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Watch the new Game of Thrones season 7 trailer here
Slash Gear - 21 Jun 2017 22:11
We’re now less than a month out from the premiere of Game of Thrones season 7. HBO delivered the second trailer for the incoming season today, and it gives us a taste of what Westeros is like now that winter has arrive...
IBM supercomputers will power global weather forecasts
Engadget - 21 Jun 2017 06:01
IBM's supercomputers might soon power the weather-predicting systems of tomorrow. Through its subsidiary The Weather Company, the computing titan has partnered with the University Corporation for Academic Research (UCAR)...
Gear VR may soon identify you based on your head and face shape
Slash Gear - 21 Jun 2017 22:31
Imagine putting on a virtual reality headset, only for it to personally recognize you, no interaction necessary. Such functionality may be making its way to Samsung’s Gear VR headset, at least according to a patent tha...
Dailymotion is trying to clean up its act with major redesign
Engadget - 21 Jun 2017 22:11
Dailymotion announced this week that it has completely redesigned its app and advertising strategy. And the company hopes to attract viewers with higher quality content created through partnerships with media and enterta...
This Snack Machine Conspiracy Is the Greatest Operation in CIA History
Gizmodo - 21 Jun 2017 22:05
There's more than one moment in the 2006 thriller The Good Shepherd, when any rational movie watcher thinks, "Shit, does Matt Damon know what he's doing, setting up the CIA as the most powerful spy agency in the world?" ...
Google gets closer to building its own city in San Jose
Engadget - 21 Jun 2017 16:43
Google has been making major development moves in downtown San Jose and yesterday the City Council agreed to negotiate a sale of 16 parcels of land owned by the city. The deal has been strongly supported by San Jose's ma...
Facebook Struggles in Legal Fight to Keep the Oculus Rift on Shelves
Gizmodo - 21 Jun 2017 05:02
Facebook was back in federal court today to plead with a judge to reject ZeniMax's request to halt sales of the Oculus Rift headset. The argument by Facebook's lawyers could work, but it sure doesn't make the company's d...
Armani new Android Wear smartwatch will be available in September
Slash Gear - 21 Jun 2017 04:44
Emporio Armani is not the first fashion brand to take a chance with wearable tech - specifically Android Wear smart watches - and they won't be the last, either. Fashion brands that want to have a technological edginess ...
Unicode 10 arrives with bitcoin, hijab, Colbert emoji and more
Slash Gear - 21 Jun 2017 03:18
Unicode Standard version 10.0 has been unveiled by the Unicode Consortium, which says emoji fans can expect to find such notable things as the ‘Colbert‘ emoji face, a bitcoin character, and more. There are a total of...
Hands-On With Sansar, The New Second Life
Gizmodo - 21 Jun 2017 23:48
In 2003, when Second Life launched, all it took was a few customization bars and the promise of infinite possibility to get users hooked on the idea of a virtual reality. Now, in 2017, our standards are a bit higher. "Im...
The Predator Set Was a Bug-Filled Hell for the Naked
Gizmodo - 21 Jun 2017 23:45
The Hollywood Reporter just posted a great, in-depth oral history of Predator. But what stuck out the most was just how bad things got for Richard Chaves, who played Poncho. Specifically, he spoke about his run-ins with ...
GE is working on a massive 3D printer for jet engine parts
Engadget - 21 Jun 2017 23:41
3D printing is coming of age in numerous ways. On a large scale, MIT researchers built a 50-foot-wide, 12-foot tall igloo in just 13 hours. They've also debuted the first completely 3D-printed rocket engine. On a much sm...
Nike will team up with Amazon to fight fake kicks
Engadget - 21 Jun 2017 23:30
Amazon has realized that counterfeit products posing as the real deal annoys consumers and dilutes trust in its marketplace. That's likely why it came down harshly on vendors last fall, requiring a hefty $1,000 to $1,500...
You Need Food and Water in Order to Live
Gizmodo - 21 Jun 2017 23:19
A bunch of news outlets reported that a "breatharian" couple survives on air alone.
Ketamine study finds how controversial drug stops depression
Slash Gear - 21 Jun 2017 23:13
Ketamine, a drug with its fair share of recreational users, is also a controversial hit when it comes to treating severe depression. The drug is finding increased use in some clinics as a way to deal with treatment-resis...
Paragliding at the Bottom of a Narrow Canyon Is Scarier Than Any Roller Coaster on Earth
Gizmodo - 21 Jun 2017 23:08
At some point in time humanity got its wires crossed and parachutes, an invention designed to save lives, became a tool for risking life and limb. Instead of gracefully floating down the side of a mountain, paraglider Jo...
NBC is the next big TV network to jump into eSports
Engadget - 21 Jun 2017 23:06
Seemingly every big TV network wants in on eSports. NBC Sports has revealed that it's launching an international two-on-two Rocket League tournament this summer. It'll start online July 22nd with regional qualifiers usin...
Apple's paranoia about leaks is misplaced
Engadget - 21 Jun 2017 22:34
Apple's inability to keep its secrets is so bad that even its internal presentation about confidentiality was leaked. But according to internal videos obtained by The Outline, the company is serious about secrecy. It rep...
Ultimates 2 Is Turning Galactus and Ego the Living Planet Into Cosmic Superheroes
Gizmodo - 21 Jun 2017 22:30
There are certain comic book characters whose characterizations are so canonically static that it becomes difficult to imagine them ever changing in a significant way. Take Galactus for example. Since he was first introd...
NASA goes all-out with livestreaming for this summer's total eclipse
Engadget - 21 Jun 2017 22:29
The US will experience its first continent-wide total solar eclipse in 99 years on August 21st, and NASA wants to make sure you see it... including perspectives you just couldn't get otherwise. It's promising an hours-lo...
WannaCry ransomware causes Honda plant to shut down
Engadget - 21 Jun 2017 21:48
WannaCry isn't done yet. Honda Motor Co. had to shut down its Sayama plant on Monday after finding the ransomware in its computer network. The plant's production resumed on Tuesday.
Samsung puts you on the field with MLB VR videos
Engadget - 21 Jun 2017 21:30
Are you a baseball aficionado with a Gear VR headset? You're in for a treat beyond Intel's weekly live games. Samsung and MLB have unveiled plans to release "over 20" virtual reality videos over the course of the league'...