Gadget News
Surface Pro vs Huawei MateBook E vs Samsung Galaxy Book: What you need to know
Slash Gear - 23 May 2017 20:28
With the announcements of both the new Surface Pro and the Huawei MateBook E today, we find ourselves in a heated 2-in-1 competition. Huawei and Microsoft aren’t the only ones participating, though, as Samsung has also...
Wikimedia is clear to sue the NSA
Engadget - 23 May 2017 23:23
A federal appeals court has ruled the Wikimedia Foundation does have grounds to sue the National Security Agency over its use of warrantless surveillance tools. A district judge shot down Wikimedia's case in 2015, saying...
Surface Pro will get a USB Type-C dongle to connect to your dongles
Ars Technica - 23 May 2017 19:11
It will connect to the proprietary Surface Connect port.
Australian Climate Expert Says Pain-in-the-Ass America Should Just Ditch the Paris Agreement Already
Gizmodo - 23 May 2017 16:30
Sometimes, the only way to fix an unhappy relationship is to end it. Since former president Obama (remember that guy?) left office in January, the United States has done an about-face on the Paris climate agreement--we'v...
Google's AlphaGo Handily Beats Teen World Champion in First Match
Gizmodo - 23 May 2017 16:17
Humanity could really use a win right now, and the latest test comes out of China, where a teenager named Ke Jie--the world's best player of the ancient game Go--is taking on Google's ultra powerful AlphaGo computer prog...
Valve hired the team behind 'Kerbal Space Program'
Engadget - 23 May 2017 05:10
Worried that Valve's recent departures mark an end to conventional game development at the Half-Life studio? You might have a glimmer of hope. Valve has confirmed that it hired the team at Squad, better known as the crea...
Samsung's extra-stretchable display can survive dents
Engadget - 23 May 2017 03:11Viacom is working on a low-cost, sports-free TV package
Engadget - 23 May 2017 00:42
The cable industry continues to struggle mightily against being neutered by a generation of cord cutters. In that effort, Viacom CEO Bob Bakish announced on Monday that his company is working to develop a low-cost "enter...
US senator wants to make sure the FTC takes smart toys seriously
Engadget - 23 May 2017 23:44
It's not just parents that are worrying about the security of connected toys. Senator Mark Warner has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission grilling it about efforts to protect kids' privacy when they use smart t...
How to delete Archive posts on Instagram [APK Download]
Slash Gear - 23 May 2017 23:32
In May of 2017, the developers at Instagram began public testing of a feature they called “Archive.” With this feature, as TechCrunch mentioned, it seemed as though Instagram was aiming to curb the massive amount of ...
Trump Proposes Thanking Farmers Who Voted For Him By Taking Their Money
Gizmodo - 23 May 2017 23:30
Trump's 2018 budget proposal is out, and unsurprisingly, the cuts are huge. Some anticipated crazy cuts to the United States Department of Agriculture's social program. Those cuts still exist, of course--this is Presiden...
Occipital Bridge hands-on: The room-mapping AR rival to Google WorldSense
Slash Gear - 23 May 2017 23:26
Where are you in the bold new world of virtual and augmented reality? I don’t mean that metaphorically, either: the question of where a user in a virtual world is physically, and how they’re interacting with the real...
Acer Predator Z35P WQHD 35″ curved gaming monitor goes up for preorder
Slash Gear - 23 May 2017 23:23
Acer has announced the new 35-inch curved monitor for gamers, the Acer Predator Z35P. This monitor boasts a wide array of features, including an ultra wide 21:9 aspect ratio and a 3440 x 1440 WQHD resolution. Acer has pa...
China's LeEco lays US ambitions to rest with massive layoffs
Engadget - 23 May 2017 22:57
Several days ago, the CEO of Chinese corporation LeEco, Jia Yueting, resigned. While he remains chairman of the company, the move followed worrying announcements over the past six months: Growing so quickly it was runnin...
Oopsie! Uber Just Noticed It Forgot to Pay Drivers Millions of Dollars
Gizmodo - 23 May 2017 22:57
Uber screwed up--big time--and now it has to pay. On Tuesday, the company copped to owing New York City drivers tens of millions of dollars due to miscalculated payments, according to a Wall Street Journal report. It's t...
Nintendo takes Switch and 3DS on the road this summer
Slash Gear - 23 May 2017 22:43
If you still need to be sold on the Nintendo Switch, then you might like to know that Nintendo will be taking it on tour this summer. On June 9, Nintendo will kick off its Summer of Play tour, taking the Switch and the 3...
Lithium battery prototype has thrice the capacity of li-ion batteries
Slash Gear - 23 May 2017 22:38
Researchers with Rice University have announced a new type of lithium-based rechargeable battery that boasts three times the capacity of currently available lithium-ion cells. The new prototype technically qualifies as a...
Google simplifies sharing notes, calendars and photos with family
Engadget - 23 May 2017 22:36
Google knows that a large part of its customer base probably have families. That's why it introduced a family plan option to Google Music a couple of years ago, as well as Family Library sharing for the Play Store last y...
Trump Promised 'Really Clean Coal,' Suggests Obliterating Funding For Clean Coal Research
Gizmodo - 23 May 2017 22:30
When signing his March executive order to revise the Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era policy measure to limit power plant carbon emissions, President Trump promised coal miners in attendance, "My administration is putting ...
Medium's existential makeover continues with a revamped homepage
Engadget - 23 May 2017 22:14
Despite its high profile, Medium still hasn't quite figured out what it is in the five years since it launched as a minimalist blogging platform. In the meantime, Medium has pivoted from tech company to publishing servic...
Sean Hannity Tweets Out Ludicrous Seth Rich Conspiracy From Kim Dotcom [Updated]
Gizmodo - 23 May 2017 22:13
Sean Hannity has hit a new low, but grasping the depths the Fox host is willing to go will take some explaining.
The iPhone 8 will start a revolution at Apple
Slash Gear - 23 May 2017 22:07
As you’ve likely heard by now, rumors have foretold that we can expect a few different models of iPhone to release later this year. One of them is said to be a special anniversary edition iPhone – perhaps named the i...