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Animated Tron-Like Paint Jobs Are the Perfect Aftermarket Upgrade

Last year a company called Darkside Scientific wowed us with an electroluminescent paint known as LumiLor that was completely invisible under lights, but glowed with a bright intensity in the dark. And now the company has revealed an even cooler application of LumiLor: Giving a Tesla S an animated, glowing paint job. It’s a great…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The NSA Was Going to Fine Yahoo $250K a Day If It Didn’t Join PRISM

When we first learned about NSA metadata collection, we wondered how readily the biggest tech companies acquiesced to the government. Today we start to find out. This is the story of how Yahoo was coerced into PRISM, as told by court documents cited by the Washington Post today. According to the documents, corroborated by a…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

There’s a new Rocket Raccoon Toy out and it’s absolutely terrifying

The rush to capitalise on Guardians of the Galaxy’s box office success with tie in merchandise has lead to some pretty strange items – take this official Guitar and Guitar strap, for example – but none are quite so petrifying as this new Vinyl creation by Frank Kozik. Not even anime Rocket! https://gizmodo.com/the-guardians-of-the-galaxys-anime-debut-must-be-seen-t-1632599032 It’s not…

Tech News James Whitbrook

Plankton Makes This Dinosaur Toy Glow, Batteries Not Required

As the story goes, the folks at BioPop were trying to make a sustainable light that relied on something other than man-made batteries. They tried using a bioluminescent plankton called dinoflagellates, but the tiny creatures required too much intervention to be a practical light source. They would, however, make for a really neat desk toy,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Top 100 Songs of All Time as Graphs and Diagrams

Billboard’s top 100 list of all time—well, of all time since the Hot 100 list began in 1958 anyway—is a nostalgia trip through American music of the past half century. Even if you’re a cold-hearted music snob, Nathan Yau’s charts and diagrams are a fun, clever spin on these familiar old songs. A few months…

Tech News Sarah Zhang

Candy Company Sorry Its Gummy Candy Came Out Penis-Shaped

You know that excited, blissful feeling that comes when you’re just about to chow down on a fresh pack of gummy bears, but then you notice you’re actually holding a fistful of penises? Because after a little mixup at the gummy bear factory, a whole bunch of kids in New Zealand do. And the company…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

The Natural Moss on This Wooden Bookcase Is Preserved Forever in Resin

Your usual piece of wooden furniture—cut, sanded, painted— bears little resemblance to the tree it came from. So to create the Undergrowth bookcase, Italian design duo Alcaroldeliberately took the opposite tack, preserving the unhewn edges of their lumber—moss and lichen and all. The oak wood itself comes from logs found in the undergrowth of the…

Tech News Sarah Zhang

13 Sensational Staircase Photos

Stairs. They get us up. They get us down. And they’re often so much more beautiful than nature ever intended them to be. Here are 13 reasons you may learn to appreciate the humble stair. Winner: Rothman Library Here’s my stair shot. Its shot with a Canon EOS 70D at Rothman Library in Toronto. –…

Tech News Mark Wilson

“I have had a bad day”

22 Words found this little clip by Mark LaGanga, recorded just after the first World Trade Center tower fell on September 11, 2001. One simple understated phrase from a man walking away from the wreckage. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook

Sploid Jesus Diaz

The Imitation Game Review: A Stirring Look at Turing’s Tragic Life

Alan Turing’s life story is unequivocally a tragedy. The Imitation Game, a new biopicthat focuses on his accomplishments as a codebreaker during World War II, manages to recognize this while celebrating his formidable legacy. The film tells an important story. Turing, a mathematician, is considered the father of computer science and a pioneer of artificial…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

A Tiny Humidifier in a Bottle Makes Hotel Rooms More Comfortable

If traveling to a different—and dryer—part of the world means you’ll be waking up with dry sinuses and bloody noses every morning, a humidifier should be the first thing you pack. But not the giant machine in the corner of your bedroom, this tiny six-inch carry-on friendly plastic bottle from 11+ that’s powered by USB.…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

My Day on the Emoji-Only Social Network, Translated (I Think)

Words are dead. Grammar, syntax, nuance—all pointless when adorable cartoon sea animals can do the dirty work for us. At least, that’s the world Emojli, an emoji-only social network, would like to envision. But after spending some time there, I am more than happy with my inanimate letters. For Emojli’s future is a dark one,…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

This Is the iPhone 6 You Should Get

Another year, another new iPhone. In fact this year, there are two new Apple flagships, the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus. That adds just another layer of confusion to the many configuration options you’re going to have to parse. So which iPhone should you buy when pre-orders open at midnight tonight?…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

It’s Easier To Draw the Smartwatch Future Than It Is To Build It

“It’s still easier to draw a new wrist technology in a comic strip than to sell it to consumers,” wrote James Gleick in 1995. And boy was he right. Even before 1995, consumers had seen countless visions of the smartwatch future. And Gleick’s reluctant optimism about the future of wrist-worn tech was certainly admirable. But…

Tech News Matt Novak

At last, Mars Curiosity finally reaches its destination

This is it. Curiosity has reached its prime destination. After a brilliant conception, an amazing landing, and two years of continuous travel, the rover is now at the base of Aeolis Mons—aka Mount Sharp—a mountain that rises 18,000 feet (5.5 kilometers) at the center of Gale Crater. This is where the real fun begins. Mount…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

OK Cupid on Oregon and Vermont’s Shared Porn Interests, Shower Hatred

With enough data, even the most seemingly random, disconnected sequence of events can be teased apart and explained through the power of statistical analysis. And thanks to the reams upon reams of data points collected through his hit dating website, OKCupid co-founder Christian Rudder explores the kinks, tendencies, habits, and patterns that make up the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Even Steve Wozniak Has Problems With Customer Support From Hell

We all have been lost in the infinite recursive hell of customer support numbers, waiting forever, talking with people we can’t barely understand, trying to solve a problem. It’s not only us, mere mortals. Famous people like Steve Wozniak also suffer it. He sent us his 4-hour nightmare with AT&T.—JD A few months ago my…

Tech News Steve Wozniak

Astronauts Are Everywhere On The Off-Season

Is an astronaut still an astronaut when they aren’t in space? This is a good week to contemplate the question, as they’re swarming in, on, over, and under the Earth with landings, launches, caving expeditions, and even living under the sea. Left: Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev is greeted on his return to Earth with his requested…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

AT&T Will Give You $200 Minimum for Your Old iPhone 4

As expected, would-be iPhone 6 owners are currently wading through a torrent of trade-in and upgrade offers. It’s all very, very confusing. But AT&T is being clear about one thing: If you trade in an iPhone 4, 4S, 5, or 5C, you will get at least $200 credit towards a new device*. That’s pretty good,…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Android Apps Finally Arrive on Google’s Chrome OS

Delivering on Sundar Pichai’s promise at Google’s I/O conference in June, Android apps are beginning to make appearances on Google’s Chrome OS. The first set of apps incoming are Duolingo, Evernote, Sight Words, and Vine, and Google says they’ll be working with select Android devs to add more in the coming months. These new apps…

Tech News Darren Orf

Animated Tron-Like Paint Jobs Are the Perfect Aftermarket Upgrade

The NSA Was Going to Fine Yahoo $250K a Day If It Didn’t Join PRISM

There’s a new Rocket Raccoon Toy out and it’s absolutely terrifying

Plankton Makes This Dinosaur Toy Glow, Batteries Not Required

The Top 100 Songs of All Time as Graphs and Diagrams

Candy Company Sorry Its Gummy Candy Came Out Penis-Shaped

The Natural Moss on This Wooden Bookcase Is Preserved Forever in Resin

13 Sensational Staircase Photos

“I have had a bad day”

The Imitation Game Review: A Stirring Look at Turing’s Tragic Life

A Tiny Humidifier in a Bottle Makes Hotel Rooms More Comfortable

My Day on the Emoji-Only Social Network, Translated (I Think)

This Is the iPhone 6 You Should Get

It’s Easier To Draw the Smartwatch Future Than It Is To Build It

At last, Mars Curiosity finally reaches its destination

OK Cupid on Oregon and Vermont’s Shared Porn Interests, Shower Hatred

Even Steve Wozniak Has Problems With Customer Support From Hell

Astronauts Are Everywhere On The Off-Season

AT&T Will Give You $200 Minimum for Your Old iPhone 4

Android Apps Finally Arrive on Google’s Chrome OS

Anker 160W Laptop Charger Briefly Returns to Black Friday Pricing in a Last-Minute Amazon Spring Sale Deal

The New ‘Backrooms’ Trailer Is Packed Full of Endless Dread

Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo Falls Under $25, a Budget Bundle Deal in the Final Hours of Spring Sale

Liquids Crack With an Audible Snap, Study Finds

Dyson V15 Detect Plus Cordless Vacuum Is a Late Spring Sale Deal at a Record Low on Amazon

The New ‘Supergirl’ Trailer Is Filled With Krypto, Lobo, and ’60s Soul

Vaping Comes With a Cancer Risk, Review Finds

ASUS Eye Care Monitor Hits an All-Time Low, Only Hours Left to Grab a 27″ Screen at a 15.6″ Budget Price on Amazon

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

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

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

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

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