Gadget News

Our long national nightmare is over: Thanks to HBO and Silicon Valley there's finally an app that will tell you if the object you pointed your phone's camera at is a hot dog or not. For fans of the show, it's a cute joke...

Take your typing old school with the Penna Retro Bluetooth Keyboard. With your choice of Diamond or Chrome keycaps, this keyboard achieves a nostalgic aesthetic. But, even with this design, the abilities of the Penna Key...

Hardware and home improvement store Lowe’s is no stranger to innovative tech — the company began testing robotic workers at some of its stores late last year, for example. Now the company is back with another develop...

Android power users are perhaps already used to the idea that their power does come at a cost. There are quite a few apps or, depending on your phone, functionality that is withheld from users who root or even just unloc...

Today we’re running down what’s coming to Google IO 2017, the company’s annual software conference aimed at developers. This event takes place on May 17th, 18th, and 19th of May – that’s Wednesday, Thursday, an...

In April a hacking group called The Shadow Brokers dumped a cache of Windows' exploits it pilfered from the NSA. The group had decided to start leaking exploits it stole from the agency after it was unable to find a buye...

Water's got some special properties you've surely heard about in high school chemistry. Most notably, it sticks to itself really well. It beads together, looks like this in space, and climbs up plants' vascular systems, ...

This won't come as a surprise, but Trump fucked up again. Last week, the day after the president fired James Comey, the tangerine nightmare that is now the leader of the free world met with the Russian foreign minister a...

You might think you were born in Duluth, or Detroit, or some sleepy suburb on Long Island--but let me tell you, friend, you're wrong. In a sense, we were all spawned on a tiny island full of trash, floating miserably far...

An arresting image of a "mummified" dinosaur went viral this weekend after National Geographic broke the story of the 110-million-year-old armored plant-eater, a newfound species of nodosaur whose exquisite remains are n...

Military and civilian intelligence analysts "overwhelmed" by the sheer volume of video surveillance data recorded over the America's numerous military incursions against ISIS will soon get some relief. The Pentagon annou...

YouTube's streaming TV service launched just over a month ago and its limited 39-channel range was a clear drawback compared to its more established competitors. But the company is following up on its promises to add mor...

Yesterday, Buzzfeed CEO Jonah Peretti added more fuel to the widespread speculation that the company could go public next year. If Buzzfeed employees are smart--and many of them are!--they will not let that happen withou...

Steam has added a new section on its website for VR videos, giving its customers a new way to buy and consume virtual reality content. This new section is being launched in partnership with Pixvana, a Seattle-based compa...

You don't need lax airport screening to create security risks aboard flights. As the TSA found out, you just need someone to post the wrong details on the internet. The Wall Street Journal has learned that a United Airli...

Star Trek's Mirror Universe is one of the most enduring storylines across the whole franchise, and will always have a sinisterly-goatee'd place in our hearts. A new IDW comic plans to bring the Next Generation crew to th...

Though The Mummy stars Tom Cruise and Sofia Boutella, one of the most intriguing characters is played by Russell Crowe. The Oscar winner is Dr. Jekyll, a key figure in the new Universal Monsters film universe, and this n...

Republic Wireless is trying to lure in new subscribers by offering a special promotion wherein the first six months are free. The promotion comes with limitations and requirements, of course, the primary one being that y...

Drone swarms can be used for lots of things, like creating holograms, putting on a Superbowl halftime show or collecting military intelligence. One of the problems with a bunch of quadcopters executing maneuvers in close...

If you ever wanted to whisper across a crowded room, a new experimental device might let you deliver sneaky instructions -- if the awkward speaker and electrodes don't tip everyone off. Researchers at the University of B...

Holy moly, this power strip has everything. You get eight AC outlets, five 2.4A USB ports, and even a Quick Charge 3.0 port. I can't imagine a better combination to power your desk.

This week the folks at Motorola have revealed a couple of new smartphones: Moto C and Moto C Plus. The key word for both of these phones is “affordable” – so says Motorola – with both phones coming with “essent...