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iCloud Review: Not Quite Magical (Yet)

Cloud is a magic tech word today. “i” has been a golden prefix in tech for over a decade. iCloud, the holiest union of the two, could be the future of computing. For now? It’s super convenient! But that’s it. https://gizmodo.com/icloud-is-a-bigger-deal-than-you-think-its-the-future-5848834 Why It Matters All cloud everything is computing’s future. All of your stuff stored…

Reviews Sam Biddle Oct 14

This Hitachi Gas-Powered Handheld Leaf Blower Is Your Hurricane-on-Demand Deal of the Day

Leaves? No, I don’t have any leaves. I don’t even have a yard. But for $70 (after rebate), Imma pick me up this gas-powered leaf blower. Why? Two reasons. 1) I hate my neighbors. They’re always bringing in furniture off the street, freaking me out that I might get bedbugs again and have to go…

Tech News Natt Garun Oct 14

Secrets from the Walking Dead Comics Hidden in the Season Two Videos

Last year, The Walking Dead deviated massively from Robert Kirkman’s comic book source material — ending in a giant CG fireball. But will the new season adhere to the original work? Here are a few comic book clues we picked up in the trailers, clips and promo shots! BIG SPOILERS AHEAD. First, you can clearly…

Television Meredith Woerner Oct 14

Japan’s Latest Radiation Scare Was Caused by Nuclear Paint

The elevated radiation levels discovered in Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward have been confirmed—thankfully—as not having originated from the damaged Fukushima power plant. So what was causing the Geigers to jump? A stash of radium-226 under a home’s floorboards. The mystery, though, is how they got there. Japan’s Science Ministry discovered the cache Thursday which consisted of…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Oct 14

The physics of a stuffy nose

Your case of the sniffles isn’t just annoying and gross. It adds up to a cost of $5.8 billion dollars a year in attempts to clear a stuffy nose. This is extra frustrating for doctors, because it turns out that your nose isn’t what’s stuffed. A lot of nasal congestion has seemed like an unfixable…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Oct 14

Help astronomers come up with a better name for the Very Large Array

Science and acronyms have always gone hand-in-hand, and people over the years have come up with some pretty excellent abbreviations for long and technical scientific terminology — MACHO, RAMBO, and WIMP being three standout examples. So it’s downright unconscionable that the most famous radio telescope in the world — the Very Large Array, or “VLA”…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Oct 14

An Insane First-Person BASE Jump into a Crowded City Street

Thank goodness there are so many certifiably insane people in this world. That way the rest of us don’t have to strap a camera to our helmets, ride up dozens of stories on the outside of an elevator, and plummet to near-certain doom in the middle of a busy Spanish city on a busy afternoon.…

Tech News Brian Barrett Oct 14

Awesome Artwork Where Science Fiction and Fantasy Meet

We love to imagine crossovers in which our favorite heroes and monsters from different storylines meet up — but it’s even better when science fiction and fantasy collide. Magic and high technology! Space and the uncanny realms! Lightsabers and sorcery! Here are some of our favorite bits of fan art that mash together science fiction…

io9 Natalie Baaklini and Charlie Jane Anders Oct 14

iPhone 4S Test Notes: No More Death Grip

Apple improved the antenna design in the iPhone 4S in an attempt to kill the notorious Death Grip problem in the old iPhone 4. Did it work? Yes. OH YES. There is no death grip in the iPhone 4S. https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-whats-so-smart-about-the-iphone-4ss-anten-5846638 We pitted an AT&T iPhone 4S vs an AT&T iPhone 4 to compare the death…

Tech News Casey Chan Oct 14

Everybody’s Choking on iPhone 4S Activations (As Usual)

Gag on my iPhone activation once, shame on you. Gag on it five years in a row and, uhh, shame on everyone? Cult of Mac, CNET, and multitudes of users on Twitter are reporting that, AT&T’s network is having problems dealing with the iPhone activations today. The damning bit is that there don’t seem to…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Oct 14

RIP Google Buzz

Google Buzz, the company’s much maligned foray into social networking that was about as popular as genital herpes, is dying. Oh, you thought it was already dead? Not yet. But that’s probably why Google is killing it. In a blog post today, Google announced that it’s killing off Buzz, along with Jaiku, Google Code Search,…

Tech News Mat Honan Oct 14

All the iPhone Apps on Sale Right Now

You have a new iPhone 4S! Or you don’t! Whatever, it doesn’t matter. Everyone is getting cheap apps today! There are a ton of apps on sale right now and we’ve gathered ’em all for you in a nice little list. Download and save monies. Let us know if we’re missing any apps or games!…

Tech News Casey Chan Oct 14

Richard Dawkins Tells All in Episode 46 of The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy

Richard Dawkins, author of The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion, joins us to discuss working with Dave McKean, being friends with Douglas Adams, and whether or not a human can mate with a chimp. Photo via the Guardian. Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy is hosted by John Joseph Adams and David Barr Kirtley. You…

Books & Comics Johnjosephadams Oct 14

This Optical Illusion Is Giving My Brain Lung Cancer

I hate optical illusions. They make me feel like there’s a hole in my puny brain. This illusion, where two cigarettes—one big, one small—are actually the same freaking size is making my brain light on fire. HOW. HOW. HOW. [The Awesomer]

Tech News Casey Chan Oct 14

10 Movies That Will Traumatize Your Child With Anthropomorphism

Animated objects seem cute when they’re on screen. But when the movie ends, the idea that the objects around us have human feelings can be pretty damaging. There are a ton of movies seemingly designed to turn your child (or your inner child) into a quivering, ultrasensitive ball of neuroses. Here are ten movies with…

Movies Esther Inglis-Arkell Oct 14

io9 Meetup in San Francisco, October 21

Get ready for another io9 meetup in San Francisco – this time in our favorite bookstore cafe, Borderlands. We’ll meet next Friday, October 21, from 7-9 PM. Come out to meet io9 editors, writers, and readers. Discuss the new Avengers trailer, the new Martian rover, and whether or not hurricanes could catch on fire! (Do…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 14

Watch Chris Nolan talk Star Wars: “I wanted to be Han Solo”

Watch the infamously tight-lipped (at least about his own films) Chris Nolan gleefully discuss who he identified with the most from Star Wars. Of course Nolan makes geeking out peculiarly elegant. This clip is an outtake from These Amazing Shadows, a documentary about the National Film Registry.

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 14

An exclusive sneak peek of the new 30 Days of Night comic, featuring art by Sam Kieth!

With New York Comic Con in full swing, we’re psyched to bring you a seven-page preview of some brand new vampire insanity! Next week, Steve Niles’ Alaskan nosferatu epic continues with the 30 Days of Night ongoing series, which boasts artwork by none other than Sam Kieth, creator of The Maxx and Zero Girl. This…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Oct 14

The Great iPhone 4S National Network Speed Test

You did it. You’ve got your brand new iPhone. Siri! The better camera! But how fast is it on your carrier’s network? Push that download to the max. Using our Official Gizmodo Download Speed Ultra Test 6500™, you can check how your mobile downloads stack up. Are you getting what’s advertised? Was it worth the…

Tech News Chris Beidelman and Sam Biddle Oct 14

Marvel’s Comic-Reading App Finally Assembles on Android

Marvel’s uncanny app is finally out on Android. The app lets you buy and read Marvel comics, from new stuff like the very awesome Spider Island to classics like the Dark Phoenix Saga. Go ahead and nerd out, because this is amazing news. Marvel’s app has a pretty fantastic selection, and it’s been one of…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Oct 14

iCloud Review: Not Quite Magical (Yet)

This Hitachi Gas-Powered Handheld Leaf Blower Is Your Hurricane-on-Demand Deal of the Day

Secrets from the Walking Dead Comics Hidden in the Season Two Videos

Japan’s Latest Radiation Scare Was Caused by Nuclear Paint

The physics of a stuffy nose

Help astronomers come up with a better name for the Very Large Array

An Insane First-Person BASE Jump into a Crowded City Street

Awesome Artwork Where Science Fiction and Fantasy Meet

iPhone 4S Test Notes: No More Death Grip

Everybody’s Choking on iPhone 4S Activations (As Usual)

RIP Google Buzz

All the iPhone Apps on Sale Right Now

Richard Dawkins Tells All in Episode 46 of The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy

This Optical Illusion Is Giving My Brain Lung Cancer

10 Movies That Will Traumatize Your Child With Anthropomorphism

io9 Meetup in San Francisco, October 21

Watch Chris Nolan talk Star Wars: “I wanted to be Han Solo”

An exclusive sneak peek of the new 30 Days of Night comic, featuring art by Sam Kieth!

The Great iPhone 4S National Network Speed Test

Marvel’s Comic-Reading App Finally Assembles on Android

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