Gadget News
iPhone 8 leaked prices are unsurprisingly high
Slash Gear - 5 Sep 2017 06:18
This is probably going to shock no one, but it's still going to put off a lot of people. The 10th anniversary iPhone, whatever name it ends up with, is already expected to be the most expensive, non-limited edition, non-...
Popular YouTube-to-MP3 Site Dies Under Crushing Weight of Record Company Litigation
Gizmodo - 5 Sep 2017 18:05
The operators of YouTube-MP3.org, a popular website for turning the audio tracks of YouTube videos into MP3s, have agreed to shut down the site and hand over the domain to the RIAA. This predictable outcome comes after 1...
Man Behind Crowdfunded Submarine Now Says He Intentionally Sunk Ship After Journalist's Death
Gizmodo - 6 Sep 2017 01:55
On Monday, reporters were allowed to hear Peter Madsen's version of the events that led to the death of the journalist Kim Wall aboard crowdfunded submarine, the UC3 Nautilus. At a court hearing in Copenhagen, Madsen cla...
Red Sox reportedly used Apple Watch to steal Yankees' signals
Engadget - 6 Sep 2017 01:43
The Cardinals aren't the only Major League Baseball team accused of using technological cheats. According to the New York Times, the league has determined that the Boston Red Sox cheated in numerous games against the New...
The Boston Red Sox Have Finally Found a Good Reason to Own an Apple Watch
Gizmodo - 6 Sep 2017 01:23
Smartwatches have long felt like a gadget in search of a purpose. However, it seems the Boston Red Sox have finally discovered one thing they are actually good at: cheating.
Scientists could use Zika to fight brain cancer in the future
Engadget - 6 Sep 2017 01:22
While Zika is known for causing birth defects like microcephaly and brain damage, it turns out the virus might also serve a very useful purpose -- fighting brain cancer. In a study published today in The Journal of Exper...
Google takes viewers inside of music using VR
Slash Gear - 6 Sep 2017 01:15
Google has introduced what it calls an ‘interactive experiment,’ one that uses virtual reality to take music lovers inside of songs, doing so in a way that is entirely new thanks to this budding technology. The new e...
Zika Virus Kills Brain Cancer Cells in Mice
Gizmodo - 6 Sep 2017 01:02
The Zika virus played the role of 2016's worst health story. At the center of that story was the virus' heartbreaking link to microcephalic babies when it infected their pregnant mothers. But sometimes, the worst vectors...
Tech community stands by Dreamers after Trump ends protections
Engadget - 6 Sep 2017 01:01
As expected, President Trump announced today via Jeff Sessions that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program would be dissolved. In six months, the government will begin phasing out protections for undoc...
Facebook offers to pay labels for music in homemade videos
Engadget - 6 Sep 2017 00:44
You've probably seen more than one homemade Facebook video that uses a popular song to spice up an otherwise plain clip. How many graduation videos have Green Day's "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" blaring in the back...
The World's Best GoFundMe Involves Poop, Firemen, and a Tinder Date Gone Horribly Wrong
Gizmodo - 6 Sep 2017 00:30
GoFundMe can be a dark place. Sometimes, it's your pitiful friends asking you for money so that they can take a European vacation and finally tackle that "research project" they've been wanting to do. Other times, it's t...
Chris Redfield is back in free 'Resident Evil 7' DLC this December
Engadget - 6 Sep 2017 00:24
We were delighted (and scared silly) playing Resident Evil 7, which turned the franchise around and brought it back to its sinister, horrific roots. The game's first two Banned Footage DLC packs came out mere weeks after...
Popular YouTube to MP3 website is being shut down by RIAA
Slash Gear - 6 Sep 2017 00:14
Long before YouTube Red was a thing, many casual pirates filled their MP3 players with music ripped from YouTube videos. Though the earliest methods of getting this audio were cumbersome, websites quickly appeared online...
Google's Inside Music makes anyone a remix artist
Engadget - 5 Sep 2017 23:48
Google has teamed up with podcast Song Exploder in order to give users a new way to hear music. The podcast features musicians who tell the story of how their song was made -- taking it apart and going in depth on how th...
Alexa will recommend third-party skills for things it can't do
Engadget - 5 Sep 2017 23:27
When Amazon's Alexa doesn't know how the answer to a question, the digital assistant typically just says so. Now, though, instead of "Hmmmm. I don't know that," Alexa may start to recommend third-party skills to help you...
Plex for Kodi addon is now free for everyone
Slash Gear - 5 Sep 2017 23:20
This past December, Plex announced an addon that would bring the best it has to offer to Kodi users, enabling the latter to access their Plex server via a device running Kodi. That was great news, but only for those who ...
Lenovo Gets a Slap On the Wrist For Loading Up Computers With Dangerous Adware
Gizmodo - 5 Sep 2017 23:10
Users who purchased a Lenovo PC between September 2014 and January 2015 got an extra special surprise in the form of adware that left them wide open to malicious attacks. After two and a half years of legal wrangling, th...
Alibaba reportedly expanding its empire with physical shopping mall
Engadget - 5 Sep 2017 23:05
According to reports, ecommerce giant Alibaba is building a five-floor shopping mall near the company's headquarters in the Chinese city of Hangzhou. Aptly called "More Mall," the location is built on 40,000 square meter...
Mario has officially left the plumbing life behind
Slash Gear - 5 Sep 2017 22:54
Mario, as many of you already know, is a man of many hats. Not only is he an adventurer who has covered every corner of the Mushroom Kingdom by now, but he’s also quite the sports star and go kart racer. One of his old...
'PUBG' has 10 million people aiming for your skull
Engadget - 5 Sep 2017 22:42Relive the Mind-Blowing Photos From the Voyager Missions
Gizmodo - 5 Sep 2017 22:35
The universe is very good at making us feel both extremely insignificant and lucky enough to be part of something huge. No missions have made this clearer than NASA's Voyager spacecraft, which have been exploring the cos...
Lenovo will pay a $3.5 million fine for preinstalling adware on certain laptops
Engadget - 5 Sep 2017 22:23
Lenovo came under fire a few years ago for pre-installing adware called VisualDiscovery (developed by Superfish) onto new machines. Now that the legal dust has settled, the laptop maker has agreed to pay $3.5 million in ...