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Tor browser for Android finally here to protect your privacy
Slash Gear - 10 Sep 2018 05:22
All major browser have one form of "Do Not Track" privacy mode or another. Some users, however, may not be so trusting of companies who have a vested interest in keeping track of users, for one reason or another. For som...
Google Home updates may help you wind down at night
Engadget - 10 Sep 2018 04:56
While Google has yet to launch its digital wellbeing features on Android phones, it's already thinking of how to bring them to the smart speaker in your living room. The 9to5Google team has discovered material in the the...
Huge, Maybe Ineffective Pollution Scooper Launches Towards Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Gizmodo - 10 Sep 2018 00:45
The Dutch nonprofit Ocean Cleanup deployed a 2,000-foot-long, $20 million unmanned boom designed to gather some of the Pacific Ocean's massive amounts of plastic garbage from San Francisco Bay on Saturday. But it's not c...
Trend Micro apps on Mac App Store also spying on users
Slash Gear - 10 Sep 2018 03:58
Apple often boasts of its human curation of apps that go into its Mac and iOS App Stores as the best way to prevent the likes of Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal from happening. It also sings praises of the efficac...
Razer Phone 2 on AnTuTu upgrades everything but the screen
Slash Gear - 10 Sep 2018 03:20
Gaming phones made headlines but haven't exactly taken the market by storm. Razer, however, reports that its Razer Phone has been quite the commercial hit. So much so that it's following it up with a new model this year....
Save $10 On Anker's New, Fitness-Friendly Bluetooth Headphones
Gizmodo - 10 Sep 2018 13:52
Anker's new SoundCore Arcs are, by my count, the company's 47,000th iteration on wireless headphones in the last three years, and they appear to be one of the best sets yet for working out.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider trailer seems impossibly detailed
Slash Gear - 10 Sep 2018 23:57
The newest Shadow of the Tomb Raider trailer shows details that’ll knock you off your feet. Before you go any further, you’ll want to take note of the PEGI 18 rating – that means it’s not for kids. This game isn�...
SmartThings Tracker packs LTE-M, GPS for tracking people, pets and more
Slash Gear - 10 Sep 2018 23:56Pixelbook 2 leaks in ads pre-Google event
Slash Gear - 10 Sep 2018 23:37Seagate's 14TB hard drives drop huge storage in your PC or NAS
Slash Gear - 10 Sep 2018 23:26
If you want maximum storage in a single drive, Seagate may well have just the hard-disk for you. The drive-maker’s latest range packs a whopping 14 TB of capacity, with multiple models targeting everything from desktop...
Pinterest is still being used by 250 million people every month
Engadget - 10 Sep 2018 23:05
While more prominent social networks are facing slightly slower growth or even seeing user numbers dip a little, Pinterest has quietly become bigger than ever. The company has revealed that more than 250 million people a...
Appeals Court Upholds CRISPR Patent, Potentially Ending Bitter Dispute
Gizmodo - 10 Sep 2018 22:45
An appeals court has upheld a 2017 decision recognizing scientists from the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT as the true inventors of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing system. The decision likely signifies the end of a bitt...
Samsung's LTE tracker locates lost items wherever they are
Engadget - 10 Sep 2018 22:39Snapdragon Wear 3100: The 5 big things you need to know
Slash Gear - 10 Sep 2018 22:30
Time waits for no-one, and in smartwatch terms that means the Qualcomm Snapdragon 3100 is long overdue. The latest chipset for Wear OS by Google wearables, it picks up where its predecessor left off, only with the promis...
SoundCloud adds weekly personalized playlists
Engadget - 10 Sep 2018 22:16
SoundCloud announced today that it's releasing a weekly personalized playlist for its users. Updated every Monday, SoundCloud Weekly pulls music from the platform's millions of creators, which the company notes is "multi...
Scientists find cells in hippocampus linked to bravery and anxiety
Slash Gear - 10 Sep 2018 22:05
Scientists have identified cells in the hippocampus that may be responsible for the degree of bravery exhibited by an individual, according to a new study. The findings may pave the way for future anxiety treatments that...
Thieves could have cloned Tesla's Model S key fob
Engadget - 10 Sep 2018 21:52
Tesla may be more security-conscious than many car manufacturers, but it's still vulnerable to the occasional glaring exploit. KU Leuven researchers have detailed a technique that let them bypass the encryption on Tesla'...
Nintendo's Pikachu & Eevee Switch is a 'Pokémon' fan's dream
Engadget - 10 Sep 2018 21:29
Unless you live in Japan (or won a Labo contest), you haven't had access to a special-edition Switch that's been customized top to bottom. Nintendo is about to change that: it's releasing two Pikachu & Eevee Edition Swit...
Walmart to test Ossia wireless power technology in retail stores
Slash Gear - 10 Sep 2018 21:13
Walmart has teamed with Ossia on a pilot project that will explore the potential use of wireless power in the retailer’s stores. The project, which Walmart has confirmed, may help the retailer reduce the power costs ac...
FCC received thousands of fake letters supporting NFL's blackout rule
Engadget - 10 Sep 2018 21:04
Fake FCC comments aren't just reserved for net neutrality opponents. The Wall Street Journal has discovered that the FCC received about 21,000 identical letters urging the regulator to let the NFL keep its blackout rule,...
Marshall Voice is a new kind of smart speaker
Coolest Gadgets - 10 Sep 2018 21:00
Marshall is certainly no stranger when it comes to quality audio products, and this autumn would see the launch of the Marshall Voice with Amazon Alexa, where it will be followed by the Google Assistant later this year. ...
Verizon's first 5G cities and this giant phone
Slash Gear - 10 Sep 2018 20:58
Verizon made their first-ever 5G NR call on a commercial network with a simulated smartphone device. Verizon’s most recent test in the 5G space also tipped a hat to its side-news launch of 5G residential broadband serv...