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A Whole Ton of Megaupload Data Just Got Obliterated

If you had your heart set on getting back some of the data you had stored on Megaupload, now would be a good time to stop hoping. According to Kim Dotcom, petabytes of user data have already been deleted off old Megaupload servers. Thousands of pirated movies cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.…

Tech News Eric Limer Jun 19 '13

Fugitive John McAfee Reappears In Crazy YouTube Video

John McAfee—founder of the McAfee Antivirus company—has reappeared again after escaping Belize’s police, who wanted to question him about the murder of his neighbour. He just uploaded this crazy video to YouTube, making awkward fun of his alleged usage of drugs, guns and intense sex life. https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-john-mcafee-wanted-for-murder-updated-5959812 Contains lewd language.

Sploid Jesus Diaz Jun 19 '13

Modern life moves way too fast, and we all take our pleasures sadly

Today’s XKCD centers on the human tendency to reflect on the past through an idyllic lens (or look toward the future through a foreboding, misanthropic one). It’s fantastic. Every day brings with it a new batch of innovation that helps us read faster, communicate quicker, assimilate information more efficiently, and travel more speedily than ever.…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jun 19 '13

Apple TV Just Got HBO Go and WatchESPN

Apple TV just plugged two very big holes in its streaming content: HBO and ESPN. The streaming box will now play content from the HBO Go and WatchESPN apps. And that’s good news for just about everyone involved. Apple TV has always been a very nice streaming box to use, but lately, it had fallen…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jun 19 '13

The First USB 3.0 Flash Drive That’s Small Enough To Lose

It was inevitable that USB 3 flash drives would eventually catch up to their USB 2 predecessors in terms of shedding excess weight, but it’s still nice to see I-O Data introducing what could be the smallest USB 3 flash drive now on the market. For a yet to be determined price, I-O Data’s U3-CPSL…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jun 19 '13

Vin Diesel tells us why Riddick is one big game of Dungeons & Dragons

Just how many hells did Vin Diesel have to crawl through to make a third Riddick movie a reality? And what sort of future epics about Riddick does Diesel plan to make? Here’s part two of our report on our visit to the Riddick set, focusing on our interview with the legendary Furyan himself. There…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Jun 19 '13

You Should Stop Using Your iOS-Generated Hotspot Password Right Now

The ability to turn your iPhone into a Wi-Fi hotspot is a fantastically useful little tool in and of itself. But Apple, being the generous overlord that it is, goes so far as to automatically generate a network key, keeping even the most absent-minded of Wi-Fi-beggared safe and sound. Or so we thought. According to…

Privacy & Security Ashley Feinberg Jun 19 '13

3D Printing Graduates from Plastic Chunks to Incredible Micro-Batteries

3D printing is great for building lifeless husks out of plastic, but soon we’ll be able to start printing guts as well. Scientists have figured out how to coax a fully functioning lithium-ion battery out of nothing but some paste, and those small batteries could have big applications. Developed by researchers from Harvard and the…

Tech News Eric Limer Jun 19 '13

Here’s the first smash-happy trailer for Hulk and the Agents of SMASH

Do you like smashing things? Do you like the word “smash” being repeated over and over? Well, then you have a fair to middling chance of enjoying Marvel’s new Hulk and the Agents of SMASH cartoon. Well, at least until you remember it’s also a “reality show” where the five Hulks live in one house…

Trailers Rob Bricken Jun 19 '13

These Miami Heat Fans Are the Worst Fans In the World

Hundreds of Miami Heat fans left the game early yesterday, as “their” team was losing against the San Antonio Spurs with 28 seconds left. But then the Heats miraculously tied the game—and the fans tried to get back in, pounding the arena’s doors and getting really angry until the police intervened. Miami won 103 to…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Jun 19 '13

23 Lighthouses That Span a Millennium of Sea Travel

For most of us, lighthouses are synonymous with trips to the shore. But for seafarers, lighthouses have represented a vital symbol of safe passage for centuries. In fact, they go back to 280 BC, when the famed Lighthouse of Alexandria was built—though lighthouses of the ancient world looked more like battlements than the candy-striped variety…

Tech News Attila Nagy and Leslie Horn Jun 19 '13

Holy crap, did the Enterprise just fly past the moon?

Romanian photographer Maximilian Teodorescu recently captured this dramatic photo of the International Space Station (ISS) as it drifted across the surface of the Moon. But looking at it a bit closer, you could be forgiven for thinking it was the starship Enterprise. Top image: Maximilian Teodorescu via Spaceweather. And indeed, the photo recently caught the…

io9 George Dvorsky Jun 19 '13

Nike’s Roving Laser Bus Created Soccer Fields Out of Thin Air

When you’re a kid, all you need is a handful of backpacks and crumpled up coats to turn an empty playground into a soccer field. But to promote its new soccer shoes designed for street use, Nike worked with ad agency DoubleYou in Madrid, Spain, to come up with a better way to create an…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 19 '13

The Man of Steel Easter Egg That May Set Up the Sequel

Anthony Mackie reveals his approach to his Captain America: The Winter Soldier character, while Idris Elba says Heimdall the Gatekeeper has a story in Thor: The Dark World. Pacific Rim screenwriter Travis Beacham explains how the tie-in graphic novel fits in. Plus hints about Under The Dome from the show’s stars. Spoilers now! Top image…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Jun 19 '13

Reclaim Your Privacy With Glowing Glasses That Foil Facial Recognition

In a time when it seems like the privacy we all enjoyed was just a smokescreen, it’s nice to know there’s at least one way to fight back against all the systems designed to keep track of our comings and goings. Developed by Japan’s National Institute of Informatics, these glasses include eleven LEDs that blast…

Privacy & Security Andrew Liszewski Jun 19 '13

The Science of Fire Breathing

It looks dangerous—because it is—but there’s more to fire breathing than meets the eye. In order to do it safely, you need to think about the science involved, and this video explains why. It’s not just a case of spitting out some fuel: you need to consider the volatility of the fuel, the oxygen in…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jun 19 '13

Bloomberg: Qualcomm Chips Are Headed For Microsoft’s Surface RT

Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft is planning to give its Surface RT tablet an overhaul using chips from Qualcomm. According to “people with knowledge of the company’s plans” some new versions of the tablet will used Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor—rather than Nvidia’s Tegra 3 chip which currently drives the device. Once source, however, suggested that Nvidia…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jun 19 '13

A Disturbed John McAfee Teaches You to Uninstall His Software (NSFW)

John McAfee is one weird guy, and this video only serves to bolster that reputation. Uploaded to YouTube last night, it’s a hilarious—and entirely NSFW—video which sees the man himself teach you how to uninstall McAfee Antivirus. The thing is full of bad language, misogyny partial nudity, drug references… all the kinds of things you’d…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jun 19 '13

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Benchmarks: This Thing Has a Face-Melting GPU

While most high-end Android phones currently sport Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 600, there’s another chip announced earlier this year waiting to hit the scene: the Snapdragon 800. Now, the first benchmarks of that new chip are in—and its GPU promises to smoke the competition. https://gizmodo.com/meet-the-new-crazy-fast-snapdragon-800-and-600-processo-5974003 AnandTech has a raft of numbers comparing the Snapdragon 800’s CPU and…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jun 19 '13

This Watch Will Tell You If You’re Too Drunk to Drive

Drunk driving is obviously super dumb, but it can sometimes be difficult to tell what kind of effect a beer has had on your body. Fortunately, Tokyoflash’s latest watch straps a breathalyzer to your wrist so you can keep a check on things. Blow into the sensor housed on the side of the watch and…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jun 19 '13

A Whole Ton of Megaupload Data Just Got Obliterated

Fugitive John McAfee Reappears In Crazy YouTube Video

Modern life moves way too fast, and we all take our pleasures sadly

Apple TV Just Got HBO Go and WatchESPN

The First USB 3.0 Flash Drive That’s Small Enough To Lose

Vin Diesel tells us why Riddick is one big game of Dungeons & Dragons

You Should Stop Using Your iOS-Generated Hotspot Password Right Now

3D Printing Graduates from Plastic Chunks to Incredible Micro-Batteries

Here’s the first smash-happy trailer for Hulk and the Agents of SMASH

These Miami Heat Fans Are the Worst Fans In the World

23 Lighthouses That Span a Millennium of Sea Travel

Holy crap, did the Enterprise just fly past the moon?

Nike’s Roving Laser Bus Created Soccer Fields Out of Thin Air

The Man of Steel Easter Egg That May Set Up the Sequel

Reclaim Your Privacy With Glowing Glasses That Foil Facial Recognition

The Science of Fire Breathing

Bloomberg: Qualcomm Chips Are Headed For Microsoft’s Surface RT

A Disturbed John McAfee Teaches You to Uninstall His Software (NSFW)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Benchmarks: This Thing Has a Face-Melting GPU

This Watch Will Tell You If You’re Too Drunk to Drive

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