Gadget News
Hudson Automatic Vintage Inspired Dive Watch
The Gadget Flow - 8 May 2018 15:03
Elegantly display the time with the Hudson Automatic Vintage Inspired Dive Watch. Aside from its powerful appearance, this watch also comes with a variety of impressive technical features. The 316L stainless steel casing...
NASA nuclear power system test in Nevada desert was a success
Slash Gear - 8 May 2018 03:39
In January, it was announced that NASA had teamed up with the US Department of Energy to test a nuclear power system called the Kilopower project. The test was set to be conducted in the Nevada desert, where researchers ...
Top Tech Companies Head to White House to Talk AI, Fending off the Apocalypse
Gizmodo - 8 May 2018 17:20
It's almost been a year since the White House held its last big tech summit. On Thursday, it will reportedly host representatives from 38 of the biggest companies in the US to discuss the future of artificial intelligenc...
Instagram makes it easier for businesses to answer your DMs
Engadget - 8 May 2018 21:36
It's a big deal that Instagram now lets you make some orders without leaving the app, but what if you have questions? You're covered there, too. Instagram is trotting out direct messaging tools that help shops answer mes...
Google Research becomes Google AI as machine learning obsession grows
Slash Gear - 8 May 2018 17:18
A company as big as Google has the resources to focus on a lot of different endeavors, but for Google, AI is quickly becoming one of the biggest. In addition to things like Search and Android, we’ve seen AI become a bi...
Facebook will block foreign ads on Ireland's abortion referendum
Engadget - 8 May 2018 17:09
Facebook has been increasingly stringent about verifying the sources of political ads in its bid to prevent foreign interference, and that's evident in its approach to Ireland. The social network is now refusing any fore...
Yahoo Squirrel chat wants you to trust it with your messages
Slash Gear - 8 May 2018 05:31
Yahoo, which is now part of Verizon’s larger Oath company, has been struggling to remain relevant in Google’s and Apple’s world. A Yahoo! email address is now both a source of ridicule as well as concern. The latte...
The White House's anti-cyberbullying campaign copied an old FTC pamphlet
Engadget - 8 May 2018 05:25
First lady Melania Trump has launched a new anti-cyberbullying campaign called "Be Best," and the White House has released a pamphlet to go with it -- one that's not quite as new. As BuzzFeed News has pointed out, the ca...
LG is readying a new Wear OS smartwatch
Engadget - 8 May 2018 04:14
Ever since Google rebranded Android Wear as Wear OS, there's been a lingering question: when would there be a new smartwatch to spearhead Google's wearable revival? Apparently, the answer is "soon." An FCC filing has rev...
Google adds shared AR experiences to Android
Engadget - 8 May 2018 23:48
It's been three months since Google opened up ARCore, its augmented reality platform, to the public. And today, at I/O, the company is ready to announce even more ARCore features that'll make augmented reality apps that ...
Gmail autocomplete: Turn on Smart Compose right now
Slash Gear - 8 May 2018 23:26
Users can now work with Smart Compose for Gmail right this minute – just after Google first announced the feature at Google IO 2018. This feature makes Google’s machine learning smarts take a crack at guessing what y...
Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu Is One of the Weirdest Star Wars Stories Ever Told
Gizmodo - 8 May 2018 23:00
Back in 1983, when all we knew of Lando Calrissian was The Empire Strikes Back, L. Neil Smith wrote a trio of novels that fleshed out the life of the smooth-talking Baron of Cloud City and took place before we met him in...
Strong Hurricanes Intensify Faster Now Than They Did in the 1980s
Gizmodo - 8 May 2018 23:00
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season was brutal, featuring strong weather systems that morphed into severe and treacherous hurricanes in a remarkably short period of time. This phenomenon, known as rapid intensification, i...
Utah tourists keep throwing dinosaur footprints into a lake
Slash Gear - 8 May 2018 22:56
Utah’s Red Fleet State Park near Salt Lake City has a big problem: visitors keep accidentally destroying precious dinosaur tracks. The tracks are imprinted in sandstone, which visitors keep prying up to chuck into a ne...
Netflix renews flesh-eating 'Santa Clarita Diet' for a third season
Engadget - 8 May 2018 22:33
The Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet has been renewed for a 10-episode third season, according to Deadline. The horror-dramedy, starring Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant, will return with new episodes in 2019. The en...
Google's ARCore 1.2 enables multiplayer AR across Android and iOS
Ars Technica - 8 May 2018 22:30
Share AR worlds and play multiplayer games, no matter what platform you're on.
Are Jupiter and Venus Messing With Earth's Climate?
Gizmodo - 8 May 2018 22:25
Our planet is in a remarkably circular orbit around the Sun, but as new research points out, Earth's orbit sometimes experiences a slight jolt, thanks to the combined gravitational influence of Jupiter and Venus. Incredi...
Infinity War Didn't Have Time to Deal With Your Cap/Iron Man Emotions
Gizmodo - 8 May 2018 22:20
Avengers: Infinity War doesn't give you time to breathe. It doesn't care if you've seen the previous Marvel movies. It just takes off and never lets up. However, in a new interview, the film's writers revealed that pace ...
The Best and Worst of Google I/O 2018 (So Far)
Gizmodo - 8 May 2018 22:16
Google just wrapped up the keynote address at its annual I/O developer conference. It was kind of short compared to some of the marathons we've been subjected to in the past! But there's still plenty for us to praise--an...
Waymo shows how its self-driving cars navigate snow
Engadget - 8 May 2018 22:16
Ask people in chillier climates if they're looking forward to self-driving cars and they'll probably just laugh. The technology has an easy time in ever-pleasant locales like California, but snow is a nightmare that obsc...
Video game maps made by AI: More DOOM!
Slash Gear - 8 May 2018 22:15
This week three researchers might’ve changed the course of history in the video game industry. They’ve used a pair of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) to study DOOM levels – DOOM, the original DOOM, the first...
Android P makes it easier to get rid of annoying notifications
Slash Gear - 8 May 2018 22:08
Android P isn’t just bringing gestures and UI changes: the system will offer even more control over its already excellent notification management, enabling users to refine what alerts they get and when. The changes wer...