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Leica’s New Mirrorless Camera Is Brilliant but Back-Breaking

You have to marvel at the way Leica dives in to things unapologetically, even when its choices seem like those of a madman. Consider the Leica SL, an entirely new full-frame mirrorless camera. Bundled with a lens it runs over $12,000 and it weighs more than some small boulders. I got to use it for…

Gadgets Michael Hession Oct 20 '15

In 1948, the First Mass Fingerprinting Operation Snagged a Horrific Child Killer

It was an unbelievably monstrous crime: a three-year-old who was in the hospital recovering from pneumonia was snatched from her bed in the middle of the night, sexually assaulted, and murdered. It appeared the girl had been held by her legs and swung skull-first into a wall until she died. Who could have done such…

Tech News Cheryl Eddy Oct 20 '15

Ant-Man‘s Huge Chinese Success Could Lead To More Chinese Marvel Superheroes

Ant-Man just made its theatrical debut in China this weekend—and did rather handsomely for itself with a $43.5 million opening weekend, only beaten by Age of Ultron. But the success of the film also has Marvel not just open to bringing more heroes to China, but also lead to the creation of more Chinese heroes.…

Movies James Whitbrook Oct 20 '15

Gene-Edited Dogs With Jacked-Up Muscles Are a World’s First

Researchers in China are reportedly the first to use a powerful gene editing tool to produce super-muscled dogs. The goal is to create test subjects that mimic degenerative human diseases, but the breakthrough also raises the prospect of customized pets. A cheap and powerful gene editing technique called CRISPR is taking the science world by…

Tech News George Dvorsky Oct 20 '15

This 1950s Ad Showed the Sleek Future of Shipping Automation

What do ball bearings have to do with the future? Everything, if you believe these ads from the 1950s. New Departure-brand ball bearings ran a number of print ads to position themselves in the minds of consumers as forward thinking. Like in this beautiful illustration from 1956. The Modern Mechanix blog has this ad from…

Tech News Matt Novak Oct 20 '15

This New Venture Bros. Trailer Has Monarch Sex, Nathan Fillion, Questionable Timing

Perhaps releasing a new trailer for anything less than 24 hours after a new Star Wars preview drops is foolhardy, but The Venture Bros. are used to danger. This first look at the long, long-awaited sixth season shows the Ventures getting a bit of good news, the Monarchs having a bit of intercourse, and the…

Trailers Rob Bricken Oct 20 '15

HTC One A9 Is Like an Android-Powered iPhone, At Almost Half the Price

You’ve already heard the jokes about HTC shamelessly ripping off Apple with the design of its newest phone. The truth is, it’s even funnier to hold the new HTC One A9 in one hand and an iPhone 6 in the other. They’re hilariously similar—and that’s not a bad thing at all. There’s more to HTC’s…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Oct 20 '15

Menstruation: The Aftermath of an All-Natural But Ruthless Embryo Screening

Most animals don’t menstruate. If they don’t use their uterine lining, they simply reabsorb it. Only bats, monkeys, and apes take the drastic and seemingly-wasteful step of pitching out the entire thing. And humans toss it out more often than any other animal. This Ted-Ed video outlines one hypothesis for why menstruation evolved–it’s the aftermath…

Tech News Diane Kelly Oct 20 '15

The Secret of Gotham’s New Villain Is More Absurd Than I Could Have Possibly Imagined

Look. I know the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer dropped last night, and the last thing any of us want to think about is a new episode of Gotham right now. But we finally learned the true identity of Theo Galavan, and we need to take a minute to discuss how Gotham has…

Television Rob Bricken Oct 20 '15

Tell Us Your Stories About Your Worst IT Job Ever

SunTrust Banks recently laid off 100 IT workers, yet required them to “provide help if needed” for two years as part of their severance agreement. Does this not even surprise you? Computerworld reports on SunTrust’s wacko severance deal, which saw an estimated 100 experienced IT professionals lose their jobs. On top of having to train…

Tech News Kaila Hale-Stern Oct 20 '15

7 things you probably didn’t know about Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters is an absolute classic. Hilarious and inventive and so much fun, it’s everything you want to see in a movie. But like any movie, there were a lot of moving parts involved and things could have been a lot different: like how John Candy was supposed to be in it, how Slimer was based…

Sploid Casey Chan Oct 20 '15

Benghazi Committee Leaks CIA Source Trying to Prove Clinton Emails Could’ve Led to Leaking CIA Source

When you’re trying to destroy a politician by insisting that their careless email habits endangered national security, it’s best to make sure your own email security practices are on point. House Benghazi Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy learned that the hard way this week. Gowdy accidentally released the name of a CIA source when he published…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Oct 20 '15

Life May Have Gotten Started On Earth Almost Immediately

The ancient Earth was a pretty miserable place. But from this eruptive, radiation-blasted, asteroid-pummeled wasteland, life did arise. Now, scientists have uncovered a tantalizing clue that Earth’s first hardy colonizers appeared much earlier than we thought. A team of geochemists has uncovered a piece of what appears to be biogenic graphite — carbon produced by…

Tech News Maddie Stone Oct 20 '15

This Plug-In Puts Google Drive Inside Microsoft Office

The office suite wars continue apace. If you use Microsoft Office on the desktop, you’ll know Redmond’s engineers are very keen for you to turn to OneDrive for all your cloud storage and syncing needs. But a new plug-in brings Google Drive into the mix, too. Here’s how to get it up and running on…

Gadgets David Nield Oct 20 '15

Guardians of the Galaxy Is Beginning to Maybe Consider Being a Decent TV Show

That headline might sound like it’s being awfully snarky—and it kind of is—but at the same time, this week Guardians of the Galaxy actually took the first baby steps from being a lukewarm repeat of a fantastic film to being a breezy, fun sci-fi cartoon. All it took was finding a little heart to do…

io9 James Whitbrook Oct 20 '15

Buffeting Propellers with Supersonic Winds is Better with Lasers

1985: Adding lasers makes even a supersonic wind tunnel more awesome. In the 1980s, NASA engineers at the Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio (now the John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field) developed all sorts of propeller prototypes. In this particular test run, they bounced lasers off the blades to measure deflection while…

Tech News Mika McKinnon Oct 20 '15

Will Microsoft’s Hololens Also Get Some Imitators?

Microsoft has decreed that its Hololens AR faceputer is “the future of computing.” So you’d think PC makers would be rushing to create something similar. But many tech companies focused on VR, Microsoft’s been alone in its AR pursuits—until now. Rumors suggest Taiwanese company Asus may make a version of Microsoft’s PC future. Technology is…

Tech News Darren Orf Oct 20 '15

This Desk Is a Also a Playable Pipe Organ

This wooden desk doubles as a playable pipe organ: push in the various drawers and air flows into the wooden pipes. And if you play one particular song, it unlocks a secret compartment. Clues as to the secret tune can be deciphered by solving more than 20 puzzles incorporated into the desk’s design. It’s the…

Tech News Jennifer Ouellette Oct 20 '15

Table Tennis Notebooks Will Lead to Impromptu Office Ping Pong Throwdowns

If you weren’t lucky enough to land your dream job at a hip startup with free lunches and ping pong tables on every floor, Suck UK has your consolation prize with a set of three notebooks that double as a pair of paddles and a net for spontaneous table tennis matches. Each notebook is filled…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 20 '15

Here Is The Crowdfunded Film About Technoviking, One of The Most Popular Memes

The muscled figure of Technoviking is a significant part of the 21st century history of the Internet, you have seen him probably a thousand times, and you may wonder why only his blackened shape can be seen in the animated gif above. Here is why. The unknown German who was filmed in Berlin at the…

Tech News Attila Nagy Oct 20 '15

Leica’s New Mirrorless Camera Is Brilliant but Back-Breaking

In 1948, the First Mass Fingerprinting Operation Snagged a Horrific Child Killer

Ant-Man‘s Huge Chinese Success Could Lead To More Chinese Marvel Superheroes

Gene-Edited Dogs With Jacked-Up Muscles Are a World’s First

This 1950s Ad Showed the Sleek Future of Shipping Automation

This New Venture Bros. Trailer Has Monarch Sex, Nathan Fillion, Questionable Timing

HTC One A9 Is Like an Android-Powered iPhone, At Almost Half the Price

Menstruation: The Aftermath of an All-Natural But Ruthless Embryo Screening

The Secret of Gotham’s New Villain Is More Absurd Than I Could Have Possibly Imagined

Tell Us Your Stories About Your Worst IT Job Ever

7 things you probably didn’t know about Ghostbusters

Benghazi Committee Leaks CIA Source Trying to Prove Clinton Emails Could’ve Led to Leaking CIA Source

Life May Have Gotten Started On Earth Almost Immediately

This Plug-In Puts Google Drive Inside Microsoft Office

Guardians of the Galaxy Is Beginning to Maybe Consider Being a Decent TV Show

Buffeting Propellers with Supersonic Winds is Better with Lasers

Will Microsoft’s Hololens Also Get Some Imitators?

This Desk Is a Also a Playable Pipe Organ

Table Tennis Notebooks Will Lead to Impromptu Office Ping Pong Throwdowns

Here Is The Crowdfunded Film About Technoviking, One of The Most Popular Memes

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