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Watch a sneak peek from the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. premiere

In this clip from the pilot episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen) is reluctant to return to the field, and so Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) turns on the charm to pull her from S.H.I.E.L.D.’s bureaucratic basement. Come on, Agent May, how can you resist that Whedony dialogue? Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. premieres Tuesday,…

Television Lauren Davis

Explore the Galápagos Islands on Google Street View

Google Maps has taken us into the Grand Canyon, to Japan’s abandoned Battleship Island, and under the sea, and now it allows us to venture to the Galápagos from the comfort of our desks. https://gizmodo.com/wow-so-google-street-view-is-now-available-for-the-gra-5980888 https://gizmodo.com/japans-abandoned-battleship-island-is-now-on-google-st-619013477 https://gizmodo.com/google-launches-underwater-street-view-blows-everyones-5946618 This post may take a while to load, but there is some fun Google Street View goodness below.…

io9 Lauren Davis

Eric Schmidt Says Government Surveillance Is Just Part of Our Society

Since the whole PRISM thing blew up, and dozens of other Snowden revelations followed it, there’s been a lot of talk about government spying—foreign stuff and domestic survellience—and what these revelations mean. According to Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt, not much; this is just part of our society now. In an event hosted by the…

Tech News Eric Limer

Justin Bieber is probably joking about being in Batman/Superman

Justin Bieber has caused a bit of a stir after posting this image of a Batman vs. Superman script to his Instagram feed. Don’t fret, non-Beliebers, it’s very likely just a joke. Update: Yup, a joke. Bieber added the hashtag #robin? to his Instagram post, which is pretty amusing since the script claims to be…

io9 Lauren Davis

Who said “I Wouldn’t Have Fucked His Old, Ugly-Ass Mother” on live TV?

Yesternight, this former Pittsburg Steelers quarterback and co-host of Fox NFL Sunday said he “wouldn’t have fucked his old, ugly-ass mother. God dang. I got more pride than that” on live TV. Whose mother was that will probably remain a mystery forever. https://deadspin.com/terry-bradshaw-i-wouldnt-have-fucked-his-old-ugly-a-1313217518

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Two frightened dogs search for their home at the end of the world

During a thunderstorm, a lot of dogs may think the world is ending, but in Jen Lee’s webcomic Thunderpaw, two dogs are faced with a bona fide cataclysm. After being left in a car by their owners, they must gather all of their strength to survive the trippy horrors of the crumbling world and find…

io9 Lauren Davis

Meet Doctor Lollipop, the forest’s foremost unicorn physician

Kick off your weekend with a visit to Doctor Lollipop, unicorn physician extraordinaire. When a raptor ends up with a talking animal tummy ache, it’s up to Doctor Lollipop and a few friends to kick up a happy ending. Doctor Lollipop was created by Miss Kelly Martin and directed by Aliki Grafft for Cartoon Hangover.…

io9 Lauren Davis

Explore the World’s Best Museums Without Leaving Your Living Room

So what if you live nowhere near cultural epicenters like Paris, London, or New York? In this day and age, the wonders of human creation and artistic expression are never more than a few mouse clicks away. Virtual museums have been around nearly as long as the Web itself. Established in the dark ages of…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Glee actor will play the Flash on Arrow—and in a possible spinoff

Grant Gustin is going from Dalton Academy Warbler to Fastest Man Alive. Gustin has been cast as Barry Allen in the upcoming season of Arrow—with an eye toward spinning him off into his own series. Arrow spoilers below. https://gizmodo.com/the-cw-gives-the-flash-his-own-tv-show-launched-out-of-964666461 According to the Hollywood Reporter, Gustin, who played Sebastian Smythe on Glee, will appear in the…

Television Lauren Davis

Netflix Checks With Pirates to Decide Which Shows to Buy

The hardest part of beating piracy is finding a way to compete with free. Netflix does it by making things dumb easy, that and purposefully picking up shows that are popular with pirates. After the recent rollout of Netflix Netherlands, the company’s Vice President of Content Acquisition in Europe, Kelly Merryman sat down for an…

Movies Eric Limer

Legend of Korra kicks off season two with an hour-long premiere

This week in the world of cartoons, Legend of Korra is back for season two! In addition to TWO episodes of Korra, Avengers Assemble comes back from hiatus to gives us a full hour of new Marvel cartoons on DisneyXD. As always – minor spoilers ahead! Adventure Time – “Time Sandwich” According to Finn &…

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Watch This Historic Theater Transform Into The World’s Largest IMAX

Seeing an IMAX movie is impressive, sure, but what’s even more impressive is watching an IMAX theater get built. The world’s largest no less. It’s a feat. This timelapse from imaxmovies shows the entire process of turning Hollywood’s historic TCL Chinese Theatre—home to premiers like The King of Kings and Star Wars—into the worlds largest…

Movies Eric Limer

Here’s the First Short Film Made Entirely from Vines

You could say that every Vine is a six-second short film but Airbnb stitched together a hundred Vines to tell one story. Yes, there are some jump cuts and stop motion involved. Yes, there is an inspirational soundtrack. And yes, it’s actually pretty good. Called Hollywood and Vines, Airbnb offered up $100 of credit to…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: COMO PERDER

Natural Born Killers combine with Argentinean punk rock in Ariel Belziti’s meticulously, impressively hand-drawn, albeit unofficial, music video for the Utopians Como Perder (“Like Losing”).

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Watch iOS 6 Morph Into iOS 7 in One GIF

Things are going to change once iOS 7 hits your iPhone next week. Doesn’t matter if you’re buying the new iPhone 5C or 5S or not, all those icons you’ve gotten used to will morph into brighter, flatter and larger versions of what you know. Best part about this GIF though? Scott Forstall’s creepy smile…

Tech News Casey Chan

This Week’s Top Comedy Video: iPhone 5F

The iPhone 5C not cheap enough for you? Funny or Die says Apple should make a legitimately crappy phone called the iPhone 5F. All it does is play snake, tether, charge without a lightning cable and let you use your friend’s iPhones. You wanted cheap, right? The rest of this week’s comedy videos, including rejecting…

Tech News Splitsider

Can You Spot the Photographs Hiding in Plain Sight?

It’s not too difficult to find the still photographs in this video but some seem to pop up and surprise you when you’d least suspect it. This short little video created by mustardcuffins shows photographs that “skim across the skin of reality”. Awesome concept. [mustardcuffins]

Tech News Casey Chan

Most Beautiful Items: September 6 – 13, 2013

Sometimes you have a week that’s just so mind-numbingly long you just want to stare off into space. But if you’re going to stare, why not gaze on interesting buildings, pieces of art, and wonders of the world of design. We’ve got you covered with the most beautiful items of the week. Don’t You Wish…

Tech News Leslie Horn

With our tentacles we bravely fought

When the invaders breached our temples, we had to unbury the old weapon. It was our only hope. When its tentacles pierced the invading ship, everything inside would become food for its incubating young. Our final task, if we survived, would be to bury the remains before the next weapon was born. Aaron Limonick is…

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This Chipotle Ad has most beautiful animation we’ve seen all year

This Chipotle commercial almost just made us cry at work. Created by the folks at MOONBOT Studios, this animated masterpiece is one part Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, another part us never eating meat again. Did you SEE the cow’s eyes as the scarecrow worker boarded up its last bit of light? Dear god,…

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Watch a sneak peek from the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. premiere

Explore the Galápagos Islands on Google Street View

Eric Schmidt Says Government Surveillance Is Just Part of Our Society

Justin Bieber is probably joking about being in Batman/Superman

Who said “I Wouldn’t Have Fucked His Old, Ugly-Ass Mother” on live TV?

Two frightened dogs search for their home at the end of the world

Meet Doctor Lollipop, the forest’s foremost unicorn physician

Explore the World’s Best Museums Without Leaving Your Living Room

Glee actor will play the Flash on Arrow—and in a possible spinoff

Netflix Checks With Pirates to Decide Which Shows to Buy

Legend of Korra kicks off season two with an hour-long premiere

Watch This Historic Theater Transform Into The World’s Largest IMAX

Here’s the First Short Film Made Entirely from Vines

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: COMO PERDER

Watch iOS 6 Morph Into iOS 7 in One GIF

This Week’s Top Comedy Video: iPhone 5F

Can You Spot the Photographs Hiding in Plain Sight?

Most Beautiful Items: September 6 – 13, 2013

With our tentacles we bravely fought

This Chipotle Ad has most beautiful animation we’ve seen all year

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