BY KYLER GEOFFROY

A weekly round-up of the best tech, science, and geek-related news from around the web

 Is this the first footage from Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer rumored to debut next week?

 In other “star wars” news, Russia is reportedly developing an “inspector satellite” that could chase down or destroy other orbiting spacecraft. 

 And if your mind (and ears) are still swarming with all things Interstellar, be sure and check out this behind the scenes video for the sound of the film. 

 On Thursday and Friday, Silicon Valley’s Singularity University was in Amsterdam for Summit Europe. The two day event centered around the concepts and consequences of exponential technologies. Check out SingularityHub’s coverage of the event, including the summit’s discussions on robots, artificial intelligence, and self-driving cars. 

 Was Google Glass just a grand, failed experiment? 

 The second phase of Expedition 42 blasted off to the ISS today, carrying commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, flight engineer Terry Virts of NASA, and Italian flight engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency. They will be joining their other three crew members already on the ISS. The crew has also put together a humorous poster mimicking The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.  

 Check out the first image of Arnold Schwarzenegger back in the iconic role of a T-800 robot for next year’s Terminator: Genisys. 

 Speaking of Terminator, Space X CEO Elon Musk recently said that he’s legitimately worried dangerous artificial intelligence (a la Skynet) is only five years away. 

 A video on the future of sex, courtesy of The Verge. 

 Check out this one of a kind, James Bond-inspired laser watch that pop balloons, light matches, and burn through CD cases all from a distance. Just don’t point it at your cat. 

 Why the internet of things is bigger than anyone realizes. 

 Two new sub-atomic particles have been discovered by CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. 

 Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have an ambitious plan to use Oculus Rift to help complete Google’s Lunar Xprize – a $30 million competition to land a privately funded robot on the moon. 

 Put this one down in the “insane, but heartwarming” category: TGI Friday’s in the United Kingdom are set to roll out mistletoe-armed drones inside restaurants to help encourage holiday kissing.

 A Japanese construction company has unveiled a blueprint for a spiral ocean city that will be home to some 5,000 people and be ready for residents to move in as early as 2030.  

 Harvard scientists say it’s time to start thinking about engineering the climate.  

 Midterm surprise: Why the new GOP chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Commerce, Justice, and Science could lead to a planned mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa. 

 A fascinating look at how falling cats taught NASA astronauts about zero gravity back in 1969.

North Carolina Teen Google Maps His House and Finds Anti-Gay Slur on Home Address: VIDEO

A 17-year-old teen found a nasty surprised when he Google mapped his Canton, North Carolina home reports The Advocate. Dakota Bonham, son of Jennifer Mann and Jodie Mcdaniel, switched to street view and found their home address renamed to “Fagits live here.” The couple expressed shock and surprise and say that they’ve never encountered any hostilities from neighbors in the four years they’ve lived on Hilltop Farm Road. The couple contacted Google to remove the heinous, albeit misspelled slur from the site.

Said Mann:

“My son was on Google Maps at school when he (searched) ‘street view’ for our address and it said, ‘Fagits live here.'”

“I just thought, ‘Are you kidding me?’ I tried to contact Google, but I was put on hold forever and ever and ever. This day and time, with people and hate, you just can’t live your life.”

Google finally took action when The Asheville-Citizen Times asked Google to remove the slur on behalf of Mann and McDaniel. The description stayed on the site for at least a month before it was finally removed on Wednesday.

McDaniel previously had a window sticker of two pink deer face to face, and that decal was visible from the street when the Google street mapping car came by last summer reports Asheville-Citizen Times. It’s unclear who authorized the change; it’s possible that the change was created and authorized through Google Map Maker by fellow peers as Google only moderates “high-profile,” features however, Map Maker’s guidelines do state that obscene and profane content is not allowed. 

Bonham, who has two other siblings ages 23 and 15, expressed disgust over the discovery.

Said Bonham:

“I was just like, ‘What the hell?’ It’s just kind of messed up. They should kind of grow up a little bit.”

Watch Mann and McDaniel’s interview with WLOS-TV News, AFTER THE JUMP…

Currently snowed in? Let the teammates of Norway’s curling team warm you up with an icy-hot talent exhibition where they put on pants using only their toned legs and slippery ice. Briefs, muscles, shimmying and over-sexualized curling moves; just another reason why curling is quickly turning into a cool and surprisingly hot sport to watch during the winter olympics.

Watch the 2014 Curling World Champions shake it out in this ad for Comfyballs, a sponsor of the Norwegian curling team, AFTER THE JUMP…

Two new clips from Andrew Haigh, Michael Lannan, and the filmmakers behind HBO’s Looking take us behind the second season of the San Francisco-based drama starring Jonathan Groff, Frankie J. Alvarez, Murray Bartlett, Raul Castillo, and Russell Tovey which premieres on January 11.

Backstage clips offer glimpses of on-set goofiness, kissing between co-stars, drinking in the wilderness, and interviews with Groff, Haigh, Bartlett, Tovey, Lannan, Alvarez, and Castillo.

Lauren Weedman’s Doris becomes a bigger part of season 2 and finds (an apparently well-hung) love interest.

Says Haigh: “The fans should expect us going further, digging deeper. It’s the show but bigger.”

Check it out, AFTER THE JUMP…

Earlier this week we also showed you the colorful Season 2 teaser. Watch it HERE. And back in September we posted 17 on-set photos from Season 2’s set. Check em out HERE.

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