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Movie filmed to look like a first person shooter game looks incredible
Gizmodo - 4 Nov 2014 05:12
Here's an action scene from a movie called Hardcore that's filmed completely from one character's point of view so it looks exactly like a first person shooter video game. In fact, it's so good, it's as if those FPS vide...
Soundcloud Just Made Its First Deal with a Major Record Label
Gizmodo - 4 Nov 2014 23:00
First came the ads , now SoundCloud has a deal with a bonafide record deal with Warner Music Group. SoundCloud has made it official with a real record company. It's really growing up.
2015 Mustang gets 600HP+ supercharger boost
Slash Gear - 4 Nov 2014 23:38
If there's one thing we didn't doubt about the 2015 Ford Mustang when we drove it in September it was its power, but since there's probably no such thing as too many horses, now there's an officially-sanctioned superchar...
Watch a feather and a bowling ball fall at the exact same speed
Gizmodo - 4 Nov 2014 03:36
To this day, I've never felt dumber than when elementary school me thought that 100 pounds of bowling balls would fall faster than 100 pounds of feathers. This video doesn't show that riddle in action but something even ...
Virgin Galactic crash investigation finds early aero oddity
Slash Gear - 4 Nov 2014 01:09
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo unexpected deployed its "feathering" system shortly before crashing, the National Transportation Safety Board investigators have said of the incident on Friday last week, which saw one pilo...
Emoji characters are getting skin tones to reflect human diversity
Engadget - 4 Nov 2014 23:34
Remember how companies were working with the Unicode Consortium to get more diversity into the emoji characters you use? Well, there's now a clue as to how those more accommodating characters are likely to work. A newly ...
Fassbender rumored to take role as Steve Jobs
Slash Gear - 4 Nov 2014 23:30
It seems like nobody wants to play Steve Jobs. The upcoming Aaron Sorkin-written biography of Jobs has had several big names attached to it, but the two most notable -- Leonardo DiCaprio and Christian Bale -- both backed...
10 reasons to join us at Engadget #ExpandNY!
Engadget - 4 Nov 2014 23:01
It's what you've all been waiting for! Engadget Expand is the place this week. We're taking over the Javits Center in Manhattan on November 7th and 8th. We're pretty damn excited for what's on tap this year, and we think...
Amazon Prime shipping now available outside of Amazon
Slash Gear - 4 Nov 2014 22:56
You love Amazon Prime because it brings you stuff quickly, right? Amazon has a whole lot of stuff, too, so you're likely not left wanting for much, or even waiting long for it. Still, sometimes you find something via ano...
Ducati gets smart systems and an inflatable jacket
Slash Gear - 4 Nov 2014 22:36
Three new innovations have been revealed by Ducati this week. Two of them are new motorcycles, the third is a jacket. The most powerful of these is the Ducati 1299 Panigale, the slightly more "pedestrian" model is the Mu...
Amazon lends Prime perks to other online retailers
Engadget - 4 Nov 2014 22:27
In an effort to get Prime in more places around the web, Amazon announced its first effort with an outside retailer today. AllSaints, a British clothing retailer, is the first to opt in to the online shopping giant's pai...
Why Can't We Vote on Our Smartphones?
Gizmodo - 4 Nov 2014 22:21
Since the internet entered American homes in the mid-1990s, it's been steadily invalidating many long-lasting (and now archaic) systems in our society. But today, thousands of us will trudge down to our nearest polling p...
The First Porn Shot With a Drone Is Still Just People Boning (NSFW)
Gizmodo - 4 Nov 2014 22:04
The explosion of unmanned aerial vehicles in recent years has created a revolution in videography, which is why it's surprising that nobody bothered to make porn from the skies yet. Lo, here is Drone Boning.
iOS 8.1.1 beta brings performance boost for older devices
Slash Gear - 4 Nov 2014 21:59
Apple's iOS 8 rollout has been -- interesting. After a false-start for HealthKit and download problems that caused some devices to lose cellular connectivity, we all seem to be on the right track. Though some hefty impro...
How To Shoot A Polar Bear -- With Live Video
Gizmodo - 4 Nov 2014 21:53
Every year, hundred of polar bears gather near a remote town in northern Canada, waiting for sea ice to freeze. It's the largest gathering of bears you can get close to and the best opportunity you have to bring home a t...
America's Long, Weird Search for the Perfect Voting Machine
Gizmodo - 4 Nov 2014 21:40
Millions of Americans will vote today, and for the first time in years, many of them will use paper ballots . For a nation that's produced some of the most advanced machines in the world, we've had a hell of a time figur...
Football training could soon get a boost from virtual reality
Engadget - 4 Nov 2014 21:33
So far, the gaming and entertainment industries have welcomed the modern VR craze with open arms. In sports, however, that adoption hasn't been particularly prominent. Here's where EON Sports VR hopes to come in, startin...
The Bekant desk from IKEA will let you choose whether you sit or stand
Coolest Gadgets - 4 Nov 2014 21:30
There’s nothing worse than being confined to the exact same spot where you have to sit day in and day out. We’re not meant to be seated and completely still for that long, which is probably why middle and high school...
What's the Best Travel Mug?
Gizmodo - 4 Nov 2014 21:30
There's an amazing amount of coffee coverage across our network, and today we want to figure out which brew-carrying vessel is best. Head for the comments and sound off.
NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet Lollipop release by November's end
Slash Gear - 4 Nov 2014 21:21
This week NVIDIA has shared the good news - the NVIDIA SHIELD will be getting Android 5.0 Lollipop by the end of November 2014. That'll make it amongst the first devices on the market to receive Android 5.0 Lollipop - al...
The Noggle - Now it's Cool to Ride in the Back
Coolest Gadgets - 4 Nov 2014 21:20
There’s nothing my dog likes better than a ride in the car, she peers through the back window tirelessly, snotting up the glass. I worry sometimes that it gets a little warm for her back there, there aren’t any air c...
Nexus 9 teardown: you're going to need a case
Slash Gear - 4 Nov 2014 21:17
HTC may have put the Nexus 9 on a deep discount today, but that won't help you much if you need to repair it. As they often do, iFixit has torn down the tablet, and proved how repairable it is. Or isn't. An extremely low...