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The Daily Show Stole Our Stolen Joke About Hoverboards

Last night, Daily Show correspondent Jessica Williams said something that we’ve been screaming for weeks. Those two-wheeled contraptions are definitely not hoverboards. Mainly because they do not hover. The technology that makes them appear to hoveris also allegedly stolen, just like The Daily Show joke that we probably stole from someone else. But hey, who…

Watching a Lego Sisyphus Perpetually Push a Boulder Is Unimaginably Relaxing

Inspired by a Disney Research project that automatically calculates all the gears and mechanical links needed to create realistic motion in an animated figure, Jason Allemann of JK Brickworks created this incredibly lifelike kinetic sculpture of the tragic Greek figure, Sisyphus, using Lego. The former king of Ephyra, Sisyphus was ultimately punished for his self-aggrandizing…

An Exclusive, Creepy Look at the Next Edition of Cautionary Fables and Fairytales!

We’ve written about Kel McDonald’s Cautionary Fables and Fairytales (the comics anthology that retells mythic tales from around the world) before, but now McDonald and a crack new team of artists are back with a whole new edition inspired by Asian folklore, and we’ve got a look at one of the collection’s spookiest new stories!…

How to Record Simple Screencasts on iOS and Android

For those of us who want to record our gaming exploits, demo an app for the wider world to see, or email a tutorial to mom and dad through the wonder of video, it’s fortunate that recording screencasts is no longer the exclusive preserve of devs and serious coders. Whatever platform your smartphone (or tablet)…

This Airplane Looks Like It May Have Flown Back to the Future

We don’t know if Doc Brown worked on this F/A-18C Hornet, seen here taking off. We don’t know if it had a Flux capacitor on board. We also don’t know if it was only traveling at 88 mph when this photo was taken, although it seems unlikely. However, we do know it looks like it’s…

Monument Valley, the best way to kill time on your phone, is now free for iOS. It’s unclear if this is a one-time deal or if this amazing game will be free forever (not counting in-app purchases), but if you have an iPhone, download it now. Sorry non-iPhoners: the appstill costs $4 in the Google…

Pack This Rolling BB-8 Suitcase For Your Next Trip to Tatooine

Like the Empire’s seemingly unending supply of Death Stars, Disney continues to roll out new Star Wars merchandise ahead of its upcoming license-to-print-money known as The Force Awakens. You probably don’t need a tiny carry-on suitcase shaped like BB-8, but when has a lack of need ever stopped you from spending? Giving credit where credit…

The entire Star Wars saga summed up in 3 minutes

The new Star Wars movie is coming out and the entire world will stop to see what is going on in a galaxy far, far away. But because most of us have forgotten what happened in the two Star Wars trilogies before this new flick, we need a quick catch up onto what’s going on.…

More Hints About The Reason Why Captain America Turns Against Iron Man In Civil War!

Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford talk returning to Star Wars. New Game of Thrones details tease a new leader for the Night’s Watch. Steven Moffat teases the Doctor Who season finale. Plus, descriptions of X-Men Apocalypse’s incoming teaser, and a new clip from Star Wars Rebels. To Me, My Spoilers! Captain America: Civil War While…

Echidnas Have Sex Half a Penis at a Time

What do you do when you work at a zoo, at an outreach program designed to give the public an up-close look at the safer animals in your care, and the animal you’re showing off gets an erection? If you work at the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, you get to work. Zookeepers handling a short-beaked echidna…

These Star Wars: The Force Awakens Cardboard VR Viewers Are Slick Collectibles

Before the new Star Wars movie hits cineplexes next month, you can use one of these limited edition Google Cardboard virtual reality viewers to see exclusive content related to the film in glorious VR. Starting today, they’re available at select Verizon stores while supplies last. They come in four flavors: Stormtrooper, R2-D2, BB8, and Kylo…

Hundreds of Dinosaur Footprints Found in a Scottish Lagoon

A team of researchers has happened upon several hundred footprints left by Middle Jurassic dinosaurs at a coastal lagoon in Scotland. The footprintsmeasure around 70 centimetres across, which is larger than those that would have been left by T. Rex, and date back around 170 million years. In fact, the team that discovered the prints…

Can Christmas Lights Really Play Havoc With Your Wi-Fi?

A telephone regulator has warned that festive decorations can spoil your festive internet fun. Here’s the science. Ofcom, the UK’s independent telephony regulator, has just released a Wi-Fi checker app for your smart phone. At the same time, it warnedin its press release that your Christmas tree fairy lights could affect the quality of your…

This Is How Astronauts Can Now Drink Liquids in Space

Usually, drinking fluids in microgravity requires sucking liquid from a bag through a straw. But now a selection of experimental cups are aboard the International Space Station that allow astronauts to drink a little more normally while in space. This new video shows the so-called Space Cups in action aboard the International Space Station. In…

IRS Admits to Using the Same Spy Tech as the FBI to Track 37 Phones

Last month, it was alleged that the Internal Revenue Service had been using Stingray devices to track people by scraping their phone metadata. Now, it’s admitted as much—and gone so far as to say that it wants another of the units, too. The Stingray devices, used by the FBI, act as cell phone tower simulators,…

A Canadian Cell Carrier Is Giving Syrian Refugees Free Cell Phones

Canada’s new Liberal government is committed to bringing 10,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by the end of the year (not long left!). Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called for a “whole of Canada effort” to integrate “10,000 new Canadians”, and one cell carrier is actually responding. Wind Mobile, one of the smaller and cheaper carriers,…

SSD Prices Are Plummeting, Say Good-Bye to Hard Drives

Solid-state drives are superior to hard drives in every way but one: they’re faster, lighter, and less fragile, but they’re also more expensive. The last one has been the only thing keeping HDDs alive, and that thread appears to be getting thinner by the day. According to a report by TrendForce, SSD prices per gigabyte…

Hollywood Relaxes Anti-Piracy Rules From Draconian to Just Really Strict

The Motion Picture Association of America, representing six major Hollywood studios, publishes anti-piracy guidelines for theaters that show its movies. This year, for a fun change of pace, they’re actually becoming more lenient. The policy is designed to address the problem of pirates taking cameras into theaters, filming the screen, and then torrenting the results—leaking…

T-Mobile Is Adding 11 More Services to Its Unmetered Music Freedom

T-Mobile’s Music Freedom, a program that allows you to stream music from select services without it counting against your data cap, has been around since June last year. As of today, there’s 11 more services you can use without worrying. All the big names in music streaming are already part of Music Freedom, so it’s…

The evolution of the bicycle in less than one minute

The design of the modern bicycle seems rather obvious, right? Two symmetrical wheels attached to a simple frame. But it took a while for us to get to the streamline design of bikes today. Bicycles before were illustrious and ornate and frankly, ridiculous forms of transportation. Here is animator Thallis Vestergaard showing us the evolution…