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Explore the galaxy using Google’s new star map called 100,000 Stars

Google has just released a new, interactive star map that allows you to point, click and zoom your way around our local volume of galactic space. 100,000 Stars has detailed information on dozens of nearby stars, including accurate, 3D animations of binary stars orbiting each other and close-ups of the superheated filaments rearing up from…

The Most Unpopular Apple Employee in the World

I would have loved to have listened in on this job interview. I’m sure Mr. Sung has to take a lot of crap from wiseass Canadian Apple shoppers just because of a patent war between two companies over which he has no control. And I admire him for that. But you have to wonder—why not…

Why Facebook Is Like TV

Let’s talk Facebook. First, I’m not recommending to any of my companies that we leave Facebook. I am recommending that we de-emphasize pushing consumers or partners to like us on FB and focus on building up our followings across all existing social media platforms and to evaluate those that we feel can grow a material…

This Week’s TV: An Hour of Television That Might Just Ruin Superheroes Forever

This week on television, Syfy brings you an unprecedented second sequel to Dungeons & Dragons, and you’ll be quoting this dialogue for months. Revolution gets to the point, with a Led Zeppelin soundtrack. Check out a Fringe marathon, featuring brand new science knowledge. There’s a camptastic superhero tribute that could tarnish your relationship with superheroics…

Introducing Vanessa Rae, Our Tech-Savvy Gadget Expert

Who better to turn to for advice on purchasing a new laptop, smartphone or TV than a lady who has spent a lot of time on TV herself? Meet Vanessa Rae, producer, TV personality, and DVICE’s original “digital diva.” Known for her work with the Today Show, MSNBC, and MTV, Vanessa will be live on…

John McAfee Started a Blog About John McAfee

Can’t get enough of the wild saga of murder suspect and anti-virus pioneer John McAfee? Great, because he just started a blog about his fugitive life on the lam in Belize. Bless you, internet. The blog is called the Hinterland, the same name of an upcoming graphic novel about McAfee by Chad Essley. It’s just…

Nintendo Wii U Teardown Brings Lots of Good News for Consumers

Official Ender’s Game movie synopsis reveals a game will definitely be played by someone named Ender

The latest official synopsis of Gavin Hood’s screen adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game promises us war games, which we’re going to go ahead and assume refers to the book’s iconic zero-gravity Battle School action scenes. We have no idea if they’re going to pull this off, but we’re still excited to see them…

Giant Gandalf statue declares “You Shall Not Pass!” at New Zealand’s Hobbit premiere

The world premiere of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit Part One: First Blood or whatever it’s called will be held at the Embassy Theater in Jackson’s native New Zealand on November 28th, and to commemorate the occasion, they’ve built a giant, Argonath-esque statue of Gandalf to oversee the gala, smoke pipeweed, insult Tooks, and what not.…

Israeli Drone Crashes in Gaza

It happens to everyone, Israel, don’t worry—one of the IDF’s drones was either shot down or malfunctioned above Gaza. Now Hamas has it. https://gizmodo.com/iran-reveals-captured-american-super-drone-and-its-com-5866347 The video doesn’t tell much (talk to us below if you can understand Arabic!), but we do know that it’s almost certainly an Israeli drone, despite the country’s denial. That tweet…

Dyle’s EyeTV Sounds Like the Worst Way to Watch TV on Your iPad

Dyle is making it possible to watch live TV on your iPad or iPhone for free (kind of) with EyeTV. That’s the good news. The bad news is it sounds like a pretty crappy way to do something that other people make easy. EyeTV, a service that works in 35 cities, is a free iOS…

Mars once had water warm enough to sustain life

We know that Mars once had lots of water, considered a prerequisite for habitability. What hasn’t been known, however, is just how friendly — or unfriendly — this water might have been to life, as the temperature and chemical conditions of ancient Martian water has remained a complete mystery. But as a new analysis of…

Fresh-Ground Gifts for a Coffee Nerd’s Superior Palate

Yeah, the rise of artisanal coffee represents yet another insufferable trend of snobby uber-cool types everywhere. But the fact is, a delicious cup of quality coffee is truly just a GREAT thing. If someone you know wants to enter the vast world of coffee brewing and tasting, these gifts are a good way to get…

This View Down the World’s Biggest Wind Turbine Will Give You Vertigo

You’re peering down the main supporting tower of Siemens’ latest offshore wind turbine—which just happens to be the biggest of its kind anywhere in the world. Each of its blades are 75 meters long—that’s the same size as the wings that allow the massive Airbus 380 to fly—while the structure itself stands 197 meters tall,…

The brain disorder that makes the world into a bad claymation film

The eye is just a pinhole that leaks light onto a bunch of reactive cells. It’s the brain that “sees” things. And if something goes wrong in the brain, all kinds of things can appear distorted. But one particular crossed wire brings moving objects to a standstill. It’s called akinetopsia. The first documented case of…

Watch This Wedding Photographer’s Hair Catch on Fire (Because Apparently It’s Fun)

Photographer Jacki Bruniquel’s hair got too close to a candle and caught fire while shooting Murray and Emma Burton’s wedding ceremony. Thankfully, one of the groomsmen quickly ran after her to extinguish the flames and everyone started to laugh. Because, let’s admit it, people burning is fun. At least in South Africa. The moral of…

Does Your Bottle Cap Fire Off a Cannon When You Open It?

UK booze brand Strongbow has designed what it’s touting as the world’s first digital bottle cap that doubles as a rudimentary remote. Using RFID technology, the StartCap can do everything from turning off the lights to powering up your stereo when you crack open a cold one. When the bottle cap is removed a hidden,…

First trailer for Now You See Me asks: What if David Blaine started a magic gang of thieves?

Can modern day magic ever really be “cool” again? The art form has been pretty brutalized by folks like Criss Angel and David Blaine, and yet Hollywood still thinks they can presto-changeo modern perception into some kind of “Oceans 11 with magic” movie with the upcoming Now You See Me. But can it work? Jesse…

All hail the world’s greatest Agent Coulson action figure, i.e. the world’s greatest action figure

The fine folks at Hot Toys – who I am completely convinced have been performing some kind of dark, ritual sacrifice to gain the power to sculpt such uncannily realistic likeness over the years – have revealed the latest installment in their 12-inch Avengers Movie Masterpiece toyline, and they’ve saved the best for last (assuming…

Is This an Over-the-Top Watch Winder, a Spaceship, Or a Time Machine?

Reminiscent of a NASA zero-gravity trainer, or the giant machine that catapulted Jodie Foster’s character across the universe in Contact, this mesmerizing spinning contraption is actually a watch winder from Döttling. For a mere $15,000 it keeps your kinetically wound watch powered and entertains at the same time. Kinetic-automatic movement-powered watches wind themselves from the…