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That Adorable Baby Octopus Is Actually a Pea-Sized Killer
Gizmodo - 26 Oct 2018 04:10
An image of a pea-sized cephalopod captured by a team of scientists in Hawaii has been making the rounds this week as the result of how cute this tiny squish appears at first glance. But make no mistake, even a baby octo...
Anker Nebula Capsule 2 projector adds Google Assistant and USB-C
Slash Gear - 26 Oct 2018 00:54
Anker has introduced the new Nebula Capsule 2, an update to its original Nebula Capsule projector. The new device features some notable changes over the first model, not the least of which is the addition of USB-C instea...
Google's smart city dream is turning into a privacy nightmare
Engadget - 26 Oct 2018 18:00
Sidewalk Labs, an Alphabet division focused on smart cities, is caught in a battle over information privacy. The team has lost its lead expert and consultant, Ann Cavoukian, over a proposed data trust that would approve ...
Palm's tiny Android phone coming to Verizon next week
Slash Gear - 26 Oct 2018 03:02
Palm's comeback is almost a joke but it's dead serious about it. While other smartphone makers are scrambling to reach bigger and bigger screen sizes, Palm rebelliously goes the other direction with a phone that's no big...
Stop Using Blowtorches to Kill Spiders in Your House
Gizmodo - 26 Oct 2018 02:05
While this should seemingly go without saying, it turns out that "kill it with fire" is not a great idea when it comes to ridding your home of pests. Nonetheless, there is no shortage of failed cases of people attempting...
Instagram eventually pulls a troll's post praising pipe bombs
Engadget - 26 Oct 2018 01:44
Remember Milo Yiannapolous? The self-described provocateur who now lacks a job at Breitbart, a book deal with Simon & Schuster and a Twitter account can add one more deletion to the list: an Instagram post. Unlike Alex J...
Twitch and Harmonix team to launch Twitch Sings karaoke game
Slash Gear - 26 Oct 2018 23:55
During its TwitchCon 2018 keynote today, Twitch announced that it has teamed up with Harmonix to create a new karaoke game called Twitch Sings. The new game is currently being tested at TwitchCon on the expo floor, and w...
Facebook Proactively Erased Pages Praising Mail Bombs Before Suspect's Arrest
Gizmodo - 26 Oct 2018 23:55
Days before the arrest of Cesar Sayoc Jr., the man police say mailed up to 13 pipe bombs to chief political rivals of President Donald Trump, teams of Facebook employees were already busy combing the social network in an...
Lime offers free bike and scooter rentals on Election Day
Engadget - 26 Oct 2018 23:46
If you're looking for a way to the polls this Election Day, you can snag a free ride via bike or scooter from Lime. The company is offering free trips on its fleet of shared bicycles, e-bikes, and occasionally abused ele...
Anker's Next Capsule Projector Is Sharper, Brighter, and Smarter - Preorder and Save Today
Gizmodo - 26 Oct 2018 23:41
Anker's soda can-sized Capsule portable projector was a crowdfunding hit last year, and it really did deliver on its promise. But there were a few obvious areas for improvement, and Anker tackled all of the big ones with...
AI Community Feuds Over 'NIPS,' the Controversial Name of Its Top Conference
Gizmodo - 26 Oct 2018 23:35
At one of the most prominent artificial intelligence (AI) conferences in the world last year, keynote speaker Elon Musk reportedly made a joke about "tits" on a stage in front hundreds of researchers and engineers. He se...
How to download Pixel Night Sight for your phone now
Slash Gear - 26 Oct 2018 23:33
There’s a really awesome feature called Night Sight out in the wild right now for Google-made Pixel phones. This feature isn’t yet officially activated, but it was mentioned by Google during its most recent press con...
New Documents Show Amazon's Face-Scanning Tech for Cops Was a Headache From the Start
Gizmodo - 26 Oct 2018 23:25
Earlier this year, Amazon's facial recognition tech Rekognition--which can scan photos and videos and match them against databases of faces--faced a flood of criticism from Amazon employees, shareholders, and civil right...
The Best and Worst Afterlives in Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Gizmodo - 26 Oct 2018 23:15
The concept of a great beyond, whether heavenly or hellish, exists across so many fictional universes--be they part of belief systems or, more often than not in the realms of sci-fi and fantasy, actual planes of existenc...
The 10 Best Deals of October 26, 2018
Gizmodo - 26 Oct 2018 23:15
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
McLaren's $2.25 million Speedtail hybrid boasts 250MPH speeds
Engadget - 26 Oct 2018 23:15
McLaren has now unveiled what it's calling "the ultimate McLaren road car" -- a hybrid that's aerodynamic, super fast and full of features that will most certainly make your car seem wholly inadequate. The McLaren Speedt...
IBM trained an AI to help humans create new fragrances
Slash Gear - 26 Oct 2018 22:53
IBM has trained an AI to help humans develop new fragrances for perfumes and other products. The system is called Philyra, and it involves machine learning algorithms that find new combinations of scents to produce novel...
California delays net neutrality law while federal lawsuit plays out
Engadget - 26 Oct 2018 22:44
Last month, California's governor signed the state's net neutrality bill into law, legislation that restores the net neutrality protections the FCC repealed last year. However, the state was quickly hit with a lawsuit fr...
SoundCloud's Premier program is a bad deal for artists
Engadget - 26 Oct 2018 22:25
Earlier this month, SoundCloud made its direct monetization program public, allowing hundreds of thousands of creators to make money from the platform. However, The Verge has gotten its hands on the contract artists have...
Astronomers May Have Spotted One of Earth's Ghostly Dust Moons
Gizmodo - 26 Oct 2018 22:20
A ghostly dust satellite or two might be orbiting the Earth, according to new research building on a 60-year-old idea.
We Talked to the Graduate Student Who Made Bricks From Human Pee
Gizmodo - 26 Oct 2018 22:10
Pee contains some pretty amazing stuff. Scientists have known for nearly a decade that it's possible to produce bricks from bacteria, sand, and urea--a chemical found in urine. Researchers have gone ahead and produced th...
Tesla faces intensifying FBI investigation over Model 3 production
Engadget - 26 Oct 2018 22:05
Tesla's legal headaches aren't over just because of its settlement with the SEC. The Wall Street Journal has learned that the FBI is stepping up an criminal investigation into whether or not Tesla "misstated" its Model 3...