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Sex Offender Screening on Dating Sites Is Messy—But It Needs to Happen

Last week, a California woman sued the mega-popular Match.com after a post-date rape. She later discovered the man was a convicted sex offender. Now the site will screen sex predators—and its competitors need to follow. https://gizmodo.com/woman-is-suing-match-com-after-she-was-sexually-assault-5792765 But the prospect of screening sex offenders, or any convicted criminal, for that matter, is incredibly dicey. Sex offenders…

Privacy & Security Sam Biddle Apr 18

In this sneak peek of Kill Shakespeare, a happy dagger gets overzealous

Here’s an exclusive preview of the tenth issue of IDW Publishing’s fantasy series Kill Shakespeare, which hits stands Wednesday, April 20. In this preview, an enchanted dagger wreaks havoc on the book’s bardly denizens. And here’s the solicitation information from IDW: KILL SHAKESPEARE #10 (OF 12) Conor McCreery, Anthony Del Col (w) • Andy Belanger…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Apr 18

Now In Production: Human Skin Grown In a Robot-Controlled German Skin Factory

Back in 2009, we told you about the skin factory concept at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology, where scientists hoped to mass-produce skin at low cost for clinical testing and other uses. Now it’s come online, with robots squeezing pink solution into pipettes and turning out sheets of human flesh. Der Spiegel…

Tech News Rebecca Boyle - PopSci Apr 18

Watch the first clip from Harry Potter’s final movie, The Deathly Hallows: Part 2

This July, we’ll all have to say goodbye to Harry Potter when “he-who-shall-not-be-named” fights “the-boy-who-lived” in one final magically epic wizard showdown. But until then, enjoy this first clip from The Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Beware spoilers… And not surprisingly, it looks like this is going to be a brutal goodbye. The Deathly Hallows: Part…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 18

Photosynth for iPhone

One of the first TED Talks I ever watched was a fellow from Microsoft demoing a new technology called Photosynth. It used hundreds of photos from Flickr, all snapped from different perspectives, to synthesize beautiful 3D models of popular tourist destinations—I think they showed Chartres during that demonstration—and it blew my mind, though it seemed…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Apr 18

The Best Deal of the Day

When I’m stuck in airports waiting to clear security, I always sneak a peek at what laptops are being pulled out and who the owner of those laptops are. And I know I shouldn’t but I totally judge people based on their laptop choice. I can’t help it! The moment I see a new MacBook…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Apr 18

An Apple HDTV Might Be Ready for the World, But Is the World Ready for an Apple HDTV?

An actual Apple television. More than a few people believe it’s on the way. And more than just offering hardware without good content deals in place (BOXEE, GOOGLE…I’M LOOKING AT YOU), it’s rumored that such a device would either run iOS apps, play host to a revamped iTunes video subscription service, or both. How likely…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 18

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Social Media Christopher Mascari Apr 18

Why Final Cut Pro X Is Sending Me Back to Avid

Matt Toder has been editing video professionally for eight years, and currently works at Gawker.TV. These are his thoughts on Apple’s latest Final Cut Pro release. https://gizmodo.com/final-cut-pro-x-is-apples-next-generation-video-editor-5791508 I landed my first job in post-production in 2003 at a small house which used Avid exclusively. It had plenty of problems; we struggled with the Dragon error…

Tech News Matt Toder Apr 18

Many Watches Died to Make This Miniature Motorcycle

I used to be content wearing all of my many golden Rolexes at once, but after seeing this delightful model motorcycle borne from watch parts, I’m going to scrap them and make my own gleaming mini-ride. [DeviantArt]

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 18

Titan’s weird orbit reveals a giant ocean hidden beneath the moon’s surface

We know that Saturn’s moon Titan is home to everything from ice volcanoes to methane lakes to possibly even very simple forms of life. But its biggest secret is still hidden from sight: a giant subterranean ocean, possibly of water. The evidence for this ocean comes from careful analysis of Titan’s orbit around Saturn. Its…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Apr 18

Watch People Take to a Hill To Escape the Japanese Tsunami’s Destruction

This video was posted a week ago, and the tsunami itself was early March. But a point of view this powerful—this terrifying—resonates today, and will long after Japan has picked up the pieces and put them back together. [The First Post]

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 18

Marvel superheroine pajamas are a great gift (if you want your wife to divorce you)

Do you wish that special lady in your life had the gamma-irradiated décolletage of She-Hulk? The 40-10-40 measurements of Black Widow? The willingness to traipse about in her underwear like Emma Frost? Body proportions out of a Rob Liefeld comic? Why not get her these classy Marvel pajamas from Spencer’s, which overlay the Marvel heroines’…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Apr 18

10 Greatest Libertarian Science Fiction Stories

Looking for an antidote to Star Trek’s utopian but overbearing Federation? Like your science fiction with a bigger emphasis on personal liberties? Then check out our list of the greatest libertarian science fiction. Here’s an io9 flashback to a list we originally published in 2009. https://gizmodo.com/10-greatest-libertarian-science-fiction-stories-5254742 Top image: Detail from the cover of Heinlein’s The…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Apr 18

NBC’s Royal Wedding App Is the Best Way To Keep Up With That Royal Wedding Thing

Soon, in a spectacular display of viral marketing for the new HBO series Game of Thrones, the House of Windsor and the House of Middleton will be joined by the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton. If this is something you’re interested in keeping up with, NBC News has put together a fittingly elegant…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Apr 18

Farscape Creator Teams Up With Syfy for “Huge” New Series

Creator of Farscape Rockne S. O’Bannon set the internet ablaze by announcing a new television series with Syfy. So what could this mysterious project be? A whole new space opera or the Alien Nation reboot we’ve been waiting years for? On April 16th, Rock O’Bannon twittered this little news tidbit: Great meeting at Syfy yesterday.…

io9 Meredith Woerner Apr 18

The Wacom Bamboo Stylus for iPad Might Be The First Good Stylus For the iPad

Using a stylus with the iPad is pretty silly! But this Wacom Bamboo Stylus might not be. Not only does it have the Wacom name behind it, but the Bamboo Stylus has a tip (6mm) that’s 25% narrower than most other stylii, which should help make the Bamboo Stylus more accurate. Also! It’s supposed to…

Tech News Casey Chan Apr 18

There Are 27 Olympic Swimming Pools’ Worth of Radioactive Water in Fukushima

There is a lot of dangerous, radioactive water inside Fukushima, as TEPCO struggles to keep the fuel rods from burning up. Water accumulates—TEPCO estimates there are 67,000 tons of irradiated water inside. How much water is that? 67,000 tons is a tricky amount to visualize—but it’s enough to fill 27 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Splish splash.…

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 18

Apple Changing the Way It Ranks Apps Is a Bloomin’ Good Idea

How do you define quality? Is it the number of people who’ve downloaded a fart app, or the number of positive reviews it’s had? Apple’s said to be changing the way it organizes its app rankings, with a greater emphasis on people who are actually using and loving the app. It makes sense; I’m only…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Apr 18

All of Time and Space, Anywhere and Everywhere: Doctor Who is back!

Only one man can go anywhere in the universe, and any time in history — and this week, he’s coming to your house. Doctor Who is back at last, with a mind-bending trip to the 1960s. But the Doctor’s not the only one traveling through time — so are the Winchester boys, and Smallville’s latest…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 18

Sex Offender Screening on Dating Sites Is Messy—But It Needs to Happen

In this sneak peek of Kill Shakespeare, a happy dagger gets overzealous

Now In Production: Human Skin Grown In a Robot-Controlled German Skin Factory

Watch the first clip from Harry Potter’s final movie, The Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Photosynth for iPhone

The Best Deal of the Day

An Apple HDTV Might Be Ready for the World, But Is the World Ready for an Apple HDTV?

Would you buy an Apple HDTV?

Why Final Cut Pro X Is Sending Me Back to Avid

Many Watches Died to Make This Miniature Motorcycle

Titan’s weird orbit reveals a giant ocean hidden beneath the moon’s surface

Watch People Take to a Hill To Escape the Japanese Tsunami’s Destruction

Marvel superheroine pajamas are a great gift (if you want your wife to divorce you)

10 Greatest Libertarian Science Fiction Stories

NBC’s Royal Wedding App Is the Best Way To Keep Up With That Royal Wedding Thing

Farscape Creator Teams Up With Syfy for “Huge” New Series

The Wacom Bamboo Stylus for iPad Might Be The First Good Stylus For the iPad

There Are 27 Olympic Swimming Pools’ Worth of Radioactive Water in Fukushima

Apple Changing the Way It Ranks Apps Is a Bloomin’ Good Idea

All of Time and Space, Anywhere and Everywhere: Doctor Who is back!

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