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X-Men’s Theme Song Faces Lawsuit Over Similarities to Hungarian Police Drama

The theme song to X-Men: The Animated Series is undeniably amazing, but now there are accusations that it was stolen. A Hungarian man has filed a lawsuit against Marvel, Disney, Fox, Apple, Amazon, and others—along with folks from Saban Entertainment—claiming that the theme song was plagiarized. io9 has looked over the lawsuit, which was filed…

Books & Comics Beth Elderkin Oct 9

Here’s Every Project Being Delayed to Pay For President Trump’s Idiotic Border Wall

President Donald Trump is diverting $3.6 billion in U.S. military funding to build part of his wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, but where is the money actually coming from? So far we’ve only heard talk about a few million dollars here and a few million dollars there, but last night NPR finally obtained the complete…

Tech News Matt Novak Sep 5

Microsoft Will Pay Out $26 Million in Settlement Over Hungarian Bribery Scheme

Microsoft will pay out $26 million in a settlement to resolve charges that its staff bribed government officials in Hungary, the Washington Post reported on Monday, with President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith telling staff in an email the matter “involved employee misconduct that was completely unacceptable.” The settlement, in which Microsoft did not…

Tech News Tom McKay Jul 23

Inside a WWII Air Raid Shelter Cube That Protected Factory Workers

In the first half of the 20th century, the Manfréd Weiss Steel and Metal Works was the largest machine factory in Hungary, located on Csepel island outside the capital, Budapest. In 1944 and 1945, the Allies attacked this important industrial target several times, dropping thousands of incendiary and demolition bombs onto the buildings. The factory…

Tech News Attila Nagy Dec 26

Star Wars Merchandising Is Even More Absurd Outside the US

Human culture has reached a point of no return. The overwhelming barrage of Star Wars merchandise has pulverized the last remaining crumbs of our consumer dignity. Consider this product and cry with us: Star Wars Chicken Hot Dogs with Built-in Ketchup. And it gets worse. The following photos were taken at ten separate supermarkets in…

Tech News Attila Nagy Dec 16

Revisiting the Small Village That Was Completely Devastated By Toxic Red Sludge

Kolontár’s wounds are deep. Five years ago, on October 4, 2010, roughly one million cubic meters of liquid chemical waste burst from a red mud reservoir of the Ajka Alumina Plant. The 2-4 meters high wave of toxic sludge flooded the small village west of Budapest, and minutes later, six other villages and towns. Hungary’s…

Tech News Attila Nagy Oct 6

The Closing of the Hungarian Border, As Seen by Drones

This drone video captures what’s happening right now on the border between Hungary and Croatia. All you can see for kilometers on the road are busses and checkpoints. It’s yet another instant mega-fence for Central Europe, where countries are pouring resources into preventing Syrian refugees from crossing over borders as they flee to the west.…

Tech News Annalee Newitz Sep 21

5 European Countries Have Built Border Fences to Keep Out Refugees

Over the last few weeks, hastily erected razor-wire fences have made headlines as they’ve appeared along Hungary’s border to keep out refugees fleeing war-torn countries. But this is actually not a new phenomenon: At least four more European countries have built fences in the last few years in a heightened effort to keep immigrants out.…

Tech News Alissa Walker Sep 16

Here’s A Big Collection Of Some Very Small Books

Hungarian bibliophile Jozsef Tari has a small hobby: collecting miniature books. Since 1972, he’s been collecting the smallest books ever printed, and in that time, has acquired over 5,200 individual titles. I’ve heard of tiny books before, but I had no idea that they existed in large numbers like this. Tari noted that his books…

io9 Andrew Liptak Aug 23

Photo Essay: Inside a 120 Year-Old Steam Powered Water Pumping Station

A small village on the left bank of the river Tisza in Hungary hides one of the best-preserved industrial relics I have ever seen. If you wander along the flood prevention dyke near the village, you’ll see an old building with an enormous brick chimney towering above the trees: this is the old Tiszabercel water…

Tech News Attila Nagy Aug 20

The Incredible DiY Cabins of the Tisza River in Hungary

One of the strangest places in Hungary lies beside the Tisza River in a village called Gergelyiugornya. Hugged by a bend in the river, it’s a relatively narrow, woody flood basin area packed with small cottages that show an incredibly wide variety of architectural designs and creativity. Walk with me in the shade of the…

Tech News Attila Nagy Aug 17

Drone Footage Shows Massive New Border Fence Between Hungary and Serbia

Hungarian police are erecting a 175 kilometer razor wire fence along the border between Hungary and Serbia. This depressing video from Drone Media Studio shows how the beautiful countryside is being destroyed — literally and figuratively — by anti-immigration policies. In several aerial shots, the videographers show us where Serbia (Szerbia) and Hungary (Magyarország) meet,…

Tech News Annalee Newitz Jul 16

Don’t Take This Facebook-Branded Designer Drug

This is what an internet icon looks like when it’s been turned into potentially lethal street drug. The National Public Health and Medical Officer Service (NPHMOS) in Budapest, Hungary has just issued a warning on Facebook saying 15 people have been hospitalized due to a new, Facebook-branded synthetic drug. Several of the patients showed severe…

Social Media Attila Nagy May 15

How to cook blood

Yes, I know it sounds utterly gross and something people only do in satanic ceremonies but blood is a pretty common ingredient in gastronomy. If you’ve ever tried blood sausages or black pudding you already know that blood, properly cooked, tastes delicious. This video from our friends at Malackaraj shows how to prepare it. SPLOID…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Apr 7

This delicious Hungarian pasta dish looks like boiled maggots

Our friend Anna Péter, from the food blog Malackaraj, continues to delight my virtual taste buds with another gross-looking Hungarian plate. This one is a maggot-like pasta called tojásos nokedly, a plate that you eat with a lettuce salad called fejes saláta. Apparently, it’s one of Hungary’s most iconic plates. SPLOID is delicious brain candy.…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Mar 12

Inside the Caverns of Hungary’s Abandoned Underground Coal Plant

There is a hidden industrial gem north of Lake Balaton, near Balatonfűzfő, Hungary, and when I say hidden I mean it. Because what else do you call the bare remains of a wartime power station 30 feet deep under the ground? Luckily I got a chance to bring my camera inside the haunting corridors of…

Tech News Attila Nagy Mar 9

Inside the Bunker Where Soviets Kept Their Secret Stash of Nukes

During the Cold War, Hungary was one of the westernmost allies of the Soviet Union. As a member of the Warsaw Pact, Hungary had to station a significant number of Soviet troops and military equipment on its territory. Now we’ve gone inside one of their most classified bases, and taken pictures. Hungarians got used to…

Tech News Attila Nagy Jan 29

Hungary Withdraws Its Proposed Internet Tax—For Now

Following continued protests, Hungary’s Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, has announced that he’s withdrawing plans for his proposed Internet tax—at least for now. https://gizmodo.com/protests-against-internet-tax-in-hungary-continue-large-1652169631 Orbán took to the radio this morning to explain that the government won’t move ahead with the proposal to tax the transfer of data. But he did point out that he is…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Oct 31

Protests Against Internet Tax in Hungary Continue—Larger Than Ever

Tens of thousands of peaceful Hungarians marched again in the streets and on the bridges of Budapest on Tuesday—continuing the demonstration against the proposed internet tax. According to Reuters, an estimated 100,000 people rallied at night to protest at a planned tax on data traffic suggested by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government. By a more…

Tech News Attila Nagy Oct 29

This Is How Hungarians Are Protesting Against Proposed Internet Tax

There was something strange in the air in Budapest on Sunday evening. Mostly, it was computer parts and outdated peripherals—flying through the closed windows of the headquarters of the ruling political party, called Fidesz. You may ask why that’s happening in Hungary, a democratic member of the European Union and part of NATO, ally of…

Tech News Attila Nagy Oct 27

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X-Men’s Theme Song Faces Lawsuit Over Similarities to Hungarian Police Drama

Here’s Every Project Being Delayed to Pay For President Trump’s Idiotic Border Wall

Microsoft Will Pay Out $26 Million in Settlement Over Hungarian Bribery Scheme

Inside a WWII Air Raid Shelter Cube That Protected Factory Workers

Star Wars Merchandising Is Even More Absurd Outside the US

Revisiting the Small Village That Was Completely Devastated By Toxic Red Sludge

The Closing of the Hungarian Border, As Seen by Drones

5 European Countries Have Built Border Fences to Keep Out Refugees

Here’s A Big Collection Of Some Very Small Books

Photo Essay: Inside a 120 Year-Old Steam Powered Water Pumping Station

The Incredible DiY Cabins of the Tisza River in Hungary

Drone Footage Shows Massive New Border Fence Between Hungary and Serbia

Don’t Take This Facebook-Branded Designer Drug

How to cook blood

This delicious Hungarian pasta dish looks like boiled maggots

Inside the Caverns of Hungary’s Abandoned Underground Coal Plant

Inside the Bunker Where Soviets Kept Their Secret Stash of Nukes

Hungary Withdraws Its Proposed Internet Tax—For Now

Protests Against Internet Tax in Hungary Continue—Larger Than Ever

This Is How Hungarians Are Protesting Against Proposed Internet Tax

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