Gadget News
FITLY Minimalist Running Pack
The Gadget Flow - 20 Oct 2017 15:00
Comfortably carry your valuables while you run with the FITLY Minimalist Running Pack. With plenty of space for your phone, keys, money, and cards, you can bring your essentials without affecting your performance. Featur...
Xperia XA1 Plus available in the US, no fingerprint scanner of course
Slash Gear - 20 Oct 2017 03:24
Sony is giving 2017 one last hurrah before calling it done, at least as far as smartphones go. It didn't exactly lavish much attention on a relatively less known but totally new Xperia XA1 Plus, but no one's going to bla...
Watch This Guy Build a Nintendo Switch Clone That Plays Thousands of Classic Games
Gizmodo - 20 Oct 2017 16:08
Still having a hard time finding a Nintendo Switch in stores? Or maybe you're tired of waiting for Nintendo's promised online store full of retro games? Tim Lindquist took things into his own hands and built a Nintendo S...
Google Play lets you test drive Android apps before installing them
Engadget - 20 Oct 2017 02:51
Google's Instant Apps are available in a few places for curious Android users, but they've been conspicuously absent in one place: the Play Store. Wouldn't you want to check out an app before committing to it? You can no...
Photoshop finally gets support for Microsoft's Surface Dial
Slash Gear - 20 Oct 2017 01:10
Adobe’s venerable photo-editing application, Photoshop, now supports Microsoft’s Surface Dial, a literal, physical dial designed for artists. The support has arrived as part of Adobe’s major Creative Cloud 2018 ove...
Movie 'sanitizer' VidAngel files for bankruptcy
Engadget - 20 Oct 2017 23:45
Back in 2016, Hollywood studios were able to stop VidAngel from streaming sanitized versions of blockbuster hits, claiming that its system for doing so was covered under the Family Movie Act of 2005. The injunction, whic...
In Star Wars, Droids Can Also Find Love
Gizmodo - 20 Oct 2017 23:30
Star Wars has droids for everything: translation, repairs, services, what have you--but, apparently, those droids do much more than we ever thought. In issue #20 of the Marvel's Poe Dameron comic, it was revealed that BB...
Watch the Orionid Meteor Shower Peak This Weekend
Gizmodo - 20 Oct 2017 23:05
The Earth is once again passing through the debris left behind by Halley's Comet, producing the Orionid meteors that peak this weekend. Go outside! Look at space!
MasterCard will eliminate credit and debit card signatures next year
Slash Gear - 20 Oct 2017 23:00
Pay for something with a credit card or use a debit card that is run as credit rather than debit and the odds are you’ll have to sign for it. Signatures have become increasingly uncommon in the modern world, but they s...
A Spooky Dungeons & Dragons Livestream on 10/27
Think Geek - 20 Oct 2017 22:38
Kobolds and goblins and adventure - oh my! All at Twitch.tv/thinkgeek Spooky scary skeletons, and kobolds, and vampires, and beholders... ThinkGeek is getting in the Halloween spirit with a Dungeons & Dragons livestream!...
Ford's commuter van service Chariot halts operations in San Francisco
Engadget - 20 Oct 2017 22:33
Chariot, an on-demand commuter van service owned by Ford, had to suspend it's operations in San Francisco due to compliance issues with the California Highway Patrol, according to the San Francisco Business Times.
iPhone X anticipation may be slowing iPhone 8 sales
Slash Gear - 20 Oct 2017 22:12
2017 is a bit of an anomaly year for Apple. Though we’ve grown used to receiving two new iPhones each year – one standard-sized iPhone and one Plus model – this year we’re getting three new iPhones. One of those,...
Ancient stone gates spied on Google Earth have experts confused
Slash Gear - 20 Oct 2017 22:05
Researchers have found hundreds of mysterious stone ‘gates’ scattered throughout the Saudi Arabian desert, a discovery made possible in part thanks to satellite footage published on Google Earth. These gates aren’t...
Biggest Study of Police Body Cams Yet Finds No Change in Use of Force or Citizen Complaints
Gizmodo - 20 Oct 2017 22:00
A landmark new study following officers in the nation's capital has found no evidence that body cameras reduce allegations of police misconduct or officer use of force. More than 2,000 officers participated in the study,...
The World Anti-Doping Agency Is Cracking Down On Gene-Editing In Sports
Gizmodo - 20 Oct 2017 21:50
The promise of gene therapy has the potential to drastically limit the impact of human disease by altering the make-up of the body's cells to fight back against deadly invaders. If used recreationally, though, gene thera...
Wireless charging will make drones always ready to fly
Engadget - 20 Oct 2017 21:35
Drones are great until you realize running all those propellers, a camera, GPS and other assorted technology bits are a real drain on the battery. If you're just using one for images it's not too big of a deal. But if yo...
Dogs Make Facial Expressions, But Only When They've Got an Audience
Gizmodo - 20 Oct 2017 21:30
Some dog owners claim to be able to read the face of their cuddly canine like a book, but it's completely possible they're just projecting. New research suggests it's not just their imagination, and that dogs really do s...
FAA proposes ban on large electronics in checked baggage
Engadget - 20 Oct 2017 21:08
While most of us probably keep our laptops and other large electronics in our carry-on bags, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) still wants to avoid the risk associated with exploding lithium-ion batteries in the ...
FAA proposal seeks global airline ban on checked consumer gadgets
Slash Gear - 20 Oct 2017 21:07
It’s no secret that lithium-ion batteries can be dangerous if they overheat, and now the FAA is warning that they pose a serious risk for airplanes if checked into baggage. Aircraft cargo sections are equipped with a s...
Drone Video of Border Wall Prototypes Accidentally Shows How Worthless the Wall Would Be
Gizmodo - 20 Oct 2017 21:02
US Customs and Border Protection recently released video of President Trump's border wall prototypes in San Diego. And we couldn't help but notice something strange from the video. It shows a bird's-eye view of the wall ...
Serialized Television Has Become a Disease
Gizmodo - 20 Oct 2017 21:00
At New York Comic Con, during the Star Trek: Discovery panel, Alex Kurtzman said something that I've been thinking about a lot. He said that you couldn't do "City on the Edge of Forever" now, because Kirk would have to s...
Adobe's Scribbler AI automatically colorizes any portrait
Engadget - 20 Oct 2017 20:45
Finally! Adobe has devised a method of adding a touch of color to black and white images without all the dimension-jumping time travel (looking at you Pleasantville). At the company's Adobe MAX 2017 event on Thursday, re...