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Kids Are Getting Addicted To an App-Enabled Toothbrush That Works Too Well

Philips Sonicare, the brand behind popular electronic toothbrushes, recently released a device that accomplished the inconceivable: It made oral hygiene so fun that kids want to stay on top of it. The new toothbrush proved a little addictive, though. The new Sonicare for Kids toothbrush hit retail at the end of August, and its key…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Sep 14

This R2-D2 Is Either Really Angry or an Adorable Humidifier

If he can repair an intergalactic spaceship while it’s blasting through the cosmos, it only makes sense that turning water into steam would be child’s play for the world’s most multi-talented astromech droid. Although, if cartoons have taught us anything, steam blasting out of his head means that R2-D2 could also be absolutely furious at…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Sep 14

The Guy Who Invented Net Neutrality Now Works for New York’s Attorney General

Tim Wu is one of the world’s most outspoken and influential advocates for an open internet. And now, the Columbia Law professor will help shape the future of technology and politics as a watchdog with the New York State Attorney General’s office. This is great news. “If I have a life mission, it is to…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Sep 14

A Chart of How Americans Should Spend Their Food Budget… And How They Actually Do

The USDA’s economic research group put together a look at how an American food budget that actually follows dietary guidelines would break down—and then they put together one using the actual data on how Americans spend their food budget. Unsurprisingly, the two match up not at all. Almost half of what we spend on our…

io9 Ria Misra Sep 14

Microsoft Is Unleashing Lots of New Windows 10 Devices on October 6

The launch of Windows 10 came and went in late August with little to no mention of new Microsoft devices that would run that new beautiful software. Nearly a month and a half later, that mention is finally here. Microsoft just sent out invites to the media for a Windows 10 event on October 6…

Tech News Darren Orf Sep 14

Google’s Latest Hire Could Take Its Driverless Cars To Market

Google just hired a man who’s worked in the automotive industry for 25 years, John Krafcik, to lead the company’s self-driving vehicle project as Google Auto’s CEO. This hire is big. Why? Because it’s the first major hire from the automaker side of the road. Picking Krafcik to lead Google Auto is a sign that…

Tech News Leah Becerra Sep 14

Fox Will Make a Good Fantastic Four Movie or Die Trying

Fox is moving beyond their Fantastic Four disaster (No, not that one. Not that one either. Yes, that one.) and focusing on making a sequel. Why is this the hill that they’re determined to die on? MTV caught up with writer/producer Simon Kinberg at the Toronto International Film Festival, who said he was “really focused…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta Sep 14

Sketchy Kickstarter Campaign Ordered to Pay Back the Donors It Ripped Off

Launching a shitty crowdfunding campaign just got riskier. For the first time, a Kickstarter campaign has been ordered to pay for failing to fulfill promises to its backers. A Washington court just fined a company called Altius Management for never delivering its promised goods. The company raised $25,000 to produce a series of playing cards.…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Sep 14

The First Self-Contained Airbag Jacket Detects Crashes All On Its Own

Motorcycle jackets with built-in airbags are far from being a new life-saving innovation, but Dainese’s new Misano 1000 works completely independent of the bike being ridden, increasing the odds of it inflating when it’s needed most. Typically these types of jackets rely on sensors that have been installed on the motorcycle to know exactly when…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Sep 14

Everything You Need To Know About Marvel’s “All-New, All-Different” Comic Universe

Next month, Marvel is introducing a whole new line up of comics—and a whole new universe to go with them. Don’t know your Earth-616 from your Earth-65? What the hell is with this Secret Wars thing? Will your favorite hero still have a comic? Will they even be the same person? Here’s everything you need…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Sep 14

FAA Warned Boeing About the Flaw That Caused a 777 to Explode in Las Vegas [Updated]

When a jetliner’s engine explodes moments before take off, people ask questions. Now, less than a week after that very thing happened to a British Airways 777, answers are starting to emerge—and they’re scary. (See update below.) Turns out the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) warned both Boeing and General Electric, the 777’s engine-maker, about a…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Sep 14

Medieval Skeleton Found Dangling From the Roots of a Fallen Tree

After a violent storm ripped through the Irish town of Collooney, locals were shocked to discover the remains of a 1,000-year-old skeleton hanging from the roots of a fallen tree. The body, which belonged to a young man who appears to have died a violent death, was found beneath a 200-year-old beech tree. In a…

io9 George Dvorsky Sep 14

Here’s How Russia Lifted the International Space Station to a Higher Orbit Today

Today at 04:12 Moscow time, the orbit of the International Space Station was corrected a bit, thanks to help from the thrusters on a Russian service module called Zvezda, or “Star.” Star’s small engines were fired for just over two minutes, with a pulse of 2 meters per second. That increased the flight altitude of…

Space & Spaceflight Attila Nagy Sep 14

Houston Will Dethrone Chicago as America’s Third-Biggest City Within a Decade

It’s Space City versus the Second City: According to new reports, massive job growth in Houston will soon propel it above Chicago in US rankings for biggest population. Currently, according to US Census estimates for 2014, Chicago’s population is estimated be around 2.7 million people, and Houston’s is only 2.2 million. But those numbers are…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin Sep 14

This freaky spiderman tale has a twist ending that you don’t want to miss

Whether we are talking about a distant planet in a galaxy far far away or uncanny living creatures that are half-men and half-spiders, Mother Nature is ruthless and its rules apply the same everywhere. Make sure you don’t miss the twist at the end of this short because it’s so damn good. Zerogon—directed by John…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Sep 14

What Is the Huge Easter Egg in Guardians of the Galaxy That No One’s Found Yet?

Director James Gunn was sharing GotG facts and trivia on his Facebook this weekend, when he made a remarkable admission: The biggest Easter Egg that Gunn hid in the hit Marvel movie still hasn’t been found. Here’s what he said, although doesn’t really offer any clues other than its existence: Jose Francisco Billini Have a…

Movies Rob Bricken Sep 14

Giant Clams Are Watching You With Hundreds of Eyes

Start your Monday with a creepy feeling all up and down your back—especially if your back is to an aquarium. Giant clams may look like unseeing blobs, but they’re not. They have pinhole eyes all over their bodies. Giant clams sit in the warm shallows of the Pacific and Indian oceans for a century. They…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Sep 14

Fuel Made From Algae Could Help Fukushima—and the Rest of the World

In the ongoing search for a non-nuclear energy, Fukushima could find a partial answer in living, green, microalgae. And algae can help the rest of the world, too. A Japanese think tank tells the Asahi Shimbun newspaper that universities and other groups in the area are working to mass produce an algae native to Fukushima.…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin Sep 14

Cedar Point’s Giant New Coaster Will Shatter Ten World Records Next Year

There are lots of coaster parks in the world, but few have dedicated themselves to pushing the limits of thrill rides like Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, has. And when it opens next summer, its new Valravn Birdseye coaster will officially break ten world records in one fell swoop. Though the park has a relatively…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Sep 14

Hide Sports Scores on Google Now to Avoid Spoilers

If you’re a sports fan then you might well have Google Now set up to ping you with updates about your favorite teams… but what about those times when you’re watching the game later and don’t want to spoil the surprise? The Android app lets you hide score spoilers until you’re ready to see them.…

Gadgets David Nield Sep 14

Kids Are Getting Addicted To an App-Enabled Toothbrush That Works Too Well

This R2-D2 Is Either Really Angry or an Adorable Humidifier

The Guy Who Invented Net Neutrality Now Works for New York’s Attorney General

A Chart of How Americans Should Spend Their Food Budget… And How They Actually Do

Microsoft Is Unleashing Lots of New Windows 10 Devices on October 6

Google’s Latest Hire Could Take Its Driverless Cars To Market

Fox Will Make a Good Fantastic Four Movie or Die Trying

Sketchy Kickstarter Campaign Ordered to Pay Back the Donors It Ripped Off

The First Self-Contained Airbag Jacket Detects Crashes All On Its Own

Everything You Need To Know About Marvel’s “All-New, All-Different” Comic Universe

FAA Warned Boeing About the Flaw That Caused a 777 to Explode in Las Vegas [Updated]

Medieval Skeleton Found Dangling From the Roots of a Fallen Tree

Here’s How Russia Lifted the International Space Station to a Higher Orbit Today

Houston Will Dethrone Chicago as America’s Third-Biggest City Within a Decade

This freaky spiderman tale has a twist ending that you don’t want to miss

What Is the Huge Easter Egg in Guardians of the Galaxy That No One’s Found Yet?

Giant Clams Are Watching You With Hundreds of Eyes

Fuel Made From Algae Could Help Fukushima—and the Rest of the World

Cedar Point’s Giant New Coaster Will Shatter Ten World Records Next Year

Hide Sports Scores on Google Now to Avoid Spoilers

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