Gadget News
Polaroid Cube Review
Slash Gear - 23 Sep 2014 21:25
What do you do with a cube that fits in the palm of your hand, sticks to metal with a magnet, and takes photos and video? You capture the world around you, of course. You capture it casually, and you capture it with the ...
Stack's smart light bulb responds to the world around you
Engadget - 23 Sep 2014 17:32
Many smart light bulbs... well, aren't. You can control them, but they're often blissfully unaware of what's going on in your home. Stack aims to change that with its recently unveiled Alba bulb. This sensor-packed illum...
11 Tips to Keep iOS 8 From Destroying Your Battery Life
Gizmodo - 23 Sep 2014 16:54
While iOS 8 comes with plenty of advantages , upgrading to a new operating system is never without its drawbacks. Maybe battery life just ain't quite what you'd want it to be, but we've got some tips to squeeze the most ...
The Best Smartphone Camera: iPhone 6 Edition
Gizmodo - 23 Sep 2014 18:02
Since we last pitted the best smartphone cameras against one another, a few new contenders have entered the fold, notably the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus . That makes now the perfect time to settle which smartphone packs ...
Japanese company plans to have working space elevator by 2050
Engadget - 23 Sep 2014 00:51
Who does want to go to space? No less, in an elevator. While NASA's been working hard for years trying to find the necessary tools to do just that, other firms are doing the same across different parts of the world. Japa...
Dartmouth's StudentLife app can tell you if your mental health is hurting your grades
Engadget - 23 Sep 2014 05:07
Not sure if you're depressed? Your smartphone may be able to clue you in. Researchers at Dartmouth have developed an Android app that keeps tabs on student behavior -- silently logging how long they sleep, the number of ...
The Joseph Joseph TriScale stays out of the way when it's not in use
Coolest Gadgets - 23 Sep 2014 22:48
If there’s one problem almost everyone has, it’s collecting too much junk. We have far more than we need, but have a hard time figuring out what to get rid of. If you’re wanting to start keeping track of how much y...
Is There Any Plausible Reason Why Aliens Would Evolve To Look Like Us?
Gizmodo - 23 Sep 2014 21:49
In science fiction movies and TV shows, intelligent aliens are usually the same basic shape as humans: two arms, two legs and a head. But why would creatures that evolved on a completely different planet look so similar ...
Cirque du Soleil turns drones into dancing lampshades
Engadget - 23 Sep 2014 23:57
Before quadrocopters become the four-winged horsemen of the robopocalypse, we're quite happy making 'em dance for our entertainment. A new artistic collaboration between the ETH Zurich university and Cirque du Soleil isn...
Fill This Metal Blood Bag Flask With Other Life-Giving Liquids
Gizmodo - 23 Sep 2014 23:00
The unique shape of this stainless steel flask makes it look like a blood bag full of life-giving serum for the T-1000 from Terminator 2, and that's not too far from the truth. The prototype for the Liquid Body Flask was...
The U.S. once considered using 23 nuclear bombs to blast out a highway
Gizmodo - 23 Sep 2014 22:30
Rising out of California's Mojave Desert are the Bristol Mountains, nearly 4,000 feet of rock blocking easy passage through the scorching desert. For decades, Route 66 and the Santa Fe Railway have had to bend south, acq...
Making the iPhone 6 Plus flat
Slash Gear - 23 Sep 2014 22:26
There's a bit of a protrusion on the back of the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus. It's the back-facing camera's rim and lens cover glass. There's only one way to fix this piece of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. One way t...
PayPal's new deals let you pay with Bitcoin at more online stores
Engadget - 23 Sep 2014 23:37
PayPal has been coy about embracing virtual currencies so far, but it just took a big step toward welcoming them with open arms. As of today, the company's deals with processing firms BitPay, Coinbase and GoCoin let you ...
Selfie for iPhone: Inception for the socially inept
Slash Gear - 23 Sep 2014 23:16
When you sit on a bus or train headed to work - if that's what you do - and you see everyone with their noses down in their smartphone business, what do you think? Do you think wow, it'd be great to have a conversation w...
The Night 8 Howitzer Shells Almost Killed Iraq's Leader
Gizmodo - 23 Sep 2014 23:16
Between 2003 and 2004 Blackwater security expert Frank Gallagher managed the impossible -- keeping Paul Bremer, the de facto head of state for newly invaded Iraq alive through a violent insurgency. At times, it was a clo...
How the VFX Wizards Brought Distant Galaxies to Life in Cosmos
Gizmodo - 23 Sep 2014 23:13
If there was one reason to remake Carl Sagan's Cosmos almost 34 years after it originally aired, it was to take advantage of the leaps and bounds made in visual effects over the past three decades. It allowed the folks a...
Acer Chromebook 13 review: long battery life, but performance falls short
Engadget - 23 Sep 2014 23:00
After years of getting little respect, Chromebooks are finally on the rise (at least in schools), which means every major PC maker is trying to get in on the action. That includes chip makers too, like NVIDIA. Though the...
Cops Have No Right to Be Angry About the iPhone's New Encryption
Gizmodo - 23 Sep 2014 22:50
Security professionals and joe-schmoes alike cheered Apple's recent announcement that it would no longer be able to turn iPhone data over to cops . Finally, a guarantee that authorities couldn't snoop around your text me...
And Here's a Guy Bending an iPhone 6 Plus With His Bare Hands
Gizmodo - 23 Sep 2014 22:47
Just a few hours ago, we started hearing reports that a small sampling of iPhone 6 Plus owners have experienced a slight bend to their phone after putting the device in their front pockets. And now, here's what appears t...
Samsung ending PC, Chromebook sales in parts of Europe
Slash Gear - 23 Sep 2014 22:30
Samsung is toning down their efforts in Europe, and will completely exit the Notebook PC market in Germany. The company is also vowing to halt all Chromebook sales in Germany, and possibly beyond. It's a departure from S...
Samsung plans to stop selling laptops in Europe
Engadget - 23 Sep 2014 22:28
Is the PC dead? Well, that depends on who you ask. Still, no one can deny that people's habits have changed drastically over the past few years, namely due to the rise of smartphones and tablets. Samsung, for example, ha...
Chipworks digs up more information on Apple's new A8 chip
Ars Technica - 23 Sep 2014 22:25
Apple moves to TSMC, adds an improved quad-core GPU and shrinks the chip.