Gadget News
Sony confirms PS4 gesture and voice control, HDMI capture for games
Engadget - 19 Sep 2013 07:32
Looking for more PlayStation 4 news? Here's a bit now that Sony's Tokyo Game Show keynote address is over. A couple of features we'd hoped to hear more about have been confirmed, and the first is that the PS4 camera will...
iOS 7 bug enables user to bypass lockscreen, send emails and status updates
Engadget - 19 Sep 2013 22:10
The moment operating systems become available to the public is also the moment millions of people have the opportunity to hunt around and find bugs. And, it appears that at least one rather critical bug has already been ...
A Man's Gut Brews Its Own Beer and Gets Him Drunk When He Eats Carbs
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2013 04:39
Okay, this is the best beer belly any one of us could ever dream of having. A 61-year-old man found himself getting drunk without ever drinking alcohol because he had brewer's yeast in his gut. Basically, whenever he ate...
DOD Finds Working Fax Machine, Can Get Back to Ignoring FOIA Requests
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2013 22:59
Good news for patriotic Luddites everywhere: MuckRock has confirmed that the DOD somehow managed to find themselves a working fax machine. And with this, our Department of Defense boldly steps into the twentieth century....
Verizon speaks out on Nexus 7 LTE activation, expects it will be certified 'shortly'
Engadget - 19 Sep 2013 01:13
Despite the wide LTE support featured on the Nexus 7 2013's cellular modem-equipped model, early buyers have found Verizon won't activate it for a new line on the Big Red Network. The company responded officially on the ...
Watch a Red Hot Nickel Ball Light Up a Bowl of Black Snake Fireworks
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2013 23:40
It is a truth universally acknowledged that black snakes are among the lamest of fireworks, second only to snappers. But when you get everyone's favorite red hot nickel ball involved, things get a lot more fun.
10 Reasons to Wish You Had an Endless Supply of Liquid Nitrogen
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2013 23:20
In a perfect world, all faucets have three knobs: hot, cold, and liquid nitrogen. We're not there (yet!) but these ten little party tricks from The King of Random are the perfect reason to wish we were.
Microsoft won't make Office editing free on iOS/Android, so Google does
Ars Technica - 19 Sep 2013 23:09
Quickoffice probably won't be as good as Microsoft, but now it's free.
A Handblown Dual Beer Glass That Lets You Enjoy Two Ales At Once
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2013 23:00
After a bartender incorrectly poured him a Half and Half, Louisville-based glassblower Matthew Cummings was inspired to make this custom creation. The handmade Dual Beer Glass features two side-by-side chambers that keep...
Photoshop Contest: Put Bizarre Crap in This News Anchor's Hands
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2013 22:40
As you may remember, yesterday the internet happened upon this befuddled newscaster who spent an entire live broadcast clutching a stack of paper instead of his usual iPad. Naturally, hilarity ensued, and oh, how everyon...
LG G2 Review: A Braindead Hercules
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2013 22:34
You could put a helicopter engine on a motorcycle and fill it with rocket fuel, but if you put a toddler behind the wheel, it's not going anywhere. The same is true with phones; you can turbo-charge the processors and ha...
Howard Hughes' H-1 Racer Was the World's Last DIY Superplane
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2013 22:20
Inspired by the fleet of aircraft featured in his film Hell's Angels, Howard Hughes did what any business magnate/aviation engineer/super rich guy would--he designed and built a plane fast enough to break the transcontin...
Don't miss Wikimedia, OLPC, Leap Motion, Voltaic and more at Expand NY!
Engadget - 19 Sep 2013 22:00
We're getting more and more impatient waiting for Expand New York with every subsequent speaker announcement -- and we've got five more names to lay on you right now. This November, we'll be joined by Wikimedia's directo...
Apple's Dumbest, Sloppiest iOS 7 Screwups, Collected in One Tumblr
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2013 21:50
So it's come to this. We knew iOS 7 had some dumb and frustrating imperfections, but hadn't scoured every bit of it for flaws in the small details that Apple used to nail. Well, some industrious design head has given App...
Google drops its black menu bar, rolls out more streamlined look for the web
Engadget - 19 Sep 2013 21:47
Some users of Google's web-based products may have already seen the familiar black menu bar disappear from one Google site or another, but the company has now confirmed that was only just the beginning. It's announced to...
Anyone Can Bypass Your iOS 7 Lockscreen to See (and Share!) Your Photos
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2013 21:36
Got fancy new iOS 7 on that iPhone of yours? Beware. There's a super simple bug that can let anyone blow right by your lockscreen and look through your pictures, and even share them.
Hackers Mistake NASA For NSA, Take Down Wrong Home Page
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2013 21:20
We're a little late to this party, but it's too fun not to share. Last week, a group of Brazilian hackers decided to get the NSA back for all its spying with a big huge cyberattack. And hack they did! The only problem is...
Target also selling the iPhone 5c for $79.99 on-contract, now accepting pre-orders
Engadget - 19 Sep 2013 21:18
We've already seen Walmart undercut Apple by selling the iPhone 5c for less than the MSRP right out of the gate, but it turns out it's not the only retailer offering a deal. Target's also selling the 16GB version for $79...
A New Frankenstein Molecule Makes HIV Self-Destruct
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2013 21:08
We've made huge advances toward conquering HIV , the immune-system-crippling virus that causes AIDS. But this disease still exists, causing nearly two million deaths annually, in large part because the virus develops dru...
You Won't Believe These Soaring Fighter Jets Are Just Toys
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2013 21:01
What you're looking at is not a real fighter plane. It's a scale model that photographer Dan Ledesma shot to look like a real, full-sized jet. Badass.
Dealzmodo: Bargain, Fast SD Card, 4KTV, Viewsonic Monitor, Pacific Rim
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2013 21:00
There's no such thing as too many SD cards, especially when they're high-speed, cheap, and very well-reviewed, so grab this Sony 16GB for just 11 bucks. [Amazon]
The Engadget Podcast is live at 3:30PM ET!
Engadget - 19 Sep 2013 21:00
iPhone, youPhone, we allPhone for iPhone. Well, some of us do, at least. Those of us who actually managed to download iOS 7 yesterday, anyway. Welcome to the Engadget Podcast, where we separate the haves from the have no...