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Peter Thiel Goes All-In For Donald Trump

At a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. this morning, Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel laid out his rationale for supporting Donald Trump, characterizing him as the only candidate with the ability to challenge establishment politics. “It’s not a lack of judgement that leads Americans to vote for Trump,” Thiel, tieless in…

Tech News Sophie Kleeman Oct 31

Palantir Wins Key Battle With US Army

Palantir, the secretive Silicon Valley technology company that creates tools to mine and analyze large quantities of data, just won an important legal battle against the US Army. The company was protesting the way the Army accepted bids to create an upgraded version of its Distributed Common Ground System, a multi-billion dollar project that helps…

Tech News William Turton Oct 31

io9 Halloween Costume Show: The Big Day Is Here!

Happy Halloween, everyone! Yes the day of chills and frights is finally upon us—and so is the chance to dress up in all those amazing costumes you’ve been working on this year. Here’s the very best of the ones our readers sent to us, in celebration of this most spooktacular season. For the past few…

io9 James Whitbrook Oct 31

Alien Abduction Comedy People of Earth Succeeds by Focusing on the Humans

For whatever reason, there are a lot of new genre comedies coming out this TV season. The lesser ones are mining comedy solely from their premise. The good ones, like People of Earth, are using its premise to explore characters. People of Earth is a show with ambitions that seem much larger than the half-hour…

Television Katharine Trendacosta Oct 31

Can You Guess What the Objects in These Closeup Photos Are?

A peeled orange and a red bell pepper. That’s what I thought a pencil and a Coke bottle cap were when I saw them in macro. That’s because when you stare at something from up close, even if it’s something you see everyday, you lose your sense of familiarity with it. The dash of color…

Sploid Casey Chan Oct 31

Khloe Kardashian’s Storm Halloween Costume Is Freakin’ Terrible

Ororo Munroe would never get caught looking this tacky. Pics of reality-show Life Model Decoy Khloe Kardashian dressed as Marvel Comics’ Storm showed up on Instagram and… look, this is just embarrassing. There are only a few black super-heroines who are household names and dressing up like one feels like thirsty, conspicuous grab for attention…

io9 Evan Narcisse Oct 31

Netflix CEO Explains the Conversion Rate of US Dollars to Joy

Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix, just sat down with the Wall Street Journal and talked about everything from the AT&T-Time Warner merger (he’s more or less neutral) to global reach (Netflix wants a large international customer base like Facebook’s). But it’s his perspective on how much money it costs to produce joy that’s particularly…

Tech News Matt Novak Oct 31

The American Horror Story Crossover Is Coming, and It’ll Be Even Bigger Than You Think

There’s seemingly nothing Ryan Murphy loves to do more than drop hints about what might happen on American Horror Story. Recently, we heard that Lady Gaga’s witchy Roanoke character would return in the future, and now we have a better idea of what else that future might entail—a big ol’ crossover that makes up an…

Television Cheryl Eddy Oct 31

This Trailer for A Dark Song Doesn’t Need Words to Be Completely Unsettling

Characters in horror movies usually work to keep demons away. In A Dark Song, it’s the opposite. As you can see in this first trailer, when two characters tirelessly work to raise the undead, the result is as creepy as it is surprising. Directed by Liam Gavin, A Dark Song recently played at Fantastic Fest,…

Trailers Germain Lussier Oct 31

Humans Probably Caused Historic Earthquakes in Los Angeles

Human-induced earthquakes are on the rise in the United States and Canada, likely as a result of oil and gas industry practices. New research suggests this isn’t a new phenomenon, and that several quakes felt in Los Angeles during the early 20th century were likely caused by human activity. The Los Angeles Basin is known…

Tech News George Dvorsky Oct 31

Driving on Two Wheels at 115 MPH Is Incredibly Irresponsible (But Cool)

Stunt driver Vesa Kivimäki might officially be the fastest man on two wheels, but he doesn’t ride motorcycles. Instead, on an airfield in Seinäjoki, Finland, Vesa set a new Guinness World Record for the fastest side wheelie in a car, hitting an unthinkable 115 miles per hour. Driving on two wheels is already hard enough,…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Oct 31

The Next iPhone Will Probably Have a Beautiful, Curved OLED Display

The next iPhone will reportedly have a beautiful OLED display. Sharp executive Tai Jeng-wu essentially confirmed the next iPhone’s hardware upgrade in a recent trip to his alma mater, Tatung University in Taiwan, according to Japan’s Nikkei Asian Review. Mr. Jeng-wu also happens to be an executive at Sharp’s parent company Hon Hai Precision Industry…

Tech News Michael Nunez Oct 31

Stan Lee Has an Anime Now, Also Stop Putting Stan Lee’s Name on Things

The world is already overwhelmed with projects that have had comics luminary Stan Lee’s name slapped on them for no reason other than trying to capitalize and name recognition and past works. What’s one more? https://kotaku.com/please-stop-putting-stan-lees-name-on-things-1693625935 Debuted this past Saturday at L.A. Comic Con—ahem, sorry, Stan Lee’s L.A. Comic Con—Reflection, a collaboration between Pow! Entertainment…

io9 James Whitbrook Oct 31

Filming Westworld ‘s Orgy Scene Was a Lot of Hard Work (No Pun Intended)

In last night’s episode of Westworld, “Contrapasso,” Billy (Jimmi Simpson), Logan (Ben Barnes), and Delores (Evan Rachel Wood) made it to the town at the edge of the park, Pariah. If the name wasn’t enough of a clue about what kind of town it was, there was a big old orgy to make it clear.…

Television Katharine Trendacosta Oct 31

How to Make Hot Ice That Magically Freezes at Room Temperature

Here’s a simple experiment you can try at home that produces a unique substance called sodium acetate from baking soda and vinegar. It’s also often referred to as “hot ice” because at room temperature it forms crystals just like ice does—but without the need for a freezer. It’s arguably a more fascinating experiment than the…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Oct 31

The Venom From This Snake Will Make Your Life a Living Hell

The menacingly beautiful blue coral snake preys on other fast moving, venomous snakes. To immobilize its prey, this reptile employs a particularly nasty venom—one that makes the last moments of the victim’s life a living hell. One quick look at this reptile and it’s clear this thing means business. Found in southeast Asia, the blue…

Tech News George Dvorsky Oct 31

Of Course There Will Be Stranger Things Funko Pops

Even if Stranger Things wasn’t one of the biggest pop culture sensations of the years, it would be inevitable—just as the heat death of the universe is—that Funko would turn Eleven and friends into cutesy, giant-headed figurines, same as they have with almost everything else. But the Netflix show is one of the biggest sensations…

io9 James Whitbrook Oct 31

What Would Happen to Your Body If You Only Ate Candy Corn?

Candy corn is garbage food, and it’s terrible for you, too. Still, as per tradition, millions of Americans purchased hefty bags of the stuff over the weekend to hand out to trick-or-treaters and snarf when their loved ones weren’t looking. For most of us, a handful of candy corn is more than enough to satisfy…

Health Maddie Stone Oct 31

Watch This Guy Surf Through New York City in a Brilliant Silver Surfer Costume

Last we checked, coating your body in melted silver wasn’t the safest way to dress up for Halloween. So Jesse Wellens instead enlisted the help of makeup artist Alexys Fleming to help turn him into the Silver Surfer. His impressive getup was made even cooler with a silver electric surfboard that let him cruise through…

Books & Comics Andrew Liszewski Oct 31

Apple’s New Campus Is Suddenly Enormous

Apple’s has been building its huge new “spaceship” campus for some time now, but the most recent drone video showing off the latest construction really makes you realize how huge this thing is. It was hard to grasp the size beforehand, but the latest footage does a good job of showing off how massive this…

Tech News William Turton Oct 31

Peter Thiel Goes All-In For Donald Trump

Palantir Wins Key Battle With US Army

io9 Halloween Costume Show: The Big Day Is Here!

Alien Abduction Comedy People of Earth Succeeds by Focusing on the Humans

Can You Guess What the Objects in These Closeup Photos Are?

Khloe Kardashian’s Storm Halloween Costume Is Freakin’ Terrible

Netflix CEO Explains the Conversion Rate of US Dollars to Joy

The American Horror Story Crossover Is Coming, and It’ll Be Even Bigger Than You Think

This Trailer for A Dark Song Doesn’t Need Words to Be Completely Unsettling

Humans Probably Caused Historic Earthquakes in Los Angeles

Driving on Two Wheels at 115 MPH Is Incredibly Irresponsible (But Cool)

The Next iPhone Will Probably Have a Beautiful, Curved OLED Display

Stan Lee Has an Anime Now, Also Stop Putting Stan Lee’s Name on Things

Filming Westworld ‘s Orgy Scene Was a Lot of Hard Work (No Pun Intended)

How to Make Hot Ice That Magically Freezes at Room Temperature

The Venom From This Snake Will Make Your Life a Living Hell

Of Course There Will Be Stranger Things Funko Pops

What Would Happen to Your Body If You Only Ate Candy Corn?

Watch This Guy Surf Through New York City in a Brilliant Silver Surfer Costume

Apple’s New Campus Is Suddenly Enormous

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