Gadget News
NVIDIA officially unveils its flagship Titan RTX GPU
Engadget - 3 Dec 2018 16:25
Shortly after teasing it, NVIDIA has officially unveiled the its top-end consumer GPU, the Titan RTX. As expected, it has 72 Turing RT and 4,608 CUDA cores, up from 68 and 4,352, respectively, over the RTX 2080 Ti. Howev...
Scientists more accurately gauge the brightness of the universe
Engadget - 3 Dec 2018 06:58
You'd think that it would be virtually impossible to determine the collective brightness of the observable universe, but a team of scientists has come surprisingly close. They've completed the most accurate measurement o...
Over 40 Percent of Worldwide Coal Plants Are Operating at a Loss, Study Says
Gizmodo - 3 Dec 2018 04:00
As Donald Trump's administration continues to try to make coal happen despite it being increasingly expensive and a serious tax on the environment, a new report claims that more than 40 percent of the world's coal power ...
Spotify import local Android music, bookmark podcast coming
Slash Gear - 3 Dec 2018 04:16
Music streaming may have become the most popular, not to mention most lucrative, way people listen to music these days, but not all services cover all music tastes. Sometimes it takes multiple services. Sometimes not eve...
Google's virtual museum offers all Vermeer paintings in an AR gallery
Slash Gear - 3 Dec 2018 23:53
Google has added a new Pocket Gallery feature to its Google Arts & Culture app, enabling users to view all of the artist Vermeer’s artwork in the same place…virtually, that is. This provides the only way to view all ...
Verizon Finally Gives Up Its Porn Collection
Gizmodo - 3 Dec 2018 23:47
On Monday, Tumblr CEO Jeff D'Onofrio announced a policy change with the intention of making the platform a "better, more positive" place. On December 17th, Tumblr, which is owned by Verizon under its Oath Inc subsidiary,...
Pager service in Japan is finally coming to an end
Engadget - 3 Dec 2018 23:36
After nearly five decades, Japan is finally ending pagers for good. The last service provider in the country, Tokyo Telemessage, announced that it will terminate its service in September 2019, according to SoraNews24. Th...
Google Play Store names its best apps of 2018
Slash Gear - 3 Dec 2018 23:09
With the end of 2018 quickly approaching, we’re bound to see a ton of “Best of” lists over the next few weeks. One of the first is coming from the Google Play Store today, which is promoting what it considers to be...
Astronauts aboard Soyuz spacecraft arrive safely at the ISS
Engadget - 3 Dec 2018 22:58
The three crew members aboard the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft have safely arrived at the International Space Station after launching from Kazakhstan earlier today. Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Spa...
Wisdom Tooth Surgery a Gateway to Teen Opioid Addiction, Study Finds
Gizmodo - 3 Dec 2018 22:50
A common rite of passage--having your wisdom teeth pulled--might be raising the risk of teens and young adults becoming addicted to opioids, a new study out Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests. Youngsters who are p...
Google's AR Pocket Gallery turns your phone into an art museum
Engadget - 3 Dec 2018 22:34
You can certainly view paintings on your phone, but you can't truly recreate the feeling of seeing a masterpiece in museum. Google thinks it can get close, though. The search giant has introduced a Pocket Gallery feature...
Amazon shows off The Grand Tour Game in new gameplay trailer
Slash Gear - 3 Dec 2018 22:07
Amazon has shared new images and a trailer for The Grand Tour Game, an episodic racing game from Amazon Game Studios. The title is available to preorder now with a scheduled release date of January 15, 2019; subsequent g...
Apple Music will finally support Android tablets
Engadget - 3 Dec 2018 22:03
There probably isn't a huge cross section of people who both subscribe to Apple Music and use Android tablets, but Apple has your back if you're part of that group. Listeners have learned that the latest beta of Apple Mu...
AT&T Will Now Keep Your Money If You Cancel TV or Internet in the Middle of a Billing Cycle
Gizmodo - 3 Dec 2018 21:43
It's always been hard to find something to like about AT&T, and the list of options just got shorter.
Arlo's new security camera has a 4K sensor and built-in spotlight
Engadget - 3 Dec 2018 21:42
As if you needed more choices to think about when picking out a security camera, Arlo has a new option for you: the Arlo Ultra. The wireless camera features a 4K Ultra HD resolution sensor with high dynamic range (HDR) a...
NOOK 7-inch appears as strong Amazon Fire tablet alternative
Slash Gear - 3 Dec 2018 21:36
This week the Barnes & Noble NOOK 7-inch tablet was revealed in a new edition for the tail end of 2018. This device is simple – it’s nothing flashy. It has a 7-inch display with 1024 x 600 pixels across it (that’s ...
Steam makes a play for big game publishers
Slash Gear - 3 Dec 2018 21:33
For years now, Steam has been the largest digital storefront for PC games. Slowly but surely, competitors to Steam have been rising up, and to ensure that big publishers keep putting their game on the platform, Valve has...
Marvel's Daredevil Writer: 'I Thought It Was Too Big to Fail'
Gizmodo - 3 Dec 2018 21:30
Netflix's decision to cancel Marvel's Daredevil was a surprise. No one knew it was coming. Not the stars, not Marvel's executives. Not even the writers, who were already laying out plans for the next chapter of Daredevil...
'MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries' arrives on September 10th, 2019
Engadget - 3 Dec 2018 21:17
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries finally has a release date. The fifth major installment in the series will be released on September 10th, 2019. Developer Piranha Games made the release date official at MechCon 2018 and celebr...
Amazon Promised Drone Delivery in Five Years... Five Years Ago
Gizmodo - 3 Dec 2018 21:01
On December 1, 2013, Americans watched a segment on 60 Minutes about Amazon's plans to deliver packages by drone in just "four or five years." Well, it's officially been five years. And Amazon's failure to make drone del...
That Might Have Been the Most Beautifully Surreal Episode of Doctor Who Ever
Gizmodo - 3 Dec 2018 21:00
Doctor Who is a surreal show. That's sort of the point. It makes weird things happening in weird times, and weirder places, with existential crises and battles with bonkers alien beings, about as regular as you and I wou...
Apple Music will reveal key Grammy nominations on December 7th
Engadget - 3 Dec 2018 20:56
Apple's involvement in the Grammys dates back more than a decade. This year, however, its connection will be more conspicuous. The Recording Academy has revealed that Apple Music will stream Grammy nominations in "select...