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5 Quick Ways To Free Up Space In Your Gmail Account

Google has boosted Gmail storage space by a factor of 15 since it debuted in 2004, but power users may still find themselves bumping up against the limit (and you now have to share it with Drive and Google+ Photos too). Here are some quick, easy tips for clearing out a significant amount of room…

The World’s Largest Floating Prison Is In NYC

Docked off the Bronx in Long Island Sound, the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center prison barge is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest operational prison ship in the world. Yet many New Yorkers might be surprised to find out it exists. The barge was built as a result of overcrowding…

An Exquisite Medieval Manuscript Shows Merlin Building Stonehenge

Stonehenge was as much a source of awe a thousand years ago as it is today. Historians and poets wove the mysterious circle into their tales of King Arthur, with one lushly illustrated book depicting the wizard Merlin as the architect. The manuscript is a 14th-century edition of Roman de Brut, a literary history written…

Old fighter jets always look the best

An impressive old photo of a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II trying to escape planet Earth. The two seat, twin-engine supersonic fighter jet looks more awesome and more Star Wars than the current stealthy, always-grounded F-22s and F-35s. At all that wear and tear is so beautiful. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff.…

There Is Some Hope That We Aren’t Living Inside a Computer Simulation

Philosopher Nick Bostrom’s famous Simulation Argument suggests it’s highly probable that we live inside a supercomputer. But one philosopher takes this hypothesis to task, arguing in a new paper that there are other post-human scenarios that need to be taken into account. Before we get started, it’s important to note that this discussion is limited…

LeapFrog LeapTV: A Wii-Plus-Kinect Mashup For Kids

Video games aren’t always suitable for young kids—some decidedly so. But try explaining to a five-year-old why the Xbox is a grownup device and you’ll end up in an endless spiral of “but why?” LeapFrog’s new LeapTV aims to change that, with a gaming console built just for kids age three to eight. LeapTV offers…

Deals: 15000mAh Anker, Game of Thrones Season 4, Kindle Paperwhite

Preorder the Games of Thrones Season 4 blu-ray to lock in your preorder discount and as always get preorder price guarantee. Just as with season 2, season 3 hit low prices before release, before bouncing back up for quite a while, and we expect the same pricing behavior from season 4. Guess you’re really gonna…

Nest and Friends Are Giving the Internet of Things a Fresh Start

A consortium of companies just announced a new wireless networking protocol for the home called Thread. It’s designed to help build low-power, wireless mesh networks so that devices can seamlessly connect to form a true internet of things. In a way, Thread promises to create little mini internet for your home. Based on the players…

Short Cartoon About An Origami Boat Packs All The Heart Of A Pixar Film

The sad and sweet short film Origami may be 2D-animated, but its subject, a paper boat living in a toy store, is perfect for a Pixar film, especially when the little boat embarks on a grand journey. Visual development and story artist David Pavón wrote and directed Origami as his graduation film, and it has…

12 More Viral Photos That Are Lying to You

One fake, two fakes. Red fakes, blue fakes. Today we’ve got more fake images that you may have seen recently on Twitter, Facebook, or wherever else you get your daily dose of pixel-based newstainment. No, that supermoon isn’t real. No, that’s not what happens when sand is struck by lightning. And no, that’s not a…

New Power Rangers Movie Gets X-Men: First Class Writers; May Be Good?!

Whoa. Looks like Lionsgate is taking their Power Rangers movie reboot pretty seriously. The studio has hired X-Men: First Class scribes Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz to handle the script, while uber-producer Roberto Orci has come on board as an executive producer. Regardless of whatever you think of X-Men: First Class — or how dire…

What’s Your Worst Cable Customer Service Horror Story?

After reading aboutRyan Block’s Comcast customer service horror storylast night, quite a few of you came out to offer you support in the form of some hearty commiseration. So to continue the healing, tell us, what’s the worst cable customer service experience you’ve ever head? It’s ok—this is a safe space. We already know you’ve…

Planet Of The Apes Director Reveals What’s Next For The Apes

Now that Dawn of the Planet of the Apes has blown everybody’s mind, what happens next? Director Matt Reeves, who is both writing and directing the untitled Apes sequel, has a few ideas. And he shared them with us, in our exclusive interview. This is thesecond half of our two-parter interview with Reeves. Previously we…

Impossibly Adorable Glassware Inspired by Winnie the Pooh’s Antics

Science hasn’t gotten around to officially proving it just yet, but everyone knows it’s all but impossible to hate Winnie the Pooh. Even though the yellow bear’s admitted to stealing honey, harassing rabbits, promoting obesity, and other antics—that the designers at Nendo have captured in this adorable glassware collection featuring sculpted silicone lids and coasters.…

The Least Stupid Way to Type On a Smartwatch

If you really need to type on your smartwatch (you don’t) there’s finally a solution (that you should avoid needing). Minuum, the premier super tiny keyboard, is coming to Android Wear and from the demo reel, it doesn’t look half bad. Minuum’s style of hyper-predictive, low-profile keyboard was basically screaming for smartwatch integration, so this…

Studio Ghibli’s beautiful new film The Tale of Princess Kaguya will come to America on October 17th, with the voice of Chloe Moretz as Kaguya. Based on the classic Japanese folk tale of the bamboo cutter, Kaguya was directed by Isao Takahata and will be released by Gkids, likely just in time for awards consideration.…

A Sunken Nazi Sub Has Been Discovered Off The Texas Coast

In a shocking reminder of how close the Second World War came to America, a German U-boat has been discovered by marine archaeologists working off the shores of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. That Nazi subs once prowled the Gulf of Mexico may come as a bit of surprise to Americans. “And there’s a…

Russia’s Military Is Getting Killer Wall-E Robot Soldiers in 2018

Russia’s newest line of robotic soldiers took part in their first wargames recently. They may look suspiciously like Wall-E, but Russia’s Platform-M isn’t nearly as benevolent. The robotic combat platform has been developed the Progress Scientific Research Technological Institute of Izhevsk, which describes it as such: Platform-M is a universal combat platform. It is used…

How Game of Thrones Made Last Season’s Most Fantastical Fight Look Real

Game of Thrones is known for many things: complex fictional geopolitical intrigue, incest rape, sexposition. The popular HBO show is also known for its high-end production, and season four’s thrilling snow-covered finale fight scene is no exception, with the remarkable special effects that have become a hallmark of the show. Here’s now they did it.…

Why Do You Always End Up In The Slowest Line?

Mathematicians have confirmed what you, in your heart of hearts, have long suspected: The odds of picking the quickest line really are stacked against you. Over at Wired, Adam Mann is taking a look at the elements of queueing theory that explain just why it’s so hard to pick the quickest moving line in the…