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No, The Uber Driver Accused of Murder Spree Isn’t Suing Uber For $10 Million

The internet went into a tizzy this week when headlines proclaimed that the Uber driver in Kalamazoo, Michigan who’s accused of murdering six people was suing Uber for $10 million. But the lawsuit is a hoax. As MLive first reported, a handwritten lawsuit was indeed filed on Tuesday. But the killer, 45-year-old Jason Brian Dalton,…

No One Will Steal Your Sticky Notes When Your Desk Is Protected By a Catapult

Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous creation is undoubtedly the Mona Lisa, but the artist was also a brilliant engineer who concocted endless contraptions including some formidable machines of war. This tiny trebuchet he designed won’t take down a castle, but it can almost certainly protect your desk from office supply raiders. You might even learn…

Google Is Reportedly Selling Its Crazy Robotics Lab, Boston Dynamics

It’s been a little over two years since Google (now Alphabet) decided to scoop up robotics lab Boston Dynamics. Now it’s putting the company that built terrifying robots like BigDog and Atlas up for grabs. Bloomberg reports unnamed sources who say that Google parent Alphabet is giving up on Boston Dynamics. Some speculate the move…

The Crazy Fan Theory That Ties V for Vendetta and Watchmen Together

The mystery at the heart of V for Vendetta remains iconic, whether you first encountered it in the comics or the 2006 movie: Who is the titular hero? But here’s a crazy theory: What if V was actually a reborn Rorschach from Alan Moore’s other seminal graphic novel, Watchmen? This theory, espoused by Redditor SumoJoe,…

Every Bit of New Information Contained in the Latest X-Men: Apocalypse Trailer

A brand new X-Men: Apocalypse trailer was released this morning. Most surprising of all was the enormous quanity of new footage it contained, including the appearance of a new-old villain in a not insignificant way. Here’s what we’ve gleaned from our painstaking frame-by-frame analysis. Spoilers ahead… An idyllic shot of Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters…

This Clump of Dust Might Actually Be a Planet in the Process of Forming

Astronomers have captured an image of a dense clump of dust orbiting around a young star—and they’re saying it could be our first glimpse of a planet in the very earliest stages of formation. Back in 2014, astronomers released an unprecedented image of a planet-forming disk around a young star called HL Tau. The image,…

The Sherlock Manga Is Coming to America, and Here’s Your First Look

Last month, Titan Comics announced it would be bringing the delightfully weird manga adaptation of the BBC’s smash hit Sherlock to the west for the very first time, four years after it debuted in Japan. Want a peek? io9 has a first look at the translation, as well as the variant covers for the manga’s…

How the Government Keeps Its Phone Spying Gear a Secret

Federal agencies go to extreme lengths to keep powerful phone spying gear secret—and new information shows just how the government pressures investigators to keep it under wraps. Documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union, published today, show how the Department of Justice urges investigators to hide its surveillance techniques from the public. This phone…

The New Tarzan Trailer Is Very Terrifying

It doesn’t have Oscar Isaac cosplaying at Ivan Ooze, but The Legend of Tarzan also had a new trailer drop today. It’s definitely worth watching—if only because the movie looks like an uncanny horror movie where pretty much everyone is scary as hell. Seriously! The trailer begins with apes murdering a guy and stealing his…

Volvo Is Adding ‘Large Animal Detection’ to Cars Because It’s Easy to Miss a Moose?

The US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) today announced that automatic emergency braking would be standard on all vehicles by 2022. And thanks to Volvo, that feature will be responsive to moose and other large animals. The automatic emergency braking systems already available…

To the surprise of absolutely no one, Marvel has confirmed that Finn Jones has been cast as Danny Rand in Netflix’s Iron Fist series. Despite the news breaking nearly a month ago, Marvel has finally gotten around to acknowledging it, as well as giving us the teaser image above.

NYC’s Free Wifi Service Is Turning Into a Privacy Nightmare

Everyone wants free internet, and when deployed effectively, it can be immensely valuable. But rarely is it “deployed effectively.” Case in point, New York City’s municipal wi-fi brings blazing fast internet speeds free of charge, but civil liberties experts say it comes with “too many strings attached.” LinkNYC is a citywide wi-fi system with plans…

Spoiler-Free Review: Daredevil‘s Back, and Somehow Even Better Than Before

When Marvel’s Daredevil premiered on Netflix last year, its brawls and its slow build were great. But it also had the particular pacing problems that plague many Netflix “binge” shows. The second season of Daredevil—what I’ve seen of it—has kept all of the good and fixed a lot of bad. Here’s a spoiler-free review. I’ve…

A Long-Lost H.P. Lovecraft Manuscript Has Been Uncovered

Good news, Lovecraft fans! While it’s not a new piece of fiction, a new manuscript penned by the famous horror writer has been discovered, tucked away in a collection of magical memorabilia. The 31-page manuscript, titled “The Cancer of Superstition”, was a project requested by Harry Houdini for Lovecraft to ghostwrite shortly before the magician’s…

YouTube Won’t Ban A Guy Who Crushes Animals to Death (Update: Channel’s Dead) 

Among the many prolific channels on YouTube is bootsmade4crushing (BM4C) which for four years has featured videos of someone using expensive boots to stomp and crush everything from remote-controlled toys to food to boomboxes. Despite a modest 987 subscribers and videos that rarely break a thousand views, BM4C has churned out over 650 clips. At…

Breitling’s First Plastic Watch Still Costs a Damn Fortune

If you like the look of a beefy timekeeper on your wrist, but without all the weight, Breitling’s new Avenger Hurricane is the company’s first with a housing made from plastic. Or, more specifically, a new lightweight proprietary polymer it calls Breitlight. Strengthened with composite fibers for extra rigidity, the new Breitlight material is six…

Goofball Covered in Skis Cruises Down a Mountain on Every Limb

Jean Yves Blondeau’s ski suit conjures up a lot of images. It’s sort of like a Transformer. Or The Stig for winter sports. But mostly I’m concerned about if the person wearing it is able to stop. The suit has ski pieces that strap to the feet, ankles, hands, forearms, and chest, with a smooth…

How To Install Unauthorized Apps on Android and iOS 

Google and Apple like to keep you safely inside the walled gardens of their respective app stores, but vaulting over those confining walls is actually pretty easy—as long as you know what you’re doing. In this guide, we’ll walk you through exactly how to install unauthorized applications in process otherwise known as sideloading. First of…

What Happens When You Pour Molten Tar on an iPhone 6s?

There is no shortage of gadget mutilation videos on YouTube. Especially videos of iPhones. And especially on TechRax’s channel: The dude’s run an iPhone over, shot one, boiled one, torched one, and more. This time, he’s pouring smoking black tar all over a shiny new device. As you watch the scorching liquid of doom cascade…

New Scans Made a Surprising Discovery in King Tut’s Tomb

Late last year, radar scans at King Tut’s tomb revealed the possible presence of a secret chamber. A more detailed analysis of this data shows not just the presence of a hidden room—but also unidentified objects that are comprised of metal and organic materials. As reported in National Geographic, the announcement was made earlier today…