Mario Aguilar

First Look at the Hot New Batmobile From Batman Vs. Superman

Director Zach Snyder just posted the first image of the new Batmobile from the forthcoming superhero sequel, tentatively titled Batman Vs. Superman. Holy crap. Snyder tweeted the image of the Batmobile with a shot of Batman looking solemn and gloomy. Presumably that bat with strangely short ears is Ben Affleck, but it could obviously just…

Watch Jimmy Fallon, Neil Young, and Jack White Press a Record On Stage

You’ve probably seen Jimmy Fallon do his ultra-famous Neil Young impression before, but there’s nothing better, really, than seeing Mr. Young himself on the Fallon stage, playing a track inside Jack White’s old-school novelty recording booth. Jack White, eccentric, owns and operates the only working Voice-O-Graph in the world. The 1947 machine is basically a…

Report: The iPad Will Get Split-Screen Multitasking in iOS 8

Split-screen multitasking is coming to the iPad iOS 8 when the new iteration of Apple’s mobile OS is announced next month at WWDC, according Mark Gurman at 9to5Mac. The new feature would allow you to divide you iPad home screen in half and use different apps on each side of the screen partition. According to…

Rumor has it that following the still unconfirmed acquisition of Beats by Apple, the audio company’s co-founders Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine will take senior executive roles at Apple. Which is obvious, but still kind of crazy, because of the phrase: “Dr. Dre, Apple executive.”

Can a Smart Lighter Help You Quit Smoking?

If you’ve ever chastised a friend for their gnarly smoking habit, you know that scolding does absolutely nothing. Making people feel bad about smoking just makes them want to smoke in secret. Well, here’s an idea: What if it was your lighter making you feel bad about smoking. You can’t run away from your lighter…

Live-action Akira trailer made by fans is surprisingly cool

Akira may be the greatest anime movie of all time, and thanks to the hard work of some very devoted fans, it’s been brought to life in this seriously impressive live-action trailer. The trailer has all the whiz-bang effects, drama, and fast editing you’d expect from a big-budget hollywood movie. It’s so gripping, in fact,…

The First Thing Apple Should Do With Beats

Apple wants to buy Beats? It’s one of the stranger Apple rumors we’ve ever heard and it would be Apple’s most expensive acquisition ever by a long shot, but you better believe it’s good business. And for regular folks, the deal has enormous potential to improve one of Apple’s most flawed products: The EarPod. The…

Report: Apple Is Getting Ready to Buy Beats for $3.2 Billion

According to the Financial Times, Apple is closing in on an acquisition of Beats, the headphone manufacturer turned streaming music service. The $3.2 billion deal would give Apple control over a powerful brand, but at the same time, it would be puzzling and uncharacteristic of Apple. The FT points out it would be Apple’s biggest…

Popcorn Time for Android: Stream Movie Torrents on Your Phone for Free

You remember Popcorn Time, the Netflix for torrents that suffered a self-inflicted death? Well, it never really died. The open source project lives on in the form a forked appversion, available for download for Mac, Windows, and Linux. Today, it comes to Android. The app is a faithful reproduction of the original streaming website: Pick…

Moog Is Putting Braille On Its Synth So the Visually Impaired Can Jam

Moog just trotted out a new version of its popular Sub Phatty synth that’s got a braille overlay to help the visually impaired. It’s hard to believe it took the legendary manufacturer this long to get around to it, especially given that it’s actually a pretty simple modification to the panel’s design. OK, so when…

In June, Sprint will for the first time start throttling data speeds for its top 5 percent of users when they’re in congested areas. When the air clears, data speeds return to normal.

Bang & Olufsen’s BeoVision Avant 4K TV Is Gloriously Discreet

Bang & Olufsen is jumping into the UHD fray with the BeoVision Avant, a 55-inch 3940 x 2160 LCD panel housed in an impressive hunk of aluminum. But it wouldn’t be Bang & Olufsen if it didn’t come with some luxury automation features—and a crazy price tag. We had the opportunity to check out the…

Samsung NX3000: A Little Cheaper, a Little Simpler, But Mostly the Same

With the new NX3000, Samsung’s hoping to lure price-conscious beginners. The entry level interchangeable-lens camera swaps out the huge 3.7-inch touchscreen interface of the old NX2000 for a smaller, 3-inch (non-touch) LCD and a traditional button interface. Over the last couple of years, Samsung has been quietly building out a strong interchangeable-lens camera system, and…

Soar Like a Bird With the Oculus Rift…And This Crazy Flapping Machine

Oculus Rift can transport you to another reality and make your feel odd new sensations, but nothing we’ve seen quite tops this bizarre Oculus-enhanced machine that’s supposed to make you feel like you’re flying in the sky. Designed by students at Zurich University of the Arts, Birdly is an installation that pairs an Oculus Rift…

The Biggest Record Pressing Factory In the US Is Expanding

In recent years, people have been buying more and more vinyl records—and now, demand for music etched into this aging format is so hot that the country’s largest plant is increasing its capacity by more than 50 percent. The Tennessean reports that United Record Pressing LLC in Nashville just bought a 142,000-square-foot warehouse where it…

Trick or not, a cheeky chihuahua stealing pit bulls’ food is hilarious

Three well-trained dogs wait patiently for the go ahead signal as their owner lays out delicious grilled hot dogs in front of them. Then she gives the signal to go ahead—but the chihuahua steals all of the food before the pit bulls react. Is the chihuahua a jerk or is it all a well-rehearsed trick?…

The LA Police Wants to Use Crowdsourced Photos to Solve Crimes

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has launched a new website and companion mobile app that allows people who are witnesses to large emergencies can submit photo or video evidence they might have recorded. On the surface, it sounds like a good idea—but like all mass information collection, the idea has a dark side. The…

You Can Control Anova’s New Precision Sous-Vide Cooker With Your Phone

Causal sous-vide cooking has been on the rise over the last couple of years, and Anova’s water circulating tools are often cited as the best. Today, the company announced an overhauled, iPhone-controlled cooker that looks very promising. For those of you who don’t know, sous-vide (“under vacuum”) cooking is a method by which you prepare…

Released Emails Show the Cozy Relationship Between Google and the NSA

A series of email exchanges between Google executives and (now former) NSA director Keith Alexander show that tech companies behind the services you use aren’t being all the way forthcoming about how closely they’ve worked with the NSA over the years. The two 2012 exchanges, one between General Alexander and Google chairman Eric Schmidt, and…

Do You Really Need an App to Help You Scan and Share Print Headlines?

Print publications might be bleeding big bucks, but that doesn’t mean nobody reads them. And since these are connected days, you’ll surely wish to share some fascinating print story with friends using internet technology. But how do we share a physical newspaper article in the internet world? Look no further than Peekster. Originally launched in…