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The New Windows Blue Screen of Death Has… a QR Code?

Welcome to the future. A future where the Windows Blue Screen of Death now features a QR code as well as a sad face. The Register reports that the latest developer build of Windows 10—that’s build 14316, if you’re counting—now features a URL that you can follow, using your phone, to help you get to…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

This Is the Most Sustainable Office in the World

It might not look particularly groundbreaking, with its full-length windows and timber cladding. But this is, according to industry standards, the most sustainable office in the world. That’s according to the rating it scored on the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology (BREAAM) certification scheme, which is—more or less—considered to be the gold standard in…

Climate Change Jamie Condliffe

Stunning Solar Eclipse Image Looks Like the Eye of our Solar System

The March 9th total solar eclipse looked stunning at the time. But now a team of researchers has put together an even more impressive image of the solar corona, that makes the event look like something from Lord of the Rings. The picture actually combines two images of the solar corona: The red section was…

Tech News Attila Nagy

Scientists Have Published a New Tree of Life

Charles Darwin famously imagined evolution as a tree full of branches, a metaphor that biologists have since used to depict how life is structured. Now, researchers have given the tree of life another overhaul. A team of scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, have been collecting the genomes of new microbial species over the…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

‘Textalyzer’ Wants to Be a Breathalyzer For Your Cellphone

Distracted driving is a hazard up there with drinking and driving, but with a problem for cops: Snapchat scores can’t be determined by smelling someone’s breath. A solution proposed in draft New York legislation would solve that, using a roadside phone analyzer. The bill “provides for the field testing for use of mobile telephones and…

Tech News Chris Mills

Yes, All American Alcohol Has to Be Radioactive

America has a long and storied history with regulating alcohol, which has left us with a high drinking age, and a very strange requirement that all alcohol be slightly radioactive. As Tom Scott explains, the requirement stems from the fact that all alcohol sold for human consumption has to be made from plant matter—no booze…

Tech News Chris Mills

Porn Site xHamster is Protesting North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Bill Beautifully

Springsteen boycotts are one thing, but porn site xHamster is hitting North Carolina’s legislature where it really hurts. As of today, it appears that xHamster—one of the world’s biggest porn sites, and ranked 91st among websites in the world—is protesting North Carolinians with a special pop-up. It was reported earlier that the site was blocking…

Tech News Chris Mills

Why Are All the Third-Party Reddit Apps Vanishing From the App Store?

Last week, only a couple years late, Reddit finally released its own app for iOS and Android users. Today, the most popular third-party Reddit apps have been purged by Apple from its App Store, and no one knows why. A thread on Reddit first spotted the takedowns earlier this evening. Popular apps like Narwhal, Baconreader,…

Tech News Chris Mills

Just Hearing the Sounds from Mad Max: Fury Road Makes My Eyes Happy

God, what a special movie. One that not only could I watch over and over again but also just listen to. Here is Zackery Ramos-Taylor splicing scenes that highlight the sound of Mad Max: Fury Road. They all combine to do such a good job in making you feel as if you’re inside the desolate…

Sploid Casey Chan

The 13 Most Intriguing Moments in Game of Thrones‘ Latest Trailer

Huzzah, we have a fresh look at Game of Thrones sixth season—and as ever, it both paints a miserable picture for our favorite characters, while also offering a ton of intriguing new teases. Here are the thirteen moments that stand out the most to us, and what they reveal about the new season. https://gizmodo.com/everything-looks-miserable-for-the-starks-in-the-new-ga-1770283011 As…

Television James Whitbrook

I Can’t Believe All the Features Mashed Into This Micro-Apartment

The phrase “micro-unit” conjures up all sorts of lifestyle tradeoffs, like Murphy beds, mini-fridges, and toilets in the shower. This tasteful space has a bed that stays put, a full-sized kitchen, and room for a bathtub (!), all in an area that’s a little over 300 square feet. LAAB Architects designed the “Small Home Smart…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Avengers: Infinity War Parts 1 and 2 Will Be Very Different Movies

The crazy thing about Marvel’s movies is the second you get a new one, it just makes you even more eager to know about what comes after. Captain America: Civil War, coming May 6, sets things in motion for another epic story—one which will end with not one, but two Avengers movies. This weekend, io9…

Movies Germain Lussier

Giant Yacht Carrier Sinks into the Water to Swallow Ships and Then Rises to Transport Them

This is fun. Watch as this yacht carrier, the Super Servant 4, lowers its deck into the water so that tiny yachts and normal yachts and super yachts can all float and steer themselves on the water into their water parking spaces. And then watch the Super Servant 4 rise up and bring all the…

Sploid Casey Chan

The National Weather Service Will Only Use its FAMOUS ALL CAPS FORECASTS for Emergencies

FOR DECADES. . .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. . . HAS ISSUED ITS FORECAST DISCUSSIONS IN SHOUTY CAPITAL LETTERS. . .USING FRAGMENTED SENTENCES. . .SEPARATED BY ELLIPSES. Today it was announced that the National Weather Service will switch to mixed-case type and conversational language to provide a more user-friendly experience—and potentially save lives. The change in…

Climate Change Alissa Walker

Transformers Pop-Up Book Features Paper Robots That Actually Transform

Matthew Reinhart and Emiliano Santalucia have created what is easily the most impressively engineered pop-up book you’ll ever see. Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the iconic Transformers toy line, it not only features pop-up paper versions of Autobots and Decepticons, but many of them also completely transform. Best Pop-Up Books reviewed the title, and posted…

Books & Comics Andrew Liszewski

Black Panther Director Ryan Coogler Helped With the Character in Civil War

Not only does Captain America: Civil War tell the story of Captain America, his pal Bucky, and how the Avengers are split over government control, it introduces two major new heroes. There’s Spider-Man, of course, and Black Panther. And the latter is already being shaped by his very own filmmaker. Marvel announced a few months…

io9 Germain Lussier

The Next Star Wars Novel Reveals What Han and Chewie Were Up to After Return of the Jedi

The most intriguing Star Wars books coming out have been the ones that flesh out the extensive gap between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. Chuck Wendig’s Aftermath was one of them, and now its sequel is going to tell us what Han and Chewbacca were up to after the destruction of the…

io9 James Whitbrook

The Most Beautiful Fireworks Show in China Is Literally a Blacksmith Throwing Molten Metal Around

Fireworks, which were invented in China, are obviously a big deal in China. But no fireworks show in any part of the country and very probably the world can match the sheer spectacle and beautiful audacity of the fireworks show in Nuanquan, China. That’s because it’s more of a molten metal show. A blacksmith, wearing…

Sploid Casey Chan

Skateboarding in an Empty Waterpark Looks Crazy Fun

Skating a drained in-ground pool is old hat by now, so an entire waterpark was the obvious logical step forward. In this short video, Alex Sorgente, Milton Martinez, and Jan Hoffman shred what was once Atlantis’ aquaventure park in Dubai, without falling off these impossibly high slides. If you’re looking for great tricks, look elsewhere—this…

Sploid Avery Ellis

We’ll Find Out Who Is Playing Captain Marvel Very Soon

For the most part, Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is set. The biggest question marks still on the schedule through 2020 are the identities of the star and director of Captain Marvel, and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige tells us those announcements are coming soon. “[You’ll have] a filmmaker and cast by the…

io9 Germain Lussier

The New Windows Blue Screen of Death Has… a QR Code?

This Is the Most Sustainable Office in the World

Stunning Solar Eclipse Image Looks Like the Eye of our Solar System

Scientists Have Published a New Tree of Life

‘Textalyzer’ Wants to Be a Breathalyzer For Your Cellphone

Yes, All American Alcohol Has to Be Radioactive

Porn Site xHamster is Protesting North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Bill Beautifully

Why Are All the Third-Party Reddit Apps Vanishing From the App Store?

Just Hearing the Sounds from Mad Max: Fury Road Makes My Eyes Happy

The 13 Most Intriguing Moments in Game of Thrones‘ Latest Trailer

I Can’t Believe All the Features Mashed Into This Micro-Apartment

Avengers: Infinity War Parts 1 and 2 Will Be Very Different Movies

Giant Yacht Carrier Sinks into the Water to Swallow Ships and Then Rises to Transport Them

The National Weather Service Will Only Use its FAMOUS ALL CAPS FORECASTS for Emergencies

Transformers Pop-Up Book Features Paper Robots That Actually Transform

Black Panther Director Ryan Coogler Helped With the Character in Civil War

The Next Star Wars Novel Reveals What Han and Chewie Were Up to After Return of the Jedi

The Most Beautiful Fireworks Show in China Is Literally a Blacksmith Throwing Molten Metal Around

Skateboarding in an Empty Waterpark Looks Crazy Fun

We’ll Find Out Who Is Playing Captain Marvel Very Soon

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