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This Viral Video of a Phone in a Microwave Is Totally Fake

Is this horrifying monstrosity what happens when you put your phone in a microwave? No, it’s not—not even close. The video it fake. But that didn’t stop the infamous Twitter account SciencePorn from tweeting it out and causing it to go viral yet again. The way I see it, the people behind the Twitter account…

Tech News Matt Novak

An Enormous California Wildfire Could Quadruple in Size

An out-of-control wildfire ripping through California’s central coast is expected to get worse before it gets better. On Saturday, California’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) announced that the so-called Soberanes fire, which has already burned an area larger than San Francisco, could quadruple in size and rage for another month. A 30,000 acre…

Tech News Maddie Stone

Unprecedented Flooding Leaves Baltimore Suburb Looking Like a ‘War Zone’

Heavy flooding in Ellicott City, Maryland this weekend left two people dead and necessitated the rescue of 100 others, in what one county executive described as the worst destruction in generations. “We’ve never seen such devastation in Howard County for over 50 years,” Allan Kittleman, the county executive, told CNN. “It looks like a war…

Tech News Sophie Kleeman

Someone Find a Practical Use For This Incredible Self-Balancing Stick

Remember balancing a broomstick on your finger when you were a kid? It turns out that skill doesn’t really have any real world benefits. The same can be said for this self-balancing stick that Mike Rouleau created. It’s a fun bit of engineering—but are there any practical uses for this creation? Is sticking a pair…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Preacher‘s First Season Ends With a Whimper, But at Least Now It’s Finally Where We Want It to Be

The first season of AMC’s Preacher ended Sunday night and to say it was a mixed bag would be an understatement. At times, the show reached new heights for craziness and violence on TV. Mostly, though, it was an understated deconstruction of a town and characters in crisis. The finale was more of the same…

Television Germain Lussier

Champion Rope Skippers’ Speed and Stamina Is Terrifying

Want to make it in the double dutch big leagues? Better not skip leg day. Or arm day. Or anything day. Because everything about this sport looks immensely difficult. There’s something deeply unnerving about watching someone’s lower body move at an inhuman speed with metronomic regularity while their upper body remains almost totally motionless… Better…

Sploid Avery Ellis

Gorgeous Concept Art Shows Off Batman v Superman‘s Gotham City, Doomsday, and More

Concept artist Christian Lorenz Scheurer has released a giant treasure trove of Batman v Superman concept art, and while it covers many, many things from the film, what stands out most is his exploration of Gotham. On Scheurer’s website, there’s concept art covering everything from Kryptonite, t0 Superman saving Lois Lane, to Doomsday: But a…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

How Black Holes Can Kill Us From Light Years Away

The Earth isn’t particularly close to any black holes—the closest candidate, A0620-00, is around 2,800 light years away—so good on us for picking a nice cosmic neighborhood to live in. But besides the whole “nothing escapes from them” thing and the hugely destructive supernova preceding their birth, black holes are bad news. They could end…

Sploid Avery Ellis

10 Tricks to Make Yourself a Google Drive Master

Think you know Google’s online productivity suite back to front? Whether you’ve been using Google Drive for five minutes or five years, there’s always more to learn, and in that spirit we present 10 valuable tips and tricks for mastering the service. 1. Enable Drive’s offline features Google Drive can work offline, but you have…

Gadgets David Nield

Could Another Avenger Be Heading to Spider-Man: Homecoming?

See Supergirl’s Man of Steel in action with new set footage. Kevin Feige explains why 3D is so important to Doctor Strange. Plus, new looks at Suicide Squad and The Mummy, Vampire Diaries casting, and a creepy new look at The Exorcist. To me, my Spoilers! Spider-Man: Homecoming Load your webshooters with salt capsules, because…

Television James Whitbrook

This Live-Action Transformers Fan Film Is Better Than All of Michael Bay’s Attempts

Using a mix of computer graphics, remote control miniature models, and some truly impressive costumes, Lior Mocho and the crew at Chisel Pixel have created the live-action Transformers fan film we all hoped Michael Bay’s first effort would have been. Dreamworks and Paramount Pictures didn’t need to spend hundreds of millions on pricey special effects…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

A Data Scientist Crunched the Numbers to Find the Most Heavy Metal Word in the English Language

The primary purpose of speaking and writing is to sound as cool as possible at all times, and now a data scientist has given us the specific keywords we need to impress our peers, no matter where we are. In a post on Degenerate State, the scientist took the lyrics off DarkLyrics.com,“the largest metal lyrics…

Tech News Eve Peyser

Uber Reportedly Will Invest $500 Million Into Mapping the World

Earlier this month, satellite imaging technology company DigitalGlobe announced it was partnering with Uber to “leverage DigitalGlobe’s industry leading constellation of sensors to access imagery and location intelligence to help identify and improve pick-up and drop-off locations.” Last week, Uber posted a press release to announce that Brian McClendon, the former head of Google Maps…

Tech News Eve Peyser

Jill Stein Deletes Tweet That Says ‘There’s No Evidence That Autism Is Caused By Vaccines’

Dr. Jill Stein, the Green Party’s candidate for president, just wants someone to like her. The function she served in this election, thus far, is to preemptively blame progressives if Trump gets elected. It’s unfair to criticize Dr. Stein for merely running for president, even in a tight race like this; there’s no inherent evil…

Tech News Eve Peyser

From Azathoth to Zann: Scare Kids to Sleep With Free Mythos ABC Book

Fans of H.P. Lovecraft, newcomers to the horror writer’s work or anyone who likes the idea of slightly tormenting children, Mythos ABC- A Lovecraftian Alphabet Book is now available as a free, downloadable PDF. Danish writer Mads Brynnum got the original illustrated book crowdfunded on Indiegogo last year, collaborating with several artists and Lovecraftian experts…

io9 Beth Elderkin

No, Niantic Isn’t Making a Harry Potter Version of Pokémon Go

Since Pokémon Go hit the app stores, people have been wondering what other fictional universes they could be fun in augmented reality. Of course, Harry Potter is one that keeps showing up. This weekend, reports on websites such as UPROXX and HelloGiggles claimed that Niantic, the company behind the famous app, were planning on releasing…

Tech News Carli Velocci

Worrying About Money Is Tough on Wallets and Wrinkles

As someone who often struggles to make ends meet, I often feel like I want to just curl up in a ball and never leave my house. During the worst months, I often found that it took a toll on my appearance. The dark circles under my eyes started to sag, my face would break…

Tech News Carli Velocci

Netflix’s Stranger Things Characters Get Animated in Adorable Flipbook

Netflix’s new 80s sci-fi tribute series Stranger Things is excellent. It’s got the love and adulation of critics and fans alike, including “The Flippist” artist Ben Zurawski. In fact, after binge-watching all eight episodes of the Netflix show last week, Zurawski created a cute flipbook all about the young heroes. The book has some serious…

Television Beth Elderkin

It’s Good Those Pesky Infinity Stones Won’t Be in Guardians of the Galaxy 2

We all have a love/hate (mostly hate) relationship with the Infinity Stones, Marvel’s favorite magical McGuffin. So, will they make a cameo in the second Guardians of the Galaxy movie? Director James Gunn addressed it, plain and simple, on Facebook Saturday. “There will be no Infinity Stones in Vol. 2.” Well, there you have it!…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Warner Bros. Targets Streaming Subreddit Over Piracy, Fails

You can find almost anything on Reddit, including free, pirated movies, which is why one movie studio has started to not just go after the sources of these videos, but the places that aggregate them. Warner Bros. filed a copyright claim against a popular subreddit, r/BestOfStreamingVideo, asking for that community to get removed from Google’s…

Tech News Carli Velocci

This Viral Video of a Phone in a Microwave Is Totally Fake

An Enormous California Wildfire Could Quadruple in Size

Unprecedented Flooding Leaves Baltimore Suburb Looking Like a ‘War Zone’

Someone Find a Practical Use For This Incredible Self-Balancing Stick

Preacher‘s First Season Ends With a Whimper, But at Least Now It’s Finally Where We Want It to Be

Champion Rope Skippers’ Speed and Stamina Is Terrifying

Gorgeous Concept Art Shows Off Batman v Superman‘s Gotham City, Doomsday, and More

How Black Holes Can Kill Us From Light Years Away

10 Tricks to Make Yourself a Google Drive Master

Could Another Avenger Be Heading to Spider-Man: Homecoming?

This Live-Action Transformers Fan Film Is Better Than All of Michael Bay’s Attempts

A Data Scientist Crunched the Numbers to Find the Most Heavy Metal Word in the English Language

Uber Reportedly Will Invest $500 Million Into Mapping the World

Jill Stein Deletes Tweet That Says ‘There’s No Evidence That Autism Is Caused By Vaccines’

From Azathoth to Zann: Scare Kids to Sleep With Free Mythos ABC Book

No, Niantic Isn’t Making a Harry Potter Version of Pokémon Go

Worrying About Money Is Tough on Wallets and Wrinkles

Netflix’s Stranger Things Characters Get Animated in Adorable Flipbook

It’s Good Those Pesky Infinity Stones Won’t Be in Guardians of the Galaxy 2

Warner Bros. Targets Streaming Subreddit Over Piracy, Fails

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