Gadget News
PlayStation 4 software update 1.7 hits April 30
Slash Gear - 26 Apr 2014 00:01
This week Sony has made clear their intent to release PlayStation 4's 1.70 software update on the 30th of April. This release will be bringing on the features many users …
TID Watch No.1
The Gadget Flow - 26 Apr 2014 07:00
Price: $320 TID Watch No.1 was designed by "Form Us With Love" for TID Watches. The design brings together the bare minimum essentials needed to make a fully functional wristwatch. The minimalist design includes an easy-...
Denmark map created in Minecraft
Slash Gear - 26 Apr 2014 02:12
Minecraft has been used to create some pretty astounding maps, including one of Game of Thrones' Westeros. The latest among these is one created by the Danish Geodata Agency, which …
'Relics of Technology' turns dated gadgets into beautiful things
Engadget - 26 Apr 2014 18:04
Photographer Jim Golden's latest project takes yesterday's daily drivers out of thrift stores bargain bins and puts them in the spotlight in gallery-quality photographs and GIFs. The series, titled Relics of Technology, ...
Netflix to score its own cable channel on Monday
Slash Gear - 26 Apr 2014 05:25
In what will be an industry first, Netflix will be scoring its own cable channel next week, though not in the sense that first comes to mind. Starting Monday, the …
Microsoft's E.T. game excavation hits paydirt
Engadget - 26 Apr 2014 21:53
It looks like the legend might be true after all. Microsoft has uncovered intact copies of E.T. for the Atari 2600 at a New Mexico landfill, supporting claims that Atari buried legions of unsold cartridges in the desert ...
Engadget Podcast 394 - 4.25.14
Engadget - 26 Apr 2014 00:30
Ben and Terrence are serving up a big bureaucratic burrito this week, chock full of net neutrality, legalese and corporate self-interest. To help you digest this gut-buster of a mind meal, we've enlisted Engadget's Edito...
Hulu blocks VPN users
Slash Gear - 26 Apr 2014 01:23
Those who want to watch a region-locked video online turn to VPNs, which give the users an IP address for the country where the service is offered. This common method …
In a world of me-first smart home gear, can smarthubs make them all play nice?
Ars Technica - 26 Apr 2014 14:15
Review: We automate this old house with the Revolv and SmartThings smarthubs.
TowlHub USB Paper Towel Charger
The Gadget Flow - 26 Apr 2014 07:00
Price: $50 Store your paper towels, power all your devices and flaunt your wine stopper – one TowlHub USB Paper Towel Charger can surprisingly do it all together from a single device. It's what you can call a multi-pur...
Paparazzi, Tourists, Marathoners: What's Ruining Our Cities This Week
Gizmodo - 26 Apr 2014 18:00
L.A. is being overrun by photographers trying to snap photos of celebrity spawn. Tourists are making a mess out of Barcelona. And four runners cast a cheatery vibe over what should have been a triumphant day in Boston. L...
Game Cartridges Found Intact at E.T. Atari Dig
Gizmodo - 26 Apr 2014 21:12
They exist! Excavators have found intact examples of the Atari 2600 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial video game, complete with cartridge, packaging, and inserts, and the folks at the dig say there are lots more to be unearthed...
Android is reportedly getting voice commands everywhere
Engadget - 26 Apr 2014 02:33
Outside of the Moto X, hands-free voice commands on Android are limited; pick up a Nexus 5 or Galaxy S5 and you'll find that "OK Google" only works at the home screen. If Android Police's sources are accurate, though, yo...
Verizon fought the NSA's metadata collection program but lost anyway
Engadget - 26 Apr 2014 05:56
It looks like Verizon's concerns about government snooping go beyond publishing transparency reports -- but also haven't had much of a tangible effect. The Washington Post understands through both a declassified ruling a...
SpaceX takes legal action in bid for gov work
Slash Gear - 26 Apr 2014 04:51
SpaceX, following its successful ISS mission, has filed a legal challenge against the United Launch Alliance (ULA) contract with the US Air Force, a bid to get a piece of …
Rabbit Proto adds circuitry to 3D-printed objects
Slash Gear - 26 Apr 2014 03:03
The latest work in the world of 3D printing is the Rabbit Proto, an attachment for 3D printers that prints circuitry at the same time an object is being printed, …
This Mystery Bike Lock's Hidden Keyhole Makes it Un-Pickable
Gizmodo - 26 Apr 2014 23:00
Picking a lock is surprisingly easy with practice . So the makers of this mystery bike lock came up with a brilliant and novel solution: bury the keyhole deep inside the lock mechanism. It's unpickable, because you simpl...
Amazon gets rid of in-app comic book purchases in Comixology's iOS app
Engadget - 26 Apr 2014 22:40
Ever try to buy a Kindle book through Amazon's iOS app? Good: then you understand how Jeff Bezos feels about giving Apple a 30 percent cut. Just two weeks after acquiring the comic-book store Comixology, Amazon is puttin...
This week in Tech Reads: how data from Apollo 12 debunked the "skydiver meteorite," facial recogniti
Gizmodo - 26 Apr 2014 22:00
This week in Tech Reads: how data from Apollo 12 debunked the "skydiver meteorite," facial recognition software that performs better than the human brain, a literary easter egg on Amazon's Kindle, and more, more, more!
Watch a Pro Golfer Knock a Drone From the Sky With One Golf Ball
Gizmodo - 26 Apr 2014 21:00
Shooting down a flying drone is challenging even for machine gun-wielding sharpshooters . But professional golfer Keegan Bradley just made it look easy, swatting a DJI Phantom out of the sky with just a well-aimed golf b...
Balloons, E-Cigs, Powdered Alcohol, Poop, and More
Gizmodo - 26 Apr 2014 20:00
What a week! We looked back at the time Cleveland unleashed 1.5 million balloons into the sky, looked at the 7 best-designed objects (supposedly) of the past year, and examined what your poop might be trying to tell you....
Rechargeable Bottle Light brightens up room in a novel way
Coolest Gadgets - 26 Apr 2014 19:00
Glass bottles are extremely useful – not only can they be recycled to do their bit in limiting the use of our earth's raw resources, they are also great to double up as a decorative item, where you can always opt to pl...