Gadget News
In an audit of supply chain partners, Apple found increased labor violations in 2017
Ars Technica - 9 Mar 2018 03:20
Apple otherwise paints a picture of progress, but watchdogs don't always agree.
China's doomed space station will reach Earth's atmosphere soon
Slash Gear - 9 Mar 2018 04:15
Back in January, experts revealed that China’s first space station, the Tiangong-1, would be reaching the end of its life likely in March of this year. China, which launched the space station in 2011, had lost control ...
Planet Earth Parody Imagines a World Overrun by Creepy Boston Dynamics Robots
Gizmodo - 9 Mar 2018 16:57
In any of Earth's other parallel timelines, Nicolas King's parody of the Planet Earth documentary series, showing our planet overrun with migrating herds of Boston Dynamics' SpotMini robodogs, would be an amusing look at...
British Airways expands its biometric boarding gate trials in the US
Engadget - 9 Mar 2018 05:39
British Airways is expanding its biometric boarding gate tests in the US. Last November, it began testing self-service boarding gates in Los Angeles Airport that don't require customers to produce either their boarding p...
Beware neighbor spoofing calls says FCC in scammer tactic advisory
Slash Gear - 9 Mar 2018 05:18
The FCC has issued a letter warning the US public about “neighbor spoofing” — that is, scammers who are calling people using numbers that appear to be local. This has become a big problem, according to the FCC, whi...
Fortnite Battle Royale goes mobile with cross play, progression
Slash Gear - 9 Mar 2018 04:44
If you ask gamers and game developers what's the hottest title around these days, they'd most likely answer one of two titles: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and Fortnite Battle Royale. They are the games that everyone wa...
Robot smashes Rubik's cube record, solves puzzle in 0.38 seconds
Slash Gear - 9 Mar 2018 03:08
Humans are no match for machines in many ways, and solving the Rubik’s cube is no exception. A bunch of people have dedicated huge amounts of effort into mastering the art of rapid Rubik’s cube solutions, but a machi...
Twitter cracks down on obnoxious cryptocurrency scam accounts
Slash Gear - 9 Mar 2018 02:08
Cryptocurrency enjoys massive popularity at the moment, and with that popularity comes many, many scammers. Facebook has already taken the drastic step of banning all crypto-related advertisements to tackle the issue, an...
Congress Will Make Credit Freezes Free for All in Belated Response to Equifax Breach
Gizmodo - 9 Mar 2018 00:15
Congress is set to finally do something that will benefit US consumers in response to the Equifax breach last year--beyond excoriating the company's executives on live television. Yet, as with everything, it will come at...
Netflix test turns kids into binge scouts, rewards TV time with badges
Engadget - 9 Mar 2018 23:20
Netflix is currently testing a feature that lets kids collect "patches" for watching shows, Variety reports. Those included in the test see red locks on children's shows that can get them a patch, which they can then ear...
Switch, PS4 Pro, Xbox One X get sweet deals in one-day eBay promo
Slash Gear - 9 Mar 2018 23:10
No matter which platform you choose, gaming can be an expensive hobby. The cost of getting a new console can be pretty significant, especially in the early part of the year when the holiday shopping season has ended. If ...
We're live from SXSW 2018!
Engadget - 9 Mar 2018 23:06
We have arrived in Austin, Texas for the 2018 edition of SXSW, the festival that showcases some of the best things in the tech (interactive), film and music industries. This year, we'll be taking a look at HBO's Westworl...
Rewire Your Brain With a Rare Weighted Blanket Discount
Gizmodo - 9 Mar 2018 23:00
Weighted blankets can work wonders for your anxiety, or at the very least keep you warm and cozy all winter long, and you can score all-time low prices on both a 15 and 20 pound model today on Amazon. Not to stress you o...
Google Assistant just made a huge play for the Amazon Alexa device market
Slash Gear - 9 Mar 2018 22:50
Today Google Assistant Custom Device Actions were announced by the company as just the latest in a line of expansions to its voice assistant ecosystem. The newest additions come in the form of Custom Device Actions, and ...
Despite layoffs, Motorola says Moto Z line is alive and well
Engadget - 9 Mar 2018 22:42
There were rumors this week of a 50 percent reduction in Motorola's Chicago workforce and that the Moto Z line was finished. Given that we're still hearing about upcoming products for Moto Z phones like a VR headset Moto...
Common Bricks May Record Evidence of Nuclear Weapons
Gizmodo - 9 Mar 2018 22:40
I hope you aren't making nuclear weapons in your garage. If you are, your bricks know what you're doing.
Sea of Thieves gets one last (massive) beta before launch
Slash Gear - 9 Mar 2018 22:32
We are quickly closing in on the launch date for Sea of Thieves. Anticipation for this new title from Rare and Microsoft is high, thanks in part to the many beta tests Rare has been hosting to make sure Sea of Thieves is...
Tiny Satellites to Make Crucial Arctic Climate Measurements For the First Time
Gizmodo - 9 Mar 2018 22:30
The Arctic is warming about twice as fast as the rest of the planet, but major questions remain, including how quickly sea ice will retreat, and how much of Greenland's ice will slide into the sea, over the decades to co...
Watch These Modern-Day Wright Brothers Make a Classic Little Tikes Toy Car Fly
Gizmodo - 9 Mar 2018 22:20
Sometimes the question, "Can I do this?," is far more interesting and exciting than asking, "Should I do this?" The RC hobbyists behind YouTube's FliteTest channel understand this truism, and wondered if they could get t...
Trump's video game meeting may not lead to any further action
Engadget - 9 Mar 2018 22:17
Early this week, Trump at last announced that he would meet with leaders of the video game industry. Not to discuss the rising frustration with loot boxes, but to rehash the exhausted and research-debunked notion that pl...
These Hawaiian Stick Spiders Have a Profound Case of Evolutionary Déj Vu
Gizmodo - 9 Mar 2018 22:10
Environments make species. This was the fundamental biology lesson that was drilled into Charles Darwin when he visited the Galápagos Islands back in 1835, a trip that ultimately inspired his theory of natural selection...
NASA HAMMER project may use nuke to deal with nearby asteroids
Slash Gear - 9 Mar 2018 22:07
Perhaps the proposal to blow up an inbound asteroid using a nuke isn’t so bizarre after all. Researchers and agencies all over the world have spent years developing concepts for redirecting or destroying any asteroid t...