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Delete Local Copies of Your Synced Cloud Files to Free Up Disk Space

With storage prices plummeting and Internet speeds rising, cloud-based backups make more sense than ever before (and are easier to manage to boot). If you want to take advantage of the popular desktop syncing tools, all of the major cross-platform players—Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive—offer some selective syncing features that you can use to keep any…

Gadgets David Nield Dec 4

How the World’s Top Assault Rifle Is Rebranding As a “Weapon of Peace”

Is there anything a snappy rebrand can’t fix? Including a gun’s reputation as the “the world’s favorite killing machine?” At a press event this week, the weapons manufacturer Kalashnikov unveiled a $380,000 rebranding that includes a new name, the Kalashnikov Concern, aka the Concern, as well as a new tagline: “Protecting Peace.” (RT says the…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Dec 4

Why Are 100-year-old Blocks Washing Up on European Beaches?

Things that typically emerge from the ocean: cigarette butts, clumps of seaweed, maybe a piece of sea glass. But Cornwall, England resident Tracey Williams’ beach strolls took a turn for the weird when she found a plank made from a gutta percha, a rubber-like substance. The word “Tjipetir” was carved into it. Finding one such…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Dec 4

Square’s New Food Delivery App Wants to Eat Seamless’ Lunch

Seamless changed the way we order food. And now Square wants to change it all over again with Caviar, a premium courier service for restaurant deliveries that’s finally going nationwide—and mobile. The Caviar appjust came out, and it basically lets you order food from all the restaurants that aren’t on Seamless. This sounds like a…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Dec 4

Amazon’s Selling Its Own Diapers and Baby Wipes for Prime Members Only

Amazon started wading into selling its own electronics with its line of Amazon Basics cables and adapters, but now it’s branching out.Amazon Elements is a new line of Amazon-branded “everyday essentials” available exclusively to Prime subscribers, and it’s starting with diapers and baby wipes. Amazon’s selling point for the new line of products isn’t price—Amazon…

Tech News Eric Limer Dec 4

The best Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer parodies

It was thrilling to watch the new Star Wars: The Force Awakensteaser trailer but I have to confess that I enjoyed much more the parody trailers that came after it. From Wes Anderson to Disney to Nic Cage, here are my favorites. Wes Anderson Guardians of the Galaxy Nic Cage Disney JJ Abrams Lego George…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 4

10 Diseases That Might Afflict Us In The Future

Today, humans suffer from a wide range of diseases and disorders that didn’t exist in the past, a trend that will likely continue well into the future. Here are 10 unexpected and wholly unpleasant diseases we’ll eventually have to contend with. Top image: A scene from Floris Kaayk’s Metalosis Maligna, a short film featuring a…

io9 George Dvorsky Dec 4

A Card Game That Requires You To Keep Your Phone Out Is Genius

Tired of being guilted into putting your phone away while you and your friends have gathered for an evening of Catan? Try convincing them to play Game of Phones instead. It’s a simple card game that requires everyone playing to have a smartphone chock full of music, photos, and social media apps—at least if they…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Dec 4

Sword For Sale, WARNING Might Be Haunted

Haunted sword for sale, just $150. A resident of Austin, TX isselling their potentially haunted sword, and for the reasonably low price of $150. That’s like getting the ghosts thrown in for free. This sword is from the 1700s. I got it at an antique store in my memaw’s home town back in 1984. The…

io9 Meredith Woerner Dec 4

The Nutellasagna is probably amazingly delicious but it may kill you

Behold the Nutellasagna! “It’s layers of buttery lasagna noodles, cannoli custard, copious amounts of Nutella, crushed roasted hazelnuts and chopped chocolate, with some marshmallows on top for additional sweetness.” If you have diabetes, don’t walk within three blocks of Robicelli’s in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Dec 4

Watch the Orion Spacecraft’s Test Flight Right Here (Updating Live)

NASA’s Orion spacecraft, arguably the most advanced spacecraft ever constructed, is scheduled for liftoff this morning from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. If successful, we could soon see the craft toting astronauts to the moon, Mars, and beyond. Follow along live. You can watch the livestream right here. In the meantime, we’ll be…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Tarantola Dec 4

People Might Actually Care Who You Are Thanks To This DIY LED Nametag

The next time you’re at a conference and forced to wear a humiliating nametag, swap that sharpied sticker for this LED badge you build yourself. The soft glow of its 50 red LEDs is sure to have your fellow attendees actually caring what your name is, what you do, and if you’re willing to make…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Dec 4

Fantastic New Look At Avengers: Age Of Ultron‘s Vision

Still pining away for a better look at Avengers: Age of Ultron’s Vision? Well you’re in luck, a new poster for the Avengers sequel has been revealed, and in it is a good look at our new robot friend, Vision! Spotted over at Comics Alliance, this promo art circulated first as a very purple-hued close…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 4

The 9 Most Expensive Buildings Ever Aren’t What You’d Expect

Buildings are expensive but they’re nowhere near as expensive as incompetence, as we learned this week thanks to new revelations about the $4 billion price tag of the World Trade Center transit hub. In the process,we uncovered a list of the most expensive structures ever built—and some of them might surprise you. The building data…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Dec 4

You Won’t Care That This Stunning Bumblebee Figure Doesn’t Transform

Say what you will about Michael Bay’s Transformers movies, in the hands of the talented sculptors at 3A Toys, the re-imagined robots make for some truly impressive action figures. And when the figures look this great in robot form, who would possibly be disappointed that they don’t actually transform? At this point there’s no information…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Dec 4

One Year Captured In 3,888 Tiny Photographs

Photographer Eirik Solheim took more than 16,000 photographs of a single spot in Oslo, Norway, in 2010, and selected 3,888 of those images to make this remarkable picture, which takes us from January on the left through December on the right, showing how the spot changes throughout the year. Solheim performs a number of photographic…

io9 Lauren Davis Dec 4

Honda’s Nostalgic Toy adverts go from bad to worse – For a Good Cause

I’m so glad the latest videos in Honda’s bizarre, toy-themed adverts are for good causes, because otherwise… well, these would be just as nightmarishly terrible, but there would be nothing hopeful to feel about after watching them! The two videos see Skeletor singing about his new found ‘friendship’ with He-Man to the tune of Jingle…

Tech News James Whitbrook Dec 4

Super Glue’s Got Nothing On This Liquid Plastic You Harden With UV Light

Billed as the world’s first liquid plastic welder, Bondic might look like a tube of super glue, but it’s far easier to apply and use—without those loopy fumes. It’s actually a liquid plastic that remains fluid when applied until you hit it with a blast of UV light for about four seconds. That hardens it…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Dec 4

Scientists Prove That Even Dead Geckos Stick To Walls

Geckos, being master of the van der Waals force, climb up glass walls like it’s no big thing. But can they do it when they’re dead? Scientists have found out that they can, and that has important implications for technology. Geckos can climb pretty much anything, no matter how smooth the surface. Scientists at first…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Dec 4

Names and faces of celebrities combined in a series of hilarious mashups

Combining celebrity’s names like Yoko Bono or GandAlf is a lot of fun, but Swedish designer Kalle Mattsson took the joke toa whole new level of hilaritywhen she decided to mashup also their portraits. Check them out: Kalle Mattsson is a graphic designer based in Stockholm, Sweden. She studied Graphic Design at the Gerrit Rietveld…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 4

Delete Local Copies of Your Synced Cloud Files to Free Up Disk Space

How the World’s Top Assault Rifle Is Rebranding As a “Weapon of Peace”

Why Are 100-year-old Blocks Washing Up on European Beaches?

Square’s New Food Delivery App Wants to Eat Seamless’ Lunch

Amazon’s Selling Its Own Diapers and Baby Wipes for Prime Members Only

The best Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer parodies

10 Diseases That Might Afflict Us In The Future

A Card Game That Requires You To Keep Your Phone Out Is Genius

Sword For Sale, WARNING Might Be Haunted

The Nutellasagna is probably amazingly delicious but it may kill you

Watch the Orion Spacecraft’s Test Flight Right Here (Updating Live)

People Might Actually Care Who You Are Thanks To This DIY LED Nametag

Fantastic New Look At Avengers: Age Of Ultron‘s Vision

The 9 Most Expensive Buildings Ever Aren’t What You’d Expect

You Won’t Care That This Stunning Bumblebee Figure Doesn’t Transform

One Year Captured In 3,888 Tiny Photographs

Honda’s Nostalgic Toy adverts go from bad to worse – For a Good Cause

Super Glue’s Got Nothing On This Liquid Plastic You Harden With UV Light

Scientists Prove That Even Dead Geckos Stick To Walls

Names and faces of celebrities combined in a series of hilarious mashups

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