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The Pirate Bay Raided By Police, Site Down

Swedish police have reportedly raided The Pirate Bay. The portal has been down for several hours. The site has long hidden behind the relatively lax laws of Sweden, but it appears it’s exhausted the leniency. The embattled torrent tracker went down this morning, and Swedish Police confirmed to TorrentFreak that some servers were seized in…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Dec 9

Hear the terrifying sound of the A-10 tank killer’s gun in an attack run

This video contains one of the most terrifying human-produced sounds you can hear in the planet: The screaming noise from hell of an A-10 Warthog’s GAU-8 Avenger gatling gun.Some of the very few who were on its reticle and survived say its banshee scream was the worst thing they have ever heard. It is Satan’s…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Dec 9

The Strangest And Most Beautiful Calculators Humanity Has Ever Created

We tend to think of calculators as devices house in dull plastic boxes, but these calculators show them for the range of mechanical wonders that they are, from gleaming dials to monkey-shaped viewers to pens from some retrofuturistic world. The Pascaline or Pascal’s Calculator, by Blaise Pascal. It could add, subtract, multiply and divide two…

io9 Vincze Miklós Dec 9

The Robocop Redesign That Freaked Everyone Out Will Soon Be A Fancy Toy

Ah, the heady days of 2013. Remember when everyone started freaking out that the new Robocop reboot’s sleek black armour was a change too far? Even when the movie turned out surprisingly good, it was still a point of contention. But now Robocop’s latest look is joining ThreeZero’s line of gorgeous 1:6 scale figures. ThreeZero…

Tech News James Whitbrook Dec 9

Your Favorite Anonymous App Is Not Anonymous At All

Security researchers recentlydiscovered a serious flaw in Yik Yak, the “anonymous” messaging app popular with teens. In surprisingly simple fashion, the flaw offered hackers a way to discover the identities of Yik Yak’s supposedly unnamed users. It also provides a good opportunity to issue this very important PSA: Anonymous apps aren’t anonymous at all, and…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes Dec 9

What Happens When the Weatherman’s Computer Fails

The weather team down at ABCNews4 just made the most of a horrific, live computer crash. Apparently, the computer that generates the graphics for the TV weather forecasts failed recently, but instead of just standing up there and talking in front of a blank screen, the team created some super half-assed chicken scratch pen drawings…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Dec 9

Does Anyone Really Think Star Wars Ruined Science Fiction?

The meme has been going around pretty much since Star Wars first came out in 1977: Star Wars wrecked science fiction. George Lucas’ extravagant space opera messed up a genre that was fumbling towards grown-up sophistication. This idea made a bit of a come-back with the Force Awakens teaser, and it’s time to kill it.…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Dec 9

Watch Hayao Miyazaki Animate The Last Shot From His Final Film

We’re used to seeing animator Hayao Miyazaki’s magic on the screen, but what does it look like when the images are mere pencil on paper? This clip from the documentary The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness shows the legendary director working on he’s said is his final feature-length film. Mami Sunada’s documentary, which hits VOD…

Movies Lauren Davis Dec 9

There Is Now An Office Where You’re Forbidden From Sitting

Ever since sitting became the new evil, offices have sprouted all sorts of arrangements we would have once considered bizarre: bouncy balls, standing desks, treadmill desks. But none are perhaps as weird—and uncomfortable!—as the Dutch design studio RAAAF’s “The End of Sitting” office, a labyrinth of hard slopes where sitting is expressly forbidden. It would…

Tech News Sarah Zhang Dec 9

Watch A Short Film By The Director Of J.J. Abrams’ New Alien Movie

Deadline just broke the news that J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot will produce the “top secret” directorial debut of Chris Alender. It’s described as a science fiction film with “a Cloverfield feel and a contained budget, [involving] aliens.” More from Deadline, which notes Sony won a bidding war to get its mitts on the property:…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Dec 9

This concert looks like the ultimate sensory overload experience

Refik Anadol sent us this video of his latest multimedia project—Visions of America: Amériques—done in collaboration with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. The awesomeness here is that conductor Esa-pekka Salonen is driving both the orchestra and the entire 3D projection with his hand movements: ‘The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s multimedia presentation…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Dec 9

No, HPV Vaccines Don’t Make Girls Promiscuous

A Canadian study shows that HPV shots don’t make girls promiscuous, as some parents have feared. But given that HPV causes about 70% of cervical cancers, this is hardly something we should be worrying about. The human papilloma virus (HPV) is a serious health problem. It’s the most common STD in America and, with the…

io9 George Dvorsky Dec 9

Honest Trailers Is Hilariously Right About The Flaws Of GOTG

One would think that crafting an Honest Trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy would be difficult. But perhaps our love for this movie has made us blind to some of its problems. Oh, who are we kidding, we love you GOTG and your lengthy technobabble dialogue!

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 9

We Just Got One Step Closer to Killing the Password

The FIDO Alliance, whose members include everyone from Google to Samsung, just announced new password-free standards for regular and two-step authentication. In other words, the entire tech industry now has protocol for letting you sign into accounts without a password. Get ready for everything but typing out *****. Disparate companies have been offering password-killing solutions…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes Dec 9

Metropolis, Attack on Titan, Guardians of the Galaxy, and More Deals

io9 on Metropolis: Why it’s influential This film wasn’t exactly a huge hit at the time when it was released, but it casts a long shadow, with film-makers like Terry Gilliam freely admitting they copy Fritz Lang’s grand, terrifying vision of the future. This film has also had a huge impact on fashion. The Complete…

io9 Shane Roberts Dec 9

Debunking Flu Shot Myths Makes Some Less Likely To Get Vaccinated

Only 42 percent of adults in the U.S. get their flu shots. A key reason for this low number is the misconception that you can catch the flu from the vaccine. But, a recent study found that, when vaccine-fearing patients heard the real facts from their doctors, they were actually more reluctant to get their…

io9 Mark Strauss Dec 9

HBO Streaming Might Finally Stop Breaking All the Time

When HBO launches its standalone streaming subscription next year, a company called MLB Advanced is going to take over the actual streaming tech. This is a good thing, unless you have an unslakable fetish for premier night failures. HBO’s old streaming tech just couldn’t handle the demands. HBO knows enough not to trust HBO to…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Dec 9

7 More Viral Images That Are Totally Fake (Maybe NSFW?)

Today’s forecast calls for viral with a 100 percent chance of fake. And scattered nudity by midday. Is that a real cellphone exploding in the microwave? Is that really JFK lying lifeless after being assassinated? Is that a woman hitchhiking naked at Woodstock? No, no, and no. Today we have a mildly not-safe-for-work version of…

Tech News Matt Novak Dec 9

Continuum Gets Renewed For Just 6 More Episodes

The Canadian time-travel cop show Continuum is getting the Warehouse 13 treatment — it’s getting renewed for one final season, but only six episodes. Will that give the show enough time to unravel its complicated alternate timelines and themes of corporations versus terrorists? Honestly, I’m not sure. Maybe the shortened final season will force creator…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Dec 9

These Backpacks Can Take You Around The World

We believe in packing light whenever possible. However, some adventures require more stuff. Whether you’re climbing Denali or trekking through the rainforest carrying tons of camera gear, you’ll need an expedition pack. We tested the two most popular ones available across Norway, Iceland and on a 185-mile hike through Nepal. What’s an Expedition Pack? An…

Reviews Chris Brinlee Jr Dec 9

The Pirate Bay Raided By Police, Site Down

Hear the terrifying sound of the A-10 tank killer’s gun in an attack run

The Strangest And Most Beautiful Calculators Humanity Has Ever Created

The Robocop Redesign That Freaked Everyone Out Will Soon Be A Fancy Toy

Your Favorite Anonymous App Is Not Anonymous At All

What Happens When the Weatherman’s Computer Fails

Does Anyone Really Think Star Wars Ruined Science Fiction?

Watch Hayao Miyazaki Animate The Last Shot From His Final Film

There Is Now An Office Where You’re Forbidden From Sitting

Watch A Short Film By The Director Of J.J. Abrams’ New Alien Movie

This concert looks like the ultimate sensory overload experience

No, HPV Vaccines Don’t Make Girls Promiscuous

Honest Trailers Is Hilariously Right About The Flaws Of GOTG

We Just Got One Step Closer to Killing the Password

Metropolis, Attack on Titan, Guardians of the Galaxy, and More Deals

Debunking Flu Shot Myths Makes Some Less Likely To Get Vaccinated

HBO Streaming Might Finally Stop Breaking All the Time

7 More Viral Images That Are Totally Fake (Maybe NSFW?)

Continuum Gets Renewed For Just 6 More Episodes

These Backpacks Can Take You Around The World

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