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nuTonomy can test autonomous vehicles city-wide in Boston
Engadget - 22 Jun 2018 03:46
Autonomous cars will now be allowed on all public Boston roads. The city has played host to nuTonomy for some time now, allowing the company to test its self-driving Renault Zoes at the Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park in Ja...
GarageBand lessons are now free for aspiring musicians
Engadget - 22 Jun 2018 05:04
GarageBand has long been a useful tool to record music, podcasts and more. Even better, the app is free to download and use on your Mac or iOS devices, making it easy to try. Recent updates have brought enhancements like...
YouTube creators can hype pre-recorded videos with 'Premieres'
Engadget - 22 Jun 2018 01:45
While YouTube users have been able to schedule pre-recorded videos for years, up until now there hasn't been a seamless way to build anticipation for those videos. But, there's a new feature being launched at VidCon 2018...
Safety driver in fatal autonomous Uber crash was watching Hulu
Slash Gear - 22 Jun 2018 16:41
The safety driver in Uber’s autonomous car that killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona earlier this year was watching Hulu on her phone right up to the crash, local police claim. The incident – which grounded Uber’s...
The undersea electric railway built and abandoned within six years
Engadget - 22 Jun 2018 16:30
The seaside town of Brighton sits on the south coast of England, roughly 50 miles from the center of London. Famed for its pebble beaches, piers and cool residents, Brighton remains a popular destination for Londoners wa...
AI and Carbon Nanotubes Are Now Being Used to Improve the World's... Keyboards?
Gizmodo - 22 Jun 2018 16:25
When it comes to groundbreaking research, there are two fields that seem to occupy the newscycle: carbon nanotubes and artificial intelligence. The potential combination of those two fields of study seems like it could r...
Flip Grip for Nintendo Switch brings vertical mode orientation
Slash Gear - 22 Jun 2018 01:19
A new Nintendo Switch accessory called Flip Grip brings a vertical orientation to the console. The device is intended for games that are best played in vertical orientation, namely some classic titles that are now availa...
Apple will repair 'sticky' MacBook and MacBook Pro keyboards
Engadget - 22 Jun 2018 23:45
Apple launched a new keyboard service program today, acknowledging that the keyboards on certain MacBook and MacBook Pro models are prone to issues. If users of particular models find that letters or characters repeat un...
Apple admits MacBook Pro keyboard issue with repair program
Slash Gear - 22 Jun 2018 23:30
MacBook Pro and MacBook owners with sticky or unresponsive butterfly keys will get free repairs, Apple has quietly confirmed today. The new Keyboard Service Program for MacBook and MacBook Pro is Apple’s first real ack...
California bill could be a major boost to personal data privacy
Engadget - 22 Jun 2018 23:25
California legislators have introduced a bill that would give the state's residents more control over their online data and notably, would take the place of a proposed ballot measure that has been rigorously opposed by t...
Bethesda lawsuit calls 'Westworld' game a Fallout Shelter rip-off
Slash Gear - 22 Jun 2018 23:18
Warner Bros. has been slapped with a lawsuit from Bethesda over its Westworld mobile game, calling it a “blatant rio-off” of Fallout Shelter. The lawsuit was recently filed in Maryland, and it accuses Westworld devel...
Reddit is testing a news tab in its iOS app
Engadget - 22 Jun 2018 22:56
Reddit is making it simpler to find news on the platform with a beta test of a news tab in its iOS app. You might not always want to sift through personal essays and cat photos to find news from your favorite subreddits....
More details leak on "Snapdragon 1000," Qualcomm's chip for Windows 10 laptops
Ars Technica - 22 Jun 2018 22:55
Design goes head to head with Intel's Y and U series Core-branded processors.
Facebook app leaks tool for tracking time spent on social network
Slash Gear - 22 Jun 2018 22:34
Facebook may be planning to launch a feature that tracks how much time someone spends using the social network. The unreleased feature was spotted in the Android app, where it’s listed under the menu name “Your Time ...
Tesla closes solar installation centers as part of layoffs
Engadget - 22 Jun 2018 22:28
Tesla's recently announced layoffs may hurt its solar panel business particularly hard. Reuters sources and leaked documents have revealed that Tesla is closing roughly a dozen solar installation centers in nine states a...
Does the 2019 Chevrolet Blazer deserve its name?
Slash Gear - 22 Jun 2018 22:14
Bringing a nameplate back from the dead can be a risky move for an automaker, especially when it’s one with enthusiasts taking its return very seriously indeed. Chevrolet has taken a big chance with the 2019 Blazer, th...
Whoa, Check out Zebrafish Eyes
Gizmodo - 22 Jun 2018 22:00
Imagine that during our evolutionary history, we could not turn our heads up or down. How might our vision have evolved differently from the two frontal, mobile eyes we have today?
Amazon brings its kid-friendly FreeTime Unlimited app to iOS
Engadget - 22 Jun 2018 21:57
Amazon's kid-friendly FreeTime Unlimited first launched onto Fire devices in 2012. The curated video and book service made the jump to Android last year and has just landed on iOS. It brings with it the same features as ...
NASA details government plan for dealing with asteroids near Earth
Slash Gear - 22 Jun 2018 21:44
NASA has contributed to a multi-agency report detailing ways the United States can prepare to deal with near-Earth objects, more commonly called NEOs. Though our planet isn’t at immediate threat of being struck by one ...
Fortnite Android app: APK Download do nots
Slash Gear - 22 Jun 2018 21:44
A whole bunch of apps are on the Google Play app store and throughout the web suggesting they’ll give you access to Fortnite. In reality, there IS a way to play Fortnite on Android, but it’s not the same as iOS, and ...
Tesla built Model 3 assembly 'tents' to meet production goals
Engadget - 22 Jun 2018 21:30
Remember how Elon Musk casually mentioned that Tesla had built a new assembly line in just three weeks to help it meet its lofty Model 3 production goals? It was more audacious than you might have thought. A combination ...
EVO 2 action camera stabilizer ready to take on the world
Coolest Gadgets - 22 Jun 2018 21:00
There are moments in your life when you go on a thrilling adventure: perhaps a roller coaster ride that the rest of your family and friends have never hopped on before, or you are simply nuts for tackling a downhill trai...