Gadget News

For the first time, a power utility has teamed up with Tesla to use its battery packs for extra grid power during peak usage times. Vermont's Green Mountain Power (GMP) is not only installing Tesla's industrial Powerpack...

The founders of Silicon Valley startup UploadVR landed on Forbes' coveted 30 under 30 list this year. And now, they've reached another tech world milestone--being sued for rampant sexual harassment. The details of the la...

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been using a Go-tcha Wristband for Pokemon GO. This Pokemon GO Gotcha (or however you want to write it) is essentially a Pokemon GO Plus with its button held down. It comes from the f...

Last week, we reported that tens of thousands of fraudulent comments had been filed in favor Ajit Pai's proposal to roll back net neutrality rules, using text taken from the Center for Individual Freedom (though, accordi...

The Samsung faithful in the UK have a reason to get excited today, because at long last, Samsung Pay has finally arrived. It’s been a long time coming, especially considering that Samsung Pay has been available in both...

On March 24th, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet was joined by NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The outing was fairly routine, but this amazing footage captured by Pesquet...

This morning, Wired magazine published an early look into Apple's brand new spaceship campus. The giant circle features the kinds of ridiculous details you might expect from Apple, like sliding glass doors that weigh 440...

Google's voice-controlled Assistant has only been available on Android and Home so far, but it might just spread its wings in the very near future. To start, Bloomberg tipsters claim that Google will use its I/O develope...

WannaCry, the notorious ransomware demanding up to $300 worth of Bitcoins to unlock victims' computers, hit systems all around the globe over the weekend. According to Finnish cybersecurity company F-Secure, though, Russ...

JVC has taken the wraps off a pair of new rugged camcorder product lines, the JVC GZ-R550 and the GZ-R440. The two lineups bring with them a total of three camcorder models, the GZ-R440B, GZ-R440D, and the GZ-R550B. Thes...

Diesel vehicles in almost a dozen countries emit 50 percent more nitrogen oxide than lab tests anticipate, according to a new study. The disparity between estimated and actual levels isn't just dumping more pollution in ...

Nintendo has announced the time and date of its next Direct broadcast, which will focus almost entirely upon ARMS. Offering an interesting take on the fighting genre, ARMS is one of the first new IPs Nintendo is releasin...

Amazon has been updating its line of voice-assistant devices to make them more user-friendly for a while. The Tap no longer needs a physical touch to activate it and your Echo devices can make calls and leave messages. B...

Uber has announced a new app integration with Transit, enabling it to offer transportation options for public transport systems like local trains and buses. The idea here is that if you’re in the city and taking an Ube...

A Japanese ad for Star Wars: The Last Jedi makes a very intriguing claim--it says the film will include the biggest, most shocking reveal in Star Wars history. The obvious answer is that this will be the discovery of Rey...

One day after Republican New Hampshire State Representative Robert Fisher was revealed to be the creator of radically misogynist Reddit forum "The Red Pill," a progressive bike activist running for a Los Angeles city cou...

You're a tiny parasitic fly, minding your business stuck with wax to a tether, standing on a spherical treadmill. Why? You don't quite remember, but it's fine. This is what you do now.

Exoskeletons aren't just for shipyard workers or people with limited mobility. If Lowe's has its way, they'll help store staff fetch your giant bucket of paint. The home improvement retailer has partnered with Virginia T...

You've probably heard a lot about CRISPR, the gene editing technique that's already being used in experimental therapies for things like sickle cell disease and cystic fibrosis. It's something plenty of researchers are j...

If you count yourself as an Apple fan, then you may have noticed that there’s one device that hasn’t really gotten any love in a while: the iPad Mini. The last update the iPad Mini line received was back in September...

Chinese internet conglomerate Tencent has made some big moves to boost its profile among online gamers, not the least of which involved purchasing SuperCell, maker of the hit mobile game "Clash of Clans", for a reported ...

A loved one’s ashes are typically sprinkled in a meaningful place, perhaps a field or a river. Elysium Space is aiming to change that, at least for those who spent their lives focused on the stars. The company has anno...