Gadget News
Galaxy S9 camera teardown reveals a miniature DSLR
Slash Gear - 14 Mar 2018 05:31
Samsung's slogan for the Galaxy S9 is "Camera Reimagined" and it has so far proven that with the Galaxy S9+'s top DxOMark score. But benchmark scores come and go with each new phone launch. Samsung's real achievement is ...
Google Station brings free Wi-Fi to Mexico
Slash Gear - 14 Mar 2018 04:05
Google is perhaps best known for Search, the Chrome web browser, and the Android platform, and all three have one thing in common: the need for an Internet connection, preferably a good and always connected one. That is ...
Melania Trump's Anti-Cyberbullying Initiative Reportedly Will Avoid the Term 'Cyberbullying'
Gizmodo - 14 Mar 2018 03:30
President Donald Trump is such a huge Twitter troll he allegedly fired his secretary of state via tweet on Tuesday just to be a real asshole about it. So it's a really unfortunate coincidence for first lady of the United...
Madison Square Garden Has Been Secretly Using Face Recognition Tech: Report
Gizmodo - 14 Mar 2018 00:50
Madison Square Garden security has been secretly using facial recognition software to scan spectators' faces, the New York Times reports. This would make MSG the latest space to be using face-scanning tech on an unknowin...
Lyft wants to make a turnkey autonomous car brain
Slash Gear - 14 Mar 2018 23:58
Lyft has inked a self-driving car deal with automotive supplier Magna, to develop a turnkey driverless car brain that could be licensed out to automakers. The deal, announced today, will see Magna invest $200m into Lyft,...
Samsung offers in-person service for Galaxy phones in the US
Engadget - 14 Mar 2018 17:00
Ask iPhone owners why they remain loyal and they'll likely cite convenient support as one reason: they can walk into an Apple Store and get a prompt fix that's rarely available for other devices. Samsung is taking steps ...
New Brain Preservation Technique Could Be a Path to Mind Uploading
Gizmodo - 14 Mar 2018 16:55
Using a technique developed three years ago, researchers from MIT and 21st Century Medicine have shown that it's possible to preserve the microscopic structures contained within a large mammalian brain. The breakthrough ...
US Power Company Fined $2.7 Million Over Security Flaws Impacting 'Critical Assets'
Gizmodo - 14 Mar 2018 00:25
An American power company has reached a settlement to pay an unprecedented $2.7 million penalty over significant security oversights that could have allowed hackers to gain remote access to the power provider's systems.
Ford warns 1.3m drivers: Your steering wheel could fall off
Slash Gear - 14 Mar 2018 22:35
Ford is recalling a whopping 1.3 million cars in the US, after discovering that their steering wheels could come loose and detach completely while on the road. The American automaker has warned owners of select Ford Fusi...
Spotify voice controls tease smart speaker potential
Slash Gear - 14 Mar 2018 23:36
Spotify is apparently testing voice control in its mobile app, in advance of what’s believed to be a plan to take on HomePod with a Spotify-branded smart speaker. The addition of voice search was spotted in the Spotify...
NASA's Kepler Space Telescope Has Only a Few Months to Live
Gizmodo - 14 Mar 2018 23:35
The space-based telescope responsible for detecting 2,245 exoplanets, and another 2,342 yet to be confirmed, is running out of fuel and may have just a few months left before its lights go out. The Kepler spacecraft will...
Amazon's first debit card arrives in Mexico
Engadget - 14 Mar 2018 23:29
Amazon has taken a number of steps to help you shop online without a bank card, and now it's taking those efforts to their logical conclusion: the internet retailer has launched its first debit card, Amazon Rechargeable,...
DoD Spent $138,000 at Trump Properties in Six Months, Transparency Group's FOIA Reveals
Gizmodo - 14 Mar 2018 23:25
The United States Department of Defense (DoD) spent $138,093 at eight businesses owned by President Donald Trump during his first six months in office, according to records obtained via lawsuit citing the Freedom of Info...
Overcast adds a smarter way to dive back into a podcast
Engadget - 14 Mar 2018 23:05
Marco Arment's Overcast has a reputation as the podcast connoisseur's iOS app of choice thanks to its inclusion of features you don't even find in Apple's official client, such as the automatic removal of dead air. That ...
DARPA Is Funding Time Crystal Research
Gizmodo - 14 Mar 2018 23:00
You probably scratched your head last year if you read about time crystals, likely 2017's most esoteric, widely covered popular science story. Even if you understood how they worked, you might not have known what use the...
PlayTable console uses blockchain to revolutionize tabletop gaming
Slash Gear - 14 Mar 2018 22:39
Company Blok.Party has announced the launch of a new game console called PlayTable, and it is based on blockchain technology. The console is a modern twist on tabletop gaming, one created by a former Amazon engineer and ...
EA adds a new battle mode to four-year-old 'Plants vs Zombies 2'
Engadget - 14 Mar 2018 22:38Black Mask Studio's Come Into Me Is a Haunting Body-Horror Comic for the Age of Oversharing
Gizmodo - 14 Mar 2018 22:30
In this day and age, the oversharing of personal information has become de rigueur. We're all trying to connect to one another through our texts and tweets and snaps and grams--offering up information and access to ourse...
Kirby Star Allies review roundup: Everything is better with friends
Slash Gear - 14 Mar 2018 22:22
It’s been a big year for Kirby so far. Back in January, 3DS owners received Kirby Battle Royale, which put an interesting spin on the long running franchise. The game that’s arriving later this week, Kirby Star Allie...
Walmart says its grocery delivery will hit 100 new cities this year
Engadget - 14 Mar 2018 22:20
Walmart and Amazon's rivalry is alive and well. The former announced today that it plans to expand its Online Grocery Delivery service -- currently available in six markets -- to over 100 metro areas across the US this y...
Delete your Amazon Alexa recordings - the latest way
Slash Gear - 14 Mar 2018 22:15
Today we’re having a peek at the latest way to delete all the Alexa voice recordings Amazon has for a single user. When you speak with Alexa, Amazon uses your voice to improve the service you receive from said Alexa �...
Elon Musk Starts Media Business, Possibly Named 'Thud!'
Gizmodo - 14 Mar 2018 22:10
Elon Musk, who already operates businesses in the aerospace, automotive, renewable energy, neural implantation, and tunnel-digging industries, has apparently decided to try his hand at media with a website called Thud!