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io9Toys & CollectiblesSummon the X-Men, the Best Toys of the Week Are Here
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular roundup of the latest and greatest in nerdy merchandise. This week: The Wand Company wants to score a super effective hit on your wallet with some life-sized Poké Balls, Hasbro dips into the X-Men’s bold new age, and Jem and the Holograms’ Misfits get some outrageously glam dolls. Check it … Continued
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Tech News‘We Have to Go NOW’: Scientists Share Their Wildest Experiences in the Field
Put aside any notions that research is a dull cycle of routine. For scientists who do field work, collecting data means taking risks, exploring remote areas, sleeping outside, and encountering wild animals and extreme weather. Below, paleontologists, geologists, and other researchers share their most intense field experiences, including being chased by bulls, discovering a crime … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & SecurityCops Think This Tijuana Biker Gang Hacked Into and Stole Over 100 Jeeps
On Tuesday, federal authorities announced that several members of the Tijuana-based Hooligans Motorcycle Club had been indicted for some stealing $4.5 million worth of Jeeps in San Diego County. How’d they do it? Stolen keys? Smash and grab operation? Nah, according to police, these bikers just gained access to a secure key database and then … Continued
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This Jeep Go-Kart Is Probably Better at Off-Roading Than Your Car
If you’re going to slap the Jeep name on a go-kart, you better make sure it lives up to brand’s pedigree. But with three gears, plus reverse, a swing axle keeping it stable on off-road terrain, and over-sized air-filled tires including a spare, the Jeep Revolution BFR-3 go-kart might be better suited for off-roading than … Continued
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Florida Man Says His Galaxy Note 7 Exploded and Set His Jeep on Fire
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 phones have had a busy couple of weeks. They’re exploding all over the place, and as a result, the company has been forced to issue a massive recall and stop shipments of new phones. Oh, and now the spark-happy gadgets apparently set some poor guy’s Jeep ablaze. According to a report … Continued
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What You Need To Know Before Driving Off-Road
Driving off-road doesn’t have to be scary. Yet most people that spend serious cash on 4WDs never even put them in low range, much less take them off the pavement. Let’s try to fix that with a few basic skills everyone can master. What 4WD Is And How Traction Works Off-Road Four-wheel drive is actually … Continued
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Inside California’s Forgotten Grasslands
Filled with hidden canyons created by the San Andreas fault and home to the only antelope in Southern California, the Carrizo Plain is a fascinating, inhospitable, alien world. And one you probably haven’t heard of, much less visited. Let’s change that. No one would ever hold it against you for not knowing that the Carrizo … Continued
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Is this even possible?
NBC affiliate WITN has published these two photos of a frozen sculpture created by the front of a Jeep, left standing on a curb near Vidant, a hospital in Greenville, North Carolina. Can this be really possible or is it an elaborated 3D render hoax? According to WITN, they “received two different photos from viewers, … Continued
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