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OK Tarot Simple Tarot Card Deck
The Gadget Flow - 30 Jul 2018 15:00
Understand more about your life the easy way with the OK Tarot Simple Tarot Card Deck. Going against the grain, this deck takes on a minimalist approach. Featuring a bright pink base with black illustrations, the OK Taro...
Fox AI predicts a movie's audience based on its trailer
Engadget - 30 Jul 2018 05:10
Modern movie trailers are already cynical exercises in attention grabbing (such as the social media-friendly burst of imagery at the start of many clips), but they might be even more calculated in the future. Researchers...
NASA contest finalists show off their Mars habitat models
Engadget - 30 Jul 2018 02:03
Yes, we've yet to successfully send humans to Mars, but we already need to start thinking how we can stay there for long stretches of time -- or even for good. NASA launched the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge back in 2015 ...
John Oliver made his own version of Facebook's 'we're sorry' video
Engadget - 30 Jul 2018 16:18
In April, after the Cambridge Analytica scandal erupted, Facebook put out an ad that was meant to reassure users about how their data would be treated going forward. Dubbed the "Here Together" ad, the video points to som...
Xioami Pocophone F1 could be another gaming phone
Slash Gear - 30 Jul 2018 04:16
Fans of Xiaomi in the US have begrudged the company's still unfulfilled promise of bringing its dirt cheap but quality phones to their market. The recently leaked Pocophone F1, headed to Europe among other markets, may h...
Strangers From Hell, Fungal Acne, MacBook Pro, and Magic Leap: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
Gizmodo - 30 Jul 2018 03:50
July 2018 is nearly out the door, and it's certainly been a long one, ladies and gentlemen. In this era of the 24-hour news cycle, here are some things you may not have remembered happened just weeks ago:
Galaxy Note 9 price might not be so bad after all
Slash Gear - 30 Jul 2018 03:01
All almost everything about the Galaxy Note 9 already known, at least as far as leaks go, the most reasonable question now is about its price tag. The answer is pretty complicated, depending on who you ask and, more impo...
Arctic Cruise Line Staff Reportedly Shoot and Kill Polar Bear After Attack on Guard
Gizmodo - 30 Jul 2018 00:45
Guards for Arctic cruise line passengers shot and killed a polar bear on the island of Spitsbergen in the remote Svalbard region of Norway, resulting in condemnation on social media and swift apologies from the tour oper...
Lyft Personal Plan subscriptions lock the price for regular routes
Slash Gear - 30 Jul 2018 23:58
Lyft has announced a new subscription called Personal Plan that enables frequent riders to lock in a specific price for a specific route. A rider who takes a car to work every morning, for example, can use the plan to ma...
Drive.ai's autonomous ride-hailing service is now operating in Texas
Engadget - 30 Jul 2018 23:50
Drive.ai's autonomous ride-hailing service has launched in Frisco, Texas, providing transportation between Hall Park offices and The Star. The company announced in May that the service was on the way, and while a safety ...
TSA will install 40 luggage CT scanners in airports this year
Engadget - 30 Jul 2018 23:31
The TSA has been using CT scanners to screen airline passengers' luggage since last year -- early tests of the technology have been taking place in Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport and Boston's Logan Internatio...
Snapchat deals with NFL, NBC add more sports videos
Engadget - 30 Jul 2018 23:09
The jury's still out on whether or not Snapchat Stories are successful, but giants in the sports realm are apparently happy. Snap has signed deals with the NFL and NBC that will bring more sports programming to your phon...
Google Chrome arrives on Daydream VR for virtual web browsing
Slash Gear - 30 Jul 2018 23:03
Google is bringing its Chrome Internet browser to the Daydream VR platform, the company has announced. The web browser will be available for both the Daydream View and Lenovo Mirage Solo with Daydream VR headsets, enabli...
Xiaomi's transparent phone shows off a dummy circuit board
Engadget - 30 Jul 2018 22:48
When we had our hands-on with Xiaomi's Mi 8 Explorer Edition, we expressed our doubts that the circuit board you could see through the transparent rear actually showcased the phone's actual internals, not least because o...
Uber ends autonomous truck program to focus on self-driving cars
Engadget - 30 Jul 2018 22:41
Two years after Uber bought self-driving truck developer Otto to the tune of $680 million, the ride hailing company announced on Monday that the Uber Advanced Technologies Group is shuttering its autonomous truck unit. T...
Chinese 'hackers' try to attack state governments by mailing CDs
Engadget - 30 Jul 2018 22:27
How do you infiltrate US government computers when security experts are increasingly aware of your hacking campaigns? Send old-fashioned mail, apparently. The Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center has warne...
These Are Our Readers' Three Favorite Affordable Office Chairs
Gizmodo - 30 Jul 2018 22:10
We sat down and reviewed your nominations for the best sub-$200 office chairs, and these three rose to the top of the stack. Now it's time to crown the favorite. Read about all of our nominees below and then submit your ...
Amazon collaborative wishlists quietly launch for some users
Slash Gear - 30 Jul 2018 22:05
Amazon has quietly started rolling out collaborative wishlists, hinting at the upcoming wider launch of a feature that users have been requesting for years. With this new type of wishlist, Amazon customers can create and...
OpenAI's Dactyl system improves the dexterity of robot hands
Engadget - 30 Jul 2018 22:04
It's still early days in creating the kind of human-like androids we see in the movies, but new research brings us ever closer to the idea. Boston Dynamics has become the de facto image of locomotion for both humans and ...
NASA's TESS spacecraft begins its search for exoplanets
Engadget - 30 Jul 2018 21:42
NASA's TESS spacecraft is officially up and running. The agency recently announced that TESS, which stands for Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, started its search for exoplanets -- planets outside of our solar syst...
Gee, I Wonder What People Will Look at in Google's New VR Web Browser
Gizmodo - 30 Jul 2018 21:40
First it was the Kindle that allowed the world to enjoy its romance novels without fear of public embarrassment. Next, Google will let everyone browse the web in the privacy of virtual reality with its Chrome browser and...
EA Origin Access Premier subscriptions are now available
Slash Gear - 30 Jul 2018 21:28
EA’s Origin service has competed with Steam for years at this point, but now we’re seeing it take a page out of Netflix’s book as well. Today, EA launched a new service called Origin Access Premier, which allows su...