Metro

Unexploded WWII Bomb Disrupts Paris Train Traffic, Forcing Major Delays

Unexploded ordnance from the world's deadliest conflict continues to affect daily life 80 years after it ended.

Human History Isaac Schultz Mar 7

Vizio Is Finally Bringing Its Smart TV User Interface Into the Modern Era

SmartCast now uses a sidebar for navigation, all while giving selected movies and shows that modern Netflix-esque look.

Gadgets Kyle Barr Jun 28

The Full Windows 95 Launch Event Video Is Finally Online: Here Are the Best and Worst Moments

Gates is in peak-geek mode, Ballmer is at top volume, the unbridled '90s nostalgia is off the charts, and there's way too much Jay Leno.

Tech News Florence Ion Apr 7

Google Chrome’s New Icon Looks Pretty Much the Same to my Untrained Eyes

The icon has been "refreshed" for the first time in eight years.

Tech News Jody Serrano Feb 6

Florida Cop Shot and Killed an Endangered Malaysian Tiger That Was Mauling a Zoo Worker

The worker was helicoptered to a hospital and lost most of his arm during the gruesome incident.

Tech News Mack DeGeurin Dec 30

Rare Snow Leopard at a South Dakota Zoo Likely Died of Covid-19

The leopard, named Baya, was only two years old, and zookeepers hoped she would be part of a breeding program for the species.

Biology Ed Cara Oct 11

You Don’t Really Need to Upgrade to Windows 11, but It’s Good

There are a bunch of new features and additions that make upgrading enticing, but it will take some getting used to.

Tech News Sam Rutherford Oct 4

Windows 11 Is the Overhaul Microsoft Needed

The design changes make for a pretty update that's more than skin deep.

Tech News Sam Rutherford Jun 24

NYC Sues T-Mobile Over Rampant ‘Abusive’ Sales Tactics at Metro Stores

The City of New York is suing T-Mobile over what it described as “pervasive” and predatory sales tactics carried out by dozens of the company’s Metro locations, activity the city alleges was not only “abusive” but also illegal. A complaint filed in the state Supreme Court in Manhattan and first reported by Reuters alleged that…

Tech News Catie Keck Sep 5

It’s Raining Inside the Metro as Flash Floods Rage Across Washington, DC

Washington, D.C. commuters came back to work after the long weekend with a bang. Powerful storms swept across the nation’s capital, inundating roadways, unleashing flash floods, and creating at least two waterfalls in the Metro system. Even the White House experienced some flooding. Swamp status: full. The entire Washington, D.C. metro area is under some…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Jul 8

These Transit Safety Videos Are So Gruesome They Just Might Work

What would convince transit riders to pay attention to an oncoming train instead of Instagram? Apparently, a graphic depiction of certain dismemberment. Some very disturbing safety videos have been created by LA’s Metro that might make you think twice about leaving your house. The five videos in the series feature people being dismembered, decapitated, impaled,…

Tech News Alissa Walker Jun 23

Russian Underground Stations Look Even More Stunning In Black and White

These photos of Saint Petersburg and Moscow Metro system were taken by Russian photographer Andrey Kruglikov, also known as subwayspecial on Instagram. They highlight the rich architecture that Muscovites see on their daily commutes. Most of these stations were built during the Soviet Union, and the most extravagants with marble walls, grandiose chandeliers and wonderful…

io9 Vincze Miklós Dec 23

Moscow’s Metro Stations Are Turning Into Ebook Libraries

We can all aspire to better ourselves during our commutes, but it’s so easy to get distracted by the fun things on our phones that are not bleak Russian novels. Moscow, however, is making a stand for literature,turning its metro stations into digital librariesfor downloading Russian classics. The digital library project is currently being piloted…

Tech News Sarah Zhang Nov 4

The Most Mathematically-Efficient Way To Buy Your Metro Cards

Those last few nickels and dimes leftover on your metro card, and the time it takes to add on to it, can really add up. So what’s the frugal (and time-crunched) train traveler to do? Mathematics has the answer. [UPDATE] Top image: Train car in motion / Cec Over at I Quant NY, Ben Wellington,…

io9 Ria Misra Sep 8

Lunatic leaps on top of moving metro train as it emerges from tunnel

Watch a madman leap on to a moving train as it emerges from a tunnel in France. The idiot then tells the camera that he will try again soon because it didn’t work out how he had planned—as if it’s not easy enough to get yourself killed these days. SPLOID is a new blog about…

Sploid James Baker Jul 18

The World’s Best Subway System Is Powered By an Advanced AI Boss

Hong Kong’s metro puts others to shame: It’s one of the most profitable subways in the world. It’s on time 99.9 percent of the time. It’s always improving—and it’s controlled by some very clever artificial intelligence. An article in the latest issue of New Scientist introduces us to the algorithm that’s responsible for the incredible…

Artificial Intelligence Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Jul 7

The New Budapest Metro Line Is an Awesome Psychedelic Trip

After ten years of extremely expensive, slow, and politically messed up construction work–it is a long and sad story of government corruption and incompetence–Budapest, the Hungarian capital, got its fourth metro line today. Despite its ill-fated genesis and controversial usefulness, the Metro 4 is an amazing engineering, architectural, and artistic achievement, a mix of stunning…

Tech News Attila Nagy Mar 28

How the Persian Gulf Is Quietly Building a Railroad Empire

Here in the U.S., the arrival of a new tunnel boring machine is huge news, warranting naming ceremonies and Twitter accounts. Meanwhile, in Doha, officials have quietly signed a contract to buy fifteen boring machines to build a sprawling new subway system. And that’s nothing compared to the massive transit network being built to connect…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Mar 17

The History of Doctor Who as a Tube Map, with a Line for Each Doctor

Crispian Jago represents the Doctor’s multi-threaded history as a Tube map, with one transit line for each of the eleven doctors, and the various characters and aliens the Doctor encounters as stops. Daleks are pretty much the ultimate cosmic transfer station. Head over to Jago’s site to see the complete interactive map—and be sure to…

io9 Lauren Davis Aug 10

Leaked Windows 8.1 Screenshot: Oh, Hello, Start Button

Remember those rumors about the Start Button making its triumphant return in Windows 8.1? Well, seeing is believing, and thanks to Paul Thurrott, we’ve got a sneak peak at that little guy in all its glory. We missed you. https://gizmodo.com/report-the-start-button-is-coming-back-to-windows-5995192 Over on the Windows SuperSite, Thurott has dumped a few, choice screenshots from the upcoming,…

Tech News Eric Limer May 29

Metro

Unexploded WWII Bomb Disrupts Paris Train Traffic, Forcing Major Delays

Vizio Is Finally Bringing Its Smart TV User Interface Into the Modern Era

The Full Windows 95 Launch Event Video Is Finally Online: Here Are the Best and Worst Moments

Google Chrome’s New Icon Looks Pretty Much the Same to my Untrained Eyes

Florida Cop Shot and Killed an Endangered Malaysian Tiger That Was Mauling a Zoo Worker

Rare Snow Leopard at a South Dakota Zoo Likely Died of Covid-19

You Don’t Really Need to Upgrade to Windows 11, but It’s Good

Windows 11 Is the Overhaul Microsoft Needed

NYC Sues T-Mobile Over Rampant ‘Abusive’ Sales Tactics at Metro Stores

It’s Raining Inside the Metro as Flash Floods Rage Across Washington, DC

These Transit Safety Videos Are So Gruesome They Just Might Work

Russian Underground Stations Look Even More Stunning In Black and White

Moscow’s Metro Stations Are Turning Into Ebook Libraries

The Most Mathematically-Efficient Way To Buy Your Metro Cards

Lunatic leaps on top of moving metro train as it emerges from tunnel

The World’s Best Subway System Is Powered By an Advanced AI Boss

The New Budapest Metro Line Is an Awesome Psychedelic Trip

How the Persian Gulf Is Quietly Building a Railroad Empire

The History of Doctor Who as a Tube Map, with a Line for Each Doctor

Leaked Windows 8.1 Screenshot: Oh, Hello, Start Button

Russia Allegedly Swung at VPNs but Accidentally Hit Its Own Banking Sector Instead

Ryan Coogler Is Shifting ‘Animorphs’ Into a Disney+ Show

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