Gadget News

AT&T has announced plans to diversify DirecTV access, soon allowing subscribers to stream content over the Internet regardless of ISP and using nearly whatever Internet device they want. This will be made available under...

The dawn of a new era has begun in Geneva with the eagerly anticipated official debut of the Aston Martin DB11. Every great carmaker has an icon that will shape perception for a generation, and this Aston Martin DB11 wil...

Over the past several weeks I've been testing out Joule, a system of wearable caffeine patches that administer the drug gradually rather than all at once. With coffee or soda I'd have been getting high and getting low wi...

For those of you out there who happen to be hankering after Vizio's brand new D-Series collection of TVs and yet live in Canada, here is some good news for you. It looks like the new range is all set to arrive at the Gre...

Smog-filled days may be a part of life in Beijing for now, but China is cutting coal and growing its wind and solar energy capacity fast, according to figures released yesterday by the country's National Bureau of Statis...

With LA's Wilshire Grand to be crowned as the new tallest building west of the Mississippi , you might expect the former tallest building west of the Mississippi to just sulk into oblivion. No way! The US Bank Tower is o...

Donald Trump, or the trickster god? You know what, actually, still not even a difficult choice.

Apple isn't the only company in hot water over encryption. Facebook's VP of Latin America, Diego Dzodan, was detained by police this morning in Brazil after the company failed to comply with a court order to hand over Wh...

PC gamers running Windows 10 will soon have an exclusive racing game to enjoy: Forza Motorsport 6: Apex, a not-quite-direct port of Forza 6 specifically for gamers eschewing consoles. Forza Motorsport 6: Apex will be fre...

Seaborne pirates just borrowed a page from their land-based counterparts. A Verizon security report has revealed that raiders hacked a shipping company's content management system to determine which ships were worth boar...

The earth is so big, and with 70% of it covered in water, you can be sure that seasoned sailors have a thing or two to say about the entire situation. After all, ghost stories that send a chill down the spine of those wh...

We've become accustomed to hearing about executive shuffles at Tidal over the last several months. According to both Norweigan newspaper Dagens Næringsliv and Swedish news outlet Breakit, the streaming service fired bot...

Remember that mind-blowing scene in The Matrix when Neo had jiu-jitsu and kung fu uploaded directly into his brain? Researchers from HRL Laboratories are now saying they've developed a similar device that "teaches" pilot...

YouTube contains a cornucopia of weird stuff: Sniff around long enough, and you're likely to stumble upon some truly bizarre videos.

There's no doubt that electric skateboards can get you around town in a hurry, but they don't hold a candle to this. Mischo Erban recently set a Guinness world record for the fastest speed on an e-skateboard, hitting 59....

Remember the old days of gaming, when you actually got an instruction manual with your purchase? Sometimes, games with particularly large open worlds would come with their own physical map. You'd unfold it, and try to ge...

AT&T isn't about to sit on its thumbs while Dish's Sling TV scoops up people eager to ditch conventional TV. It's introducing a trio of DirecTV streaming services in the fourth quarter of this year that won't require a s...

Amazon is in talks with networks over a live TV streaming service, according to a new report. If true, Amazon could be the next company to take on traditional cable by offering live content over the Internet, something D...

Whether you run your own podcast, record let’s plays, or just chat with friends on Skype, you’re going to need a microphone. Of course, the reason for which you have the mic is going to determine what type of device ...

It's now a standard feature on any fitness tracking wearable worth considering, but this is the first time someone has managed to squeeze a working ECG--or electrocardiograph--into something as thin and compact as a busi...

You can't control these power outlets with your smartphone, or tie them to IFTTT recipes like the Belkin WeMo line, but they sell for a tiny fraction of the cost of their smarter brethren, and can be controlled from acro...

Voice acting is an interesting craft. While you might think that it's just as simple as walking into a booth, and delivering lines, there's a lot more to it. After all, you need to convey all of the emotion of a scene, u...