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NFL Player Thinks Football Stadiums Are Too Quiet Because Everybody Is Playing with Their iPads

New York Jets linebacker Bart Scott has a notorious big mouth which sometimes causes him to spew crazytalk. But is saying the MetLife Stadium (AKA the old New Meadowlands Stadium) is too quiet because people are always on their iPads crazy? Not exactly! Here’s what the vocal leader of the Jets defense said in full:…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 9

How Ikea Redesigned Its Bookshelves for a Bookless World

Books aren’t dead. Let’s not even say they’re dying, not yet. But physical books, the musty tomes you checked out from the library, are most certainly on the decline—to the point that Ikea has redesigned its products to accommodate a world without them. The Economist takes a terrifically interesting look at the changes digitization has…

Books & Comics Brian Barrett Sep 9

The most disturbingly random video you’ll watch this week [NSFW]

What is this, I don’t even… this Japanese video, appropriately called “Japan Erection,” has been making the rounds online. And it involves a man in a wig, trashing a room with futuristic silver walls, wearing a giant tree penis puppet shaped like Japan. (NSFW?) And then the kicker is, the video starts going in reverse,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 9

The First Shared Universes

The “shared universe” is one of the mainstays of science fiction. It’s what happens when a number of characters from a wide range of texts — whether books, comic books, or movies — co-exist under the umbrella of one company, and wind up sharing a fictional world too. Many of us grew up with the…

Books & Comics Jess Nevins Sep 9

Kiwi Wi-Fi, German Beer Bikes, 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. FCC Chairman Gives Sensible Advice to Kids FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski gave a few prepared remarks at…

Tech News Brian Barrett Sep 9

What Should Yahoo-AOL’s Logo Be? (Updated With Your Contributions)

The assclowns running Aol and Yahoo! think that merging their two sinking companies into one is a great idea. They may have their own dicks into their ears because they can’t hear the whole internet screaming how stupid that is. https://gizmodo.com/aol-and-yahoo-might-merge-into-one-giant-clusternut-of-5838830 But fear not. We are not going to sit still as these two companies…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 9

Your birth control may be altering your memory

We’re all familiar with the power that hormones have over behavior and mood, but did you know that sex and stress hormones can affect how we recall past events? Now, a recently published study has shed light on the memory-altering effects of one of the most widely used hormone-regulating drugs in the world: birth control.…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Sep 9

The Next Version of Android After Ice Cream Sandwich Will Be Called Jelly Bean

This is my next is reporting that the next version of Android after Ice Cream Sandwich will be called Jelly Bean. It’s supposed to pack “game-changing stuff” that was originally supposed to be on Ice Cream Sandwich but didn’t quite make it in time. Of course, we’re still impatiently waiting for Ice Cream Sandwich so…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 9

If you need some cheese served by Satan, Voodoo Moon is your flick

Look, I knew what I was getting into with Voodoo Moon. The title alone has a “kill it with fire” feel, and the Netflix reviews were none too kind. But Pop Punishment is all about embracing the bad, and that means low-budget straight-to-DVD clunkers, too. I will say that I judge movies like Voodoo Moon…

io9 Louis Peitzman Sep 9

Interactive Kindle Books Are My Kind of Nostalgia

I think we can all agree that if Shakespeare had been alive in the late-80s, he would’ve written Choose Your Own Adventure books. So thank you, Amazon, for bringing one of mankind’s greatest literary genre achievements to Kindle. The specific Choose Your Own Adventure franchise hasn’t come to Amazon’s ebook reader yet, but several “interactive”…

Commerce Brian Barrett Sep 9

NBC News’ Twitter Feed Hacked with Fake Terrorist Attack (Updated)

Looks like Steve Jobs isn’t the only thing confusing twitterland: NBC News’ official Twitter account has been compromised, broadcasting an entirely false report of a terrorist attack at Ground Zero. The Anonymous-symapthetic group “Script Kiddies” (sweet name!) take credit. Ryan Osborn, NBC’s Director of Social Media, says “The @NBCNews account has been hacked. Working on…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 9

11 Computers from Behind the Iron Curtain

In the 1950s, the Soviet computer industry’s future seemed bright with the MESM. But by the ’80s, they were more content to simply clone their Western counterparts. Oobject brings us this collection of 11 incredible Soviet-made number crunchers. Once you’ve had your fill of these, check out some Soviet satellites, ten more Soviet ripoffs, and…

Tech News Oobject Sep 9

Comics legend Jim Steranko shows us his early concept art for Indiana Jones

Jim Steranko gave an intimate question and answer session this past Sunday in the waning hours of Dragon*Con. The veteran comic book artist is known for his psychedelic, groundbreaking work on Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Captain America in the late 1960s. He also helped to create the look of Indiana Jones, and told…

Movies Keith Veronese Sep 9

A nearby supernova is reaching its peak brightness tonight — here’s how you can see it

On August 24th, an international team of astronomers discovered what they referred to as “an instant cosmic classic” — the brightest, closest, and youngest supernova we’ve detected in decades. In fact, the supernova, dubbed PTF11kly, has now reached peak brightness, making it bright enough to spy with a pair of binoculars. https://gizmodo.com/astronomers-have-spotted-the-supernova-of-a-generation-5834837 Up top is…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Sep 9

That Anonymous Cop Leak Was Much Worse than We Thought

When Anon stuck their finger in the eye of many a Texan cop with their huge 3 GB data dump, we were more interested in the bigoted juicy stuff. Turns out, it was also an identity thief’s wet dream. https://gizmodo.com/anonymous-roars-back-with-3gb-leak-of-texas-police-chie-5836741 Security firm Identity Finder ran a detailed analysis of the leaked goods, and came up…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 9

IMPORTANT: BIG CATS VS. LASERS

All apologies to your domesticated furball, who I’m sure strikes adorably schizo poses chasing reflected light around your apartment, but come on. They can’t measure up against a freaking lioness versus a freaking laser. There’s just something so satisfying about biggie-sized feline frustration that doesn’t end in people getting torn to shreds by razor-sharp claws…

Biology Brian Barrett Sep 9

Download Free Travel Guides for Your iPhone, iPad or Android Phone with Triposo

In a foreign country where you know nothing and nobody, you have two options: carry around a gigantic Frommer’s guide and look like a toolish tourist or download Triposo to your phone and look like a slick local. Best part about Triposo is that it’s free. The devs culled seven sources—WIkipedia, Wikitravel, World66, Openstreetmap etc.—via…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 9

How NYC Is Protecting Itself from the Terror Threat This Weekend

Federal officials are currently investigating a potential car bomb plot that Al Qaeda has planned for this weekend, the anniversary of 9/11. The car bomb plot is “credible” but not confirmed and is supposed to target bridges and tunnels. According to information gathered by intelligence, the FBI are looking for a handful of men (one…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 9

Is Steve Jobs Dead? (Updated: Yes)

Right now the internet’s quaking with speculation about Steve Jobs’ possible death—all sparked by a single tweet. Update: Steve Jobs has passed away at 56 https://gizmodo.com/why-everyone-just-thought-steve-jobs-died-updated-5838845 Did an intern fuck up? Did someone tweet something they shouldn’t have? We don’t know—but we will say it’s reminding us a lot of the media rumors that swirled…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 9

Operation Northwoods, the 1960s government plan to fake terrorist attacks on the U.S.

At the core of the 9/11 Truther movement is the idea that the government staged the attacks to drum up support for a war. So much Truther evidence is laughable that it’s easy to dismiss the idea, but there exists a chilling reminder that the U.S. military was once all-too-willing to deceive and attack its…

io9 Ed Grabianowski Sep 9

NFL Player Thinks Football Stadiums Are Too Quiet Because Everybody Is Playing with Their iPads

How Ikea Redesigned Its Bookshelves for a Bookless World

The most disturbingly random video you’ll watch this week [NSFW]

The First Shared Universes

Kiwi Wi-Fi, German Beer Bikes, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

What Should Yahoo-AOL’s Logo Be? (Updated With Your Contributions)

Your birth control may be altering your memory

The Next Version of Android After Ice Cream Sandwich Will Be Called Jelly Bean

If you need some cheese served by Satan, Voodoo Moon is your flick

Interactive Kindle Books Are My Kind of Nostalgia

NBC News’ Twitter Feed Hacked with Fake Terrorist Attack (Updated)

11 Computers from Behind the Iron Curtain

Comics legend Jim Steranko shows us his early concept art for Indiana Jones

A nearby supernova is reaching its peak brightness tonight — here’s how you can see it

That Anonymous Cop Leak Was Much Worse than We Thought

IMPORTANT: BIG CATS VS. LASERS

Download Free Travel Guides for Your iPhone, iPad or Android Phone with Triposo

How NYC Is Protecting Itself from the Terror Threat This Weekend

Is Steve Jobs Dead? (Updated: Yes)

Operation Northwoods, the 1960s government plan to fake terrorist attacks on the U.S.

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