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A Trailer For The Interview, as Directed By Kim Jong-Un

The Interview, the most talked-about crap movie of 2014, was not very flattering to North Korea’s leader. Actually, it showed his head going pop. But what would happen if the film were directed by the DPRK’s glorious leader, rather than those American fascists? This YouTube video, which comes to us courtesy of an anonymous YouTube…

YouTube Will Soon Support 360-Degree Video Uploads

Look out YouTube fans: soon, you’ll be able to immerse yourself in videos that go all the way around. Google has just confirmed to Gizmodo that it will be adding native support for 360-degree videos to its streaming video service. That means you should eventually, theoretically be able to take all the crazy footage you’re…

You Can Stream The Interview Right Now, Here’s How

The Interview has had the craziest release story of any film in recent memory. But a crippling hacking attack, terrorist threats, and state-sponsored “cybervandalism” aside, the movie is now (finally) available to watch—and you don’t even have to leave your couch. Earlier today, Sony announced that YouTube, Google Play, and Xbox Video would be streaming…

Hulu’s Former CEO Just Launched a Subscription-Based YouTube Rival

YouTube pretty much won the video war years ago, but there are still plenty of people vying for some of the action. Remember Viddy? Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar thinks that his new startup video site Vessel offers a unique subscription-based model ($3/month) that can pull YouTube stars over to a new platform. Long story…

NASA’s ‘All About That Space’ Parody Is Pretty Perfect

Most interns get coffee and do endless photocopying. At NASA, however, the interns make parody videos of pop songs. Personally, I can’t really imagine a better use of tax dollars. The video was made by the Pathway Interns at the Johnson Space Center, notionally to help publicize Orion’s first flight. But let’s be honest, this…

YouTube Now Lets You Make GIFs From Videos

Making short GIFs of YouTube videos is a pretty well-established practice now — so much so that there’s dozens of websites dedicated to this finest of art forms. But YouTube might be about to make them all obsolete, thanks to a new built-in GIF maker. At the moment, it looks like the feature is experimental…

Relive the Hours You Wasted This Year With YouTube’s Top Videos of 2014

YouTube just put out a list of the top videos of the year, and it’ll be no surprise that you’ve probably seen many of them before. Let’s look back at your year in wasted time and lost productivity by wasting just a little bit more by watching these videos again. According to YouTube, these are…

Dig Deep With YouTube’s Most Bizarre Hollow Earth Videos

Like aliens above, the notion that there’s life below the Earth’s crust is catnip to conspiracy theorists. A recent Telegraph article recapped a statement made in 2002 by one Dallas Thompson on Art Bell’s Coast to Coast AM radio show. After a devastating car accident, Thompson had a vision of a world that could be…

Gangnam Style Broke YouTube’s View Counter

Gangnam Style fell out of the public eye a while ago (thank god) but people haven’t stopped watching it. It’s been seen so many times that it actually broke YouTube’s view counter, in the nerdiest possible way by busting the code behind the scenes. As the YouTube Google+ page explains, the video stalled out at…

This Guy Made a Spinning Wheel of Death With Clothespins and a Drill

Joerg Sprave is YouTube’s pre-eminent creator of all things slingshot. On The Slingshot Channel, he shows off his various crazy-genius creations varying from all different levels of lethality. This Sunday Sprave debuted, as he describes, “the world’s first drill-powered, fully automatic dart launcher.” Essentially each dart is strapped in a clothespin. Once Sprave powers on…

This “Smart” Ring Is Another Reason to Never Trust Kickstarter Videos

With $880,998 in funding, well exceeding its $250,000 asking price, Ring was a smart device that was meant to Bluetooth control everything in your life—except that it doesn’t. Not by a longshot. We debunked the thing outright as soon as it showed up on Kickstarter in March, but that didn’t stop thousands of backers from…

Fan-Made The Force Awakens Trailers Show Signs of Prequel PTSD

Unless you were five years old or particularly interested in intergalactic trade negotiations, Star Wars’ return to cinemas 15 years ago was most likely an underwhelming experience. In fact, you may find it hard to trust any Star Wars film ever again. Don’t worry, you’re not alone. The new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer…

Of Course Someone Has Recreated The New Star Wars Trailer In Lego

I’m just taking it as read by this stage that you’ve seen the trailer for the new Star Wars movie. But you can’t claim true nerddom until you’ve seen this incredible Lego recreation. YouTube user Snooperking has made an impressive shot-by-shot recreation in less than 24 hours. Lego rolling droid? Check. New crazy cross-handled Lego…

A Rowing Machine Slingshot Is the First Time Rowing Has Been Scary

Joerg Sprave is our favorite kind of crazy, a YouTube star who builds lots and lots and lots (and lots) of insane slingshot creations. This time he’s applied the art of rubberized weaponry to personal fitness machines. He calls his new contraption the “Rowboat of Death,” and rightly so because this beast fires steel balls…

Google Just Gave You a Good Reason to Quit Spotify

I signed up for Spotify three years ago, the day the service launched in the United States. $400 in subscription fees later, I’m still a member, and I’ve never regretted the money for a second. But for the first time since joining, I’m actually tempted to leave. YouTube Music Key might just win me over.…

YouTube Music Key Hands On: Streaming Music Has Never Been Easier

Last week, YouTube announced its new streaming music service, which is finally rolling out in beta form. It comes complete with out-of-app background listening, cacheable videos, ad-free music, and a 6 month free trial. It turns YouTube into a great little music player. I just tried it out and so far, so good. To see…

Next year, Twitter will let you record, edit, and share videos within the service. This native video feature will give Twitter users a different way to record video alognside its looping-video app Vine, and position Twitter as a rival to older video uploading services like YouTube. I guess it’s only appropriate that Twitter try to…

YouTube Is Launching a Subscription Streaming Service

YouTube islaunching a subscription music service called YouTube Music Key, with the beta version coming next week. You’ll be able to pay $10 per month for mercifully ad-free music and videos. It’s more than just a way to avoid hearing a commercial every time you want to play Taylor Swift. YouTube announced the other features…

Report: Key Indie Labels Sign On to YouTube’s Rumored Music Service

The Financial Times reports that YouTube’s rumored streaming music service has hit a crucial milestone this week by locking down a deal with Merlin, the network that represents the licensing rights for a huge swath of indie labels. Over the summer, negotiations between YouTube and many important indie labels broke down. The labels complained that…

This VHS Captain America Trailer Is The Perfect ’80s Throwback

Occasionally, fan-made trailer mashups will come along that make you want to watch the full (but sadly non-existent) movie. This flawless VHS trailer for Captain America: The Winter Soldier captures everything you might dimly remember an ’80s trailer to be, and will also make you realize that maybe Full HD isn’t everything. It’s not just…