Gadget News
Nokia 6.1 Plus: Nokia X6 with Android One for everyone else
Slash Gear - 20 Jul 2018 03:31
It seemed at first that HMD Global would be bucking the trend and going against common practices in the Android market. It did, after all, put nearly pure Android in its Nokia phones. But with the Nokia X6, it proved it ...
Uber Drivers Win Unemployment Eligibility in New York
Gizmodo - 20 Jul 2018 16:45
The New York State labor review board has found that three Uber drivers and "other similarly situated drivers" qualify as employees for the purposes of applying for unemployment. The ruling, which the New York Taxi Worke...
Galaxy Tab S4 Intelligent Scan to compete with new iPad Pro
Slash Gear - 20 Jul 2018 04:06
There are only a few remaining notable Android tablets left in the market, which gives Apple a huge advantage in that market. It might widen the gap even further if rumors of the upcoming Face ID enabled iPad Pro are tru...
VirtualLink standard paves way for USB-C next-gen VR headsets
Slash Gear - 20 Jul 2018 02:15
A handful of major tech companies have worked together to introduce VirtualLink, a new open industry standard that’ll hopefully result in a future where all headsets feature a USB-C port. The new specification was intr...
Razer Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite Arcade Stick brings iconic artwork
Slash Gear - 20 Jul 2018 23:49
Razer has launched Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite Arcade Stick, a new arcade fighting stick featuring Marvel and Capcom characters. The controller is designed for the PlayStation 4, including modular construction and the abi...
Smart record presses promise consistent audio quality at a global scale
Engadget - 20 Jul 2018 23:46
The manufacturer of what's one of the best sounding record pressing machines today is taking a step into the future. Viryl Technologies recently announced its WarmTone and LiteTone models will soon connect to the interne...
Trump's Endangered Species Act Overhaul Could Have a Weird Side Effect
Gizmodo - 20 Jul 2018 23:40
The war on endangered species has intensified since Republicans took over all branches of the federal government. It intensified further when the Trump administration proposed a large overhaul of the Endangered Species A...
Irate Polish Dog Lovers Flame Costco on Facebook for Abandoning Their Beloved Sausage
Gizmodo - 20 Jul 2018 23:35
People who fall in the center of the Venn diagram of warehouse club membership and processed meat fandom are angry about Costco's recent decision to remove a beloved item from its menu--and are logging on to vent their r...
What Tech at Work Infuriates You Most?
Gizmodo - 20 Jul 2018 23:25
My laptop is hot garbage--akin to the stuff New York is known for when things really go south every sweltering August. I spend much of my time in front this machine, a "space gray' 2017 MacBook Pro, and while it might so...
Wearable gauges fitness through stress hormones in your sweat
Engadget - 20 Jul 2018 23:13
Cortisol (best known as the stress hormone) is handy for tracking your athletic performance and even spotting signs of disease, since it reflects how well your adrenal or pituitary glands are working. But there's a probl...
Is Venmo's Default Privacy Setting Exposing Users to Harm?
Gizmodo - 20 Jul 2018 23:05
The debate over whether social networks should enable privacy settings by default should have ended long ago. While so-called "opt-out" options may have adverse economic effects on some businesses, the range of potential...
Pokemon GO cheats face this tough new policy
Slash Gear - 20 Jul 2018 22:56
Ascending to the ranks of Pokemon Master is not an easy task. If you’re going to complete the PokeDex and dominate the gym scene, you need to be committed to the cause, because there are hundreds of monsters to track d...
Apple, Sonos and Fitbit could feel the pain with Trump's new China tariffs
Slash Gear - 20 Jul 2018 22:52
Popular electronics from Apple, Sonos, Fitbit, and others could be inadvertent victims in the newest batch of US tariffs on Chinese goods, highlighting the potential hit on shoppers’ wallets by Trump’s trade war. The...
Senate gives up on ZTE sanctions
Engadget - 20 Jul 2018 22:42
Though a number of US senators have been seeking to block President Trump's deal with ZTE that lets the Chinese firm circumvent sanctions put into place by US officials earlier this year, they have now backed off on that...
The Three Things No One Ever Tells You About Teleportation
Gizmodo - 20 Jul 2018 22:32
Even though the routine teleportation of humans and objects from one point in space to another is, at this point, entirely fictional, that doesn't mean that people aren't hiding things from you. Because, let's face it, t...
The One Thing Windows Vista Did Right
Gizmodo - 20 Jul 2018 22:26
Vista was bad. Coming five years after XP, it was heavily anticipated by Windows users who were impatiently awaiting something interesting from Microsoft as Apple's star was on the rise. Yet when the OS dropped publicly ...
San Francisco aims to issue electric scooter permits next month
Engadget - 20 Jul 2018 22:20
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) said this week that it is aiming to issue electric scooter permits next month, and the staff who have been reviewing the 12 permit applications will make their re...
Neil Armstrong's collection of space artifacts goes up for auction
Engadget - 20 Jul 2018 21:56
The first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong, took several items with him on that historic trip, including a US flag, a United Nations flag, state flags and several medallions that were only available to NASA astron...
Artificial on-demand meteor showers may dazzle future skies
Slash Gear - 20 Jul 2018 21:53
The future may bring us on-demand meteor showers, at least if a Tokyo-based startup has its way. ALE is setting the foundation for the world’s first on-demand shooting stars, something that’ll involve a pair of micro...
James Gunn Will No Longer Direct Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 in the Wake of Appalling Tweets [Updated]
Gizmodo - 20 Jul 2018 21:49
Walt Disney has announced that it has severed ties with James Gunn, removing him from production of the third Guardians of the Galaxy film, in the wake of multiple old tweets from the director joking about rape and pedop...
Bayer Will Soon Stop U.S. Sales of Controversial Birth Control Implant Essure
Gizmodo - 20 Jul 2018 21:40
A controversial birth control treatment that is alleged to have harmed thousands of women in the past two decades is finally being phased out completely. On Friday, the pharmacy Bayer announced it would stop selling its ...
The Walking Dead's Giant New Trailer Shows Their Hard-Won Peace Is Already Going to Hell
Gizmodo - 20 Jul 2018 21:39
With Negan and the Saviors defeated, the other three communities at peace and working together, and even a chance to rebuild rather than just survive, life has literally never been better for Rick Grimes, at least since ...