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Get a better look at Captain America’s Red Skull And His Hydra Minions

Here’s the exclusive first look at Hasbro’s villainous toy version of Red Skull and his band of Hydra minions. We love that Marvel is going with the classic faceless minions for the Hydra team, but can they beat Captain America? Click on each image to enlarge the figure. You can find these figures in Hasbro’s…

io9 Meredith Woerner Apr 14

Apple Nabs Microsoft’s Data Center Chief for…?

We’re still assuming Apple’s gargantuan North Carolina data center is for some kind of cloud magic, but now we might know who the wizard is charge could be: newly hired data-master Kevin Timmons, stolen from Microsoft. [All Things D] https://gizmodo.com/apples-ginormous-nc-data-center-is-for-cloud-based-i-5768570

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 14

GE’s New Super Powerful Laser Welding System Is Shriekingly Fast

GE has a new 20kW hybrid laser arc welding (HLAW) system that’s a lot more advanced than the welding methods we have now. Comparatively speaking, the new GE laser wields enough power to weld one-inch thick steel in a single pass. Current welding technologies need up to a half dozen passes. All that power translates…

Tech News Casey Chan Apr 14

The Best Deal of the Day

One time I wanted to listen to some music, so I hired a seven piece band to play in my living room. Long story short, I couldn’t pay them, we got in something of a brawl, and my apartment was ruined. My girlfriend left me shortly thereafter – she’d been seduced by a trombonist while…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals Apr 14

I Sat on a $6,400 Toilet and It Changed My Life

Let’s get one thing straight—Kohler’s Numi toilet isn’t for you. Unless you’re a Saudi oil sheik, lottery winner, or generally filthy rich person, you won’t consider a toilet that costs half a year’s rent. But it’s spectacular. The Numi sticks every conceivable luxury into one pisser. Things you didn’t even think you needed—and things you…

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 14

The Scorching Underground Plume That Feeds Yellowstone’s Supervolcano Is Even Bigger Than We Thought

Thanks to new measuring techniques, geophysicists have discovered that the underground plume that feeds Yellowstone’s Supervolcano is much, much larger than we thought. What was once assumed to be an already large 150 miles long is now a gigantic 400 miles pool of molten rocks and hot briny water for the Volcano to power up…

Tech News Casey Chan Apr 14

Will HBO’s Game of Thrones gamble pay off?

With a $50 million budget for 10 episodes, Game of Thrones is one of the biggest dice-throws in television history. HBO couldn’t start small with its adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s bestselling series, so the network had to risk all. But will HBO’s bold gambit in spending so much on a dark, weird series pay…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 14

Latest Energy Breakthrough Threatens the Entire Existence of Solar Panels

Upending a theory of physics maintained for over a century, researchers at the University of Michigan have discovered that magnetic fields coming from light waves are 100 million times stronger than previously believed, creating new possibilities for harvesting solar power. According to PhysOrg, this discovery came about when researchers ran a light source through a…

Physics & Chemistry Adrian Covert Apr 14

Female ducks can tell if a male’s sperm contains diseases

What if you could tell a potential partner’s STD status just by looking at them? That’s the evolutionary advantage that ducks appear to have. It turns out mallard ducks have a problem with the males passing dangerous bacteria on to females during the process of reproduction. The obvious answer? Select for partners with antibacterial sperm.…

io9 Tim Barribeau Apr 14

Download iOS 4.3.2 NOW (UPDATED)

iOS 4.3.2 is now available for download, which has fixes for Facetime, the 3G Verizon iPad 2 and other security issues. The update is available for iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS, iPad and iPad 2, as well as the third and fourth gen iPod touch. Just plug your device into iTunes. UPDATE: MacRumors says that…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 14

The Immigration Con Man who Built a Fake Army

What would you do to stay in the country you love? Would you trust a fellow foreigner—someone from your homeland—with your future, paying him up to $450 to join his US Army unit and get a fast-track to citizenship? These desperate, deceived immigrants did just that. 51-year-old Yupeng Deng of Los Angeles scammed over 100…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Apr 14

10 Most Awesome Married Couples in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Why are there so few space explorers, superheroes, and fantasy champions who are happily married? Sure, it’s a tough life fighting monsters and braving the unknown, but everybody knows that it’s better with a steadfast companion at your side. Especially now that — minor spoiler — there’s a married couple traveling in the TARDIS on…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders and Katharine Trendacosta Apr 14

Flipboard Gains the Power of Instagram and Social Search

The latest version of Flipboard is out for the iPad, which now allows you to browse instagram pics and run searches across social networks to quickly find essential things (like Rihanna GIFs). [iTunes]

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 14

Beyonce goes “Game of Thrones meets Mad Max” in latest video shoot

You’ve seen Beyonce Knowles’ post-apocalyptic shuffle and her cyborg hand dance, now feast your eyes on the next Beyonce creation: Mad Max meets hardcore fantasy. https://gizmodo.com/christina-aguilera-rides-pops-science-fiction-bandwagon-5067234 We can’t wait to see what Beyonce is cooking up for her latest mysterious video shoot. Rumor has it she’s filming in the Mojave Desert for a song titled…

io9 Meredith Woerner Apr 14

The Backwards Fashion Evolution of 3D Glasses

How could 3D glasses go from the sleek, minimal shades we see here on the noses of 1951’s Festival of Britain-goers, to the clumsy, Oakley-style wrap-arounds of today? Dolby’s new lightweight ones aren’t even much competition, even though they’re only passive glasses and don’t even need to house the heavier active shutter components bundled with…

Movies Kat Hannaford Apr 14

If giant squid monsters ever attack, we can defend ourselves with sound

A depressing study shows that military and industrial noise may be killing off cephalopods. On the bright side, at last we have a way to fight squid-like monsters. In real life, squid don’t do much except provide us with calamari and look disgusting when they’re shown mating on nature shows. But in fiction, they’ve attacked…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Apr 14

Run Out of Things to Spend Money On? Here Are Some Gold-Plated Earbuds

Out of things to blow doubloons on? Ruby-encrusted netbooks not cutting it anymore? Then consider these extravagant earbuds by Piano Forte, ranging from $940 to a whopping $2,650. But hey, they’re plated in shiny metal! [Piano Forte via CrunchGear]

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 14

Relive the era of papier mache Stormtrooper helmets and home-made Starfleet uniforms

If you’re in San Francisco tonight, you have a rare chance to witness the early days of Star Trek and Star Wars fandom. A new documentary, Back to Space-Con, is showing at the Balboa Theater at 7 PM. The documentary, which already had one showing at a small theater in Oakland, includes tons of footage…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 14

Behind the Largest Counterfeit Audio Sting in History (Exclusive Photos)

Think you got a good deal on those Beats by Dre? Might’ve. Or maybe you paid too much for a knockoff. Thanks to easily accessed suckers like you, business in the world of phony high-end audio has never been better. Early on the morning of October 28, 2010 a massive strike force assembled outside the…

Tech News Bryan Gardiner Apr 14

Counterfeit Audio Gallery

Counterfeit Beats by Dre headphones Counterfeit electronics seized in China Chinese police inspect counterfeit wares A trolley-load of of counterfeit electronics, England counterfeit headphones seized in England >Another trolley-load of of fake electronics, England Officers bagging and tagging counterfeit items as evidence A van-load of of fake electronics, England Entering a storage room stacked with…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 14

Get a better look at Captain America’s Red Skull And His Hydra Minions

Apple Nabs Microsoft’s Data Center Chief for…?

GE’s New Super Powerful Laser Welding System Is Shriekingly Fast

The Best Deal of the Day

I Sat on a $6,400 Toilet and It Changed My Life

The Scorching Underground Plume That Feeds Yellowstone’s Supervolcano Is Even Bigger Than We Thought

Will HBO’s Game of Thrones gamble pay off?

Latest Energy Breakthrough Threatens the Entire Existence of Solar Panels

Female ducks can tell if a male’s sperm contains diseases

Download iOS 4.3.2 NOW (UPDATED)

The Immigration Con Man who Built a Fake Army

10 Most Awesome Married Couples in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Flipboard Gains the Power of Instagram and Social Search

Beyonce goes “Game of Thrones meets Mad Max” in latest video shoot

The Backwards Fashion Evolution of 3D Glasses

If giant squid monsters ever attack, we can defend ourselves with sound

Run Out of Things to Spend Money On? Here Are Some Gold-Plated Earbuds

Relive the era of papier mache Stormtrooper helmets and home-made Starfleet uniforms

Behind the Largest Counterfeit Audio Sting in History (Exclusive Photos)

Counterfeit Audio Gallery

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