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George Takei to Warner Bros.: Don’t Whitewash Akira

Star Trek legend George Takei is leading the charge against Hollywood’s whitewashed version of anime classic Akira. He wants Warner Bros. to do the right thing and cast Asian actors in the saga. But will the studio listen? In March, a leaked casting list for Warner Bros’ Akira translation unleashed a fury of WTF across…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 22

Record-Breaking Rube Goldberg Machine Also Simulates Entirety of History

Rube Goldberg contraptions are cool no matter what—but getting one to mechanize dinosaurs, WWII, the Cold War, and the 2012 apocalypse is extra icing. Extra extra icing is the machine’s 244 steps—a new world record for convoluted mechanisms. https://gizmodo.com/rube-goldberg-the-man-behind-the-machines-5622673 The project, entitled “The Time Machine,” was created by the Purdue Society of Professional Engineers/Society of…

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 22

Do Apple, Google and Microsoft Know Your Every Step? A Handy Chart

A fun side-effect of the iOS secret-tracking fiasco is that a lot of other different types of location data and transmissions to and from your smartphone are being conflated into a huge pile of fevered paranoia. But! Don’t freak out. To simplify all this (hopefully), here’s a chart that lays out what’s happening on three…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Apr 22

The high price of gold is causing massive Amazon deforestation

For the first time ever, gold has passed the $1500-per-ounce mark, and has been riding high for a very long time now. This incredibly high price has lead to a leap in scams taking advantage of people’s interest in the precious metal, and a major increase in the amount of mining going on — to…

io9 Tim Barribeau Apr 22

The White iPhone 4 Shows Itself In the UK, Possibly Hitting Stores Next Week

Engadget says that’s the box for the white iPhone 4 shipping to Vodaphone retail outlets in the UK. Someone unwitting sales associate sold one to a customer before Vodaphone sent out a comapny-wide email halting sales until “next week.” There’s also a shot of the phone itself here, which offers up another piece of legit…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 22

Russian Antivirus Tycoon’s Son Kidnapped

Yevgeny Kaspersky, head of mega-antivirus firm Kaspersky Labs, probably has a lot of enemies in Russia—a country where cybercrime rakes in the rubles. So it’s not entirely surprisingly that Yevgeny’s son has been kidnapped and held for ransom. Right now, his captors are demanding $4.3 million for the missing 20 year old, who’s been missing…

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 22

More Proof of Windows 8 Facial Recognition Shows Up in API

Facial recognition was one of the purported Windows 8 features to surface last summer in a batch of leaked docs. Now, the login API in the latest build of Windows 8 is making that rumor seem more likely. Windows8Italia made the discovery, and Microsoft News thinks the feature could be used in a Kinect-like manner:…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 22

The Proper Way to Talk with an Internet Helpbot

The self service world is a beautiful thing. Self-checkout lines. Vending machines. Amazon. Long gone are the days of being afraid to buy, say, a carton of whipped cream chargers, an oversized balloon and the newest Glee Soundtrack, because some dowdy employee’s gonna give you the stinkeye. Also gone: the days of dialing customer service…

Tech News Erika Stalder Apr 22

The 3-D Erotic Movie That Beat Avatar at the Hong Kong Box Office

Sex and Zen 3-D: Extreme Ecstasy is supposedly the first erotic movie made in 3-D. And in its opening week, it’s beaten Avatar’s record for one-day box office in Hong Kong. What’s this movie’s secret? Just check out the trailer — even in 2-D, you can tell that this film uses 3-D to a ludicrous…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Apr 22

Heroes Star Masi Oka is creating a show for Syfy

Masi Oka, otherwise known as Hiro Nakamura from Heroes, is co-writing a Fringe-esque pilot for Syfy called The Correctors. The premise is complicated, but Oka knows a thing or two about wacky alternate reality travel. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Oka is teaming up with writer Alex Sabeti (Art of Cool) to produce…

Television Meredith Woerner Apr 22

Leaked Images Reveal New NEX-C3 Is a Giant-Flashed Beauty

Camera rumormongers have gotten their paws on leaked shots of the new NEX-C3, and it’s rather purty. Guts-wise, it’ll pack the same 16.2MP sensor as its predecessor, but adds that splendid external flash. [DP Review via CrunchGear]

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 22

Neurologist wants the brain of Donald Trump, and other unique minds

Neurologist Jacopo Annese’s brain donors already include a woman who played one of the flying monkeys in The Wizard of Oz, and a woman who can’t feel fear. But he wants the brain of Donald Trump as well. Top image via David Deriso. Bloomberg has a great profile of Annese with the UCSD Brain Observatory,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 22

Case Logic’s Water Resistant Kindle Case

The Kindle is the perfect vacation and leisure gadget, except for two things: the sea and bath tubs can really put the hurt on it. And, second only to a light, there’s almost no more important accessory for a Kindle than a water-resistant cover like this one from Case Logic. Like Thick plastic, easy to…

Reviews Brian Lam Apr 22

Why is there a theme park devoted to Hell in South Florida? Writer Karen Russell spills all!

In her debut novel, Swamplandia!, Karen Russell explores the fantastical facets of her home state. Here’s what she has to say about magical realism and her science fictional influences. Russell’s debut novel, Swamplandia! follows Ava and Kiwi, two siblings each attempting to save their family’s dying Everglades amusement park. Kiwi takes a job at their…

Books & Comics Kelly Faircloth Apr 22

The Best Deal of the Day

Pictures of cats, pictures of dogs. Pictures of rats, pictures of frogs. Pictures of horribly contaminated ponds filled with toxic waste that will render an entire ecosystem uninhabitable for generations. Pictures of pigs, pictures of figs, pictures of giraffes, pictures of twigs. Nature! Greenery! Flora! Fauna! A great way to celebrate Earth Day is to…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals Apr 22

Science proves that staring at a screen all day is bad for you

Proving the words of countless mothers across countless nations, new research shows that spending all day staring at computers and TVs actually is bad for kids, giving them heart problems later in life. Scientists say that kids who spend many hours in front of screens have narrower arteries in the back of their eyes, and…

io9 Tim Barribeau Apr 22

After years of waiting, Smallville finally shows the suit

We’ve patiently waited for Clark to transform from farm boy to Superman. But for ages, he’s been stuck as the “Red-Blue Blur.” Hopefully those days are about to end because Smallville is finally flashing the super-suit of Clark’s future. You all remember the first infuriating time Smallville teased Clark’s super suit, in the reflection of…

Television Meredith Woerner Apr 22

We’ve Sketched The Wii 2 Controller Of Our Dreams

We haven’t seen the controller for the next Nintendo console. (Nintendo hasn’t sent it over to us yet. Thanks for nothing, Miyamoto!) But we’ve been stitching together the snippets of info we’re picking up from people who do know what… [Kotaku]

Tech News Kotaku Apr 22

Five TED Talks That Will Make You Actually Care About Earth Day

The annual TED conference is a bastion of original thinking, its speakers on an edge so cutting they could draw blood. Over at Brain Pickings, they’ve got a roundup of five of the most environmentally important TED talks of the last several years; including this revolutionary one by cradle-to-cradle design guru William McDonough. [BrainPickings]

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 22

The Story of E-Waste: What Happens to Tech Once It’s Trash

The brand new tablet/smartphone/GPU you grabbed last week is the cat’s meow. But what happens to it – or to any of the devices you once treasured- when you don’t want or need them anymore? Where do they go? Is there a reliable, “green” way to dispose of them? And hey, does one extra electronic…

Tech News Gord Gable - Maximum PC Apr 22

George Takei to Warner Bros.: Don’t Whitewash Akira

Record-Breaking Rube Goldberg Machine Also Simulates Entirety of History

Do Apple, Google and Microsoft Know Your Every Step? A Handy Chart

The high price of gold is causing massive Amazon deforestation

The White iPhone 4 Shows Itself In the UK, Possibly Hitting Stores Next Week

Russian Antivirus Tycoon’s Son Kidnapped

More Proof of Windows 8 Facial Recognition Shows Up in API

The Proper Way to Talk with an Internet Helpbot

The 3-D Erotic Movie That Beat Avatar at the Hong Kong Box Office

Heroes Star Masi Oka is creating a show for Syfy

Leaked Images Reveal New NEX-C3 Is a Giant-Flashed Beauty

Neurologist wants the brain of Donald Trump, and other unique minds

Case Logic’s Water Resistant Kindle Case

Why is there a theme park devoted to Hell in South Florida? Writer Karen Russell spills all!

The Best Deal of the Day

Science proves that staring at a screen all day is bad for you

After years of waiting, Smallville finally shows the suit

We’ve Sketched The Wii 2 Controller Of Our Dreams

Five TED Talks That Will Make You Actually Care About Earth Day

The Story of E-Waste: What Happens to Tech Once It’s Trash

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