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This A-10 Thunderbolt II Being Aerial Refueled Looks Like a Bad Ass Flying Shark Machine

Here’s a photo of a US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling an A-10 Thunderbolt II over the clouds. The perfect angle of the picture and the lovely nose art of the aircraft makes the fighter jet look like a flying shark machine that has a machine gun as its mouth and scars on its battered…

Mother Makes Knitted Version of Her Son For Cuddling, Still Can’t Understand Why Real One Won’t

It’s a good day to be frustrated with something ridiculous your parents did, because Marieke Voorsluijs will help put it in perspective. Frustrated with her teenage son’s reluctance to cuddle, she created a knitted doppleganger of him that makes whatever stupid thing your parents did seem not so terrible. Marieke, who appears to be affiliated…

Where the Fuck Is My Upside-Down Emoji?

As far as third-party keyboards for iOS go, Swype is fantastic. It’s fast, it’s stable, and it knows all my little typing quirks. I’d never use anything else. And yet—I fucking hate it. Swype’s set of emojis are, for whatever reason, not compliant with Unicode’s latest set of emojis. Which means Swype does not offer…

HBO’s Sesame Street Sounds Like a Yuppie Hell

Last year, a deal was announced that brought the public broadcasting legend Sesame Street to the premium cable network HBO. And now, thanks to The New York Times, we know a bunch of details about the revamped show. How you feel is going to depend a lot on how you feel about change. And yuppies.…

Deadpool has officially received an “R” rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. Get ready for “strong violence and language throughout, sexual content and graphic nudity.” [Box Office Mojo]

What It’s Like to Be Inside a Washing Machine

Surprise! It’s dizzying as hell. That’s obviously to be expected since a washing machine spins and spins and spins but if you kind of squint just a little bit and flex your imagination a lot of bit, you can pretend that the washing machine is actually a portal opening capsule that’s revving itself up. It…

Tech Journalists Tweeted About a Fitness Tracker to Win a $5430 Vacation Voucher

TomTom is gung-ho about getting good press for its new fitness wearable, the TomTom Spark Music GPS Fitness Watch. Fortunately for the company, members of the press are cool with publicizing the Spark if it means they might get something in return. Some journalists attending CES earlier this month received a pitch from TomTom offering…

All The Incredible Comics That Will Melt Your Wallet in 2016

2015 was a great year for comic books, and 2016 is shaping up to be just as exciting—and financially ruinous. Seriously, take a deep breath, look longingly at your wallet, and get ready to write up your pull list of some of 2016’s coolest sounding comics. https://gizmodo.com/the-20-best-comics-and-graphic-novels-of-2015-1748709046 JANUARY Dragon Age: Magekiller #2 (Dark Horse)—This series…

How To Play Local Files With Just a Streaming Stick

Chromecast, Roku and Fire TV sticks are often hailed for their web streaming capabilities, letting you Netflix binge on the cheap. You can, however, easily stream local files from your computer to these HDMI-enabled dongles as well with the right apps installed—here’s how to get everything set up. Chromecast Your Chromecast is controlled by your…

The BBC is Bringing Back Robot Wars, the Original Robot Fighting Show

Sure, BattleBots was cool, but let’s not forget the real father of Robot TV deathmatches broadcast for our pleasure: the classic BBC series Robot Wars. Fans of violent robotic combat rejoice then, because the BBC are bringing back the series with more robots, and some mandatory science bits to distract you from the FIGHTING ROBOTS.…

Batman V. Superman May Be Getting Yet Another Major Supervillain

You know the deal. This is a rumor for the moment, but it might be true. If it’s true, then it’s also a spoiler, so read on at your own risk. … Okay. You know how Doomsday is obviously going to tussle with DC’s main three heroes in Batman V. Superman? And remember how it’s…

The First 3D-Printed Mechanical Watch Is an Intricate Plastic Masterpiece

Let’s get this out of the way first: Christoph Laimer’s 3D-printed watch (with tourbillon) is large, fairly inaccurate, and only runs for about 30 minutes. But it’s one small step for Swiss watchmakers hoping to make their masterful creations more affordable, and one giant leap for the 3D-printing industry. A few years ago Swatch came…

What’s the Most Powerful Weapon in Sci-Fi History?

What’s the most powerful weapon in the sci-fi universe? How does a lightsaber in Star Wars compare to the energy sword of Halo? What about a Death Star vs Dr. Who’s reality bomb? And how do they match up with a real life nuclear bomb? Foundation Digital made this infographic for Fat Wallet detailing the…

The Unlikely Way That Agent Carter Will Connect with Doctor Strange

The World War Z sequel loses its director. Zack Snyder teases the mythology of Batman v Superman’s villain. Supergirl could actually cross over with The Flash and Arrow. Plus, new TV spots for Deadpool and Legends of Tomorrow, plus images from the return of The X-Files. Spoilers now! Batman v Superman Zack Snyder teases the…

Study Shows That Climate Change Makes Animals More Susceptible to Toxins

Plants can’t run from predators, but they have their own form of defense. They poison the animals that feed on them. Those animals have evolved defenses against plant toxins, but a new study indicates that, as animals get warmer, they are less able to fight off the toxins they ingest. This does not bode well…

Mumbai Declares 15 Sites Selfie-Free After Tragic Selfie-Related Drowning

Mumbai police have established 15 “no selfie” zones around the Indian city after an 18-year-old girl drowned last week while taking a picture of herself. The BBC reports that the sites—mainly tourist destinations, including Bandra Bandstand, Sion Fort, and Worli Fort—will be classed as “no selfie zones.” It’s not the first time Mumbai has outlawed…

Google Used Tiny Cameras to Street View the World’s Largest Model Railway

Brace yourself for perhaps the cutest views ever to appear on Street View. Google has scaled down its hardware to capture Hamburg’s Miniatur Wunderland—the world’s largest model railway. Google worked with Ubilabs to build a series of miniature Street View vehicles, shown in these pictures, that could travel around the model landscape and capture the…

The World Metro Map Combines 214 Subway Systems Into One Glorious Mess

What happens if you try to combine 214 different subway networks—including 791 routes and 11,924 stations—into a single map? This beautiful tangle of color and lines is what. Created by New York-based ArtCodeData and Open Access, the map—called, aptly, The World Metro Map—includes subway systems from Istanbul to Seoul, New York to Moscow, Mexico to…

DARPA’s New Chip Will Create Unjammable Communication Devices

Jamming communications isn’t a new idea, but with battlefields becoming increasingly digital, it’s an evermore concerning threat. Now, though, DARPA has built a super-fast chip that will help create devices able to shrug off radio-frequency attacks. The Agency’s built a new analog-to-digital converter—a device that takes analog signals, such as communications being sent through the…

Peer Up Inside This Rocket Launch Tower

It’s a long way up inside this tower, but not as far as its contents can reach. This is the Esrange launch tower in Sweden, and it’s used to loft suborbital rockets 170 miles into space. Unlike open launch pads that are often used to launch rockets, this tower allows the contents to be kept…