The “Game of Thrones” opening sequence is legendary. The theme song pulses as the camera flies across the Seven Kingdoms, closing in on cities and structures growing out of the ground. Does that remind you of anything? How about time-lapse videos of molds and fungi? The thought occurred to some Reddit users, including one by …

Dry ice is often used as a cooling agent in preserving food, but it also has other applications, including preventing insect activity, loosening asphalt floor tiles and altering cloud precipitation. Add dry ice to water, and dense white fog occurs, which makes for a rather spooky visual effect. On Friday, YouTube user CrazyRussianHacker posted a video showing him adding 30 …

These diners in Vietnam have just upped the ante for unimpressed. President Barack Obama is sitting right there dining with chef and TV host Anthony Bourdain, and the other restaurant patrons are just as cool as the other side of the pillow, not even sneaking a peek at the leader of the free world or asking him to pass the …

“Star Wars,” “Captain America,” “The Jungle Book” and “Finding Dory” — this September, Netflix will become the exclusive place to stream all of Disney’s latest movies. It’s a deal that’s taken nearly four years to bear fruit. In 2012, Netflix and Disney said they’d reached an arrangement to make Netflix the exclusive US subscription television provider of first-run, live-action and …

If you’ve dabbling in the torrents lately, it’s unlikely you’ll receive a letter from your ISP in the post any time soon, after the peak body representing Australia’s Internet service providers revealed that the industry’s proposed scheme has been quietly shelved. Communications Alliance joined forces with Foxtel to notify the Australian Media and Communications Authority of the news in a …

Installing Raspbian on your Raspberry Pi means you’ll find Minecraft Pi in the Games section. Minecraft Pi is a bare-bones version of the popular survival game designed to help teach users various programming languages. Sure, it’s fun, but it’s not the Minecraft game we’ve come to know and love. As with all things Raspberry Pi, a group of users have …

Now playing: Watch this: OtterBox Universe case system: It’s a whole new world… 1:34 On the surface, OtterBox’s new Universe Case System looks a lot like some of its other iPhone cases. But Universe is special. Designed to work with a host of new accessories from partner companies — everything from credit card readers to camera lenses to memory expansion …

Among the new features announced with the current version of Android last year was Google Now on Tap, an extension of Google Now and Google search to practically every possible screen on your smartphone. While the feature was received with quite a bit of fanfare, it’s not always as practical as Google would have you believe. It’s very hit or …

One killer messenger app. That’s all you need. Not the four that Google seems to think you do. At Google I/O, the Internet giant’s annual conference for developers, Google unwrapped two new, very distinct messenger apps that will work on iOS and Android phones “this summer.” There’s Allo, for messages and emojis, and Duo for videoconferencing. This is already on …

If you are in the market for a phone AND a TV, Best Buy might have a deal for you. Customers who buy or lease a Samsung Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge at the retailer will also get a free 32-inch Samsung Smart HDTV, Best Buy said Sunday. For another $250, buyers can upgrade to a 48-inch Samsung Smart HDTV. …