Gadget News
DaxLight Self-Luminous Titanium Keychain
The Gadget Flow - 29 Nov 2016 16:00
Never lose your keys in the dark with the DaxLight Self-Luminous Titanium Keychain. The vial used here contains only small amount of tritium that is enough for your keychain to glow and be found in the dark. This keychai...
So How Close Do You Live to a Nuclear Bomb?
Gizmodo - 29 Nov 2016 19:50
Hooray. If you live south of the Equator or in any of the countries that light up green in the map above, you're good. Keep on living there because you don't squat next to any nuclear weapons. But if you're in the countr...
Newspaper That Brought Down Theranos Learns Owner Is Major Investor
Gizmodo - 29 Nov 2016 03:51
Once upon a time, Theranos was a promising biotech firm--raising $632 million from 2014-2015. In October 2015, everything changed when the Wall Street Journal published the first of its many exposés that revealed the co...
Samsung considers steps to keep its ruling family in power
Engadget - 29 Nov 2016 04:21
Samsung has always been a family-run company, and it's apparently bent on keeping things that way. As part of sweeping plans to reward investors (more on that in a bit), the South Korean tech giant says that it's conside...
Devialet raises $106 million to expand its audio tech
Slash Gear - 29 Nov 2016 02:14
Devialet raised $106 million in venture capital, it has announced, to fund the expansion of its proprietary tech amongst the smart devices, auto, and television sectors. As well, Devialet will expand its distribution net...
Nintendo attractions are coming to three Universal parks
Engadget - 29 Nov 2016 18:42
Nintendo didn't reveal any details when it announced a partnership with Universal Parks & Resorts to bring its video games to tourists last year. Today the company divulged a bit more, but there still isn't a lot of info...
Engadget giveaway: Win an HD DVR package courtesy of Plex!
Engadget - 29 Nov 2016 17:45
So you've cut the cord, but want to catch a few shows on major networks without adding a new paid TV subscription. If you splurge on a digital tuner (or cable card) and antenna, you're free to enjoy uncompressed HD broad...
iOS 10.2 beta 4 delivers more emojis, new TV app
Slash Gear - 29 Nov 2016 12:30
iOS 10.2 is just around the corner! You know that because Apple has just rolled out its fourth beta preview for the next version of its mobile OS. Available initially to developers, the beta is also trickling out to brav...
Unknown Illness Kills 3 Who Ate at Thanksgiving for the Poor and Lonely
Gizmodo - 29 Nov 2016 04:43
Health officials in California have opened an investigation into an incident that left three people dead and another five hospitalized after eating at a community Thanksgiving for "senior citizens, homeless, and people w...
The Depressing Toyota Of The Future May Suggest Annoying Health Tips
Gizmodo - 29 Nov 2016 03:09
You may already use some sort of fitness tracker app or wearable which you swore, at the time, would be the thing to get you back in shape. You probably lost all motivation shortly after. Well, the Toyota of the future i...
Watch an Air Pistol Pellet Slice the Flame of a Candle in Slow Motion
Gizmodo - 29 Nov 2016 02:36
It takes The Slow Mo Guys a few attempts and false starts to hit the burning wick of a candle with an air gun. But when they actually do, it's damn impressive to see in slow motion, because it basically vaporizes on impa...
The UK's contentious surveillance bill has become law
Engadget - 29 Nov 2016 16:15
The Investigatory Powers Bill, the UK's sweeping new piece of surveillance legislation, becomes an Act of Parliament today after receiving its final stamp of approval from the Queen -- a formality called royal assent. Th...
Amazon's next Echo might have a 7-inch touchscreen
Engadget - 29 Nov 2016 15:50
Amazon is still riding high on the success of its Echo speakers, and there's only one place to go now that it has a low-cost option like the Echo Dot: to the high end. Accordingly, Bloomberg sources hear that Amazon is w...
Samsung Pay won't reach the UK until sometime next year
Engadget - 29 Nov 2016 14:13
2016 has been a good year for mobile payments, thanks to the arrival of Android Pay and the majority of big banks adopting Apple Pay. Samsung was also meant to join the party, but the company has confirmed that Galaxy sm...
Ofcom will force BT to legally separate from Openreach
Engadget - 29 Nov 2016 11:11
Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator, announced today that it will force the legal separation of BT and its broadband infrastructure business Openreach after the company voluntarily failed to address "competition con...
DirecTV Now Highlights the Challenges of US TV
TechPinions - 29 Nov 2016 11:00
On Monday afternoon, AT&T finally announced its DirecTV Now service. It has been talking about this in detail since earlier this spring and for even longer in a more general sense. The service launches on …
The Magic Inside Your Devices
TechPinions - 29 Nov 2016 11:00
Sometimes, it's what's inside that counts more than what we can see on the outside. That's certainly the case with people, and increasingly, I think, it's going to be the case with tech devices. Many …
'Forza Horizon 3' weather forecast: snow and blizzards
Engadget - 29 Nov 2016 09:58
While the Forza games have dabbled with inclement weather before (rain was the big feature of Horizon 2 expansion "Storm Island" and to the consternation of some, Motorsport 6), snow in driving games as a whole has been ...
Google brings its soothing Featured Photos screensaver to Mac
Engadget - 29 Nov 2016 08:31
The same slick screensaver that brightens up unused screens with popular Google+ photos on the Pixel, Chromecast and Google Fiber devices is now available to keep your Mac occupied as well. With the newly released Featur...
Delphi and MobilEye will demo their self-driving tech at CES
Engadget - 29 Nov 2016 07:00
We'll finally get a chance to see what MobilEye's been up to since it split up with Tesla at CES 2017 in January. The company and its new partner Delphi will showcase their automated driving system called Centralized Sen...
MIT's sensor network tracks your power-hungry appliances
Engadget - 29 Nov 2016 06:31
You get a bill from your electricity provider every month laying out how much energy you used, but there's no easy way to get a breakdown of which appliances suck down the most juice. But the US Navy has partnered with M...
Two more investors sue Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes for fraud
Engadget - 29 Nov 2016 05:34
Two more investors have filed lawsuits (PDF) against Theranos, a few weeks after Walgreens sued the embattled startup for $140 million. This is the third one filed against the company, following the drugstore chain's and...