Gadget News
Dusty-Brush - The New Way To Clean
The Gadget Flow - 9 Aug 2016 16:53
Dusty-Brush is a universal vacuum cleaner attachment for the smallest areas, delicate objects, and hard-to-reach areas. The purpose of building such a product came from the demand of having a vacuum cleaner attachment th...
Researchers discover advanced cyber-espionage malware
Engadget - 9 Aug 2016 08:30
Both Kaspersky and Symantec have unearthed a new type of malware so advanced, they believe it could have links to a country's intelligence agency. They're calling it "Remsec," "Strider" (Aragorn's nickname in LOTR) and "...
Skully AR helmet creators go under, founders sued
Slash Gear - 9 Aug 2016 05:50
Crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo may have made some dreams, both of the creators as well as backers, come true, but it has also brought nightmares to life as well. There is no shortage of anecdotes a...
Oracle data breach opened credit card payment systems to attack
Engadget - 9 Aug 2016 06:48
Data thieves don't always have to go straight to the source to swipe payment details... sometimes, they can take a roundabout route. Oracle has confirmed to security guru Brian Krebs that hackers breached a support porta...
Here's a Neat Trick to Help You Convert Fahrenheit to Celsius
Gizmodo - 9 Aug 2016 04:44
Well here's a fun trick for any New Yorker who wants to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius easily, courtesy of Google employee Gabor Cselle on Twitter. "To convert Fahrenheit to Celsius," he writes, "know that -10C is 14F, an...
A Solar Flare Almost Sparked a Nuclear War in 1967
Gizmodo - 10 Aug 2016 01:52
On May 23rd, 1967, the United States Air Force scrambled to ready nuclear missile-laden aircraft for deployment. Radar systems designed to detect incoming Soviet missiles had just been disrupted, in what the military per...
Seagate's new 60TB SSD dwarfs the others on the market
Engadget - 10 Aug 2016 01:49
Seagate has just announced a whopping 60 TB solid-state-drive, the largest SSD yet with that sort of capacity. Unfortunately, the SSD is only meant for businesses, released as an addition to Seagate's data center portfol...
Sony is holding a PlayStation event on September 7th
Engadget - 10 Aug 2016 01:35
It looks like we could finally see what Sony has up its sleeve for the future of PlayStation next month. Members of the press have begun receiving invites to a "PlayStation Meeting" scheduled for September 7th at 3pm Eas...
Watch a Sewage Truck Explode Even Though You Probably Don't Want To
Gizmodo - 10 Aug 2016 01:25
I've always thought that as long as no one died, all explosions were cool. Turns out I'm wrong. Very wrong.
Space Is Great
Gizmodo - 10 Aug 2016 01:18
As a teenager, when my teachers asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I always told them I wanted to write for the New Yorker. (Close enough !) Now that I've finally hit adulthood, I have a different answer to tha...
Why Did the Olympic Diving Pool Just Turn Green?
Gizmodo - 10 Aug 2016 01:10
As the women's synchronized diving teams took to the pool in Rio de Janeiro today, they were greeted by a strange sight. The diving pool had turned green overnight, while the neighboring water polo pool remained a crysta...
ESPN will roll out a streaming service that bypasses cable
Engadget - 10 Aug 2016 01:06
Today The Walt Disney Company released its quarterly earnings report, but the most interesting news has to do with ESPN. Disney confirmed reports it's making a $1 billion investment in BAMTech, a spinoff from MLB's Advan...
Casio G-SHOCK introduces Vintage Gold theme To Master Of G
Coolest Gadgets - 10 Aug 2016 01:00
Casio is a name not to be reckoned with when it comes to two things — the calculator, as well as their range of G-Shock timepieces. Granted, these are not the only two things that the Japanese company is famous for, bu...
Netflix speed test comes to your smartphone
Engadget - 10 Aug 2016 00:50
Like the idea of Netflix's no-nonsense internet speed test? You don't have to fire up a web browser to try it. Netflix has released app versions of its Fast.com test for both Android and iOS with the same ultra-minimalis...
Intel buys AI startup Nervana Systems for deep learning chips
Slash Gear - 10 Aug 2016 00:47
Intel has bought an artificial intelligence startup, Nervana Systems, aiming to bake the company's machine learning expertise into future processors. Nervana, founded in 2014, specialized in software and hardware for dee...
Why the Olympics need GIFs
Engadget - 10 Aug 2016 00:30
The 2016 Olympics kicked off last Friday in Rio de Janeiro, and there have already been a slew of exciting moments. But if you were hoping to catch a GIF of, say, Simone Biles' jaw-dropping floor routine, well, you won't...
eBay for iOS adds Touch ID support and 'One Time Password'
Slash Gear - 10 Aug 2016 00:29
eBay has updated its mobile apps, and while the Android update is pretty small (it just adds Android Wear support), the iOS update adds a couple of big features: support for Touch ID and a new one time password feature. ...
Instagram could soon be rolling out a 'Save Draft' feature
Engadget - 10 Aug 2016 00:20
If you're an avid Instagram user, you know it can sometimes take a few tries before you come up with the perfect post. But as it stands right now, if you back out of a screen in the app, you'll lose any image edits. Inst...
BitTorrent offers grants for budding artists
Engadget - 10 Aug 2016 00:08
BitTorrent doesn't just want to rely on ready-made content from big-name artists and well-funded indies to fuel its constant distribution dreams -- it's contributing to the projects themselves. The company is launching t...
FireBoard digital thermometer needs a smartphone to work properly
Coolest Gadgets - 10 Aug 2016 00:00
Many of us would love to have something that we can relate to in a digital manner these days, as analog is more or less relegated to the "retro" department. Thermometers, too, tend to be of the digital variety when it co...
Seltzer Water Sucks
Gizmodo - 10 Aug 2016 00:00
A lot of good and decent people like seltzer water. My friends like seltzer water, people I love dearly enjoy gulping down the fizzy drink that is sometimes flavored. I am here to deliver a devastating truth. Seltzer wat...
Review: Asus' $700 Zenbook Flip isn't quite worthy of the laptop it replaces
Ars Technica - 10 Aug 2016 00:00
Trackpad woes and a lesser screen ruin one of the best midrange laptops.