Mario Aguilar

Supercut: How Stanley Kubrick uses the color red to give you hot chills

Stanley Kubrick was a genius of suspense and drama, but maybe one of the lesser explored facets of his filmmaking is his use of color. Thankfully, Rishi Kaneria crammed some of the auteur’s most beautiful crimson scenes into a single 1:25 cut. The supercut includes scenes from Spartacus, 2001, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The…

Report: Apple Will Bundle Beats Music Into iOS Next Year

The Financial Times reports that Apple will bundle the Beats Music subscription service into a forthcoming version of iOS. Though it’s not clear what form this bundling will take, it gels with some reports we’ve heard before, as well as with common sense. The FT report doesn’t specify just how Beats Music will come bundled…

Mophie Powerstation Plus Is a Burly, Convenient Backup Battery

Mophie portable batteries are some of the best out there mostly because you can count on them to be reliable. The last thing you want is a cheap backup that fails you. The company’s latest top-tier line packs integrated charge and sync cables into a slick design that might actually be worth the hefty price…

WSJ: Nielsen Will Start Tracking How Much People Watch Netflix

According to the Wall Street Journal, Nielsen will begin tracking how much TV people are watching through Netflix and Amazon next month. The goal is to give networks a sense for how much streaming services cut into regular TV watching. Spoiler: People who use Netflix and Amazon watch less regular TV. According to a Nielsen…

T-Mobile subscribers rejoice because starting today you’re able to buy Motorola’s wonderful, giant Nexus 6. If you want the Nexus 9 tablet for some reason, that arrives on T-Mo in early December.

Milk Video: Samsung’s Beautiful New Video Hub For Its Huge Phones

If you own a recent Samsung phone you’re about to get Milk Video, a new app that pulls in some of the best content from around the web into a beautiful, streamlined interface. It’s hardly the only video app out there, but it sure is pretty. In the vein of the Milk Music, the streaming…

Inside the Creation of Interstellar‘s Incredible Sound Effects

Christopher Nolan’s space epic Interstellar is one of the most visually striking films in recent memory. It’s easy to forget that behind the imagery is the meticulous sound production that ties it all together. In this nice short doc, the SoundWorks collection goes deep with Interstellar Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer Richard King. It’s…

Google’s barebones note-taking service Keep is getting note sharing and real-time collaboration. It’s live on the web, and it’ll start rolling out to the Google Keep Android app today.

6 Uber Alternatives Because Uber Is Run By Dirtbags

Have you had it with Uber yet? The company price-gouges customers, screws over its drivers, and now, an Uber exec just publicly outlined a cavalier plan to spy on journalists in retaliation for critical coverage. Good news! You don’t have to use it anymore. You can use these alternatives instead. Buzzfeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith reports…

Using Fitbit Data In Court Is Just a Bad Idea

Lawyers for a woman trying to win a personal injury claim are going to use her Fitbit data in court to try to prove that she has not been active. This is incredibly stupid. Forbes reports the case of a personal trainer trying to prove that injuries sustained in car accident kept her from being…

Six GIFs of Tony Hawk Dominating on a Real Hoverboard

After years of waiting, the world finally has a a hoverboard. It’s hard to ride! Here, Tony Hawk shows us how it’s done. Last week, we caught wind that Tony Hawk was taking the Hendo hoverboard for a spin, and today, we’re finally seeing the full-length video shot by The Ride Channel. Even one of…

The Plan to Turn NYC’s Old Payphones Into Free Gigabit Wi-Fi Hot Spots

Today, the New York City mayor’s office announced the winning bid to transform the city’s existing payphone infrastructure. LinkNYC will bring free gigabit Wi-Fi connectivity to some 7000 street towers. It’s one of the largest and most ambitious citywide Wi-Fi networks in the world. Earlier this year, New York put out a request for proposals…

Fugazi: First Demo

Fugazi is my favorite band, so it’s deeply saddening to me that the DC post-hardcore legends have been on hiatus for nearly a decade. They’ll probably never make music again. But in the absence of new tunes to sink my teeth into, I’ll settle for their demo, which was recorded 26 years ago. Next week,…

If you’re a Google Play Music All Access subscriber, you’ll get access to the new YouTube Music Key service next week. If you’re not, you can sign up for the beta here.

Maybe Porn Stars Will Help You Finally Understand Net Neutrality (NSFW)

Getting everyone to care about—or even understand—net neutrality is tough. Thankfully, someone had the great idea to recruit porn stars to make the issue seem a little, er, sexier. Funny or Die got adult film actresses Alex Chance, Mercedes Carrera, and Nadia Styles to break down President Obama’s net neutrality proposal. The future of open…

Skype Will Now Work Straight From Your Browser Without Any Software

Skype for Webmakes chatting face-to-face with your aunt easier by eliminating the need to download a pesky app. Skype’s wonderfully easy to use provided you’ve already got it on the device you’re using. Skype for Web makes it easier to get your chat on when Skype isn’t already installed. All you’ve got to do is…

​What Taylor Swift Doesn’t Mean For Spotify

When Taylor Swift pulled her music off Spotify a week ago, she deftly couched the action as a principled stand for artists against the blanket injustice of streaming music services. A lot of people have been talking about it in those terms. But that’s not what her decision was about at all, and her decision…

Walmart Will Start Price-Matching Amazon at Its 5000 Stores

You’ll now be able to get Amazon’s bargain prices at your local Walmart, as the company embraces price-matching with online retailers. Reuters reports that Walmart told managers at its roughly 5000 stores that they’ll officially be able to offer customers the often cheaper prices available online. In the past, stores typically only matched published prices…

DJI Inspire 1: A Badass Drone That Shoots Lovely 4K Video

The aerial mavens at DJI just added a new member to their fleet of video drones. The Inspire 1 introduces a bunch of new tricks to the world of airborne cinematography, the flashiest of which is 4K video. But there’s way more cool design and tech that makes this badboy stand apart from the quadcopter…

Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition Is Coming In Early December

Samsung’s much anticipated virtual reality headset for use with the Galaxy Note 4 is finally coming. The Gear VR Innovator Edition will be available in early December. The Gear VR is a partnership with Oculus was first announced a few months ago, and on first glance it was actually really compelling. Turning your phone into…