Slash Gear - 11 Dec 2016 16:00

As 2016 has shown, the virtual reality market is rapidly expanding, and we’ve already seen the US movie theater industry heavily betting on it. But Paris’ MK2 movie theaters have taken this idea to a new level, openi...
Gizmodo - 11 Dec 2016 23:55

Chelsea Manning's formal petition requesting President Obama reduce the remainder of her 35-year prison sentence surpassed 100,000 signatures on Saturday and now necessitates a response from the White House.
Engadget - 11 Dec 2016 22:35

Is there no industry safe from economic encroachment by automation and machine learning? A team from the University of Toronto have built a digital Irving Berlin that can generate Christmas carols from a single image.
Engadget - 11 Dec 2016 01:30

Twitter has cut off access for a tool that law enforcement was using to monitor the social network for protest-specific keywords. Those included "Mikebrown," "Blacklivesmatter" and "imunarmed" according to documents obta...
Engadget - 11 Dec 2016 14:00

The ISS crew won't have to worry about running out of supplies this holiday season. Japan's space agency loaded its ship called Kounotori 6 with 4.5 tons of food, water, spare parts and experimental hardware before sendi...
Gizmodo - 11 Dec 2016 03:25

Supreme Leader-elect Donald Trump (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Roughly a dozen leaders of Silicon Valley, from Apple CEO Tim Cook to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, will assemble at Trump Tower in New York this wee...
Gizmodo - 11 Dec 2016 00:20

The advancements in consumer-level photography mean that we have a lot of good people out there giving us a fresh look at things we've seen a million times. Things like the inside of a tube of toothpaste, or a stick of d...
Gizmodo - 11 Dec 2016 23:04

Repairing a $30,000 Earth Mover tire is not nearly as simple as fixing a flat on your Hyundai. Dozens of steps are necessary. Watching it all go down is an experience comprised of buffing, skiving, scooping, filling, str...
Gizmodo - 11 Dec 2016 23:00

NBC's Powerless altered its office environment to better tie it into the DC Universe, but a seemingly innocent relocation will change Bruce Wayne from a beloved billionaire into that Monorail guy from The Simpsons.
Gizmodo - 11 Dec 2016 22:15

Disney's CEO has confirmed that another standalone Star Wars film is on the way in a couple of years. We've got Logan coming out in 2017, Game of Thrones could get a prequel show, and the Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic B...
Gizmodo - 11 Dec 2016 21:05

An artist has created gorgeous comic book covers of some of Black Mirror's most iconic episodes so far...and yes, that includes an image of Porky Pig readying a bottle of lube. It's about as awkward as it sounds.
Engadget - 11 Dec 2016 21:01

Facebook has been getting dragged hard since November 8th -- and rightfully so -- given the unprecedented amount of shitposts and fake news that dominated the social site in the months leading up to the election. After h...
Gizmodo - 11 Dec 2016 20:35

In an interview with Fox News' Chris Wallace on Sunday, Donald Trump, who has no idea what the office of the President entails and doesn't give a fuck about it, confirmed reports that he is indeed receiving intelligence ...
Gizmodo - 11 Dec 2016 19:13

Remarkable advancements in artificial intelligence have made it seem like uncannily human androids are just around the corner. But even though SIRI might be able to tell you a joke, robotics are still pretty clunky. That...
Slash Gear - 11 Dec 2016 19:00

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands is the latest entry in Ubisoft‘s tactical shooter series, and when it’s released on PS4, Xbox One, and PC on March 7th next year, it will feature the largest open-world environme...
Gizmodo - 11 Dec 2016 18:30

Credit: Screengrab via YouTube Ralph Macchio might have been the hero...but in any semblance of real life, all the crane poses in the world wouldn't stop that blonde goober from kicking his ass. Which is exactly what Joh...
Slash Gear - 11 Dec 2016 18:00

Along with Michigan, California is a hotbed for autonomous vehicle testing, with big companies like Google, Ford, Tesla, Mercedes, and more all getting approval to put their cars on the road. Well, things are going to ge...
Engadget - 11 Dec 2016 18:00

This was a week of tremendous loss. America said goodbye to John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, Twitter accidentally murdered @-replies for a day, Fitbit cannibalized its new acquisition of Pebble and new ...
Gizmodo - 11 Dec 2016 17:47

Image: Hyperkin After years of being declared obsolete by video game fans, Nintendo is hot again. The house that Mario built has the hardest Christmas gift to get your hands on with the NES Classic Edition. Super Mario R...
Gizmodo - 11 Dec 2016 17:15

It feels like every beloved action, comedy, or action-comedy franchise is getting rebooted with new series and sequels. Jurassic Park, Spider-Man, and, of course, Independence Day. In a way, it makes sense. As Will Smith...
Slash Gear - 11 Dec 2016 17:00

Gamers who like first-person shooters have no shortage of the biggest, most graphic-intensive titles to choose from these days, but the upcoming indie game Strafe should appeal to those longing for the early years of the...
Engadget - 11 Dec 2016 17:00

Transportation startup Lucid Motors is working on an electric car to rival the Tesla Model S, and it just announced plans to build a $700 million manufacturing facility to bring it to fruition. Meanwhile, Lexus unveiled ...