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What the hell did I just watch? [NSFW]

Directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (aka Daniels) had a huge hit earlier this year with their video for Dj Snake and Lil Jon’s Turn Down For What. And now they come back with this utterly surreal short film with insane CGI. [NSFW] FILMMAKERS is a series in Sploid where we feature the interesting short…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

Why Seeing Interstellar in 70mm Might Just Be Worth the Effort

With thousands of TV shows and movies available to stream at home, it takes more than just celebrities in a film to get people into theaters. You need to show them something spectacular, and for Christopher Nolan’s latest film,Interstellar, that meant shooting more than an hour of the movie with a 70mm IMAX camera. Making…

Movies Andrew Liszewski

The First Pitch For Interstellar: “We’re Not F–ing Going” To Space

Interstellar is an epic movie about space exploration with promising tag lines like “Go Further.” But in reality, the pitch that landed screenwriter Jonathan Nolan the Interstellar gig sprung from his fear that humans had peaked at one flag on the moon. Here’s our exclusive interview with Interstellar writer Nolan. Long before Christopher Nolan was…

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Of Course This Six-Figure Watch Was Inspired By a Space Captain Cartoon

You can say what you will about the subdued stylings of the Apple Watch, but deep down we’re probably all a little glad it perfectly married form and function—a balance that not all watch makers strive for. MB&F has just revealed its latest creation, the HM6 Space Pirate that more than lives up to its…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Gotham‘s Ben McKenzie Wins Most Clever Halloween Costume Of 2014

Ben McKenzie plays young James Gordon on Gotham, but for Heidi Klum’s big Halloween bash, he dressed as a more traditional version of the eventual Commissioner. The result is outstanding. I hope to god there’s an Easter Egg on the season one DVDs of McKenzie playing a few scenes in this get-up. Photo: Getty Images.…

io9 Rob Bricken

All the Science-Related Issues The U.S. Will Be Voting On Today

When voters go to the polls today, they will be confronted with 146 referenda and initiatives in 41 states and the District of Columbia. Among the measures are several related to science and the environment, including genetically modified food, hunting and disease research. The GMO labeling initiatives on the ballots in Oregon and Colorado have…

io9 Mark Strauss

You’re About to Have More Options Than “White Emoji” and “Racist Emoji”

Racial diversity amongst our emoji has been an issue for a while, especially now that more and more of our teens are regressing into a pictogram-only lifestyle (because words are dead). Thankfully, it sounds like the Unicode Consortium has heard our cries—diverse emojis are coming. And not the racist kind. While the new skin tones…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

Amazon Prime Gets Even Better With Unlimited Online Photo Storage

Amazon Prime, which we’ve often called the best deal in technology, just became even better thanks to a new cloud-based photo backup service called Amazon Prime Photos. The new service appears to work like many other online photo repositories: You’ve got the ability to add photos to you Amazon Cloud Drive from the web, your…

Commerce Mario Aguilar

Wearable Marvel Sleeping Bags Prep You For Some Really Heroic Dreams

If you’ve never seen or heard of the Selk’bag wearable sleeping bags before, you’re getting up to speed at the perfect time. You can think of them as a one-piece pajama for adults except with the same amount of insulation you’d find in a sleeping bag, so they’ll keep you extra warm at night. And…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

This is how much better Batman ’66 looks on Blu-Ray

The classic Batman TV show is heading to Blu-Ray and DVD for the first time next week, and to celebrate Warner Bros. have started putting out clips to show the extent of the quality coming out of the transfer process. Bat-Fans, prepare to Batusi with delight! It’s kind of amazing to see the quality of…

Tech News James Whitbrook

Should Boston Become A City Of Canals?

Boston, like a number of coastal cities, is facing a tricky problem in the coming years: Sea levels are rising, and rising quickly, leaving cities more and more at risk for intense flooding. Could building a canal system help keep Boston high and dry? A report from the Urban Land Institute takes on the question…

io9 Ria Misra

The Secrets Behind Harry Houdini’s Ten Greatest Illusions

There is an unwritten rule among magicians never to reveal how a trick is done. So when a 2004 exhibition explained Harry Houdini’s illusions, magicians around the world were apoplectic. David Copperfield called it a breach of magic protocol, and performers declared that they would boycott the exhibition. Many claimed to still use Houdini’s tricks…

Tech News Steve Wynalda - Listverse

You’re Going To Freak Out When You See Young Felicity Smoak On Arrow

We all know that this week’s episode of Arrow is titled “The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak,” and will reveal… well… the secret origin of Felicity Smoak. Turns out the computer whiz used to be a goth girl, but wait until you see her. I’ll say this: She looks Endlessly awesome. Ready? Yeah. Felicity is…

io9 Rob Bricken

Are Environmentalists About To Suffer An Epic Defeat At The Polls?

Today, the most expensive midterm election in U.S. history is wrapping up. Among the big spenders were environmental groups, who shelled out an unprecedented $85 million to put climate change at the top of the political agenda. Surveys indicate that, at least in the short run, they failed. The issue that has resonated most in…

io9 Mark Strauss

UK Security Chief: Privacy Has Never Been an Absolute Right

Major US technology companies are “in denial” as to how their services are being used by extremist groups, says Robert Hannigan, the new head of UK intelligence agency GCHQ. Calling out Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp by name, Hannigan has requested that tech companies be more cooperative in sharing user information, stating that “privacy has never…

Privacy & Security Gerald Lynch - Gizmodo UK

How to detect when someone is lying just by the way he talks

We all carry a portable lie detector at all times and it’s called ears. According to this Ted Lesson we can tell if someone is lying just by analyzing his language. This technique called “Linguistic Text Analysis” is based on the difference between how we structure sentences in invented and true stories. SPLOID is delicious…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

What Do A Pregnancy Test And A Roman Goblet Have In Common?

The Lycurgus Cup is a Roman goblet, recently found to make use of nanotechnology to change color. Know what else changes color? A pregnancy test! Amazingly, both of these objects use similar nanotechnology. The Lycurgus Cup Romans are known for two things: fighting and having a good time. The Lycurgus Cup celebrates the triumph of…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

HP Just Built a Gaming Laptop. Seriously.

Once upon a time, a tiny company called VoodooPC built some of the most incredible gaming computers around. Now, its owner HP is paying homage with the Omen — the first serious gaming laptop the company has ever made. No, the Voodoo brand is not coming back, and the Omen doesn’t offically have “VoodooDNA,” despite…

Tech News Sean Hollister

Chris Hadfield’s “Space Oddity” Is Back After Copyright Wranglings

Remember Chris Hadfield’s goosebump-inducing cover of “Space Oddity?” Well, after the Canadian astronaut’s one-year agreement with David Bowie expired this past May, the video — which had amassed 23,489,187 hits — was taken down from YouTube. Now, some five months later, it’s back. Here’s what happened. “When David Bowie wrote and recorded ‘Space Oddity’ in…

io9 George Dvorsky

The Internet Archive’s Free Online Arcade Gives You Over 900 Games

If you were planning a productive morning of work, you may want to reschedule: the Internet Archive has created an online arcade which lets you run over 900 classic games right there, in your browser. Not all of them work perfectly, but dammit, there are just so many. Scrolling through the selection on offer will…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

What the hell did I just watch? [NSFW]

Why Seeing Interstellar in 70mm Might Just Be Worth the Effort

The First Pitch For Interstellar: “We’re Not F–ing Going” To Space

Of Course This Six-Figure Watch Was Inspired By a Space Captain Cartoon

Gotham‘s Ben McKenzie Wins Most Clever Halloween Costume Of 2014

All the Science-Related Issues The U.S. Will Be Voting On Today

You’re About to Have More Options Than “White Emoji” and “Racist Emoji”

Amazon Prime Gets Even Better With Unlimited Online Photo Storage

Wearable Marvel Sleeping Bags Prep You For Some Really Heroic Dreams

This is how much better Batman ’66 looks on Blu-Ray

Should Boston Become A City Of Canals?

The Secrets Behind Harry Houdini’s Ten Greatest Illusions

You’re Going To Freak Out When You See Young Felicity Smoak On Arrow

Are Environmentalists About To Suffer An Epic Defeat At The Polls?

UK Security Chief: Privacy Has Never Been an Absolute Right

How to detect when someone is lying just by the way he talks

What Do A Pregnancy Test And A Roman Goblet Have In Common?

HP Just Built a Gaming Laptop. Seriously.

Chris Hadfield’s “Space Oddity” Is Back After Copyright Wranglings

The Internet Archive’s Free Online Arcade Gives You Over 900 Games

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