Gadget News
Wikipedia will be printed on tiny metal plates and sent to the moon
Slash Gear - 16 May 2018 02:36
A non-profit called Arch Foundation is hoping to send millions of Wikipedia pages to the moon, only with a twist: they’ll be “written” on small metal plates. The pages will be sourced from the English version of Wi...
White House dumps 'cyber czar' advisory position
Engadget - 16 May 2018 04:24
Today the White House confirmed there will be no replacement for Rob Joyce as cybersecurity coordinator. Joyce was Trump's first pick for this position created by the Obama Administration and spent 13 months as the "cybe...
The DOJ and FBI Are Now Reportedly Investigating Cambridge Analytica
Gizmodo - 16 May 2018 03:55
Cambridge Analytica, the shady UK-based election firm that shut down after it allegedly partnered with an app to scrape data on at least 87 million Facebook users without their consent and months of ensuing controversy, ...
AsteroidOS 1.0 release brings hope to forgotten smartwatches
Slash Gear - 16 May 2018 04:54
Wear OS by Google, the wearable platform formerly known as Android Wear, is based on Android and, therefore, technically and legally open source. But just like Android itself, development doesn’t exactly happen in the ...
This Lawsuit Against a Trendy Makeup Brand Highlights How the Web Is Broken for Millions
Gizmodo - 16 May 2018 23:58
A woman who is legally blind has filed a class-action lawsuit against beauty brand Glossier for failing to create an accessible website. The woman, Kathleen Sypert, claims that she "encountered multiple access barriers" ...
Hyper-realistic racing game 'Project Cars' is coming to mobile
Engadget - 16 May 2018 23:57
Project Cars is the hit racing sim from Slightly Mad Studios and Bandai Namco that focuses on making driving a race car as realistic as possible. Now, Slightly Mad Studios has teamed up with GAMEVIL to bring Project Cars...
Onkyo receivers will work with Sonos after June firmware update
Slash Gear - 16 May 2018 23:48
Audio company Onkyo has announced that its network receivers are getting the Works with Sonos stamp, ensuring the receivers will work with the Sonos mobile app. The company revealed the news today, explaining that all of...
The SEC Built a Fake Website to Troll Cryptocurrency Scammers
Gizmodo - 16 May 2018 23:48
Scammers have been dining out on the excitement around cryptocurrency and its vey large, very uninformed pool of main street investors. And no matter how many fraud charges get handed out to the people running these sche...
10 ways OnePlus 6 is different
Slash Gear - 16 May 2018 23:35
Today we’re taking a peek at a bunch of ways in which the OnePlus 6 is different from its competition. That means different from iPhone X, different from Samsung Galaxy S9+, and different from the LG G7 ThinQ. The OneP...
Here's What's Next in the Fight to Save Net Neutrality
Gizmodo - 16 May 2018 23:24
The United States Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution to nullify the Federal Communication Commission's rollback of net neutrality, which is slated to go into effect less than four weeks from now. The vote was both a...
The U.S. Opioid Crisis Is So Devastating, It's Made More Organs Available for Transplant
Gizmodo - 16 May 2018 23:09
New research out today in the New England Journal of Medicine highlights yet another impact of the opioid crisis: More people have gotten the organ donations they've needed in recent years because of more deaths caused b...
Tidal is reportedly months behind on royalty payments
Engadget - 16 May 2018 22:59
Remember how Jay-Z relaunched Tidal with the promise of treating artists more kindly than Spotify? If you believe Dagens Naeringsliv, just the opposite is true. The Norwegian newspaper is continuing a string of exposés ...
Intel's first Cannon Lake 10nm processor revealed
Slash Gear - 16 May 2018 22:53
Intel has finally begun shipping a 10nm processor, though this first Cannon Lake Core i3 is a tidbit ahead of what will be the main event next year. The chip-maker has been struggling to meet its own 10nm manufacturing p...
Rainbow Six Siege will be free starting tomorrow: how to get it
Slash Gear - 16 May 2018 22:50
Tactical shooting game Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege will be free on all the platforms it supports this upcoming weekend. The game was first launched on December 1, 2015, ultimately enjoying solid ratings from critics...
Ex-Uber Exec Threatens to Sue for Getting Fired After Sharing Rape Victim's Medical Records
Gizmodo - 16 May 2018 22:40
Eric Alexander, a former top executive with Uber, has sent a complaint to his former employer alleging he was wrongfully terminated last year, Recode reports. Recode's sources say Alexander sent a draft complaint letter ...
The company that helps police track phones was reportedly hacked
Engadget - 16 May 2018 22:40
Securus is known for allegedly helping prisons violate Sixth Amendment protections by recording "at least" 14,000 phone calls between inmates and lawyers. There was also a report at The New York Times that a former sheri...
The US Senate just voted to save net neutrality
Slash Gear - 16 May 2018 22:37
If you were a bit cynical about the US Senate’s vote to save net neutrality today, we can’t really blame you. With senators and representatives all too willing to vote along party lines, the odds are certainly stacke...
Future iPhones Could Scan the Veins Beneath Your Face, Apple Patent Suggests
Gizmodo - 16 May 2018 22:30
Apple has been granted a patent, first filed in 2015, that could lead to huge enhancements in the iPhone's biometric powers by using "pulsed radiation" to peer into users' veins. A relatively recent wave of similar paten...
A Shady Company Offering Police Cellphone Location Data Was Reportedly Just Hacked
Gizmodo - 16 May 2018 22:20
A hacker has reportedly provided journalists with login credentials and other data stolen from the servers of Securus, a company that was recently revealed to be selling cellphone location information to U.S. law enforce...
The SEC made a fake cryptocurrency to show you how ICO scams work
Engadget - 16 May 2018 22:19
HoweyCoin, a new digital currency, was launched today through a pre-initial coin offering and the team behind it said it would be "the cryptocurrency standard for the travel industry." The HoweyCoin website offers a numb...
Net neutrality still faces an uphill battle in Congress
Engadget - 16 May 2018 22:00
The Senate voted today on whether to reject the FCC decision to remove net neutrality protections -- and though it was unclear for some time whether the Democrats would gain enough Republican support to pass the measure,...
2019 Bentley Continental GT first drive: Return of the King
Slash Gear - 16 May 2018 21:56
Faced with a cross-country jaunt, the super-rich – those for whom the 2019 Bentley Continental GT’s six-figure price tag would not be a deal-breaker – have an enviable choice. Flying privately is, of course, the go...