Gadget News
Elon Musk Has A Deal With Atari To Turn Teslas Into Game Consoles
Gizmodo - 2 Aug 2018 02:55
I'll admit, I feel sort of strange about this. After laying into Elon Musk pretty hard last week for that whole kids-in-caves-submarine-pedo-thing, today Elon Musk announced, over Twitter, that Tesla had an agreement wit...
Apple shuts App Store affiliate program, imperiling recommendation sites
Ars Technica - 2 Aug 2018 17:15
TouchArcade: "Apple extending a massive middle finger" to third-party linkers.
Apple is killing its App Store Affiliate Program for apps
Slash Gear - 2 Aug 2018 04:43
App stores are a convenient way to find great and presumably safe apps for devices. But even with a search function, looking for that perfect app is like searching for the metaphorical needle in a haystack. Apple has uti...
Sitskie OPEN 45 Credenza Modern Vinyl Setup
The Gadget Flow - 2 Aug 2018 15:00
Make the most out of your vinyl collection with the Sitskie OPEN 45 Credenza Modern Vinyl Setup. Designed to display your record system, this setup lets you see all of your records for convenient selection. Featuring a m...
Top Scientists Explain to Senators Why We Must Look for Aliens
Gizmodo - 2 Aug 2018 00:20
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is holding a series of hearings leading up to another NASA authorization bill, which helps set goals and authorizes funding for the agency (2017-2018's bill i...
Galaxy Note 9 release date, price, and buyers guide
Slash Gear - 2 Aug 2018 20:18
The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 was leaked in a variety of ways over the past few weeks, allowing us access to most of its details. Today we’re have a peek at the release date, the pricing structure, and the specifications w...
Cupertino delays per-employee business tax for Apple and others
Engadget - 2 Aug 2018 17:01
This week, Cupertino's city council voted to delay a measure that would put an employee "head tax" on local businesses before the population for a vote. The Silicon Valley city is, of course, home to Apple, which opposed...
US bill forces tech companies to disclose foreign software checks
Engadget - 2 Aug 2018 16:42
Technology companies could soon be forced to reveal if they have allowed agencies in countries such as China and Russia to closely examine their software. The legislation -- part of the Pentagon's spending bill -- was dr...
Trump administration reveals plans to roll back vehicle fuel standards
Engadget - 2 Aug 2018 16:27
Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it wanted to roll back vehicle efficiency standards put into place by the Obama administration, and today the Trump administration revealed its ...
'Long Blockchain' Maybe Not as Smart as It Thought
Gizmodo - 2 Aug 2018 02:45
Remember "Long Blockchain," or rather, the company formerly known as Long Island Iced Tea Corp. that saw its stock skyrocket after it changed its name to refer to the foundational technology behind the cryptocurrency boo...
Tesla is adding classic Atari games to its cars
Engadget - 2 Aug 2018 02:43
Tesla isn't limiting its fun-oriented EV updates to its upcoming party mode. Elon Musk has promised that "some of the best" Atari games will be playable in Tesla cars as part of a version 9.0 software update coming in ro...
Amnesty International Targeted by Israeli-Made Spyware via WhatsApp
Gizmodo - 2 Aug 2018 00:13
Human rights nonprofit Amnesty International on Tuesday disclosed what it says was a plot likely carried out by a hostile government to infiltrate its network by infecting a member of its staff with sophisticated spyware...
Surface Go review round-up: No clean sweep for Microsoft
Slash Gear - 2 Aug 2018 23:57
The newly launched Microsoft Surface Go promises the Surface experience in a cheaper ultra-portable package. The first batch of Surface Go preorders are shipping out today and reviews are rolling in. What do the experts ...
Sonos CEO says Google Assistant could be on its speakers by year's end
Engadget - 2 Aug 2018 23:41
Google Assistant could finally arrive on Sonos speakers in time for this year's holiday shopping season, the company's CEO said. "We're working as hard as we can and so is Google to get it ready for that time," Patrick S...
Congress Votes to Force Software Makers to Say When Foreign Governments Peep Their Code
Gizmodo - 2 Aug 2018 23:39
The U.S. government is stepping up its sensitivity to foreign governments insisting on reviews of software company's source code.
Motorola Thinks It's Got the First 5G Phone--and Here's the Mod That's Making It Happen
Gizmodo - 2 Aug 2018 23:29
Mobile 5G isn't here yet. And no matter how fast or shiny the best phones available today are, they're going to feel somewhat lacking once 5G networks finally start going live. But what if you could add 5G support to a p...
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 2080 PCB leaked pre-Gamescom
Slash Gear - 2 Aug 2018 23:28
What looks quite like the PCB of a new NVIDIA GeForce GTX graphics card leaked this week. It’s apparently the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 2080 PCB, complete with an array of bits and pieces that’ll make for the most powerful ...
Acer Chromebook Spin 13 priced up to give Google's Pixelbook competition
Slash Gear - 2 Aug 2018 23:19
Acer has priced up its latest Chrome OS notebooks, with the Chromebook 13 and Chromebook Spin 13 headed to the US and Canada in September. The two notebooks, running Google’s cloud-centric OS, will be targeting a more ...
Valve's pay-to-play 'Dota' card game will be released November 28th
Engadget - 2 Aug 2018 23:08
Valve's next title Artifact, a trading-card game, will be released November 28th. Digital trading card games like Gwent from Witcher developer CDProjekt Red and Hearthstone from Blizzard have been doing surprisingly well...
Scientists Just Measured the Drought that May Have Brought Down the Ancient Maya
Gizmodo - 2 Aug 2018 23:00
The ancient Maya were an innovative people. They constructed intricate cities throughout the tropical lowlands of the Yucatán Peninsula, communicated using one of the world's first written languages, and created two cal...
Apple $1 trillion milestone: Here's why it matters
Slash Gear - 2 Aug 2018 22:57
Apple is officially the first American company to hit a $1 trillion valuation. The company reached the milestone today when its stock exceeded $207.04 per share, ultimately reaching an all-time high of more than $208. Th...
If Galaxy S10 looks like this, count me in
Slash Gear - 2 Aug 2018 22:46
Today we’re having a peek at the Samsung Galaxy S10 as it very well might be in early 2019. This smartphone is a ways off still, as we’re still living in August of 2018, and the Galaxy Note 9 is still a week away fro...