Gadget News
Sony's Walkman finds success in Japan, but what about the US?
Slash Gear - 22 Jul 2014 13:13
In a world where smartphones make the most convenient portable music players, the market for dedicated MP3 players has dwindled. That hasn't stopped Sony from hawking its once-popular Walkman line of PMPs, however, and t...
Cruise Ship Cabins Are Built on an Assembly Line Just Like Cars
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2014 23:41
Ever wonder how cruise ships are built? Well, Royal Caribbean just released a new video that sheds a little bit of light onto the process, specifically how the cabins are manufactured. It's surprisingly similar to how yo...
Report: Google passed on Spotify because price was too high
Slash Gear - 22 Jul 2014 23:55
Did they or didn't they? Google was rumored to have been interested in Spotify ahead of their Songza purchase, but nothing came of it. Now, sources tell The Wall Street Journal that Google was interested in Spotify after...
That's No Moon or Space Station, Just a Fantastic Death Star Rug
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2014 23:00
What's this? A piece of Star Wars-themed decor that doesn't look like a grade eight craft project? There's a chance that folks who've never even seen Star Wars might actually want this Death Star rug in their living room...
How to Get Your Sex Tape Off the Internet
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2014 22:04
The movie Sex Tape hinges on its lead couple finding it impossible to remove their raunchy homemade porno from the apparently unfathomable depths of iCloud. Their predicament is appealingly modern, if not all that realis...
Yo and the app hype machine
Engadget - 22 Jul 2014 22:00
Yo is a notifications app where all it does is send the word "Yo" to your friends. That's it. Just "Yo." Of course, silly single-purpose apps like these are a dime a dozen -- remember those fart apps of old? -- but the t...
eBay brings its RedLaser barcode-scanner app to Google Glass
Engadget - 22 Jul 2014 21:33
You might know eBay as the website where you can buy a rare NES game for a hundred grand, but the company also has its own barcode scanner, called RedLaser. It's been out on Android and iOS for a while, and now the compa...
If I were a developer, I'd abandon Android now
Slash Gear - 22 Jul 2014 23:58
Based on one chart I'm seeing today coming from data source from Google, Apple, and tech VC firm Andressen Horowitz, iOS is dominating Android. Not in sales of devices worldwide, not in popularity of the operating system...
Apple Q3 2014 sales: 35.2m iPhones, 13.2m iPads, 2.9m iPods, 4.4m Macs
Slash Gear - 22 Jul 2014 22:58
Apple released their earnings today, and their staggering sales figures continue on a trend pleasant to Wall Street. Their sales figures, however, didn't make such an impact. The bread-and-butter of Apple, the iPhone/iPa...
NASA's Moon-Bound Geology Lab that Never Quite Got Off the Ground
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2014 17:40
The rigor of operating outside the atmosphere has often led to rather outlandish NASA vehicle designs, but few have been more alien than this mobile lunar field laboratory from the heyday of the Space Age. Shame it never...
Believe It or Not, the World's Fastest-Growing Drone Fleet Is in Japan
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2014 00:10
Japan is a peaceful nation, in no small part because its post-World War II constitution required it. All that changed last month when President Shinzo Abe ended the ban that's kept Japan's army in check since 1945. And d...
How the Best Seinfeld Parody on the Internet Created Seinfeld Emoji
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2014 23:30
"Imagen if Senfeld on TV today?" is a question often posed by @Seinfeld2000, an alternate universe of Seinfeld characters in contemporary situations told through garbled English and meme-ready Photoshop renderings. Now @...
Government turns to robots for security interviews
Engadget - 22 Jul 2014 23:26
National Center for Credibility Assessment is looking to bring the process of doling out national security clearances into the future. As it does more often than not, "the future" in this case means robots. Alright, well...
China and Macs power Apple's growth as iPad demand wanes
Engadget - 22 Jul 2014 22:52
Apple had a very strong second quarter. iPhone sales were up significantly over Q2 2013 and the company pocketed $700 million more in profit than it did during the same period last year, even though iPad sales slipped sl...
Apple fiscal Q3 2014 brings $37.4 billion in revenue
Slash Gear - 22 Jul 2014 22:48
This week Apple reports their fiscal Q3 results with a whopping $37.4 billion USD in revenue. Last quarter, Apple brought in $45.6 billion in revenue, while, Apple suggests guidance of revenue between $37 billion and $40...
Apple: we don't build backdoors into any services
Slash Gear - 22 Jul 2014 22:38
Recently, Apple products were run through a gamut of tests by a forensic scientist. This expert claimed that a backdoor existed in Apple products, and those were used by the NSA to exploit features in iOS. Though this ex...
Space Station 76 Pokes Fun at 1970s Futurism
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2014 22:30
You can almost hear the pitch meeting echoing through the Hollywood Hills: "It's like Anchorman, meets 2001: A Space Odyssey." And frankly, that sounds like a damn good way to spend an hour and a half. So let's hope the ...
A Nanotech-Powered AIDS-Killing Condom Is Closer than Ever
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2014 22:26
Correctly used, condoms do a damn good job of preventing STDs (and pregnancy!). But nobody's gonna say no to an improvement that ups those odds. Say, a condom coated in antiviral gel that kills up t0 99.9% of HIV, genita...
Seeing real US Navy SEALs moving underwater is way cooler than any movie
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2014 22:20
This isn't a trailer for the next Tom Clancy movie. These are real U.S. Navy SEALs showing how they get into enemy territory from the sea. They get deployed in a mini-sub launched from a nuclear submarine. Then they get ...
The Lattice of Tubes Covering This Building Are a Natural AC System
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2014 21:48
If you have ever sweated through a summer in the city, you can thank those skyscrapers all around. Tall buildings trap heat that create urban heat islands. But what if you could create a building that cools the city inst...
Extension made by 16 year old tracks political contributions
Slash Gear - 22 Jul 2014 21:40
Have you ever wondered why a politician may be saying something? The term "follow the money" is sometimes useful advice, and if that's your train of thought -- you should check out this browser extension. Greenhouse give...
Skully AR-1 Helmet Hands On: What It's Like To Wear the First HUD Helmet
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2014 21:21
The Skully AR-1 is the first helmet to include a heads-up display. It could change how we ride motorcycles forever. Below, you can read Indefinitely Wild's exclusive trial run.