Gadget News
Verizon switches on 'world's first' commercial 5G network
Engadget - 1 Oct 2018 15:59
Verizon has announced the start of its "First on 5G" program, which the company says is the world's first commercial fifth-generation network. The program is only live in parts of Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles and S...
BrainNet can have three brains "talk" to each other
Slash Gear - 1 Oct 2018 04:45
We’re probably still centuries away from the evolutionary leap that would awaken our latent psychic abilities, but scientists are tirelessly working on making use of the technology we do have now to make a fraction of ...
HP Spectre Folio is a radical leather laptop tablet
Slash Gear - 1 Oct 2018 16:51
The HP Spectre Folio was revealed today with a fully leather-clad exterior on a PC with multiple transformations in the mix. This PC is part of an initiative at HP to “reinvent the PC” and – if what we’re seeing ...
Google Pixel Slate Chrome OS tablet might dual boot Windows 10
Slash Gear - 1 Oct 2018 05:24
While majority of the interest for Google’s event next week naturally revolves around the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL phones, the event will most likely go beyond that. There’s the already leaked Google Home Hub and the r...
Cellphone and internet adoption may have peaked in the US
Engadget - 1 Oct 2018 04:48
There's no question that technologies like cellphones and internet access have become ubiquitous, but they now appear to be hitting their peak in the US. Pew Research Center's latest technology study has shown that key c...
Minecraft MINECON Earth 2018: Pillagers, pandas, new Dungeons game
Slash Gear - 1 Oct 2018 03:43
Just like any other hit game, Minecraft’s hype has died down a bit over time. But unlike most other hit games, its scope continues to expand, both within the game as well as into other areas developers Mojang may have ...
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin beats key rival to rocket engine deal
Engadget - 1 Oct 2018 02:32
Blue Origin is best known for its own rocket programs, but it just scored a deal that could make it an important name in the spaceflight industry. United Launch Alliance has chosen Blue Origin's BE-4 engine (two of them,...
Telegram desktop app leaked internet addresses when starting calls
Engadget - 1 Oct 2018 01:25
Telegram has a reputation for privacy and security (much to the chagrin of some governments), but it's not immune to gaffes. Security researcher Dhiraj Mishra discovered that Telegram's desktop app was leaking both publi...
New York City's WiFi kiosks have over 5 million users
Engadget - 1 Oct 2018 00:15
New York City's high-speed WiFi kiosks have been around for a while, but just how many people are using them? Quite a few, in fact. The LinkNYC team has revealed that there were over 5 million registered WiFi users as of...
Amazon may reveal its ad-supported IMDB streaming service this week
Engadget - 1 Oct 2018 23:33
Rumors about an ad-supported video streaming service from Amazon have been swirling for a little while now, but it looks like the service is right around the corner. CNBC now reports that Amazon's IMDB subsidiary will an...
Daredevil Season 3 Will Break Its Heroes Down to Build Them Back Up Stronger
Gizmodo - 1 Oct 2018 23:15
Despite all the larger-than-life twists and turns he's dealt with, Matt Murdock's always been a relatively grounded man within the Marvel Cinematic Universe thanks to his unwavering faith. In the third season of Daredevi...
Hands-on: HP's leather-clad laptop might just be the best convertible around
Ars Technica - 1 Oct 2018 23:05
It's a smart form factor, and the unusual materials are more than just a gimmick.
Humanoid construction robot installs drywall by itself
Engadget - 1 Oct 2018 23:02
If Japan's Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Institute has its way, construction workers might be a thing of the past. Researchers have built HRP-5P, a humanoid bot that can handle a variety of construction task...
Male Physicist Claims Women Are Worse at Physics at CERN Gender Bias Talk
Gizmodo - 1 Oct 2018 22:40
This weekend, a prominent Italian physicist, Alessandro Strumia, lectured fledging women scientists at CERN about the dangers of gender equality and "cultural Marxism" within science, argued that women can't be as good a...
Microsoft Surface Event October 2nd: Everything we expect
Slash Gear - 1 Oct 2018 22:34
Today we’re going to run down the various different devices and software we’re expecting Microsoft to show at their big Surface event on Tuesday. This event takes place at a time that suggests they’ll bring some ha...
NASA put Kepler back to sleep in hopes it will send data again
Engadget - 1 Oct 2018 22:31
Kepler has been running low on fuel for some time, so much so that NASA even put the spacecraft into a sleep mode in July in order to make sure it had enough fuel to transmit data back to Earth. But the planet-hunter has...
Silicon Valley Billionaire's Effort to Keep Surfers Off Beach Is a Total Wipeout
Gizmodo - 1 Oct 2018 22:26
Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla really wants to keep the public off of his stretch of the coastline--so much so, that he petitioned to have his case heard by the nation's highest court. On Monday, however, the S...
Here's how to get Zeraora in Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
Slash Gear - 1 Oct 2018 22:16
The mainline Pokemon franchise is preparing a major jump to the Nintendo Switch next year, but before it does, Nintendo has one last hurrah planned for Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon on the 3DS. Earlier this year, Nint...
What Microsoft might unveil at its Surface event (and what it should)
Engadget - 1 Oct 2018 22:00
Microsoft's Surface lineup has gone from being a messy, nearly unusable experiment to some of the best PCs on the market. The Surface and Surface Pro helped popularize the idea of hybrid tablet PCs -- so much so that eve...
Google announces "Project Stream"--a "test" of game streaming in Chrome
Ars Technica - 1 Oct 2018 21:55
Play Assassin's Creed Odyssey through a desktop-class Chrome browser, starting October 5.
Lyft lets passengers provide feedback mid-trip
Engadget - 1 Oct 2018 21:39
Lyft is rolling out a new feature that will let riders give feedback about their trip while they're still on it, Mashable reports. For now, it's only available for a small group of users and only for those who've opted f...
Google dives into game streaming with Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Slash Gear - 1 Oct 2018 21:27
For as much as it’s discusses, game streaming is something that’s still very much in its infancy. Sony has found some degree of success with its PlayStation Now platform, and Microsoft has plans to break into game st...