Gadget News
Placing Election Ads on Google Will Require a Government ID
Gizmodo - 5 May 2018 04:30
If you want to place a political advertisement through Google's massive advertising network during the upcoming US elections, you're going to have to show some ID first. The search giant announced new policies Friday tha...
Don't Panic, But Idaho State University Lost Some Weapons-Grade Plutonium
Gizmodo - 5 May 2018 00:10
Just in time for the weekend, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) proposed an $8,500 fine to Idaho State University for losing track of a single gram of weapons-grade plutonium missing since 2004.
Don't charge your brain implant during thunderstorms, docs warn after incident
Ars Technica - 5 May 2018 15:30
Doctors report a close call of a woman with an implant that treats her tremor.
Waymo driverless car crash video released after Arizona collision
Slash Gear - 5 May 2018 06:18
Waymo has released a video from the driverless car involved in a collision in Arizona today, suggesting there was little either the vehicle or the safety driver could have done to avoid the crash. The incident took place...
Google will reportedly revamp News with video and speed tweaks
Engadget - 5 May 2018 05:47
Google News is getting a major refresh, pulling in features from YouTube and the Play Newsstand magazine app to modernize the product, according to Ad Age. Google has been in talks with publishers over the update, which ...
April's CO2 levels had the highest average in recorded history
Slash Gear - 5 May 2018 02:38
The most common greenhouse gas created by human activities, carbon dioxide, was measured at record levels last month. According to Scripps Institute of Oceanography, the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii measured the atmos...
The NSA Managed to Collect 500 Million US Call Records in 2017 Despite Targeting Just 40 People
Gizmodo - 5 May 2018 01:40
In the first full year of the Trump administration, the National Security Agency really went all out in efforts to surveil Americans. According to a new report released Friday, the agency sucked up more than 534 million ...
UK orders Cambridge Analytica to provide data on US voter
Engadget - 5 May 2018 23:59
Cambridge Analytica isn't completely out of the woods just because it's technically shutting down. The UK's Information Commissioner's Office has ordered Cambridge Analytica affiliate SCL Elections to provide the persona...
US elevates the role of Cyber Command
Engadget - 5 May 2018 22:32
After months of talk and planning, US Cyber Command is now just as important as the rest of the Pentagon's commands -- at least, on paper. The military has officially elevated its cyberwarfare division to a "unified comm...
Chinese Province Spent International Workers' Day Shaming People With Debts
Gizmodo - 5 May 2018 21:20
While laborers all over the world spent May Day marching in the streets and demonstrating for worker's rights, China's government spent the holiday shaming citizens with outstanding debts by plastering their faces and pe...
Facebook only checks for impostors within your circle of friends
Engadget - 5 May 2018 21:01
When you go to Face Recognition in Facebook's Settings page, there's a link that leads you to more info about it that says switching it on can "help protect you from strangers using a photo of you as their profile pictur...
A Deleted Scene From The Force Awakens Just Got A Stellar Animated Resurrection
Gizmodo - 5 May 2018 20:15
Yesterday Disney released a whole new set of Forces of Destiny animated shorts, and there's a lot of gold to mine in them space hills.
Apple News had a one-week exclusive on a documentary series
Engadget - 5 May 2018 19:29
Apple isn't kidding about its intentions to turn its News app into more than just an aggregator. BuzzFeed has confirmed to Digiday that Apple reached a deal to premiere the documentary series Future History: 1968 through...
Watch the Russos Break Down Thor's First Meeting With the Guardians of the Galaxy
Gizmodo - 5 May 2018 19:00
One of the most teased meetings in Avengers: Infinity War was between the mighty Thor and his fellow cosmic cohorts, the Guardians of the Galaxy. Now, directors Anthony and Joe Russo break that scene down shot for shot.
NASA's InSight Lander Is On Its Way to Mars
Gizmodo - 5 May 2018 18:42
NASA's robotic lander InSight officially started its journey to Mars following a successful predawn launch aboard an Atlas V rocket Saturday morning. The launch took place at 4:05am local time from the Vandenberg Air For...
Gboard custom GIF creation finally comes to Android
Slash Gear - 5 May 2018 18:31
Gboard, the third-party keyboard from Google, has been a popular tool on both Android and iOS for some time now. Interestingly, one of its newest and coolest features, custom GIF creation, has been limited to the iOS ver...
Recommended Reading: The 'Stories' invasion won't relent anytime soon
Engadget - 5 May 2018 18:00
Why 'Stories' Took Over Your Smartphone Ian Bogost, The Atlantic Snapchat may have created the monster, but in nearly every social (and some not-so-social) app you fire up, you'll be greeted with a feed of Stories. In fa...
NASA successfully launches Mars InSight lander
Slash Gear - 5 May 2018 17:33
This early hours of Saturday morning saw NASA successfully send the Mars InSight lander on its way to the Red Planet. Just after 4:00 AM Pacific, the lander was launched atop a ULA Atlas V rocket from the Vandenberg Air ...
OtterBox Venture Americana delivers a cooler that is spot on this summer
Coolest Gadgets - 5 May 2018 17:00
When the name OtterBox is mentioned, most of the time we would think of it as a company that churns out high quality protective cases for smartphones and tablets, delivering far more robust protection against knocks, dro...
The Black Panther Director's Commentary Reveals the Sad Fate of Killmonger's Mother
Gizmodo - 5 May 2018 16:45
Erik Killmonger's tragic life is even more tragic than you thought.
Ars Technica System Guide, Spring 2018: The show-your-work edition
Ars Technica - 5 May 2018 16:30
For this system guide edition, we focus on rationale over straight recommendations.
Google News overhaul will include video and improved load speeds
Slash Gear - 5 May 2018 16:30
It appears that Google’s News hub will soon be getting a big refresh aimed at improving load speeds and bringing in more features from YouTube and the Newsstand app. Google is said to have already been working with new...