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Best nanotechnology conspiracy rant ever

Viruses are obviously artificial creations, little pieces of technology designed to download evil software into your cells. This is definitely my favorite new conspiracy rant. The best part is when the narrator, known on YouTube as “adampants,” starts acting out all the voices of the cells involved in immune response. “Hey, I’m a white blood…

io9 Annalee Newitz Nov 9

Behold This Treasure Trove of Mistaken Text Messages

There’s a strange quirk in Verizon’s text messaging system. When entering a recipient, if their phone number doesn’t pop up with their name and you send it anyway, it may go to someone else. That someone else is often Leila. Meet Leila Sales. She writes novels for young adults under Simon Schuster, and since the…

Tech News Brent Rose Nov 9

Syfy’s new development slate brings back space opera with Deep Space Nine‘s Robert Hewitt Wolfe!

With Stargate gone and Battlestar Galactica long dead, there’s been a dreadful absence of space opera on our screens lately. Thank goodness Syfy is stepping into the gap, launching a whole new spacefaring series. Even better news? The series is being crafted by Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Andromeda producer Robert Hewitt Wolfe. Here’s…

Television Meredith Woerner Nov 9

beep.

This is a test. This blog is conducting a test of the Emergency Alert System. Like, guerrilla-style. This is only a test. If this had been an actual emergency, you would have been instructed where to go for news and official information. beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. (Just trying to help.) https://gizmodo.com/this-is-not-a-test-the-emergency-alert-system-is-worth-5857897

Tech News Joe Brown Nov 9

Inside a Top Secret Soviet Nuclear Submarine Underground Base

The name of this God’s forgotten place is Object 825 GTS, a top secret Cold War nuclear submarine underground base located in the Balaklava Bay, Crimea, Ukraine. The Soviet military started to build the base in 1957 under the directive of Joseph Stalin. Stalin commissioned his crony Lavrentiy Beria to find places for secret nuclear…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 9

Russia’s mission to Martian moon Phobos has suffered a major setback

Russia’s Phobos-Grunt spacecraft — the country’s first bid at interplanetary space exploration in 15 years — made a successful launch yesterday afternoon, but is now reportedly stuck in orbit after losing communication with Earth and failing to fire the thrusters that would have sent it into deep space. So much for kicking the country’s Martian…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Nov 9

First Early Reviews of Looper, the Time Travel Movie That Could Be One of 2012’s Best Films

There hasn’t been a truly great time travel movie in quite some time, maybe since Primer. But we’ve got high hopes for Rian Johnson, the director of Brick, to create a cool new spin on the genre with his new film, Looper. It’s been three years since we interviewed Johnson about Looper, and a year…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 9

10 Issues of Ongoing Comics that Prove Single Issues Can Be Great

It’s new comics day, and for many of us that means a trip to our local comic store to pick up those amazing pamphlets filled with graphic storytelling. Everybody has been saying for years that “floppy” comics are going away, and soon we’ll all just buy the trade paperbacks. What’s the point in even dealing…

io9 Keith Veronese Nov 9

This Is Not a Test: The Emergency Alert System Is Worthless Without Social Networks

You probably won’t hear or see today’s test of the Emergency Alert System. That’s a problem. Unless you happen to be watching TV or listening to the radio at 2pm EST, it’ll pass you by altogether. It’s a wasted opportunity. But it doesn’t have to be. When I was a kid, the Emergency Broadcast System…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Nov 9

Ask Joe Hill anything you want about Horns

In October, the io9 Book Club read Joe Hill’s Horns. Now Hill is coming to answer your questions about the book tomorrow, Thursday, November 10. https://gizmodo.com/the-io9-book-club-is-in-session-lets-talk-about-joe-hi-5853201 He’ll be popping into the comment thread on this very post on Nov. 10 between 10:00-11:00 AM Pacific Time. Start posting your questions for him now, and he’ll answer…

io9 Annalee Newitz Nov 9

Insert an AirPort Express and This Outdoor Speaker Becomes AirPlay Ready

Out of the box Russound’s new AirGo outdoor speaker is fairly limited, letting you connect an audio source via a line in cable. But when you install an AirPort Express into a weather proof chamber on its back, it then gains AirPlay connectivity, letting you stream music from your iOS devices or iTunes. The weather…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 9

Your hibernation pod is ready

Imagine going to sleep for months at a time and then waking up just in time to land on Mars. Hibernation is second nature to bears and other mammals…but there’s no reason humans can’t do it too. Exactly how hibernation works and why only certain animals do it remain great mysteries for biologists, but the…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Nov 9

Shooting Challenge: Duotones

Have you ever wondered why some colorless shots (like sepia) are dull while others are absolutely striking? At least some of the time, it comes down to the duotone process. And for this week’s Shooting Challenge, you’ll create duotones. The Challenge Create a duotone using any two colors you wish (but let’s go beyond the…

Tech News Mark Wilson Nov 9

Have Some Class For God’s Sake!

There’s nothing as unsophisticated as opening a nice bottle of Chardonnay, crafting some home-made kettle corn and popping in a Blu-ray disc…to your PS3. Ugh! How gauche! When you take this quiz and mail the last question to [email protected] with “Panasonic Wi-Fi-Enabled 3D Blu-ray Player” in the subject line, you’ll be entered to win a…

Tech News Sponsored post Nov 9

Watch this 230-ton Airbus A330 Stopping In Midair for a Few Seconds

This is what happens when a 230-ton Airbus A330 has the right angle of attack, the right low speed and the right amount of head wind: it gets suspended in the middle of the sky for a few seconds. It feels like it’s flying in slow motion, then it freezes for a couple of seconds…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 9

Will the HTC Ville be the First Phone to Screw Up Ice Cream Sandwich with HTC Sense?

BGR just leaked info about the HTC Ville, an Android phone that’ll supposedly be announced by HTC at next year’s Mobile World Congress, and it looks really great… except for one thing. It plasters the needless HTC Sense all over Ice Cream Sandwich. WHYYY https://gizmodo.com/what-is-ice-cream-sandwich-5851169 Aside from that, the HTC Ville is a 4.3-inch, 1.5…

Tech News Casey Chan Nov 9

Barnes and Noble Thinks Microsoft Has an Android Monopoly

Microsoft is one of the biggest beneficiaries of Android’s growth, financially speaking. Barnes and Noble, who just released the Android-based Nook Tablet, think Microsoft created a monopoly on the back of the Android OS. Now it’s asking the DOJ to launch an antitrust probe. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-says-their-licensing-agreements-are-the-solut-5854777 Barnes and Noble argues that the licensing terms Microsoft seeks…

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 9

Finally, a clip that shows Tarsem Singh bringing his uniquely bloodthirsty style to Immortals

The previews for Immortals have included lots of gorgeous imagery — but not much carnage. At last, though, the studio has released a fight scene that shows off director Tarsem Singh’s eye for bloodshed, which we all fell in love with in The Cell. Watch as a bunch of Gods dressed as male strippers split…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 9

Hollywood, please make a movie out of this horrifying mutant cat deity video starring Professor Genki

Cult TV makers and all around genius lunatics Tim & Eric have created a harrowing trailer for the video game Saints Row the Third in which they bring to life the giant cat-headed Professor Genki and his collection of cat worshiping minions. Tall Cat Parade! Saints Row the Third is sort of Grand Theft Auto…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 9

Headphones: You’re Doing It Wrong

Headphones are wonderful devices meant to enhance your aural experience while also shielding your terrible taste in music from others. Why is this so hard to understand? Looking at you, in particular, open-ear cans. Looking at you very grumpily. [The Doghouse Diaries]

Tech News Brian Barrett Nov 9

Best nanotechnology conspiracy rant ever

Behold This Treasure Trove of Mistaken Text Messages

Syfy’s new development slate brings back space opera with Deep Space Nine‘s Robert Hewitt Wolfe!

beep.

Inside a Top Secret Soviet Nuclear Submarine Underground Base

Russia’s mission to Martian moon Phobos has suffered a major setback

First Early Reviews of Looper, the Time Travel Movie That Could Be One of 2012’s Best Films

10 Issues of Ongoing Comics that Prove Single Issues Can Be Great

This Is Not a Test: The Emergency Alert System Is Worthless Without Social Networks

Ask Joe Hill anything you want about Horns

Insert an AirPort Express and This Outdoor Speaker Becomes AirPlay Ready

Your hibernation pod is ready

Shooting Challenge: Duotones

Have Some Class For God’s Sake!

Watch this 230-ton Airbus A330 Stopping In Midair for a Few Seconds

Will the HTC Ville be the First Phone to Screw Up Ice Cream Sandwich with HTC Sense?

Barnes and Noble Thinks Microsoft Has an Android Monopoly

Finally, a clip that shows Tarsem Singh bringing his uniquely bloodthirsty style to Immortals

Hollywood, please make a movie out of this horrifying mutant cat deity video starring Professor Genki

Headphones: You’re Doing It Wrong

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