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Superman Threatens to End Batman in the First Clip From Batman V Superman

Director Zack Snyder paid a visit to Conan last night, and he brought a clip—the very first from Batman v Superman. Suffice to say, it’s a pretty tense moment between the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight. Check it out! The clip appears to be the climax of the first major scuffle between Batman…

Movies James Whitbrook Jan 14 '16

Facebook Page Administrators Arrested in Egypt Over Fears of Uprising

As the fifth anniversary of Egypt’s 2011 uprising approaches, Egyptian officials have arrested the administrators of 47 Facebook pages that are run by members of the Muslim Brotherhood. Many of the 2011 marches, which ultimately culminated in the large-scale revolt that brought Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule to an end, were planned using Facebook. Now, Reuters…

Social Media Jamie Condliffe Jan 14 '16

There’s Ice Just Beneath the Surface of Comet 67P

A new study has shown that Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has frozen water just beneath its surface, which occasionally becomes exposed as a result of geological activity. The news shouldn’t come as much of a surprise: we already knew that there was water on the comet. A previous analysis of 67P showed that the cloud of gas…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe Jan 14 '16

World Health Organization Declares West Africa Ebola-Free

It’s been a long, hard fight, but the World Health Organization has finally announced that West Africa is Ebola-free. The Organization has declared Liberia as Ebola-free, according to the BBC, with 42 days having passed without any new cases of the disease being confirmed. Sierra Leone and Guinea were both declared Ebola-free last year. The…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 14 '16

Google’s Now Launcher Finally Forces Every Icon To Be the Same Size

Android app developers don’t always play by the rules when it comes to icon size, which can leave the home screen looking like a bit of mess. But now Google is forcing icons to assume a unified size, pleasing design pedants everywhere. Google has guidelines about icon dimensions for Android, but developers often ignore them.…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 14 '16

Siri Can Beatbox (Very Badly)

You can rely on Siri for searching the internet, sending a text message and, err, laying down some sick beats. Turns out that Siri can beatbox—just don’t expect too much from it. Ask Siri to beatbox for you, and it will spit out a loop that it’s “been practicing.” You’ll hear it repeat the phrase…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 14 '16

Yeasayer’s New Music Video Is a Space Mission Gone Very, Very Wrong

The experimental rock band Yeasayer has released the video for its new single “I Am Chemistry,” and it’s suitably strange. Imagine an animated version of The Martian with more dancing and hallucinogenic drugs, and you might not be far off the mark. The video was directed by New Media, and the single is the first…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 14 '16

Report: The Pope and Google Boss Eric Schmidt Will Have an Unusual Meeting Friday

According to The Guardian, leader of the online advertising world and CEO of Alphabet Eric Schmidt will have a “brief conversation” this Friday with Pope Francis, presumably not about moving the @pontifex Twitter account to Google+. Self-driving popemobile: more likely. The Pope meeting with major business leaders isn’t unprecedented. During his trip to the US…

Tech News Chris Mills Jan 14 '16

Samsung Will Help Qualcomm Produce Its Next-Gen Snapdragon 820 Chip

When it’s not churning out smartphones and giant tablets and uh, giant container ships, Samsung also does healthy business manufacturing microprocessors. It does such a good job, in fact, that chip-making rival Qualcomm will be using Samsung’s foundries for its next big thing. The Snapdragon 820 was announced late last year. It’s a chip you’re…

Gadgets Chris Mills Jan 13 '16

Apple Is Finally Improving Its Data-Munching Wi-Fi Assist

In iOS 9, Apple introduced Wi-Fi Assist, a theoretically good feature that defaults to cellular data when your wi-fi connection is sucking. Unfortunately, in doing so, it quietly went through my data plan without telling me. In the latest beta of iOS, Apple is fixing that. Kind of. Wi-Fi Assist is still present in iOS…

Tech News Chris Mills Jan 13 '16

All Hail Juno, Our Record-Breaking Solar-Powered missary to Jupiter

Juno broke the interplanetary distance record for solar-powered spacecraft on Wednesday morning. The Jupiter explorer is close to half a billion miles from the Sun, setting a new standard for using solar power for deep space exploration. The spacecraft crossed the record-breaking 493 million miles from the Sun at 2pm ET on Wednesday. This is…

Space & Spaceflight Mika McKinnon Jan 13 '16

‘Green Pea’ Galaxies May Have Reheated the Universe After Cosmic Dark Age

Swiss scientists may have found the answer to a troubling mystery about the early evolution of our universe. After the Big Bang, the universe cooled down for a billion years in a kind of cosmic dark age. But then it mysteriously reheated. Electrons and protons that had been happily joined in hydrogen atoms were ripped…

Tech News Esther Inglis-Arkell Jan 13 '16

What It’s Like to Be Behind the Wheel of Google’s Self-Driving Car

Yes, there is a Big Red Button for… something. Although plenty of journalists have been passengers in Google’s cars, Steven Levy is probably the first one to sit in the drivers’ seat. (Although, technically, aren’t we all passengers in Google’s cars?) Levy writes about his experience at Backchannel in a thoroughly entertaining (and very long…

Tech News Alissa Walker Jan 13 '16

These Frogs Do Awkward Dance Numbers to Find a Mate

Brazilian torrent frogs live near running water, which makes communication difficult. So the frogs have developed a broad repertoire of behaviors to tempt a mate and scare off rivals, according to Brazilian researchers at the Universidade Estadual Paulista, who just published their findings in PLOS One. The most common behaviors include loud mating calls in…

Biology Esther Inglis-Arkell Jan 13 '16

Architecture’s Top Prize Went to an Incredible Chilean Architect You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

The Pritzker Prize was announced this morning, an award many consider the highest honor for design. This year’s prize went to Alejandro Aravena, a Chilean architect you may not know—but definitely should. The Santiago-based architect is young as far as Pritzker laureates go (48), and he might not have a famous fire-igniting skyscraper to his…

Tech News Alissa Walker Jan 13 '16

Did You Forget What Marvel’s Secret Wars Was About? Let Us Remind You!

Marvel finally did it. Eight months after it began, Secret Wars came to a close today, after nine issues of reality-bending madness. No idea what the fuss is? Want to get in on the event that brought us an All-New Marvel universe, juuuust as it’s ending? What the hell happened to the Fantastic Four? Here’s…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Jan 13 '16

These Smart Glasses Are So Dumb They Make Google Glass Look Genius

Japan is one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world and home to some of the most innovative companies that have ever existed. But today was not its finest day. Tokyo is currently hosting the Wearable Device Technology Expo, and thanks to AFP photographer Yoshikazu Tsuno, we get to see all the gadgets…

Tech News Darren Orf Jan 13 '16

This Deadpool Billboard Is the Best Use of An Emoji We’ve Ever Seen

When it comes to film marketing, we’re used to seeing the same footage and images recycled in posters, trailers, commercials and more. But Fox is doing something different with Deadpool and really playing with people. In fact their latest billboard is one of the best ever. Comedian Patton Oswalt saw the above billboard in the…

io9 Germain Lussier Jan 13 '16

This Giant Spinning Windmill of Fireworks Gives a Spectacular Exploding Light Show

The maniac inventor Colin Furze cooked up a truly spectacular thing this time around: he made a giant firework wheel. As in, fireworks are attached to a wheel (not unlike a windmill) which is attached to a truck which is then all lit at once which is then spun around in circles which then explodes…

Sploid Casey Chan Jan 13 '16

Disney Gave PewDiePie a Giant Pile of Money to Give to Other YouTubers

In a flurry of buzzwords, YouTube star PewDiePie and Disney’s Maker Studios announced a partnership that brings us Revelmode. What is Revelmode? Well, that’s a little less clear. Revelmode is being called a “network.” Which is technically true in that the end result is a bunch of content creators working under a single brand name,…

Tech News Katharine Trendacosta Jan 13 '16

Superman Threatens to End Batman in the First Clip From Batman V Superman

Facebook Page Administrators Arrested in Egypt Over Fears of Uprising

There’s Ice Just Beneath the Surface of Comet 67P

World Health Organization Declares West Africa Ebola-Free

Google’s Now Launcher Finally Forces Every Icon To Be the Same Size

Siri Can Beatbox (Very Badly)

Yeasayer’s New Music Video Is a Space Mission Gone Very, Very Wrong

Report: The Pope and Google Boss Eric Schmidt Will Have an Unusual Meeting Friday

Samsung Will Help Qualcomm Produce Its Next-Gen Snapdragon 820 Chip

Apple Is Finally Improving Its Data-Munching Wi-Fi Assist

All Hail Juno, Our Record-Breaking Solar-Powered missary to Jupiter

‘Green Pea’ Galaxies May Have Reheated the Universe After Cosmic Dark Age

What It’s Like to Be Behind the Wheel of Google’s Self-Driving Car

These Frogs Do Awkward Dance Numbers to Find a Mate

Architecture’s Top Prize Went to an Incredible Chilean Architect You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

Did You Forget What Marvel’s Secret Wars Was About? Let Us Remind You!

These Smart Glasses Are So Dumb They Make Google Glass Look Genius

This Deadpool Billboard Is the Best Use of An Emoji We’ve Ever Seen

This Giant Spinning Windmill of Fireworks Gives a Spectacular Exploding Light Show

Disney Gave PewDiePie a Giant Pile of Money to Give to Other YouTubers

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