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Follow Gizmodo and io9 on Snapchat at Comic-Con

Gizmodo and io9 have joined Snapchat at gizmododotcom, and we’ll be reporting live (in very short bursts) from the elaborately-costumed trenches of Comic-Con 2016. We touch down tomorrow in San Diego for Preview Night, then the true insanity begins on Thursday. Follow along as we all go a little nuts.

io9 Cheryl Eddy

You Don’t Need Heightened Senses to Know How Perfect Hot Toys’ Daredevil Figure Is

I bet if you had a dollar for every time Matt Murdock says “this city!!!!” in the TV series, you’d have just enough to afford this beauty from Hot Toys. Yes, finally, we’re getting some Netflix Daredevil merchandise that isn’t Funko Pop vinyl toys, and this is about as on the other end of the…

io9 James Whitbrook

Check Out Brooklyn’s Big-Ass Captain America Statue

Fun fact about the recently announced, 13-foot tall statue of the Brooklyn’s favorite (fictional son): It’s not actually in Brooklyn at the moment. The statue is being revealed at San Diego Comic-Con, of course, and then will be shipped across the country to debut in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on August 10. Here it is in…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken

DC Comics Just Killed a Superman Character in a Seriously Messed Up Way

Apparently not everyone has gotten the memo that hope and love have returned to the DC universe. Today’s Superman #3, by Peter J Tomasi, Patrick Gleason, Jorge Jiminez, and Alejandro Sanchez sees the new Superman—who, if you’ve been following along, is the old Superman, and has a kid with Lois named Jon—go toe-to-toe with a…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Acer’s Liquid-Cooled Hybrid Packs a Lot of Power for Not a Lot of Money

It’s a lot to ask a machine to be both a laptop and a tablet, but Acer comes damn close to nailing it with its new Switch Alpha 12. To make it work, Acer had to get weird with design. Acer’s not the first to try something unusual to make a hybrid that combines the…

Reviews Darren Orf

Snapchat Clips Help Convict Two People of Sexually Assaulting a Teenager

On Tuesday, Rashad Deihim and Kailyn Bonia were convicted of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in the woods near an elementary school in Saugus, Massachusetts. In a sick twist, the incident was captured on Snapchat and sent around to others—a move that, awful as it was, likely helped save the teenager’s life and prove the…

Tech News Sophie Kleeman

Scientific Proof That Melania Trump’s Speech Was Definitely Stolen From Michelle Obama

Following Melania’s now-infamous speech from the Republican Convention, a Canadian physicist has calculated the odds of those words and phrases appearing in the same order as Michelle Obama’s speech eight years ago. Looking at his answer, let’s just say it would be a coincidence of cosmic proportions. According to Canadian physicist and McGill University professor…

Tech News George Dvorsky

The Best Bike Multi-Tool For Fixing Your Own Bike

We spent two months and logged a total of 1,000 miles putting 15 bike tools through dozens of en route and at-home repairs, and found the Topeak Mini 9 to be the best multi-tool for casual cyclists. If you’re willing to pay more for a lighter tool, check out the Specialized EMT Pro Road. If…

Reviews The Sweethome

This Japanese Trailer for Disney’s Moana Has a Real Miyazaki-ness to It

Hey, if you’re going to advertise an animated film in Japan, why not release footage reminiscent of its greatest anime director? This trailer is actually a single scene, where Moana (a spunky young heroine) discovers her magical bond with the ocean (i.e., nature), and is just a visual delight (something Hayao Miyazaki’s films do not…

Trailers Rob Bricken

This Giant Fire-Breathing Vortex Cannon Is Literally Lit

Bigger is always better, but you can make anything even awesomer with the addition of fire. That’s what Kevin Kohler, the Backyard Scientist, did with one of those vortex air cannon toys. He not only built one ten times larger, he also uses it to blast rings of propane gas towards an open flame to…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

5 Essential Spotify Add-Ons For Music Addicts

Spotify, the original titan of the music streaming world, is packed with plenty of great—but there are still plenty of third party add-ons that can enhance the original app even further. Here are some of our favorite utilities for doing more with Spotify and taking your streaming to the next level. 1) Equalify Pro Equalify…

Gadgets David Nield

This Freaky-Ass Primate Likes to Get Wasted as Much as You Do

Humans may be more closely related to great apes, but according to science, our true spirit animals are aye-ayes. These Gollum-eyed lemurs like to skulk about in the forest getting liquored until the sun comes up. Wow, same! Alcohol is found naturally in fermented nectars, honeys, and fruits, but the enjoyment of this liver-destroying toxin…

Biology Maddie Stone

The Intelligence Spectrum Explained, From Jellyfish to Mozart

Apparently, some elephants are as intelligent as an eight-year-old child. This and other sometimes-depressing, sometimes-inspiring facts are in the latest hilarious Casually Explained video on the spectrum of intelligence. It covers the range of “little robots” that respond to stimuli all the way up to people (not any of us, sadly) who can rewrite any…

Sploid Angela Chen

Life Doesn’t Get Much Worse Than Crashing Into a Cop Car While Playing Pokémon Go

Pokémon Go has suddenly made a lot of people do a lot of stupid stuff. In Baltimore, one man literally crashed into a parked police car while two cops were standing right next to it. Nice job, idiot. Even worse for this dude, the whole crash was captured by police body cameras. In general, using…

Tech News William Turton

The New Batman Movie May Have Decided Where It’s Putting the Dark Knight

The new Van Helsing film has an unlikely inspiration for its main character. Simon Pegg talks even more about Sulu’s family in Star Trek Beyond. Plus, new footage from Suicide Squad, and new looks at Dirk Gently and Riverdale. Spoilers get! Batman While the solo Batman film is still in its earliest stages, there’s already…

Television James Whitbrook

Pokeball USB Charger Ensures You Can Catch Them All Without Your Phone Dying

Pokémon Go’s dependency on mobile data and your GPS location will ravage your smartphone’s battery in no time. So if you don’t already carry a portable charger to keep you powered and playing, this hand-made Pokeball battery is a must-have addition to your Pokémon hunting kit. Created by Etsy-seller magicalsuperstore, the red and white Pokeball…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

SpaceX’s Dragon Spacecraft Has Arrived at the ISS

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station this morning, where it was neatly snagged by the station’s 57-foot robotic arm. Here’s a clip of the capsule right after it was captured at the ISS by NASA astronauts Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins: Now that Dragon has arrived, the next step will be to…

Space & Spaceflight Ria Misra

Theranos Customer Sues, Claims Bad Blood Test Caused His Heart Attack

There is seemingly no light at the end of the tunnel for one-time miracle unicorn start-up Theranos. CEO Elizabeth Holmes can’t operate a lab for two years (or, realistically, ever again) and now her start-up is facing a pile of lawsuits. Most notably, one Arizona man says that he got back normal results from his…

Health Angela Chen

Crashing Into the Sun Is Way Harder Than You Think

Turns out, all those movies about spaceships going just a liiiiittle bit off course and crashing into the sun were filthy, filthy lies. The good people over at Minute Physics explain why most of us couldn’t crash into the sun if we tried.

Space & Spaceflight Angela Chen

We Can All Be Verified On Twitter Now

In theory, Twitter’s blue “verified” check mark made it harder to impersonate famous people, but in practice it mostly showed who was famous enough to bother impersonating. Prepare for the badge of approval to stop mattering as much now that Twitter has opened up its once-mysterious verification process to everyone. All you have to do…

Tech News Angela Chen

Follow Gizmodo and io9 on Snapchat at Comic-Con

You Don’t Need Heightened Senses to Know How Perfect Hot Toys’ Daredevil Figure Is

Check Out Brooklyn’s Big-Ass Captain America Statue

DC Comics Just Killed a Superman Character in a Seriously Messed Up Way

Acer’s Liquid-Cooled Hybrid Packs a Lot of Power for Not a Lot of Money

Snapchat Clips Help Convict Two People of Sexually Assaulting a Teenager

Scientific Proof That Melania Trump’s Speech Was Definitely Stolen From Michelle Obama

The Best Bike Multi-Tool For Fixing Your Own Bike

This Japanese Trailer for Disney’s Moana Has a Real Miyazaki-ness to It

This Giant Fire-Breathing Vortex Cannon Is Literally Lit

5 Essential Spotify Add-Ons For Music Addicts

This Freaky-Ass Primate Likes to Get Wasted as Much as You Do

The Intelligence Spectrum Explained, From Jellyfish to Mozart

Life Doesn’t Get Much Worse Than Crashing Into a Cop Car While Playing Pokémon Go

The New Batman Movie May Have Decided Where It’s Putting the Dark Knight

Pokeball USB Charger Ensures You Can Catch Them All Without Your Phone Dying

SpaceX’s Dragon Spacecraft Has Arrived at the ISS

Theranos Customer Sues, Claims Bad Blood Test Caused His Heart Attack

Crashing Into the Sun Is Way Harder Than You Think

We Can All Be Verified On Twitter Now

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