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Sony has sold the MMO division responsible for 'EverQuest' and 'Planetside 2'
Engadget - 2 Feb 2015 20:27Driving Toyota i-ROAD: Crazy tilt meets genius strategy
Slash Gear - 2 Feb 2015 23:45
Who says electric cars have to be boring? Toyota's Prius may be poster child for the eco-pious, but its i-ROAD tilting trike shows there's still potential for madness in the EV. SlashGear is no stranger to the i-ROAD, an...
Apple Stores May Be Outfitted With Special Safes for Gold Apple Watches
Gizmodo - 2 Feb 2015 00:15
As we get closer to Apple Watch's official launch, more details are becoming clearer and clearer. For one, we're pretty certain they'll be shipping in April and may not have the greatest battery life . However, one piece...
Here Is What War Looks Like From Space
Gizmodo - 2 Feb 2015 03:00
This image, taken by Expedition 41 aboard the International Space Station, looks like the fine artwork of some extra-terrestrial, but it's actually decades old scarred earth and entrenchments of warfare along the Iraq/Ir...
Entangled photons on a chip could lead to super-fast computers
Engadget - 2 Feb 2015 02:50
Photon entanglement is one of the odder properties of quantum physics, but it promises a lot for computing -- if one photon can instantly affect another no matter how far away it is, you could make super-speedy computers...
The FCC will reportedly try to ban internet 'slow lanes'
Engadget - 2 Feb 2015 23:55
It's only been a few months since President Barack Obama urged the Federal Communications Commission to start treating the internet as a utility, but it's enough time to have gotten the gears of policy a-spinning. Accord...
How VFX Wizards Got The Brady Bunch Back on Screen to Sell Candy Bars
Gizmodo - 2 Feb 2015 23:50
One of the more memorable moments from last night's Super Bowl--at least before the end of the fourth quarter--was the latest Snickers ad that co-opted The Brady Bunch into selling candy bars. But if you thought the ad j...
Apple Watch news: leaked icon, a new app, and a fresh landing page
Slash Gear - 2 Feb 2015 23:48
Apple CEO Tim Cook says it's coming in April. Various other reports lay out a litany of non-official info about the Apple Watch, but one thing is certain: we're interested in Apple's first official wearable. A new landin...
A Brief History Of Star Wars Canon, Old And New
Gizmodo - 2 Feb 2015 23:30
When a franchise is around for four decades, it can get impossibly unwieldy to try and grasp its lore -- and Star Wars canon is no exception. Here's a guide to the origins of Star Wars Canon, the rise and fall of one of ...
This Engineer Turned Radiowaves Into Fashion During the 1930s
Gizmodo - 2 Feb 2015 23:10
For today's edition of There's Nothing New Under The Sun™, we have a radio engineer who experimented with creating high-tech fashion that would be right at home amongst the 21st century's glitch art and wifi visualizat...
36 Hours of Glaciers and Steam in Iceland
Gizmodo - 2 Feb 2015 23:00
I just visited Iceland for the first time! But, due to airport chaos, I was only there for exactly 36 hours. Here's what I learned from my short trip, camping out on ice and dunking myself in the country's steaming hot s...
Pink sea slugs stick to Northern California
Slash Gear - 2 Feb 2015 22:57
The Hopkins' rose nudibranch sea slug has appeared in Santa Cruz, San Francisco, and Bodega Bay over the past couple of weeks. This is strange, according to local scientists, as these tiny slugs don't generally appear an...
Freedom Clip rids you of Keurig's coffee pod tyranny
Engadget - 2 Feb 2015 22:54
Keurig's K-Cup 2.0 DRM protection didn't keep rogue pods out of its coffee machines for long, and another company created an add-on to bypass the system. The Rogers Family Company, a purveyor of some of those unapproved ...
The Hells Angels Are Old Pros at Encryption
Gizmodo - 2 Feb 2015 22:35
The Silk Road trial is back on, and we still don't know if Ross Ulbricht is going to go down for the crimes of the Dread Pirate Roberts. Today, the trial focused on DPR's interactions with the Hells Angels, who he allege...
GE wants to link your existing fridge to your smart home
Engadget - 2 Feb 2015 22:13
There's no shortage of smart appliances now, but that won't help you much if you bought your gear a few years ago. What if you want to get your existing refrigerator talking to the rest of your automated home? GE may soo...
Groundhog Day alarm clock: hacked until real
Slash Gear - 2 Feb 2015 22:11
It'll only be a matter of time before a clever device-making group makes this alarm clock to do what we're seeing it hacked to do here, but until then, there's this. This is the Groundhog Day Alarm Clock, as made by crea...
I Can't Stop Buying Ridiculous Keyboards
Gizmodo - 2 Feb 2015 22:10
Your keyboard is boring--completely practical, functional, useful even, but also awful, boring and stupid. You just don't know it yet. I learned about boring keyboards in college, when a nasty case of carpel tunnel syndr...
Five Best Humidifiers
Gizmodo - 2 Feb 2015 22:00
The air is thick... with competition . Get in there and cast your vote for the best humidifier.
Which Countries Are Most Likely to Be Wiped Out By Future Disasters?
Gizmodo - 2 Feb 2015 21:45
The results of a new report show which countries are the most vulnerable to risk--and the most ready to respond when disaster strikes.
The end is reportedly near for RadioShack
Engadget - 2 Feb 2015 21:37
Reports of RadioShack's demise are nothing new, but now it seems like the electronics retailer may be done for good. Bloomberg reports that company is in talks with Sprint to hand over around half of its remaining stores...
LG G Watch R Review: best in class
Slash Gear - 2 Feb 2015 21:36
With the LG G Watch R here at the start of the year 2015, we've got very little competition in smartwatches. There are several Android Wear watches made by top-tier brands and a few smart watches made by brands we've not...
Woman with most extreme body modifications just got even more extreme
Gizmodo - 2 Feb 2015 21:29
This is María José Cristerna also known as The Vampire Woman, in a photo just taken at the Venezuela Tattoo International Expo in Caracas, Venezuela. She was considered the woman with the most tattooing and body modifi...