apr 23

This Week’s TV: Felicia Day Plays a Hacker with a Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo

You can learn a lot from this week’s TV. Like why the Voltron kids don’t just form Voltron at the start of a battle. And exactly the worst thing that can happen in a romance on Adventure Time. Plus Person of Interest and Awake are both giving us some pretty twisted criminal enterprises. Most of…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Apr 23

Acer’s First Ivy Bridge Computers Are… Desktops???

Hey hey! Intel’s new Ivy Bridge processors are here! As such, there are some new Ivy Bridge-equipped machines from Acer, which means they’ll be within financial reach for many. But I hope you like desktop PCs, because that’s all you’re getting for now. https://gizmodo.com/intels-ivy-bridge-tri-gate-transistors-bring-superchar-5904346 Anything Ivy Bridge is better than no Ivy Bridge at all,…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 23

Behold the water slide so dangerous it was shut down immediately

From 1978 to 1996, the Action Park of Vernon Township, New Jersey provided thousands of teenagers with the white-knuckle thrills only inattentive employees and poorly conceived amusement park rides can deliver. The Park’s dubiously safe rides were responsible for countless scrapes and bruises and at least six fatalities. Half of these deaths were caused by…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Apr 23

The Most Unbelievably Terrible Police Wanted Composites

If your only exposure to the art of compiling police composites comes from CSI or NCIS or ASDFJKL, you might think that modern law enforcement is all supercomputers and enhance machines. If only. After an especially pathetic effort by Bolivian police last week, the Mirror put together some of the most dreadful digital depictions of…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Apr 23

The CIA’s Mach 3 Recon Drone

Gary Power’s failed sortie over Soviet Russia in 1960 prompted military brass to search for unmanned alternatives for performing recon over hostile territory. The D-21 drone was Lockheed’s solution—launched from a modified A-12, it spied on Red China at over 2,000 MPH. Lockheed began its work in late 1962 on a high-altitude, high-speed reconnaissance drone.…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 23

Photoshop CS6 Beta Review: The Best Update In Recent Memory

I’m in love with Photoshop CS6 after working with the beta during the past few weeks. For the first time in many years, this one is a must-have update. It will save a lot of time for professionals on the day-to-day, thanks to new and updated features, a new graphic engine, and a new—beautiful—streamlined interface.…

Reviews Jesus Diaz Apr 23

How To Choose the Right Extension Cord for Anything

There are a lot of extension cords out there, and sometimes it’s hard to know which one to use. Often, people just go to the same one for everything—and it’s not always a safe choice for the wires carrying the current, the outlet, or the machine itself. Eliminate the guesswork by using the best cords…

Tech News Brett Martin Apr 23

Target Assembles Everyday Stuff For These Awesome Avengers Ads

Check out these slick ads from Target featuring weapons, costumes, and symbols from the upcoming Avengers movie made entirely from things you can buy in its stores. When even the movie tie-in ads for a big box chain store are jaw-droppingly amazing, you know you’ve got a blockbuster hit on your hands. The ads are…

Movies Andrew Liszewski Apr 23

Watch a video of the first known all-white adult killer whale

Everybody, meet Iceberg. Iceberg looks and behaves like a lot of other killer whales, with one very big exception: Iceberg is entirely white. In fact, researchers say he’s the only all-white, adult orca to ever be observed. A group of Russian scientists and students co-led by conservationist Erich Hoyt recently spotted Iceberg off the coast…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 23

Meet Frankenthulhu: half Frankenstein, half Cthulhu, all awesome monster!

Gaze upon the tentacled brow of the Frankenthulu — he’s 50% Frankenstein’s monster, 50% slumbering nightmare! Created by the artist Rob Roberts over at Deviant Art, this dual horror deserves a spot on Universal’s classic movie roster. Nothing left to do now other than beseech the gods of H. P. Lovecraft to inspire additional mash-up…

io9 Meredith Woerner Apr 23

Nuclear Powered Preamp Promises Incredibly Excessive Accuracy With a Built-in Atomic Clock

Audiophiles are always on the hunt for the most over-the-top setup to impress and make other audiophiles jealous. And there’s now a nuclear option in the audiophile arms race with this DAC featuring a built-in rubidium-powered atomic clock promising incredibly accurate and stable digital to analog conversions, and vice versa. Antelope Audio’s upcoming Rubicon Atomic…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 23

Virus Attack Kills Iranian Oil

Iran may or may not be decoding American drone data right now, but one thing’s for sure: someone cyber-punched the crap out of its oil infrastructure. Internet war! https://gizmodo.com/iran-cracks-us-stealth-spy-drones-secrets-shows-proof-5904255 The BBC reports that 90% of the country’s oil export network is now out of commission: The computer virus is believed to have hit the internal…

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 23

Five Reasons the New Photoshop Is a Big Deal

It’s CS6 day! Adobe just dropped Creative Suite 6, which means a trove of updated apps with new features that make it seem like magical gremlins live inside your computer, processing your images. https://gizmodo.com/adobe-creative-cloud-and-creative-suite-6-are-out-today-5903914 There’s a lot to love about Photoshop CS6. But it’s easier to fall in love when you can see the tools…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Apr 23

An Exclusive Look at The Avengers XXX: A Porn Parody Trailer

And there came a day unlike any other, when Earth’s mightiest heroes decided to have an orgy. Okay, so that’s not the actual tagline for The Avengers XXX: A Porn Parody, Vivid Entertainment’s sex-filled spoof of the upcoming Marvel Studios blockbuster -– but hey, who are we to tell them how to market their superhero…

Trailers Rick Marshall Apr 23

This Is the World’s First Adult White Killer Whale

Say hello to Iceberg. Spotted off the coast of Kamchatka in eastern Russia, he is the first ever entirely white adult killer whale to be observed. While there have been examples of white whales in the past—including one orca with a rare genetic condition that died in a Canadian aquarium in 1972 when it was…

Biology Jamie Condliffe Apr 23

This flamboyant creature is half mollusk, half discotheque

Meet Ctenoides ales, a bivalve that also goes by the names “electric flame scallop” and “fire clam.” This invertebrate — which can be found off the coast of the Pacific Rim around Indonesia and Japan — manipulates the highly reflective tissue on its mantle in a wave-like motion, which gives the impression that an electrical…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Apr 23

Marvel Comics Pleather Gaming Chair Is the Nerd Throne You’ve Been Dreaming Of

Comic fans can be pretty rabid in their loyalty to their favorite heroes. They hoard crates upon crates of musty old issues. They cosplay at conventions. And they, apparently, buy and sit in pleather gaming chairs with images of their favorite Marvel characters stuck down the middle of them. Features of the XZipit Video Game…

Books & Comics Kyle Wagner Apr 23

If YouTube Were Invented in the 90s, It Would Have Worked Like This

What if the YouTube we know and love had been invented in the 1990s? The video is the latest in a series of similarly themed visions of retro-trech showcasing Twitter, Facebook, and Google among others. https://gizmodo.com/if-facebook-were-invented-in-the-90s-it-would-have-wor-5898651 This time around, the lovely overacting voice-over artist explains the “Digital Online TV Station” and the wonders of FLV…

Tech News Michael Hession Apr 23

Intel’s Ivy Bridge: Tri-Gate Transistors Bring Supercharged Performance

All Modern American Rockets and Spaceships Compared

This Week’s TV: Felicia Day Plays a Hacker with a Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo

Acer’s First Ivy Bridge Computers Are… Desktops???

Behold the water slide so dangerous it was shut down immediately

The Most Unbelievably Terrible Police Wanted Composites

The CIA’s Mach 3 Recon Drone

Photoshop CS6 Beta Review: The Best Update In Recent Memory

How To Choose the Right Extension Cord for Anything

Target Assembles Everyday Stuff For These Awesome Avengers Ads

Watch a video of the first known all-white adult killer whale

Meet Frankenthulhu: half Frankenstein, half Cthulhu, all awesome monster!

Nuclear Powered Preamp Promises Incredibly Excessive Accuracy With a Built-in Atomic Clock

Virus Attack Kills Iranian Oil

Five Reasons the New Photoshop Is a Big Deal

An Exclusive Look at The Avengers XXX: A Porn Parody Trailer

This Is the World’s First Adult White Killer Whale

This flamboyant creature is half mollusk, half discotheque

Marvel Comics Pleather Gaming Chair Is the Nerd Throne You’ve Been Dreaming Of

If YouTube Were Invented in the 90s, It Would Have Worked Like This

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