Gadget News
Apple wins appeal in $234 million patent infringement case
Engadget - 28 Sep 2018 17:17
Apple has won its attempt to have a patent infringement damages award against it reversed. In 2015, a jury found that Apple had infringed University of Wisconsin-Madison patents with some iPhone processors, and ordered t...
RED Hydrogen One Titanium delayed, free Aluminum for preorders
Slash Gear - 28 Sep 2018 05:18
If you're making one of the most technologically advanced smartphones in the market, you're bound to hit delays. When you're using a rare and expensive material to make it, you're bound to hit more than a few snags, too....
iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max Review: Here comes the future
Slash Gear - 28 Sep 2018 17:28
If 2017 was the year Apple hit reset on the iPhone then, in 2018, the iPhone XS and the iPhone XS Max are its masterplan writ large. In the case of the iPhone XS Max, that’s quite literally very large indeed. Doubling ...
Lenovo Z5 Pro will finally catch up with smartphone trends
Slash Gear - 28 Sep 2018 04:17
Just because it already owns Motorola doesn't mean Lenovo has stopped making its own smartphones. In some markets (really only in China), Motorola's name means squat while Lenovo's brand resonates more loudly. Or perhaps...
Nintendo wins lawsuit to end unauthorized Mario Kart tours in Tokyo
Slash Gear - 28 Sep 2018 03:17
Early last year, Nintendo revealed that it was suing the MariCAR go-kart service over intellectual property infringement. The Japanese company specializes in go-kart tours through Tokyo; customers could dress like popula...
How Adam Savage Made an Amazingly Lifelike But Equally Creepy Replica of 2001's Starchild Baby
Gizmodo - 28 Sep 2018 02:30
The final scenes of 2001: A Space Odyssey, featuring a baby floating in space, still leave many people scratching their heads. But even if Adam Savage didn't fully understand what Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke mea...
Children Who Get Less Screen Time Think Better, Study Finds
Gizmodo - 28 Sep 2018 23:43
Keeping your kid's mind sharp might involve making sure they don't spend all day on their smartphone or other screen devices, suggests yet more research published this week.
Apple Robbery Ring busted, in part
Slash Gear - 28 Sep 2018 23:42
California police announced the arrest and charges of a ring of Apple product thieves from across the state. The announcement came from California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who noted that they’d arrested 17 indi...
Study warns US national parks are being hit hard by climate change
Slash Gear - 28 Sep 2018 23:18
A new study warns that US national parks are being hit particularly hard by climate change, the result being faster warming and less moisture. Changes within the parks due to the state of the environment have already bee...
LG V40 ThinQ has Silky Blast pits for "proper" tactile feel
Slash Gear - 28 Sep 2018 23:11
What on earth are Silky Blast pits, and what do they have to do with “proper grip feel?” Truly LG’s aims with their latest press release are off the beaten path. But what better way to find one’s way back to the ...
Let's Make the World Wide Web a National Monument
Gizmodo - 28 Sep 2018 22:55
We're at a critical inflection point for the World Wide Web. Everything is changing, disappearing, splintering, expanding, and being remade. It's time we provide legal protection to what's left of this moment in history....
Senator calls for investigation into Facebook's latest breach
Engadget - 28 Sep 2018 22:54
Facebook revealed today that it was hit with a data breach that affected 50 million users, and now Senator Mark Warner has called the incident "deeply concerning." In a statement released shortly after the reports surfac...
Rat Version of Hepatitis E Detected in a Human for the First Time
Gizmodo - 28 Sep 2018 22:45
A 56-year-old man from Hong Kong has contracted the rat-specific version of hepatitis E, something never observed before in a human patient. Health officials are now scrambling to understand how this could have happened-...
How Pokemon Red and Blue paved the way for Switch today
Slash Gear - 28 Sep 2018 22:33
20 years ago today, Pokemon Red and Blue launched in North America, sparking what can really only be described as a media phenomenon. What started with two innocuous titles for a platform at the end of its life quickly g...
Transformers TCG launched: Our first impressions
Slash Gear - 28 Sep 2018 22:30
We’ve got a few packs of the new Transformers Trading Card Game and we’ve been taking a look at what it’s made of. This new card game launches the same day this article is set to go live: September 28th, 2018. At t...
17 people charged in a string of Apple store robberies
Engadget - 28 Sep 2018 22:22
A number of individuals have been arrested in conjunction with a series of Apple store robberies that resulted in the theft of over $1 million worth of devices. The California Attorney General's office said in a statemen...
Skull asteroid returns for another flyby, but it'll miss Halloween this year
Slash Gear - 28 Sep 2018 22:11
The skull-shaped asteroid that first made headlines in 2015 has returned, as foretold, for another flyby. In December 2017, scientists advised the public that asteroid 2015 TB145 will make another pass relatively near Ea...
A PG-13 Cut of Deadpool 2 Is Hitting Theaters This December, Gambit and Dark Phoenix Get New Dates
Gizmodo - 28 Sep 2018 22:07
You know. 'Tis the season.
Sony confirms PlayStation Experience won't happen this year
Engadget - 28 Sep 2018 21:51
Sony's PlayStation Experience event won't take place this year. Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios Chairman Shawn Layden confirmed the news Friday on the PlayStation Blogcast, noting that it was a "hard dec...
Silicon Valley's Brett Kavanaugh problem
Engadget - 28 Sep 2018 21:45
As we steel ourselves to careen numbly toward whatever new horrors lay in store with Trump, his Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh, and the conservative politicians willing to help them, it's impossible not to contemplat...
Report Offers Disturbing New Details on Deadly Bleeding Outbreak Linked to Synthetic Cannabis
Gizmodo - 28 Sep 2018 21:22
Since March, hundreds of people in the U.S. have come down with horrific, Ebola-like symptoms of bleeding. The initially mysterious cases are now thought to have been caused by synthetic cannabinoid products that were la...
Disney shuts down kid-friendly Club Penguin Island to cut costs
Engadget - 28 Sep 2018 21:21
Last year, Disney's kid-friendly online game Club Penguin shut down and the company relaunched it as a mobile app called Club Penguin Island. But now, Kotaku reports, Club Penguin Island is going away as well. Employees ...