Gadget News
Italian swimming pool is 40 meters deep, breaks world record
Slash Gear - 8 Dec 2014 14:10
If some parents fret over their children's safety in swimming pools, they might be horrified to learn of this new death trap in Italy. The Y-40, also aptly nicknamed "The Deep Joy", is a swimming pool on the grounds of f...
Bondic liquid plastic welds plastic, wood, and fabric together
Slash Gear - 8 Dec 2014 15:30
We are all familiar with superglue and its ability to glue two surfaces together. The problem with superglue is that it has some very harsh fumes and it can be difficult to use. Anyone who has ever had a repair half done...
mc.brick Portable Bluetooth Speaker
The Gadget Flow - 8 Dec 2014 09:01
Price: $49 mc.brick an amazing portable bluetooth speaker which provides a massive sound and deep bass. Customize mc.brick and make it yours! Change the cover and mix the colors... We are sure you will be able to create ...
Judge: British Spying Doesn't Violate Human Rights
Gizmodo - 8 Dec 2014 12:45
GCHQ's intelligence gathering practices, which include popping in on your webcam conversations and scanning the web connections of entire nations, do not violate the European Court of Human Rights' safeguards for privacy...
This Guy's Job Is to Hack Cameras for National Geographic Photographers
Gizmodo - 8 Dec 2014 18:09
If you've ever dreamt of a weird feature you wanted your camera to have for a specially specific purpose, the guy to call would be Kenji, National Geographic's very own tinkerer extraordinaire. Head over to their very ow...
Darknet: the Gear VR game that makes you Mnemonic
Slash Gear - 8 Dec 2014 21:23
The creator of the game Auralux has returned to the scene with another aesthetically gorgeous title, this one made for Samsung Gear VR specifically. This game goes by the name "Darknet", and it summons the classic age of...
Man, the Government Sure Likes to Blame Shit on Tor
Gizmodo - 8 Dec 2014 19:55
In a non-public report, the Department of Treasury revealed that an increasing number of hackers are using the Tor network to maintain their anonymity. Surprise surprise! After all,Tor is one of the biggest online anonym...
Brits double their broadband data usage, but speeds are still an issue
Engadget - 8 Dec 2014 17:31
Broadband usage is soaring in the UK, but the companies piping it into our homes are still playing catch-up. That's according to Ofcom, which looked into the state of connections across Britain. So how does it all break ...
The Day I Rubbed Shoulders With will.i.am
TechPinions - 8 Dec 2014 11:28
The feel of Apple’s September launch event was both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. Familiar in the way all Apple events I have attended since 2001 have felt. A similar format with many …
A State-by-State Map of How America Likes Its Porn
Gizmodo - 8 Dec 2014 22:30
America loves porn. Everybody loves porn. And according to data from Pornhub, we are increasingly loving porn from mobile devices rather than desktops. How does you your state measure up? Pornhub has a map to help you fi...
Forget Amazon, Hachette Is Selling Books on Twitter
Gizmodo - 8 Dec 2014 20:45
Book publisher Hachette is no longer in a blood feud with Amazon, but it's already experimenting with new, Bezos-free online selling options, just in case. The latest: An experiment where best-selling Hachette authors wi...
Rock Charcoal
The Gadget Flow - 8 Dec 2014 09:01
Price: $225 While creating the design of Bleen Rock Charcoal we tried to keep an eye on the latest trends in art and evolving technology. The Rock has been evoked by neogeometrical abstraction from Sarah Morris paintings...
The Day Computer Games Got Sexy
Gizmodo - 8 Dec 2014 00:00
Welcome to Reading List, a short round up of great science and technology reads from around the internets. This week we have a sexy foray into the first erotic computer game and the story of a scientist whose discovery o...
Forget Drones, Amazon Is Testing Old-School Bikes for Speedy Delivery
Gizmodo - 8 Dec 2014 23:40
After tantalizing us with the possibilities of delivery by drones , then bringing us back to Earth with delivery by taxis , Amazon has now resorted to perhaps the most obvious and time-tested method of getting something ...
Sweeping New Olympic Rules Hope to Fix the Broken Games
Gizmodo - 8 Dec 2014 23:35
With few cities willing to host them , the Olympics are in trouble. And with ongoing allegations of fraud and incompetence, the International Olympic Committee is in even more trouble. Today, the IOC approved dozens of n...
White House: Enough With the Damn Selfies Already
Gizmodo - 8 Dec 2014 23:20
President Obama had a meeting with Prince William in the Oval Office today. Sitting under the a portrait George Washington, the two men chuckled and acted like old pals. They did not, however, take any selfies. And neith...
Google's Android Studio now available, ready for your app creations
Slash Gear - 8 Dec 2014 23:14
Android now has an official IDE. Android Studio has come out of beta today, and provides the first true cross-platform IDE for Developers who can't get enough Javascript. Announced way back at Google I/O 2013, Android St...
If Nintendo teamed with Google
Slash Gear - 8 Dec 2014 23:10
If Nintendo teamed with Google, great things would happen. Nintendo would go mobile - and it'd go mobile in style. If Nintendo teamed with Google today, they'd release their game archives as apps, all contained inside an...
Delta Now Serves Craft Beer to Help You Forget How Awful Delta Is
Gizmodo - 8 Dec 2014 23:00
Anytime you go careening through the air in a giant metal tube full of strangers and recirculated air, you're probably not going to have a great time. The airlines make sure of this . So to help ease the pain and/or lack...
Bureaucracy and Bad Design Killed the World Trade Center's Green Dream
Gizmodo - 8 Dec 2014 22:50
Once upon a time, One World Trade was a trumpeted as the future greenest skyscraper in the world. It turned out to be anything but, and today, Mother Jones has obtained documents explaining what the hell happened. The sh...
YouTube warns users of potential music copyright issues
Engadget - 8 Dec 2014 22:49
If you're using a popular song to complement your YouTube footage, the service now has a way for you to check for possible copyright violations. The site used Content ID to monitor videos for quite some time, but there w...
11 Gifts for the Budding Chef in Your Life
Gizmodo - 8 Dec 2014 22:30
You're bound to have someone on your Christmas list who wants to learn how to cook or cook better in the New Year. The thing is, it's not all that hard. You don't need fancy tools or crazy gadget--you just need the essen...