Slash Gear - 28 Dec 2016 07:01

Lenovo has unveiled a new pair of ThinkVision monitors, the P24h and the P27h. Both monitors feature the same Think-brand style we've come to love, and offer a combination of 'super narrow' bezels and a 2560 x 1440 IPS d...
Slash Gear - 28 Dec 2016 00:03

This week the folks at Hankook Mirae Technology unveiled Method-2, the “world’s first manned bipedal robot.” This is not the first time a robot like this has been imagined – it’s been in sci-fi films like Pacif...
Slash Gear - 28 Dec 2016 02:03

The game Frog Fractions 2, a sequel to the oddity Frog Factions, has been discovered in a Steam game about fairies. The discovery comes two years after the Kickstarter for Frog Fractions 2 launched, and is the end result...
Slash Gear - 28 Dec 2016 01:06

This morning the official LineageOS Gerrit was published for developers to contribute to, continuing the work of the open source community on CyanogenMod. Cyanogen – the brand-named company – will continue to operate...
Engadget - 28 Dec 2016 07:01

It's virtually a tradition for Lenovo to unveil new ThinkPads around CES time, but this year it's doing something a bit different: its systems are defined by what they don't have. The PC builder has just unveiled a slew ...
Slash Gear - 28 Dec 2016 00:16

Hulu has announced a new major deal with Walt Disney Studios that gives the company exclusive streaming rights to dozens of Disney titles. According to Hulu, this is the first time it has struck a licensing deal for Disn...
Engadget - 28 Dec 2016 00:10

The Iranian government has been censoring internet for years to keep its citizens from exposing themselves to content it deems inappropriate or radical. Now the people have been saved from another toxic scourge: The mobi...
Engadget - 28 Dec 2016 03:32

The last week of 2016 is light on videogames, but there are other options out there. Oliver Stone's Snowden movie has arrived on Blu-ray, while Netflix recently added its first Marvel flick under the new arrangement with...
Slash Gear - 28 Dec 2016 04:38

While it didn’t exactly become embroiled in a high-profile scandal, LG didn’t exactly enjoy massive increase in smartphone revenues this year. The LG V20, while a solid contender, isn’t raking in the dollars. Even ...
Engadget - 28 Dec 2016 06:58

Volkswagen wants to turn itself into more of a mobility company than a pure automaker, and it just made an acquisition that should help make that a reality. It's snapping up PayByPhone, a Canadian company that lets you p...
Engadget - 28 Dec 2016 05:37

Trying to replicate the sounds your car is making to the mechanic you're talking to is equal parts frustrating and embarrassing. But neural networks could put your best "worn out wheel bearing" impression into retirement...
Gizmodo - 28 Dec 2016 04:55

Since Tesla released Version 8.0 of its Autopilot system this summer, CEO Elon Musk has touted its lifesaving potential. Today, dashcam footage from the Netherlands showed just how powerful the new safety feature can be....
Engadget - 28 Dec 2016 01:54

In the future, getting customized cancer treatments might just be a matter of injecting virtually invisible discs into into your body. University of Michigan scientists have had early success testing 10nm "nanodiscs" tha...
Gizmodo - 28 Dec 2016 00:58

Photo: Getty The holiday season might almost be over, but at Trump Organization headquarters, the War on Christmas rages on.
Gizmodo - 28 Dec 2016 04:20

It's been a year of recalls and "uncontrollable diarrhea" for Soylent and its fans. While such a big upset could theoretically inspire a startup to reevaluate and refine its existing products, Soylent continues to march ...
Gizmodo - 28 Dec 2016 02:09

The machines are coming for us and we can't pretend like we didn't see it coming, because even the lowly metronome has been trying to warn us for years. Here are 100 of those ticking boxes starting at different beats but...
Engadget - 28 Dec 2016 04:23

Apart from the odd leak, we still don't know a lot about Nintendo's next game console. We know it has NVIDIA graphics. We know it can convert from a traditional TV set-up to a more portable one. Unfortunately, that's abo...
Gizmodo - 28 Dec 2016 03:15

The sad reality of any celebrity passing is that we have to ask how their death will impact any ongoing work in the future. In the case of Carrie Fisher, that means the continuing Star Wars saga, Episodes VIII and IX.
Engadget - 28 Dec 2016 08:26

If you've set up smart light bulbs like Philips' Hue, you've probably had to link your bulbs to a central hub -- and if you didn't, you may be making-do with only basic control. Sylvania is trying to do better. It's intr...
Slash Gear - 28 Dec 2016 03:37

The Android 7.1.1 Nougat update brought Android’s fragmentation problem to light once more. Not everyone will be able to get it, not even all of Google’s Nexus devices. Many of those have fallen outside of the arbitr...
Gizmodo - 28 Dec 2016 17:08

Stick 200 sheets of A5 paper into the back of this machine gun and instead of firing bullets when you pull the trigger, it will unleash a barrage of up to 120 paper airplanes every minute.
Slash Gear - 28 Dec 2016 15:00

Researchers from the University of Michigan have reported success in cancer research with mice using a new delivery method for therapies called nanodiscs. The researchers were able to use the nanodiscs to deliver a custo...