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How to Set Up Your Phone to Buy (Almost) Everything Without Cash

Mobile payments are the future, so we’re told. Apple, Google, and Android all want you surviving on nothing but their products—your financial data safely stored on an NFC chip inside. While not every store in the US supports it, most of them do. Same with the banks. We’ve run though everything, from which banks and…

Gadgets David Nield Aug 15

The Official Ikea Instructions to Make Your Own Game of Thrones Cloak Are Adorable

Last year, it was revealed that some of Game of Thrones’ lush cloaks worn around the shoulders of Jon Snow and friends are actually cut up and re-dyed rugs from Ikea. Last week, that news made the rounds. Now, the company has responded by telling readers how to slice up one of their rugs so…

io9 James Whitbrook Aug 15

This PR Email Sure Is Weird [Updated]

This morning I received a press email with the subject line “A water bottle designed for Women in Tech.” Does it provide optimal hydration for women about to ascend the glass cliff? Will it induce hyponatremia when your male colleague passes off your idea as his own during the team meeting? Does it include an…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz Aug 15

New Clues Emerge About Doomed Expedition Through the Northwest Passage

In 1845, Sir John Franklin led two British Royal Navy ships on an ill-fated expedition through the Northwest Passage—a famous and hazardous corridor connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. None of the crew members returned, spawning a mystery that has endured for more than 150 years. A new analysis explores the various ways in which…

Tech News George Dvorsky Aug 15

Ryanair Scrambles to Solve Its Drunken Passenger Problem

Ryanair is having a tough time. As Brexit threatens to turn its entire business upside down, passengers can’t stop getting drunk on its flights, doing something stupid on camera, and causing all kinds of chaos when the video hits the internet. Now, Ryanair is trying to restrict how much people drink at the airport. This…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Aug 15

The Big, Over-Arching Plan Was Never the Best Part of Orphan Black

There’s a moment in the finale when the characters get a chance to breathe. To take it all in and take stock of their lives and the circumstances that brought them to that one specific instance. For a show as high concept as Orphan Black, with its clones and genetic mutants and world wide conspiracies…

Television Alex Cranz Aug 15

Trump’s Retweets Were Especially Batshit This Morning

As if making up for for having to read a civil and restrained statement finally condemning the domestic terrorist attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, President Donald Trump has gone off the rails on Twitter. In the span of a few hours, the President retweeted a Pizzagater, a meme of a train plowing into a CNN logo…

Tech News Jennings Brown Aug 15

The Solar Eclipse (Probably) Won’t Get You Laid (Or Murdered) (But It Might Though)

In case it’s not abundantly clear by now, on Monday, the Great American Eclipse will sweep across the United States. While a total solar eclipse may appear otherworldly and ethereal, there is a ton of science to suggest it is totally normal. But as evidenced by posts on Craiglist and other dark corners of the…

Space & Spaceflight Rae Paoletta Aug 15

Despite Everything You’ve Read, Daniel Craig Still Says He’s Not Sure About Coming Back for Bond

The seesaw that is “Daniel Craig back for Bond 25″ news stories continues today. One week tabloids says he’s back for two films. The next week, he very clearly states that’s not the case. Speaking on a Boston radio show Tuesday, the actor said the following: No decision has been made at the moment, there’s…

io9 Germain Lussier Aug 15

Scientists Finally Unlock the Recipe For Magic Mushrooms

Based on prior reporting from field work and various sources, this reporter can confidently conclude that magic mushrooms are very chill. There’s more than college weekends to back that stance up, though. Past research has suggested they can help with the existential anxiety of cancer, positively change personalities, and even help kick nicotine addictions. You…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum Aug 15

The 12 Best Recent TV Shows Based on Movies

The last time we made this list, it was 2012, and the landscape of TV has changed quite a lot since then. Here’s an updated look at all the best recent TV shows—from the last five years, so hold the “Where’s Battlestar/Buffy?” comments—that have been based on scifi, fantasy, or horror movies. 12. The Librarians…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Aug 15

The Wonderfully Crazy Theory That Explains Why a Giant Spider Is a Sexy Lady in the New Lord of the Rings Game

Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, the latest video game set in the world of Lord of the Rings, looks like some crazy Tolkien fanfiction. Its most recent trailer went even wilder, and introduced us to, among other things, the giant spider Shelob… in the form of human woman. How? Why? The team behind the game has…

io9 James Whitbrook Aug 15

You Can Keep Your Self-Driving Cars, I Want This Jet-Powered Wing Suit

Spreading my arms and taking to the skies like an eagle has always been my biggest fantasy. The closest I’ve ever come is piloting a two-seater Cessna, which was fun, but nowhere near as exhilarating as Jarno Cordia’s latest stunt involving a wingsuit and a pair of jet engines strapped to his ankles. A hot…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Aug 15

Hellboy’s Rasputin Is Getting An Occult Origin Story in Voice of the Dragon

In Mike Mignola’s Hellboy series, Grigori Rasputin is the famed Russian occultist whose collaboration with German Nazis to bring about the apocalypse during World War II accidentally brought Hellboy to earth. Hellboy goes on to become one of the world’s greatest heroes and Rasputin….well. He’s an evil asshole. But like all evil assholes, Rasputin’s got…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Aug 15

Intel Is the Third Company to Shame Trump and Resign From His Manufacturing Council [Update: And Then There Were Five]

On Monday night, Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich announced his resignation from President Donald Trump’s American Manufacturing Council, making him the third chief to bail after Trump did not take a strong enough stance against the domestic terrorism that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend. The exodus began when Kenneth C. Frazier, the…

Tech News Jennings Brown Aug 15

Saving the Earth’s Ozone Layer Went Even Better Than Expected

In 1989, amidst mounting scientific evidence, dozens of nations joined forces to sign a treaty aimed at halting the expansion of a massive hole in Earth’s ozone layer. Nearly thirty years later, the Montreal Protocol has done just that. But it has also done something its architects never intended. It has become one of America’s…

Climate Change Maddie Stone Aug 15

The Defenders Teases a Major Connection Between Its Big Villain and the Heroes

Samuel L. Jackson says he’s not in any of the upcoming Marvel movies… including Captain Marvel. Godzilla: King of the Monsters will have one cool throwback to the original 1954 movie. A Community star might be headlining the Russo’s Quantum and Woody TV show. Plus, new Inhumans footage. Spoilers now! Captain Marvel/Avengers: Infinity War/Avengers 4/Black…

Television James Whitbrook and Gordon Jackson Aug 15

How to Tell If You’re a Neo-Nazi

Internet personalities Baked Alaska and Millennial Matt had a lot of fun at this past weekend’s white supremacist rallies. Well, until Baked Alaska was maced, I guess. They used tools like Twitter and YouTube to bring their online followers into the heart of the racist action. But curiously, the two still insist that they’re not…

Tech News Matt Novak Aug 15

DJI Rolls Out ‘Local Data Mode’ for Drones After US Army Ban Over Unknown ‘Cyber Vulnerabilities’

Weeks after the US Army told personnel to immediately shelve all drones made by Chinese manufacturer DJI, citing unspecified “cyber vulnerabilities associated with DJI products,” the company has introduced a new “local data mode” for its apps. “We are creating local data mode to address the needs of our enterprise customers, including public and private…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay Aug 14

Watching This Artist Draw Wonder Woman Is Like Seeing Sorcery Happen

Reading comics is great because you know, back in your mind, a blank page became alive with the words, lines, letters, and colors of a bunch of talented people. Watching part of that process happen in a time-lapse video is straight-up magical. Kim Jung Gi’s artistic skill has made him an internet phenomenon, and it’s…

io9 Evan Narcisse Aug 14

How to Set Up Your Phone to Buy (Almost) Everything Without Cash

The Official Ikea Instructions to Make Your Own Game of Thrones Cloak Are Adorable

This PR Email Sure Is Weird [Updated]

New Clues Emerge About Doomed Expedition Through the Northwest Passage

Ryanair Scrambles to Solve Its Drunken Passenger Problem

The Big, Over-Arching Plan Was Never the Best Part of Orphan Black

Trump’s Retweets Were Especially Batshit This Morning

The Solar Eclipse (Probably) Won’t Get You Laid (Or Murdered) (But It Might Though)

Despite Everything You’ve Read, Daniel Craig Still Says He’s Not Sure About Coming Back for Bond

Scientists Finally Unlock the Recipe For Magic Mushrooms

The 12 Best Recent TV Shows Based on Movies

The Wonderfully Crazy Theory That Explains Why a Giant Spider Is a Sexy Lady in the New Lord of the Rings Game

You Can Keep Your Self-Driving Cars, I Want This Jet-Powered Wing Suit

Hellboy’s Rasputin Is Getting An Occult Origin Story in Voice of the Dragon

Intel Is the Third Company to Shame Trump and Resign From His Manufacturing Council [Update: And Then There Were Five]

Saving the Earth’s Ozone Layer Went Even Better Than Expected

The Defenders Teases a Major Connection Between Its Big Villain and the Heroes

How to Tell If You’re a Neo-Nazi

DJI Rolls Out ‘Local Data Mode’ for Drones After US Army Ban Over Unknown ‘Cyber Vulnerabilities’

Watching This Artist Draw Wonder Woman Is Like Seeing Sorcery Happen

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