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Wrap Your iPad in an Overgrown Game Boy Case

The iPad 2 is swell enough, but you know what would make it even swellier? This distressingly freaking awesome Game Boy case. It’s your iPad with a gigantic Game Boy on the back. What isn’t incredible about that? It’s up for presale soon, so get it while it’s there to be got, before Nintendo’s lawyers…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Aug 2

10 Dumbest Magical Comedies Where Someone Learns An Important Lesson

For every Freaky Friday, there are a hundred Hot Chicks. Hollywood loves to bombard us with terrible comedies about contrived magical mix-ups, in which somebody learns something meaningful about life and stuff. This Friday brings The Change-Up, starring Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman. To celebrate, here’s our list of the 10 absolute dumbest magical comedies…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Aug 2

The First Image of the World’s New Tallest Building

This is the first image of what’s going to become the tallest building in the world by the end of the decade: The 3,280-foot (one kilometer!) Kingdom Tower. It will dwarf the 2,717-foot (828-meter) Burj Khalifa. Take a look. Until now, there was only one blurry generic sketch. This image is an actual rendering of…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 2

Man Arrested Before He Can Finish His Kitchen Nuclear Reactor

If a man told you he was getting ready to build a nuclear reactor in his apartment, you’d think he was crazy. Too right. But one Swedish man went for it. And if he didn’t get caught, he could’ve succeeded. The unnamed 31-year-old Swede from the town of Ängelholm started up on his project six…

Tech News Kwame Opam Aug 2

This Wednesday, Greg Rucka pens Punisher (plus some other happy-go-lucky tales)

In comics this week, Marvel does Something That Makes A Lot of Sense and hands Greg Rucka the keys to Frank Castles. Also, new crazy alternate timeline Batman and a bookshelf collection of Rocket Raccoon stories to display prominently at dinner parties. First Issues A high-profile release this comes from a duo of Roberts. Mssrs.…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Aug 2

Newest Android Trojan Records All Your Calls

Security researchers have identified a new Android bug in the wild—this one gunning after your phone calls, NetworkWorld reports. The good news? The recordings seem to just sit on your SD card after installing the malicious app. [NetworkWorld]

Tech News Sam Biddle Aug 2

Children of stressed-out moms age faster than their peers

New research out of UC Irvine shows that children born to women who experience unusual levels of psychological or social stress during pregnancy are more likely to show signs of accelerated aging than other children. The study’s results are the first to reveal the long-term impact of prenatal stress on cellular aging in human offspring,…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Aug 2

Ghost Story: Harry Dresden and the Jim Butcher Promise

Jim Butcher’s latest entry in the Dresden Files series, Ghost Story, feels like the gutsiest of his popular paranormal detective novels so far. Like its immediate predecessor, Changes, Ghost Story showcases Butcher’s willingness to enact huge, sweeping changes to the status quo that he’s established. Spoilers ahead. At the end of Changes, Harry Dresden was…

Books & Comics Chris Braak Aug 2

Marvel Comics unveil their new Spider-Man (who isn’t Peter Parker)

Hot diggity dog! Remember the “Donald Glover for Spider-Man” Twitter campaign that started on the very site you’re reading and eventually led to Glover donning the web-slinger’s pajamas on Community? Well, that episode inspired Ultimate Spider-Man writer Brian Michael Bendis such that he’s written a new Spider-Man of a non-Caucasian persuasion. The following blurb comes…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Aug 2

Is 4.7-Inches Too Big For a Sony Ericsson 3D Gaming Phone?

Phone sizes keep creeping up, to the point where I worry using a 10.1-inch tablet will soon become the norm. If rumors are correct, Sony Ericsson’s thinking big with their first glasses-free 3D phone—a possible PlayStation phone, perhaps? Word on the street is Sony Ericsson wants a slice of the 3D pie that HTC and…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 2

Scientists show that Peter Pan grows up with a shot of iodine

Axolotls are most well-known for their remarkable ability to re-grow amputated limbs. Their regenerative abilities come with eternal youth – that can be ended with a bit of iodine. Axolotls are small amphibians, that can be found – with increasing difficulty – in lakes in Mexico. Their name comes from the Aztec language of Nahuatl,…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Aug 2

Jane Eyre director could be making the next Moon

Here’s an interesting premise for a film: a space assassin wakes up floating aimlessly through space. Unaware of how he got there, his only company is a robot voice programmed to turn off once his human companion runs out of oxygen… It’s called Spaceless, and it’s the next project from Jane Eyre director Cary Fukunaga.…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 2

Why Stores Price Items at .99 Cents

I always thought it was so unscrupulous store assistants were forced to ring a $9.99 product through the till for the 1 cent change, instead of pocketing the note for a $10 item. But here are some more ideas: According to the book Life’s Little Mysteries: Answers to Fascinating Questions About the World Around You,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 2

Why did The Amazing Spider-Man go back to mechanical web-shooters? Plus more Dark Knight Rises and Man of Steel set photos!

James Franco explains why apes are great for scifi, while Emile Hirsch discusses the Moscow-set alien invasion flick The Darkest Hour. A Star Trek captain previews her Warehouse 13 guest stint. The Fright Night screenwriter explains David Tennant’s career switch. Spoilers from here on out! The Dark Knight Rises Here are some awesome set photos…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Aug 2

Skype For iPad Pulled From App Store

Looks like that Skype app for iPad was a little early, as it’s just been yanked from the app store. Skype tweeted “to ensure your best Skype experience, we’ve temporarily removed Skype for iPad which went live prematurely today.” [@Skype]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 2

For $750 You Can Pretend to Be Spike Jonze Directing the Beastie Boys

Personally, I’d rather play Chris Cunningham directing Aphex Twin, but it’s probably for the best I’ll never get that opportunity. If you have $750 knocking around, the Beastie Boys are selling their three 11.5-inch figurines from their latest music video. The money will be donated to two charities, the Pablove Foundation and Alex’s Lemonade Stand.…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 2

Is Samsung Laughing at LG Today as Their Korean Rivals Unveil a New High-End Passive 3DTV?

I wonder whether Samsung execs are calling LG “stupid shits” in their Korean HQ today, after LG announced its new flagship TV, the LW980S. It is, naturally, a passive 3DTV that they claim handles 1080p. After a trial of active shutter TVs, LG’s obviously persisting with passive 3DTV over the more superior 3D format which…

Gadgets Kat Hannaford Aug 2

Evatran Brings Wireless Charging To Cars

Until another alternative energy form come around, electric cars are the wave of the future. To make them easy to charge, Evatran has developed a wireless charging system. The base stations are made of a charging disc that sits on the floor of your garage or driveway. You then drive your car over the disc…

Tech News Kelly Aug 2

A Blind Camera For The Photographically Challenged

The Blind Camera is perfect for those people bored by the mass-produced point and shoot cameras. There’s no viewfinder, no lens, or flash. All it has on the outside is an LCD screen and a shutter button. Inside is a Sony Ericsson cellphone that pulls down images from Flickr. Whenever you click the shutter button,…

Tech News Kelly Aug 2

Google’s Data Centers Use Less Electricity Than You Think

Google has never been upfront about its electricity usage, but with all those data centers, its power consumption was expected to be enormous. Apparently, these estimates have been off, way off. While Google’s power consumption dwarfs that of most residences and small businesses, its ranking among other data centers is comparatively low. According to a…

Tech News Kelly Aug 1

Wrap Your iPad in an Overgrown Game Boy Case

10 Dumbest Magical Comedies Where Someone Learns An Important Lesson

The First Image of the World’s New Tallest Building

Man Arrested Before He Can Finish His Kitchen Nuclear Reactor

This Wednesday, Greg Rucka pens Punisher (plus some other happy-go-lucky tales)

Newest Android Trojan Records All Your Calls

Children of stressed-out moms age faster than their peers

Ghost Story: Harry Dresden and the Jim Butcher Promise

Marvel Comics unveil their new Spider-Man (who isn’t Peter Parker)

Is 4.7-Inches Too Big For a Sony Ericsson 3D Gaming Phone?

Scientists show that Peter Pan grows up with a shot of iodine

Jane Eyre director could be making the next Moon

Why Stores Price Items at .99 Cents

Why did The Amazing Spider-Man go back to mechanical web-shooters? Plus more Dark Knight Rises and Man of Steel set photos!

Skype For iPad Pulled From App Store

For $750 You Can Pretend to Be Spike Jonze Directing the Beastie Boys

Is Samsung Laughing at LG Today as Their Korean Rivals Unveil a New High-End Passive 3DTV?

Evatran Brings Wireless Charging To Cars

A Blind Camera For The Photographically Challenged

Google’s Data Centers Use Less Electricity Than You Think

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