Gadget News
Elon Musk Wants to Build the Iron Man Hologram UI For Real
Gizmodo - 25 Aug 2013 02:34
The hologram interfaces Tony Stark uses in Iron Man are awesome, no doubt. But they also aren't real. Yet. Elon Musk has been cooking up something very Stark-y, and he's planning to show it off soon.
Yeah, What's The Deal With Clapping?
Gizmodo - 25 Aug 2013 23:57
Sometimes I have an out of body moment where I see myself as an audience member and think about how dumb-looking the whole process is. You sit somewhere. You gape at something and don't monitor your facial expression bec...
Switched On: Windows ReTried
Engadget - 25 Aug 2013 23:30
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. Last week's Switched On discussed the initial confusion and rough ride for Windows RT, which became a dealbreaker for inventive PC designs...
Gamescom 2013: a recap of the week's announcements
Engadget - 25 Aug 2013 22:50
It's true -- we already gave Gamescom 2013 a quick wrap up, but now that the sun has finally set on the show's public days, it's time to look back on the past week and sift through the madness. Upon closing the Koelnmess...
A Million Cockroaches Escaped From A Chinese Farm And Are On The Move
Gizmodo - 25 Aug 2013 22:33
According to the Agence France-Presse, "at least" one million cockroaches escaped a nursery in Jiangsu, China where they were being farmed for traditional medicine applications like cancer and inflammation treatments. Th...
The Laziest Gift In The World Just Got Lazier
Gizmodo - 25 Aug 2013 21:40
The Facebook Gifts feature was supposed to kill Amazon or blow up the world or something. The place reminding you of your best friend's birthday could also help you get a gift and then publicly show off what a great frie...
Moto X 32GB Developer Edition teased, 'coming soon' with unlockable bootloader
Engadget - 25 Aug 2013 20:57
Motorola is getting in on the Developer Edition trend too. The Moto X's "ways to buy" page has been updated to include a version of the flagship handset with an unlockable bootloader and 32GB of storage, as noticed by Dr...
How Do You Scroll On A Trackpad?
Gizmodo - 25 Aug 2013 20:06
On July 21, 2011, the day before Joe Brown began his 1.5 years as editor-in-chief of Gizmodo, he wrote 16 moving and influential words . "Fuck Natural Scrolling. This Is Bullshit. Yours truly, a concerned Lion user. Retu...
Amtrak Chose Not To Deluge Penn Station During Hurricane Sandy
Gizmodo - 25 Aug 2013 20:00
While Hurricane Sandy raged over the New York metropolitan area, the underground infrastructure of the city began to flood. Now Amtrak is revealing that they could have let Penn Station flood instead of the East River tu...
Little Robots Turn Marker Squiggles Into Sound
Gizmodo - 25 Aug 2013 19:04
All the little droids zipping around the Star Wars universe seemed sort of frantically aimless. Where were they going? These little robots look similar but their mission is clear. Follow the black circuits and turn untol...
Google Glass Has The Fashion Bug
Gizmodo - 25 Aug 2013 18:27
We all know that Glass is kind of a big deal for Google right now. Or whatever. The #IfIHadGlass explorer program is going strong, and the product is attempting to prove its usefulness in a bunch of different markets. In...
Dealzmodo: Last Day To Get $10 Bonus Credit With Amazon Prime
Gizmodo - 25 Aug 2013 17:15
We can't recommend Amazon Prime enough around here, but we certainly try. Not only is the service a fantastic value, offering fast, free shipping, a streaming service comparable to Netflix, free Kindle books, exclusive d...
The NSA Has Even Listened In On Encrypted UN Communications
Gizmodo - 25 Aug 2013 16:49
According to documents read by Der Spiegel, the NSA was able to bypass the United Nations' videoconferencing system in summer 2012 and decrypted 446 internal communications in three weeks for a total of 458. Der Spiegel ...
Whole Foods Is Selling LPs Now
Gizmodo - 25 Aug 2013 15:29
33..." rpm records have been around for 65 years and in that time they've come and gone. And come back again. Apparently the nation's few remaining record stores, stamped out by lack of demand, are suddenly not enough, s...
Who Here Thinks Bigger Phones Are Better?
Gizmodo - 25 Aug 2013 14:22
While it hasn't been talked about recently, I know a lot of people think the next iPhone needs to be bigger, like the Galaxy S4.
Blue Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 revealed in leaked press render
Engadget - 25 Aug 2013 13:07
Looks like white and brown won't be the only colors on offer for Samsung's Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 for long. Evidently set to join those variants, @evleaks recently pushed out a purported press render of the slate clad in a dee...
LG's 55-inch curved OLED TV hits Germany for 8,999 euros this week
Engadget - 25 Aug 2013 09:01
Following its availability at several Best Buy locations across the US, LG's 55-inch curved OLED TV is finally making its way to Europe. The company today announced that it'll arrive in Germany this week for 8,999 euros ...
Ask Engadget: best device locator?
Engadget - 25 Aug 2013 05:16
We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, then here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget inquiry is from Eric, who needs help overcoming a memory condition with reg...
Mobile Miscellany: week of August 19th, 2013
Engadget - 25 Aug 2013 03:00
If you didn't get enough mobile news during the week, not to worry, because we've opened the firehose for the truly hardcore. This week brought a free TV streaming service for Bell subscribers, the arrival of NFL Mobile ...
Yahoo buys image recognition firm IQ Engines to reorganize Flickr
Engadget - 25 Aug 2013 02:18
Flickr is a killer resource for photographers of all stripes, but navigating through its massive photo catalog is far from elegant. Hopefully, Yahoo's purchase of IQ Engines can change that. According to the image recogn...
Jim White: Wordmule
Gizmodo - 25 Aug 2013 01:20
Do you watch Breaking Bad? If not, what is wrong with you and also you are missing out because--among many, many other fantastic things--it recently featured the fantastically weird "Wordmule" by Jim White.
The AI Effects Team Controlled This Robo-Puppet While Buried Alive
Gizmodo - 25 Aug 2013 00:09
AI had its narrative problems, sure. But it didn't have a problem with the awesomeness of its practical effects, specifically the awesomeness of this fully kinetic, crippled android puppet. It's so good that the robo-car...