We already knew that DC’s new office comedy Powerless, about regular people who must endure sharing the world with the superpowered, would have at least one obscure hero in its midst: Crimson Fox
. And it seems the deep cuts won’t end there, because now that we know nth-tier villains Jack O’Lantern will appear as well.
Source: io9 – DC’s Office Comedy Powerless Confirms Its First Supervillain
Literary pop culture powerhouse Titan Books will publish four new novels in the Mass Effect universe between August 2016 and March 2018, as outlined in its 2016 Fiction Rights Guide. The books line up with the release of Mass Effect Andromeda in Marc…
Source: Engadget – ‘Mass Effect Andromeda’ novels tie into the full video game saga
There are no video games like Zero Escape. No other series plays with the interactive form to tell stories in such an elaborate, satisfying way. No other game can fuck with your head quite this much. Nothing else even comes close.
Source: Kotaku – Zero Time Dilemma: The Kotaku Review
For the most part, multitasking on the iPad is a great addition, but depending on how you use your iPad, the new feature can be more of annoyance than a boon to productivity. OS X Daily reminds us that you can turn it off.
Source: LifeHacker – How to Disable the iPad’s Slide Over Multitasking Screen
Microsoft has announced plans to shut down its Xbox Fitness program, starting with the removal of content from the Xbox Marketplace today. Existing users will be able to continue using Xbox Fitness until July 7, 2017, when Microsoft will shut it down entirely. Why not let people keep using it? To same money, presumably.
Source: Kotaku – Microsoft has announced plans to shut down its Xbox Fitness program, starting with the removal of co
For months there’s been talk of a Servo/Browser.html technical preview in June and there’s just one week left to the month… It looks like Mozilla is still planning on meeting this milestone!..
Source: Phoronix – The Tech Preview Of Servo/Browser.html Is Imminent!
If you’re among the likely millions of Windows customers running Windows 7 or Windows 8 that are sick of the Windows 10 nag screens along with unprompted and forced upgrades, you’ll be happy to hear that at least one “little guy” has won a battle against Microsoft in court. Teri Goldstein claims that her computer was forced into upgrading
Source: Hot Hardware – Microsoft Loses Unauthorized Windows 10 Upgrade Court Case, And So It Begins
This is the Theo Jansen Strandbeest inspired bicycle built by California art and engineering collective Carv. The bike contains over 450 custom made components and took over 700 man-hours to build. For reference, that is more time and effort than I’ve put into anything besides sleeping or wishing I was sleeping. Pedaling the bike powers four walking legs in the rear. It’s not very efficient, but you will receive insane amounts of hipster street cred for showing up at the coffee shop on this thing. And isn’t that what your life is all about? Get me a large cold brew, today’s enema day.
Keep going for a handful of shots (including a couple of a chick who can’t wait to get to Burning Man) and the whole video.
Source: Geekologie – Hipster Levels At Max: Fixie Bike w/ Walking Spider Legs
This is a video of a young gorilla who repeatedly knocks himself over trying to pound his chest. That must have been quite the pounding! Or he’s completely uncoordinated. I hate it when I try to show off and wind up embarrassing myself. That’s every time, by the way. Now I’m not saying this little guy will never be the dominant male of his gorilla tribe, but I am saying gorilla tribes need betas too to sit around and watch the alphas have sex with all the females. Try not to stare.
Keep going for the video but if you only have five seconds skip to 0:40 for the best one.
Source: Geekologie – Young Gorilla Repeatly Tries Chest Pounding, Fails
It all started about four years ago when I came into an old Sega Saturn system from the mid-90s. It was an entire console catalog that I completely skipped over back in the day. I hooked it up to my TV and soon I was knee-deep in classic fighting ga…
Source: Engadget – My pointless quest to achieve perfect retro console fidelity
The same running workout feels harder on a hot day than on a cool one, and it’s not just your imagination. We really do slow down in the heat—at least until we’ve adapted to it
—and it’s possible to calculate exactly how much.
Source: LifeHacker – Here’s How Much Slower You Run In the Heat
CBS has finally announced an official name for the alternate timeline that started with 2009’s Star Trek. Given that most of the unofficial ones weren’t particularly complimentary, it’s weird it took them this long to choose one.
Source: io9 – The Alternate Star Trek Timeline of the New Movies Finally Has an Official Name
It is a research project that is either totally the most important ever or is laughably naive.
Source: TreeHugger – Help Y Combinator study building new, better cities
The French always gotta be one upping America. We declare independence and throw tea in a harbor as a middle finger to the king. They revolt and decapitate their king. We invent fast food. They invent chocolate croissants. We release the best season
of Game of Thrones yet (with some help from the limeys). They release a… Game of Thrones Xbox One.
Source: Gizmodo – Game of Thrones and Xbox Just Had an Ugly Baby
Microsoft has been forcing Windows 10 upgrades on users for months now, an aggressive tactic that’s rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. The Seattle Times reports one woman’s computer was messed up by the update, prompting her to sue Microsoft. Not only did she win, but she got $10,000.
Source: Kotaku – Woman Sues Microsoft Over Unwanted Windows 10 Upgrade, Wins ,000
Opals are beautiful gemstones, supposed harbingers of bad luck, and perhaps the only thing to come out of Australia that won’t kill you
. According to new research from a team of British researchers, however, they’re also adding some sweet bling to a meteorite recently found in Antarctica. Beyond looking cool, the opal-studded meteorite also offers new clues about the origins of life on Earth.
Source: Gizmodo – This Opal-Studded Meteorite Offers Clues About the Origins of Life on Earth
Being offered a free Lexus GS F for the weekend felt like being offered custody of the child of a distant relative who had just died. Of course I said yes, but deep down I wished it might just get lost before it ever got to me, because I have other things to do.
Source: Gizmodo – Lexus Review For Jalopnik
Ankur Patar is an artist with a talent for recreating famous paintings. His forgeries wouldn’t fool a child, let alone an art expert, but they’re still absolutely remarkable pieces of art unto themselves because they’re painstakingly assembled in Photoshop using nothing but stock photos.
Source: Gizmodo – Watch These Artists Forge Famous Paintings by Photoshopping Stock Photos Together
Why is it that we often ignore hard data and go with our gut when making a decision? It’s especially true when it comes to estimating the probability of something. Are our brains just really mediocre when it comes to numbers or is there a reason for our misguided instincts?
Source: LifeHacker – The Psychology of Why We Make Irrational Decisions
Oh, come on you guys! What’s the big deal about putting cookies on children’s computers so you can track kids under the age of 13? If the courts say it’s okay then you should be okay with it too. Besides, how are kids supposed to know what they like unless they receive targeted ads telling them what to like? Duh.
Monday’s decision is a fresh setback for computer users, after the same appeals court last November 10 said Google was not liable under federal privacy laws for bypassing cookie blockers on Apple Inc’s Safari browser and Microsoft Corp’s Internet Explorer browser.
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Source: [H]ardOCP – Google Beats Children’s Web Privacy Appeal