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Which Major Villain Will The Justice League Need Two Movies to Defeat?

Oscar Isaac talks Apocalypse’s powers in the next X-Men film. David Duchovny says he’s on board for the X-Files revival… with one condition. Sources claim Sinister Six is filming soon. Game of Thrones finally casts a character for a pivotal flashback scene. And Ray Palmer will visit The Flash. Spoilers now! Top image: Batman v.…

Nvidia GTX 960: Maxwell Power For a Reasonable Price

Nvidia’s new(ish) Maxwell architecture has come out in a few new cards already, from the budget 750Ti to the beefy GTX 980. The GTX 960 holds down the middle ground, with solid but not mind-blowing power for $200. Nvidia is pushing this a card for MOBA players, partially because those games somewhat lower requirements of…

This Destructive 3D Printer Is the Closest We’ve Come to Teleportation

Many equate the 3D printer as being the earliest form of a real-life teleporter—or transporter, if you prefer to get your science from Star Trek. The only problem is that you’re not actually moving an object from point A to point B, you’re just creating a duplicate somewhere else. So “Scotty” might actually be the…

An Illustrated Guide to Why Windows 10 Actually Impressed Me

Here is a tablet. A Surface Pro 3, to be exact. I’ve never really wanted a Surface Pro 3, but Windows 10 is making me reconsider. Let me show you why. Right now, this Surface Pro 3 has a pretty messy desktop. Those apps are just strewn all over the place. Not terrible if you’re…

Why Snow Is White Even Though Snowflakes Are Clear

When you look at pictures of individual snowflakes, the snowflakes are clear. So why is snow white and not clear? First, it’s important to understand what’s going on when we see certain colors. Visible light from the Sun or other light source comes in a variety of wavelengths that human eyes interpret as colors. When…

Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, the visual effects supervisor and second unit director on Snow White and the Huntsman, will direct the prequel, The Huntsman. Nicolas-Troyan replaces Frank Darabont, who left the project earlier this week. [The Hollywood Reporter]

Scientists Have Worked Out What the Mysterious White Mist On Coffee Is

If you’ve noticed a thin white mist clinging to the surface of your coffee—not the crema, northe steam, but a ghostly white layer just on the surface—you’re not alone. Now, Japanese scientists are beginning to understand where it comes from. It’s long been a mystery. First identified in the 1920s, it’s also been shown to…

This foam can raise and remove complete concrete slabs from sidewalks

Watch this high-density polyurethane foam raise concrete slabs thanks to the magic of physics. The foam, called PolyLEVEL, is applied through a hole drilled in the concrete, expanding under the concrete and pushing it up. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

Mega Just Launched End-to-End Encrypted Audio and Video Chat

Kim Dotcom & Co. has launched a new audio and video chat service, which it hopes will provide stiff competition for Skype. It certainly has one major selling point up its sleeve: it offers end-to-end encryption for all communications. The new service is in beta, but any registered Mega user can try it for free…

Hey, Want to Buy an Exploding James Patterson Book For $294,038?

For the low, low price of $294,038, you can read James Patterson’s next novel, Private Vegas, in an undisclosed location in the presence of a SWAT team. Because 24 hours after you start reading this copy, it will explode, Mission Impossible style. Image credit: pond5 / IrochkaT Patterson’s basically chalking this stunt up to the…

This knife thrower is so bad he almost killed his assistant

I’ve seen many knife throwers in my life but this participant of Lithuania’s Got Talent is really terrible. Two moments made me cringe: The first, when an errant knife sliced slightly one of the assistant’s fingers. The other, when another knife passed an inch away of his partner’s head. Here’s the entire show (in Lithuanian)—at…

Spotify for iOS Just Got Some Sweet New Touch and Gesture Features

Spotify has just announced some neat new touch and gesture features for its iOS app, that should make it easier to discover new music and build play lists. A new feature called Touch Preview allows you to press and hold on a track to hear a short snippet, so you can work out if you…

This is the biggest animated GIF ever

A few days ago, Grafitti artist INSA made a massive animated painting in Rio de Janeiro. Over four days he painted an area of 154,774 square feet (14,379 square meters) with the help of 20 assistants. The painting states were captured by a satellite to create this GIF, the biggest ever. SPLOID is delicious brain…

This Drone Crashed While Trying to Deliver 6lbs of Meth

The future of drug smuggling lies not with stomachs lined with coke-filled condoms or baboons ferrying floating smack balloon parcels, but with high-flying drones. Or at least, it would if the dealers could keep the things from crashing. U.S. border police on Tuesday evening received a tip off that a drone had crashed in a…

This Year Will Bring Not One, But Two Frankenstein-Based TV Shows 

It’s a transatlantic duel of the Frankensteins! In one corner, ITV’s Sean Bean-starring period drama The Frankenstein Chronicles. And in the other corner, Fox’s crime drama Frankenstein. Fight, fight, fight! The Frankenstein Chronicles recently announced a giant cast joining Sean Bean. Deadline lists them: Anna Maxwell Martin (Philomena), Charlie Creed-Miles (Peaky Blinders), Ed Stoppard (The…

Man turns plastic straws into perfect shrimps to catch cuttlefish

Watch this guy transform a simple plastic straw into a shrimp lure using just a pair of scissors. The result is so realistic that I’m not surprised cuttlefishes take the bait as if it were the real thing. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

This Telescope Is Shooting a Laser Right at the ISS

Who gave this telescope a light saber? Just kidding: this is, of course, the ESA’s Optical Ground Station telescope in Tenerife—in the process of laser tagging the ISS to establish a data connection. The experiment, which actually took place last October, was a proof-of-concept to show how laser links between Earth and space might work…

Dropbox is finally availablefor Windows Phones and tablets. You can download the app, which will work with Windows Phone 8.0 and 8.1, from today.

U.S. Senate Agrees Climate Change Is Real, 98 Votes to 1

The U.S. Senate has voted overwhelmingly in agreement that climate change is real, with a staggering 98 votes to 1. All that remains is for them to agree on the cause. The vote, Circa reports, was a non-binding amendment, to the controversial Keystone XL pipeline bill, which declares that climate change is “not a hoax.”…

You Can Try the So-Called YouTube Killer, Vessel, Right Now

Last week, former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar soft-launched his new subscription-based video website to content creators. Now, anyone can go and poke around and watch some video. https://gizmodo.com/hulus-former-ceo-just-launched-a-youtube-rival-1672229985 For now, you can get a single month of free access to explore what the site offers—just sign up for an invite here. Thereafter, it’ll cost you…