Gadget News
Shutdown means government won't engage with the tech industry at CES
Engadget - 6 Jan 2019 01:25
It's not just FCC Chairman Ajit Pai who'll back out of CES as a result of the US government shutdown. The Consumer Technology Association has confirmed that at least ten government officials have cancelled their speaking...
FBI investigates fake texts sent to House Republicans
Engadget - 6 Jan 2019 03:16
Law enforcement is looking into one of the stranger digital attacks against US politicians in recent memory. The Wall Street Journal has learned that the FBI is investigating fake text messages sent to "several" Republic...
Boy, Did NASA Screw Up This One
Gizmodo - 6 Jan 2019 02:55
NASA has rescinded an invitation to the chief of Russian space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, to visit its Houston facilities and speak at Rice University after members of Congress noted that Rogozin is currently proh...
Amazon reports over 100 million Alexa devices sold
Engadget - 6 Jan 2019 07:59
Amazon is notoriously reluctant to share how well Alexa is doing in the marketplace -- at best, you get vague boasts about its devices being the "most gifted." Now, however, it's providing more meaningful figures. The co...
Goodbye George, the Last Known Hawaiian Land Snail of Its Species
Gizmodo - 6 Jan 2019 02:15
Researchers this week bid farewell to a beloved land snail that was the last known survivor of his species Achatinella apexfulva.
Heathrow and Gatwick airports buy anti-drone systems after scare
Engadget - 6 Jan 2019 23:40
London's airports don't want a repeat of the drone panic that left Gatwick travelers grounded for days, and they're willing to spend loads of cash to keep their skies safe. Heathrow and Gatwick have spent millions of pou...
How iTunes content and AirPlay 2 came to Samsung TVs
Slash Gear - 6 Jan 2019 23:25
The folks behind the latest round of Samsung Smart TVs seem to have reached an agreement with Apple to bring a whole lot of content to their sets this Spring. News this morning is that Samsung Smart TVs will launch iTune...
JAXJOX's smart kettlebell is a gateway to its subscription classes
Engadget - 6 Jan 2019 23:10
You may already know JAXJOX as a clunkily named purveyor of home workout gear, but the brand has only really flirted with tech before. Though it's put its stamp on a fitness tracker and smart scale, the company is beginn...
Apple's TV service can't succeed without outside help
Engadget - 6 Jan 2019 23:00
"Hell froze over." That's what the somewhat hyperbolic ad announcing that iTunes, and by extension the iPod, would now run on Windows said. In the earliest of days, the iPod was purely for the Mac faithful. But the move ...
AMD's latest laptop CPUs include its first chips for Chromebooks
Engadget - 6 Jan 2019 22:20
AMD is kicking off 2019 with an overhaul of its laptop processors, and it's breaking some new ground in the process. The company has unveiled its first two A-Series chips designed explicitly for Chromebooks, the 1.6GHz A...
Apple Sure Is Riding a Very High Privacy Horse in Vegas
Gizmodo - 6 Jan 2019 22:10
With the Consumer Electronics Show just days away, a very curious billboard has surfaced in Las Vegas that prominently touts Apple's privacy standards. Playing to city's own infamous tagline, it reads: "What happens on y...
KitchenAid's Smart Display is a tablet that fears no faucet
Engadget - 6 Jan 2019 22:00
Home cooks won't have to worry about wrecking their kitchen tablets with sticky fingers or splashes from the sink anymore, now that KitchenAid unveiled its new Smart Display at CES 2019.
Matrix's Body Heat-Powered Watch Finally Adds Useful Smart Features
Gizmodo - 6 Jan 2019 22:00
One of the biggest gripes with smartwatches is battery life. That's what made the original Matrix PowerWatch and its successor, the PowerWatch X, compelling--a fitness-oriented smartwatch fully powered by the heat genera...
LG Display unveils an 88-inch 8K OLED screen with built-in sound
Engadget - 6 Jan 2019 21:12
It wouldn't be CES without a few exotic screens from LG Display, and the company is keen to deliver this year. To start, it's offering a dramatic upgrade to the Crystal Sound screen technology it unveiled back in 2017. T...
Eve Light Strip spruces up the home
Coolest Gadgets - 6 Jan 2019 21:00
For most of us, our homes are a place of refuge where we get away from it all. Of course, it is the polar opposite for others whose home environments are less than ideal. If you feel that your home requires a touch of so...
Study: Mysterious Sound Recorded by Sickened Cuba Embassy Staff Was Just Crickets
Gizmodo - 6 Jan 2019 20:35
Since 2017, the baffling case of U.S. diplomatic staff in Cuba and elsewhere who developed symptoms resembling brain trauma after allegedly hearing strange noises (sometimes called "Havana syndrome") have spawned plenty ...
Mark Hamill Shared Some Hot Trivia About A New Hope's Death Star Run
Gizmodo - 6 Jan 2019 20:30
Decades after its release, it's easy to imagine we know just about everything about the production of the original Star Wars. But A New Hope still holds a few secrets close to its chest. And some of them are delightful.
Follow along with our CES 2019 liveblogs!
Engadget - 6 Jan 2019 20:30
It's early January, so you won't be surprised to learn that team Engadget has arrived in Las Vegas for CES 2019. While the show doesn't technically start until Tuesday morning, a flood of new product news will be arrivin...
Samsung's 2019 smart TVs will support Apple iTunes and AirPlay 2
Engadget - 6 Jan 2019 19:49
Until now, using Apple's services on your TV has meant... well, buying an Apple TV. No more: Samsung has revealed that its 2019 smart TVs (plus updated 2018 sets) will offer both iTunes Movies and TV shows as well as Air...
LGBTQ Video Game Exhibition Opens In Berlin
Gizmodo - 6 Jan 2019 19:30
Berlin's Schwules Museum has opened a brand new exhibition named "Rainbow Arcade" to celebrate the history of LGBTQ culture and stories in video gaming.
HP adds Core i9 CPUs, Nvidia RTX graphics to elite Omen Obelisk desktop
Ars Technica - 6 Jan 2019 19:00
Remember HP's massive, 65-inch Emperium gaming display? It's getting a soundbar.
HP's new Chromebook x360 14 brings business style to Chrome OS
Ars Technica - 6 Jan 2019 19:00
HP also adds AMD processors to one of its existing affordable Chromebooks.