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Adobe intros Fuse CC for easily creating 3D characters
Slash Gear - 1 Dec 2015 11:30
For some creatives, Christmas may have come early as Adobe unleashes a flood of announcements and updates to many of its apps, most of which have already been prefigured at its MAX 2015 conference last October. Among the...
Death Star Mood Light induces a sense of awe
Coolest Gadgets - 1 Dec 2015 18:00
Let's face the facts – the first time you saw the Death Star in a Star Wars film, you must have been overwhelmed by a sense of awe and wonder. Imagine the amount of energy required to run a battle station that is as la...
Stunning video captures rocket separation in space like never before
Gizmodo - 2 Dec 2015 01:55
Wow. This is truly spectacular. Here's footage from UP Aerospace, which captured a multistage rocket separating in space like we've never seen before. You can see it release and then separate from each other in stunning ...
Instababies: People are naming kids after Instagram filters
Engadget - 2 Dec 2015 00:33
When it comes to deciding on a baby name, you could go with a family name. Or, like several couples did in 2015, you could look to your cellphone photography habit for inspiration. According to BabyCenter, some of the ho...
Samsung replaces its smartphone chief
Engadget - 1 Dec 2015 12:22
Samsung Mobile's top execs held on for a while during the company's troubled time with smartphones, but it's apparently been long enough. JK Shin, in addition to another co-CEO, (Samsung's exec lineup is a... multi-layer...
Adobe Photoshop update brings custom toolbars and artboards
Engadget - 1 Dec 2015 09:00
Before the sun sets on 2015, Adobe has another round of updates for its Creative Cloud software. The new features span a number of apps, but we'll focus on Photoshop CC. To boost overall productivity, and to save you tim...
Nokia's Ozo Is a $60,000 Camera For Capturing VR
Gizmodo - 1 Dec 2015 08:16
Nokia started life as a pulp mill and spent a while making gas masks, before capturing the hearts of dumbphone users everywhere with the 3310. So it kinda makes sense that its next Big Thing is a $60,000 all-in-one solut...
WhatsApp reportedly blocks links to its chat rival Telegram
Engadget - 1 Dec 2015 08:16
Not long ago, social networkers accused Facebook of blocking mentions of potential rival Tsu.co. Well, Facebook's supposedly at it again... and this time, you're more likely to notice. Telegram and its users claim that W...
iPhone 7 ditching the headphone jack is about control, not thinness
Slash Gear - 1 Dec 2015 05:13
Has time been called for the headphone jack? If the rumors are to be believed, it may well be Apple that culls the 3.5 mm socket on the next iPhone, and it's making people mad as hell. Apple does indeed have a history of...
Mark Zuckerberg will donate 99 percent of his Facebook shares
Engadget - 2 Dec 2015 01:58
While birth announcements are common on Facebook, founder Mark Zuckerberg's post is a little different than most of the new parent pics in your newsfeed. That's because along with welcoming daughter Maxima to the family,...
These Surreal Images Show the Gathering Storm of Climate Change
Gizmodo - 2 Dec 2015 01:55
Climate change is often described as an ominous storm gathering in the distance. A stunning new series of surreal photographs makes that metaphor literal by juxtaposing people going about their daily lives against a swir...
Lenovo ThinkPad P50s, ThinkStation P310 launch next year
Slash Gear - 2 Dec 2015 01:28
Alongside its newly launched ThinkPad P40 Yoga comes Lenovo's ThinkPad P50s, a mobile workstation that strikes a compromise between portability, cost and performance, as well as the ThinkStation P310, an entry-level PC w...
VTech's data breach includes children's photos and chat logs
Engadget - 2 Dec 2015 01:28
News of VTech's data breach affecting nearly 5 million customers first broke last week, and now it appears other kinds of info were easily accessible to hackers. Motherboard reports that the company kept photos of parent...
Researchers confirm Humpty Dumpty really can't be put together again
Engadget - 2 Dec 2015 00:57
Researchers at the Federal University of ABC, in Brazil, have made a major breakthrough: they've confirmed that thermodynamic processes cannot be reversed, even in a quantum system. This revelation not only explains a fu...
Android "Data Saver Mode" for Chrome might also block ad images
Slash Gear - 2 Dec 2015 00:48
What may be Google's most important update to their Chrome web browser for Android devices in years has just been revealed. This update allows a "Data Saver Mode" for the web browser, one that will allow you to browse th...
There's Skin Bacteria in Cemetery Soil--Here's Why
Gizmodo - 2 Dec 2015 00:31
Did you know that, according to Polish law, graves can be reused after 20 years, provided nobody objects and the burial fee has not been paid? After reading this scientific paper on soil contaminants around cemeteries, y...
Subaru smashes sales record with a month to go in 2015
Slash Gear - 2 Dec 2015 00:20
Subaru is having a big year in 2015 with sales booming. The automaker has announced that it has broken its all-time sales record for a full year with a month to go in 2015. Sales are growing so fast for Subaru that compa...
Like to Cook? Buy This Skillet While It's On Sale.
Gizmodo - 2 Dec 2015 00:09
The best selling piece of cookware we've ever posted is back down to its all-time low price. If you enjoy spending time in the kitchen, you shouldn't hesitate.
Inside OZO, Nokia's audacious plan for its VR future
Slash Gear - 2 Dec 2015 00:08
Virtual reality may be new for Nokia, but reinvention isn't. The story of Nokia's various incarnations is one that has been told many times over the past decade. Sure enough, the company best known today for its cellphon...
Pivotal Living fitness band and smart scale reviewed: $12 a year, well spent
Ars Technica - 2 Dec 2015 00:00
A fitness tracker membership plan and a $40 scale aren't as crazy as they sound.
Lenovo's ThinkPad P40 Yoga is a hybrid PC with pro-level power
Engadget - 2 Dec 2015 00:00
Lenovo's existing ThinkPad Yoga hybrids have some power, but they're probably not your first choice for heavy-duty graphics work when they're saddled with integrated video. Thankfully, you now have a beefier option: Leno...
PS4 Battlefront and Uncharted bundles arrive December 6
Slash Gear - 1 Dec 2015 23:55
Sony has a couple of new PlayStation 4 bundles up its sleeve and they'll be arriving on December 6, remaining available for a couple of weeks before disappearing shortly ahead of Christmas. First among them is the Star W...