Gadget News
Windows 10 dark theme, Spartan browser (allegedly) surface in screenshots
Slash Gear - 9 Jan 2015 22:51
Microsoft introduced Windows 10 back in September 2014, and though we won't be seeing it arrive until the end of this year, the company has dropped some details about it. Never one to be content, the Internet has fished ...
AmpStrip packs Band-Aid with biometrics: Hands-on
Slash Gear - 9 Jan 2015 21:36
Fitness wearables haven't been in short supply here at CES, but whether they're on your wrist as a watch or band, or clipped to your clothes, there's the hassle of always remembering to attach them. AmpStrip aims to bypa...
What It's Like To Live In The World's Lightest Freestanding Tent
Gizmodo - 9 Jan 2015 22:11
Do you get wet when it rains? Can you feel the weight saving on your back? Are the tiny interior proportions worth a few fewer ounces? And, most importantly, can it contain an 85lbs, half-wild dog? We spent a week living...
Dremel Idea Builder 3D Printer
The Gadget Flow - 9 Jan 2015 09:00
With the most innovative technology right in your home, you can unlock the creativity within your whole family. Easy to use straight out of the box, you're ready to start building anything you need, anything you want, or...
11 awesome images of rocket launches
Gizmodo - 9 Jan 2015 01:50
That trail behind the Empire State Building is a Minotaur V rocket taking a spacecraft to the Moon. The photo was taken by Ben Cooper from Top of the Rock, Rockefeller Center, 265 miles away from NASA's Wallops Flight Fa...
The X-Cap makes sure a morning run doesn't happen in the dark
Coolest Gadgets - 9 Jan 2015 23:14
The winter brings cold, dry and dreadfully dark mornings. The happy jaunt that a run from a brisk Fall day provided is now a distant memory, and all you can do is focus on keeping warm while doing your best to stop the c...
Ex-Googler's Android "ultra-tablet" looks like a Surface clone
Ars Technica - 9 Jan 2015 22:16
The Jide Ultra Tablet's magnetic keyboard and integrated kickstand look oh so familiar.
MakerBot's composite materials will create things you'll want to keep
Engadget - 9 Jan 2015 01:43
Enough with the primary-colored plastic trinkets. When can we start printing things we want? Things we'll use? While we're still not quite there, MakerBot's recently announced composite materials might get us closer. We ...
Idiot Thieves Stole PINs With an iPod Nano Covered in Duct Tape
Gizmodo - 9 Jan 2015 23:30
Despite the repeated cries of tech bloggers everywhere, it would seem that the iPod isn't actually dead; it's just gone rogue. The newest ATM skimming scheme relies almost entirely on a MacGyver-ed version of your former...
Jane the Virgin Is a Telenovela For People Who Hate Telenovelas
Gizmodo - 9 Jan 2015 03:00
I am aware that Gizmodo dot com's core audience probably does not overlap much with that of telenovelas. (To the valiant few in the middle of the Venn diagram, hello, hooray!) But here's something: Everyone has been sayi...
Arizer Air Review: A Breath of Fresh Vapor
Gizmodo - 9 Jan 2015 23:20
For the last year or so, the Firefly has been my portable loose-leaf vaporizer of choice--and why wouldn't it be? It's blown the competition away in terms of efficiency, portability, ease of use, and vapor quality. But w...
4K movies are coming to Blu-ray discs and hard drives
Engadget - 9 Jan 2015 23:16
Sure, there are plenty of Ultra HD televisions floating around the Las Vegas Convention Center, but how will you find anything suitably super high-res to play on them? Netflix, Amazon and a few others have started 4K int...
Sling TV coming to LG TVs with webOS
Slash Gear - 9 Jan 2015 23:00
CES 2015 brought us two pretty cool things in webOS for LG TVs and Sling TV. Sling TV is a cord cutter's dream come true. Rather than having to sign up for a cable subscription, Sling TV users can sign up for packages of...
Neil Young's high-definition Pono Music is coming to cars
Engadget - 9 Jan 2015 22:40
In addition to a triangle-shaped player, Neil Young's Pono effort also includes a music store for purchasing high-definition tunes. Here at CES, the man behind the project announced that he's teaming up with Harman to br...
The Bad Dumb World of "Lady-Tech"
Gizmodo - 9 Jan 2015 22:40
The women in the photo above are modeling a smart bracelet. It looks good! It's also a glorified beeper that costs $500 . This is the state of lady-tech (ew) today.
Parrot Drones gen-2: hands-on with the next Sumo and Spider
Slash Gear - 9 Jan 2015 22:20
Parrot has sent out their drones in the sky and on the ground to capture the audience's attention at CES. Flying gracefully in the air and roughing it on the ground has stirred up a crowd that shows strong interest in th...
And the winner is: Watch the Best of CES awards right here
Engadget - 9 Jan 2015 22:00
A week after rounding up what we thought would be worthy of winning the Best of CES awards, we finally announced the winners to the world yesterday. To go along with such an honor, we also held an awards ceremony on our ...
Most Popular Water Bottle: Nalgene
Gizmodo - 9 Jan 2015 22:00
In one of our biggest votes ever, Nalgene took the crown of Best Water Bottle with its combination of durability, capacity, and reputation. Some of them even glow in the dark.
Renovo Coupe EV hands-on with NVIDIA Tegra X1 digital cockpit
Slash Gear - 9 Jan 2015 21:58
NVIDIA's Tegra X1 processor paired with NVIDIA DRIVE CX studio technology had the company suggesting they'd be powering the smart consoles of the next generation of smart vehicles. But what good is a system like this wit...
TiVo OnePass: finding all the episodes you need
Slash Gear - 9 Jan 2015 21:53
We've seen a lot of product announcements over the week, but among TiVo's own CES 2015 revelations is one that does not involve hardware at all: TiVo OnePass. The new feature for certain TiVo DVRs is targeted at the bing...
A lovefest between the LG G Flex 2 and WakaWaka
Engadget - 9 Jan 2015 21:24
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Ugh, look at all these chumps using cameras even bigger than iPads
Gizmodo - 9 Jan 2015 21:20
In a recent study, we learned that roughly a quarter of Americans take photos with their tablets. Ugh. Don't these people know that they look ridiculous? I mean, these people are totally ruining modern society by taking ...