Safe

30 Years Later, the Terrors of ‘Safe’ Are Just as Alarming

Todd Haynes’ exploration of ecological and existential horrors features a stellar early-career performance by Julianne Moore.

Movies Cheryl Eddy Jun 5

Foundation‘s David S. Goyer on Expanding Asimov’s Vision in Season 2

The Apple TV+ epic sci-fi series starring Jared Harris and Lee Pace returns July 14.

Television Cheryl Eddy Jul 10

The Best Tech YouTube Channels You Don’t Know About

There are thousands of smaller YouTube channels that cover technology and are worth following, these are some of our favorites

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 25

The Gentle Side of Twitch

“Hi! I see you, but I’m focused on the reading right now. I can chat during the next break!” This message popped up on the stream from Ryan Blake Hall, better known as Storyteller Mars on Twitch. He was busy reading from Henry Wysham Lanier’s A Book of Giants: Tales of Very Tall Men of…

Tech News Nicole Carpenter Apr 23

Watch a Gun Safe Get Cracked Open with Just a Paper Clip

Hmm. That’s not supposed to happen like that. And yet this gun safe—a GunVault GVB1000 approved by the California Department of Justice that uses a biometric fingerprint sensor to unlock itself—can be easily opened with just a paperclip. It’s a method that simply involves tricking the bypass lock to open the latch. That is way…

Sploid Casey Chan Mar 4

Visual Breakdown of How a Modern Safe Keeps Things Locked Up

Here’s a nice little exploded and dissected visualization of a modern safe. For this particular model, over 500 parts are used to make up the impenetrable box with 26 hardened steel bolts keeping things shut tight. It’s also fireproof to up to 1200 degrees and has a lock with 1.2 million possible combinations. SPLOID is…

Sploid Casey Chan Mar 4

Watch a Magnet Inside a Sock Break Open a Safe in Seconds

Safes and locks and other security measures of that nature? They’re all eventually doomed because they’re designed to open. It’s just a matter of how long it takes. With the help of rare earth magnets, it takes just seconds. Here is Mr. Locksmith demonstrating how a rare earth magnet can exploit the nickel piece in…

Sploid Casey Chan Feb 5

Your Guide To Island Hopping The Philippines

I just spent two weeks in the Philippines, a place The Department of State deems dangerous and warns that “U.S. citizens should continue to exercise extreme caution if traveling to certain regions and cities.” Here’s why it wasn’t scary, and why you should plan to island-hop as soon as possible! A fish-your-own dinner was one…

Tech News WESTx1000 Jul 28

This is the vault where KFC guards the Colonel’s secret original recipe

In a random hallway inside the KFC headquarters, inside their legal department, across from a copy machine, next to a shelf that stores three stacks of paper and possibly the saddest Keurig machine in existence is… a broom closet. Or well, that’s what it looks like. It’s actually the vault that hides KFC’s biggest secret:…

Sploid Casey Chan Oct 29

This $150 Hack Can Crack a Safe

It might not look much, with its plain 3D printed arms and cables hanging free, but this little guy can punch well above its weight. Made up of components worth an estimated $150, this auto-dialler can do the same job as a machine worth tens of thousands: it can crack a safe. The expensive machines…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe Oct 15

Sound the All Clear: ROSAT Does Not Go Splat

ROSAT, the latest manmade object to fall from the heavens and threaten humanity’s safety, has apparently burned up in Earth’s atmosphere. The 1 in 2,000 chance of death from above we had all feared never materialized. The German Aerospace center estimates the 21-year-old, 5,348-pound satellite entered the atmosphere around 9:45 p.m. Eastern Time Saturday night…

Space & Spaceflight Jack Loftus Oct 23

That Mysterious, Possibly Mafia-Connected Safe Has Been Opened But Only Oprah Knows What’s Inside

Do you remember that mysterious safe hidden behind a wall inside Bill’s Casino in Reno? Well, it’s been opened. Cool! Not really, since it was opened and filmed by Oprah’s people for a TV special. So no one knows what’s inside still. TV drama! https://gizmodo.com/a-man-found-a-mysterious-possibly-mafia-connected-safe-5833964 Remember, there was a slight possibility that the safe was…

Privacy & Security Casey Chan Sep 21

A Man Found a Mysterious, Possibly Mafia-Connected Safe Inside a Casino Wall and Plans to Open It Live on the Internet

Mike Laub recently bought Bill’s casino in Lake Tahoe and was in the process of renovating the building. But when he started tearing down walls, Laub found a four foot tall, black locked safe that was hidden underneath a staircase and sealed off behind a wall. What the hell? How did no one know about…

Privacy & Security Casey Chan Aug 24

Back to School Tech: 10 Things You Need, 5 Things You Definitely Don’t

Don't get tricked into buying garbage you don't need.

Reviews Joanna Stern Aug 21

BedBunker: Sleep Soundly with WWIII Under Your Pillow

I can’t speak for everyone here, but if I could sleep every night atop my 32 rifles or 70 handguns, I’d just worry that the Boogie Man would find a way to arm himself. The BedBunker is a 1300lb 10 gauge steel strongbox that locks your arsenal away safely with a hydraulic gas-assist piston—even in…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jul 28

Oh God, It’s a Whole Chicken in a Can

Until this moment, I did not know you could fit a whole chicken in a can. The directions on the back use the word “delicious” three times. Let’s see what’s inside (warning, NSFL): Mmmmm. It makes the cheeseburger in a can look like a Shackburger. See what the chicken looks like after cooking and more…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Apr 30

Safe-T Bed: Sleep Soundly on a Cache of Guns, Jewels and Money

Somewhere between a sock and an actual bank lies the Executive Safe-T bed. Hollandia International’s design incorporates a heavy-duty safe underneath the mattress and a cover in the head joint of the bed base. The bed was originally developed for a wealthy international customer that wanted to keep a handgun close by at all times,…

Privacy & Security Sean Fallon Dec 26

Shock Safe Delivers a Jolt to Would-Be Thieves

I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that no one wants your old baseball cards enough to warrant securing them in a safe that delivers electric shocks to people. The shock safe does just that, administering a jolt to anyone who dares tamper with it. It uses a four-digit code to keep…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Dec 15

14-Pound Lego Safe Is Guarded by 305 Billion Codes

By definition, you would think that a Lego safe won’t be very safe. But, right now, and looking at the photo and features of this 14-pound Lego Mindstorms NXT Safe, it looks like a much more secure place to guard my savings than any bank out there. All the $34.67 of them. Seriously. Once glued,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 18

A Floppy Disk That’s Safer Than Your Hard Drive

Floppy disks weren’t exactly known for their data security, but as a safe I think it could really handle the job. Unfortunately, the “Safe Save” is only a concept render at this point—which is disappointing because it would definitely be a cool real-world product. [Tebe Interesno via Apartment Therapy]

Tech News Sean Fallon Nov 12

Safe

30 Years Later, the Terrors of ‘Safe’ Are Just as Alarming

Foundation‘s David S. Goyer on Expanding Asimov’s Vision in Season 2

The Best Tech YouTube Channels You Don’t Know About

The Gentle Side of Twitch

Watch a Gun Safe Get Cracked Open with Just a Paper Clip

Visual Breakdown of How a Modern Safe Keeps Things Locked Up

Watch a Magnet Inside a Sock Break Open a Safe in Seconds

Your Guide To Island Hopping The Philippines

This is the vault where KFC guards the Colonel’s secret original recipe

This $150 Hack Can Crack a Safe

Sound the All Clear: ROSAT Does Not Go Splat

That Mysterious, Possibly Mafia-Connected Safe Has Been Opened But Only Oprah Knows What’s Inside

A Man Found a Mysterious, Possibly Mafia-Connected Safe Inside a Casino Wall and Plans to Open It Live on the Internet

Back to School Tech: 10 Things You Need, 5 Things You Definitely Don’t

BedBunker: Sleep Soundly with WWIII Under Your Pillow

Oh God, It’s a Whole Chicken in a Can

Safe-T Bed: Sleep Soundly on a Cache of Guns, Jewels and Money

Shock Safe Delivers a Jolt to Would-Be Thieves

14-Pound Lego Safe Is Guarded by 305 Billion Codes

A Floppy Disk That’s Safer Than Your Hard Drive

Amazon Is Sticking With ‘Rings of Power’ to the End

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The ‘Mass Effect’ Show is Getting Rewritten to Get Greenlit

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