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Minimalist Leather Backpack by Päsk Goods
The Gadget Flow - 27 Oct 2015 11:01
Get ready to take on the world with the Minimalist Leather Backpack by Päsk Goods. Designed by students and loved by travellers, this bag is built to last. Featuring a double zipper and premium leather, the natural wear...
2017 Acura NSX First Drive Preview
Slash Gear - 27 Oct 2015 07:00
We've been waiting for the new 2017 Acura NSX so long, I was starting to worry I'd find it passé even before I drove it. It's been three years since Acura first showed off the NSX Concept, and only a little less than th...
A Clever Hack Kinda-Sorta Brings 3D Touch to Android
Gizmodo - 27 Oct 2015 09:00
Apple's neat 3D Touch tricks rely on a touchscreen that has integrated pressure sensors to determine between a 'peek' and a 'pop'. But give a cunning Android hacker a waterproof phone and a barometer, and you can get a s...
US Senate passes controversial CISA bill
Engadget - 28 Oct 2015 01:24
The US Senate convened for a vote on the controversial Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) today as well as five amendments to it. All five amendments, which would have restrained law enforcement from abusing th...
$11.1bn Apple profits as iPhone and China sales soar
Slash Gear - 28 Oct 2015 01:41
Apple has announced its financial details for Q4 2015, revealing an $11.1 billion quarterly profit on $51.5 billion in revenue. Both numbers are significantly higher than the comparable quarterly results from last year, ...
Copyright exemption lets you modify old games to keep them running
Engadget - 28 Oct 2015 01:22
You no longer have to dread the day that a game developer shuts off its servers and renders your favorite title unplayable. As part of a series of DMCA copyright exemptions, the US Library of Congress has granted long-so...
Deadspin I Could Defeat At Least Eight Of This Year's Most Influential Teens | Kotaku Here Is A Mont
Gizmodo - 28 Oct 2015 00:37
Deadspin I Could Defeat At Least Eight Of This Year's Most Influential Teens | Kotaku Here Is A Montage Of People Pretending To Be Into VR At The PlayStation Conference | Jezebel My Sleepless Night Alone at the Allegedly...
The Anton Strainer bowl is not your average colander
Coolest Gadgets - 28 Oct 2015 00:30
If you do much cooking, you’ve likely needed to wash some fruits or veggies along the way. If you’re rinsing more than a handful, you’re going to need to pull out a colander, or some similar option. Most colanders ...
A paperweight made from every 'collectible' element on Earth
Engadget - 27 Oct 2015 18:20
Is your paperweight made of too few elements? Do you even have a paperweight? (No, not this.) We'd excuse you if you didn't, frankly. If you're in the market, though, the Element Cube is likely the one you want. As the n...
WSJ: Citigroup is testing iris-scanning ATMs from Diebold
Engadget - 27 Oct 2015 06:28
The Wall Street Journal reports that Citigroup Inc is testing a pair of newfangled ATM formats from Diebold that will scan customers' eyeballs with smart phones rather than require PINs. The first concept, dubbed "Irving...
The FBI Thinks Ransomware Victims Should 'Just Pay Up'
Gizmodo - 27 Oct 2015 06:26
As documented in numerous Nicolas Cage movies, the FBI has a fairly strict 'don't negotiate with the terrorists' policy. Unless you're a company that's had your files encrypted, in which case you should probably just pay...
Twitter raises its follow limit to 5,000 users
Engadget - 28 Oct 2015 01:59
Twitter may be having trouble getting more people to use its service, but it's at least offering more headroom for the folks who've already signed up. In a confirmation of what some people had seen earlier in the week, i...
For 20 Years, Parisian Woman Were Famous For Injecting Themselves With Perfume
Gizmodo - 28 Oct 2015 01:40
It's not just today's media that reports on scandalous stories of foreign decadence that probably aren't true. In 1912 the New York Times reported that Parisian women were injecting perfume into themselves. Sounds like a...
Northrop Grumman Wins The Contract To Produce America's Next Stealth Bomber
Gizmodo - 28 Oct 2015 01:29
After a maze of programs and initiatives that lasted a decade-and-a-half, the U.S. Air Force has chosen its next bomber. The battle for the contract between a consortium of Lockheed Martin-Boeing and Northrop has been ha...
Droid Maxx 2 Promises Superior Battery Life on the Cheap
Gizmodo - 28 Oct 2015 01:20
Verizon just unleashed two new Droid smartphones, each styled after Motorola's latest. Where the burly Droid Turbo 2 falls more inline with the top-tier Moto X Pure Edition, the Droid Maxx 2 is a Verizon version of the M...
Back In Stock: TiVo's Roamio OTA DVR With Lifetime Service For $300
Gizmodo - 28 Oct 2015 01:11
In case you missed it earlier in the month, the best DVR for cord cutters is back in stock, complete with discounted lifetime service.
Twitter continues to struggle with attracting more users
Engadget - 28 Oct 2015 01:00
A lot has happened in the land of Twitter in the last few months. It has a new CEO (who really isn't so new) in Jack Dorsey, who wasted no time in shaking things up in a quest for more users and, of course, more money. S...
That So-Called Alien Megastructure Could Just Be a Distorted Star
Gizmodo - 28 Oct 2015 01:00
The Kepler Space Telescope recently picked up unprecedented flickering behavior from a distant star, leading to speculation that--among other things--it might be an alien megastructure. Now, some astronomers are saying i...
Couple Uses Sensors to Turn Sex into a "Depersonalized" Experience
Gizmodo - 28 Oct 2015 00:57
Between our smartphones, Fitbits, and other wearable sensors, we have tons of opportunity to capture how we move during the day. So it's not surprising that some people opt to capture the data when they have sex . But as...
Google unveils new ASUS OnHub router
Slash Gear - 28 Oct 2015 00:53
Google has taken the wraps off its second OnHub router, this one coming from ASUS. The first OnHub router, which we've previously detailed, was released this past August, bringing with it a more modern and simplified exp...
Google Play Music Will Soon Have Podcasts, Too
Gizmodo - 28 Oct 2015 00:40
Earlier this year , Spotify beat Google to the punch when it announced its own recommendation engines for podcasts and video--not just songs. Now, Google Play Music is playing catchup and adding podcasts into its own aud...
The iPhone helped Apple to another quarter of record-breaking sales
Engadget - 28 Oct 2015 00:39
Apple just announced its Q4 2015 financial results, and as usual it's another big quarter for the iPhone. The company sold just over 48 million iPhones in Q4, up from 39.3 million one year ago. That's despite the fact th...