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Nokia made a smart, fashionable jacket for first responders
Engadget - 28 Feb 2018 16:45
Nokia has been creating unconventional products for years, like that weird touchscreen made of ice from 2010. And now, at MWC 2018, the company is showing off a new, offbeat project that's in the works: the CHASE (connec...
Electric Skateboard Pole-Vaulting Should Be the Next Olympic Sport
Gizmodo - 28 Feb 2018 16:23
Aside from the opening ceremonies, how many Olympic events did you watch over the past few weeks? Very few, right? It's about time the IOC started spicing up the games so they're more interesting--like letting athletes c...
We Regret to Inform You That Vero Is Bad
Gizmodo - 28 Feb 2018 18:47
Vero was supposed to be the better Instagram. It was supposed to save social media. It was supposed to do loads of things that other blip-on-the-radar social networks like Ello and Peach promised. Turns out Vero doesn't ...
Woz was scammed out of Bitcoins now worth over $70,000
Engadget - 28 Feb 2018 16:02
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has demonstrated the issue of bitcoin fraud by falling victim to an old school internet scam. Speaking at The Economic Times of India's global business summit this week, he said that someon...
MIT's robotic carpenters take the hassle out of custom furniture
Engadget - 28 Feb 2018 07:00
If you want to build custom furniture, you usually need to know your way around a saw and devote days to both designing it and cutting every last piece. MIT's CSAIL might have a better solution: let computers and robots ...
House passes contentious anti-online sex trafficking bill
Engadget - 28 Feb 2018 04:41
Sex-trafficking victims, prosecutors and state attorneys will be able to sue websites that host ads and content linked to the sex trade under the bill the House has just approved. The bill called "Allow States and Victim...
Chuck Schumer on Net Neutrality: Will People Still Be Able to Bang?
Gizmodo - 28 Feb 2018 03:35
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, the leader of the Democrats in the upper chamber of Congress, is very concerned about what will happen to screwing once the Federal Communications Commission puts its new rules enabl...
YouTube Belatedly Bans Neo-Nazi Group Atomwaffen
Gizmodo - 28 Feb 2018 23:50
Until today, white supremacist group Atomwaffen had an active presence on YouTube. A previously removed video on its channel featured neo-Nazi members chanting "gas the kikes, race war now" and firing weapons, Motherboar...
What's With All The Dental Floss in IBM's Quantum Computers?
Gizmodo - 28 Feb 2018 23:50
On a large plot of land beneath circling turkey vultures an hour north of New York City sits a crescent-shaped building. Inside of it are some of the world's most cutting-edge quantum computers, stored in dilution refrig...
'The Blackout Club' is a co-op horror game from 'BioShock' veterans
Engadget - 28 Feb 2018 23:41
Many horror games are solitary affairs -- a little odd when horror movies are frequently shared experiences. Why not make games which play off the social side of fear? Question is trying just that. The group of BioShock ...
Bitcoin price to go 2x by midyear says Wall Street's Tom Lee
Slash Gear - 28 Feb 2018 23:23
Historical trends and a selection of top-level company announcements of late will bolster Bitcoin prices by mid-year. That’s what Fundstrat’s Tom Lee expects, anyway. Lee’s expectation for the price of USDT per Bit...
Paste Music and Daytrotter made a free app for live music lovers
Engadget - 28 Feb 2018 23:07
You have a few options when it comes to streaming music and whether you're subscribed to Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal or something else, there's a lot of music right at your fingertips. But live recordings offer their own...
Dubai Plans to DNA Test All 3 Million of Its Residents
Gizmodo - 28 Feb 2018 23:00
In a massively ambitious project aimed at improving the health of its 3 million residents, the city of Dubai plans to sequence the DNA of its entire population.
Poloniex down: It's not just you
Slash Gear - 28 Feb 2018 22:47
This afternoon Poloniex was rendered unreachable in the mid afternoon for users around the world. This downtime began at approximately 2:30 PM Central Time and is still in effect as this article goes life. Users first ex...
National Geographic Just Sent Me a Crystal Healing Water Bottle
Gizmodo - 28 Feb 2018 22:45
Hi, National Geographic, it's me, Ryan. I got your package today and I guess I'm wondering--why did you send me a pseudoscientific crystal healing water bottle with your name on it?
Discord bans a number of alt-right servers
Engadget - 28 Feb 2018 22:44
The gaming chat service Discord has reportedly banned several alt-right groups. The move comes six months after the platform shut down racist accounts in the wake of the Charlottesville protests in order to 'take action ...
PS Plus free games go big in March as Sony shares some bad news
Slash Gear - 28 Feb 2018 22:28
Now that we’re at the end of the delightfully short month that is February, it’s time to talk about the free PlayStation Plus games for March. Sony detailed those titles today, and it would appear that it plans to go...
A Spy Plane That Surveilled an Entire City for Police Is Now Being Promoted as Way to Monitor Cops
Gizmodo - 28 Feb 2018 22:25
Less than two years after an aerial surveillance company was caught using a spy plane to record the entire city of Baltimore for police, the so-called "eye-in-the-sky" system is being pitched to the city with a new angle...
Spotify's public filing reveals key stats about the streaming giant
Engadget - 28 Feb 2018 22:21
Spotify quietly signaled its intention to become a publicly traded company in December of last year, even though several lawsuits over licensing were looming. Now the streaming service has filed for a direct listing on t...
VW's first electric bus begins service in mid-March
Engadget - 28 Feb 2018 22:05
The I.D. Buzz might not be the first electric Volkswagen bus you see roaming the streets. VW's Scania brand has announced that its first electric bus, the Citywide Low Floor, is going into full-fledged service in the Swe...
Twitter Bookmarks global rollout lets all users privately save tweets
Slash Gear - 28 Feb 2018 22:01
Last month, Twitter introduced a Bookmarks feature in its beta Android app that enabled users to bookmark tweets. Bookmarks is the official name for the feature first introduced as “Save For Later” in October 2017; i...
Acer Nitro 5 gaming laptop revealed
Coolest Gadgets - 28 Feb 2018 22:00
Gamers are an extremely discerning bunch, and they more or less know what kind of hardware that they require in order to maximize their gaming enjoyment. We are extremely fortunate that gaming technology has advanced to ...