Gadget News
Icon A5 plane crash kills two, including its lead designer
Engadget - 10 May 2017 18:26
A fatal crash has left the amphibious Icon A5 personal aircraft's fate mired in uncertainty. Lead engineer Jon Karkow and coworker Cagri Sever were killed in the accident outside of Icon's Vacaville, California training ...
The US military might let its IT warriors skip boot camp
Engadget - 10 May 2017 04:58
The commander of US Cyber Command (US CYBERCOM) told the Senate Armed Services Committee today that they're having difficulty raising a number of "cyber-warriors." They're in such a hurry to field a force of information ...
Google is making 360-degree cameras Street View-ready
Engadget - 10 May 2017 03:30
It can be a pain to upload your own Street View photos even if you have a 360-degree camera. You may have to stop to take photos every few feet, and then there's the question of getting the spherical shots from your came...
Lenovo Yoga 720 Review -- a slim, premium laptop with Thunderbolt
Slash Gear - 10 May 2017 21:38
Lenovo has updated its Yoga 700 product line with a new model, the Lenovo Yoga 720. This model is best described as sleek, silver and slim, if you’ll forgive the alliteration, and it comes with a sub-$1,000 price. Ther...
Slack predictably rejects a bot made for flirting at work
Engadget - 10 May 2017 07:06
Dating app Feeld released a Slack plug-in enabling coworkers to express mutual affection for each other, and a few days later, Slack has revealed it doesn't make the cut. Feeld founder Dimo Trifonov told The Atlantic he'...
Comcast and Charter Just Showed Everyone How to Do Antitrust Violations Right
Gizmodo - 10 May 2017 06:28
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has said that he wants to kill net neutrality because he believes it will somehow create more competition, which would be good for consumers. Let's take a look at how the two biggest cable companies...
Apple just bought a popular sleep tracker
Engadget - 10 May 2017 04:01
Those rumors of Apple Watch sleep tracking just got more tangible. Apple has acquired Beddit, a company whose business revolves around a sleep monitoring device as well as companion iOS and Watch apps. The fate of Beddit...
EU will push Apple, Google to treat app developers fairly
Engadget - 10 May 2017 23:43
Spotify and other services aren't happy with being at the mercy of internet giants like Apple and Google. If those behemoths want to stifle competition, they only have to impose strict app rules or promote their own prod...
Shave Off $10 When You Buy This Philips Norelco OneBlade Bundle
Gizmodo - 10 May 2017 23:35
The Philips Norelco OneBlade was the most exciting new shaving product of 2016, and Amazon's knocking $10 off this bundle that includes the blade, plus two replacement heads when you clip the coupon.
Watch Microsoft's Build keynote in under 14 minutes
Engadget - 10 May 2017 23:21
Thousands of analysts, journalists and developers came to the Washington State Conference Center in Seattle today to see what Microsoft had to unveil at its three-hour-long Build conference. As it turns out, there wasn't...
Can John Oliver's Pro-Net Neutrality Commenters Compete with Bots?
Gizmodo - 10 May 2017 23:15
In 2014, when the Federal Communications Commission first proposed its net neutrality rules, a record-breaking 3.7 million comments were filed with the agency, the vast majority of which supported the proposal. Since Aji...
Tesla solar roof tile defeats hail 'cannonball' in new slow-motion video
Slash Gear - 10 May 2017 23:07
Since being announced, some skeptics have expressed concern over the durability of Tesla‘s solar roof tiles. Elon Musk himself addressed those worries during the product’s unveiling, but some remain skeptical, wonder...
Nielsen: Low Nintendo Switch awareness among non-gamers
Slash Gear - 10 May 2017 23:04
The Nintendo Switch may be enjoying some early success, but a new study from Nielsen shows that Nintendo may have some work ahead of it if it wants the Switch to be the second coming of the Wii. According to Neilsen’s ...
Only One Country Has Ever Voluntarily Given Up Its Nukes
Gizmodo - 10 May 2017 22:56
You rarely--if ever--hear "South Africa" and "nuclear weapons" mentioned in the same breath. That's, of course, because South Africa doesn't have any nukes. But the history behind why it is the only country to have ever ...
US considers banning laptops on all flights from Europe
Engadget - 10 May 2017 22:45
The Department of Homeland Security is considering banning all carry-on laptops on flights from Europe to the United States. This rule change would represent an expansion of previous regulations banning carry-on laptops ...
Snap has struggled to gain users since going public
Engadget - 10 May 2017 22:40
Three months ago, Snapchat parent company Snap Inc. filed for its initial public offering, a milestone move for the now six-year-old ephemeral messaging app. In that report, it revealed some key information about its bus...
Netflix for Android gets HDR support (but only for the LG G6)
Slash Gear - 10 May 2017 22:22
Netflix has added support for HDR and Dolby Vision to its Android app, but there’s a really big catch (for now): it is only available for the LG G6. Those with LG’s latest flagship handset will need to be running Net...
Saving bats from wind turbines is easy
Engadget - 10 May 2017 22:21
Renewable energy like wind power is touted as a great way to reduce our impact on the environment. Tech companies like Google and Tesla, along with cities like San Francisco, understand the need to go green. Still, even ...
NVIDIA's Volta GPU platform wants to take the AI world by storm
Slash Gear - 10 May 2017 22:11
NVIDIA had plenty of big announcements to make during its GTC keynote today, but one of the biggest was the reveal of its new Volta GPU platform. More powerful than any GPU platform NVIDIA has released before (obviously)...
Uber offers insurance to US drivers, but only in certain states (updated)
Engadget - 10 May 2017 21:58
Uber is once again blurring the lines between independent contractor and employee. This time the ride-hailing service is offering insurance to its drivers as part of a pilot program in Arizona, Delaware, Illinois, Oklaho...
Robots Have Started Teaching Other Robots New Skills
Gizmodo - 10 May 2017 21:50
In an important advance that takes us one step closer to the inevitable robopocalypse, MIT researchers have developed a system that teaches robots how to acquire new skills--and then teach those skills to different types...
Manufactured controversy puts Netflix's future at Cannes in doubt
Engadget - 10 May 2017 21:41
This year, Netflix original movies will be shown at Cannes Film Festival for the very first time. Yet, thanks to pressure from the French government, 2017 could also be the last time we see Netflix original films at the ...