Gadget News
Reddit's Android app enters beta today, iOS to follow
Slash Gear - 29 Jan 2016 05:30
Reddit announced last month that it was creating its own official Android app, giving users on the platform a solid option for browsing the website. Despite its Alien Blue acquisition a couple years ago, Reddit is also w...
What If Cars Had Developed With The Horse And Buggy Model?
Gizmodo - 30 Jan 2016 01:55
I'm fascinated by the early development of automobiles and I have all kinds of ideas and opinions on the subject. I also have one nagging question: why did things turn out the way they did? Specifically, I'm not sure why...
What you need to know about Hyperloop
Engadget - 30 Jan 2016 01:30
Elon Musk has a plan for humanity that covers clean energy, electric cars and spreading out amongst the stars. The billionaire also wants to do away with the tired and slow railways of the past in favor of pushing people...
A Big Ol' Friday News Dump, Courtesy of Hillary Clinton's Email Server
Gizmodo - 30 Jan 2016 01:22
Remember how Hillary Clinton used a private homebrew email server to conduct official State Department business? Today--only hours before the agency is expected to release the next batch of Clinton's emails, and just day...
Report: Apple's seeking exclusive TV shows and movies
Slash Gear - 30 Jan 2016 01:15
Like Hulu and Netflix before it, Apple is looking into ordering its own original content for its iTunes customers, according to a new report. According to newly surfaced sources, Apple has put out feelers in Hollywood fo...
Google's solar plane crashed due to wing failure
Engadget - 30 Jan 2016 01:12
Last year, the National Transportation Safety Board revealed that one of Google's solar-powered planes, designed to deliver free internet from the skies, crashed in New Mexico shortly after takeoff. But while not many ot...
These SteamVR games will make or break virtual reality
Engadget - 30 Jan 2016 00:53
In one month, the HTC Vive will be available for pre-order, giving consumers a chance to buy the first room-scale virtual reality system with full head and hand motion tracking. It sounds great, but what are you going to...
Big Shark Eats Little Shark in Aquarium
Gizmodo - 30 Jan 2016 00:44
It doesn't get any badder than the savagery that is a big sand tiger shark eating a little banded hound shark even though they're both being properly fed because they were both inside an aquarium in South Korea. There's ...
English is Surprisingly Devoid of Emotionally Positive Words
Gizmodo - 30 Jan 2016 00:44
While investigating non-English words associated with positive emotions and concepts, a British researcher recently discovered 216 foreign words for which there is no English translation.
I Miss the Heroes of the 80s Who Got Their Asses Kicked All the Time
Gizmodo - 30 Jan 2016 00:37
The 80s were a simpler, more macho time. It was the era of Ronald Reagan, Rambo, and Bruce Springsteen's patriotic denim buttcheek. But when I think about 80s pop culture, I think about heroes who got their asses handed ...
US government says 22 Clinton emails contain top secret info
Engadget - 30 Jan 2016 00:35
Just days before the 2016 election cycle really kicks into gear, the US government offered new details on the Clinton email fiasco. With the Iowa caucuses set to take place soon, the Obama administration confirmed for th...
Ancient humans ate giant Aussie birds' eggs into extinction
Slash Gear - 30 Jan 2016 00:30
About 50,000 years ago, Australia was home to a flightless bird species known as Genyornis newtoni. This wasn't a bird like you or I know them -- they grew to be almost 7ft tall and weighed hundreds of pounds. Still, tho...
Every College Dorm Room Needs This Lego KFC Vending Machine
Gizmodo - 30 Jan 2016 00:22
Colleges and universities always provide new students with a list of essentials they'll need for both their studies and dorm life. But ahead of laptops and shower flip-flops, this Lego KFC-dispensing vending machine shou...
The Internet wants Danny DeVito to voice the new Pikachu
Slash Gear - 30 Jan 2016 00:04
On Tuesday, we were treated to a new look at our favorite electric-type Pokemon. Instead of running around with Ash as he tried to catch 'em all, he was solving mysteries. While that was a departure from the norm, that w...
Your Inner Child Will Be Jealous Of This Giant Automated Bubble-Making Machine
Gizmodo - 29 Jan 2016 23:59
Growing up, blowing bubbles was an endlessly frustrating exercise in futility. I'd almost pop a lung trying to get the bubble solution to form my lighter-than-air creation. But artist Nicholas Hanna makes the whole thing...
Doctor Who left Netflix so the BBC could launch their own streaming service
Slash Gear - 29 Jan 2016 23:53
Earlier this week, Netflix announced that Doctor Who would be leaving its service in the US. Being an avid fan of the show, this was rather disappointing to me. It's hard enough to get access to the brand new episodes, b...
LG's Rumored 'White Card' Looks Like Another Smart Card Disappointment
Gizmodo - 29 Jan 2016 23:44
In case you weren't already inundated with payment options, LG apparently thinks you could use one more. A new leak suggests that LG is ready to enter the payments world, but unlike its biggest competitors Apple, Google,...
Google's Solara 50 drone crash caused by wing failure
Slash Gear - 29 Jan 2016 23:42
In May 2015, one of Google's Internet drones, a Titan Solara 50, crashed during a test flight in New Mexico. The drone was solar powered and didn't last long in the air before crashing in the company's Albuquerque test f...
Apple's VR team is real, here's who they are
Slash Gear - 29 Jan 2016 23:39
Apple's latest acquisition once again tips their involvement in the virtual reality industry. Apple has been tipped - and essentially confirmed - to have acquired FlyBy Media, a group that has their hand in Indoor Mappin...
The Exotic Virtual Adventure Run makes working out seem interesting
Coolest Gadgets - 29 Jan 2016 23:30
We all want that amazing beach body, but that would require us to eat bland food and work out. It’s not really that exercising is terrible, it’s just really boring. Not only are you doing the same tedious task over a...
That time Twitch jumped the shark
Engadget - 29 Jan 2016 23:30
Twitch made its debut in 2011. Since then, the service has evolved from a gaming-only subset of Justin.tv into a popular, culture-shaping phenomenon pioneering the world of live online broadcasting. Justin.tv was quickly...
Google made a terrible pun of its Google.com sale goof
Slash Gear - 29 Jan 2016 23:28
If you screw up and accidentally allow the central domain to your business to be sold to an outside buyer, you might as well make a bad joke about it. Google suffered some collective red faces midway through 2015, after ...