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Twitpic Is Shutting Down After All

In September, Twitpic announced it was shutting down. Also in September, Twitpic announced it was no longer shutting down, because it had found a buyer. But Twitpic has announced again that it is shutting down, this time on October 25. It’s a haphazard end for one of Twitter’s oldest third-party services. Twipic founder Noah Everett…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Oct 17 '14

13 Greyhound Ads That Will Make You Want To Travel America By Bus

It’s difficult to make a bus ride seem glamorous. But the 100-year-old Greyhound Bus Company found a way nonetheless, painting the great destinations of the U.S.—depicted in these these amazing 1960s posters—as grand adventures best reached by bus. Founded in 1914, Hibbing, Minnesota, Greyhound is now celebrating its centenary. And there’s no better time to…

Tech News Attila Nagy Oct 17 '14

MasterCard Will Offer a Credit Card With a Fingerprint Sensor

The appeal of a contactless payment card is obvious: you just wave your credit or debit card over a terminal and you’ve paid. But it also removes the PIN from the equation, meaning it’s easy for someone to steal and use your card. To combat this, but to also keep contactless payments a breeze, MasterCard…

Privacy & Security Andrew Liszewski Oct 17 '14

This might just be the most beautiful Serenity we’ve ever seen

It looks like Qmx is on a Firefly kick lately, and browncoats are definitely making good from it – but while this new ‘Artisan’ Serenity might lack in the ‘aww’ factor like their recent, huggable offering, it certainly makes up for it with the wow factor. https://gizmodo.com/this-plush-serenity-is-the-cuddliest-ship-in-the-verse-1643794917 The massive replica of Captain Mal’s ship is…

Tech News James Whitbrook Oct 17 '14

Are We Getting Fewer Star Wars Movies And More DC Ones Than We Thought?

Star Wars has announced the return of another actor. Ryan Gosling’s rumored to be in all the genre films. Could Batman v. Superman be building Wonder Woman’s home in New Mexico? See a first look at Alexander Siddig in Game of Thrones. Plus, more details on Interstellar and Terminator: Genisys. Spoilers now! Top image: Star…

Television Katharine Trendacosta Oct 17 '14

Samsung’s New Chromebook 2: A Great Budget Body with Intel Inside

Samsung’s most recent Chromebooks are among some of the better made out there. But its higher end fare—like the HD 13-inch Chromebook 2—is a little expensive. The new Chromebook 2 11-inch brings that design into a more budget $250 package. The 11-inch Chromebook 2 has the same faux-leather back that Samsung’s become so fond of,…

Tech News Eric Limer Oct 17 '14

This Robot Performs Less Intrusive Brain Surgery Through Your Cheek

The thought of a robot burrowing its way through your cheek to access your brain certainly sounds unsettling. But for conditions that require access to areas like the hippocampus located on the underside, it’s actually far less invasive than cutting open the skull on top and having to drill through the entire brain to reach…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 17 '14

This Is What Happens in Slow-Mo When You Shoot Liquid Drops With Lasers

Lasers? Fun. Slow motion? Beautiful. Shooting things with lasers and recording what happens in slow motion? That’ll be what happens in this beautiful video. The headline may sound like it over-promsies but actually it… doesn’t, really. This video shows how shooting small droplets of liquid with incredibly short laser pulses can create all kinds of…

Physics & Chemistry Jamie Condliffe Oct 17 '14

One of Saturn’s Moons Could Have a Subterranean Sea

NASA scientists have been taking a closer look at Saturn’s moon Mimas thanks to Cassini’s roving eyes, and they’ve made an interesting discovery: it could have an ocean of water beneath its surface. The researchers have noticed that the moon has a more pronounced wobble than they thought as it orbits Saturn. Comparing the observed…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe Oct 17 '14

These Pumpkin Decorations Scare the Crap Out of Me

LOOK INTO THE EYES OF SPIDER-PUMPKIN AND DESPAIR. This happened to me while I was browsing the Target website for some Halloween decorations. So I obviously googled for more of these unholy spawn of a Jack-O’-Lantern and Mrs. Potato Head, and there are just too many. But there’s something about the Hulk‘s chestplate and no…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Oct 17 '14

Human stupidity gone viral makes for brilliant organ donor ads

Belgium-based ad agency Duval-Guillaume has a new clever campaign using human life-risking stupidity gone viral to raise awareness about organ donation. I can imagine the concept working perfectly with those daredevil videos we sometimes post in Sploid. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Oct 17 '14

Twitter: Inserting Strangers’ Tweets Into Your Timeline Is Now a Feature

Twitter has published a blog post explaining that recommended tweets are no longer a test—they’re here to stay in your timeline. The social network has been injecting the tweets from people you don’t follow into your feed for a while now. But the news confirms that this is no longer just an experiment, it’s a…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Oct 17 '14

Android is Getting StreetPass-Style Local Multiplayer Ability

Asynchronous multiplayer gaming is all the rage these days. Whether it’s taking on your pal’s ghost-car times in Forza, or the more-interesting “ambient” multiplayer of the Nintendo 3DS’s StreetPass system (letting you progress in games and trade items merely by being in proximity to someone who also has one of Nintendo’s handhelds), the idea that…

Tech News Gerald Lynch - Gizmodo UK Oct 17 '14

Concept Art Reveals the Sleeker Rhino Amazing Spider-Man 2 Could’ve Had

Amazing Spider-Man 2 introducer Paul Giamatti’s Rhino with the promise of seeing him more in Sinister Six/Amazing Spider-Man 2. In that iteration, his armor was a giant one-man-tank thing, put together out of surplus Cold War military gear. But earlier versions of the character, revealed in this concept art by Steffen Reichstadt, hews closer to…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta Oct 17 '14

This Is How Christian Bale as Steve Jobs Could Turn Out

The rumor mill is pretty certain that Christian Bale will be playing Steve Jobs in Aaron Sorkin’s new Apple movie. This is the direction in which Conan thinks the former Batman will take the role. https://gizmodo.com/report-christian-bale-will-play-steve-jobs-1646903670 When you think about it, a Steve Jobs movie is quite a lot like a superhero movie: lots of…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Oct 17 '14

This Cathedral Is Filled With Smartphone-Powered Laser Beams

Step into France’s Saint-Eustache cathedral, and—unlike most places of worship—you won’t be asked to turn your cellphone off. Instead, you’ll be told to send a text message to the building, which is then converted into part of a laser show. Called Shooting Thoughts, the installation byFilipe Vilas-Boas uses test messages to trigger mapped laser beams.…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Oct 17 '14

Man spends two years building amazing megacity in Minecraft

This is madness. What you are looking at is not a screenshot of Simcity. It is a megalopolis made entirely in Minecraft using 4.5 million blocks over the course of two years on an Xbox 360 (!) Its name is Titan City and yes, it’s completely insane, especially when you get up close: The city…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Oct 17 '14

The iPhone 6 Finally Made It to China

It’s taken Apple a little while to take its latest phone to China. But, as a Wall Street Journal correspondent points out, now it’s there, reaction to its arrival seems to be “decidedly low-key.” Just 100 or so fanboys waited in line outside the Beijing Apple store this morning, ready to pick up their pre-ordered…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Oct 17 '14

Meet the Artist Who Invents the Machines of Steampunkish Fairies

Samantha Bryan first started making fairies because of a project assigned to her at school. Eventually. she became curious about the the everyday life of her fairies, incorporating research into Victorian inventions into that idea. The result are these decidedly less sparkling and ephemeral fairies. http://vimeo.com/channels/staff… The film above comes from R&A Collaborations, and reveals…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Oct 17 '14

Firefox Hello Does Account-Free Video Chat

Parent-calling-avoiders of the world have never had it worse: Skype, Hangouts and FaceTime are all stellar and free programs that mean that you’ve got basically no reason for ignoring forgetting your parents’ wedding anniversary. But Firefox wants to add to that list, with a video-calling client that doesn’t even need an account. Firefox Hello is…

Tech News Chris Mills Oct 17 '14

Twitpic Is Shutting Down After All

13 Greyhound Ads That Will Make You Want To Travel America By Bus

MasterCard Will Offer a Credit Card With a Fingerprint Sensor

This might just be the most beautiful Serenity we’ve ever seen

Are We Getting Fewer Star Wars Movies And More DC Ones Than We Thought?

Samsung’s New Chromebook 2: A Great Budget Body with Intel Inside

This Robot Performs Less Intrusive Brain Surgery Through Your Cheek

This Is What Happens in Slow-Mo When You Shoot Liquid Drops With Lasers

One of Saturn’s Moons Could Have a Subterranean Sea

These Pumpkin Decorations Scare the Crap Out of Me

Human stupidity gone viral makes for brilliant organ donor ads

Twitter: Inserting Strangers’ Tweets Into Your Timeline Is Now a Feature

Android is Getting StreetPass-Style Local Multiplayer Ability

Concept Art Reveals the Sleeker Rhino Amazing Spider-Man 2 Could’ve Had

This Is How Christian Bale as Steve Jobs Could Turn Out

This Cathedral Is Filled With Smartphone-Powered Laser Beams

Man spends two years building amazing megacity in Minecraft

The iPhone 6 Finally Made It to China

Meet the Artist Who Invents the Machines of Steampunkish Fairies

Firefox Hello Does Account-Free Video Chat

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