Cool Stuff: LEGO Reveals Gotham City’s Building Brick Skyline From Batman: The Animated Series

This year, DC Comics is celebrating 85 years of Batman, and with the festivities comes this 3D version of the Gotham City skyline. Using a lot of tiny LEGO pieces to deliver some impressively precise building details, this basically amounts to a plastic painting that is chock full of Easter eggs and references from “Batman: The … Read more

Finally, a MagSafe battery pack that doesn’t look like a brick (and it charges fast, too)

Kayla Solino/ZDNETZDNET’s key takeaways Casely’s Power Pod MagSafe battery pack combines form and function effortlessly.The $60 battery pack can boost your devices with up to 5,000mAh of added juice via USB-C charging or wireless charging (Qi and MagSafe). If you’re purely after a powerful or multifunctional battery pack, you’re better off with alternatives with more features like … Read more

Best Lego deal: Score the Lego Classic Large Creative Brick Box for 45% off at Amazon

Legos know no bounds when it comes to creativity, imagination, or age. The price of a Lego set, however, can feel restrictive. But thanks to these great deals at Amazon, you could be the latest owner of some of the top-selling sets without paying full price. Here are some of our favorite deals on Lego … Read more

HP CEO Says They Brick Printers That Use Third-Party Ink Because of … Hackers

Last Thursday, HP CEO Enrique Lores addressed the company’s controversial practice of bricking printers when users load them with third-party ink. Speaking to CNBC Television, he said, “We have seen that you can embed viruses in the cartridges. Through the cartridge, [the virus can] go to the printer, [and then] from the printer, go to … Read more

Hackers Hit With Legal Threats After They Fixed a ‘Bricked’ Polish Train

Three hackers in Poland were hired to fix the software of a broken train, and they were successful, but now the train company, Newag, is threatening to sue them, according to Polish outlet Rynek Kolejowy. The hackers allege that the trains were deliberately outfitted with software that would ensure they couldn’t operate if they were … Read more

Saints WR Michael Thomas arrested after allegedly throwing brick at truck

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas is accused of throwing a brick at a contractor’s vehicle. (Matthew Hinton-USA TODAY Sports) (USA TODAY USPW / reuters) New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas was arrested Friday following an incident involving a contractor outside his home, Kenner Police confirmed in a statement. The arrest comes two … Read more