Gadget News
FDA approves AI tool for spotting wrist fractures
Engadget - 28 May 2018 05:12
The FDA has been approving its fair share of AI-powered medical technology, but its latest might be particularly helpful if you ever have a nasty fall. The agency has greenlit Imagen's OsteoDetect, an AI-based diagnostic...
Facial recognition may help save endangered primates
Engadget - 28 May 2018 03:32
Facial recognition isn't limited to humans. Researchers have developed a face detection system, PrimNet, that should help save endangered primates by tracking them in a non-invasive way. The neural network-based approach...
Lava From Kilauea Volcano Reaches Well at Geothermal Power Plant
Gizmodo - 28 May 2018 17:00
Lava from Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano has reached the Puna Geothermal Venture plant, covering a well and threatening another. At the same time, fast-moving lava flows are now threatening nearby communities, prompti...
Elon Musk's Monkey Tests, Dating Site Hell, and Alexa Nightmares: The Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
Gizmodo - 28 May 2018 04:46
As Elon Musk's ongoing campaign to piss off every journalist continued to make headlines, you may have missed a key bit of news: His secretive company Neuralink is funding primate research at the University of California...
Jeff Bezos outlines Blue Origin's space colony ambitions
Engadget - 28 May 2018 02:04
It's no secret that Jeff Bezos wants humanity to return to the Moon and otherwise spread its wings beyond Earth. Now, though, he's offering a clearer sense of what that entails -- and it's evident that his ideas stretch ...
Vermont passes first-of-its-kind law to clamp down on data brokers
Engadget - 28 May 2018 00:33
Data brokers who trade your info behind the scenes will have to watch their step if they're doing business in Vermont. The state has enacted a first-of-its-kind law that both requires brokers to meet certain standards an...
Scientists invented a real-life flux capacitor, but not for time travel
Engadget - 28 May 2018 23:46
If you watched Back to the Future over the holiday weekend and wished the flux capacitor was a real thing so you could travel through time, we have sorta good news. Scientists from Australia and Switzerland have proposed...
California's New Digital License Plates Give You the Chance to Finally Be the "ASSMAN"
Gizmodo - 28 May 2018 23:26
You've had that perfect personalized plate in mind for years, and some jerkoff already got it. Well, if you live in Sacramento, you're in luck. A new pilot program for digital license plates has begun. The plates allow y...
NASA virtual exoplanet tours bureau lets anyone 'vacation' in space
Slash Gear - 28 May 2018 23:00
NASA has introduced its new Exoplanet Travel Bureau, a new part of its Exoplanet Exploration website that enables anyone to “visit” an alien world. While it would be fun to visit one of these distant planets in perso...
Google's mobile augmented reality platform arrives in China
Engadget - 28 May 2018 22:20
Google's ARCore is helpful for making augmented reality widely available to Android users, but there's a glaring problem: it requires the Play Store to get updates. That's no good in countries like China, where Google's ...
'Ring Vaccinations' Continue in Congo as Ebola Death Toll Rises
Gizmodo - 28 May 2018 22:00
The latest Ebola outbreak has claimed yet another life in the Democratic Republic of Congo, raising the death toll to 12--though the actual number may be as high as 27. Using a strategy known as "ring vaccinations," offi...
Pandora Premium Family Plan takes on Spotify at $15 per month
Slash Gear - 28 May 2018 21:30
Pandora has launched a new premium family plan that gives subscribers access to higher quality audio with certain benefits including offline music access. The new plan allows for up to six individuals to access and use t...
Things to-do app gets a big, keyboard-focused iPad update
Engadget - 28 May 2018 21:02
If you're all-Apple all the time when it comes to your hardware preferences, the Things to-do app is one of the best ways to keep track of projects large and small. And if you're an iPad user who uses the tablet with a k...
Best journal apps to help you cherish your memories
Slash Gear - 28 May 2018 20:01
While memorial day is technically a day for remembering and honoring those who have sacrificed their lives in the service of their country, it is also one of those perfect moments to catch up our lives and remember those...
Canadian Banks: Cyber Thieves Claim They Have Stolen 40,000 Clients' Data
Gizmodo - 28 May 2018 20:00
Two of Canada's biggest banks fear that they've been the victim of a data breach and are urging customers to take the necessary steps to protect themselves. Both banks claim that they were contacted by "fraudsters" on Su...
This AI Knows Who You Are by the Way You Walk
Gizmodo - 28 May 2018 19:15
Our individual walking styles, much like snowflakes, are unique. With this in mind, computer scientists have developed a powerful new footstep-recognition system using AI, and it could theoretically replace retinal scann...
The most beefy Galaxy Note 9 revealed in leak
Slash Gear - 28 May 2018 19:01
Behold, the most monstrous Samsung Galaxy Note 9 looks to have been leaked – in part. The tip today suggests that past is prologue, and that the last Galaxy Note, the Note 8, had a very similar most-massive device. The...
Researchers build a self-healing 'robot skin'
Engadget - 28 May 2018 19:01
Most conventional androids are fairly rigid, susceptible to damage and difficult to repair. However, scientists are determined to (literally) give them thicker skins. They've experimented with soft, deformable circuits t...
Tesla Model 3 Sets Record Distance on a Single Charge, But It Mysteriously Won't Recharge
Gizmodo - 28 May 2018 18:15
With electric vehicles rapidly becoming more viable for long distance trips, enthusiasts like to push the limits of what their cars can do on a single charge. Two men in Denver set out to break the record distance in a M...
Here's How Solo's Shocking, Surprise Cameo Came to Be
Gizmodo - 28 May 2018 17:50
Yeah. That happened. And here's why the writers of Solo: A Star Wars Story decided to do such a shocking thing.
Phone or Computer?
Gizmodo - 28 May 2018 17:30
In the annals of technology, no two devices have dominated the human condition more completely than the thing you're reading this article on, and that other thing you could have read it on but just aren't right now.
Pixel 3 XL release screens and details
Slash Gear - 28 May 2018 17:21
The Google Pixel 3 XL and Pixel 3 (non-XL) leaked today in what appear to be some legit next-gen screen protectors. Here on Memorial Day we’ve bore witness to a pair of new screen protectors that look a whole lot like ...