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Star Wars: The Force Awakens first teaser trailer is here at last!

After years of wait, it’s finally here! The first look at J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It’s loaded with new cool stuff: The new version of the X-Wing fighters, new characters, new storm stormtroopers, and one really cool shot of the Millennium Falcon battling TIE fighters over a desert. Watch it! Here’s the…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

You can get lost for hours in these insanely intricate doodles

Kerby Rosanes makes insanely complicated drawings look great on his humble and rather small Moleskine notebook. Here are a few examples. Kerby Rosanes is a Philippines-based illustrator. He works mainly with ordinary black pens to magically illustrate his “doodle” world. You can follow Kerby on Facebook, Twitter or check out his work on Deviant art…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

Beautiful Warming Huts Are Proof That Canada Does Winter Better Than Us

The average temperature in Winnipeg during the winter hovers around 10.4 degrees Fahrenheit—a number most of would consider cause for hunkering down for the season. In Canada, it’s cause for parties. Winnipeg keeps up a busy schedule of outdoor activities, including a four mile skating trail on the frozen Red River, which is often called…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Your Collection Deserves this Screen-Accurate U.S.S. Reliant Replica

It’s not as well known as the Enterprise, but the U.S.S. Reliant played a pretty major role in what’s considered to be the best Star Trek movie of all time: The Wrath of Khan. And while the ship might have been destroyed in that film, it lives on in this 27-inch long replica that’s as…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

This 3.5 ton Lego tree is the tallest in the southern hemisphere

Using of a combination of Duplo and Lego bricks, the Aussies have erected a 32.8 foot Lego Christmas at the Pitt Street Mall in Sydney. A team of five dedicated builders spent 1,200 hours planning and constructing the mammoth tree which will be on display until December 26th. As well as being absolutely huge, this…

Tech News Michael Schulte

Buy The OnePlus One Without An Invite This Weekend

The OnePlus One is a fantastic smartphone in almost every way, apart from how you purchase it — normally, you need an invite to be able to buy. Which means you would need to have actual friends. But as a special treat for this weekend of unbridled consumerism, OnePlus is letting you buy sans invite…

Tech News Chris Mills

This Pulp Fiction Art is the only Black Friday Deal I need

I mean, sure, you could be out there with thousands of others fighting over discounted TVs and whatnot, but why not stay in where it’s nice and warm and admire Laurent Durieux‘s latest lovely work for Mondo? Durieux’s Pulp Fiction screen print poster is on sale now on Mondo’s site for $60, with preorders only…

Tech News James Whitbrook

Uber Has Halted Operations in Nevada

After a tough couple of weeks, there’s now more bad news for Uber. The Washoe County District Court has just issued a temporary injunction which stops the service from operating in Nevada. The State is unhappy with Uber for the same old reasons of safety, insurance and licensing. It’s not the end of the road…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

A whole Thanksgiving feast condensed in this gorgeous burger

You might think you ate so much turkey yesterday that you had enough for the rest of your life. But that feeling will pass (believe me) and eventually, you’ll crave again for more. When that time comes, remember this Pornburger. These are the ingredients: Rosemary sweet potato roll. Crispy duck skin. A juicy seasoned turkey…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

It Turns Out Sony Was Behind that E-Ink Concept Watch All Along

A month after the E-Ink FES concept watch got people excited about an innovative wearable that didn’t care if it wasn’t particularly smart, rumors that Sony was working on a similar E-Ink-based timepiece started to swirl. But according to the Wall Street Journal, Sony was behind the FES watch concept all along, and it’s just…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Deals: Lego shop-at-home Brick Friday specials

It’s Black Friday and I would not blame anyone for not wanting to get out there and battle the crowds. The good news is, at least as far as Lego is concerned, all of the deals that are being offered in Lego brand stores today are also available online. The only thing that you will…

Tech News Michael Schulte

Future Elevators Will Use Maglev to Go Up, Down—and Sideways

Is only going up in the elevator getting you down? Not for much longer: ThyssenKrupp, the German steel and engineering company, has announced that it’s building the next generation of elevators that will use magnetic levitation to travel up, down and side-to-side at speed in the buildings of the future. Maglev technology, used by some…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

How Many Calories Do You Burn By Laughing?

It’s the day after the night before, and you ate way too much. So in the quest for marginal gains, how many calories might you be able to burn off by laughing your way through today? Peter Janiszewski finds out. I have been drawn to sketch comedy since my early teens. I religiously watched every…

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Awesome supercut turns Breaking Bad into badass rap song

I can’t imagine the amount of hours Dutch editor Matthijs Vlot spent making this: A fantastic supercut that transforms bits of Breaking Bad dialogue into a cohesive rap song that actually makes sense. Check out Matthijs Vlot’s website to watch more of his neat supercuts. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

This Is How Touchscreens Actually Work

Touchscreens are everywhere these days, and even though you’ve probably heard people mumble about the relative benefits of capacative screens compared to resistive ones, you might not actually know how they work. This video explains. Greg Foot describes how reisistive screens work, before explaining how Apple swung the market in the other direction, to favoring…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Seth MacFarlane Made a Christmas Album And It’s Actually Very Good

Technically, right now is the exact moment when the few of us who genuinely love Christmas music can flip the switch on the carols, firing up the jingle jangle jingle with reckless abandon. Should you be one of those people, I have an album all ready for you to blast at top volume. And the…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Is the Ultimate Thanksgiving Flick

If you are going to sit down tonight and watch a post-turkey movie with the assemblage of humans who share your genetic matter, I highly recommend Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. The 1987 John Hughes flick is funny and touching. Watching John Candy play a well-meaning but obnoxious slob is like watching Michael Jordan play basketball…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

Hear the Windows XP Text-to-Speech Converter Sing The Piña Colada Song

Remember Microsoft’s Sam? He was the text-to-speech converter that came bundled into Windows XP. And now he’s decided to have a go at the The Piña Colada Song. You should listen to this, it’s great. The rendition of Rupert Holmes’ Escape—often known as The Piña Colada Song—was put together by British musician Joshua Ryan who…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Watch How the World’s Largest Solar Farms Get Built

Large-scale solar plants are monstrous construction projects, that cover hundreds or thousands of acres of land in photovoltaic goodness. This amazing video shows how they go from concept to reality. When it’s finished, this 550-megawatt plant, called Topaz Solar Farms and situated in San Luis Obispo County, will contain more than 8 million PV modules.…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Jimmy Kimmel’s The First Black Friday Ken Burns Parody Is Perfect

Black Friday has become as much an American holiday tradition as decking the halls, trimming the tree, or watching football. So it only makes sense that Ken Burns’ latest documentary, courtesy of Jimmy Kimmel, tells the story of the nation’s very first unofficial shopping holiday that followed the first Thanksgiving. As people will inevitably be…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Star Wars: The Force Awakens first teaser trailer is here at last!

You can get lost for hours in these insanely intricate doodles

Beautiful Warming Huts Are Proof That Canada Does Winter Better Than Us

Your Collection Deserves this Screen-Accurate U.S.S. Reliant Replica

This 3.5 ton Lego tree is the tallest in the southern hemisphere

Buy The OnePlus One Without An Invite This Weekend

This Pulp Fiction Art is the only Black Friday Deal I need

Uber Has Halted Operations in Nevada

A whole Thanksgiving feast condensed in this gorgeous burger

It Turns Out Sony Was Behind that E-Ink Concept Watch All Along

Deals: Lego shop-at-home Brick Friday specials

Future Elevators Will Use Maglev to Go Up, Down—and Sideways

How Many Calories Do You Burn By Laughing?

Awesome supercut turns Breaking Bad into badass rap song

This Is How Touchscreens Actually Work

Seth MacFarlane Made a Christmas Album And It’s Actually Very Good

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Is the Ultimate Thanksgiving Flick

Hear the Windows XP Text-to-Speech Converter Sing The Piña Colada Song

Watch How the World’s Largest Solar Farms Get Built

Jimmy Kimmel’s The First Black Friday Ken Burns Parody Is Perfect

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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

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

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