Latest

Snapchat Is About To Become A Service For “Disappearing News”

Snapchat isn’t the most obvious place you would head to for your daily fix of headlines. But that might soon change. Snapchat is about to become a service for disappearing videos, news articles and ads. The Wall Street Journal reports that the startup has been talking with advertisers and media companies about a service called…

The Ships Gathered to Debate Their Next Move

We never quite knew what the Ships were planning, though they always seemed to keep us in mind as a benevolent afterthought. But when this many came together, something was up. Especially when the Evisceration Class vehicle arrived. Nicolas Bouvier is a concept artist living in Seattle, who has created art for videogames such as…

Girl transforms her mouth into cute famous characters with just makeup

Makeup artist Laura Jenkinson uses makeup to create adorable cartoon characters from our childhood on her mouth. It’s so creative, she uses her lips as a guide to draw the funny faces in. And it’s so perfect, the cartoons look like they’re just hanging out on her face. You can see more of Jenkinson’s work…

8-bit video game version of Sin City could have been 4-bit

Obviously, it’s not quite as stylized and sexy as the original Sin City but this 8-bit video game version by CineFix does a great job in mimicking the original by adding the perfect dab of color to accentuate the shadowy world of the graphic novel. The whole thing plays out like a comic strip. SPLOID…

HTC’s New One M8 Is Actually Coming To Verizon and AT&T

Earlier today we got a hands on with the new HTC One M8 For Windows, which we said was launching exclusively on Verizon. Now AT&T is announcing that it will also add the new One M8 to its Windows Phone offerings, although that’s pretty much all we know at this point—no price or date announced…

Why Saturday Night Live Is Still So Funny After Almost 40 Years

In his long and celebrated life, Saturday Night Live’s longtime announcer Don Pardo was sort of the ringmaster of the circus that is American comedy. He introduced Steve Martin and Bill Murray to America back in the 1970s. He introduced Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Al Franken in the 1980s. In the 1990s, it was Will Ferrell…

Watch A Facial Tracking Projection Turn This Woman Into A Cyborg

OMOTE is a real-time face tracking and projection mapping device, and it is awesome. Just take a look at this small demonstration video. It’s gorgeous and can function perfectly even when the model is moving about. Wonderful! The OMOTE can digitally paint on lipstick, eyelashes, gears, pivoting facial plates. It’s all immensely fascinating and absolutely…

Motorcyclist crashes, flips and sticks a perfect landing on a car’s roof

If there is such thing as a perfect motorcycle accident, this might be it: a motorcyclist crashes full speed into a car that’s changing lanes. That’s bad, right? The crash launches his body into a spinning mess in the air. That’s definitely bad. But yet somehow he manages to flip and land standing up on…

Are We On The Verge Of A Space Opera Resurgence?

The superhero boom is certainly showing no signs of stopping or even slowing. But could space opera be the next genre to take over our screens? In response to this post, on all the reasons to be optimistic about the coming onslaught of DC superhero movies coming out in the next six years, a discussion…

Clockwork Cylons? Looks Like Battlestar Galactica Just Got Steampunked

Yes, Battlestar Galactica has officially been has gone from 1980 to 1880 in Dynamite’s new comic. Plus Grant Morrison takes control of DC’s multiverse, Valiant’s Archer and Armstrong meet their match in Quantum & Woody, and so much more, all in this week’s comics. New Issues Dark Hose Presents 2014 #1 (Dark Horse) — Big…

Haim’s New Sally Jessy Raphael-Style Video Is Pitch Perfect

Haim just can’t move out of the shadow of the 80s. They’ve been compared to Wilson Phillips and lauded for their #dadrock vibes. So why not embrace it? Their new video is gloriously retro as only a sendup of a 1986 daytime talk show can be. The sisters teamed with A$AP Ferg (here’s a little…

Sharp Aquos Crystal Hands On: No Bezel, All Beauty

Japan and the United States build phones differently. In the U.S. we want better performance, more dazzling displays, and faster processors. Japan just makes the thing look awesome. And not many have done it better than Sharp. Sharp’s new Aquos Crystal is the most recent example of this design philosophy. But this time, this smartphone…

How Long Will CDs Actually Last?

Once upon a time, CDs were a shiny new technology with a promise of lasting (nearly) forever. In those halcyon days of the 1990s, museums and symphonies began transferring their archives to CDs—a decision that in retrospect may not have been so wise. The catch is that some CDs are durable and others are not;…

How an 80s Book for Kids Predicted Today’s Spy Satellites and Cyberwars

Back when I was a kid in the 1980s and 90s I assumed that one day governments would be able to spy on anyone from space. Where did I get this idea? From the odd sci-fi movie or three. As well as books like Future War and Weapons by Neil Ardley from 1981. The unnerving…

Twitter’s Officially Filling Your Timeline With People You Don’t Follow

Over the weekend, we caught wind that Twitter was testing some new ways of showing you tweets in your timeline, specifically from folks that you don’t actually follow. It turns out this is official policy. Get ready to see a lot of stuff you didn’t ask for. Quartz reports that Google updated the FAQ section…

Netflix has agreed to pay Time Warner Cable for guaranteed access to broadband—similar to the deal Netflix already has with Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T. Call it a domino effect, but the agreement—reached reluctantly on Netflix’s part—will ensure the cable provider delivers on its bandwidth promises for streaming video. [Variety]

Hive-Inspired Buildings Would Be Comfy Homes For Gigantic Bee Monsters

Many architects are inspired by nature, and some look to beehives to inform their designs—with hive-shaped buildings, honeycomb motifs, and undulating walls. When the bee-shaped aliens descend upon the Earth, we will have the proper accommodations. These traditional Syrian beehive houses, designed to keep the heat out with their mud brick walls and an oculus…

Hacking Into Traffic Lights With a Plain Old Laptop Is Scary Simple

The idea that our traffic data systems are vulnerable is not a new one. In fact, improving cyber security on our nation’s infrastructure is a huge priority right now. But a new study from the University of Michigan on the vulnerabilities of traffic lights is shocking proof that we need to make some major changes,…

When You’re Being Chased By A Zombie, You Don’t Want To Be Put On Hold

A fellow has a nighttime encounter with a zombie and fortunately, he manages to track down a phone booth. Unfortunately, when he dials for help, he finds himself sent to an automated phone messaging system. Does this mean he’s doomed? The short horror comedy Dring of the Dead was written and directed by Gael Pouvreau…

Superman Lives Documentary Trailer Reveals The Mad Tim Burton Superman

Superman Lives, the Nic Cage and Tim Burton superhero movie that never was, is getting its very own documentary. And the second comic book monster-filled documentary trailer is out, revealing only more madness and additional shots of Superman’s light up, disco super suit. Jon Schnepp’s The Death of Superman Lives documentary is rolling forward, promising…