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Airbus Isn’t Taking Any Chances as It Drops Li-Ion Option from the Unreleased A350

Turns out, Boeing’s latest lithium troubles are shaking down to the rest of the airline industry. Airbus, just announced that it is scrapping plans to outfit its A350 jets with the same secondary batteries that have caused its rival so much trouble. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Airbus has already dropped…

If This Isn’t the Most Horrible Movie Tie-In You’ve Ever Seen, What Is?

This. What the hell is this? Apparently the Mos Eisley cantina serves espresso in addition to laser-based nut-shots—it’s enough for anybody to claim Han shot first. But between the coffee makers and DIY TIE Fighters , even the newbiest of Jedis can brew a cup of brown force apparently. https://gizmodo.com/if-youre-going-to-make-a-crappy-star-wars-tie-in-at-le-5964554 Surprisingly, coffee-based delicacies are the…

Wahoo’s “Reflect” Bike Computer Remotely Measures Splits Without Breaking Stride

Bike-based odometers make tracking your fitness levels relatively simple. Relatively. You still have to pry the little bastards off your handle bars and sync them with a PC after every ride—not that that’s a hassle or anything. With the RFLKT monitor from Wahoo, syncing is no longer necessary. Instead of drawing upon an exterior CPU…

Sonos Playbar Ears-On: Powerful Sound In a Petite, Pricey Package

Sonos is aiming to revolutionize home theater audio by taking all the high quality sound you need and want, and cramming it all into one big ol’ soundbar you can drop at the bottom of your TV. Sure, it’ll work with other Sonos units you have hanging around, the Sonos Playbar is also a starter…

Ron Weasley could be an agoraphobic superhero on CBS next fall

Everybody’s favorite ginger from Harry Potter has a strange new superhero show lined up as his next project. It’s a little bit of Kick-Ass with a touch of Bubble Boy, and it’s called Super Clyde. The show is currently under development at CBS, and according to THR: Grint will play the title role of Clyde,…

Some of the World’s Spookiest Ghost Towns

There’s something unsettling about a whole town that’s just been abandoned. Whether due to a natural disaster, or an economic avalanche, sometimes whole communities wind up standing empty, with nothing but crumbling structures to commemorate the people who called them home. Here are nine of the world’s most spooky ghost towns — eight of which…

Clarence Carter: Strokin’ (NSFW)

She loved the flowers and chocolates, your romantic home-cooked meal went off without a hitch, and now you’re looking for the proper soundtrack for after-dinner “coffee.” But what single melody could possibly encapsulate the full scope of your feelings and noblest desires to get freaky? With the single sexiest song of 1989, of course.

This Foldable Boat Is Great for Saving Space, Probably Less Great for Staying Alive

For the casual seafarer with space constraints, Better Outdoors has come up with a creative, if perhaps terrifying, solution to a problem most of us never knew we had in the first place. Say hello to the Transporter: a box-like boat that conveniently folds into a box-like box for your space-saving, travel needs. Assuming you…

Conservationists rescue 150 dolphins from shallow waters, using a baby dolphin as a lure

Earlier this month, a pod of about 100 to 150 pantropical spotted dolphins became stranded and disoriented in shallow waters at Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve about 250 km south of Perth, Australia. The Western Australia Department of Environment and Conservation arrived on the scene, where they quickly assessed the seriousness of the situation. After…

Scientists Think They Have Captured the Birth of a Black Hole

This stunningly trippy object is W49B, a supernova remnant 26,000 light years away from Earth. It’s just a thousand years old, which in cosmological terms is not even a heartbeat in the life of a human. It may also be the birth place of a newborn black hole, the youngest ever detected in the galaxy.…

NSFW: 7 High-Tech Sex Toys to Liven Up Your Valentine’s Night

Valentine’s Day may just be a consumerist Hallmark holiday—but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a little fun this evening. So instead of jewelry or flowers, why not get your loved one something a little more… animated? NSFW, because obviously. Duet Vibrator This is the Crave Duet, a dual-headed vibrator that charges via USB, and…

Ogio Renegade RSS Backpack Review: An Almost Perfect Gadget Safehaven

A good bag is just about as important as the gadgets it carries. Your electronics are fragile and expensive to replace, and your back is fragile and impossible to replace. Ogio‘s Renegade RSS bag is damn near as good as it gets at protecting both. What Is It? A big, roomy, $150, gadget-protecting backpack. Who’s…

The battle of Hoth is being fought in this man’s living room

This man created a diorama of the battle of Hoth from The Empire Strikes Back in his living room, and when I say “living room,” I mean “his entire, 140-square foot living room” — and when I say “the battle of Hoth,” I mean “all of it, including the explosions.” Check out some amazing photos…

The Worst Lies That Mainstream Nutrition Has Told You

When it comes to our food choices, many of us do the best we can to ensure that what we’re putting on our plates are the healthiest and most nutritious foods possible. But given so many choices, it’s not easy to know exactly what we should be eating — so we put our trust in…

Lego iPhone Cases Re-Define Brick Phone

We’re not always pro-iPhone clothing, but we’re generally very pro-Lego around here. And Belkin’s new Lego case definitely sits in the latter camp. The best part is they’re buildable. That definitely gives a new meaning to the concept of a brick phone. Lego iPhones are way cooler than a Zack Morris monstrosity. You’ll start to…

Looking to pick up on of those hard-to-find Nexus 4s right now? Google has a retail store locator to help you out.

How to Eliminate Your Ex From Your Facebook Timeline With Just a Few Clicks

It’s Valentine’s Day! Meaning everything is terrible. But things might get just a tiny bit better with a new app that Eternal Sunshines your Facebook timeline of your former ex quickly so you never have to worry about running into them again. The Killswitch app is pretty straightforward. After installing the app, link it to…

Watch how Blood & Chrome resurrected the Battlestar Galactica using greenscreen

We’ve got an exclusive, behind the scenes look at how Blood & Chrome built the Galactica without having access to any of the physical sets from Ronald D. Moore’s Battlestar series. VFX artists, producers and engineers give us a glimpse of how they rebuilt this giant “war machine.” Taken from the special features on the…

The Criterion Collection Is Giving You All Their Movies Free on Hulu This Weekend

Criterion Collection, a company that collects and restores classic and otherwise culturally relevant films, is bestowing us with a wonderful little post-Valentines or mid-February or extremely-post-Groundhog’s Day gift: their entire catalogue of movies on Hulu will be 100 percent free this weekend. The equally gorgeous as they are massive selection of DVDs all come with…

Power-Desperate, Stranded Carnival Cruise Passengers Make a Rat King Out of Phone Cords

Carnival cruise ship Triumph suffered a fire then a broken tow line that left it stranded in the Gulf of Mexico for four days. It’s approaching port now, but passengers are pissed and desperate for power. This picture, tweeted by ABC’s 20/20 account, is a glimpse at the hellhole that boat has become. http://gawker.com/5984334/disabled-shit+covered-cruise-ship-descends-to-new-circle-of-hell-off-the-coast-of-alabama The…