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Bemo Social Video Camera
The Gadget Flow - 9 Jun 2014 07:00
Price: $129 Coming in a range of three fun loving colors, the Bemo Social Video Camera is capable of carrying your favorite shoots from the palm of your hand. It looks extremely rugged and is easily portable and water-re...
Poet explains why he spammed Twitter with every word in the English language
Engadget - 9 Jun 2014 01:19
zealots - everyword (@everyword) June 2, 2014 Approximately 109,150 tweets. Spread across seven years. Posted automatically by a bot which, each time, simply grabbed a single word from an already published (and inevitabl...
Tesla Might Just Open Up Its Electric Car Patents
Gizmodo - 9 Jun 2014 00:01
This is kind of unprecedented, but Tesla might just open up its electric car patents to other manufacturers.
Your smart TV can be hacked over the air, but it's not likely
Engadget - 9 Jun 2014 00:08
It only makes sense that putting a TV online theoretically exposes it to hackers, but it's now clear that those hacks don't have to go through conventional internet pipelines. A team of Columbia University researchers ha...
Xbox E3 2014 game trailers rundown
Slash Gear - 9 Jun 2014 23:59
This morning at the start of the Xbox One presentation at E3 2015, Xbox head Phil Spencer suggested something crazy. "Today we are dedicating our entire briefing to games," said …
Guy jumps from speeding truck into 328-foot-deep gorge
Gizmodo - 9 Jun 2014 23:54
The guy with the big hair and the titanium gonads is Sebastián Álvarez, who decided it was a great ice to jump over the safety railing of the Amonalas Viaduct, in Coquimbo, Chile, into a 328-foot (100 meter) deep. He o...
Facebook's Snapchat competitor appears then disappears quickly, just like its messages
Engadget - 9 Jun 2014 23:48
The rumors are true: Facebook has indeed been working on a Snapchat competitor called Slingshot, and true to its ephemeral nature, it showed up ever so briefly on the App Store today before it was taken down. Prior to th...
Watch Ubisoft's E3 press conference right here!
Engadget - 9 Jun 2014 23:30
Seeing Assassin's Creed: Unity and The Division this morning at Microsoft's press conference was just a tease, and we expect to see much, much more at publisher Ubisoft's own briefing. Aside from that, expect to hear mor...
Why Tall Buildings Make Cities Hotter
Gizmodo - 9 Jun 2014 23:20
The breezy dark corridors between a city's tallest buildings seem like shady respites from the blistering summer sun. But it turns out those shadowy urban canyons are actually making your city hotter. NASA released some ...
Swap Your Boring Moleskine For This Tetromino-Edged Tetris Notebook
Gizmodo - 9 Jun 2014 23:00
There's only one way to properly celebrate Tetris' recent 30th birthday , and it doesn't involve breaking out your original Game Boy. Instead, wherever possible, you should replace anything and everything you own with Te...
Amazon takes on PayPal with subscription-based payments
Engadget - 9 Jun 2014 22:52
With plenty of third-party sellers populating its online store, Amazon is well accustomed to playing the middleman for processing transactions. Now the e-tailer's taking that middleman role one step further; it will now ...
A Terrifying PSA Scares Moviegoers Into Never Texting and Driving Again
Gizmodo - 9 Jun 2014 22:52
Sometimes experience is the best way to learn, but when it comes to driver safety, it's not like you can have a deadly accident more than once. But you can come close, as Volkswagen demonstrated with this highly effectiv...
Battlefield Hardline Beta sign-up goes live: here's how to play today
Slash Gear - 9 Jun 2014 22:46
This afternoon the folks at DICE, Visceral Games, and Electronic Arts have released the Battlefield Hardline Beta for all to join in on. This is a closed Beta, which means …
'Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare' trailer teases future of combat: jetpacks and robots
Engadget - 9 Jun 2014 22:27
Miss that Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare trailer Microsoft teased at its big E3 press event? No you didn't: We have it right here. The well-rehearsed teaser follows a player through the streets of Seoul, South Korea, tak...
Join Timmy's Costuming Corps Today!
Think Geek - 9 Jun 2014 22:22
Timmy's ready for his next adventure. To San Diego Comic Con! Yep, it's that time again. Attention all knitters, crocheters, stitchers, needle-and-threaders, staplers, paste-eaters, hot gluers, blacksmiths, and conjurers...
14-Year-Old Kids "Hack" Into ATM Using Default Security Code
Gizmodo - 9 Jun 2014 22:20
A couple of crafty 14-year-old kids from Winnipeg figured out how to get past the security on a a Bank of Montreal ATM. Crazy as it might sound, the "hack" didn't require any advanced computer hacking at all--these kids ...
'Battlefield: Hardline' is an insane version of cops and robbers, beta launches today
Engadget - 9 Jun 2014 22:08
Who hasn't played cops and robbers at some point in their life? That's what Battlefield: Hardline is. Matches can handle 32 players and the portion of the match we saw at EA's press conference resembled classic heist fli...
Slingshot, Facebook's Snapchat-Like Competitor, Is Finally Here (Update: Patience!)
Gizmodo - 9 Jun 2014 21:56
Adding to Facebook's ever increasing lineup of standalone apps, Slingshot is the social media giant's latest attempt to take on Snapchat. Hey--it can't be any worse than Poke .
Developer: There's Code in iOS 8 for Split-Screen Multitasking
Gizmodo - 9 Jun 2014 21:50
An app developer says he's found code in iOS 8's SpringBoard, the hidden app that manages the homescreen, that offers the ability to run two apps side-by-side.
DICE's upcoming 'Mirror's Edge' sequel features new parkour controls, tighter combat
Engadget - 9 Jun 2014 21:47
Remember that Mirror's Edge sequel DICE showed off at last year's E3? Yeah, well we're no closer to an actual release date for the title, but the studio did show off some more rendered footage at Electronic Arts' press e...
Small Town Police Are Getting Leftover War Vehicles and Machine Guns
Gizmodo - 9 Jun 2014 21:40
As America's wars wind down, the troops are coming home and so are the M-16 rifles. Armored cars, land mine detectors, silencers, aircraft, and other leftover military equipment are flowing to police departments big and ...
Out-of-control elevator crashes into building roof in terrible accident
Gizmodo - 9 Jun 2014 21:38
Chilean newspaper Publimetro (in Spanish) reports on the terrible accident suffered by 30-year-old José Vergara: A malfunctioning elevator launched him across an entire building and into the roof, going through 34 stori...