Gadget News
Watch Snowden talk 'Snowden' with Oliver Stone next month
Engadget - 28 Aug 2016 14:55
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's telepresence world tour has another stop: a conversation following an early screening of the upcoming Oliver Stone biopic, Snowden. The Oscar-winning director will also be a part of the...
MIT's new 3D-printer makes objects that remember their shape
Engadget - 28 Aug 2016 07:04
3D printing has done a lot for medical science. It's helped us create better prosthetics, manufacture artificial vertebrae and even develop smaller internal cameras. Next, it could help us revolutionize medication delive...
Strange galaxy is made almost entirely of dark matter
Engadget - 28 Aug 2016 05:32
A galaxy isn't big just because it has many stars in it. A worldwide research group has discovered that a galaxy in the Coma cluster, Dragonfly 44, consists of 99.99 percent dark matter. It has about as much mass as our ...
Privacy groups threaten legal action over Facebook, WhatsApp data sharing
Slash Gear - 28 Aug 2016 17:41
While Facebook's purchase of WhatsApp in 2014 was met with concerns over individuals' privacy, the social network has done a good job since then of leaving the messaging as is and keeping it independent. That all changed...
Ubisoft is shutting down the free-to-play 'Ghost Recon'
Engadget - 28 Aug 2016 04:03
Free-to-play games based on popular franchises were a huge trend for awhile. But, as Microsoft showed us this week by canceling Halo Online for Russia, there are no guarantees for success. Ubisoft is following suit and s...
Google taps Airbnb exec to turn self-driving cars into a business
Engadget - 28 Aug 2016 02:27
Google's self-driving car project hit a rough patch with the departure of one of its earliest team members, but it's evident that the tech giant is still bent on turning the experiment into a viable business. The company...
US military worries it will lose the AI war
Engadget - 29 Aug 2016 00:28
It took a while for the US military to bolster its defenses against cyberattacks, and it looks like there's a similar deficit when it comes to artificial intelligence. A new Defense Department report says that the countr...
Modder brings Pokemon Go to the Dreamcast VMU
Slash Gear - 28 Aug 2016 21:30
Those of you who ever spent any time with the Sega Dreamcast console likely remember the system's take on the memory card: the VMU. Short for "Visual Memory Unit," the palm-sized device plugged into the controller, often...
Ben Heck's Hackbot wars, part 3
Engadget - 28 Aug 2016 20:30
Find out who will win in the final Hackbotz showdown between the Death-A-Nator, Ghandi-Bot and Mr. Pointy? Ben's weapon of choice is an "intimidation knife" that's attached with 3D printed parts, but how useful will that...
After Math: Only the essentials
Engadget - 28 Aug 2016 19:00
It was a pretty kick-ass week in terms of interplanetary exploration -- and not even just in NMS. Astronomers found a potentially habitable planet just 4.2 light years from us! This could be our first stop beyond Mars bu...
When Two Memes Collide: Dr. Jill Stein Speaks Out About Harambe
Gizmodo - 29 Aug 2016 00:15
Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein went where no other presidential nominee has dared to go Sunday, when she realized a statement three months after the death of beloved gorilla and current meme, Harambe.
Spend Your Sunday Playing Around With This Cool Wind Map
Gizmodo - 29 Aug 2016 00:00
Whether you're a wind enthusiast, a cartography connoisseur or just a bored person online, Windyty is a website you'll likely have a good time messing around with.
Year-Long Simulation of Humans Living on Mars Comes To an End
Gizmodo - 28 Aug 2016 23:25
One year ago, six volunteers--an astrobiologist, a physicist, a pilot, an architect, a journalist, and a soil scientist -- entered a 36-by-20 foot dome , located near a barren volcano in Hawaii, to simulate what living c...
Man Gets Stuck In Toilet While Trying to Get Friend's Phone Back
Gizmodo - 28 Aug 2016 22:24
It's a cautionary tale and it's one about letting the tech you love go. And not climbing into literal shit holes.
Russia's search giant is making a self-driving shuttle bus
Engadget - 28 Aug 2016 21:59
Internet search giants making self-driving cars appears to be a trend, and Russia's Yandex wants in. It's partnering with Daimler, truck maker Kamaz and government-backed researchers at NAMI on an autonomous shuttle bus ...
Walt Disney World Won't Say The Word Zika
Gizmodo - 28 Aug 2016 20:45
Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, and SeaWorld Florida have all put up signs about mosquito prevention efforts today. The Florida theme parks will also start offering free mosquito repellant to any visitors who ask f...
Russia-exclusive Halo Online PC game is getting shutdown
Slash Gear - 28 Aug 2016 20:30
Most people probably know Halo as the flagship FPS game series on Microsoft's Xbox consoles. But what you may not have heard is that in early 2015, Microsoft released a free-to-play game called Halo Online for Windows PC...
Sunday's Best Deals: Great Kindle Singles, Balance Ball Chairs, Eneloops
Gizmodo - 28 Aug 2016 19:49
Great books, better posture, and the best rechargeable batteries headline today's best deals.
NASA Just Flew a Spacecraft Closer To Jupiter Than Ever Before
Gizmodo - 28 Aug 2016 19:31
We've never seen Jupiter quite like this. NASA's Juno spacecraft flew closer to the giant planet than any spacecraft ever, revealing stunning images and gathering detailed information about the planet for NASA scientists...
Batman costume sets Guinness World Record for most gadgets
Slash Gear - 28 Aug 2016 19:30
When it comes to setting Guinness World Records, there's pretty much two ways to go about it: for things like measures of athletic ability, you can train really hard for many years and try to beat the previous record hol...
Next Roku models to be called 'Express,' 'Premiere,' and 'Ultra'
Slash Gear - 28 Aug 2016 18:38
Streaming set-top box maker Roku is expected to release an updated lineup of devices this fall, and according to new information, the company will finally move away from including numbers in their naming scheme (i.e. Rok...
Producer Says NBC Wanted The Walking Dead as a Zombie Crime Drama
Gizmodo - 28 Aug 2016 18:15
An executive producer for The Walking Dead revealed that if NBC picked up the series instead of AMC, it might have become a procedural zombie crime drama, possibly without any actual zombies.