Gadget News
Amazon Key in-car delivery makes your trunk a mailbox
Slash Gear - 24 Apr 2018 16:11
Amazon Key is still a fairly young service, having only launched back in November. Amazon is wasting little time in expanding it, though, today launching in-car delivery as part of Key. Yes, you heard that right: Amazon ...
The FCC's Bullshit Order Killing Net Neutrality Hasn't Actually Gone Into Effect--Yet
Gizmodo - 24 Apr 2018 03:00
The Federal Communications Commission's revocation of Barack Obama-era net neutrality rules (misleadingly billed as Restoring Internet Freedom Order) starts going into effect today. But net neutrality isn't dead--yet.
Rolls-Royce Adamas collection includes 40 Wraiths and 30 Dawns
Slash Gear - 24 Apr 2018 14:04
Rolls-Royce is teasing a small collection of cars that it will be offering to the well-heeled that is even more exclusive than the normal versions the company offers. The cars are being offered under the Adamas name desc...
Plantronics BackBeat GO 600 headphones have a Bass Boost button
Slash Gear - 24 Apr 2018 22:22
Plantronics has unveiled the BackBeat GO 600 Series, a new lineup of over-the-ear headphones that come with two equalization modes: “Balanced” and “Bass Boost.” The modes are designed to appeal to each user’s l...
Selfie-snapping monkey loses copyright infringement case (again)
Engadget - 24 Apr 2018 15:32
The copyright battle over who owns that famous toothy selfie taken by a macaque monkey in Indonesia apparently didn't end when the parties involved reached a settlement last year. On Monday, an appeals court has affirmed...
Report: Trump Using Personal Cell Phone a Lot More, Just in Case His Calls Weren't Insecure Enough Already
Gizmodo - 24 Apr 2018 05:25
The number of people in this administration who seem to think they're much smarter than all those nerds warning them about potential security vulnerabilities boggles the mind. So of course President Donald Trump is incre...
HTC's latest Vive Pro VR kit is built for business
Engadget - 24 Apr 2018 04:12
You can already get HTC's Vive Pro in a bundle aimed at first-timers, but what if you're a business buyer who needs it for VR design and training? You're covered now, too. HTC has released a $1,399 Vive Pro 2.0 Kit that ...
YouTube mistakenly pulls video exposing Alex Jones conspiracy
Engadget - 24 Apr 2018 03:04
YouTube has been trying to reduce instances of mistaken video takedowns, but it's evident there's still some work to do. The company temporarily pulled a video from watchdog group Media Matters that exposed Alex Jones' c...
NVIDIA's AI fixes photos by recognizing what's missing
Engadget - 24 Apr 2018 23:55
Most image editing tools aren't terribly bright when you ask them to fix a photo. They'll borrow content from adjacent pixels (such as Adobe's recently demonstrated context-aware AI fill), but they can't determine what s...
Sports Illustrated's standalone streaming service is now available
Engadget - 24 Apr 2018 23:34
Sports Illustrated's television offering (SI TV) launched last November on Amazon Channels for $5 per month. Plans to expand the service to Roku, iOS, Android and web browsers have been in the works, and it's available o...
The Xbox One will get 120Hz support in a May software update
Ars Technica - 24 Apr 2018 23:20
Games will probably have to support it to see the full benefits.
WhatsApp will require users in Europe to be at least 16 years old
Engadget - 24 Apr 2018 23:16
As we get closer to the launch of Europe's new GDPR privacy standards, a number of companies are announcing some changes that will affect European users. Today, Sky News reports that WhatsApp has changed its age requirem...
Scott Pruitt Announces EPA to Be More Transparent, Doesn't Invite Press
Gizmodo - 24 Apr 2018 23:15
Environmental Protection Agency administrator and noted luxury travel enthusiast Scott Pruitt made a big announcement about his commitment to transparency on Tuesday. There was just one little hitch: The press wasn't inv...
Facebook Will Finally Stop Letting Third-Party Apps Spam Your Profile
Gizmodo - 24 Apr 2018 23:00
Facebook has been revamping its policies over the last few weeks, undoubtedly in response to the fact that it impressively failed at protecting many of its users' data. In its latest batch of updates, the social network ...
The Internet Archive Trashes Joy Reid's Dubious Claim That Hackers Made Her Look Homophobic
Gizmodo - 24 Apr 2018 22:59
MSNBC host Joy Reid is making national news--not for revving up her fans in the anti-Trump Resistance, but for homophobic remarks that have surfaced from her now-defunct blog and years-old tweets.
'Destiny 2' Warmind add-on puts a horde event on arctic Mars
Engadget - 24 Apr 2018 22:55
Bungie had teased that the second DLC for its sci-fi shooter Destiny 2, named Warmind after the game's humanity-defending mega-AI, would come out May 8th. In a livestream today, the company finally released details. In a...
How a Massive Effort to Sequence Genomes of 1.5 Million Species Could Help Preserve Life on Earth
Gizmodo - 24 Apr 2018 22:45
In what will undoubtedly be the largest genomic sequencing effort of all time, an international consortium of researchers is organizing a massive effort to collect and sequence the DNA of Earth's 1.5 million known eukary...
'Sense8' finale will debut on Netflix June 8th
Engadget - 24 Apr 2018 22:37
We're still wondering what happened to Wolfgang on head-scratcher sci-fi series Sense8, and it sounds like our answers might arrive sooner than expected. Netflix today announced that the wrap-up movie for the Wachowskis-...
Here's What Happens When Han Solo Plays to Win the Millennium Falcon From Lando
Gizmodo - 24 Apr 2018 22:30
For fans, the fact that Solo: A Star Wars Story is going to show the legendary moment where Han Solo wins the Millennium Falcon from Lando Calrissian is kind of mind-blowing. It's one of those things we've always imagine...
Hobbyist builds the first Sony E-Mount film camera
Engadget - 24 Apr 2018 22:18
Sony is the one major imaging company that has never built a film camera, having leaped straight into DSLRs in 2006 after buying Minolta. A hobbyist named Alexander Gee has just pulled off a neat trick then, by creating ...
Spotify just pulled further ahead of Apple, Tidal, and Pandora too
Slash Gear - 24 Apr 2018 22:17
There’s little Spotify has to catch up on when it comes to streaming music. They’ve got a whole lot of the market cornered for several reasons – not least of these because they’ve been in the business the longest...
Pandora Premium hits Xbox One with two big features in tow
Slash Gear - 24 Apr 2018 22:09
Pandora Premium has been up and running for some time now, but despite that, it isn’t available on very many platforms. At first, the service rolled out only on mobile, and then nearly a year later, it made the jump to...