Gadget News
Sony Portable Party System
The Gadget Flow - 19 Aug 2015 01:00
Massive music volume and multi-color light effects can now adorn your parties with this Sony Portable Party System. You can either choose to connect it via Bluetooth by using one-touch NFC technology or plug it directly ...
Hack Amazon's Dash buttons to do things other than buying stuff
Engadget - 18 Aug 2015 06:57
Amazon's Dash buttons are tiny adhesive physical triggers that can order for you, through the magic of WiFi, anything you need to stock up on. But that's not the limits of their power, if you're willing to tinker with th...
The software Stephen Hawking uses to talk to the world is now free
Engadget - 19 Aug 2015 00:26
For almost 20 years, Intel has been building technology to help Stephen Hawking communicate with the world -- and now the company is making the same software the world renowned physicist uses to write books, give speeche...
Have 80% of Apple Watch owners used Apple Pay?
Slash Gear - 19 Aug 2015 01:59
Today a study has been released in which Apple Pay appears to be being used by 80% of all Apple Watch users. Carried out by Wristly, a private research group, it's a headline grabbing figure for Apple's mobile payments s...
Opera Max data saver adds support for YouTube, Netflix
Slash Gear - 19 Aug 2015 01:25
Opera has pushed out an update for its Opera Max Android app, and with it comes much-awaited support for both Netflix and YouTube. Opera Max is an app that compresses content and manages data usage to maximize how much b...
Carrie Vase
The Gadget Flow - 19 Aug 2015 01:00
Coming as a creation from Norm Architects for the Spring 2015 collection of Menu, the Carrie Vase is a stylish and dramatic design. It's the built-in handle which makes the design dramatic and vintage-like. The handle br...
Darkode hacker pleads guilty to spreading Facebook malware
Engadget - 18 Aug 2015 07:36
One of the 12 people charged when the Darkode cybercrime forum was seized has pled guilty and will be sentenced on November 23rd. According to Reuters, Eric Crocker aka Phastman from Birmingham, New York, has admitted th...
Google builds a standalone Hangouts website
Engadget - 18 Aug 2015 06:28
Google has built Hangouts its own website, but it's not spinning it out of Gmail completely like the company did with several properties to form its new parent corporation. It's just one of the (many, many) ways to acces...
FTC names its $25,000 counter-robocall contest winner
Engadget - 18 Aug 2015 06:11
Despite being banned by the Federal Trade Commission, prerecorded robocalls are still a common hassle for Americans. That could soon change now that the FTC has announced the winner of its $25,000 Robocalls: Humanity Str...
Warner Bros. to revive Scooby Doo in 2018 with animated movie
Slash Gear - 19 Aug 2015 01:50
Scooby Doo has been the subject of a couple awful live-action movies, and hopefully we won't be seeing any more of those. Some nicely done animated movies would be nice, though, and Warner Bros. apparently feels the same...
German aerospace agency wants hypersonic flights by the 2030s
Engadget - 19 Aug 2015 01:43
Germany's aerospace agency, the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), is reviving a decade-old plan to develop hypersonic passenger flights aboard suborbital space planes. This rocket-propelled vehicle, dubbe...
Are You Still Using Apple Music?
Gizmodo - 19 Aug 2015 01:30
We just passed the halfway mark for Apple Music's three-month free trial period, and guess what: A whole bunch of people have stopped using the service already. A new report from MusicWatch claims that a whopping 48-perc...
Target's data breach payout to Visa may hit $67 million
Engadget - 19 Aug 2015 01:13
It's nearly two years since Target suffered its giant shopping data breach, and the retailer is still paying for its mistakes. In the wake of a $19 million payout to MasterCard, Target has reached a settlement with Visa ...
Google OnHub WiFi Router
The Gadget Flow - 19 Aug 2015 01:00
Meet OnHub, a router for the new way to Wi-Fi. We're streaming and sharing in new ways our old routers were never built to handle. OnHub is built for all the ways you Wi-Fi. OnHub provides smooth streaming and speedy dow...
Canon Pixma lineup expands with seven new printers
Slash Gear - 19 Aug 2015 00:50
On Tuesday, Canon announced that its Pixma product lineup has been expanded with the addition of seven new printers. The expansion is comprised of the Canon Pixma MG7720, MG6800, and MG5700 series all-in-one inkjets. All...
Invest in the development of your favorite video games with 'Fig'
Engadget - 19 Aug 2015 00:48
When Double Fine launched a Kickstarter campaign for an unnamed adventure game in 2012, it changed the gaming industry in a huge way. The project asked for $400,000 but raised more than $3 million in about a month, setti...
Drink a Book to Purify Your Water
Gizmodo - 19 Aug 2015 00:40
You've probably never thought "maybe I'll drink a book today," but apparently that's just for lack of imagination. Scientists, inventive weirdos that they are, have upended reality once again, creating a book with pull-o...
Mad Max: Fury Road's Insane Car Chase, Remade with Go-Karts
Gizmodo - 19 Aug 2015 00:40
I'm probably guiltier of hyperbole more than any other writer on this site, but please, please, please do not fail to watch this utterly unbelievable awesome version of that insane car chase from Mad Max: Fury Road, rema...
A New Option for Crocodile Birth Control
Gizmodo - 19 Aug 2015 00:28
When they live in zoos, Mugger crocodiles happily mate and lay eggs. Maybe a little too happily: when they produce two clutches of 25 to 30 eggs each year, a zoo is quickly going be swamped by little croc babies. And ram...
2016 Toyota Land Cruiser revealed with plenty of off-road tech
Slash Gear - 19 Aug 2015 00:23
This week Toyota has revealed the 2016 Land Cruiser - the model headed for the United States, in this case - complete with the first eight-speed automatic in this line. The 2016 Land Cruiser will be rolling with a 5.7-li...
Samsung's new USB 3.0 flash drives are ergonomic, classy
Slash Gear - 19 Aug 2015 00:20
Samsung has announced the arrival of a new USB flash drive product lineup. There are a total of three new flash drive designs, each one promised to be ergonomic and, as you can see in the image above, fairly attractive. ...
Boeing Patented a Drone That Turns Into a Submarine--Just Like in Movies
Gizmodo - 19 Aug 2015 00:20
The idea to build a plane that turns into a submarine is not new. However, the mission to build an unmanned variation of such a vehicle is rather 21st-century. Boeing actually already has a design ready.