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Map shows the location of popular animated movies across the world

Though most of the real world lives in China and India and other parts of Asia, the fake animated world is almost exclusively set in the USA and Europe. Obviously that’s because many popular animation movies are made by Western shops for Western audiences but hey, can the rest of the world get some animated…

Sploid Casey Chan

That Time Hackers Changed the CIA Website to ‘Central Stupidity Agency’

On September 16, 1996 Swedish hackers changed the CIA’s website to read “Central Stupidity Agency” instead of “Central Intelligence Agency.” Experts believe it to be one of the sickest burns delivered to the agency in all of 1996. Hacker magazine 2600 has a cache of the site from after it was hacked: The hackers, calling…

Tech News Matt Novak

Does 18F Pass the Bechdel Test for Tech?

18F is a group within the U.S. General Services Administration that builds digital services for government. Recently, they asked whether their code passed the “Bechdel test” for tech. Here’s what they found. Kaitlin Devine, 18F’s Director of Engineering recently noticed this tweet: The coding Bechdel test, as described above, is a variant of the original…

Tech News Elaine Kamlley and Melody Kramer

T-Mobile Will Pay Off Your Fees and Your Phone If You Switch

Good news for potential and existing T-Mo customers: The Uncarrier will now pay off your early termination fees and the cost of your phone (up to $650) if you switch. That and all promotional plans are now permanent. At CES 2014, CEO Legere announced at one (of its many) Uncarrier events that if you switched…

Tech News Darren Orf

These Incredible Custom Figure Heads Give Hot Toys A Run For Their Money

As far as hyper-detailed figures that you can buy, Hot Toys is up there as some of the best for your cash. But they definitely have some competition from these jaw-dropping headsculpts by customiser Xiang Zhang. I mean yes, that’s not a knock on Hot Toys’ work — as I have often said, they’re basically…

Tech News James Whitbrook

5 Theories About the Greatest Unsolved Art Heist Ever

On March 18, 1990, two police officers—or so they seemed—walked into a Boston museum and left with $500 million worth of paintings. They have never been found. The two thieves seem to have gained access to the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum in the wee hours of the 18th by claiming they were investigating a report…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Stunning footage of molten lava proves that volcanoes are hell monsters

This is the most terrifying thing I’ve seen in a long time. Like, monsters are real and the apocalypse is nigh terrifying. And yet I can’t look away because the footage of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is so stunning that I can smell my fear burning as the molten lava rock starts taking over the Earth.…

Sploid Casey Chan

Parents Become Human Jungle Gyms While Wearing This Rope Vest

It’s generally assumed that once you become a parent you’ll do anything for your kids—anything. And apparently that now includes swallowing your self-esteem and pride, strapping on this rope vest, and letting your children climb all over you like a human jungle gym. There are some genuine benefits to the AthleTitti concept vest created by…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Last Time Apple Sold an Obscenely Overpriced Gadget

Now that the collective eye roll around Apple’s $10,000 watch has turned into a blank stare, it’s time for a little bit of nostalgia. Apple is not new to this game of selling seemingly everyday gadgets for ridiculous dollar amounts. The Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh (TAM) wrote the rules nearly 20 years ago. The TAM was…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

A Pumping Piston Tells Time on This Engine-Inspired Watch

Breitling’s watches have always been the perfect accessory for pilots wanting a timepiece to match their passion. But when it comes to cars and motorcycles—the most popular transportation choice of the masses—Miki Eleta’s new Timeburner is a more appropriate choice. Because instead of rotating hands, it uses a pumping piston to display the time. The…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Museum Giving Away Back to the Future Car (If Cubs Win World Series)

We’re still waiting on many of the futuristic technologies from Back to the Future: Part II. We don’t have Marty’s hoverboard, Doc’s electronic technology that puts you to sleep, or the government’s total weather control. But you might have a chance to win Doc Brown’s DeLorean — provided the Cubs win the World Series. In…

Tech News Matt Novak

These Intricate Neighborhoods Imagine a Suburban Sprawlpocalypse

If you grew up in the suburbs, you know the windy labyrinth of roads and driveways all too well. In these digital drawings, artist Ross Racine has constructed visions of a world where housing tracts truly know no bounds. Racine’s work is the result of some deft work with a pen and stylus in Photoshop…

Tech News Michael Hession

This celestial music video was made with household goods

Forgive me for being enchanted with this beautiful music video for Jack and the Giant’s song A Love Like Pi. I feel like I’m following orbs with unique personalities traveling through space. Or like watching comets burn as they complete their journey to different planets. In reality though, I’m just watching soap and food coloring…

Sploid Casey Chan

Mall Cops Catfished Black Lives Matter Activists on Facebook

Security at the Mall of America created fake Facebook profiles to snoop on political activists. Documents obtained by The Intercept show how glorified mall cops catfished Black Lives Matter protest participants by making up a fictional activist persona called “Nikki Larson” and befriending them on Facebook. Mall security used these Facebook friendships to build dossiers…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

Inside New York City’s Most Mysterious Architectural Time Capsule

For the past half century, 190 Bowery has been a legend. The six-story, 72-room former bank building on the fringes of SoHo looked like a war zone on the outside, crumbling and covered in graffiti. And the inside, the home of a photographer with insane real estate luck—well—nobody really knew what was inside. Until now.…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

8-bit video game version of The Walking Dead is still gory as hell

CineFix animated the first two seasons of The Walking Dead in the classic 8-bit video game style and somehow, the blood, guts, gore and zombies of the TV show still translate over. It’s a pretty decent summary of Rick and the gang’s journey and how many damn walkers they needed to kill. SPLOID is delicious…

Sploid Casey Chan

Sideshow’s Green Lantern Figure Is The Shiniest Superhero Toy Ever

Sideshow Collectible’s latest 1:6 gives us a whole new Hal Jordan to gawp at… but maybe perhaps that’s because he’s got to be the first Green Lantern figure in a while to show up in sparkly spandex. The 30cm figure comes with a host of accessories, including the trusty Lantern power battery, several posed hands,…

Tech News James Whitbrook

Superman’s Action Comics’ Cover Perfectly Recreated As a Springy Statue

Factory Entertainment calls its line of spring-enhanced collectibles Motion Statues, but that’s really just a fancy way to avoid calling them Bobbleheads and dodge a potential lawsuit. It’s the same general idea, except that instead of a giant oversized head bouncing around, we have Superman lifting a car in a scene taken from that now…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Biggest Online Drug Market Just Vanished, Taking $12 Million With It

Evolution, the most popular online drug market since the Silk Road, has disappeared without warning. Users say $12 million in Bitcoin has also vanished. And it looks like a classic scam. The darknet market, which sells guns, stolen goods, and counterfeits along with pretty much any drug you can think of, gained fans by loading…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

Neat cutaway video shows how an iconic shotgun works on the inside

If you watched The Godfather, Transformers, or Dirty Harry, you’ve already seen the iconic Winchester Model 12 in action—and probably imitated the pump-action gesture to reload it. Watch this guy make a cutaway version of the popular shotgun to expose its guts and show how the shooting mechanism actually works. SPLOID is delicious brain candy.…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

Map shows the location of popular animated movies across the world

That Time Hackers Changed the CIA Website to ‘Central Stupidity Agency’

Does 18F Pass the Bechdel Test for Tech?

T-Mobile Will Pay Off Your Fees and Your Phone If You Switch

These Incredible Custom Figure Heads Give Hot Toys A Run For Their Money

5 Theories About the Greatest Unsolved Art Heist Ever

Stunning footage of molten lava proves that volcanoes are hell monsters

Parents Become Human Jungle Gyms While Wearing This Rope Vest

The Last Time Apple Sold an Obscenely Overpriced Gadget

A Pumping Piston Tells Time on This Engine-Inspired Watch

Museum Giving Away Back to the Future Car (If Cubs Win World Series)

These Intricate Neighborhoods Imagine a Suburban Sprawlpocalypse

This celestial music video was made with household goods

Mall Cops Catfished Black Lives Matter Activists on Facebook

Inside New York City’s Most Mysterious Architectural Time Capsule

8-bit video game version of The Walking Dead is still gory as hell

Sideshow’s Green Lantern Figure Is The Shiniest Superhero Toy Ever

Superman’s Action Comics’ Cover Perfectly Recreated As a Springy Statue

The Biggest Online Drug Market Just Vanished, Taking $12 Million With It

Neat cutaway video shows how an iconic shotgun works on the inside

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