Gadget News
Call of Duty is Back: Now What?
Slash Gear - 16 Nov 2014 22:30
I've completed the campaign, I've played online, and I've shot just about every weapon the game has to offer. And I can say unequivocally that Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare brings the franchise back to a place of promin...
When Does Black Friday Really Start?
Gizmodo - 16 Nov 2014 17:30
Annoyed that Black Friday kicks off on Thanksgiving? Start time is really more like the Wednesday before... or November 1st.
Ford, UPS and Visa want net neutrality, but they won't tell you that
Engadget - 16 Nov 2014 05:29
It's not just tech giants (and President Obama) pushing for a tougher approach to net neutrality -- other outlets want reforms, too. A trio of regulatory filings reveal that representatives from Bank of America, Ford, UP...
2015 Lexus IS 250 AWD Review - Distinctly Divisive
Slash Gear - 16 Nov 2014 23:41
It's never been tougher to be a small, sporty sedan. Luxury buyers are being wooed by the segment above, while the gradual up-speccing of full-sized sedans below is making it harder and harder to stand out. Factor in the...
9 Reasons To Be Nostalgic About the Early Internet
Gizmodo - 16 Nov 2014 23:00
They grow up so fast, don't they? It just seems like yesterday that the internet was cruising at 56k speeds and loading horribly designed websites. Now, the web is all grown up, but there's been some negative side effect...
Facebook wants to handle your workplace chats
Engadget - 16 Nov 2014 22:24
Your office may try to keep you off Facebook right now, but you may have a genuinely work-related reason to hop on that social network in the near future. Sources for the Financial Times understand that the internet gian...
The Nexus 10, Lollipop, and the problem with big Android tablets
Ars Technica - 16 Nov 2014 22:00
When it comes to tablets, Google doesn't even follow its own design guidelines.
Junk Food, Water Thieves, Blue Laws: What's Ruining Our Cities This Week
Gizmodo - 16 Nov 2014 22:00
A plan to get the Navajo Nation healthy will mean taxing Snickers and Pringles. The California drought has a new enemy: Water thieves. And did you know that you can get a DUI while on horseback in Colorado? It's all this...
Meet the Dalek-looking security robot from Knightscope
Slash Gear - 16 Nov 2014 21:00
Say hello to the K5 from California startup Knightscope, a five-foot tall, 300 pound autonomous security robot that has been in development for the last year or so. While it might resemble a more modern, sleek version of...
Could Magnets Help the NFL's Concussion Epidemic?
Gizmodo - 16 Nov 2014 20:25
It's another Sunday and teams across the U.S. will take to the grid iron in an effort to scratch another W. These players will play the same as any other Sunday, and like any other Sunday, the sport's biggest threat will...
Kevin Rose launches Watchville app, targeting the luxury watch market
Slash Gear - 16 Nov 2014 20:00
Serial entrepreneur and founder of the original Digg, Kevin Rose, has just launched a new iOS app that is quite a departure from previous social-targeted platforms, including his latest, Tiiny. Watchville, available for ...
Motorola's march toward mobility
Engadget - 16 Nov 2014 20:00
We owe a lot to Motorola and its team of inventors and engineers. The company made breakthroughs in portable radio and brought us one of the first-ever cellphones. It launched the flip phone, the clamshell and the wildly...
Man injects Bitcoin wallet NFC chips into his hands
Slash Gear - 16 Nov 2014 19:00
Chalk this one up to sounding both a little crazy and a little brilliant. 10 days ago, a Dutch man had a NFC chip implanted into each of his hands to serve as storage for the encrypted key to his Bitcoin cold storage. Ke...
Flickr Wall Art printing service launches worldwide
Slash Gear - 16 Nov 2014 18:00
Just over a month after a limited launch, photo hosting & sharing service Flickr has updated its new Wall Art printing service to accept orders from anywhere around the globe. A premium well beyond regular printing, the ...
RIP Glen Larson, Creator Of Battlestar Galactica, Knight Rider And More
Gizmodo - 16 Nov 2014 18:00
Legendary TV creator Glen A. Larson has passed away at the age of 77 from esophageal cancer. He created the original Battlestar Galactica TV series, brought Buck Rogers to TV, and the kitschy '80s hit Knight Rider and th...
Conspiracy Theorists Are Having a Field Day With Philae
Gizmodo - 16 Nov 2014 18:00
As is true with almost any spacefaring mission, conspiracy theorists are eager to deconstruct and point out the LIES! our government space agencies are telling us, and of course, the ESA's recently successful Philae miss...
Kenu reveals their Stance compact iPhone tripod
Coolest Gadgets - 16 Nov 2014 17:15
When it comes to snapping photos these days, many of us tend to make use of our smartphones more than actually to carry around a dedicated digital camera. There is a very good reason for this – digital cameras are not ...
Heat your house for free by storing this cloud company's servers
Slash Gear - 16 Nov 2014 17:00
Winter is rapidly approaching, and with it the bills for heating your home will be quickly rising as well. If only there were some way to store some kind of object that puts out a lot of heat, and yet belongs to someone ...
After Three Weeks, Apple Pay Is Already Transforming How We Buy Things
Gizmodo - 16 Nov 2014 17:00
For years, tech companies like Google and Softcard (formerly known as ISIS) begged with consumers to adopt its NFC-powered payment platform, and for the most part, their pleas went largely unheard. Now that Apple Pay has...
Inhabitat's Week in Green: Glow-in-the-dark roads, lettuce factories and a liquid-filled lamp
Engadget - 16 Nov 2014 17:00
Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green. Could the entire world someday run on solar power? The amount of energy that h...
Illuminated Learning Blocks ups the ante in educational tools
Coolest Gadgets - 16 Nov 2014 16:15
When it comes to helping your little one learn the ways of this world – at least from the academic point of view, there are many different methods as well as routes that one is able to take. However, since we live in a...
The first official 1963 Batmobile is up for auction
Slash Gear - 16 Nov 2014 16:00
There have been a number of Batmobiles over the history of Batman's career, with the latest including the tank-like model from Christopher Nolan's trilogy, as well as the forthcoming model from Zack Snyder's upcoming mov...