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We live at the dawn of the age of underwater octobots

Your underwater city was rocked by an earthquake and its protective dome has sprung a leak. You’ve evacuated most of the citizens, but as mayor, you must stay behind and try to contain the damage. The water is rising. The glass continues to crumple – it seems like the end. But look! An underwater robot…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 21

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen + 30 Rock = the strangest painting Alex Ross has ever done

We’re used to seeing Alex Ross’ hyper-realistic style being applied to such straight-faced comic projects as Kingdom Come and Marvels, so it’s a bit of a mindblower seeing him mash up the cast of 30 Rock with The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. And given that this painting has Judah Friedlander as a Martian, this is…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 21

The Fallen Heroes of the Space Shuttle Program

The Space Shuttle Program’s 30 years brought great success—but also terrible failures and sadness. Today, as the program ends, we wanted to remember the heroes who fell along the way, and celebrate their lives. More than 130 missions were flown, and only two Shuttle flights met disaster during these three decades. That’s an impressive safety…

Space & Spaceflight Kelly Jul 21

OS X Lion Might Disable Flash Hardware Acceleration

Flash on OSX Lion is a TAD BIT BUGGY right now. That’s not lost on Adobe, and they’ve posted a document of all known issues with 10.7. One issue they suspect, but can’t prove: Apple disabled hardware acceleration with Flash. Flash Player may cause higher CPU activity when playing a YouTube video. Possibly related to…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jul 21

Pluto’s newly discovered fourth moon is roughly the size of Trenton, NJ

The Hubble Space Telescope may be getting old, but it still has excellent spotting power — witness its discovery of a fourth moon of Pluto, which is between 8 miles and 21 miles in diameter. Says Reuters: P4 is located between the orbits of Nix and Hydra, both of which were discovered by Hubble in…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 21

Anonymous Claims Gigabyte of Stolen NATO Goodies (Updated)

Undeterred by a rash of arrests, the hackers at Anonymous are boasting “about one gigabyte” of data from NATO. But they’re not going to publish most of it, as it’d be “irresponsible.” The rest? “Interesting data,” they say. Attacking NATO seems like an odd choice. Anonymous has very public and very strident sympathies with the…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 21

Facebook Users Spend a Friends Episode-Length Poking and Liking; Google+ Just An Ad Break

In the 23 days since Google+ launched, users have been spending longer periods on the site, culminating in 5mins 50 secs visits on average last week. Facebook users? Why, they spent 21mins 57secs per visit. Does that make Facebook more compelling, or Google+ more efficient? [Hitwise via @ChrismoranUK via @JackSchofield]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 21

Check out the first Avengers promo poster! Plus filming updates for The Dark Knight Rises!

The Captain America writers explain why the sequel won’t abandon World War II. Bruce Campbell will be in Evil Dead 4, but what about David Tennant’s Doctor Who future? Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Captain America. The Dark Knight Rises Here are some details from a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article describing the city’s…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Jul 21

The 13-Inch MBA Burns the Fastest 2010 MacBook Pro

Holy crud. While it’s just a benchmark test and those don’t accurately reflect yadda yadda yadda YOU GUYS. The 1.7GHz Core i5 13-inch MBA just blew the door off of last year’s 2.67GHz Core i7 17-inch MacBook Pro on GeekBench. And did more than twice as well as last year’s tricked 13-inch Air. That is…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jul 21

Welcome Home, Atlantis

5 million miles later, and Atlantis has arrived home with a thud, and likely a few tears in Nasa employees’ eyes. https://gizmodo.com/watch-the-last-space-shuttle-launch-ever-right-here-5819368 Touching down at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida early this morning, Commander Christopher Ferguson, Pilot Douglas Hurley, Mission Specialist 1 Sandra Magnus and Mission Specialist 2 Rex Walheim returned Atlantis safely home…

Space & Spaceflight Kat Hannaford Jul 21

Bjork’s First Song From the Biophilia Album Is Now Out (as an iOS App)

After all the hoopla surrounding the fact Bjork’s got a new album and that she’s releasing it as ten in-app purchases, it’s finally here, with the app itself costing zilch, and the first song just $2. https://gizmodo.com/bjork-to-release-next-album-biophilia-as-10-ipad-apps-5808477 You can pre-purchase all ten songs for $10, which would be the better option for true fans—and lest…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 21

Nokia’s Sales Are “Clearly Disappointing” According to, Erm, Nokia

Thought the situation at Nokia was dire already? They’ve just reported their first quarterly loss in 18 months, recording $521m loss, compared to the $322m profit they made in the same period last year. Sales of phones dropped 20 per cent to 88.5 million devices in the last quarter, which can partly be attributed to…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 21

Hackers Hacked the Hackers’ AnonPlus Social Network

My brain hurts trying to keep all the different factions of hackers in line. After being booted off Google+, Anonymous started building their own site, AnonPlus—which has now been hacked by a group calling themselves “TURKIYE.” https://gizmodo.com/anonymous-is-working-on-anonplus-a-facebook-for-hacker-5822130 While it could be some elaborate joke played out on us ordinary non-hackin’ folk, to grab more headlines…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 21

PayPal’s Signed Up a Major US Retailer For Non-NFC Payments

eBay’s CEO confirmed Tuesday they’ll be enabling customers to pay for products in a major US street store, with up to 20 national retailers adopting their payment service by 2012. How they intend to do this remains to be seen—whether they go the NFC route, or do something similar to the Pizza Express chain in…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 21

Is Chewing Gum Still Chewing Gum If It Doesn’t Stick?

I don’t know, gum today—when I was a kid, you could stick it behind your ear and still guarantee it’d be there nine days later. Kids of today will never know the pain of having it scraped from their hair. Developed at Bristol University in England, the Rev7 gum is amphiphilic, which means it both…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 21

Panasonic’s DMC-FZ47 Has Manual Control When Shooting Video, and a Faux-3D Photo Mode

Falling into that grey “bridge” area of cameras, Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-FZ47 (or FZ48 in Europe) has a massive 24x optical zoom, and a 25mm wide-angle lens which records 1080i video. So far, so goodish. When shooting video on the FZ47, users will have full manual control over the options, thanks to the new Creative Control…

Gadgets Kat Hannaford Jul 21

Always Have An Infographic on Your iPhone

If you’re a visual type of person, then you will love the new Infographics app from Column Five Media. The app has about 50 different infographics created by the design company for its clients. There’s trivia-filled images for technology, sociology, learning and more. The app is perfect for those moments when you have a few…

Tech News Kelly Jul 21

Couples In a Relationship Like To Snoop On Each Other

Face the facts. People can’t resist the urge to snoop on each other. It doesn’t matter whether you’re married or dating. If you’re in a relationship, you have probably looked at your mate’s personal information without them knowing. Online shopping and review site Retrevo surveyed 1,000 online respondents and found that one in three people…

Tech News Kelly Jul 21

Why Is There a WWI Biplane On The Roof of This NYC Skyscraper?

The William Kaufman Organization had the right idea when it built an office tower at 77 Water Street in New York City. Instead of installing drab air conditioning units on the roof, the company plopped down a 1917 biplane. The company didn’t do it for kicks, they did it for their neighbors who have to…

Tech News Kelly Jul 21

Yes, Plastic Wrap Will Protect Your DSLR From Mud

When there’s a photo shoot that involves mud, you can do one of two things. You can say no and miss an opportunity to capture some crazy shots or you can think creatively and cover your gear in plastic wrap. The plastic wrap idea was not mine but that of Reuters photographer Jo Yong-Hak. He…

Tech News Kelly Jul 20

We live at the dawn of the age of underwater octobots

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen + 30 Rock = the strangest painting Alex Ross has ever done

The Fallen Heroes of the Space Shuttle Program

OS X Lion Might Disable Flash Hardware Acceleration

Pluto’s newly discovered fourth moon is roughly the size of Trenton, NJ

Anonymous Claims Gigabyte of Stolen NATO Goodies (Updated)

Facebook Users Spend a Friends Episode-Length Poking and Liking; Google+ Just An Ad Break

Check out the first Avengers promo poster! Plus filming updates for The Dark Knight Rises!

The 13-Inch MBA Burns the Fastest 2010 MacBook Pro

Welcome Home, Atlantis

Bjork’s First Song From the Biophilia Album Is Now Out (as an iOS App)

Nokia’s Sales Are “Clearly Disappointing” According to, Erm, Nokia

Hackers Hacked the Hackers’ AnonPlus Social Network

PayPal’s Signed Up a Major US Retailer For Non-NFC Payments

Is Chewing Gum Still Chewing Gum If It Doesn’t Stick?

Panasonic’s DMC-FZ47 Has Manual Control When Shooting Video, and a Faux-3D Photo Mode

Always Have An Infographic on Your iPhone

Couples In a Relationship Like To Snoop On Each Other

Why Is There a WWI Biplane On The Roof of This NYC Skyscraper?

Yes, Plastic Wrap Will Protect Your DSLR From Mud

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