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Cancer is just as deadly as it was 50 years ago. Here’s why that’s about to change.

Why haven’t we cured cancer yet? It seems like almost every day, we hear about another miraculous advance in cancer treatment. Drugs that cause tumors to shrink, gene therapies, and even a possible vaccine. And yet, our loved ones keep dying of cancer. We spoke to cancer experts to find out why the death rate…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 7 '12

The Olympics Will Have Bombproof Trash Cans with LCD Screens

Trash cans are the eye sores of city life, like the grimy physical manifestation of popped pimples overflowing with bags and Chinese takeout ooze. The Olympics? A magnifying glass on a city’s life. That’s why it’s not surprising to see a city (in this case, London) introduce new, stylish trash cans as a quick makeover.…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 7 '12

The Softer Side of Chainsaw-Accentuated Rifles

Rifles augmented with chainsaws designed to cut through zombie hordes are old hat, so when Guns & Gardens set about making theirs, they wanted it to be different. Cuter, more adorable, and more appealing to your stereotypical tweenaged girl. https://gizmodo.com/add-an-electric-chainsaw-to-your-ak-47-to-battle-non-ex-5879178 With their $100 budget (not including the rifle) they built the OMG-AR15 Unicorn from a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 7 '12

Your Next Piece of Furniture Could Be Made From Your Old Refrigerator

The huge, incredible DIY Maker Bot is almost as impressive as the beautiful furniture it assembles from the melted-down refuge of discarded kitchen appliances. You have to watch this for yourself. Dutch designer Dirk Vander Kooij will build you a futuristic rocking chair, a wild-looking table, or whatever kind of furniture you want. From the…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Feb 7 '12

8 clips from The Lorax make us sad, but not for the trees

These eight clips from the mangled Dr. Seuss Lorax translation fill us with so many emotions. On one hand, it’s gorgeous. The Truffula Tree forrest is simply stunning, and the Humming Fish are supremely adorable. But that is where it stops. The plot moves forward, and we get to meet the Once-ler’s extended family (faces…

Movies Meredith Woerner Feb 7 '12

How a Smart Photographer Beat Out a Bunch of Abusive Cops

Accredited Journalist Carlos Miller was arrested while covering the Occupy Miami eviction, following orders by Miami-Dade police’s Major Nancy Pérez. Then they deleted his footage, which is illegal and may lead to a federal lawsuit. Fortunately, Miller is smarter than these cops. He recovered the deleted footage from his camera’s memory card, part of which…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 7 '12

Logitech Cube Lightning Review: This Is Not a Mouse

Logitech arguably makes the best mice you can buy. I guess it tires of doing so, as the Cube mouse-plus-PowerPoint-clicker is an ergonomic war crime and peripheral abomination. At least it’s small enough to purge from memory. https://gizmodo.com/logitech-g400-lightning-review-im-going-to-murder-your-5837268 What Is It? A “compact” pinky-long touch mouse meant to be used during presentations, too. Who’s it…

Reviews Sam Biddle Feb 7 '12

How much of your online dating profile do people actually read?

If you’re trying to attract men in San Francisco who like to visit coffee shops, you may want to skip filling in your “about me” section, and spend as much time as possible picking out your very best profile picture. According to consumer research company AnswerLab, men spend 65 percent more time looking at photos…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Feb 7 '12

Take Pictures Quicker, Sync DropBox Music, and Open Almost Any File

Apple says the camera on the iPhone 4S is quick. Well, quicker, anyway. You still have to launch the app, then take a photo. Sometimes it’s super fast. Other times, it’s so slow you miss your chance to take a picture of the Yeti that just ran off with your backpack. Next time, capture that…

Commerce Roberto Baldwin Feb 7 '12

The Best Laptops Under $500

Looking for the best bang for your PC buck? Our friends at Laptop Magazine and Laptop Mag—who oversee 140+ notebook and netbook reviews every year—have rounded up the top performers under $500. The price of Windows laptops continues to decline, with the average system costing just $456 in December 2011. However, you don’t have to…

Tech News David Eitelbach-Laptopmag.com Feb 7 '12

Detailed breakdown of Spider-Man’s new trailer shows off the Lizard!

You’ve seen the exceptionally moody and action-packed new trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man. But what secrets does it hide about the Lizard and Spider-Man’s parents? https://gizmodo.com/new-amazing-spider-man-trailer-looks-bloody-brilliant-5882926 It’s the first ever shot of Spidey flying in the air. Looks much different from Sam Raimi’s hyper comic book coloring and CG animated action (not that there’s anything…

Movies Meredith Woerner Feb 7 '12

DigiTech’s iPhone Guitar Pedal Lets You Shred Without Your Phone

The Digitech iStomp isn’t the first iPhone-controlled guitar effects pedal, but it’s the first one that feels more like a legit guitar accessory than an iPhone toy. Like Digitech’s massive iPad pedal board before it, the iStomp’s design is a cut above the rest because it’s conceived with guitar players in mind. The important difference…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Feb 7 '12

SeaWorld is being sued… by five of its “enslaved” killer whales

Can a wild-captured orca whale be considered a “slave” under the guidelines of the U.S. Constitution, or be named as a plaintiff in a lawsuit arguing as much? Evidently it can. In fact, five of them can — U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Miller is considering their case. According to the BBC, SeaWorld has become involved…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Feb 7 '12

Path Uploads Your Entire Address Book to Its Servers Without Your Explicit Permission

While searching for a way to create an OS X app for Path’s social network, hacker Arun Thampi stumbled on to something that could raise privacy issues with the app. Arun was looking into the Path APIs when he noticed that his entire address book was being uploaded to Path’s servers without his permission. When…

Privacy & Security Roberto Baldwin Feb 7 '12

This Optimus Prime snowman is the size of an apartment building

Since early January, a crew at Hokkaido, Japan’s Asahikawa Winter Festival has been carving out this 53-foot-tall bust of Optimus Prime peering over a wall. Given all that effort, it will be somewhat depressing to witness him inevitably transform into a grey puddle. [Takara Tomy’s Twitter via Anime News Network]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Feb 7 '12

Everything You Need To Exercise Without Getting Off the Couch

Just because your life revolves around your living room couch—whether you whittle away the hours playing video games, blogging, or buying and selling action figures on eBay—doesn’t mean you can’t have the body of a chiseled supermodel. Many will try and tell you that heading to the gym and using complicated workout equipment is the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 7 '12

Ferris Bueller And Broderick Superbowl Ad Side By Side

This is very neat: someone took the 1986 movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and ran all the parallelisms with Matthew Broderick’s reprise for the 2012 Super Bowl. It was a great job, although Ferris is not Ferris anymore. [Thanks Brent!]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 7 '12

How Letterman Gets Around NBC’s Super Bowl “Fascism”

David Letterman loved the Super Bowl, and was heated that he couldn’t show his audience highlights from the big game due to NBC’s iron grip on usage rights. So last night, Dave had some choice words for NBC—he called the network “fascist”—and then took matters into his own hands with a super high-tech simulation of…

Tech News Michael Hession Feb 7 '12

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Is Your Moddable Deal of the Day

I have not played Skyrim yet. Why is that? Because I currently have L.A. Noire, Gears of War 3, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, and Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars all sitting on my coffee table, unopened. It’s a long list! And even if I did have Skyrim for…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals Feb 7 '12

An exclusive first look at Vertigo’s next supernatural comic book

Supernaturally tinged comics like Sandman, Hellblazer, and Lucifer have long been staples of Vertigo’s roster. Next month, the publisher will debut their newest ghostly series, Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child by author Selwyn Seyfu Hinds and artists Denys Cowan and John Floyd. The first issue doesn’t hit stores until March 21, but we’ve got an exclusive…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Feb 7 '12

Cancer is just as deadly as it was 50 years ago. Here’s why that’s about to change.

The Olympics Will Have Bombproof Trash Cans with LCD Screens

The Softer Side of Chainsaw-Accentuated Rifles

Your Next Piece of Furniture Could Be Made From Your Old Refrigerator

8 clips from The Lorax make us sad, but not for the trees

How a Smart Photographer Beat Out a Bunch of Abusive Cops

Logitech Cube Lightning Review: This Is Not a Mouse

How much of your online dating profile do people actually read?

Take Pictures Quicker, Sync DropBox Music, and Open Almost Any File

The Best Laptops Under $500

Detailed breakdown of Spider-Man’s new trailer shows off the Lizard!

DigiTech’s iPhone Guitar Pedal Lets You Shred Without Your Phone

SeaWorld is being sued… by five of its “enslaved” killer whales

Path Uploads Your Entire Address Book to Its Servers Without Your Explicit Permission

This Optimus Prime snowman is the size of an apartment building

Everything You Need To Exercise Without Getting Off the Couch

Ferris Bueller And Broderick Superbowl Ad Side By Side

How Letterman Gets Around NBC’s Super Bowl “Fascism”

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Is Your Moddable Deal of the Day

An exclusive first look at Vertigo’s next supernatural comic book

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