Gadget News
Apple developing own MicroLED screens, says report
Slash Gear - 19 Mar 2018 05:02
If Apple had its way, it will have all its hardware designed and developed, but not manufactured, in-house. It has already done that with its own "A" processors and "M" co-processors, and it might soon be doing similarly...
Russia: Well, Maybe It Was Actually the UK That Poisoned Our Ex-Spy With Our Soviet-Era Nerve Agent
Gizmodo - 19 Mar 2018 00:20
According to the BBC, Russian ambassador to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov now says that the nerve agent used in the poisoning of 66-year-old former Russian spy-turned-double-agent Sergei Skripal and his 33-year-old...
US Navy's Newest Attack Submarine Is Partially Operated With a 12-Year-Old Xbox Controller
Gizmodo - 19 Mar 2018 16:35
The United States Navy's newest submarine, the USS Colorado, went into service this weekend. In the Pentagon's announcement Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer called the vessel "a true marvel of technology and inno...
NASA's portable antennas help bring space data back to Earth
Engadget - 19 Mar 2018 03:40
Spacecraft don't usually have much flexibility when it comes to sending data back to Earth: they either have to venture within range of a dedicated ground station or offload it by returning to the planet. NASA may soon h...
A Once-a-Day Male Birth Control Pill Shows Promise in Human Trial
Gizmodo - 19 Mar 2018 23:40
One of the latest experimental candidates for a male birth control drug is a compound that would be taken much like the daily birth control pill available for women. A pilot study presented Sunday at the Endocrine Societ...
Trippy Magic Happens When AI Only Knows About Flowers, Waves, and Fires
Gizmodo - 19 Mar 2018 23:37
The same way a human only knows as much as they've studied or experienced, an artificial intelligence is only as smart as its training. But unlike a child, you can selectively limit what an AI learns and knows, and then ...
'One Finger Death Punch 2' will pummel its way into your heart
Engadget - 19 Mar 2018 23:36
At the GDC 2018 Indie Megabooth on Monday, Silver Dollar Games showed off One Finger Death Punch 2, the sequel to its popular 2013 brawler. Fans of the original -- and fans of smash-em-ups in general -- are not going to ...
Bentley made a biometric safe for its luxury SUV
Slash Gear - 19 Mar 2018 23:35
Bentley owners wanting a secure nook to leave their watch, diamonds, or that Fabergé egg they refuse to travel without now have the option of a fingerprint-locked safe in the automaker’s super-luxe SUV. The Bentley Be...
Nimbus ExaDrive DC100 100TB SSD sets new storage milestone
Slash Gear - 19 Mar 2018 23:30
Nimbus Data just set a storage milestone with the announcement of its new ExaDrive DC100, a 100TB solid-state-drive. This model boasts the largest capacity of any SSD to date, offering more than three times the storage c...
Upcoming Windows 10 accessibility features include Narrator upgrades
Engadget - 19 Mar 2018 23:23
Today, Microsoft shared some of the accessibility features it's working on for Windows 10, a few of which are already available to preview through the Insiders Program. First, Microsoft is tweaking its Ease of Access set...
Classic rainbow box of LEGO Review (Bricks on a Roll)
Slash Gear - 19 Mar 2018 23:13
This week we’re having a peek at a return of a classic idea – give a kid a box of LEGO bricks and they’ll go hog-wild with creative building ideas. They’ve brought this idea back in a number of mixed brick sets, ...
The US Galaxy S8 finally gets Android 8.0 Oreo, only 6 months after launch
Ars Technica - 19 Mar 2018 23:11
Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint ship and update the S8 to Oreo.
'PUBG' arrives on mobile in the US
Engadget - 19 Mar 2018 23:09
Two weeks ago, Epic announced that its super popular Battle Royale mode for Fortnite will be coming to phones and tablets. While players debated how using touchscreens could ever be competitive against mouse-and-keyboard...
SpaceX BFR Mars rocket may be built in Los Angeles
Slash Gear - 19 Mar 2018 22:41
SpaceX’s Mars rocket may be built in Los Angeles, a location that would give the company easy access to the water necessary to transport the huge rocket. Unlike the spacecraft it currently constructs in Hawthorne, Cali...
You need to do this personal Facebook audit
Slash Gear - 19 Mar 2018 22:35
Facebook is under fire for how carefully it treats your personal data, but you don’t need to wait for regulators to wade in before doing an audit on how socially exposed you are. The social network doesn’t make it to...
We're live from GDC 2018!
Engadget - 19 Mar 2018 22:30
Another day, another tech conference. Now that SXSW is behind us, it's time for GDC 2018. We've arrived in San Francisco to cover the latest edition of the Game Developers Conference, where you can expect to see plenty o...
Ataribox becomes Atari VCS with new pre-order details
Slash Gear - 19 Mar 2018 22:19
The Ataribox has been fascinating gamers ever since it was first announced. Seemingly part retro console and part modern platform, the Ataribox is still shrouded in mystery. We appear to be getting closer to the date tha...
Atari's retro console has a new name, but remains a tease
Engadget - 19 Mar 2018 22:19
Atari's retro Ataribox console has been more sizzle than steak since it was first unveiled last summer, with delays and a distinct lack of game announcements dampening the enthusiasm. And unfortunately, that trend is mos...
My Brain Refuses to Believe This Short Film Wasn't Computer-Generated
Gizmodo - 19 Mar 2018 22:14
Camille Boyer and cinematographer Nik Mirus worked with a Montreal-based agency called Caravane to create a surreal short film called Club Palace. It looks like a computer animation student's final-year project, but in r...
BlackBerry and Microsoft team up to make work phones more secure
Engadget - 19 Mar 2018 22:00
BlackBerry and Microsoft may have been bitter foes before their smartphone dreams came crashing down, but they're becoming close allies now that they're focused on services. The two have unveiled a partnership that helps...
Facebook Will Audit Cambridge Analytica to Find Out If It Still Has Scraped Profile Data [Updated]
Gizmodo - 19 Mar 2018 21:53
Cambridge Analytica, the data analytics firm that worked on Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, has agreed to a forensic audit to determine whether the firm improperly retained data scraped from Facebook profiles....
YouTube picture-in-picture floating window test appears on desktop
Slash Gear - 19 Mar 2018 21:47
YouTube has started testing a picture-in-picture feature on desktop, hinting at the arrival of the same floating window currently available on mobile devices. A picture-in-picture option makes it possible to browse other...