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Don’t Trust the ‘Live’ Space Videos You See on Facebook

The Earth isn’t flat. The moon landing wasn’t bogus. And that “live” video of the International Space Station you might have seen floating around this morning on Facebook certainly wasn’t real. As Mashable reports, several frequently trafficked Facebook pages, including Unilad and Viral USA, posted “live” videos this morning purporting to show video feeds from…

Space & Spaceflight Sophie Kleeman Oct 26

A Skin Patch to Treat Peanut Allergies Just Passed a Crucial Test

A wearable patch used to treat peanut allergies has shown tremendous promise in a recently concluded clinical trial, performing particularly well among young children. It’s called the Viaskin Peanut Patch, and it administers small amounts of peanut protein through the skin. This might sound dangerous for people with severe peanut allergies, but it works by…

Health George Dvorsky Oct 26

The First Pics of Playmobil’s Ghostbusters Toys Are Here and They’re Fantastic

Back in June, it was revealed that for the first time ever, Playmobil planned to branch out from its normal historical and generic toys with sets featuring characters and vehicles from popular movies, starting with the Ghostbusters. A few months later we finally have our first look at a few of those playsets, confirming that…

io9 Andrew Liszewski Oct 26

Surface Studio Hands On: Touched For the Very First Time

The new Surface Studio is Microsoft’s incredibly over-designed play at capturing the creative class that has been increasingly left behind by mainstream manufacturers (ahem Apple). Its design definitely borrows from the core look behind the iMac, except that it’s also got a touch display, and a hinge that allows it to fold down so you…

Tech News Christina Warren Oct 26

This Short Scifi Film About Erasing Adultery Raises a Lot of Questions

“Never Happened” is a story about adultery with a classic science fiction twist. And, since it’s a short, it presents its premise and then ends without answering any of the questions it raises. Whether that’s a good thing or not is going to depend heavily on whether you’re okay with media posing questions without presenting…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Oct 26

Is This a Picture of Tom Hanks or Bill Murray?

According to IMDB, Tom Hanks has acted in 81 movies in a career that started way back in 1980. Bill Murray has 83 acting credits dating back to 1973. That’s over 35 years in “the industry” together, and yet they’ve never appeared on screen together in the same movie. Hmm. Seems suspicious, right? Could it…

Sploid Casey Chan Oct 26

Microsoft Exec Almost Climaxes Onstage: ‘It’s Just Exploding, It’s Awesome to See’

Today, Microsoft devices chief Panos Panay spent nearly an hour extolling the virtues of his company’s Surface products, including the gorgeous new Surface Studio. No joke, Panos loves these things. This is unhealthy love. Panos is good at this! Unlike the other robots Microsoft trotted out to describe the latest features for Windows 10, Panos…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Oct 26

Hot Rumor: The iPhone 8 Will Not Be All Glass

The iPhone 7 and 7s came out just under two months ago, so you know what that means: It’s time to start speculating on next year’s iteration. According to a source who spoke with the Nikkei Asian Review, the upcoming iPhone 8 will sport glass covers and backs, similar to the iPhone 4, with both…

Tech News Avery Ellis Oct 26

Your Best Letters to Batman Delivered a Ton of Bad News to the Dark Knight

Yesterday, we asked you to break some bad news to Batman, and boy did you deliver (no pun intended). Here are our favorites entries although, truly, we are all winners. Except Dickbutt. He is not a winner. https://gizmodo.com/please-help-us-break-some-bad-news-to-batman-1788185234 First up, here are two we love so much, we don’t even care about the name misspellings:…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Oct 26

This Is the Most Expensive Surface Studio You Can Buy

Microsoft’s answer to the traditional desktop computer is coming. And it’s expensive. The convertible screen 28-inch is touch sensitive, 12.5 millimeters thick, and boasts a retina-scorching 13.5 million pixels. It’s undoubtedly gorgeous—so much so that Surface chief Panos Panay was practically fondling the thing on stage. So how much would you expect such a luxurious…

Tech News Avery Ellis Oct 26

Our Best Glimpse Yet of a Triple Star System Being Born

Using the ALMA telescope, astronomers have captured an exceptionally clear image of a triple protostar system still in the early stages of development. The new image is providing fresh insights into multi-star systems and how they come into existence. This baby protostar system is called L1448 IRS3B, and it’s less than 150,000 years old—a minor…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Oct 26

This Timelapse Makes Fog Look Like the Oceans Flooding the Entire Earth

There’s not enough ice on the Earth’s polar caps to flood the entire planet should global warming turn it all into water. But sea levels will keep rising, and Danny MacRostie’s beautiful timelapse footage of fog rolling over California’s Mount Tamalpais feels like an eery sneak peek of where the world might be headed. Hopefully…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Oct 26

Palantir CEO: ‘I Have Fucked Up So Many Things’

We all make mistakes, but only some of us admit to them onstage at fancy tech conferences. Today, for example, Alex Karp, the co-founder and CEO of Palantir Technologies, said that he’s “fucked up so many things at Palantir.” The comments came while Karp was onstage at WSJDLive, a vaguely nightmarish-sounding conference for “top CEOs,…

Tech News Sophie Kleeman Oct 26

Smithsonian Launches New Podcast About Technology, History, and Museums

Smithsonian has launched a new podcast called Sidedoor that takes listeners behind the scenes at the museums. The first episode, called Tech Yourself, looks at technology. And to be honest, the episode takes a while to get interesting. But it’s definitely worth a listen. The first quarter of the first episode is comprised mostly of…

Tech News Matt Novak Oct 26

Only the Coolest Stuff From Microsoft’s October Live Event

Microsoft just wrapped up its October event, and as we expected, it wasn’t wall-to-wall hardware announcements like last year. Nothing from Lumia land. Radio silence on the Band front. What Microsoft did announce for the coming months were a few incremental software and hardware updates as well as one big gadget bombshell. The Surface Studio…

Tech News Avery Ellis Oct 26

Ask Twin Peaks Co-Creator Mark Frost About the Town’s Deepest and Darkest Secrets

The name that most people associate with Twin Peaks is David Lynch, but co-creator Mark Frost was right there with him during the show’s development and production. Most recently he’s the author of the brand-new book The Secret History of Twin Peaks, and he’s here today to answer your questions. Before you start breathlessly filling…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Oct 26

Microsoft Juices Its Surface Book With More Power and 16-Hour Battery Life

Microsoft blew our minds last year when it announced the Surface Book—and its crazy detachable display. This year, the company’s refreshing the product, and claims it has stuffed two times as much processing power and 30 percent more battery life in the exact same design. The battery life sounds pretty killer: 16 hours. The extra…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Oct 26

Making Our Dreams Come True, Disney’s Making a New Muppet Babies for 2018

Yes, the latest part of the Disney’s endless vault of franchises to get the reimagined treatment is Muppet Babies. If you didn’t immediately start singing the Muppet Babies theme song upon hearing this news, you and I have nothing in common. The new Muppet Babies has started production and the goal appears to be an…

Television Katharine Trendacosta Oct 26

Microsoft’s Beautiful Surface Studio Is Coming to Kill the Desktop PC as We Know It

Desktop computers have come in two flavors for the last few years: boxes you plug into your monitor or TV, and all-in-one devices like Apple’s popular iMac line. Microsoft’s newly announced Surface Studio is the latter kind of desktop, but with a giant touchscreen and pen input too. It’s also the first desktop computer Microsoft…

Tech News Alex Cranz Oct 26

This Might Be Our Best Shot at Finding That ‘Alien Megastructure’

Since it was first suggested that the flickering star known as KIC 8462852 might be a Dyson Sphere, telescope-toting astronomers associated with the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) have been scouring the system for signs of aliens. Now, the most well-funded SETI program on Earth—UC Berkeley’s Breakthrough Listen—is getting in on the hunt, too. KIC…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone Oct 26

Don’t Trust the ‘Live’ Space Videos You See on Facebook

A Skin Patch to Treat Peanut Allergies Just Passed a Crucial Test

The First Pics of Playmobil’s Ghostbusters Toys Are Here and They’re Fantastic

Surface Studio Hands On: Touched For the Very First Time

This Short Scifi Film About Erasing Adultery Raises a Lot of Questions

Is This a Picture of Tom Hanks or Bill Murray?

Microsoft Exec Almost Climaxes Onstage: ‘It’s Just Exploding, It’s Awesome to See’

Hot Rumor: The iPhone 8 Will Not Be All Glass

Your Best Letters to Batman Delivered a Ton of Bad News to the Dark Knight

This Is the Most Expensive Surface Studio You Can Buy

Our Best Glimpse Yet of a Triple Star System Being Born

This Timelapse Makes Fog Look Like the Oceans Flooding the Entire Earth

Palantir CEO: ‘I Have Fucked Up So Many Things’

Smithsonian Launches New Podcast About Technology, History, and Museums

Only the Coolest Stuff From Microsoft’s October Live Event

Ask Twin Peaks Co-Creator Mark Frost About the Town’s Deepest and Darkest Secrets

Microsoft Juices Its Surface Book With More Power and 16-Hour Battery Life

Making Our Dreams Come True, Disney’s Making a New Muppet Babies for 2018

Microsoft’s Beautiful Surface Studio Is Coming to Kill the Desktop PC as We Know It

This Might Be Our Best Shot at Finding That ‘Alien Megastructure’

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