Latest

Facebook Messenger users on Android can now enjoy free VoIP in the US.

Datamosh Your Photos With This Glitch Art App

The chillwave vibes of Instagram filters like Rise and X-Pro II are almost unfailingly charming, but every now and then, I wish there were a filter that made my pictures look like a corrupt .jpg from a GeoCities page circa 1996, you know? Now, there is: Glitché, a free iPhone app that lets you pull…

A Game of Thrones director takes on an acclaimed “black list” script

Before Jon Spaihts wrote the early script drafts for Prometheus, he was famous for some of his spec scripts — notably Passengers. which turned up on the “black list” of unproduced screenplays. And now, Keanu Reeves is producing and starring in Passengers, with a Game of Thrones director on board. Top image: Diarment on Deviant…

First Teaser for Empire Uncut, the Star Wars Movie YOU Made

Star Wars Uncut was one of the coolest things to happen to Star Wars in ages — the classic space adventure “Sweded” in bite-size installments. And now, here’s your first look at Empire Strikes Back Uncut. It is your destiny! https://gizmodo.com/watch-the-amazing-fan-made-star-wars-uncut-online-for-5877995

It’s All About the Benjamin Ice Cubes, Baby

Ask for your paycheck in cold hard cash. Your boss will laugh at you. So the most obvious alternative is literal ice in the shape of hundred dollar bills. They say if you wear enough diamonds your neck will freeze. But if you prefer your currency closer to liquid form, Gamago’s new eight cube tray…

You Could Probably Ride To Work On This Badass 1:3 Scale RC Truck

It’s kind of hard to justify spending $15,000 on a remote control toy truck when you can get a real car for that much money. But there are certain advantages to opting for this 1:3 scale monster from Mammuth Works. You don’t need a license to drive it, you don’t need insurance, it’s easy to…

How To Train Your Dragon 2 Turned Hiccup Into One Hot Piece of CG Ass

Fox gave us a first look at How To Train Your Dragon 2 at CinemaCon — and the biggest surprise was a brand new look for Hiccup. Suddenly, the skinny Viking boy has become a leather-tricked out hottie who sky dives off his dragon for fun. Minor spoilers… The first footage from How To Train…

The explosive that goes off with the touch of a feather

Nitrogen triiodide is expensive to make. It’s also useless in any practical sense. But it’s cool to watch — just the touch of a feather and it explodes into purple smoke. All it takes is ammonia and iodine. Fortunately for everyone who enjoys not having to scrub purple stains out of their furniture with burnt…

Why Do Humans Cry?

Tears are obviously our body’s mechanism to keep our eyeballs well lubricated, but why do humans start bawling when they’re sad, in pain, or overjoyed? What purpose could crying possibly serve? As ASAP Science illustrates, the leading theory is that crying is an obvious expression of sincere sadness or distress, and that we’re sending out…

NASA has discovered the most Earth-like planets yet

NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered a trio of distant planets that look remarkably like our own. Belonging to solar systems located 1,200 and 2,700 light years from Earth, the three Earth-sized worlds have been spotted orbiting in the so-called Goldilocks Zone of their parent stars – the “just-right” range at which liquid water, and life,…

NASA Just Found the Two Most Perfect Planets for Life Yet

Ever feel like you’re all alone in this big, ol’ universe? Don’t. Because NASA has just discovered two prime planet candidates that fulfill nearly every condition necessary to life that we’re aware of. And according to William Borucki, chief scientist for NASA’s Kepler telescope, these two are the best bets we’ve ever found. There was…

Here’s an exclusive look inside JJ Abrams’ Enterprise in Star Trek Into Darkness from io9.

Butt-On With the Magical Machine That Finds the Perfect Pair of Jeans

Anyone with legs and a butt knows finding a pair of pants that fits just right is challenging. No two bodies—or jeans for that matter—are alike. But Me-Ality is a magical machine that takes just 10 seconds to tell you exactly which brands, styles, and sizes are your perfect match. Bloomingdale’s recently installed Me-Ality sizing…

Here’s the scantily clad fantasy art you didn’t know you needed

We’ve seen lots of fantasy art featuring scantily clad people fighting evil (or sometimes being evil) but we rarely see as much dynamism as in the work of Thai artist Jessada Sutthi. Not to mention so many shiny male torsos. The above image is called “Angel of War,” and it’s a nice mix of fantasy…

This Floating Barge City Is the Most Far-Flung Immigration Solution Yet

Immigration reform is a huge issue in Silicon Valley (and the rest of the country) right now, and we’ve seen a bevy of realistic proposals for dealing with a system that many describe as “broken.” But Blueseed, a group of entrepreneurs aiming to build a floating city off the coast of San Francisco to house…

All The Reasons We Leave Earth for Dead in Science Fiction

We’re living on a planet with an expiration date. One day, Earth will die or explode — and if we’re lucky, some of us won’t be there. Science fiction is full of stories where we abandon a dead Earth, including the upcoming films Oblivion and After Earth. Here are all the reasons people leave Earth…

This Panasonic HDTV Is Your Deal of the Day

TVs are more furniture-like than almost any other gadget. They’re big, they find a spot in your living room, and they stay there for years. That’s a major reason why smart functionality—that goes obsolete—baked into a TV is daft: who wants to replace a piece of furniture every other year? But Panasonic did just that,…

Uh, A Condom Company Just Made Vibrating Underwear Controlled by Your iPhone

So obviously this was going to happen eventually, but that doesn’t mean we’re ready for it. Durex just announced what it’s calling “Fundawear“, which ostensibly stands for “fun underwear” but which Durex believes will eventually come to mean “article of clothing that is fun like once ever until you realize what horror you’ve wreaked in…

Sister Mine proves Nalo Hopkinson is one of the best fantasy authors

Moving out of your parents’ house to go live on your own is a tough business for anybody — but it’s way harder when one of your parents is a Celestial, and your twin sister has all the magic. In Nalo Hopkinsons’ new novel Sister Mine, family drama is a life-and-death affair. In Sister Mine,…

Dedicated McDonald’s French Fry Holders Should Come Standard in Everything

Resisting the temptation to dig into your french fries after leaving the drive through at McDonald’s takes discipline that only a handful of monks on Earth possess. And McDonald’s Japan just wants you to stop fighting the urge altogether with the introduction of the potato holder that makes it easy to perch your large fries…