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The Definitive Way To Wrap a Copy of Portal 2

The game might be a few months old now, but Portal 2 will still make for an amazing Christmas gift. And here’s hands-down the most clever way to wrap it. Just keep the giftee off the internet until Christmas morning. It completely removes the element of surprise as to what the gift is, and you’ll…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Dec 19

This Is What the New Shellphone Looks Like

After months of rumors and speculation, the Shellphone has finally made a splashy arrival in the U.S.—and as you can see in the unboxing video above, someone has got their hands on one. The video is brief (rumor has it that the creator received a surprise visit from some grouchy folks from Cupertino) but from…

Tech News Sponsored post Dec 19

A Predator Drone Watches America Exit Iraq from Above

Have you heard? The war in Iraq is over! Pretty much. The humans are out—but the big robot eyes in the sky are going to stick around. Hey—here’s a perfectly symbolic video! This MQ-1 Predator drone was breezing over the enormous convoy that scooted out of Iraq over the weekend. The Pentagon calls it “the…

Tech News Sam Biddle Dec 19

All multi-cellular life might be descended from a parasitic invasion

Eons ago, two single-celled organisms, a bacterium and an archaeon, combined to form the first complex cell. This symbiosis gave birth to all multi-cellular organisms, but new evidence suggests this wasn’t about cooperation. That bacterium was actually a parasite. Two billion years ago, an archaeon swallowed a bacterium, and for whatever reason it forgot to…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Dec 19

We break down the new Dark Knight Rises trailer, screencap by screencap

You’ve seen the preview for The Dark Knight Rises and read the synopsis of the teaser footage. Now check out over twenty scenes from the latest trailer with annotations. Anne Hathaway loves symbolism! Possible spoilers. Let’s start with the kid singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Gotham City Rogues football game. Note that they’re playing…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Dec 19

Wrath of the Titans trailer promises more monsters, more metal, and more hair

Sam Worthington has grown his hair out into some kind of late 70s/early 80s disaster fluff, Liam Neeson’s beard is beardier than ever, and Marilyn Manson is moaning on the soundtrack. What, you need more than that to convince you that Wrath of the Titans is going to be your new monster-based guilty pleasure? Well,…

Trailers Annalee Newitz Dec 19

You cannot resist the charms of the rare pygmy hippo, caught on tape

The BBC has posted this footage of the rare pygmy hippo, taken by a zoologists’ group camera trap in Libera. Soak in the cuteness as it delicately chomps its way through the midnight underbrush. These little/big creatures are currently considered an endangered species.

io9 Annalee Newitz Dec 19

First ever footage from Ridley Scott’s space epic Prometheus

Science fiction’s grandmaster returns with Prometheus — and now the first ever footage has been released! Watch Michael Fassbender and friends, as they’re blasted on grey planets, lit on fire, and sent to explore an extraterrestrial world. And yes, it does have that wonderful dark almost grainy feel that the past Alien films all shouldered.…

Trailers Meredith Woerner Dec 19

David Fincher reveals the operatic title sequence for his Spider-Man movie that never was

David Fincher is bringing your favorite Swedish hacker girl Lisbeth Salander to life in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo — but he almost tackled Spider-Man instead. In our exclusive interview, the director told us how he would have handled the web-slinger… and walked us through his operatic title sequence in great detail. Fincher has…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 19

Is This the First of Many Cameras You’ll Connect Directly to Your iPad?

With Disney graphics and an easy-to-use photo editing app, the Sakar AppClix camera is squarely targeted at kids. But instead of a USB port it includes a 30-pin Apple connector, making me wonder if other camera manufacturers will follow suit. With a seven megapixel sensor, 4X zoom, a 1.5 inch LCD display, and a microSD…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Dec 19

New Dark Knight Rises trailer reveals Bane’s explosive machinations!

Hey, it’s the new trailer for The Dark Knight Rises! All the gang is here! Batman! Bane! Gordon! Selina! And holy crap, does Bane hate Gotham City football. I imagine he’s a huge Metropolis Sharks fan. I really hope this movie is about sports rivalries between insane super-genius vigilantes. And can you understand Tom Hardy…

Trailers Cyriaque Lamar Dec 19

How to Make an Office Dartboard That Won’t Destroy the Walls

Darts are awesome, but they’re tricky to set up at work. Real darts aren’t super safe and leave walls full of holes, and safety darts suck hard. Mark Rober has got a solution that’s simple, elegant, and awesome. You might remember Mark from his dual-iPad hole-in-the-stomach Halloween costume. Once again, Mark is demonstrating how commonly…

Tech News Brent Rose Dec 19

10 Classic Science Fiction TV Shows that Could Become Hit Movies

The Mission Impossible movies are still kicking box-office ass, at least judging from Ghost Protocol’s IMAX limited opening. This is kind of a miracle, since most movies based on TV shows fall flat. (Like the Ralph Fiennes Avengers, Lost in Space, Land of the Lost, Thunderbirds, Bewitched, etc.) Even when a TV-show-turned-movie rules (Serenity) it…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Dec 19

The juiciest science scandals of 2011

The Scientist magazine has helpfully gathered together all the weirdest and worst science scandals of 2011, as well as bringing us updates on some ongoing science trainwrecks that started way back in 2010. Here are a few highlights. The Scientist sums up one of our favorite scandals this past year in this way: The work…

io9 Annalee Newitz Dec 19

Six Ways Kim Jong Il Sucked at Technology

The Supreme Dear Leader is dead—and while it’s been a morning of hysterical weeping for us at Gizmodo, we can’t help but look back at the five star dictator’s life. And boy, did his country blow at tech. Now, let’s all keep in mind that this has nothing to do with the people of North…

Tech News Sam Biddle Dec 19

Who Wins the Santa vs Zombies vs Satan Google Battle These Holidays?

The University of Oxford’s Internet Institute has discovered that there are places in the United States where there are more people googling for zombies and satan than for Santa Claus. They have found some interesting patterns: a few pockets including just outside the San Francisco Bay and Seattle and the cities Houston, Dallas and Austin…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 19

Facebook’s Sweet Timeline Is on the iPhone Now Too

If you’ve been wondering how Facebook’s snazzy new Timeline feature would look like on the iPhone, wonder no more. It’s supah snazzy (or as snazzy as its mobile web and Android counterparts)! The latest iOS Facebook app update includes Timeline so you can catch up with your friend’s entire history while on the go. Convenient?…

Social Media Casey Chan Dec 19

It’s About Time We Had Some New Mnemonics

Every Good Boy Does Fine? Not in this economy, bub. As xkcd properly points out, we’re overdue for some new science mnemonics. Preferably ones involving sharks and orgasms. Like these: Click to biggie-size. Now all we need is a mnemonic for spelling “mnemonic” and we’ll be all set. [xkcd]

Tech News Brian Barrett Dec 19

According to astronomers, “super Earths” should not exist

NASA’s Kepler telescope has now identified an insane 2,326 possible exoplanets. What’s particularly shocking is how many of these planets are giant rocky planets known as Super-Earths, which defies everything we thought we knew about planet formation. Of all the recent discovered candidate planets, anywhere from a third to half of them are super-Earths, which…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Dec 19

New Updates Might Actually Get You Using Google+

Google has just announced a slew of updates to plus that make for a better user experience. And while nobody seems to be using it that much at the moment, they might be just the incentive you need to get involved. Because some of these tweaks are actually really quite neat, and help get the…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Dec 19

The Definitive Way To Wrap a Copy of Portal 2

This Is What the New Shellphone Looks Like

A Predator Drone Watches America Exit Iraq from Above

All multi-cellular life might be descended from a parasitic invasion

We break down the new Dark Knight Rises trailer, screencap by screencap

Wrath of the Titans trailer promises more monsters, more metal, and more hair

You cannot resist the charms of the rare pygmy hippo, caught on tape

First ever footage from Ridley Scott’s space epic Prometheus

David Fincher reveals the operatic title sequence for his Spider-Man movie that never was

Is This the First of Many Cameras You’ll Connect Directly to Your iPad?

New Dark Knight Rises trailer reveals Bane’s explosive machinations!

How to Make an Office Dartboard That Won’t Destroy the Walls

10 Classic Science Fiction TV Shows that Could Become Hit Movies

The juiciest science scandals of 2011

Six Ways Kim Jong Il Sucked at Technology

Who Wins the Santa vs Zombies vs Satan Google Battle These Holidays?

Facebook’s Sweet Timeline Is on the iPhone Now Too

It’s About Time We Had Some New Mnemonics

According to astronomers, “super Earths” should not exist

New Updates Might Actually Get You Using Google+

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