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What Age Of Ultron Secrets Can Be Found In Lego’s New Marvel Sets?

Lego have released an online catalogue detailing upcoming sets in 2015 – including a first look at images of the new tie-in sets for Avengers: Age of Ultron. What can we learn about the movie among all the brick-based Lego goodness? The German version of the catalogue was released on Lego’s servers overnight, and has…

Tech News James Whitbrook Dec 16

Great Villains Whose Schemes Aren’t Just Aimed At Destroying The Hero

Sometimes it seems like every villain is obsessed with murdering the hero of the story. (Or making the hero realize they’re alike.) But it’s not true — in fact, some of the best villains have their own goals, and the hero just happens to get in the way. Here are some great villains whose schemes…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders and Abhimanyu Das Dec 16

T-Mobile Data Stash: You Can Finally Get Rollover for Your Data Plan

This morning, T-Mo CEO John Legere talked specifics of “Data Stash,” the company’s new initiative to let you rollover your unused data month to month, rounded up to the nearest megabyte. As part of Uncarrier 8.0, Data Stash is pretty much what it sounds like. If you don’t use all the data you pay for…

Tech News Darren Orf Dec 16

NBC Will Stream Network Shows Online As They Air

Not home in time for SNL? Doesn’t mean you can’t still watch it live. NBC is going to start streaming its broadcast network shows online, live and in real-time, as long as you have a cable subscription. You won’t have to pay extra for online access, like that dumb CBS streaming plan. It’s free (ish)—you…

Tech News Leslie Horn Dec 16

Everyone’s Favorite Goth Girl Will Return For Beetlejuice 2

The more we hear about the possible Beetlejuice sequel, the more we can’t help but get excited in spite of all the dread. And now it sounds like Burton and company are keen on getting the Beetlejuice band back together, and that includes Lydia Deetz. Michael Keaton (the original ghost with the most) has previously…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 16

Here are all the new Lego sets for the first half of 2015

Lego has released the German version of their January – June 2015 catalog. Though United States release dates may be slightly different this gives us a good idea of the release schedule of all those sets we’ve been reading about. You can access the PDF of the catalog here. http://catalogs.lego.com/BrandCatalog/de_de/1HY2015/ There are new sets across…

Tech News Michael Schulte Dec 16

Report: Samsung Wants to Make Its Own Version of Apple Pay

There was no way Samsung was just going to let Apple waltz along with its own mobile payment system without launching a competitor, and it looks like the Korean powerhouse is gearing up to launch a rival in 2015. Samsung is reportedly trying to make a deal with a mobile payment startup called LoopPay, according…

Gadgets Kate Knibbs Dec 16

Scientists Have Just Discovered A New and Insane Pollination System

This is Aristolochia rotunda, or “fat hen.” It’s a common plant, native to southern Europe. It doesn’t look like anything special, but scientists recently discovered that it has one of the most wacko breeding strategies in all of nature. When you learn about nature, you constantly have to pause to wonder if the naturalists are…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Dec 16

PSA: Order Your Christmas Gifts From Amazon by Friday for Free Shipping

Friendly reminder: if you’re ordering gifts from Amazon and you want to get them with free shipping by Christmas, you have to order them by Friday, December 19. Make your list, check it twice, etc. But that’s not the last day you can order, period. Prime members can still get free two-day shipping up until…

Commerce Leslie Horn Dec 16

Watch People Get Slow-mo Smacked in the Face With Snowballs

There’s nothing more satisfying than watching someone take a snowball right square in the jaw. Unless of course, it’s a whole crew of folks getting smacked with snow right in the face, like in this seasonal supercut. ‘Tis the season! The video comes to us by way of a reader whose digital advertising company, Exit10,…

Tech News Leslie Horn Dec 16

What Do People Always Get Wrong About Where You Live?

We can read about, or even visit, all kinds of places on Earth. But until you’ve lived in that place, you might not really know it. Today we want to know what people are always getting incorrect about where you live. Maybe you live in a popular tourist city and want to tell us something…

io9 Ria Misra Dec 16

Hot Toys’ Temple of Doom Indiana Jones Doesn’t Come With a Single Snake

The tiny sixth-scale fedora alone makes Hot Toys’ Indiana Jones figure a worthy addition to any collection. But as with all the plastic doppelgangers the company sells, everything from the convincing Harrison Ford sculpt, to his tired and torn outfit, to Indy’s other iconic accessory, his whip, make this $230 figure worth every penny. The…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Dec 16

Designer postcards turn Santa into fashion whore

British ad agency Joint London made these postcards swapping the traditional Santa claus in Coca-Cola’s iconic Christmas illustration for real top fashion designers’ clothes. If you feel fashionably stupid or stupidly fashionable these holidays, you can download the postcards here. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 16

Just a Couple Dudes Building Sauron’s Mace From Lord of the Rings

With the final (supposedly) Hobbit movie on its way, a few modern day blacksmiths have decided celebrate by forging some good, old fashioned Middle Earth weaponry. This is how you build a mace worthy of the second Dark Lord himself. The AWE Me dudes‘ methods are a little more high-tech than they were in Sauron’s…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Dec 16

Field Notes: Sony’s A7 Mark II Is a Solid Upgrade, But Video’s a Bummer

We recently did a quick preview of Sony’s new A7 Mark II, the brand new revision to last year’s full-frame mirrorless camera. Since then I’ve had a chance to spend significantly more quality time with the Mark II, and am ready to ruminate on what’s better and worse on version two. In my last post,…

Tech News Michael Hession Dec 16

Amazon Echo Teardown: A Dark Tower of Voice Control

Amazon’s Echo speaker promises to make your life better by being a Siri for your kitchen, an always-listening assistant you can ask for help when your hands are covered in batter. The folks at iFixit got one, and naturally started ripping it apart. Once you dive in, it looks like spare parts for the Death…

Commerce Eric Limer Dec 16

A Retro Analog Voltmeter Clock Perfect For a Mad Scientist’s Lab

With a delivery date of sometime in April of 2015, this extra-analog clock unfortunately isn’t going to arrive in time to be the perfect Christmas gift for the mad scientist on your list. But for those with patience and a soft spot for vintage machinery, the AWK-105 Analog Voltmeter Clock seems like it could be…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Dec 16

Top 20 popular sites since 1996

Not long ago sites like Netscape or Altavista were the kings of that new thing called the internet. That thing has evolved to the point that I can’t believe there was a time when Facebook and Goolgle didn’t even exist. This infographic shows that evolution listing the 20 most popular sites from 1996 to 2013.…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 16

This Giant Rainbow Was Made With Tech That’s Used To Study Exoplanets

It’s not very often that the fields of advanced photonics and installation art meet. But in Amsterdam this week, visitors to the city’s Central Station are getting a look at what happens when liquid crystal optic technology is used to something completely unscientific: Make public art. The installation celebrates Central Station’s 125th birthday, and it’s…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Dec 16

2014’s Batgirl In New Batman Adventures Colours Makes For Great Cosplay

Well, this is just about a perfect case of two great tastes tasting great together – Cosplayer Emberphantom mashed up the smart new style of the latest Batgirl design by Babs Tarr with the colour scheme of her outfit from The New Batman Adventures animated series into one brilliant Cosplay! Image Credit: Shannon Vetack Photography…

Tech News James Whitbrook Dec 16

What Age Of Ultron Secrets Can Be Found In Lego’s New Marvel Sets?

Great Villains Whose Schemes Aren’t Just Aimed At Destroying The Hero

T-Mobile Data Stash: You Can Finally Get Rollover for Your Data Plan

NBC Will Stream Network Shows Online As They Air

Everyone’s Favorite Goth Girl Will Return For Beetlejuice 2

Here are all the new Lego sets for the first half of 2015

Report: Samsung Wants to Make Its Own Version of Apple Pay

Scientists Have Just Discovered A New and Insane Pollination System

PSA: Order Your Christmas Gifts From Amazon by Friday for Free Shipping

Watch People Get Slow-mo Smacked in the Face With Snowballs

What Do People Always Get Wrong About Where You Live?

Hot Toys’ Temple of Doom Indiana Jones Doesn’t Come With a Single Snake

Designer postcards turn Santa into fashion whore

Just a Couple Dudes Building Sauron’s Mace From Lord of the Rings

Field Notes: Sony’s A7 Mark II Is a Solid Upgrade, But Video’s a Bummer

Amazon Echo Teardown: A Dark Tower of Voice Control

A Retro Analog Voltmeter Clock Perfect For a Mad Scientist’s Lab

Top 20 popular sites since 1996

This Giant Rainbow Was Made With Tech That’s Used To Study Exoplanets

2014’s Batgirl In New Batman Adventures Colours Makes For Great Cosplay

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