The Week's Funniest and Most Intriguing News (week starting July 25)

Article by George Norman (Cybersecurity Editor)

on 29 Jul 2016

As the weekend gets closer and closer, your productivity goes out the window. You don’t feel like working and you’re not really willing to go over serious news about serious topics.

So, just like the weeks before, I invite you to check out 10 news that will put a smile on your face, make you laugh, and probably even say 'wow' or 'what the f...'

1. Don’t carry your luggage, ride it

You don’t carry the Modobag, the Modobag carries you. Or to put it in other words, the Modobag is motorized luggage that you can ride. And it’s three times faster than walking.



Learn more about Modobag on Indiegogo.


2. These are the (Star Wars) drones you’re looking for

This autumn, Propel will release four high performance laser battling quads. One looks like a speeder bike, one like an X-wing fighter, one like a TIE fighter, and one like the Millennium Falcon



If your dream is to pilot your favorite Star Wars ships at speeds above 35 MPH and engage friends and family in exciting multiplayer laser battles, go reserve a Propel quad.


3. Game of Thrones blooper real from Comic-Con 2016

You’ve seen the exciting movie trailers that were released at Comic-Con in San Diego. Now feast your eyes on these amusing Game of Thrones bloopers.



Want more Game of Thrones? Take a look at this teaser for the upcoming seventh season.


4. Dark Souls III with crabs for all the textures

Ever wondered what would happen if you replaced all the textures in Dark Souls III with crabs? Wonder no more.



Great, now I have the urge for some seafood.


5. What do images sound like? Baidu has the answer.

Images are for watching, music is for listening – except when Baidu AI composer is involved, because this artificial intelligence algorithm turns images into music. It identifies an image’s content, tone and mood; and based on these, it creates music.



Baidu’s AI Composer is on display at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing through August 2016.


6. An official trailer for Kojima Productions’ logo

At Sony’s E3 press conference, Hideo Kojima made a surprise appearance to unveil a new game called Death Stranding. The reveal trailer ended with a shot of Kojima Productions’ logo – logo that recently got a 30-second long trailer.



The skeletal austronaut is called Ludens. He’s Kojima Productions’ official mascot.


7. Make your own cider with Alchema

If you like cider and you’re a DIY type of person, you’re going to like Alchema. It’s a device that turns fruit into cider.



"Alchema empowers anyone to make cider from fresh fruit. Just add your ingredients and your cider will ferment itself. It's as easy as that," says the Alchema website.


8. Coldplay has some new Mojis for Skype

Skype has joined forces with British rock band Coldplay and together they’ve come up with a new set of Mojis for Skype. Each Moji is based on a track from Coldplay’s latest album, "A Head Full of Dreams."



A couple of weeks ago, Skype introduced some cool Monty Python Mojis.


9. Prey has no tie with the original game

At E3 2016, Bethesda announced that Arkane Studios is working on a game called Prey, just like the first-person sci-fi shooter from 2006. According to Raphael Colantonio, president of Arkane Studios and creative director of Prey, the game " is not a sequel, it’s not a remake, it has no tie with the original."



Prey will be released in 2017 for PC, PS4 and Xbox One.


10. Enjoy the honest trailer for Pokémon Go

Since Pokémon Go has been downloaded by tens of millions of people around the world, it’s not surprising to see Smosh Games give it an Honest Trailer.



"I'm trying to figure out how we get them to Pokémon Go to the polls." Seriously?!



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