Gadget News

Why do we believe people can predict the future? Usually because we remember the hits and forget the misses. Or in some cases, the misses are hidden from us. Like in my favorite "psychic" scam ever, which also happens to...

Remember the last time you got pulled over for speeding? The cop slowly walked up behind your car, gave you a lecture about how the rules keep us all safe, and then handed you a ticket for a gajillion dollars.

The Bivy Bota is a collapsible dog bowl from Ruffwear, engineered to make Fido's water storage and dispensation completely hassle-free while you're in the outdoors. It's waterproof, collapsible and ultralight, and combin...

Outside of a few smartphones, 4K video capture has largely been limited to pro-level hardware; the SD cards in regular cameras frequently can't handle so many pixels at once. That won't be a problem in the near future, a...

Star Wars: Episode VII will hit theaters on December 18th, 2015, LucasFilm has announced, the contentious new part of the iconic series, to be directed by J.J. Abrams. “We’re very excited to share the official 2015 r...

Today, just over 100 years after the advent of trans fats, the FDA has announced that it's taking the first steps toward banning them outright, removing them from the "Generally Recognized As Safe" list and out of the Am...

The object in these photographs captured by Hubble is not a comet. It's something that no astronomer has ever seen before, according to NASA: An asteroid with six comet-like tails that isn't moving like a comet and it's ...

Episode VII may still be in the throes of pre-production, but Lucasfilm has confirmed that the Star Wars saga will continue on December 18th, 2015, with shooting officially set to start in spring 2014 and leaving just 77...

Google has released Hangouts 2.0 for Android, adding in SMS and MMS support in addition to enabling group MMS conversations and embedding animated GIFs. Promised when the incoming update was first revealed late last mont...

Deep within our bodies are all kinds of genes that turn on and off over the years, including the very genes that make you grow a body in the first place. This is where scientists are looking for the magical code that cou...

This is a high level overview of the Chinese market and some of the interesting trends we see in the region with smartphones. Chinese consumers remain a mobile first set of consumers and in many cases mobile only. For .....

Everyone is trying their best to be Eco-friendly, but that usually just means recycling, and watching your water or power consumption. There are a lot of things that aren’t good for our environment, but possibly the wo...

Google already hopes to prevent security threats in Chrome by blocking downloads, and it's now planning a similarly cautious approach for extensions. The company has announced that all extensions for the browser's Window...

There’s a collection of Android 4.4 KitKat software updates coming to the likes of Sony Xperia devices soon, with Sony suggesting which will get what where this afternoon. Sony’s upgrade schedule includes both update...

Griffin isn't the first out the door with an RC toy that uses your iPhone as a remote control. But it is the first company to come up with some compelling ways to use the iPhone's touchscreen for more than just steering....

Facebook's known for testing new features with a limited group before a broader rollout, and it's latest one could have some real implications for both businesses and individual users of the social network alike. As Tech...

What do you do if you don't have a breathtaking room full of ancient bones and fossils ? You get yourself a 3D printer and start downloading files from African Fossils, an online archive of prehistoric East African artif...

Many animal species use tools, from insects, elephants and sea urchins to apes, badgers and octopuses, but there are only two animals who make hooks to catch food: humans and crows. Why we both do this is a mystery -- an...

Regardless of whether you saw them as a menace , the first 3D-printed guns were an objectively far, boxy cry from the weapons we're used to seeing. But just from looking at Solid Concept's newest firearm offering, you'd ...

We're all busy gearing up for Expand NY this weekend (you're coming, right?), but Brian, Peter and Terrence are taking a few moments out of their day to talk the week in tech. You can join along in the chat, just after t...

We buy an activity tracker to let us see long term trends in our daily regimens that may be affecting our health. Maybe we’re not sleeping as soundly as we thought, or our workout isn’t doing as much for us as we tho...

Not super thrilled with the prospect of using iCloud for your web storage needs? Google Drive presents an ever-improving alternative to Apple's in-house solution, and today's iOS app update brings a couple of new feature...