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6 Tools to Sail the High Seas Like Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was kind of a bastard. Still, here we are 519 years later celebrating his accidental discovery of San Salvador. So in honor of navigation and discovery—things that actually deserve adulation—here are six awesome nautical exploration tools, past and present. Nautical Quadrant The quadrant, sextant, and astrolabe wer the most prominent navigation tools of…

Tech News Adrian Covert Oct 10

Daily Desired: Bend and Twist This Lamp Into Whatever Shape You Want

When you have enough money, lighting up rooms can be as much a stylistic choice as a functional necessity. Originally designed in 1951, Jean Louis Domecq’s lamp isn’t just a classic piece of mid-century design, it’s also as flexible as a Cold War gymnast. The stainless steel floor lamp bends and twists at six different…

Gadgets Mario Aguilar Oct 10

Smoking Pot Will Make You Sad If You Have the Wrong Genetics

The results of a 5-year study of adolescents in The Netherlands shows that young people with a certain gene variant are more vulnerable to depression when they smoke pot. Until now, the link between smoking marijuana and depression was suspected, but evidence was weak. Roy Otten at the Behavioural Science Institute of Radboud at Nijmegen…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski Oct 10

The Official Facebook App for iPad Is Finally Here

After sneak peaks and mysteriously long delays, the official Facebook app for iPad is finally here. Goodbye crappy Facebook iPad apps, goodbye non-touch friendly website and say hello to wasting more time on so-called friends! It looks pretty much like the same Facebook iPad app that was previewed in July which means there’s a familiar…

Social Media Casey Chan Oct 10

2 Girls One Demon: an Exclusive Shot from Paranormal Activity 3

We admit we were pretty skeptical about Paranormal Activity 3, until we saw this recent trailer, packed with scares and creepy flying children. Could this origins tale be the scare-fest we wanted from the second film? https://gizmodo.com/new-paranormal-activity-3-trailer-delivers-three-times-5844939 Check out this new demon reaction shot, and find out about how you can bring the found footage…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 10

Commemorating 50 Years of The Phantom Tollbooth

The New Yorker’s Adam Gopnik has written an excellent retrospective on Norton Juster’s The Phantom Tollbooth, in recognition of the iconic book’s fiftieth anniversary. The article is a must-read for anyone, young or old, who looks back fondly on their travels with Milo to the punny world of the Lands Beyond. Gopnik writes: Our cult…

Books & Comics Robbie Gonzalez Oct 10

The trailer for the Nigerian Exorcist will make your head explode

The art of the American movie trailer has been long dead. Hollywood should crib from the playbook of the Nigerian exorcist flick Mass Destruction, which sells the living crap out of a movie that is almost assuredly unwatchable. https://gizmodo.com/movie-trailers-are-becoming-a-crashing-bore-5821368 Here’s a review of this Nollywood horror drama via African Movies Direct: After attending a late…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Oct 10

Warrantless Cell Phone Searches Return to California

Privacy took another kick to the face when California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed legislation that would require the police to obtain a warrant to search a mobile phone upon arrest of a suspect. This reverses a law passed by the state assembly just a few weeks ago. The state assembly passed the law in response…

Privacy & Security Roberto Baldwin Oct 10

Photoshop Will End Blurry Pics Forever

A blurred image is the worst. And no matter how steady you think your hand is, it can be easy to ruin a shot. Luckily, Adobe’s cooking up a Photoshop feature that’ll automatically eliminate blur. You won’t believe your eyes. The motion blur-killer, demoed at the recent Adobe MAX 2011 conference, is experimental at this…

Tech News Sam Biddle Oct 10

Why California Is Right to Ban Tanning Beds for Teens

No more gym, tan, laundry for you, teenage California guidette! Guidos and guidettes might be more common in Jersey, but every state has clueless teenagers who fear not death via melanoma. That’s why California Governor Jerry Brown signed a law on Sunday that forbids teenagers between 14 and 18 from using tanning beds in the…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski Oct 10

Most Ridiculous Human Jobs that Robots Have Stolen in Science Fiction

Robots! They’re not just our future overlords, they’re also our replacements in almost any job you can imagine. America rushed to watch robots duke it out in Real Steel this past weekend — but “robot boxer” is not the most outlandish job a fictional robot has held. Here are all the weirdest human jobs that…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders and MaryKate Jasper Oct 10

Fenix LED Flashlight Is Your Efficiently Illuminating Deal of the Day

“This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.” Whoever wrote that is probably dead. That’s life. Deal with it. But and/or she didn’t die in vain—their dream lives on in the modern flashlight. Is there a dead mouse under your sink? Are you afraid of spooky things? Is your power out? Do you…

Tech News Natt Garun Oct 10

DC Comics is giving Wonder Woman a father. Want to know who it is?

When we last spoke with Wonder Woman writer Brian Azzarello, he told us that the Greek pantheon were a back-stabbing, duplicitous bunch. But apparently the gods have some unresolved paternity issues to boot. In November’s issue of Wonder Woman, the superheroine will find out who her father is. https://gizmodo.com/why-the-new-wonder-woman-comic-is-like-horror-movies-an-5842643 In the third issue of Wonder…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Oct 10

Dr. Dre Is Gunning Directly for Apple

What’s occasional rapper Dr. Dre up to, besides rapping, sometimes? Planning to beat every single electronics company except Apple, GlobalGrind reports. In a recent interview, Dre said he’s got ambition far beyond hawking somewhat-overpriced headphones. When asked about his gadget dreams, he revealed their loftiness: Oh nah, I am not nervous about anything! I am…

Tech News Sam Biddle Oct 10

Do eternally optimistic people just have malfunctioning frontal lobes?

From an evolutionary perspective, excessive optimism is generally a bad idea. After all, if you’re constantly assuming good things will happen, you’ll probably be ill-prepared when bad things inevitably come along. Now scientists have an explanation…which isn’t exactly flattering to the eternally optimistic. Researchers at University College London set out to find out exactly how…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Oct 10

Is a Samsung Galaxy S III Already on the Way?

The Galaxy S II came out pretty recently, but Samsung no care—at least if this blurry, “leaked” slide’s correct. Phandroid says what we’ve got here is a bona fide internal image of the next best Android for 2012. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-a-first-draft-of-your-next-android-5818202 Is it true? Maybe. Is it fake? Maybe. But the rumorific image claims a swell 2…

Tech News Sam Biddle Oct 10

Future Moon colonies could be powered by titanium

Scientists examining Hubble Telescope images of the Moon recently noticed what looked like titanium deposits all around the 1972 Apollo 17 landing site. When they inspected samples of moon rock from the site that were brought back to Earth by the Apollo team, scientists discovered that they were, in fact, chock full of titanium —…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Oct 10

The New Nokia Tune Dubstep Edition Review

Nokia Tune Dubstep Edition – Nokia Self-released; 2011 Worst New Ringtones I September 2001. My world shifted, and I’m not sure why. My thoughts—sure, call them that—were thrown asunder by nightmares of planes and jihad. But as a 13 year old, transferring Jay-Z songs onto an MP3 player built from rare earth minerals I didn’t…

Tech News Sam Biddle Oct 10

London’s Big Ben Is Leaning Like the Tower of Pisa

The Big Ben is leaning! Not as much as the Tower of Pisa, but you can see it with the naked eye. Right now, it’s at an inclination of 1.64 feet at its highest point. And it’s getting worse. The keepers of the 315-foot (96 meters) high clock tower say they have been monitoring the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 10

The Matrix: Reloaded was a bigger letdown than Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

Most authorities seem to believe that Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace was a bigger disappointment than The Matrix: Reloaded. The Phantom Menace scored 61% on the Tomatometer, with a 65% audience rating. The Matrix: Reloaded scored 74% on the Tomatometer, with a 74% audience rating. Star Wars, The Phantom Menace is so bad…

Movies Patrick Cahalan - League of Ordinary Gentlemen Oct 10

6 Tools to Sail the High Seas Like Christopher Columbus

Daily Desired: Bend and Twist This Lamp Into Whatever Shape You Want

Smoking Pot Will Make You Sad If You Have the Wrong Genetics

The Official Facebook App for iPad Is Finally Here

2 Girls One Demon: an Exclusive Shot from Paranormal Activity 3

Commemorating 50 Years of The Phantom Tollbooth

The trailer for the Nigerian Exorcist will make your head explode

Warrantless Cell Phone Searches Return to California

Photoshop Will End Blurry Pics Forever

Why California Is Right to Ban Tanning Beds for Teens

Most Ridiculous Human Jobs that Robots Have Stolen in Science Fiction

Fenix LED Flashlight Is Your Efficiently Illuminating Deal of the Day

DC Comics is giving Wonder Woman a father. Want to know who it is?

Dr. Dre Is Gunning Directly for Apple

Do eternally optimistic people just have malfunctioning frontal lobes?

Is a Samsung Galaxy S III Already on the Way?

Future Moon colonies could be powered by titanium

The New Nokia Tune Dubstep Edition Review

London’s Big Ben Is Leaning Like the Tower of Pisa

The Matrix: Reloaded was a bigger letdown than Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

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