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If you’re already a fantasy sports fan, chances are you’ve used Yahoo’s Fantasy Sports app before. And just in time for football season, their newest version of the app comes with a major design overhaul and one very welcome, long await feature—mobile drafting. What does it do? The most notable change is the ability to…
Even though Chromecast is, like, technically on sale, it’s basically impossible to get one because so many people are trying. Wait times for the product are about a month on Amazon right now. Well sadly, the amazing deal that made so many people rush to the register lasted just 24 hours. Besides the dope functionality…
Russia’s radio telescope, Speckt-R, currently holds the record for the largest satellite orbiting Earth, weighing in at around 11,000 pounds. But thanks to the magical product designers at Postlerferguson, you can now fit a Speckt-R on your desk—along with three other iconic unmanned spacecraft. Postlerferguson (aka British design duo Ian Ferguson and Martin Postler) sell…
An especially hot summer has melted the snow atop the North Pole, leaving a green, watery lake around the pole’s marker. Almost half the North Pole’s snow cover has melted since May. Santa Claus could use a kayak this year as an early Christmas present.
Is Anthony Weiner’s wife Huma Abedin suffering from some kind of psychological disorder? Is she just an ambitious woman that can stand any humiliation for the promise of power? Or is she just hopelessly in love with this disgraceful individual? Jezebel’s Erin Gloria Ryan has some theories.
When was the last time you read Shakespeare for pleasure? I’m sure a few of you can truthfully answer that it was last night or maybe just last week. But I’d dare wager that for most American adults (myself included) it was some high school English class. William Shakespeare’s popularity has endured over four centuries.…
Some toys look like they’re about ready to come to life and stab you. And if Disney has anything to do with it, we’re going to see even more toys with creepy, lifelike faces in the future, thanks to a new technology called Papillion that 3D-prints eyes onto toys, robots, and other interactive characters. There’s…
The collapsing realities and eternal nightmare of false memories is now reality for laboratory mice forced to undergo memory implants. MIT researchers have now implanted false memories in these lab animals, so that they “remember” things they’ve never experienced. When will doctors do this to you?
Peanut butter, Nutella, salsa, you name it—if it’s a condiment and moderately delicious, there’s a good chance you’ll be lapping it up out of a jar. Still, reliable and resealable though they may be, there’s also a dark side to America’s favorite container: how to get the last bits of goodness out while keeping your…
Just when you thought the government’s prying eye could pry no further, CNET is reporting that the feds are telling web companies to turn over account passwords, presumably so that they can break in and look at everything these users are doing online. Bummer, huh? Before you get too worked up over this latest report,…
At first glance, this could be any huge, Cold War-era facility. The gray and green of poured concrete might remind you of a public school or a hospital. But this is no run-of-the-mill building. It’s the original home of the US’s nuclear arsenal, and it’s been top secret for over 60 years. Built during 1948…
Architects are bound by law to design buildings that are accessible to the disabled, but the deaf often get left out of the equation. A group of designers and deaf students are now trying to change that—and their first building, a dormitory at predominantly deaf college Gallaudet University, is their manifesto. The building is a…
Eneloops are by far the best rechargeable batteries on the market, and they’ve become somewhat of a running joke around here because they never stay on sale long enough for the post to go up. Well, today is the day. Needless to say, I’d get them in your cart and checkout quickly if you’re interested.…
By now we’ve had a few months to come to terms with the fact that, yes, 3D printed guns exist; yes, they generally work; and no, they’re not about to herald in an age of obsolete metal detectors and lawlessness—at least not in their current form. But the newest incarnation of the weapon is bound…
As the world collectively recovers from the global pandemic that will forever be known as “Royal Baby Fever,” many are wondering what to do with the empty, gaping hole left in their lives. Fortunately, Lego is here to help us pick up the pieces. Legoland Windsor has commemorated the birth of Baby Boy George by…
At first glance it doesn’t look like much but this thing is a reference design of the first 13-inch MacBook. Remember those from 2006? Looking through the Flickr collection of bits and pieces from Jim Abeles, you can see lots of stickers and stampings that prove this is most definitely a development kit allowing engineers…
When an American aircraft goes down, be it over a remote training ground or behind enemy lines, the Air Force’s crack teams of pararescue forces jump into action. The new HC-130J Combat King II is the plane that delivers them when Blackhawks can’t, even into active combat zones. The $66 million 130J, built by Lockheed…
A disgraced wrestler led cops on a dangerous car chase until he crashed and was taken to the hospital, where he awaits charges of first degree murder for stabbing his girlfriend. Known as Donovan “The Future” Ruddick, the ex-wrestler allegedly took a knife to 25-year-old Bianca McGaughey, who was killed last night.
That’s right. For the second day in a row, Warner Bros. has released another trailer for Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity. Someone must be drunk at the wheel. But this one is especially scary and nearly made me pee my pants. Anyway, we now have a much better idea of what happens to Bullock and Clooney’s characters…
io9’s wrap up of San Diego Comic-Con 2013—the yearly Big Bang of sci-fi and fantasy news—has a selection of the best and shiniest movies, TV shows and comic books that will keep you entertained this year, the next and beyond. It’s packed with really good stuff.
