Engadget - 3 Feb 2017 16:41

Radiation levels inside the damaged Fukushima nuclear reactor are over 100 times fatal levels, the highest they've been since the triple meltdown in March, 2011, according to operator Tepco. The company recently sent a c...
Engadget - 3 Feb 2017 16:16

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets apparently have a serious issue that could delay the company's manned missions. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Government Accountability Office investigated both Boeing and SpaceX -- ...
Slash Gear - 3 Feb 2017 03:14

A professor with the University of Texas at Arlington's Materials Science and Engineering Department has developed a breathalyzer of sorts that works by detecting the flu virus rather than alcohol. Such a breath monitor,...
Slash Gear - 3 Feb 2017 00:06

Viber, the messaging service similar to Messenger and WhatsApp, has introduced a new 'secret messages' service that enables users to send self-destructing videos and photos. Once the message expires, it'll disappear from...
Gizmodo - 3 Feb 2017 23:49

Here's a great cheer for any cheerleading boxer crabs planning to watch the Super Bowl this weekend:
Engadget - 3 Feb 2017 23:48

Google's has officially sold off it's satellite imaging division. An announcement from rival imaging company Planet confirms it will acquire Terra Bella from Google and take over operation of its seven high-resolution Sk...
Slash Gear - 3 Feb 2017 23:31

I'm not convinced with the new BOLT EV's tail-lights, but in just about every other way this all-electric car is a knock-out. A no compromise, zero-emissions vehicle capable of delivering up to an EPA-rated 238 miles on ...
Slash Gear - 3 Feb 2017 23:30

GoPro has confirmed that we’ll be seeing the next iteration of its HERO camera, the HERO6, some time this year. The confirmation isn’t entirely surprising, but does lay to rest speculation that troubles with HERO5 pr...
Slash Gear - 3 Feb 2017 23:25

It might be hard to believe since it’s impossible to find, but Nintendo has revealed that the NES Classic Edition has sold 1.5 million units globally. What was once expected to be a niche item has turned into something...
Gizmodo - 3 Feb 2017 23:05

German researchers have discovered the wreck of U-581, a Nazi sub that sunk near the Azores in February 1942. The 220-foot-long VIIC U-boat--the same type of sub featured in the classic films Das Boot and Raiders of the ...
Gizmodo - 3 Feb 2017 23:02

On Tuesday, a 42-year-old Indian woman went to the hospital, complaining of an extremely painful "tingling, crawling sensation." After being transferred three times, doctors determined that there was a "foreign body that...
Slash Gear - 3 Feb 2017 23:00

The 2017 Ram Power Wagon is a full-size pickup that dares to answer the question, ‘what would you use to tow your house into the middle of the desert during a zombie apocalypse?’ After spending a full day flogging th...
Engadget - 3 Feb 2017 23:00

They say you can't hide what's in your heart, but the saying is doubly true for an Ohio man whose pacemaker data has been used to indict him on felony charges of aggravated arson and insurance fraud.
Slash Gear - 3 Feb 2017 22:40

Planet Labs has announced plans to acquire the business Terra Bella from Google. An acquisition agreement has been struck between the two companies, according to Planet, which says it will also get the SkySat constellati...
Engadget - 3 Feb 2017 22:37

One of the most annoying things about Android has long been the custom skins that manufacturers would slap on top of the operating system. Things have gotten better in recent years, but plenty of users would be happier u...
Engadget - 3 Feb 2017 22:10

Tim Schafer's Psychonauts is the definition of a modern cult classic. Despite winning multiple awards and the adoration of critics, Double Fine's first game sold poorly. Good games, however, don't go unplayed. Over the c...
Slash Gear - 3 Feb 2017 21:52

An incoming report from the US Government Accountability Office could house safety concerns about SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 rocket. The findings from this congressional investigation could threaten to delay SpaceX in its aggre...
Gizmodo - 3 Feb 2017 21:48

This year, over a hundred million people will shout and flail at flashing screens, completely engrossed by the "Super Bowl," a live Lady Gaga concert bookended by scenes of strong, spandex-clad men amassing in huge, swea...
Engadget - 3 Feb 2017 21:44

Mobile games have been making their way to consoles at a semi-regular clip lately. Most recently it was Square Enix Montreal's series of Go titles moving to PlayStation 4, and now Fallout Shelter is making its way to Xbo...
Slash Gear - 3 Feb 2017 21:43

A new month is upon us and that means there's a new lineup of free games for PlayStation Plus members inbound. Sony has released the list of games its customers can expect to get access to starting on February 7, the mos...
Engadget - 3 Feb 2017 21:36

Y'all, it has been a busy week here in the Engadget community. There is just a ton of stuff happening behind the scenes (more on that next week), and there are a few dozen articles in the queue, and over a hundred regist...
Gizmodo - 3 Feb 2017 21:33

Inept fabulist and Counselor to President Trump Kellyanne Conway continued her campaign of foisting verifiably false information onto members of the press yesterday when she claimed a terrorist attack had taken place in ...