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Watch This Badass Cameraman Make Crazy Jumps Off Buildings While Filming

Meet Gimbalninja. He’s a crazy athletic cameraman who somehow pulls off the same extreme stunts that the people he’s filming are doing—while filming them. This means he runs around doing parkour off structures and holding a camera mounted onto a gimbal rig all while he’s chasing down the other stuntpeople for the perfect shot. This…

Sploid Casey Chan Oct 4 '16

A New Star Wars Rebels Clip Shows How Wedge Antilles Joined the Rebellion

Although there have been rivals to his popularity, Wedge Antilles is our favorite X-Wing pilot in the galaxy far, far away—so we can’t wait to see his younger self on the next episode of Star Wars Rebels. But a new clip reveals the new canon’s Wedge has a much different background story from compared to…

Television James Whitbrook Oct 4 '16

3D Modeling Reveals the Beauty of Pompeii Before Its Destruction

By combining archaeology with 3D computer modeling, European researchers have digitally reconstructed a house in Pompeii, showing how lavish and colorful these structures truly were before they were destroyed by a catastrophic volcanic eruption. When we try to conjure images of the ancient city of Pompeii, we often think about the stark and tortured casts…

Tech News George Dvorsky Oct 4 '16

You Can Pre-Order a Google Home Right Now for $130

Google just announced more details about Home, the company’s sleek-looking Amazon Echo competitor. Namely, we learned about the price: $130 per device. That’s $50 cheaper than an Echo. The design is sleek and small—and almost identical to the images we saw in the spring. The device packs an always-on microphone that’s activated when you say…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Oct 4 '16

The First Teaser for Netflix’s Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events Is Meta and Macabre

Netflix just announced that their adaptation of Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events will come to the streaming platform on January 13. To break the news, they released a rather meta teaser trailer featuring none other than Mr. Snickett himself, who begs you not to watch the show based on his works… for your…

Trailers Germain Lussier Oct 4 '16

Yahoo Secretly Scanned Users’ Emails For The NSA and FBI: Report

Yahoo built software to secretly scan its users emails at the behest of U.S intelligence officials, according to a report by Reuters. From Reuters: The company complied with a classified U.S. government directive, scanning hundreds of millions of Yahoo Mail accounts at the behest of the National Security Agency or FBI, said two former employees…

Tech News William Turton Oct 4 '16

Google’s New 4K Chromecast Ultra Is Way Fast

Google has sold more than 30 million Chromecasts for the simple reason that it’s a super easy, super cheap way to get the stuff you’re watching on your computer or your phone onto your TV. Now it’s getting an upgrade for the TVs of tomorrow. The new Chromecast Ultra isn’t a necessary upgrade for anyone,…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Oct 4 '16

Win Every Costume Contest With This Incredible Stranger Things Make-Up Tutorial

Stranger Things costumes are sure to be everywhere this Halloween, so you’ll need to distinguish your ensemble by striving for complete authenticity. The ultimate Dead Barb will take some work, but YouTuber Freakmo—who specializes in effects make-up—will show you how in her cheerfully informative tutorial… slugs and all. If Stranger Things isn’t your thing, Freakmo…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Oct 4 '16

Google’s Daydream View Is a Super Soft, Super Light VR Headset

After years of leading the way on cheap virtual reality, Google finally has a headset of its own. The search giant announced its first Daydream-ready VR headset—Daydream View—which is essentially a $79 headset that turns your Google Phone into a virtual reality dream. Google first announced its new mobile VR platform called Daydream back at…

Tech News Michael Nunez Oct 4 '16

Warren Ellis Is Bringing WildStorm Back to DC Comics

It’s been years since Jim Lee’s WildStorm universe has truly existed at DC comics, although a portion of it (like Midnighter and Apollo) was incorporated into the main DC canon with the New 52. Now the entire universe will be reborn, under the stewardship of the legendary comic writer Warren Ellis. Announced through Comicbook.com, DC…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Oct 4 '16

Google’s New Phone Will Be Verizon Exclusive [Updated]

Google just announced its new Pixel phones. And they seem cool! But there’s one small problem: the phones are exclusive to Verizon. https://gizmodo.com/googles-pixel-phones-everything-you-need-to-know-1787381364 Google’s new phones were starting to look pretty badass, but exclusivity to one carrier in the US might make them dead in the water. If you’re outside of the United States, here’s…

Tech News William Turton Oct 4 '16

Google Just Tricked Hundreds of Thousands of People Into Listening to a Computer Science Lecture

Google Day! Aren’t you so excited about new phones? You know what’s more exciting than new phones? Computer science research. Last month, Google its artificial intelligence powered assistant last month inside its messaging app Allo. Now, Google followed up the extreme amount of hype behind its new products with a drab lecture from its CEO…

Tech News William Turton Oct 4 '16

Google’s Pixel Phones: Everything You Need To Know

After months of rumors we’re getting our first look at Google’s new phones, the Pixel and Pixel XL. The phones are a huge freaking deal for Google, because they are the first flagship Android phones from the company that don’t use the “Nexus” brand name. More than a change in name, the phones reflect Google’s…

Tech News Michael Nunez Oct 4 '16

Star Wars, Batman, Rick & Morty, and More Lead an Insane Lineup of Exclusive New York Comic-Con Art

If you’re attending New York Comic-Con, you’re going to want to visit Bottleneck Gallery at Booth #2171—just be prepared to stand in line. The gallery has an unbelievable lineup of exclusive limited edition art that it will be releasing all throughout the weekend, and we’re stoked to premiere a few of the pieces. The Force…

io9 Germain Lussier Oct 4 '16

Ridiculously Poseable Spider-Man Figure Basically Does Whatever a Spider Can

As long as the spinning of webs (of any size) and catching of thieves (just like flies) is restricted to the realm of six-inch-tall action figures, this new Spider-Man figure from Revoltech can be posed doing pretty much anything you want him to do. Using the Revoltech’s famously over-articulated action figure frame, this new 6-inch…

io9 James Whitbrook Oct 4 '16

The Entire East Coast Needs to Be on Alert for Hurricane Matthew

It isn’t yet clear how close of a brush the United States is going to have with powerful, dangerous Hurricane Matthew. What is clear, in the minds of meteorologists tracking the storm, is that the entire East Coast needs to be on alert. Matthew is currently unleashing Category 4 fury over Haiti, after which it’s…

Tech News Maddie Stone Oct 4 '16

How to Stream Tonight’s Vice Presidential Debate Between Mike Pence and Tim Kaine, the Lead Singer of the Band Future Islands and Don’t Tell Me It’s Not Him Because It’s Definitely Him

The first and only vice presidential debate of this election season is tonight at 9pm ET, 6pm PT. And if you don’t have cable there are plenty of different ways to watch Trump’s running mate Mike Pence and Clinton’s running mate Tim Kaine square off. Kaine, of course, is perhaps best known as the lead…

Tech News Matt Novak Oct 4 '16

Golf Balls Are Basically Indestructible

Don’t bother holding your breath while you wait for this golf ball to explode under the extreme weight of a stream roller, because it somehow survives being crushed. Apparently the magical rubber compound inside a golf ball that gives it incredible bounce is also incredibly durable. The golf ball does end up a little deformed after…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Oct 4 '16

My 12 Favorite Films of Fantastic Fest 2016

For the past two weeks, I was in Austin, Texas, but I wasn’t eating barbecue and drinking beer at every chance imaginable. This is because I was at Fantastic Fest 2016, the world’s greatest genre film festival, getting an early view of some truly great films that will be coming out over the next few…

Movies Germain Lussier Oct 4 '16

Extinct Trees Found in the Queen’s Royal Garden Aren’t So Extinct

During a recent survey of trees in the Queen’s garden at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland, botanists were shocked to discover the presence of two elms thought to be extinct for nearly a half century. The two trees belong to a species known as the Wentworth elm, and scientists thought it had gone…

Tech News George Dvorsky Oct 4 '16

Watch This Badass Cameraman Make Crazy Jumps Off Buildings While Filming

A New Star Wars Rebels Clip Shows How Wedge Antilles Joined the Rebellion

3D Modeling Reveals the Beauty of Pompeii Before Its Destruction

You Can Pre-Order a Google Home Right Now for $130

The First Teaser for Netflix’s Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events Is Meta and Macabre

Yahoo Secretly Scanned Users’ Emails For The NSA and FBI: Report

Google’s New 4K Chromecast Ultra Is Way Fast

Win Every Costume Contest With This Incredible Stranger Things Make-Up Tutorial

Google’s Daydream View Is a Super Soft, Super Light VR Headset

Warren Ellis Is Bringing WildStorm Back to DC Comics

Google’s New Phone Will Be Verizon Exclusive [Updated]

Google Just Tricked Hundreds of Thousands of People Into Listening to a Computer Science Lecture

Google’s Pixel Phones: Everything You Need To Know

Star Wars, Batman, Rick & Morty, and More Lead an Insane Lineup of Exclusive New York Comic-Con Art

Ridiculously Poseable Spider-Man Figure Basically Does Whatever a Spider Can

The Entire East Coast Needs to Be on Alert for Hurricane Matthew

How to Stream Tonight’s Vice Presidential Debate Between Mike Pence and Tim Kaine, the Lead Singer of the Band Future Islands and Don’t Tell Me It’s Not Him Because It’s Definitely Him

Golf Balls Are Basically Indestructible

My 12 Favorite Films of Fantastic Fest 2016

Extinct Trees Found in the Queen’s Royal Garden Aren’t So Extinct

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