Gadget News

It's that time of year again, when you have to try and wrestle back as many of those hard-earned dollars as you can from the insatiable gaping maw of the tax beast. In an effort to assuage that annual suffering, the folk...

Try as we might, we just can't escape email. Apple, Google, Microsoft and others have tried to do more with our messages, but only recently have we seen apps and services try to provide better context on their contents. ...

Helmets made with a liner material called expanded polystyrene will protect your head during a ski accident, but need to replaced after the first major impact. Helmet liners made from expanded polypropylene, though, can ...

A spectacular ring of green flame rolls backward from a rocket launcher being test-fired by Sgt. Scott Hulsizer at the U.S.-run Kaneohe Bay Range Training Facility. [U.S. Marine Corps Flickr]

It’s difficult to fall asleep in a hotel or at a friends house because you’re not in your own bed. Nothing is familiar, and while you might be safe, there’s always the fear that something could go awry. If you’re...

Admit it, you played Flappy Bird. And for a brief period of time, you may have even liked the incredibly addictive game. After millions of people downloaded the viral hit, however, creator Dong Nguyen decided enough was ...

Tesla Motors has been battling challenges to direct sales for a while now across many states, with the matter going as far as a White House petition. The good fight …

Amazon's rumored music streaming service could end up limiting how much each Prime subscriber could listen to each track, forcing them to cough up and buy the MP3 if they …

Neil Young is a lover of music, and so he has embarked on a well-intentioned quest to improve the quality of digital music. His Pono player is based on a good understanding of the problems with digital music--but its pre...

Google has integrated add-ons to Google Docs and Sheets, allowing developers to offer new tools to streamline users' workflows such as citing sources, sending customize emails en-masse, and getting feedback …

Origami artist Sipho Mabona just pulled off an incredible feat of paper folding, turning a single 50 foot by 50 foot sheet of paper into a life-size paper elephant standing more than 10 feet tall. It was no doubt a pains...

Architecture and design magazine Uncube has a new issue out today and it's all about outer space. Naturally, there's plenty of retro-futurism.

Chevrolet has been auctioning off special cars to benefit charity for a number of years. The automaker auctioned off the very first 2014 Stingray Corvette convertible to benefit charity last …

This new cool SpaceX photo popped in my Twitter feed right after reading how Putin is annexing Crimea to Russia in the same way Hitler annexed the Sudetenland to Germany back in 1938. I don't know what will happen next b...

Every year, millions of pacemakers, metal hips, and prosthetics outlast the bodies they're designed for. But these medical devices could very well go on to have a second-life--in cars, wind turbines, and even another per...

Outdoor cookouts can get a little grubby, a little dirty, a little messy--that's part of their charm, for some folks. If, however, you are searching for the classiest damn DIY al fresco dining experience of all time, loo...

When is a game not really a game? When it's a Trojan horse for new music from Skrillex. Play the seemingly humdrum shooter Alien Ride on Android or iOS and you'll find that it's actually a preview for the dubstep(-ish) a...

Wow. Look at BookBot go! This massive automated delivery system is housed in North Carolina State University's stunning Hunt Library. With the touch of a few buttons, it will scan and deliver any title in the two million...

Google made a few changes to the Chrome Web Store today to benefit developers and make it easier for them to publish to the platform. The biggest change has to do with what's actually sold in the store. Now, instead of j...

Amazon Studios has reportedly green-lighted four new streaming series, including Chris Carter's "The After". The four winners were chosen based on viewer feedback and ratings from a set of 10 pilots. [Variety]

This week a woman has sued Google, suggesting that because her child spent precisely $69.95 USD on a phone on an app, the search giant is responsible. This case was …

Power users have been tricking out Google's Chrome browser with extensions for years, and now they can do the same with... Google Docs? Today the search giant launched an add-on store for its word processing and spreadsh...