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It's Drone vs 2017 Nissan GT-R in this epic race
Slash Gear - 23 Jun 2016 23:51
What do you do if you want to go chasing your speedy sports coupe around the track but the average drone simply isn't fast enough? If you're Nissan, you make your own GT-R Drone. Created to highlight just how fast the 20...
FCC wants your help understanding radio noise
Engadget - 23 Jun 2016 07:28
Interference from radio noise remains a big problem... and it's tricky enough that the FCC wants your help understanding the issue in the first place. The agency has put out a call for public input that should not only d...
Yuneec's 3D-sensing drone is available for pre-order
Engadget - 23 Jun 2016 06:11
Have you been curious to see how a drone fares when it has Intel's depth-aware RealSense tech onboard? You now have a chance to find out first-hand. Yuneec has started taking pre-orders for the Typhoon H, its first drone...
Electric race car sets an acceleration world record
Engadget - 23 Jun 2016 03:57
Electric cars are quick off the mark as a matter of course, since they're both very efficient with energy and always operate at peak torque. You probably haven't seen a road-going machine this fast, though. Swiss student...
TVPRO HD6 is a tiny PC shaped like an ordinary webcam
Slash Gear - 24 Jun 2016 01:58
It's not difficult to find a tiny PC; finding a unique one that isn't simply another stick-shaped device is more difficult, however. That's why the newly surfaced TVPRO HD6 stands out so much -- at first glance it looks ...
Android HTC Nexus phone detailed in leak
Slash Gear - 24 Jun 2016 01:54
The next Google Nexus smartphone has been leaked, somewhat, in the form of a set of specifications. These specs show an HTC-made device with modest abilities - not what we'd expect from the hero of the collection. This d...
Wirecutter's best deals: Save $300 on a Whirlpool refrigerator
Engadget - 24 Jun 2016 01:31
This post was done in partnership with The Wirecutter, a buyer's guide to the best technology. Read their continuously updated list of deals at TheWirecutter.com. You may have already seen Engadget posting reviews from o...
Disney Doesn't Know if Rogue One Should Have an Opening Crawl or Not
Gizmodo - 24 Jun 2016 01:30
Rogue One is the first Star Wars movie not in the "Saga," meaning it doesn't specifically tell a Skywalker-centric adventure. It's a "story," making it a Star Wars movie that can be anything. In the case of Rogue One, it...
Save $7 on Anker's Scary-Powerful USB-C Charging Hub
Gizmodo - 24 Jun 2016 01:13
Anker's newest charging hub is ostensibly designed as a superior replacement for your USB-C MacBook charger--it's the first third party charging hub that can feed a full 29W to the laptop, just like its included power br...
Huawei hedges bet on Google's Android, plans in-house OS
Ars Technica - 24 Jun 2016 01:07
Like Samsung before it, Huawei hopes to have a "Plan B" should Android terms go bad.
Bryan Fuller Promises to Continue Star Trek's Progressivism
Gizmodo - 24 Jun 2016 01:00
If there's one person who knows exactly what to say about a new Star Trek series, it's Bryan Fuller. Everything he says about how he's running CBS digital Star Trek show sounds right and good and not at all like he's goi...
Satellite Photos Show Christo's Floating Walkway As It's Being Built
Gizmodo - 24 Jun 2016 01:00
This past weekend, Bulgarian-American artist Christo unveiled his latest piece--a 1.8 mile floating walkway across an Italian lake . New satellite photos show how this ambitious work of art was put together.
House sit-in shows the power and potential of livestreaming
Engadget - 24 Jun 2016 00:59
Forget the final few minutes of the NBA Finals. Forget BuzzFeed tying rubberbands around a watermelon until it exploded. Forget a woman trying on a Chewbacca mask in a car. Sure, these are all moments that have been live...
Ohio capital wins 'smart city' award, details self-driving plans
Slash Gear - 24 Jun 2016 00:29
Ohio's capital Columbus has won the U.S. Department of Transportation's Smart City competition, and as such will get $40 million in federal funds and another $10 million from the company Vulcan. The city has detailed its...
Chicago decides not to clamp down on ride-sharing services
Engadget - 24 Jun 2016 00:17
As is the case in many cities around the world, the debate over regulation of ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft rages on. In Chicago, the city council voted down a measure this week that would've required fingerpr...
Make These Salt-Cured Egg Yolks and Impress the Pants Off Your Foodie Friends
Gizmodo - 24 Jun 2016 00:00
Salt preserves food, and we've using it in that capacity for thousands of years. But here's a neat tip: meat and fish aren't the only things you can keep from going rancid with salt curing. It also works with egg yolks.
Instagram 'Picked for You' channels find videos you (probably) want to watch
Slash Gear - 23 Jun 2016 23:58
Instagram has announced a new feature called "Picked for You" that groups videos by each user's favorite interests and topics, making it easier to find new video content rapidly. These new "Picked for You" channels will ...
Physicists create a 'quantum ruler' to measure the universe
Engadget - 23 Jun 2016 23:56
A group of physicists from the Russian Quantum Center and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have come up with a new method of creating a special entangled quantum state, one that could be used as "a high-pre...
Oculus Rift goes cross-platform with Samsung Gear VR
Slash Gear - 23 Jun 2016 23:50
It would appear that though the two platforms have their major differences, Oculus Rift will be going cross-platform with Samsung Gear VR. This means that mobile devices like the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy Note 5 will ...
Watch Boston Dynamics' newest robodog fetch a soda and slip on a banana peel
Ars Technica - 23 Jun 2016 23:45
Boston Dynamics' future with Alphabet could be up in the air, but they keep making bots.
These Transit Safety Videos Are So Gruesome They Just Might Work
Gizmodo - 23 Jun 2016 23:31
What would convince transit riders to pay attention to an oncoming train instead of Instagram? Apparently, a graphic depiction of certain dismemberment.
The Sweepovac was made to help keep the kitchen crumb-free
Coolest Gadgets - 23 Jun 2016 23:30
Cooking up a storm in the kitchen is a rewarding experience, especially when you’re prepping a week’s worth of food in one go. Cleaning up afterward however, reminds you not only of your hard work from that day, but ...