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Razer Wants You to Ditch That Gaming Headset For… a Gaming Soundbar

Razer has long been one of the leaders in gaming headsets, and well, gaming everything. Today the company’s relentless course lands at a $200 soundbar that’s aimed at making your frags boom so powerfully the neighbors will know which Call of Duty you’re playing. The new Razer Leviathan is a soundbar and subwoofer combo package.…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Oct 28

Did A Pope And An Emperor Team Up To Erase 300 Years Of History?

Pope Sylvester II and Holy Roman Emperor Otto III were two powerful men and two ambitious friends. Just how ambitious? There is a (very controversial) theory that between them, they forcibly ushered in a new millennium… 300 years early. Holy Roman Emperor Otto III was a man with a lot of power and a flair…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Oct 28

Alien Queen Cosplay with a Roaring Twenties Twist

The Queen from Aliens is an incredibly creepy bit of design – but Ashley J Long has turned it into a thing of Art Deco-esque beauty by making this fabulously classy Halloween costume. Long’s Dress is fantastic – it comes complete with a spine and tail attachment to complete her Queen’s look – and has…

Tech News James Whitbrook Oct 28

The Way We Deal With Photos Is Broken. This Company Wants to Fix It

Think back to the last wedding you went to. Or the last birthday party. Even the last nice dinner. Odds are you took multiple photos, dozens even. Maybe you even uploaded one to Instagram. But have you looked at any of them since? Or sent them to anyone? Probably not. And if you did, it…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 28

If These Shuttle Slippers Aren’t NASA Standard-Issue, They Should Be

There are very strict weight limitations on what astronauts can bring with them when they blast off into space. But in addition to a few creature comforts, we sincerely hope that NASA, and other space agencies around the world, will be equipping their brave space farers with these adorable plush Space Shuttle slippers. After all,…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Liszewski Oct 28

My Brief and Curious Life As a Mechanical Turk

As accomplished as modern-day computers are, there are some very basic things even the smartest machines have yet to master: tough judgment calls, advanced image recognition, making goofy faces, conducting psychological surveys. These are an assortment of tasks we humans can still claim as our own. Or at least, that we can outsource to other,…

Reviews Eric Limer Oct 28

Follow This Lioness As She Hunts With A GoPro On Her Back

Kevin Richardson, the so-called Lion Whisperer of South Africa, is known for his use of GoPros to film intimate videos of himself interacting with lions. But this time he strapped the device onto the back of Meg the lioness, allowing him to capture the intense moments as she took down a wild buck. https://observationdeck.kinja.com/how-to-cuddle-with-lions-and-not-die-1499161249 Yup,…

io9 George Dvorsky Oct 28

Cree’s Latest LED Lightbulb Is a Bright Bargain

If you’re buying an LED lightbulb, you often have to pick between splurging on a fancy one or saving money by buying whatever’s cheapest. Cree’s original LED bulb is one of the rare LED lightbulbs that works well and costs next-to-nothing, and now the company is offering an even cheaper version. For less than $10,…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Oct 28

How To Get Public Opinion On Your Side

A study in the 1970s shows that people in groups tend to make riskier decisions and take more extreme views than they would alone. Here’s how to defuse that group dynamic when it’s not on your side. In 1970, psychologists David Myers and George Bishop rounded up several groups of students. They wanted to see…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Oct 28

America’s Worst Airport: Vote Now on the Finalists

Last week, we asked you to name the worst airport terminal in the United States. You, dear readers, rose to the occasion with incredible aplomb, dishing out horrific tales of protracted layovers, TSA foibles, and security line poopers. Nearly 600 of your commented on our story, the vast majority of you opting to name an…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 28

Scientists create sparkling apple that fizzes in your mouth

Scientists at Swiss fruit company Lubera have created a genetically modified apple that fizzes in your mouth. This new variety, called Paradis Sparkling, has big cells in the flesh that release effervescent juices when you bite into them. According to Lubera, the sensation in the mouth is akin to sipping on a fizzy drink even…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Oct 28

What About Life Today Is Different Than From When You Were A Kid?

Things change, sometimes slowly over generations, but sometimes so rapidly that we can see the changes over our own short lifespans. Today we want to know about the changes in the world that you personally have seen occur. Maybe you’ll tell us about our a large-scale cultural shift you’ve seen, like the rise of the…

io9 Ria Misra Oct 28

How Far Companies Will Go to Protect You From Copyright Bullies

When somebody wants to silence speech, they often use the quickest method available. When the speech is hosted on a major online platform, that method is usually a copyright or trademark complaint. For many years, EFF has worked with people whose lawful speech has been unfairly targeted by these sorts of complaints. We’ve observed that…

Tech News EFF Oct 28

Fan-Made DBZ Webseries Is 1,000,000x Better Than Dragonball: Evolution

A group of fans has been hard at work making a live-action Dragonball Z webseries, subtitled Light of Hope, and it looks pretty outstanding. Admittedly, calling it better than the Hollywood Dragonball movie isn’t saying much, but I figured multiplying it by a million would put it in the range of “not bad at all!”…

io9 Rob Bricken Oct 28

You Can Actually Wear This Collapsible Scooter As a Belt

How often have you found yourself needing to get home from a late night party but lacking the necessary funds to hail a cab or hop on the subway? Designer Ádám Török might have come up with a solution too this all too common problem with a concept scooter that transforms into a wearable belt,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 28

Inside Muji’s Beautiful, Affordable Prefab Houses

The Japanese retailer Muji has built a cult following by offering nearly any object you could want in your home for not much money and proportionately great design. Now, the company is offering one more item to its line of 7,500 housewares: Actual houses. And there’s a very good economic reason for the ambitious new…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 28

How to Get Handoff to Actually Work in OS X Yosemite

If you’re anything like me, you were really excited to try out the new Handoff feature in OS X Yosemite and iOS 8. And you were equally disappointed when you updated all of your software, and the damn thing didn’t work. Fear not, fellow computer user! With Apple’s help, I managed to get Handoff working,…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Oct 28

The First “Movie” For Oculus Rift, Zero Point, Is Totally Underwhelming

Zero Point was supposed to set the bar for virtual reality filmmaking with the very first movie designed for the Oculus Rift. Instead, we got a measly 15 minutes of footage seemingly thrown together at random. https://gizmodo.com/zero-point-is-the-first-3d-360-degree-movie-for-the-oc-1466147151 There’s no plot and no narrative to Zero Point, just the voices of three virtual reality pioneers talking…

Tech News Sean Hollister Oct 28

Hajime Sorayama’s gorgeous Iron Man suit is becoming an expensive Statue

Back in 2012, famed Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama created a variant cover for Marvel’s Iron Man #18 featuring a new suit for Tony done in his classic style – and now Gentle Giant have finally gotten around to turning it into a pricey statue for us to ogle. The 1/4 scale statue clocks in at…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Oct 28

Is Interstellar Christopher Nolan’s Most Divisive Film?

Steven Spielberg’s BFG casts its giant star. Iwan Rheon talks about the slew of deaths that are coming to Game of Thrones. Robert Kirkman puts an end to a Walking Dead fan theory. And get ready for tonight’s awkward double-date on The Flash. Spoilers now! Top image: Interstellar Star Wars The John Williams Fan Club…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Oct 28

Razer Wants You to Ditch That Gaming Headset For… a Gaming Soundbar

Did A Pope And An Emperor Team Up To Erase 300 Years Of History?

Alien Queen Cosplay with a Roaring Twenties Twist

The Way We Deal With Photos Is Broken. This Company Wants to Fix It

If These Shuttle Slippers Aren’t NASA Standard-Issue, They Should Be

My Brief and Curious Life As a Mechanical Turk

Follow This Lioness As She Hunts With A GoPro On Her Back

Cree’s Latest LED Lightbulb Is a Bright Bargain

How To Get Public Opinion On Your Side

America’s Worst Airport: Vote Now on the Finalists

Scientists create sparkling apple that fizzes in your mouth

What About Life Today Is Different Than From When You Were A Kid?

How Far Companies Will Go to Protect You From Copyright Bullies

Fan-Made DBZ Webseries Is 1,000,000x Better Than Dragonball: Evolution

You Can Actually Wear This Collapsible Scooter As a Belt

Inside Muji’s Beautiful, Affordable Prefab Houses

How to Get Handoff to Actually Work in OS X Yosemite

The First “Movie” For Oculus Rift, Zero Point, Is Totally Underwhelming

Hajime Sorayama’s gorgeous Iron Man suit is becoming an expensive Statue

Is Interstellar Christopher Nolan’s Most Divisive Film?

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