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Dell XPS 13 review (2018): Still the best Windows laptop
Engadget - 2 Mar 2018 16:00
There's a reason we've heaped praise on Dell's XPS notebooks over the past few years. They've always been gorgeous and capable machines, with near bezel-less screens that other computer makers quickly copied. Most import...
Toyota makes $2.8bn play to dominate autonomous car tech
Slash Gear - 2 Mar 2018 18:48
Toyota is leading a $2.8bn investment into a new autonomous driving company, TRI-AD, aiming to create an industry-leading platform for driverless cars. The Toyota Research Institute – Advanced Development will be based...
GitHub, Struck by Record-Breaking DDoS, Walks It Off
Gizmodo - 2 Mar 2018 04:14
Yesterday, the internet's favorite code repository, GitHub, was hit by a record 1.35-terabyte-per-second denial-of-service attack--the most powerful recorded so far. Yet, the website only endured a few minutes of intermi...
Study Finds Body Cam Footage Isn't Released in Almost 40 Percent of Fatal Police Shootings
Gizmodo - 2 Mar 2018 21:15
In 2014, activists rallied for body cameras after a brutal summer of officer-involved shootings. More officers than ever are now wearing cameras, but who gets to see the footage? Upturn, a DC-based policy think tank, rec...
This Mahindra Roxor is a modern Willys with just one downside
Slash Gear - 2 Mar 2018 19:37
What do you do when the Jeep Wrangler has strayed too far from its pared-back roots, but you need a modern go-anywhere off-roader? Mahindra believes it has the answer with the new Roxor, an appealingly back-to-basics lit...
10 Ways Shopping Online Sucks and How to Fix Them
Gizmodo - 2 Mar 2018 16:18
Not so long ago, being able to click a button and have the goods of your choice delivered to your front door in a day (or less) would've seemed like some kind of black magic--but as convenient as online shopping is, it d...
Toyota is forming a $2.8-billion company for self-driving research
Engadget - 2 Mar 2018 15:35
Toyota's autonomous vehicle dreams are too big to contain, so it's establishing a new company to speed up its technology's development. The automaker has teamed up with fellow Japanese entities Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. and ...
Survival arena brawler 'Darwin Project' launches March 9th
Engadget - 2 Mar 2018 08:14
Been waiting for Scavengers Studio's Darwin Project ever since it stole the spotlight at last year's Microsoft E3 conference? Don't worry: your wait is almost over. The early access version of the Hunger Games-style batt...
Chrome Music Lab Song Maker puts a synthesizer in your browser
Slash Gear - 2 Mar 2018 06:09
Browsers are no longer just about display web pages and cat GIFs. Browser makers are extending both their software and the Web itself to accommodate all sorts of content and interaction, some of them more sensible than o...
Xbox One Spring Update with 1440p goes live for insiders
Slash Gear - 2 Mar 2018 04:00
Microsoft has just pushed out the Xbox Spring Update to insiders, giving them access to the software that everyone else will get later this year. Chief among the changes and new features arriving in the Spring Update is ...
What If We've Been Staring at Avengers: Infinity War's Missing Soul Stone This Entire Time?
Gizmodo - 2 Mar 2018 01:45
Though it would have made all the sense in the world if the sixth and final Infinity Stone--specifically, the Soul Stone--was hidden away in the heart of the vibranium meteorite that crashed into Wakanda, Ryan Coogler's ...
eBay Under $10 category takes on Amazon and Wish
Slash Gear - 2 Mar 2018 23:48
Wish.com, purveyor of steeply discounted items of mostly the junk and trinket variety, has proven immensely popular with online shoppers in search of cheap goods. That popularity seemingly spurred Amazon to action; the c...
The 10 Best Deals of March 2, 2018
Gizmodo - 2 Mar 2018 23:48
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today. Hope you have a great weekend!
The hunt for cheaper GPUs is turning up some unexpected bargains
Ars Technica - 2 Mar 2018 23:36
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Nintendo Switch owners are getting a sad surprise one year after launch
Slash Gear - 2 Mar 2018 23:29
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you likely know that tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of the Nintendo Switch’s launch. It’s a pretty exciting time to be a Switch owner as we head into this second year a...
Facebook orders Kim Kardashian West's celebrity pranking show
Engadget - 2 Mar 2018 23:29
Facebook has ordered a series by Kim Kardashian-West where kids prank their famous celebrity parents. But given that it's a live, unscripted show, those watching it on the social media platform might be chosen to lend th...
Android may soon end telemarketing forever
Slash Gear - 2 Mar 2018 23:26
Google may soon stop forever the incessant cold calls for profit that’ve plagued mankind for decades. The end of this madness may be ending at an Android level. In the newest build of Android P, the next version of And...
Cars and Harleys set to suffer in Trump steel tariff war
Slash Gear - 2 Mar 2018 23:20
Harley-Davidson finds itself the unexpected whipping boy for sudden tensions between Europe and the Trump administration, though the US auto industry as a whole faces challenges if steel and aluminum tariffs are enacted....
Image Manipulation Hack Fools Humans and Machines, Makes Me Think Nothing is Real Anymore
Gizmodo - 2 Mar 2018 23:17
Computer scientists at Google Brain have devised a technique that tricks neural networks into misidentifying images--a hack that works on humans as well.
The UK is getting an all-game show streaming service
Engadget - 2 Mar 2018 23:12
There are quite a few subscription video on demand services out there these days and there's about to be one more. A trio of media execs have come together to form InQuisiTiVe Media and will soon launch a subscription se...
There May Actually Be Four Kinds of Type 2 Diabetes [Updated]
Gizmodo - 2 Mar 2018 23:05
Our conception of diabetes might be way off-base, a large international collaboration of researchers argue this month in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology. Rather than just type 1 and type 2 diabetes, there could be ...
The best baby monitor
Engadget - 2 Mar 2018 23:00
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