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Watch Tom Hiddleston Lose His Composure in the New High-Rise Trailer

The first trailer for Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise was a fake ad for the titular building itself, focusing on the luxury it provides. This one is all about Tom Hiddleston’s Dr. Robert Laing and how living in the building goes for him. Based on the trailer, the answer is “not well.” Now, we know that the…

How Much Power Does It Take to Actually Blow Up a Planet?

Like, a lot of power. Scott Manley delves into the science of the planet destroying business and came up with the numbers that it would take to destroy a planet in Star Wars. To destroy an Earth-like planet which was like Alderaan, you’d need three trillion trillion trillion Joules of energy. There are five billion…

The Coolest Star Wars Rey Toys That You Can Actually Buy Right Now

Star Wars toys have been in the news, as people reacted angrily to the distinct lack of merchandise based on The Force Awakens’ main hero, Rey—culminating in rage over a Rey-less Monopoly set. Hasbro have promised to include Rey in a later set, but why wait? Here’s some Rey merch you can get your hands…

Use These Secret Codes to Unlock Netflix’s Hidden Categories

Here’s a trick that’s been around for a while but may have passed you by: secret category codes added by Netflix engineers that can help you narrow down your on-demand video choices. From classic war movies to Brazilian dramas, here’s how to dig deeper into the Netflix library. Whenever you dive into a genre on…

Google Fixed a Bug Where “Russia” Automatically Translated to “Mordor”

Google has some good news! Earlier this week, Ukranian media noticed a slight glitch wherein Google Translate was giving “Mordor” as a translation for “Russian Federation.” The good news is that they’ve fixed the problem. Along with the Tolkien problem, “Russians” was coming up as “occupiers” and “Lavrov,” the last name of Russia’s Foreign Minister,…

Users Are Suing Fitbit Over Inaccurate Heart Monitors

Just days after its shares dropped a whopping 18%, Fitbit just took another big hit. The wearables company has been slapped with a class-action lawsuit alleging that its heart rate monitoring technology is inaccurate, and that the company is knowingly misleading users. A trio of users launched the lawsuit and claim that Fitbit’s PurePulse heart…

Watching These Tops Spin Forever Breaks My Understanding of Reality

These tops can spin for nearly 20 minutes long. That was not a typo. The one on the left spun around for 18 minutes and 56 seconds while the one on the right duked it out for 17 minutes and 55 seconds. And even though machines were used to initiate the top spin, the force…

RZA’s Got a Great Attitude About Selling Wu-Tang’s $2 Million Album to a Sinister Creep

A very sharp-looking RZA recently sat down with Bloomberg Business to share his feelings about Martin Shkreli buying Wu-Tang’s ultra rare record, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. Suffice it to say, he doesn’t really give a shit who bought it. It’s art. Of course, it’s very expensive art. Wu-Tang sold Shkreli the album—of which…

A Game of Thrones Star Promises The TV Show Is Still Following George R.R. Martin’s Books

New Agent Carter pictures tease the show’s new villain. Zack Snyder talks Batman v Superman spoilers. An Arrow character is heading to The Flash. Mark Millar’s Superior adaptation gets its writers. Plus, what’s to come on The X-Files, and The 100, and new Legends of Tomorrow clips. Behold, Spoilers! Batman v Superman Zack Snyder discusses…

Shattering the World Record for Fracking Earthquakes is a Disconcerting Honor

Canada set a new world record for the largest earthquake ever triggered by fracking. Fantastic. Progress Energy put a hold on their hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, operations in northern British Columbia after a magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck near their work site in August 2015. Recently a thorough investigation by the province’s energy commission confirmed the…

The Devil of Hell’s Kitchen is back—and he’s bringing the Punisher with him. This new teaser trailer for Daredevil’s second season doesn’t have any new footage, but it’s a pretty cool tease. Most importantly, it confirms the show’s release date: All 13 episodes will land on Netflix on March 18th.

This Material Can Soak Up Sunlight Then Release Heat on Demand

Imagine clothes, houses or cars that soaked up heat during the day and then released it on demand when things turned cold. That’s exactly what a new material made at MIT could provide in the future. A team of researchers has developed a new transparent polymer film that’s able to absorb solar energy then release…

A Reporter Got Stabbed While Testing a Stab-Proof Vest

When a reporter from Israel volunteered to test a stab-proof vest, he probably didn’t expect to actually get stabbed. Sadly, for him especially, he did. It doesn’t, however, speak badly of the vest itself. Yaniv Montakyo, a vice-president of FMS Enterprises that makes the vest, managed to wield his knife on an area of the…

This $25,000 Mechanical Watch Looks Just Like Apple’s

If for some reason you love the design of the Apple Watch but hate the fact that it’s stuffed full of electronics, your prayers have been answered. The Alp Watch is a purely mechanical time piece cheekily designed to look just like the smartwatch—but it’ll cost you. The tongue-in-cheek promotional video from Luxury watchmaker H.…

Amazon Now Sells Its Very Own ARM Chips

If you thought Amazon’s own-branded products were a little strange—baby wipes, anyone?—then things just got a little more serious. The retailer has just announced that it’s starting to sell its own ARM-based silicon chips. Amazon purchased the semiconductor firm Annapurna Labs last year, and now its readied a line of chips under the name Alpine…

Time Warner Cable Admits 320,000 Customer Passwords May Have Been Stolen

If you’re a Time Warner Cable customer, now is a very good time to change your password. The company admitted late yesterday that it believes personal data belonging to as many as 320,000 customers may have been stolen. The news came to light after the FBI alerted Time Warner Cable to the fact that it…

Reddit’s Made an Actual Book of Its AMAs, But It’ll Cost You $35

This feels kind of wrong. Reddit has assembled a series of its best AMAs from the website into a real physical book, and it will gladly take $35 of your hard-earned dollars for a copy. The book, available on Amazon, is a weighty tome, clocking in at 400 pages and containing the mutterings of, among…

Here’s the Entire Universe in One Clever Map

A map of the known universe to a constant scale would either be very big, or very useless. But use a logarithmic scale to compress the distances as you travel outwards, and you get this gorgeous and slightly Eye-of-Sauron image. The map was created by artist Pablo Carlos Budassi, using a series of images and…

Bask in the Beauty of a Perfect Pink and Purple Sunset

Stop, relax, and let go of your stress by basking in this literally picture-perfect sunset. Lake Mead National Recreation Area is located in the Basin and Range provinces of the American southwest. The tall plateaus mix with sharp cliffs, and the stark beauty is interrupted by sprawling lakes. The scenic vistas get even more gorgeous…

Sorcerer of the Wildeeps Is an Epic Fantasy Unlike Anything You’ve Read Before

We’re living in an exciting era for fantasy literature, with a lot of really interesting approaches to magical worldbuilding. But I’ve still never read anything quite like Kai Ashante Wilson’s novella Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, which was part the first batch of Tor.com’s new line of short novels recently. [Full disclosure: Tor is also my…