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Watch the first official ‘Jurassic World’ trailer

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As reported on The Verge. By Kwame Opam It’s here! The Jurassic World trailer has dropped, two days ahead of the promised Thanksgiving debut. Here, we finally see the park open to the public. However, the scientists running the park made a gamble by creating a genetically engineered hybrid dinosaur that’s highly intelligent and, to quote Chris Pratt’s character, “will kill anything that moves.” We’ll get to see this new super dinosaur wreak havoc on June…

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Watch the first trailer for ’12 Monkeys’ on Syfy

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As reported on The Verge. By Jacob Kastrenakes Syfy is reimagining Terry Gilliam’s sci-fi classic 12 Monkeys as television show, and it’s just released the first trailer for it. The series appears to retain the film’s twisting time-travel arcs that find its characters journeying back to the past to prevent the planet from reaching a devastated future. This trailer doesn’t make the show appear quite as promising as you might hope, but things are still early: the series isn’t going to…

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J.K. Rowling has released a new ‘Harry Potter’ story online

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As reported on The Verge. By Jacob Kastrenakes J.K. Rowling has written a new story about Harry Potter, featuring the character as an adult for the first time since the conclusion of her book series nearly seven years ago. The story is the latest in a series about the the Quidditch World Cup that Rowling has been writing over at Pottermore for a few months now in anticipation of the actual World Cup. Written from the perspective of gossip journalist…

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‘Into the Storm’ trailer shows what happens when a tornado drill is for real

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As reported on The Verge. By Carl Franzen Fire-burning, plane-churning… It’s been a while since Hollywood offered us a good tornado movie (Sharknado doesn’t count, really). But that appears to be changing with Into the Storm. The found-footage disaster pic, which hits theaters in the US on August 8th, follows a pack of storm chasers and ordinary citizens trying to survive a series of tornadoes in the small town of Silverton. Whereas the first teaser focused on quick shots of…

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Meet AirDog, An Action Sports Drone For Your GoPro Camera

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Steve O’Hear Meet AirDog, an action sports drone for when a GoPro action camera alone isn’t enough. The problem Latvian startup Helico Aerospace Industries has set out to solve is most homemade action sports videos rely on a camera, such as the GoPro, being strapped on your person or action sports equipment, providing mostly a POV shot only. But, with drone technology, it could be possible to democratise the kind of aerial videos previously…

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France is the first team to benefit from goal-line tech at the World Cup

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As reported on Engadget. BY MAT SMITH  Well, the above image might look pretty straightforward, but when the shot from France’s Karim Benzema bounced off the far post and deflected off the keeper into goal, in the midst of a World Cup match, there was more than a little confusion. The referee asked for clarification through the newly instituted goal-line technology, which initially (and confusingly) ruled ‘No goal’. However, that was for the initial rebound, not when it bounced…

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Amazon stops taking DVD pre-orders in price row with Warner

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As reported on Engadget. BY MATT BRIAN Amazon’s quest for better deals and cheaper prices has seen it squeeze publishers, but it isn’t limiting itself to just books. The New York Times reports that the retailer is refusing to list DVD pre-orders for upcoming launch of many Warner Home Video movies. We’re not talking small releases either: The Lego Movie, 300: Rise of an Empire and Winter’s Tale are just three titles launching in the coming days that Amazon lists but isn’t allowing customers to…

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Millennium Falcon appears to take shape in new ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ spy shots

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As reported on The Verge. By Jacob Kastrenakes We knew that Han and the rest of the classic Star Wars crew were returning for Episode VII, and now it appears that Han’s ship of choice is coming along for the ride too. TMZ has new photos of a huge prop under construction, and by all means it looks just like the Millennium Falcon. It’s still far from complete — so we can’t say definitively that this is it — but it looks like a…

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‘Ghost in the Shell’ intro recreated in haunting still life

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As reported on The Verge. By Carl Franzen The product of over 30 artists around the world The 1995 anime film Ghost in the Shell is still widely heralded as a modern sci-fi classic, helping define the look, feel and themes of the cyberpunk movement. But few fans are as devoted as the group of artists behind Project 2501, a 4K, live-action recreation of 39 still frames from Ghost in the Shell‘s title sequence that was released this week. The resulting…

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Our New Favorite Mad Scientist Builds A Terrifying Wrist-Mounted Flame Thrower In His Garage

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Greg Kumparak Insane garage mad scientist Colin Furze promised three absurd X-Men themed projects by the end of the month — and man, has he delivered. First came his ridiculous, automatically extendable Wolverine claws. Then came his Magneto boots, which let him walk upside down across the ceiling. His last project, though, might be the most dangerous of the lot: wrist-mounted flame throwers.     Built in homage to flame-tossing baddie Pyro, the system…

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