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Uber’s New Privacy Policy Has a Hilarious Loophole

In case you haven’t already switched to a new method of getting around town, this might help to cement your decision. Uber has published an update to its privacy policy and it includes a loophole so wide you can drive an entitled black SUV through it. Only a day after BuzzFeed published a report that…

Privacy & Security Alissa Walker

Rosetta Is Sending Back Intriguing Data on the Origins of Earth’s Water

While you were worrying about Philae’s landing, the spacecraft Rosetta has been patiently circling the comet, doing its own science. And it’s just dropped some intriguing results into the big debate over how Earth got its water. In case you’re just, ahem, wading in, the origin of Earth’s water has been a great, unsolved scientific…

Space & Spaceflight Sarah Zhang

Big wing, mostly black, all brick, this is the Lego Batmobile

Clayton Marchetti has shared this awesome rendition of the 1943 Batmobile that was the first to grace the cover of a Batman comic. It was destroyed just 3 pages after its introduction in Batman #5 but this was the first proper big wing, gadget equipped Batmobile. This build is a great homage to that car.…

Tech News Michael Schulte

The Inherent Problem With Found Footage Movies

Is the era of shaky cameras, weirdly-framed close ups, and Real World-style chats with the screen really finally coming to an end? Or are found footage movies here to stay? Either way, the genre has a problem. In response to the question raised in this movie review, of whether the latest V/H/S movie was finally…

io9 Ria Misra

Barbie F*cks It Up Again

I recently paid a visit to my sweet friend Helen Jane and was excited to find this book at her house. (The second book of the “2 Books in 1!” is “Barbie [i can be…] an Actress.” We’ll get to that later.) Helen Jane has two little girls under the age of six. I have…

Books & Comics Pamela Ribon

Netflix is Finally Coming To Australia and New Zealand in March

Netflix is coming to Australia and New Zealand this March. And the company announced its expansion with a rather strange tweet. Get it? Because they’re on the other side of the world and thus upside down. Get it? Australians are known as the world’s most notorious pirates, so it will be interesting to see if…

Tech News Matt Novak

Pusha T Hates on Apple Watch in New Kanye-Produced Track “Lunch Money”

Pusha T is coming out of the gate with a little Apple Watch hate. Here, right in the first few bars of the new Kanye West-produced “Lunch Money,” he delivers a punchline at the expense of the Apple Watch: Mami tryna land a Sinatra/So she don’t fuck n****s with Apple Watches/Cuz Rolex shoppin’ is more…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Peter Capaldi Turned Down The Chance To Audition For The Eighth Doctor

Back when Doctor Who was coming back from oblivion as an American TV movie in 1996, Peter Capaldi was asked to audition for the role of the Eighth Doctor, and he turned it down… because he knew he wouldn’t get it. Watching the video above, everybody seems as surprised as we are to hear this.…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Now This Is The Episode Of Star Wars Rebels We’ve Been Waiting For

Thus far, Star Wars Rebels has been a very good show. It has great writing, fun fight sequences, and a strong sense of what made the original trilogy so appealing. But this week’s episode adds something more: the beginning of a larger arc, one that could start to pull our heroes into a fuller Rebellion.…

io9 Lauren Davis

Every Era Of Batman Will Be Acknowledged In Lego Batman Spinoff Movie

The Lego Batman spinoff from The Lego Movie is going to be amazing, because not only will it star Will Arnett’s amazing Bat-voice, but also because the film will recognize every film iteration of Batman from the past. Thank goodness Lego Movie writers and directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller are attached to the Batman…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Watch This Gigantic Wall of Snow Engulf Buffalo, New York

This snow storm is so intense that it looks like a thick, dense cloud has blanketed part of the city of Buffalo. And that’s what’s extraordinary about it. This is an intensely localized storm, which dumped several feet of snow on just one narrow slice of the city. Ferociously tiny snowstorms like this are caused…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Has an App Ever Made You Feel Special?

Last night, I experienced a moment of pure wonder. It felt like it was meant for me. Sick in bed, still coughing and sneezing at 3AM, I absentmindedly checked my smartphone. To my astonishment, a tiny blue spark appeared on my screen. Tapping it, my phone became a window into a miniature world worthy of…

Tech News Sean Hollister

Gross: A single 10-second kiss can transfer 80 million bacteria

Kissing is disgusting: A poorly choreographed ritual of bad breath, awkward eye contact, and slobbery after-drool. Now, to make it even worse, a new study from the Netherlands has determined how many cooties move from one mouth to another during your basic smooch. And it’s A LOT. The study in the journal named Microbiome (of…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Which Winter Base Layers Should We Test?

After sleeping pads, I think our next comparison test is going to be winter base layers. Which ones do you want to see tested? What do you want to know about them?

Tech News Wes Siler

This Is What Cocaine Addiction Looks Like In a Transparent Mouse Brain

Last year, neuroscientists unveiled a remarkable new technique called CLARITY that makes whole mouse brains invisible. And now, they’re proving it’s not just a cool trick. A striking new video shows the complex circuits that light up when mice experience fear or cocaine addiction. Nature reports on a study led by Stanford neuroscientist Li Ye…

Tech News Sarah Zhang

Holy mother of God, check out the giant snow wall swallowing Buffalo

A wall of snow has swallowed Buffalo, New York, this morning. NOAA meteorologists say it’s a heavy snow lake effect. Check out the videos, plus the aerial photos (like the above posted by WBEN NewsRadio’s Facebook) and satellite images. Good luck everyone. Developing… [Update 14] Note: Check out this amazing map of the blanket of…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

The Odd and Mesmerizing Aerial Photos of Klaus Leidorf

Aerial archeologist Klaus Leidorf began taking these gorgeous, minimalist photos in 1989, while flying his own Cessna 172. He’s brilliant at capturing how odd our world looks when you get a different perspective on it from the air. You can find more than 2,400 of his high-resolution shots here, in this Flickr stream, or more…

io9 Vincze Miklós

Jimmy Fallon and the Roots own U2 in perfect cover of Desire

U2 was going to perform in Jimmy Fallon for the entire week. But, as Fallon explains in this video, Bono broke an arm this weekend and they had to cancel. Amazingly enough, he and the Roots filled in and performed Desire—one of U2 best songs, from the 1988 Rattle and Hum. It was as good…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Thermal Camera Shows What It Looks Like When You Pee Or Get Turned On

Have you every wondered what the world would look like if you could observe mundane tasks like smoking, frying an egg, kissing, showering, and eating in infrared Predator vision? This video uses a thermographic camera to show the heat emitted during various activities. BuzzFeed Blue started playing around with a forward-looking infrared camera (FLIR), and…

io9 Lauren Davis

When Singing to No One In Particular Was The Hot New Thing

Back in 1910 the highest paid singer in the world was blazing trails into the future. Italian opera singer Enrico Caruso reportedly pulled in a quarter of his $200,000 income (about $4.8 million adjusted for inflation) from singing to an audience of nobody. Which is to say, he was singing for recordings that would be…

Tech News Matt Novak

Uber’s New Privacy Policy Has a Hilarious Loophole

Rosetta Is Sending Back Intriguing Data on the Origins of Earth’s Water

Big wing, mostly black, all brick, this is the Lego Batmobile

The Inherent Problem With Found Footage Movies

Barbie F*cks It Up Again

Netflix is Finally Coming To Australia and New Zealand in March

Pusha T Hates on Apple Watch in New Kanye-Produced Track “Lunch Money”

Peter Capaldi Turned Down The Chance To Audition For The Eighth Doctor

Now This Is The Episode Of Star Wars Rebels We’ve Been Waiting For

Every Era Of Batman Will Be Acknowledged In Lego Batman Spinoff Movie

Watch This Gigantic Wall of Snow Engulf Buffalo, New York

Has an App Ever Made You Feel Special?

Gross: A single 10-second kiss can transfer 80 million bacteria

Which Winter Base Layers Should We Test?

This Is What Cocaine Addiction Looks Like In a Transparent Mouse Brain

Holy mother of God, check out the giant snow wall swallowing Buffalo

The Odd and Mesmerizing Aerial Photos of Klaus Leidorf

Jimmy Fallon and the Roots own U2 in perfect cover of Desire

Thermal Camera Shows What It Looks Like When You Pee Or Get Turned On

When Singing to No One In Particular Was The Hot New Thing

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