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The Disastrous Geostorm Is Mostly About People Staring at Computer Monitors

If watching people watch computers is your idea of fun, you are going to love Geostorm. The directorial feature debut of Dean Devlin, who produced Stargate, Godzilla, and the Independence Day movies, Geostorm is a film that really wants to be Independence Day by showing destruction on a global scale with iconic heroes saving the…

io9 Germain Lussier Oct 23

Yup, That’s James Comey’s Twitter

Back in March, Gizmodo published an investigation into what was “almost certainly” former FBI director James Comey’s Twitter account. At the time, he was still the FBI director and his very public falling out with president Donald Trump was still a ways off. Now that Comey is free, he has decided to let the world…

Tech News Rhett Jones Oct 23

io9 Tries to Figure Out How Star Trek: Discovery Can Ever Sync Up With the Rest of Timeline

Episode six of Star Trek: Discovery brought back Spock’s dad Sarek in order to reveal more and more about the never-ending trauma of Burnham’s childhood. Speaking of trauma, Lorca also gets his past dissected and goes full sociopath to save his captaincy. In the livestream for “Lethe,” io9’s Katharine Trendacosta and Gizmodo’s Alex Cranz try…

Television Katharine Trendacosta Oct 23

The FBI Can’t Stop Fearmongering About Encryption

Never in the past century has the FBI ever had greater access to consumer data than it does today. It has never been easier to locate a person of interest—be it a terrorist, a counterfeiter, or a child predator. The quickening pace of technology has given rise to new forms of surveillance, the likes of…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron Oct 23

Check Out the Incredible VFX Work Behind the Spider-Man: Homecoming Airplane Fight

The climactic mid-air battle between Spider-Man and the Vulture aboard an Avengers cargo plane in Spider-Man: Homecoming was one of the highlights of an already excellent movie. Turns out it was entirely realized using motion capture and computer-generated characters. Did you actually think a plane with a cloaking device existed? VFX Supervisor Theo Bialek, of…

Movies Andrew Liszewski Oct 23

Traces of Alzheimer’s Disease Detected in Wild Animals for the First Time

An international team of researchers has uncovered tell-tale signs of Alzheimer’s disease in dolphins, marking the first time that the age-related disorder has been detected in a wild animal. Until very recently, scientists thought that only humans were susceptible to Alzheimer’s disease. That changed back in August of this year when researchers from Kent State…

Tech News George Dvorsky Oct 23

Stranger Things‘ Second Season Lives Up to Its Incredible Expectations

Here’s the thing about Stranger Things season two: If you liked season one, and pretty much everyone did, then you’ll like this season just fine. Everything is turned up a bit, but the soul of Stranger Things remains what it was last season—a story about friendship, family, and giant piles of ‘80s nostalgia. It is…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Oct 23

This Doomed Doll House Simulates Tragedies to Teach Kids About Fire Safety

Years ago, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission realized that blowing up mannequins was the most effective way to demonstrate the importance of fireworks safety. The city of Poznań, Poland, has taken a similar approach when it comes to teaching kids about fire safety, but using an incredibly detailed miniature doll house that can simulate…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 23

It Sounds Like Snap Spectacles Turned Into a Massive Boondoggle

This is kind of a sad story. In November, Snap Inc blew everybody’s mind by releasing a surprisingly interesting piece of hardware. The camera-equipped sunglasses called Spectacles worked with Snapchat and looked cool. But a year later, the company reportedly has “hundreds of thousands” of unsold Spectacles sitting in warehouses in China. It’s unclear if…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Oct 23

Jughead: The Hunger‘s Frank Tieri on Archie’s New Horror Series and Betty Cooper, Werewolf Hunter

This week, the latest chapter in the excellent Archie Horror saga begins anew. The delightful one-shot comic about Jughead turning into a bloodthirsty werewolf, Jughead: The Hunger, begins its life as an ongoing series, and we sat down with writer Frank Tieri to see what we can expect from the new book. The new series—still written…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Oct 23

Newly Released Files Show Steve Jobs Gave President Clinton Unsolicited Cabinet Recommendations

President Bill Clinton and Apple cofounder Steve Jobs were buddies before Jobs died of cancer in 2011. Jobs even gave Clinton advice in the middle of the Lewinsky scandal. But the details of the relationship between the two men have been pretty scarce. Newly released documents from the Clinton Presidential Library help shed some light…

Tech News Matt Novak Oct 23

Did You Know The Lost Boys Almost Had an End Credits Scene?

Thirty years ago, end credits scenes were not as common as they are today. Still, the team behind The Lost Boys planned on doing one anyway. According to the new book Lost in the Shadows: The Story of The Lost Boys by Paul Davis, the original script from The Lost Boys had a different ending—an…

Movies Germain Lussier Oct 23

Shrews Shrink Their Heads to Survive Winter

Right now, as autumn descends upon the Northern Hemisphere, many animals are preparing for the frigid and lean winter months. Bears are going through a serious bulking phase. Hares and stoats are changing the colors of their coats. Oh, and shrews’ heads are shrinking. New research shows that the skull of at least one variety of…

Tech News Jake Buehler Oct 23

Watch Live as Physicists Discuss the Mysteries of Dark Matter at Gizmodo

We live in a universe filled with weird stuff that we don’t really understand: dark matter. Physicists have observed its spooky effects but have’t seen it directly. Even scarier: There seems to be around six times as much dark matter in the universe as regular matter. Tonight, we’ll be broadcasting a discussion on this mysterious…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum Oct 23

Ron Moore Explains the Obvious Reasons Outlander Had to Keep Claire and Jamie Apart

After five episodes of waiting, Jamie and Claire were finally together again in last night’s heavily-anticipated episode of Outlander. But why keep fans agonizing for almost half the new season to see it? According to Ronald D. Moore, it was a line drawn in the sand due to the show’s commitment to the original novels.…

Television James Whitbrook Oct 23

Computer Parts Site Newegg Is Being Sued for Allegedly Engaging in Massive Fraud [Updated]

A suit filed Friday in the US District Court in Los Angeles by four South Korean banks alleges “massive fraud” with an outstanding debt of at least $230 million, and California-based electronic parts seller Newegg has been named as a defendant, along with wholesaler ASI Corporation and its officers. The Industrial Bank of Korea, Keb…

Tech News Avery Ellis Oct 23

You Can Levitate Tiny Diamond Particles Using a Cheap Red Laser Pointer

Did you know a cheap red laser pointer is good for more than just annoying people at a movie theater? As YouTube’s Styropyro, aka Drake Anthony, demonstrates, by focusing the beam you can actually use it to lift and levitate tiny specs of diamond dust, similar to how Star Trek’s tractor beams seemingly work. The…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Oct 23

Star Trek: Discovery‘s Biggest Problem Is That It’s a Prequel

“Lethe” was a character episode. It was fine. Well, it wasn’t. Every plot beat was fairly predictable and the emotional resonance got about halfway there at best. At least I didn’t loathe it. I just found it tedious. And instead of thinking about Sarek and Burnham’s past and Lorca’s future, I kept wondering why this…

Television Katharine Trendacosta Oct 23

Italian Scientists Report Patient Who Sweats Blood

Profuse sweating can lead to embarrassing pit stains and discomfort, sure. But you are sweating sweat. This Italian patient sweats blood. The 21-year-old patient entered a medical ward following three years of bleeding from her palms and face. She didn’t have any cuts and nothing seemed to cause or trigger her bleeding episodes. Her condition…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum Oct 23

You Should Probably Buy a Set-top Box or Streaming Dongle, No Matter What TV You Have

Smart TV features are for the most part terrible, so if you’re looking to pipe Netflix or whatever service into your television, you’re best off buying a smart box or dongle. We would never suggest that you shouldn’t invest in a big beautiful new screen—you cannot watch Game of Thrones on an Apple TV alone—but…

Gadgets David Nield Oct 23

The Disastrous Geostorm Is Mostly About People Staring at Computer Monitors

Yup, That’s James Comey’s Twitter

io9 Tries to Figure Out How Star Trek: Discovery Can Ever Sync Up With the Rest of Timeline

The FBI Can’t Stop Fearmongering About Encryption

Check Out the Incredible VFX Work Behind the Spider-Man: Homecoming Airplane Fight

Traces of Alzheimer’s Disease Detected in Wild Animals for the First Time

Stranger Things‘ Second Season Lives Up to Its Incredible Expectations

This Doomed Doll House Simulates Tragedies to Teach Kids About Fire Safety

It Sounds Like Snap Spectacles Turned Into a Massive Boondoggle

Jughead: The Hunger‘s Frank Tieri on Archie’s New Horror Series and Betty Cooper, Werewolf Hunter

Newly Released Files Show Steve Jobs Gave President Clinton Unsolicited Cabinet Recommendations

Did You Know The Lost Boys Almost Had an End Credits Scene?

Shrews Shrink Their Heads to Survive Winter

Watch Live as Physicists Discuss the Mysteries of Dark Matter at Gizmodo

Ron Moore Explains the Obvious Reasons Outlander Had to Keep Claire and Jamie Apart

Computer Parts Site Newegg Is Being Sued for Allegedly Engaging in Massive Fraud [Updated]

You Can Levitate Tiny Diamond Particles Using a Cheap Red Laser Pointer

Star Trek: Discovery‘s Biggest Problem Is That It’s a Prequel

Italian Scientists Report Patient Who Sweats Blood

You Should Probably Buy a Set-top Box or Streaming Dongle, No Matter What TV You Have

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