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You Can Now Buy a SIM-free Unlocked iPhone 6 or 6 Plus From Apple

Apple is now selling contract-free iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in its stores and online. The 16 GB base model iPhone 6 will costs you $650; the iPhone 6 Plus starts at $750. Unlocked iPhones can be activated for use any carrier—AT&T, Sprint, Verizon or T-Mobile. They ship in 3-5 business day (compared to…

Electronic music explained with 13 pounds of white chocolate

Belgium online music platform Hello Play’s New Year promo video is a loose guide to the basics of electronic music. All the visual effects are made on camera using stop motion, 3D prints, and six kilograms of white chocolate. This is how they made it: SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or…

Is Sony Already Preparing Amazing Spider-Man 3 With Andrew Garfield?

Aaron Paul responds to the Star Wars rumors. Game of Thrones casting appears to confirm a major scene in season five. The first look at Lyndsy Fonseca in Agent Carter. And, what’s in store for the returning Flash, Arrow, and Agents of SHIELD? Spoilers now! Top image: Amazing Spider-Man 2 Amazing Spider-Man 3 We’ve heard…

Game of Thrones will be first TV show to be shown in IMAX. January 23-29, in over 150 IMAX theaters across the U.S., two digitally remastered episodes of the show will be shown. It will also be home to a special season 5 trailer. [Coming Soon]

Watch SpaceX Try and Land a Rocket on a Drone Barge (Update: Aborted)

Last month, SpaceX announced that it was going to try and land its Falcon 9 spacecraft on this drone barge. Today, that moment has arrived—and you can watch the attempt right here. If you think the challenge SpaceX has set itself sounds difficult, you’d be right! Indeed, the landing spot—referred to as the autonomous spaceport…

108 Things That Could Kill You (But Probably Won’t)

Risk is a very much misunderstood concept, and it’s important to remember that it’s not just a measure of how serious a problem could be, but how likely it is to happen, too. This video attempts to hammer that home, though the universal medium that is… song. It’s not dissimilar to the Periodic Table Song,…

BMW’s New Key Fob Is a Touchscreen Device in Its Own Right

With automotive gadgety getting ever more advanced, the humble key fob has been left behind—until now. Because BMW’s i8 plug-in-hybrid sports car now comes with touchscreen fob that lets you do far more than just lock and unlock your car. An angular construction of aluminum and glass, it house a 2.2-inch LCD screen that primarily…

This Is What a 70s Guardians of the Galaxy Cartoon Would’ve Looked Like

We’re actually going to get an animated Guardians show on Disney XD this year, but had the characters been in the very gifted hands of Hanna-Barbera decades ago, this is totally what it would have looked like. “Hanna Barbardians of the Galaxy” is by Jay Fosgitt, who explains on the work’sdeviantART page: The Guardians of…

The Future of Criminal DNA Collection in 2015

DNA can reveal an extraordinary amount of private information about you, including familial relationships, medical history, predisposition for disease, and possibly even behavioral tendencies and sexual orientation. While DNA testing in a criminal context has some benefits—such as supporting innocence claims—the mass, suspicionless collection, testing, and storing of genetic material from large populations creates a…

This Tiny Laptop Adapter Charges Two Other Devices At the Same Time

There’s a new challenger to the throne when it comes to replacement laptop chargers that are considerably smaller than the monstrous power adapters typically included with a notebook. And while the Zolt’s compact form factor makes it one of the smallest and lightest, what sets it apart—and ahead—of the competition is its ability to actually…

Two of the Big Wireless Charging Organizations Are Merging

There are way, way too many wireless charging standards, which is part of the reason that the technology is struggling to take off. Now, two of the competing bodies have decided to merge. The Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) and Power Matters Alliance (PMA)—that have spoken about working together before—are now becoming a single organization.…

This Shelf Puts Your iMac at Eye Level and Its USB Ports in Easy Reach

In an effort to keep its iMac looking as sleek as possible, Apple has tucked away its USB ports on the back of the computer, which often makes it a huge pain when you’re trying to blindly plug something in—that wireless workspace is a dream that just isn’t here yet. So Satechi’s solution is this…

A Drone Just Shot the Most Beautiful Footage of New York City

More proof that we are living in a future no one could have seen decades ago: this footage of all five New York City boroughs was shot with a drone. Not only is the final product breathtaking, so is the fact the high quality of the footage and the precision flying involved in getting the…

Oh, wow. The Hubble Space Telescope took a new look at the iconic Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula, and it is simply gorgeous. The Pillars of Creation in infrared. Image credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Get high-resolution versions of the optical or infrared image in cropped, full size, or…

Hands-On With a $6,000 Android Phone: An Overpriced Assload of Meh

Tonino Lamborghini is really good at making expensive things. For decades, that’s mostly meant cars—beautiful, beautiful cars that 99 percent of people will never even get the chance to sit in, let alone drive. But where these overly luxurious autos can inspire car envy, the Lambo smartphone, called the 88 Tauri, really doesn’t. So, I’m…

Sony Smart B-Trainer: A Walkman That Tracks Your Every Move

Sony’s showing off a new sports and training headset prototype that’s basically the waterproof, head-mounted Walkman the company’s beentrying to sell for a few years crammed with a heartrate monitor, GPS radio, and an accelerometer for counting your steps. The “B” in Sony Smart B-Trainer stands for “beat” and that’s intended in two ways. First…

Game of Thrones in IMAX Is Coming

According to reports, both the season five trailer for Game of Thrones and the last two episodes of season four will get a week-long run in IMAX theaters later this month. Yes, that means a jumbo-sized fight for The Wall. No, you shouldn’t feel bad about doing an excited little involuntary clap right now. While…

The Magical USB Port On the iStick Pro Drive Transforms Into microUSB

It turns out there are still some ways to improve a USB flash drive that don’t involve just cramming more storage inside. The iStick Pro, coming sometime in March of this year, features a Lightning connector on one end for attaching to iOS devices, and a wonderful transforming USB/microUSB connector on the other making it…

Fujfilm’s 16-55mm f/2.8 Lens Is an All-Weather Zoom With No Compromise

Probably the most common lens that pro photographers use is a standard zoom with a constant aperture. Up until now, Fujifilm has lacked such a lens for their X series of cameras. That’s all changing with the announcement of a 16-55mm f/2.8 lens to add to their already impressive lineup. As far as standard zooms…

The Gambit Movie Will Hit Our Screens in 2016 

Along with a bunch of other release dates, Fox has officially given us a release date for the Channing Tatum-starring Gambit movie: October 7, 2016. Presumably that means that they will start shooting some time soon, probably later this year. We know a very little about the film, other than Channing Tatum’s involvement and that…