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The first website went online 25 years ago today
Engadget - 21 Dec 2015 03:59
If the web were a person, it wouldn't have trouble renting a car from now on: the world's first website, Tim Berners-Lee's World Wide Web, went online 25 years ago today. The inaugural page wasn't truly public when it we...
Alien - Xenomorph Egg Set for the hardcore fan
Coolest Gadgets - 22 Dec 2015 01:00
Having an origin story on the H.R. Geiger's Alien would definitely be cool, although it does seem to have been botched up some time ago with engineers and a space traveler who can seem to only run in a single direction �...
Web status code tells you when sites are censored
Engadget - 21 Dec 2015 07:10
With a few exceptions, web status codes are meant to indicate errors. A 404 page shows up when you tried to reach content that wasn't found, for example. However, there's now a code for those times when that absence is a...
Tesla makes Spotify the Model S' magic jukebox
Slash Gear - 22 Dec 2015 01:56
Tesla has inked a deal with Spotify to include premium music streaming for the Model S, direct from the huge in-dash touchscreen. The agreement will affect cars in Europe, Hong Kong, and Australia, which until now have u...
Samsung Galaxy S7 release date leak in China tips hat to theories
Slash Gear - 22 Dec 2015 01:40
Earlier today a China Mobile conference leaked - or didn't seem to care about revealing - the release date of the Samsung Galaxy S7. Previously we'd been told by anonymous sources that the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Edge woul...
Database error publishes info of 3 million Hello Kitty fans
Engadget - 22 Dec 2015 01:40
Online researcher Chris Vickery uncovered a database this weekend containing the personal information of 3.3 million accounts associated with Hello Kitty Online and official Hello Kitty websites, including SanrioTown.com...
The 10 Coolest Time Capsules Opened in 2015
Gizmodo - 22 Dec 2015 01:30
Time capsules can be pretty boring. But time capsule nerds like me live for those rare capsules with something really cool inside. This year we saw time capsules filled with the weird, the rare, and the surprising. One t...
BMW and Nissan team to take on Tesla's Superchargers
Slash Gear - 22 Dec 2015 01:24
BMW and Nissan have joined forces to take on Tesla's Supercharger network, installing new electric car chargers at 120 locations across the US. The stations, which will be capable of recharging a Nissan Leaf or BMW i3 to...
Toshiba's accounting sins cost 6,800 workers their jobs
Slash Gear - 22 Dec 2015 01:23
Things are going from bad to worse for Toshiba, with the company revealing plans to lay off another 6,800 workers amidst a record net financial loss. This follows a report earlier this month stating the company will spin...
Lawsuit demands the right to resell Steam games
Engadget - 22 Dec 2015 01:04
One of the biggest gripes about downloadable games (unless you're a developer) is that you can't typically resell them -- that title is yours forever, even if you'll never play it again. French consumer group UFC-Que Cho...
Hopping Wasp Larvae Wrap Themselves in Cocoons of Their Prey
Gizmodo - 22 Dec 2015 00:58
Wasps are notorious for devouring other creatures from the inside out. Now scientists have learned that after they've killed something, they wrap themselves up in its cocoon for good measure and exhibit strange jumping b...
World of Warcraft announces a complete PVP overhaul
Slash Gear - 22 Dec 2015 00:39
I used to play WoW quite a bit back in the day, and I've been clean for a couple of years now. One aspect of the game that rarely appealed to me was PVP. Mostly because I've been an adult for the entire time the game has...
The 10 Best and 10 Worst Science Fiction And Fantasy Movies of 2015
Gizmodo - 22 Dec 2015 00:39
First, the good news: 2015 was a fantastic year at the movies. There were great original stories, sequels done right, adaptations that match their source material and more. But for every great movie, there's a ton of bad...
Thimble wants to ship you tinkering kits every month
Engadget - 22 Dec 2015 00:33
A Kickstarter project aims to be the perfect solution for the DIY crowd. Thimble, which has already beat its pledged goal of $25,000, says it wants to deliver different electronic kits to tinkerers every month, with the ...
FAA: your name, home address will be public in drone registry
Slash Gear - 22 Dec 2015 00:21
The Federal Aviation Administration has stated that information in its drone registry will be made publicly available in searches -- including names and home addresses. The registry, which went live today, is part of the...
A World Coffee Shortage Is Inevitable
Gizmodo - 22 Dec 2015 00:19
In the coffee-world, there's been quiet rumblings of a shortage brewing for awhile now. And yet, despite the threat, it hasn't hit quite yet--but that doesn't mean it's gone away.
Please Stop Spreading This Nonsense that Rey From Star Wars Is a "Mary Sue"
Gizmodo - 22 Dec 2015 00:16
Over the weekend, even as most of us were celebrating the fact that a new Star Wars movie did not in any way suck , some portions of the internet got sucked into a pointless, silly debate. Is Rey, the film's hero, a "Mar...
Dear Neil deGrasse Tyson: this is why Han Solo says "Parsecs"
Slash Gear - 22 Dec 2015 00:08
This morning astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson took to Twitter to speak about Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He took time to pay extra attention to Han Solo's claim of "making the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs." Han Solo make...
LG vacuum cleaner gets augmented reality controls
Coolest Gadgets - 22 Dec 2015 00:00
Boy, don't you just love the way technology advances over the years? There has been changes here and there, where small steps have been taken, not to mention leaps being made from time to time, to make live a whole lot e...
Pivotal Living Smart Scale Review
Slash Gear - 22 Dec 2015 00:00
Of all the times Pivotal Living could've launched its body-fat measuring Smart Scale, the gluttonous period between Thanksgiving and Christmas is probably the most painful. Still, minimal sticker shock does at least temp...
Talking it out: Why I'm switching from Verizon to Google Fi
Engadget - 22 Dec 2015 00:00
I've been a loyal Verizon customer since the mid-1990s when I got my first StarTac. Heck, I even work for them, technically. And for the duration of that two-decade relationship, despite the company's excruciatingly lack...
Microsoft cripples Cortana on Android devices
Slash Gear - 21 Dec 2015 23:50
Remember a couple weeks back when we told you that Cortana was finally rolling out to Android? Yes, Microsoft's holographic hands-free assistant was finally available on a non-Microsoft device. But unfortunately as of to...