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90 Artists and Designers Reimagined R2-D2 In Weird and Wonderful Ways

As part of Star Wars Celebration last week, Sideshow Collectibles reached out to over 90 artists, designers, and friends with a simple task: take the company’s new sixth-scale R2-D2 figure and reimagine the astromech droid in weird and wonderful ways. The results of the R2-ME2 project are sometimes hilarious, sometimes scary, and sometimes incredibly clever…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Tuesday Game Room: Surprise Assassins Edition

An otherwise quiet week is propped up by the surprise release of a new Assassin’s Creed (although it’s not the game you’d expect), so it’s time to turn back into our back catalogues for gaming goodness. What have you been up to this week? Tell us in another edition of Tuesday Game Room! What have…

Tech News James Whitbrook

Terrifying Oculus Demo Teaches You How to Survive a Water Crash Landing

When you get on a plane, the last thing you want to think about is what you’ll have to do to survive an emergency crash landing in the water. But knowing exactly how to safely evacuate a plane could one day save your life, so researches created a terrifying Oculus Rift emergency landing simulation that…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Twitter Is Testing a Product That’ll Hunt Down Trollish Tweets

Twitter is well aware that it’s a breeding ground for online harassment and has done a terrible job stopping it, and today, the company announced three tactics to better combat tweeting trolls. First, it expanded its definition of a threat to cover a wider umbrella of shitbag tweets. Then it introduced a “locking” policy to…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

New Adobe Lightroom: HDR and Panoramas, But Mostly the Same Old Thing

My most essential piece of software as a photographer is Adobe Lightroom. It’s one of those things you salivate for when you hear an update is coming. Such an update is upon us with Lightroom CC, but the new features still leave me thirsty. The shiny new tools Adobe is including in Lightroom CC include…

Tech News Michael Hession

Peaceful shot of a MV-22 Osprey overlooking the Sun on top a mountain

The US Marines says this photo shows a MV-22B Osprey preparing to take off on top of a mountain in New Mexico. I think the picture is fantastic, the rear shot makes it look like the Osprey is being contemplative and its rotors are splitting the Sun at the perfect angle. Everything almost looks peaceful.…

Sploid Casey Chan

The Artwork On These Ghostbusters Playing Cards Is Fantastic

You probably don’t need much of a reason to spend $14 on a pack of Ghostbusters-themed playing cards—you loved the movie, you love Texas Hold’em, it’s the perfect match. So consider it a nice bonus that every single card in this deck features beautiful caricaturesque illustrations of all the characters—dead or alive—from the movie. And…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

One of Indiegogo’s Biggest Successes Is Getting Sued for Fraud

The supposedly innovative, affordable Sondors e-bike slayed its crowdfunding goal earlier this month, raising over $5 million to become the second-most successful Indiegogo campaign of all time. Now its creator is getting sued for fraud by the company that ran his crowdfunding gambit. And it’s not the only sketchy thing about this campaign. Storm Sondors,…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

6 More Fake Images From Our Garbage Internet

The internet is a beautiful medium where people can exchange brain-tickling images in a wondrous marketplace of ideas. Just kidding. It’s mostly garbage. Here’s some garbage we found on the internet recently. 1) Is this a megalodon shark next to a German U-Boat in the 1940s? Remember that dumb megalodon documentary released by the Discovery…

Tech News Matt Novak

Now You Can Download Your Google History—Or Better Yet, Delete It

You can now download your entire Google search history to your computer. Sound neat? That’s what I thought at first. And then I realized there were dangerous things in my search history—things way worse than my taste in porn. I’m not talking about the embarrassing fact that I always start Pandora Radio by typing “Pandora”…

Tech News Sean Hollister

All the cool driving scenes from Quentin Tarantino movies

Few directors employ as many trademark shots as Quentin Tarantino. Jacob T. Swinney, who is prolific at documenting QT’s work, is back again this time, taking a look at all the driving scenes from Tarantino flicks. You can see odes to previous shots and scenes done in the same manner to evoke similar feelings. It’s…

Sploid Casey Chan

How to Keep Track of All Your Favorite Places

Mapping apps have given us unprecedented access to the world around us, but even with all this technology at our disposal, remembering the name of that bar you went to last week can still be a struggle. Well, struggle no longer: We’ve pulled together a selection of the best apps and sites for keeping your…

Gadgets David Nield

There Is a Secret Gold Link Apple Watch and Beyoncé Has It

Beyoncé recently wore a gold link Apple Watch at Coachella— but it’s not one of the Apple Watch bracelets available to buy, at least not yet. Elderly Draco Malfoy impersonator Karl Lagerfeld also had his wrist photographed clad in this mysterious gold link Apple Watch. Two celebrities, one likely upsettingly expensive watch, so many questions:…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

An RC Train That Delivers Tissues When You’re Too Sick To Get Up

You might not think you need a remote control tissue box designed to look like a Japanese subway train. But think back to the last time you were sick, and just getting out of bed felt more challenging than running a marathon. Now you see why $34 for an RC train that can deliver tissues…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

This Lamp’s Levitating Glowing Disc Borders On Magic

There’s no shortage of fancy lamps on crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter, but the Lunaluxx looks like it truly brings something unique and innovative to the table, or your desk, or your bedside table. It uses a small floating disk that glows brilliantly when hit with an invisible blue LED from underneath. It sounds like witchcraft,…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Samsung’s Got Some Brand New Tabs, and Everything Else You Missed

Samsung quietly launches two new tablets, Chrome gets a big upgrade, and AMD lets slip Windows 10’s release date. BitStream has the news and rumors you missed in the last 24 hours. If there is one thing Samsung has a crap-ton of, it’s tablets. And now it has two more, after announcing an 8-inch and…

Gadgets Darren Orf

Video: The fascinating world of kite fighting for sport

All my life, I’ve been flying kites for fun. Little did I know that there was a sport of fighting kites that I could have playing instead! This fascinating short documentary by Victory Journal explores the kite fighters of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and shows how kids and adults participate in the sport. It looks…

Sploid Casey Chan

You Have No Reason Not to Upgrade To Philips’ New $5 LED Light Bulb

Unless you refuse to light the room where you write about conspiracy theories with anything but antiquated incandescent bulbs, you really don’t have a single reason not to upgrade to Philips’ new 60-watt equivalent LED bulbs that cost just five bucks without a utility rebate. It will officially be the cheapest 60-watt equivalent LED bulb…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Why is It Called a ‘Medicine Ball’ Anyway?

Medicine balls, for those of you who haven’t been to a gym or never accidentally kicked one thinking it was like a soccer ball (true story), are heavy weighted balls coming in a variety of sizes and weights (with the biggest we could find ringing in at a whopping 150 pounds) with a diverse range…

Tech News Karl Smallwood - TodayIFoundOut.com

This Is What 170-Year-Old Champagne From a Shipwreck Tasted Like

In 2010, divers rescued some amazingly old alcohol from a shipwreck off the coast of Finland. They’ve already published some detailed tasting notes about the beer—but now they’ve carried out an in-depth analysis of the champagne they found, too. The bottles of champagne found aboard the ship were actually eminently traceable. Markings on the corks…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

90 Artists and Designers Reimagined R2-D2 In Weird and Wonderful Ways

Tuesday Game Room: Surprise Assassins Edition

Terrifying Oculus Demo Teaches You How to Survive a Water Crash Landing

Twitter Is Testing a Product That’ll Hunt Down Trollish Tweets

New Adobe Lightroom: HDR and Panoramas, But Mostly the Same Old Thing

Peaceful shot of a MV-22 Osprey overlooking the Sun on top a mountain

The Artwork On These Ghostbusters Playing Cards Is Fantastic

One of Indiegogo’s Biggest Successes Is Getting Sued for Fraud

6 More Fake Images From Our Garbage Internet

Now You Can Download Your Google History—Or Better Yet, Delete It

All the cool driving scenes from Quentin Tarantino movies

How to Keep Track of All Your Favorite Places

There Is a Secret Gold Link Apple Watch and Beyoncé Has It

An RC Train That Delivers Tissues When You’re Too Sick To Get Up

This Lamp’s Levitating Glowing Disc Borders On Magic

Samsung’s Got Some Brand New Tabs, and Everything Else You Missed

Video: The fascinating world of kite fighting for sport

You Have No Reason Not to Upgrade To Philips’ New $5 LED Light Bulb

Why is It Called a ‘Medicine Ball’ Anyway?

This Is What 170-Year-Old Champagne From a Shipwreck Tasted Like

Artemis 2 by the Numbers: Breaking Down NASA’s Big Return to the Moon

Apple Removes iPhone Vibe Coding App from App Store

China’s Biggest Social Media Celebrity Is… Kris Jenner?

Up to $1,550 Off on pCloud: Pay Once, Protect Data Forever for World Backup Day

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

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MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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