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Cory Doctorow Is Here To Take Questions About Copyright And Creativity

What does creative success look like online today? Cory Doctorow is here to answer your questions about the state of copyright, the tangled possibilities of creative work on the internet, and just what the future might hold for them both. Doctorow’s new book Information Doesn’t Want To Be Free: Laws For The Internet Age takes…

Keep Your Sensitive Info Off the Lock Screen in Android Lollipop

Android 5.0 Lollipop revamps the lock screen so you can see (and deal with) notifications without having to unlock your phone each time—great! That also means that anyone who picks up your handset can have a browse through your notifications—not so great! Here’s how to make sure that nothing private shows up on the lock…

How did they make the multi-million dollar Lego Movie?

Phil Lord and Chris Miller sat down and talked with Al Moloney of the BBC about how they accomplished the filming of The Lego Movie. Though there were tons of Lego models and sets built for the movie, it is no surprise that most of it was done with CGI. The lengths they went to…

Martian Science Team Recruits Imperial Guard To Protect HiRISE Computers

The science performed by HiRISE, the telescopic camera on the Mars Reconnoissance Orbiter, is so important the research team recruited members of the Imperial Guard to stand sentry over their processing computers. Here’s a sample of incredible images produced by this well-protected instrument: The Imperial Guard on duty in the HiRISE office. Image credit: HiRISE/Ari…

The Undead Heroine Of This Webcomic Western Must Cause The Apocalypse

Two of our favorite webcomic creators, Anthony Clark of Nedroid and KC Green of Gunshow, have teamed up to bring us a hilariously absurd, apocalyptic fantasy western. It all starts when a gunslinger is raised from the dead and told she has to bring about the end of the world, and only gets stranger from…

The Major Toht Candle might just be the best merchandise idea ever

How has it taken this long for someone to come up with this? Get ready to re-experience the climax of Raiders of the Lost Ark as well as provide some mood lighting. A win-win situation! Although – slightly disappointingly – the candle doesn’t melt down to reveal the Major’s skeleton, the effect is still close…

What Is the Outernet and Is It the Future of the Internet?

For 60 percent of the world’s population, regular internet access is about as common as flying cars. Nearly 5 billion people today lack basic internet access either because they live in remote, rural areas or due to restrictive censorship on the part of the local government. But where the internet has failed, the Outernet hopes…

10 Facts That Everyone Gets Wrong About Vaping

About a year ago, a couple of good friends invited me to help them run a vape shop and eventual e-juice manufacturer in my hometown (Louisville, Colorado). We in this industry believe vaping to be potentially enormously beneficial to public health, and we’ve been dismayed to see it take a pretty stern beating in the…

The First Live-Action Cinderella Trailer Is Here And It’s Pure Magic

The first trailer for Disney’s live-action Cinderella movie is here, and it looks just about perfect. Our resident Disney-phile Meredith “Killer” Woerner dubbed it “everything a live-action Disney movie should be,” and I can’t disagree with her. Also, Robb Stark? MOST CHARMING PRINCE CHARMING EVER. Helena Bonham Carter makes a perfect Fairy Godmother, and Cate…

T-Mobile subscribers rejoice because starting today you’re able to buy Motorola’s wonderful, giant Nexus 6. If you want the Nexus 9 tablet for some reason, that arrives on T-Mo in early December.

JetBlue Seats Are About to Get Even More Cramped

It’s a dark day for personal space bubbles everywhere: JetBlue is about to cram 15 more seats into its Airbus A320. What’s more, after being one of the only remaining major airline holdouts, it’s also finally caving in and tacking on baggage fees. Delightful. The move comes in response to airlines’ ever-increasing financial pressures. But…

What In The Hell Caused This Enormous Flash Over Russia?

An ominous dash-cam video has captured an extraordinarily bright orange flash in Russia’s Sverdlovsk region in the Urals. Though the event was witnessed by many onlookers, there’s still no explanation for what appears to be a rather massive blast. The event happened this past Friday, November 14th. The video evidence: According to E1.ru, officials said…

Deals: Six Lego books on sale at Amazon

Amazon currently has several Lego titles up for grabs at a great discount. Most of these are older books but at 24-44% off, you can’t beat the price. The Lego Ideas Book – $14.09 (was $24.99) 44% off Lego Play Book – $14.87 (was $24.99) 40% off The Lego Book – $17.39 (was $24.99) 30%…

Walk All Over a Wookiee With a Chewbacca Rug

It’s been said it’s not wise to upset a Wookiee, but turning one of them into a rug, how could that possibly go wrong? You won’t find a more luxurious pelt in the galaxy, and unlike that gleaming white Wampa fur, you can spill all the Juri juice you want on this Chewbacca rug and…

What Are You Reading?

What’s on your reading list these days, and what did you just cross off it? Whether you’re currently working your way through some brand new fiction, a long-awaited classic, or even a stack of assigned textbooks, we want to hear about it. Tell us in the comments about the books you’re currently reading or just…

Behold the Internet’s Favorite Bathroom

Remember a few months ago, when we talked about the bathroom supply company on a quest to find America’s best restroom—a dubious honor—by polling the internet? Well, today they announced the winner, and somewhat ironically, it recreates nature around those who are answering calls of nature. After months of public voting, the winner is the…

Tywin Lannister Clears Up A Game Of Thrones Season 5 Mystery

We’ve known that actor Charles Dance, best known as the magnificent bastard at the head of the Lannister family, would be appearing in season 5 of Game of Thrones, despite his character’s recent… difficulties. In a recent interview Dance finally explained the deal, and it’s not what you’re thinking. While we all assumed Dance would…

The Current State of Smart Locks

I’ve been following the smart lock market with great interest. There are some odd ideas, common mistakes, and a lot of hyperbole, but also intrepid engineering, smart marketing and a level playing field. For the first time in decades there is serious public interest in locks and it’s pinging the historian in me hard. I’m…

Impressive time-lapse of the snow wall that swallowed Buffalo, NY

Meteorologist said that they have never seen radar images like the ones from yesterday’s snow wall that swallowed Buffalo, NY. The snow lake effect was caused by low temperatures now affecting the big lakes, part of a record-breaking blanket of freezing temperatures that covered 85% of the continental US. Here is the radar time-lapse that…

Painted Dogs Took Down A Pregnant Impala and Nat Geo Streamed It Live

In the run-up to Nat Geo WILD’s Big Cat Week, the network has been livestreaming video from South Africa’s Kruger National Park twice each day online via WILDSafariLive.com. Last week, viewers got a surprise: a pack of wild dogs brought down a pregnant impala. Fair warning: this video is hard to watch. On Saturday morning,…