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Explore The Empire’s Side Of Star Wars In Darth Vader’s New Comic!

The Rebels have had their turn, now it’s the time of the Empire to join Marvel’s new stories in the Galaxy far, far away. Plus, Valiant’s intriguing new sci-fi series about a Communist astronaut transformed into a god, a new Dresden Files story, and enough Graphic Novels and Collection to last you a life time.…

io9 James Whitbrook

Delta’s Facebook Page Just Wants To Talk About Bl0wjobs Right Now

Delta, Delta, Delta. The Jan Brady of airlines has fucked up again. Someone has hacked Delta’s Facebook page and is posting about blowjobs and worms. (No word yet on whether the hacker is a group of 13-year-old boys at a sleepover.) Just like its flights, its social media hack is gross, unpleasant, and amateur. IF…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs

Star Wars Rebels Reminds Us What A Badass Grand Moff Tarkin Is

Wilhuff Tarkin is definitely having a moment in the Star Wars Universe. The novel Tarkin revealed the biography of Emperor Palpatine’s most valuable military officer, and now Star Wars Rebels is reinforcing the idea that if one man could have snuffed out the fledgling Rebellion, it would be Tarkin. I must say, between the Empire…

io9 Lauren Davis

35 of Your Most Dazzling Photos Of Lights

So bright. I…just…can’t…look…away. Here are your entries to this week’s Shooting Challenge, lighting edition. Winner: Aspiration Used a 5DMarkII with a 50mm prime lens to take this shot, intending to show a thoughtful symbiosis between nature and technology. Jordan Pirch Lasers I recently received the Wicked Lasers EVO for a Christmas gift. My thought was…

Tech News Mark Wilson

What’s Your Favorite Olde Timey Slang?

I love old slang. And today I came across my new favorite phrase from the beforetimes. It dates back to the late 19th century, yet anybody from the early 21st century can easily figure out what it means: Got the morbs. Not only does it sound like it’d be right at home in our truncation-obsessed…

Tech News Matt Novak

Will SpaceX Launch And Make Its Historic Barge-Landing Today?

After tracking issues scrubbed the Sunday launch and bad weather blocked the Monday attempty, SpaceX is counting down to its first deep-space mission and second attempt at landing their Falcon 9 rocket on a barge. Watch it live here! Update: The Tuesday launch attempt is a NO-GO due to strong winds in the upper atmosphere.…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

Another One of the Most Popular File-Sharing Sites Is Getting Shut Down

After over a decade helping people download movies, music and other files, popular file-sharing service RapidShare will shut down next month, by choice. The site is advising people who use it to secure their data before it gets deleted March 31, 2015. Don’t know RapidShare? You might remember these icons from your Kazaa days: Switzerland-based…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

The Ultimate Photographer’s Backpack?

This new Aperture from Boreas offers all-round protection for your camera gear in an internal frame backpack suitable for long-distance outdoors adventure. It promises to be more versatile and more comfortable than anything else out there. San Francisco-based Boreas has been shaking up the backpacking backpack market over the last few years with radically simple,…

Tech News Wes Siler

Scrabble Twist Ditches the Tiles So It’s Easier To Play On the Go

If you’re hoping to quench your spelling lust while away from home, there are countless app versions of Scrabble you can download for smartphones and tablets. But Hasbro knows that part of the fun of board games is playing with others in the same room, so it’s created an electronic portable version of the game…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Why 2015 Is The Year Of The Spy

Spies are everywhere in pop culture right now, including tons of spy movies and TV shows. So why are we so obsessed with secret-agent madness? Is it nostalgia, or a reflection of new, real-life preoccupations? Here are all the reasons why 2015 is the year of the spy. So many movies Spies, secret agents, covert-affairs…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Tuesday Game Room: Evolutionary Edition

It’s a pretty exciting week in games, what with the release of not only Evolve, the new monster based competitive co-op game and new Nintendo hardware. What are you playing this week? Picking something new up? Come tell us in this week’s edition of Tuesday Game Room! What have you been playing this week? Aside…

Tech News James Whitbrook

How Much [X] Could You Eat Before It Would Kill You?

Toxicologists have a saying that “the dose makes the poison,” meaning that anything and everything can kill you in large enough quantities. So here we take five incredibly common (and usually benign) foods and household items to their illogical conclusion. Ever contemplated eating 480 bananas? Don’t do it. While we’re on that note, this isn’t…

Health Sarah Zhang

Report Finds Anti-Hacking Car Security “Inconsistent and Haphazard”

Senator Ed Markey recently asked all of the major car companies for information about how they protect drivers’ security and privacy in cars with wireless technology. The answers were not good. The senator’s report found that anti-hacker measures in nearly every single one of these cars were “inconsistent and haphazard.” That’s putting it lightly. Long…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes

Yes, It Matters If The Science In Your Science Fiction Story Is Accurate

There’s been a lot of debate lately over whether science fiction needs accurate science — or whether it’s even worth discussing the accuracy of science in science fiction. What kind of person expects a science textbook instead of just a fun romp? But as a new essay points out, this is really a matter of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Is the DIY Drone Movement About to Launch a Billion-Dollar Industry?

Back in the 1970s, hobbyists like Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak built homebrew computers that eventually fueled the lucrative PC revolution. Now, a new movement of hobbyists is trying to imitate this DIY strategy to jumpstart the drone industry. But can today’s calculated drone entrepreneurialism really be considered “DIY” at all? Chris Anderson has a hobby.…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Remote Control Fish Suddenly Make an Aquarium Sound Like Fun

An aquarium full of fish is basically just a nature-powered screensaver that you need to feed once a day. Wouldn’t it be more exciting if there was more interaction than just tapping on the glass? With Hexbug’s new Angelfish Aquabot, you can finally take control of your robotic underwater pet, and make it do more…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

This Printer Churns Out Complex Double-Layered Circuit Boards

3D printers are well on their way to eventually creating perfect replicas of almost any object we can imagine, as long as they don’t rely on any electronics inside to function. But devices like the new Voltera, a printer that churns out prototypes of complex dual-layer circuit boards, is a sign that this won’t always…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Sleepy Hollow Hopes You Like Thomas Jefferson And/Or Holograms

Thomas Jefferson was a pointed historical punchline in the first season of Sleepy Hollow, where Abbie and Irving enlightened Ichabod Crane about the dangers of lionizing his contemporary who had children with one of his slaves. In last night’s “What Lies Beneath,” he’s the hero. How heroic? Ichabod bows to him three separate times. Spoilers…

io9 Genevieve Valentine

I didn’t expect the twisted ending in this brilliant short film

I don’t want to spoil this brilliant short film by freelance London director Toby Meakins—starring Josef Altin, Pypar in Game of Thrones—so please watch it and try not to hold your breath. You won’t regret it. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Channing Tatum Could Have Been A Lot More Furry In Jupiter Ascending

We have an absolutely insane collection of Jupiter Ascending concept art that shows completely different concepts for the already astounding characters designed for this space odyssey. The Wachowski’s original vision for Balem (Eddie Redmayne) was bananas. Created by Aaron Sims Company, a concept design and visual effects studio in Los Angeles, you can see a…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Explore The Empire’s Side Of Star Wars In Darth Vader’s New Comic!

Delta’s Facebook Page Just Wants To Talk About Bl0wjobs Right Now

Star Wars Rebels Reminds Us What A Badass Grand Moff Tarkin Is

35 of Your Most Dazzling Photos Of Lights

What’s Your Favorite Olde Timey Slang?

Will SpaceX Launch And Make Its Historic Barge-Landing Today?

Another One of the Most Popular File-Sharing Sites Is Getting Shut Down

The Ultimate Photographer’s Backpack?

Scrabble Twist Ditches the Tiles So It’s Easier To Play On the Go

Why 2015 Is The Year Of The Spy

Tuesday Game Room: Evolutionary Edition

How Much [X] Could You Eat Before It Would Kill You?

Report Finds Anti-Hacking Car Security “Inconsistent and Haphazard”

Yes, It Matters If The Science In Your Science Fiction Story Is Accurate

Is the DIY Drone Movement About to Launch a Billion-Dollar Industry?

Remote Control Fish Suddenly Make an Aquarium Sound Like Fun

This Printer Churns Out Complex Double-Layered Circuit Boards

Sleepy Hollow Hopes You Like Thomas Jefferson And/Or Holograms

I didn’t expect the twisted ending in this brilliant short film

Channing Tatum Could Have Been A Lot More Furry In Jupiter Ascending

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