If you’re into B-movies, you’re going to have a great night in at the end of July. The sequel to Sharknado — and yes, it’s called Sharknado 2: The Second One — will air in Australia within minutes of its American release. More » ...
Video: Bad news, pirates Game Of Thrones fans: your favourite show isn’t on tonight. To quell the fury, get in here and watch noted stoners and entertainers Seth Rogen and Snoop Dogg/Lion recap what’s been happening while high on marijuana. More » ...
Less than a month ago, Telstra outed plans for a new Category 6 4G/LTE modem capable of peak 300Mbps download speeds. Telstra confirmed today that it’s looking beyond Category 6 to the Category 9 spec capable of 450Mbps down. Phwoar . More » ...
Rumours continue to swirl over the potential availability of Netflix in Australia, but the low-cost streaming service has told us today that it still has nothing scheduled. More » ...
Own a Commodore? Check the model number: Holden’s having a recall of 42,000 cars in relation to a seatbelt issue. More » ...
Video: As kids, we all wondered what it would be like if you could climb on top of a paper aeroplane and coast into the sunset. Well, if you watch the latest video from GoPro — shot atop the world’s largest paper plane — you’ll know. It’s about sixty seconds of bliss, followed by an awesome crash. More » ...
This week, for the first time in decades, the Colorado River flowed to its natural end in the Gulf of California. But it was the opposite of a natural event. The artificially engineered “pulse flow” that pushed the waters all the way to the Gulf required an unprecedented collaboration between the US and Mexico, wading into a complex body of laws around a basic question: to whom does a river belong?...
David Walmer is a renegade doctor who’s been saving lives in Haiti. When he realised a few years ago how cervical cancer was killing many of his patients, Walmer decided to get creative about solving the problem. Oddly enough, Walmart was part of the solution. More » ...
Exactly 35 years ago today, Alien hit the theatres. It’s a sad truth that we’re supposed to celebrate the spawn of this spine-rattling franchise less than two weeks after the death of H.R. Giger , the surrealist artist who helped develop the film’s horrific, biomechanical aesthetic. That said, there’s no better way to celebrate the work of a genius than by spending your Sunday night staring at his...
Video: Most of us will never go to Yemen. But Nick Mulvey’s new music video, “Meet Me There,” will make you want to. Shot by James Morgan with Red’s 6K Epic Dragon camera, these three-and-a-half-minutes of dark deserts, savannah sunsets, and sand mountains are just gorgeous. The song’s not too bad, either! More » ...
In this hyper-modern, satellite-powered wireless age, it’s easy to forget how not too long ago North America’s main connection to Europe was a single cable: the TAT-1. This, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable was finally completed in 1956, just in time for operators to realise they needed a second. Guess what they named that one. More » ...
Video: I think I’ve seen the magic kingdom and it’s in India. The architecture, the animals, the colours, the life, the people, they all add up to create one of the most visually spectacular places in the entire world. Jacob and Katie Schwartz captured parts of northern India in this video and it’s a joy to watch. More » ...
Wired reports that Hector Xavier Monsegur, aka “Sabu”, the LulzSec hacker who became an FBI informant and helped take down numerous other hackers , will be sentenced on Tuesday, May 27. The government will seek a sentence of just seven months, citing time served and his immense cooperation with the government. More » ...
Video: BOOM! That’s what happens when you load 74.4kg of tannerite, the aluminium and ammonium nitrate explosive used in exploding targets, inside a barn you want levelled. Fire at the tannerite with a rifle and take cover — bye bye, barn. More » ...
Luna Park opened in Brooklyn in 1903, during the heyday of Coney Island attractions. This weekend, artist Fred Kahl pays tribute to the park’s history with a 3D-printed model depicting it as it appeared 100 years ago. It’s being billed as the largest art installation ever created on a desktop 3D printer and building it involved some fascinating, custom-made technology. More » ...
The composer Bryant O’Hara participates in the Sunday Assembly — a kind of non-religious church, as it were — in Atlanta, Georgia, where some aspects of the secular service involve music. He wanted to think of another means to introduce music into the communal activity, and came upon the idea of a collaborative video game system that uses game controllers to collectively build a composition in real...
Video: Take a fun and fancy free tour of your subconscious in this delightful animated short. Because, really, who among us hasn’t dreamt of 1000 Robocops dancing in order to awaken a Kracken while Emilio Estevez calls for the Flying V? More » ...
It doesn’t matter if it comes from a book, a movie or a friend: Conflict is what triggers the majority of the stories we know and love. And the essence of that conflict has changed a lot throughout history influenced by how society evolved. Illustrator Grant Snider sums up this evolution in just one clever comic strip. More » ...
Now that we all have pocket computers with camera flashes, the need for a good torch just isn’t what it used to be. But if you’re lost in the woods at midnight, that little LED is not going to cut it. The Maelstrom Regen MMR-X will. More » ...
Krumbach, a tiny, 1000-person village in Austria, has some of the most avant-garde bus stops in the world. In exchange for a week-long holiday in the village, seven architects designed bus stops that are alternately whimsical, weird and dazzling. More » ...