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Does the trailer for Daniel Radcliffe’s Woman In Black scare you?

Looks like Harry Potter is still playing in the supernatural world! Check out the brand new trailer for Daniel Radcliffe’s new ghost story The Woman In Black, and tell us this… Did she scare you? Here’s a quickie synopsis about the film, Directed by James Watkins (Eden Lake): “A young lawyer travels to a remote…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 17

10 profound life lessons you can learn from Conan the Barbarian

All of the aphorisms in cinema, perhaps the most galvanizing is Conan the Barbarian’s assessment of what is best in life. Crushing enemies and hearing lamentations of women may just be the go-getter’s version of “early to bed, early to rise,” but it certainly helped Conan slay men the size of Tony Robbins. And yes,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Aug 17

Why the Cable Guy Can’t Keep an Appointment Like the Rest of the World

Your new pad is ace. All it needs now is cable. Easy! You’ll be all set in no time; just take a vacation day and wait for some dude to show up and run a line to a box. What? This is the unfortunate reality of cable. Instead of fixed appointments, cable companies force customers…

Television Mat Honan Aug 17

Half the Country Is Now Blanketed by the Sweet, Sweet Waves of Verizon 4G LTE

Verizon’s LTE nuclear lightning bolt of mobile broadband is hitting 15 new cities and ballooning in 10 more. Is yours one of them? Find out below. Can you handle this pressure? Sayeth Big Red: On Thursday, Verizon Wireless’ 4G LTE network will be available in Tucson, Ariz.; Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers, Ark.; Bakersfield and Salinas/Monterey/Seaside, Calif.; Fort Collins,…

Tech News Sam Biddle Aug 17

The Best Amplifiers Under $500

Cnet’s Steve Guttenberg has compiled the best audiophile-worthy amplifiers to be had for under $500. Trying to spend minimal amounts of cash? Need something to boost those headphones? Guttenberg’s got you covered. That Topping TP-30looks especially hot. [Cnet]

Gadgets Adrian Covert Aug 17

Don’t Fire This IT Bro Or He’ll Destroy All Your Servers from a McDonalds

Being fired sucks, and naturally everyone thirsts for revenge. With this in mind, Japanese pharma firm Shionogi maybe should have been more careful when it canned IT peon Jason Cornish. Like, maybe change your passwords? Cornish got his vengeance. IT World reports Cornish, who for some idiotic reason was held on as a consultant after…

Tech News Sam Biddle Aug 17

Hands On the Grid 10 Tablet and the Grid 4 Phone: Infinite Desktops Are Groovy, Man

The recently announced Grid 10 Tablet aims to redeem Fusion Garage after their very much failed JooJoo tablet. The Grid 10 (and its phone-buddy the Grid 4) arrived with much hype and hyperbole. https://gizmodo.com/the-most-interesting-tablet-youve-never-heard-of-5830934 Grid 10 The Grid 10 sports a 10.1-inch screen that packs in a resolution of 1366 by 768 pixels. On paper,…

Tech News Brent Rose Aug 17

A brief history of the ancient science of sword making

The sword is the perennial symbol of empires, knighthood, chivalry and fantasy. But it’s also one of the world’s most ancient technologies, connected with breakthroughs in metallurgy that would change the world. There are even some types of ancient swords so strong that modern science still can’t determine how they were made. How is a…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Aug 17

Amazon Is a Book Publisher For Reals Now

Tim Ferris, of 4 Hour [Insert Topic du Jour Here] fame, is putting out his next book through Amazon. But he’s not using their self-publishing platform. He’s the first writer to enter into their actual publishing stable. Ferris and Amazon will release 4 Hour Chef (which doesn’t ring of efficiency like his other book titles,…

Commerce Adrian Covert Aug 17

Skype WiFi Gets Your iPhone Online at a Million Hotspots

Skype just rolled out Skype WiFi, the new name for its Skype Access hotspot plan, to iOS devices. The app lets you get online at more than a million hotspots, and pay for it on a per-minute basis. I actually have a reason to buy Skype credits now. [Skype]

Tech News Kwame Opam Aug 17

Can the World’s Largest Undersea Observatory Find a Kraken in the Next 25 Years?

The worst part about exploring the sea floor is that there’s water everywhere. It’s dark, cold and not terribly compatible with breathing. But with Neptune Canada sprawled along 500 miles of the sea floor like an ancient serpent, nothing down there will escape our study. The Neptune—North-East Pacific Time-series Undersea Networked Experiments—Canada Ocean Network is…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Aug 17

Huge Truck Rams Out of Building’s Top Floor in New York

Today at 9am, a NYC salt-spreading truck crashed through the wall of a Queens Sanitation Department repair shop. It might’ve been kinda neat if the truck weren’t on a top floor—with a driver inside, screaming his lungs out. Talking to the New York Post, nearby repair shop owner Frank Almona described the situation: I heard…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 17

First Photo of Jason Patric as a Cop Amongst Superheroes, in Powers

Here’s the first official still from the TV pilot based on Powers, the comic-book police procedural set in a world of superheroes. There have been a lot of attempts to create a successful superhero show on television lately, but this could be the one that hits. The pilot, made for FX, just wrapped filming recently,…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Aug 17

How Do Meteors Sound When They Shatter Against the Atmosphere?

Last weekend the Perseids hit all over Earth’s atmosphere. A USAF Space Surveillance Radar in Texas recorded their sound as they passed by, disintegrating in a million pieces. They sound like alien spaceships. Or bloody Nazi UFOs. https://gizmodo.com/hubble-detects-mysterious-spaceship-shaped-object-trave-5462539 The recordings were made by the USSSTRATCOM antenna in Lake Kickapoo, Texas, part of the 20th Space…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Aug 17

The Apple Store Is Up Again

Nothing to see here, folks. No news. Just a server malfunction. Please drive thru.

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 17

Barbarian beefcake fashions, from Conan to John Carter

With a remake of Conan the Barbarian coming out this Friday, it’s time to contemplate the awesomeness of sword and sandal movies. You know – movies set in the mythical days of antiquity, when everybody carried swords, wore sandals (or leather boots), and opened their mouths really wide while fighting. Nothing says “sword and sandal”…

Movies Annalee Newitz Aug 17

How to Carry a Gun When You Jog—Just Like Rick Perry

So Rick Perry packs a gun and blows away coyotes when he goes running. No big deal. But how exactly does a fitness-minded gun enthusiast go about carrying a loaded weapon while jogging? Slate has the answer. Basically, get a torso-mounted holster—there are a LOT of jogging-specific holster brands out there, and one might be…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Aug 17

SpaceX Will Send Its Dragon Capsule to the ISS in November

It’s been known that private contractors would start making cargo runs to the International Space Station. But SpaceX finally got their first mission from NASA and they’re blasting off this November. https://gizmodo.com/nasa-begins-outsourcing-iss-supply-missions-to-private-5117520 AFP reports that the Dragon Capsule will launch on November 30, and arrive at the ISS nine days later. It will be the…

Space & Spaceflight Adrian Covert Aug 17

The cosmic ring created by a dying star

This tiny white dwarf and the shell of gas that surrounds it was once a star very much like our Sun, and the gas is positioned just right so that it looks like a faint, glowing ring in space. Such collections of gas around white dwarfs are known as planetary nebulae. It’s not a particularly…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Aug 17

UFO interrupts British news broadcast

During a talking-head interview on Britain’s Channel 4 News, a UFO zipped by the head of MP Tom Watson, prompting confused viewers to contact the television station. Honestly, folks! The naivety here astounds me — any self-respecting citizen knows that there are UFOs in the background of every news broadcast. They’re just normally camouflaged thanks…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Aug 17

Does the trailer for Daniel Radcliffe’s Woman In Black scare you?

10 profound life lessons you can learn from Conan the Barbarian

Why the Cable Guy Can’t Keep an Appointment Like the Rest of the World

Half the Country Is Now Blanketed by the Sweet, Sweet Waves of Verizon 4G LTE

The Best Amplifiers Under $500

Don’t Fire This IT Bro Or He’ll Destroy All Your Servers from a McDonalds

Hands On the Grid 10 Tablet and the Grid 4 Phone: Infinite Desktops Are Groovy, Man

A brief history of the ancient science of sword making

Amazon Is a Book Publisher For Reals Now

Skype WiFi Gets Your iPhone Online at a Million Hotspots

Can the World’s Largest Undersea Observatory Find a Kraken in the Next 25 Years?

Huge Truck Rams Out of Building’s Top Floor in New York

First Photo of Jason Patric as a Cop Amongst Superheroes, in Powers

How Do Meteors Sound When They Shatter Against the Atmosphere?

The Apple Store Is Up Again

Barbarian beefcake fashions, from Conan to John Carter

How to Carry a Gun When You Jog—Just Like Rick Perry

SpaceX Will Send Its Dragon Capsule to the ISS in November

The cosmic ring created by a dying star

UFO interrupts British news broadcast

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