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50 Cent Now the Latest Rapper with Rapper Headphones

If you won’t listen to headphones unblessed by a rapper’s licensing deal—and neither Dre nor Ludacris are good enough for you—look to 50 Cent. The former rapper turned Vitamin Water kingpin’s newest headphone is here. Street by 50 (sound familiar?) touts emphasized bass, 40 mm drivers, and… they’re black and blue? I think if you…

Gadgets Sam Biddle Oct 18

A political science fiction story from Vonda McIntyre that’s sure to make you squirm

We already live in a world where corporations are regarded as legal persons — but what happens if corporate personhood becomes more valid than that of organic beings? That’s the provocative premise of a new story by Vonda N. McIntyre, called simply “Supreme Court of the United States Defines Personhood.” Top image: Lucas Pate on…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Oct 18

Motorists Warned Not To Listen To the World’s Most Relaxing Song

In a crushing blow to Enya, Yanni and John Tesh devotees, a Manchester group has composed what sound therapists and scientists are calling the most relaxing song ever created. Science has already given us the most annoying song ever created. But in what I assume is an attempt to get people to stay home and…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 18

A Final Goodbye to Sarah Jane Smith, Doctor Who‘s Best Friend

We already said goodbye to Elisabeth Sladen, one of Doctor Who’s greatest stars, back in April. But with today’s final episode of the Sarah Jane Adventures, we’re having to say goodbye to Sarah Jane Smith, the character she played since 1973. https://gizmodo.com/r-i-p-elisabeth-sladen-doctor-whos-apprentice-5793664 The above video, from the very end of the episode, is her final…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 18

Barnes & Noble Might Be Ruining Comic Books for Everyone

Comic books on tablets are great. They’re one of the best parts of owning one, actually. But the backlash from DC making a bunch of its most popular graphic novels exclusive to Amazon could muck things up for everyone. After the deal went public, Barnes and Noble and Books-a-Million (the third-largest bookseller) pulled the 100…

Commerce Kyle Wagner Oct 18

Big-Brained People Have More Facebook Friends

Scientists have found that the bigger your Facebook friend roster is, the larger your brain is. Researchers at the University College of London wanted to investigate whether hand-wringing over the Internet being bad for humans is really necessary. So they studied brain scans from 125 university students, all of whom were active Facebook users. They…

Social Media Kristen Philipkoski Oct 18

The Devil Inside trailer tries to one-up The Exorcist — with 4 demons possessing one woman

Take your paltry singular demon possession and step aside — the new trailer for exorcism flick The Devil Inside puts multiple demons inside each victim. And that’s just the ones they can hear! Take a look at this insane new horror trailer. Here’s what it’s about: In 1989, emergency responders received a 9-1-1 call from…

Trailers Meredith Woerner Oct 18

Please Help Make These Awesome Lego Fantasies Come True

Want to make this Lego DeLorean BTTF set a reality? Lego is finally crowdsourcing designs with its new Cuusoo platform; it’s basically a Lego Kickstarter. Here are our favorite Lego dreams—let’s help bring ’em to life. How cool would it be if all of the sweet Lego builds that pop up on Flickr and in…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Oct 18

Doxie Go Scans On Its Own and Is Now iOS Friendly

The original version won our affections with a lovely heart graphic on the scanning button, but Doxie’s latest portable scanner is all business, doing its thing without even the need for a USB connection to a computer. https://gizmodo.com/doxie-scanner-uploads-straight-to-the-cloud-5441406 Besides a rechargeable lithium-ion battery that’s good for ingesting about 100 documents, the Doxie Go also features…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Oct 18

Virgin birth has been discovered in pit vipers

Chalk another one up to Jeff Goldblum — researchers say that female pit vipers, like the copperhead snake pictured up top, have joined the growing ranks of animals known to be capable of reproducing asexually, i.e. without mating with a member of the opposite sex. Back in 2009, a female copperhead gave birth to a…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Oct 18

How Victorian engineers almost built an underwater tunnel between Scotland and Ireland

Over a hundred years before the Channel Tunnel opened, providing an undersea railway link between France and the UK, a Victorian engineer dreamed up a daring plan to build a tunnel linking Scotland and Ireland. Those plans were forgotten…until now. That’s one of the coolest finds from the new book Mapping the Railways by British…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Oct 18

Espier Launcher for Android: Turn Your Android Phone Into an iPhone (Seriously)

If you’re using an Android phone, you have so many options! Widgets. Wallpapers. Launchers. Apps. Settings. Tweaks. EVERYTHING IS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS. Hell, you can even transform your Android phone into an iPhone. Just look at that home screen, it’s exactly like iOS. Cool? COOL. What’s it do? It’s a launcher (if you’re not familiar,…

Tech News Casey Chan Oct 18

Apple: iPhone 5 Rumors Hurt Sales

Apple’s earnings call began with new CEO Tim Cook offering homage to Steve Jobs. He went on to note it set new records, sold a fuckton of phones, tablets, and computers, and made a huge pile of money. And yet it still got dinged for not selling enough iPhones. https://gizmodo.com/no-new-iphone-dinged-apples-earnings-this-summer-5851043 Apple’s iPhone remains the phone…

Tech News Mat Honan Oct 18

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Tech News Casey Chan Oct 18

A stunning time-lapse of Iceland’s nightless summer

What you’re seeing here is the photographic time-lapse of the Arctic summer as photographed in Iceland this past June. During this period, the sun never entirely sets, leaving the northern climes in a state of hazy golden weirdness in the day’s wee hours. Explains the photographer at SCIENTIFANTASTIC: Iceland during the Midnight Sun is in…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Oct 18

100 Percent Bug-Powered Smart Phones and More from TreeHugger

This week, gross gag gifts for public transit commuters, MIT builds an artificial solar leaf, how to make a solar powered cockroach, wireless brakes for bikes and more! 1. Ask Pablo: Are Food Trucks Greener Than Restaurants? We compare the pros and cons and come up with a delicious decision. 2. 8 DIY iPad Covers…

Tech News Jaymi Heimbuch - Treehugger Oct 18

Some Fascinating Upcoming Books: A Little Brother Sequel, Alternate Soviet Russia, and the Physicist’s Wife!

In a year or so, we’ll have some utterly mind-blowing books to read, judging from some of the recently announced book deals. Here are some of the newly announced book deals that we’re excited about! The Wolfhound Century by Peter Higgins. Sold to the UK’s Gollancz, this debut novel takes place in an “alternative Stalinist…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Oct 18

Generation X Is Sick of Your Bullshit

You’re going to read this, and you’re going to say, how is this about tech? I’m gonna head you off at that pass: This is a message from Internet, the generation that became the voice that set the tone for everything you love about the Net. And it’s pissed. -Editor Earlier generations have weathered recessions,…

Tech News Mat Honan Oct 18

Who Said Neurology and Fine Art Don’t Mix?

Last year, Marina Abramovic made you cry. Now she’s going to analyze the activity in your synapses while making you cry. She’s essentially remixed her performance art piece, “The Artist Is Present,” this time tossing in a scientific research angle. The original exhibition featured Abramović staring at visitors for as long as they could bear,…

Tech News Adrian Covert Oct 18

Ask Richard Kadrey whatever you want about the new Sandman Slim novel, Aloha from Hell

The third book in Richard Kadrey’s Sandman Slim series, Aloha from Hell, comes out today. And to celebrate, we’re giving you a chance to ask Kadrey some questions about urban fantasy, navigating the underworld, or whatever else you want. The best questions will be posted to Kadrey at an event on October 24, and we’ll…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Oct 18

50 Cent Now the Latest Rapper with Rapper Headphones

A political science fiction story from Vonda McIntyre that’s sure to make you squirm

Motorists Warned Not To Listen To the World’s Most Relaxing Song

A Final Goodbye to Sarah Jane Smith, Doctor Who‘s Best Friend

Barnes & Noble Might Be Ruining Comic Books for Everyone

Big-Brained People Have More Facebook Friends

The Devil Inside trailer tries to one-up The Exorcist — with 4 demons possessing one woman

Please Help Make These Awesome Lego Fantasies Come True

Doxie Go Scans On Its Own and Is Now iOS Friendly

Virgin birth has been discovered in pit vipers

How Victorian engineers almost built an underwater tunnel between Scotland and Ireland

Espier Launcher for Android: Turn Your Android Phone Into an iPhone (Seriously)

Apple: iPhone 5 Rumors Hurt Sales

Espier Launcher App Gallery

A stunning time-lapse of Iceland’s nightless summer

100 Percent Bug-Powered Smart Phones and More from TreeHugger

Some Fascinating Upcoming Books: A Little Brother Sequel, Alternate Soviet Russia, and the Physicist’s Wife!

Generation X Is Sick of Your Bullshit

Who Said Neurology and Fine Art Don’t Mix?

Ask Richard Kadrey whatever you want about the new Sandman Slim novel, Aloha from Hell

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