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HP Slashes Its WebOS Division By 500 Employees

HP handed out pink slips to employees in its webOS Global Business Unit on Monday. The computer company wouldn’t say how many workers it was letting go, but rumors suggest over 500 people are now unemployed. [AllThingsD]

Tech News Kelly Sep 19

Descend into New York’s Hellmouth Elevator

It’s kind of hard to startle a New Yorker. That’s not arrogance speaking so much as being numb to all the public masturbators by this point. Still, an elevator in a nondescript office building in Queens opening to a hellish mix of Carnivàle and a Tim Burton flick is something to see. The surreal elevator…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Sep 19

The F-22 Is Back in the Sky! And Still Kinda Broken!

Remember when the Pentagon let the F-35 start flying again, even though its underlying defects hadn’t been fixed? They just did literally the exact same thing with the F-22 Raptor. Hope you’re not worried about oxygen deprivation. https://gizmodo.com/the-f-35-is-cleared-to-fly-again-and-still-not-fixed-5832176 This past spring, the country’s entire $62 billion F-22 fleet was grounded after pilots reported symptoms of…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 19

Is Amazon Running a Sweatshop in Pennsylvania?

Everyone loves Amazon, except some employees in its Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania warehouse. According to a report in local newspaper The Morning Call, working conditions within the facility are unbearable. The report describes a factory with temperatures in the 100s, employees passing out from the heat and workers being terminated when they can’t keep up the…

Commerce Kelly Sep 19

A Pool So Green It’ll Look And Feel Almost Like A Lake

Pools are great for cooling off but they’re not very green. They use lots of electricity, are kept clean with harsh chemicals and create an artificial landscape that screams “I love vinyl.” But it doesn’t have to be that way. More and more pool companies are designing Eco-Smart pools that’ll look and feel like you’ve…

Tech News Kelly Sep 19

Would Half of You Really Rather Be Called Than Texted?

I hate when people call me. Hate it. And I take it as a personal affront when they leave a voicemail. But apparently more than half of cellphone-using Americans still prefer dealing with calls and voicemails over texts. https://gizmodo.com/the-best-part-about-a-smartphone-is-never-having-to-cal-5736678 Specifically, 53 percent of cellphone users still, inexplicably, prefer being called to texted. The numbers switch…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Sep 19

How Do You Demolish This Hated Dam? Snip It Down the Middle

California’s Matilija Dam is a huge mistake. Over 60 years after its construction, engineers and ecologists are realizing it does more harm than good—a feeling shared by the rogue artists who painted huge, easy instructions as a fix. I’m not sure what the proper protocol is for removing a dam without causing an instant flood,…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 19

Facebook Wants You To Watch, Listen, Read And Want Stuff, Too

Facebook may have some upcoming changes that’ll add Watched, Listened, Read and Want buttons to its social network, according to a rumor from TechCrunch. These buttons will fine tune your profile information and could replace or augment the Like button. They will also give Facebook even more personal information tit can use to violate your…

Social Media Kelly Sep 19

Drake: Club Paradise

This song has an awful title. It sounds like it should be the name of some horrible bar in Tijuana. That’s okay—ignore it. Drake’s latest is lush and lovely. And perfect for a Monday. For me, the front of the weekday choo choo train means balancing the blast of workplace brain chemicals (INTERNET INTERNET!) with…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 19

We’re closer to becoming real cyborgs than most people realize

In the New York Times the other day, there was a great story by Pagan Kennedy about experiments with brain-computer interfaces, which included the stuff you usually hear about, like people moving cursors with their minds. But it also included some new stuff, like Kennedy herself choosing a picture on her phone using just brainwaves…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 19

Picture of the Day: Sept. 19, 2011

OMG OTTERS | These two Giant Otter babies were born on July 10 at the L.A. Zoo. Photo: Tad Motoyama via Zooborns. Want to read today’s io9 stories a different way? Check out our blog view. Or visit Observation Deck, our general discussion forum.

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 19

The World’s Largest CMOS Sensor Is Recording Meteors at 60FPS

Last year, when we asked what could possibly need an 8-square-inch low light sensor, Canon replied with, “Space stuff”. Totally proving them right, the Schmidt telescope at the University of Tokyo’s Kiso Observatory now employs it to records faint meteors in the night sky. https://gizmodo.com/with-expanded-size-comes-greater-light-gathering-capabi-5626133 The sensor already only requires 1/100th of the light as…

Tech News Kwame Opam Sep 19

Recently discovered species of raptor validates the fears of anyone who ever watched Jurassic Park

One of the most recognizable characteristics of raptor dinosaurs — the clever, pack-hunting carnivores immortalized in the Jurassic Park movie series — is the enormous, scythe-like talon located on the second digit of each of their feet. But the true function of this intimidating anatomical feature has puzzled paleontologists for years. Now, by examining the…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Sep 19

Pocket Chainsaws, Tablet Rumors, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. What It Feels Like to Fly Over Lightning from Space We were a little late getting to…

Space & Spaceflight Brian Barrett Sep 19

Band of the Day for iPhone: It’s Like MySpace Music, but In a Good Way

It’s a cold day in the life, so you’ve decided you need yet another music discovery app. One that gives an ear to lesser known talent. You hipster you. Well, Band of the Day lets you listen to some admittedly cool below-the-radar bands and learn all about them. What’s it do? Band of the Day,…

Tech News Kwame Opam Sep 19

Mac OS X Lion Passwords Are Super-Easy to Hack (and Change) by Any Local User

You’re constantly hearing about how you need to make sure to use a secure password, but what are you supposed to do if a hacker can just change your password without even cracking it? That’s what users with physical access to your computer can do on OS X Lion right now. A similar issue in…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Sep 19

Watch Surgeons Remove Glowing Cancer Cells From a Patient’s Ovary

The surgeons in this (somewhat gory, you’ve been warned!) video followed a lighted path to the cancer cells they needed to remove. Purdue researchers made the cancer cells glow using a dye that stained only the bad cells in the ovaries of 10 women in a small study published on Sunday in Nature Medicine. Ovarian…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski Sep 19

Daily Desired: This Flashy Bicycle Is for Fashionistas

Yes, bikes are efficient transportation, but city people also love their bikes because they look cool. What you ride is a style choice. Wanna really stand out? The Mixie Straight Edge is a fashion-forward collision of urban bicycle trends. The Mixie Straight Edge doesn’t know what it is. A low-rider fixie? A speedy stunt bike?…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Sep 19

This Drone Is Better at Catching Than You

If someone handed you a tiny plastic container and challenged you to snag a bunch of ping pong balls midair, do you think you could get ’em all? I know I couldn’t! But this self-perfecting robot sure can. The quadrotor mini-copter is so nimble because it’s constantly learning how to move better, demonstrating what’s called…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 19

The search is on for a lost piece of the Apollo program’s history

Two months before Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon, Apollo 10 completed the final test mission, doing everything except land on the Moon. Now amateur astronomers are looking for Apollo 10’s long-lost lunar module… which is, rather adorably, named “Snoopy.” Apollo 10 was the last of four dry runs conducted by NASA before the…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Sep 19

HP Slashes Its WebOS Division By 500 Employees

Descend into New York’s Hellmouth Elevator

The F-22 Is Back in the Sky! And Still Kinda Broken!

Is Amazon Running a Sweatshop in Pennsylvania?

A Pool So Green It’ll Look And Feel Almost Like A Lake

Would Half of You Really Rather Be Called Than Texted?

How Do You Demolish This Hated Dam? Snip It Down the Middle

Facebook Wants You To Watch, Listen, Read And Want Stuff, Too

Drake: Club Paradise

We’re closer to becoming real cyborgs than most people realize

Picture of the Day: Sept. 19, 2011

The World’s Largest CMOS Sensor Is Recording Meteors at 60FPS

Recently discovered species of raptor validates the fears of anyone who ever watched Jurassic Park

Pocket Chainsaws, Tablet Rumors, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

Band of the Day for iPhone: It’s Like MySpace Music, but In a Good Way

Mac OS X Lion Passwords Are Super-Easy to Hack (and Change) by Any Local User

Watch Surgeons Remove Glowing Cancer Cells From a Patient’s Ovary

Daily Desired: This Flashy Bicycle Is for Fashionistas

This Drone Is Better at Catching Than You

The search is on for a lost piece of the Apollo program’s history

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