Gadget News

Today, CNN partnered with interactive entertainment company Magnopus, the company behind the Coco VR experience, to launch a VR app for its virtual reality news stories on the Oculus Rift. It was previously available on ...

You may have thought, "Hey, if we're threatened by an incoming asteroid, we should just nuke it!" You're not alone: a team of Russian scientists are working on a plot to do so, by detonating miniature asteroids in a lab....

The people of Plattsburgh, New York have had enough. On Thursday night, the city council approved an 18-month moratorium on new cryptocurrency mining operations. The temporary ban will be used to figure out what to do wi...

Two days ago, director Michael Jacobs described his first VR short, GFE (an acronym of "girlfriend experience"), to me on camera. The film is a "documentary fantasy," Jacobs said, with a focus on "demystifying escort wor...

As we recently detailed, NASA has offered up preliminary findings under its Twins Study, which looks at the impact space travel has on human health. So far, researchers have identified some changes to astronaut Scott Kel...

Edge might be Windows 10's built-in browser, but it definitely isn't the most popular browser -- NetMarketShare reported just under 4 percent usage share as of February 2018, slipping well below Chrome's 59 percent. And ...

If you're shopping for a "garden and kitchen scale with 0.5 gram precision weighing technology," you might be a drug dealer. And evidently some joker at Home Depot knows this. Buried in the website's listing for such an ...

A launch of Oculus GO VR may take place at Facebook’s F8 conference this year. The wireless headset runs a mobile software experience very similar to that of the Gear VR (AKA Oculus VR app on Android on a Galaxy smartp...

Disney’s Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse have arrived on the Galaxy S9, and the good news is that – unless you’re musophobic – they’re a lot less creepy than Samsung’s AR Emoji. The Disney tie-in launched today...

Two of the phones Alcatel revealed last month at MWC will be coming to the US, the company confirmed. One is the affordable Alcatel 1X is the brand's first to feature Android Go, a version of the OS customized for lower-...

US sanctions? Iranian actions? Simple error?

Digging through your purse or pockets every time you enter public transit can be a hassle, so last year Australian biohacker Meow-Ludo Disco Gamma Meow-Meow (yes, that's his legal name) had a chip from a transit pass imp...

During Mobile World Congress, Alcatel introduced a pair of phones called the Alcatel 1X and the Alcatel 3V. The company has confirmed that both of these models will be available to purchase in the United States, each as ...

Verizon has begun rolling out its Galaxy S8 Oreo update, coincidentally bringing last year’s flagship up to date in Android at the same time as the Galaxy S9 arrives in stores. The update includes features like picture...

Apple is in the mood for an event, and that event will take place on March the 27th. That event will be education focused, as evidenced by the text included on the event invite. The invite says: “Join us to hear creati...

Chalk it up to the incredibly high creep factor or a second consecutive year of flat sales, but clothing and outdoor equipment chain L.L. Bean's foray into blockchain-connected attire has reportedly been cancelled. What'...

Advanced surveillance technologies once reserved for international airports and high-security prisons are coming to schools across America. From New York to Arkansas, schools are spending millions to outfit their campuse...

Staring directly at the Sun may not be advisable for humans, but a new tool on the International Space Station has come online to do just that. Part of NASA’s efforts to better understand the forces that affect our sol...

Ever since the Xbox One X launched last year, Microsoft has been going hard on bundles meant to tempt gamers into buying one. Convincing people to take the plunge is no small task as the Xbox One X costs a whopping $500,...

Apple cofounder Steve Jobs is remembered today as a genius renaissance man, but he was once just a dirtbag kid who was bad at filling out job applications. One application, from 1973, just sold for $174,757. Along with o...

Netflix has abandoned its “Patches” test, officially putting an end to the feature that some users began seeing in recent weeks. The test, when it was live, gave participating accounts a new reward for watching conte...

As of this month, the US satellite Vanguard I has spent 60 years in orbit and it remains the oldest man-made object in space. Vanguard I was the fourth satellite launched into orbit -- following the USSR's Sputnik I and ...