Gadget News
Cops, hackers claim to have defeated iOS 12 USB Restricted Mode
Slash Gear - 15 Jun 2018 04:53
Apple and authorities play a non-ending game of cat and mouse (we leave you to decide which is which) when it comes to iPhones. Apple closes security holes and makes it harder for anyone to compromise an iPhone or an iPa...
New York to Charter: Expand Your Network or We'll Reverse the Time Warner Merger
Gizmodo - 15 Jun 2018 04:15
The New York State Public Service Commission is doing something that just about every consumer wishes they could do to their internet service provider: telling them to actually provide the service promised or get bent. T...
HoloLens 2 tipped to use Qualcomm XR1 VR chip
Slash Gear - 15 Jun 2018 17:27
Inside the Microsoft HoloLens 2 augmented/mixed-reality headset is tipped the most major appearance of Qualcomm’s own XR1 VR chip. This processor isn’t technically as powerful as the Qualcomm Snadpragon 845, but acco...
Oops, a DNA Testing Company Accidentally Sent Strangers' Spit to Five Customers
Gizmodo - 15 Jun 2018 17:20
DNA tests can be easily fooled and different tests may draw wildly different conclusions about the supposed heritage of participants. One thing the current rash of these startups have in common, however, is how their sal...
Kilauea Volcano Has Turned This Hawaiian Shore Into an Apocalyptic Wasteland
Gizmodo - 15 Jun 2018 17:10
It's been over six weeks since lava fissures began erupting on Hawaii's Big Island, and there's still no end in sight. New videos taken by the US Geological Survey reveal the dramatic extent to which the encroaching lava...
Boeing gave $20,000 to these ten wacky personal flyer designs
Engadget - 15 Jun 2018 03:54
Last year, Boeing announced the GoFly Prize, a new competition that will award one winner $1 million for a successful personal flying device prototype. It has to take off and land vertically, carry a human 20 miles witho...
Android P rootless custom themes: Google says no
Slash Gear - 15 Jun 2018 03:47
Android is a highly customizable operating system but there are still some things that you can't easily change. Almost ironically, the simplest customization, applying themes, isn't possible without rooting your device. ...
Sleep excess, deprivation may both effect body weight: study
Slash Gear - 15 Jun 2018 02:46
A new study out of South Korea’s Seoul National University College of Medicine has found weight implications associated with both excess sleep and a lack of sleep. The research, which was recently published in the BMC ...
WhatsApp Android Gingerbread and iOS 7 support ends in 2020
Slash Gear - 15 Jun 2018 00:26
WhatsApp has updated its mobile device support page with new details on when support will end for older Android and iOS handsets: February 1, 2020. On that date, the company plans to end support for the tiny sliver of sm...
Sony is crafting a new version of its Android launcher
Engadget - 15 Jun 2018 23:40
If there's been a constant in Sony's ever-evolving Xperia phone lineup, it's the software -- that not-quite-stock Android interface has stuck around for years. Even that fixture is going to change, though. After Sony dec...
Netflix's Kiss Me First Is a YA Thriller Set In a Virtual Reality
Gizmodo - 15 Jun 2018 23:30
Movies like Ready Player One and The Matrix have done it, but what about TV? Well, Netflix is about to launch a new series called Kiss Me First, and it's also partially set in a fully functional virtual world.
Fortnite Is Bad But Sony's Refusal to Play Nice Is Worse
Gizmodo - 15 Jun 2018 23:25
Earlier this week, Nintendo delighted Fortnite fans by announcing that the game, which might just be the most popular game being played right now, was coming to the Switch immediately. Even better, Switch players would b...
Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Reportedly Indicted on Wire Fraud
Gizmodo - 15 Jun 2018 23:22
Elizabeth Holmes and Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, the former key executives of blood-testing startup Theranos, have been indicted by a grand jury on nine counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud,...
Chinese Satellite Captures a Cool View of Earth from Lunar Orbit
Gizmodo - 15 Jun 2018 23:05
After a 20-day journey, China's Queqiao lunar communications relay satellite has made it to lunar orbit. Its companion, the Longjiang-2 microsatellite, wasted no time, taking some neat pics of Earth and the lunar surface...
NIH Pulls the Plug on Controversial Drinking Study Funded by Big Alcohol
Gizmodo - 15 Jun 2018 23:00
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has abruptly halted its $100 million study meant to examine whether moderate drinking can be good for your heart. The decision, announced Friday, comes in the wake of a report comm...
Most Deepfake Videos Have One Glaring Flaw
Gizmodo - 15 Jun 2018 22:55
The rate at which deepfake videos are advancing is both impressive and deeply unsettling. But researchers have described a new method for detecting a "telltale sign" of these manipulated videos, which map one person's fa...
The 10 Best Deals of June 15, 2018
Gizmodo - 15 Jun 2018 22:52
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
Elizabeth Holmes steps down as Theranos CEO as DOJ levels charges
Engadget - 15 Jun 2018 22:49
CNBC is reporting that Elizabeth Holmes has stepped down from her position as CEO of Theranos and the Department of Justice has indicted her on alleged wire fraud. Both the company and Holmes have been embroiled in scand...
Kiss Me First Netflix VR original drama full length trailer drops
Slash Gear - 15 Jun 2018 22:47
Netflix is preparing to launch a new original drama television series called Kiss Me First, and it has released the first trailer for that show. This is the latest among several Netflix originals that center around futur...
World's oldest rain forest frogs stuck in amber
Slash Gear - 15 Jun 2018 22:46
This week a report showed off the newest “world’s oldest” rain forest frogs. “It was exhilarating to hold these small fossils up to the light to reveal the frogs within,” said David C. Blackburn, one of several...
Senators Ask Jeff Bezos Just How Many Complaints Amazon's Received About Eavesdropping Echoes
Gizmodo - 15 Jun 2018 22:43
Lawmakers in the U.S. have taken a greater interest in the failures of tech companies lately but most of the focus has been on Facebook and Google while Jeff Bezos has been busy making a reported $230,000 a minute. Now i...
Lucifer Has Been Saved From Cancellation Hell By Netflix
Gizmodo - 15 Jun 2018 22:32
Remember how we were going to lose a bunch of genre shows at the end of this TV season, Lucifer included? Well, now we're not, because they're being saved by other places plucking them out of cancellation... Lucifer incl...