Gadget News
See the difference that one missing ingredient can have in baking a cake
Gizmodo - 18 Oct 2014 02:23
Baking a cake is a labor of love but also just basic chemistry, you're mixing ingredients together and making it react into something delicious. But each ingredient is important! Leaving out eggs or baking powder or butt...
This is now Earth's largest ship--so big it can lift oil rigs off the sea
Gizmodo - 18 Oct 2014 08:46
This is the Pieter Schelte, which is now the largest ship sailing the seas, surpassing even the Maersk Triple-E*. Built by Daewoo in Korea, this catamaran is so huge that it can lift entire oil platforms off their base, ...
Retina iMac Teardown: New Face, Same Guts
Gizmodo - 18 Oct 2014 02:50
The folks over at iFixit have done their usual job of tearing exciting new bits of technology to pieces, this time with the new Retina iMac as their unlucky victim. Conclusion: apart from that pretty new screen, everythi...
LED Word Clock
The Gadget Flow - 18 Oct 2014 08:00
Enough with the clock hands and digital displays – Now it's the age to read time like you read books on this latest introduction from the world of wall clocks called LED Word Clock. Just like the name sounds, this LED ...
In a World Where Don LaFontaine Is A Woman
Gizmodo - 18 Oct 2014 03:00
Friday night. You could rally and go out for beers, or you could remain pantsless and stay home for beers, while watching a delightful film about the film industry--specifically, voiceover actors in the biz of narrating ...
NPR Tells The Other Story of Women In Tech
Gizmodo - 18 Oct 2014 22:31
We're all used to hearing about women, or rather, the lack of, in the technology industry. But as NPR's Planet Money, points out, things weren't always that way: back at the dawn of the IT age, women were a major player ...
This Carpet-Covered Sofa Is Uncomfortable Brilliance
Gizmodo - 18 Oct 2014 21:22
If, like me, you're a little OCD, the thought of a carpet with a giant kink in it is the kind of thing that keeps you awake late at night, sweaty-palmed and slightly nervous. That's why I'm not entirely sure if I could l...
You'll Need A Flexible Key To Open "The Weirdest Lock On Earth"
Gizmodo - 18 Oct 2014 19:30
It's been said there's no such thing as an unpickable lock. That may be true - but this innovative lock assembly just bested one of the Internet's most famous lock-pickers, who calls it "the weirdest lock on Earth."
FCC starts the process for making '5G' gigabit mobile data a reality
Engadget - 18 Oct 2014 17:42Former dictator's Call of Duty lawsuit heats up: creative freedom at stake
Slash Gear - 18 Oct 2014 08:27
The alternate history genre is a popular one, and has been around for as long as humans have been making up stories. Historical figures and events are often used in fictional works that take a creative license when it co...
Earity - The First Voice Controlled Earbud
The Gadget Flow - 18 Oct 2014 08:00
Leave your bulky headphones behind and enjoy Incredible Sound and Distracted-Free Conversations. The Earity technology was created in an effort to reduce the number of traffic accidents and fatalities caused by cell phon...
Google's latest anti-piracy efforts: download suggestions, demoted rankings
Slash Gear - 18 Oct 2014 06:41
Google has been active in helping combat the issue of piracy, and as such has tried various methods to deter users away from copyright-infringing sources to legitimate download websites. Last year Google published a repo...
Florida rules police need warrant to nab cell location data
Slash Gear - 18 Oct 2014 05:57
Your everyday devices, particularly smartphones, betray aspects of your privacy in many ways, not the least of which is transmitting location information that law enforcement, among others, has regularly used in the purs...
Android Lollipop's Easter egg is a Flappy Bird spoof
Slash Gear - 18 Oct 2014 02:08
Flappy Bird: you've likely heard of it, and maybe have even been addicted to it. The game's immense popularity not only caused the developer to temporarily pull it from the app stores, but also spawned hundreds of clones...
Disney rendered its new animated film on a 55,000-core supercomputer
Engadget - 18 Oct 2014 23:00
Disney's upcoming animated film Big Hero 6, about a boy and his soft robot (and a gang of super-powered friends), is perhaps the largest big-budget mash-up you'll ever see. Every aspect of the film's production represent...
Saving money on roaming is still hard--or, how a new startup failed me
Ars Technica - 18 Oct 2014 22:44
Attaché Arrivals promises easy solutions to service abroad, but it's not foolproof yet.
Google freezes Nexus Player orders while it waits for US approval
Engadget - 18 Oct 2014 21:38
If you were dead set on ordering the Nexus Player this weekend, you're about to be disappointed. Google has quietly halted pre-orders of its Android TV media hub because it has "not been approved" by the FCC -- the compa...
Blackberry Decides That Ephemeral Messaging Will Save BBM
Gizmodo - 18 Oct 2014 20:27
After a very brief stint at number one in the app store, Blackberry's much-vaunted BBM messaging service -- previously hailed as the saviour of the entire company -- is now languishing in 462nd place on the App Store. Bu...
Fitbit Flex avoids recall by adding allergy warning label
Slash Gear - 18 Oct 2014 20:00
Following a nationwide recall of the Fitbit Force back in February of this year, Fitbit has just avoided another such situation by agreeing to warn consumers about possible allergens. The fitness wearable manufacturer re...
Apple removes Bose products from stores following Beats settlement
Engadget - 18 Oct 2014 19:45
Bose might have settled its noise-cancellation lawsuit against Beats out of court, but the two are clearly far from putting the past behind them. Apple (Beats' new owner) has pulled all Bose headphones and speakers from ...
Tech.pinions Podcast: Apple iPads, iMac Retina, Apple Pay
TechPinions - 18 Oct 2014 19:14
Welcome to the weekly Tech.pinions podcast. This week Bob O'Donnell, Ben Bajarin, Jan Dawson and Carolina Milanesi chat about Apple’s recent event, discussing the new iPads, the iMac with the 5K retina display and Appl...
FBI director speaks out against consumer tech device encryption
Slash Gear - 18 Oct 2014 19:00
James B. Comey, the current director of the FBI, made statements on Thursday calling for America's tech companies to make their consumer devices more wiretap-friendly. He believes that the efforts from giants like Apple ...