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Sad news: Daniel Fleetwood, a Star Wars fan who suffered from spindle cell sarcoma, has passed away. Over the past week Daniel has been the subject of a social media campaign to petition Disney for a special screening of The Force Awakens for him, which took place last Thursday. He was 32.

Krysten Ritter Kicks All The Butt In This Amazing New Jessica Jones Trailer

It’s not long before we get the whole series to gorge on, but for now, we’ll happily take this kickass trailer for Jessica Jones. Krysten Ritter kicking butt? Check. David Tennant being mysterious and creepy as hell? Double check. And there’s a whole lot more! This trailer is pretty much all-new footage from the series,…

Dammit, Starz’ Miriam Black TV show adaptation seems to be dead. Author Chuck Wendig just gave notice that Starz had chosen not to bring his foul-mouthed, self-destructive, mystical death-seer to series. Although Wendig does have some good news—the last four books in the Blackbirds series will arrive in rapid succession, beginning March 2017. Contact the…

Alienware Steam Machine Review: PC Gaming With Console Comforts

Steam is a massive online gaming platform that reaches 100 million players worldwide. Now, Valve, the company behind Steam, along with a litany of hardware makers (in this case Dell/Alienware) wants to go head-to-head with Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft. This home console is its new contender. It’s got a controller that makes PC games feel…

Excavation of 15th Century Church in the Tropics Reveals a Fallen City’s Dark History

Archaeologists digging in the ruins of Cidade Velha, the once-thriving city on the Cabo Verde islands off the west coast of Africa have found the oldest Christian church in the tropics, and the horrible reason why the city was once so rich. Cidade Velha was at one point the second richest city in the Portuguese…

Crazy drone footage of a sinkhole that swallowed cars looks like a disaster movie

A parking lot outside an IHOP in Meridian, Mississippi collapsed the other day leaving a nearly 400 foot by 35 foot gash that swallowed around a dozen cars. Authorities don’t know whether it’s a sinkhole that opened up or a drain collapse that caused the ground to give out like that. They don’t think it’s…

Warpo’s Latest Toy Is a Creepy, Cuddly Krampus

We’re getting closer to Christmas—for many, that means presents, and for the young and young at heart, Santa. But now Santa’s fiendish friend from folklore is getting the spotlight in this adorable new plush toy from Warpo—the team behind the retro Legends of Cthulhu figures. And we’ve got an exclusive first look! Like Legends of…

More Star Wars Hints and Clues Than You Can Shake A Lightsaber At!

Anthony Mackie teases the political bent of Civil War. Is Hugh Jackman part of reshoots for Deadpool? Melissa Benoist talks about Superman appearing on Supergirl. Plus, Arrow teases more mysteries, and what’s to come on The Flash, iZombie, Doctor Who and The Walking Dead. To me, my Spoilers! Star Wars: The Force Awakens Over the…

You Can Pre-Order Samsung’s $100 VR Headset Right Now

You can now pre-order Samsung’s Gear VR headset—the device that looks like it may finally push VR into the mainstream—from Best Buy for $100. If you’re clamouring for some VR, you can head over to Best Buy now and pre-order one of the devices right away. The retailer gives an official release date for the…

The Battle to Finally Understand Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

How can you do medical research on chronic fatigue syndrome when divisions between patients, doctors and researchers are almost as chronic and painful as the disease itself? Virginia Gewin reports on new hopes of reconciliation. In the summer of 1989, Leonard Jason fell ill with the worst sore throat of his life. He couldn’t shake…

The HTC One A9’s price is up and down like a yo-yo. After starting life at $400 then jumping up to $500, it’s now on sale in the HTC online store for $400 once more. Whether you wanna buy the thing, though, is another matter entirely.

Interactive Visualization Shows How Your Day Compares to Everyone Else’s

Sometimes at the end of long, hard week, it’s easy to wallow in self pity: “I doubt many people have it this hard,” you think to yourself. But this interactive visualization can help you see just how many people share your experiences of day-to-day life. Put together by Nathan Yau, the charts make use of…

How Netflix Could’ve Looked in the 1950s

The Phlico Predicta was a TV that, in design terms at least, was way ahead of its time. But what if it had come loaded with Netflix? Well, that’s what a bunch of Netflix engineers wondered, too—so they decided to adapt one of the 1950s TV sets so that they could watch the streaming service…

These Are the Best Architectural Images of the Year

The winners of the 2015 Arcaid Images Architectural Photography Awards were announced last week as part of the the World Architecture Festival—and the results are predictably stunning. The image above, shot by Fernando Guerra, took first prize. It shows the vibrant orange, yellow and green hues of the EPFL Quartier Nord, a new mixed-use building…

Time Warner Cable Trialling Roku in Place of Cable Boxes From $10 Per Month

Time Warner Cable has announced that it’s going to perform a trial run in which it will allow customers in New York City and New Jersey to use a Roku instead of its usual cable box. Users will be able to access up to 300 live TV channels and 20,000 On Demand choices through the…

Tim Cook: We May Make a Medical Product, But It Isn’t the Apple Watch

Apple may make a medically approved device, but it won’t be the Apple Watch. At least that’s a according to Tim Cook in an interview with The Telegraph. In the interview, Cook explained that the disruption that FDA accreditation would cause to the product release cycle of the wearable would ultimately put him off having…

How Computers Broke Science—and What We Can Do to Fix It

Virtually every researcher relies on computers to collect or analyze data. But when computers are opaque black boxes that manipulate data, it’s impossible to replicate studies – a core value for science. Reproducibility is one of the cornerstones of science. Made popular by British scientist Robert Boyle in the 1660s, the idea is that a…

Sony Only Just Got Round to Killing Betamax

You’ve got to give Sony full marks for effort: despite the fact that Betamax has been a running joke for about two decades, the company is only officially killing the dead format just now. The last Betamax products you can buy are a couple of tapes, since the last recorders were discontinued in 2002. It’s…

This Giant LEGO TARDIS Is a Shameless Ad and I Don’t Care

This life-size LEGO TARDIS is not a thing that you will ever buy, or touch, or see. It’s really just a reminder of the hundred-dollar LEGO sets you should probably buy your kids. But I still love it wholeheartedly. The giant TARDIS was made with help from a bunch of fans at the BRICK show…

These Bluetooth Headphones Custom-Fit To Your Ears in Under a Minute

Custom-fit headphones are the kind of thing that sound like a ridiculous extravagance, right up until the moment when you get your first pair. Unfortunately, that moment normally involves hundreds of dollars and a lot of inconvenience. Well, it used to. Revols is a Canadian startup with a neat concept: Bluetooth headphones with a new…