Gadget News
The Nvidia RTX 2060 Is Perfectly Adequate
Gizmodo - 23 Jan 2019 18:32
At CES a reporter had a question for Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. What could he say to alleviate the concerns of fans who felt that the new RTX 20-series GPUs were overpriced and trying to force ray tracing technology on cus...
Congress Now Wants Twitter to Explain How That Covington Teens Video Went Viral
Gizmodo - 23 Jan 2019 05:20
Pretty much half the news media is backpedaling from their coverage of footage of white Covington Catholic High School students in MAGA hats taunting and harassing a Native American elder, Nathan Phillips, on the steps o...
Supreme Court Won't Hear Case by Trump Lawyer That Would Threaten the Free Web
Gizmodo - 23 Jan 2019 00:30
A case against Yelp that could have had sweeping influence on the way U.S. citizens use the internet will not be heard by the Supreme Court, despite a petition from one of President Trumps' oft-used lawyers for the court...
This Dual-Folding Xiaomi Prototype Makes Me Excited for the Bendy Phone Future
Gizmodo - 23 Jan 2019 17:17
A few weeks ago, a leaked video of an intriguing, dual-folding bendy phone hit the net, and since then I've wanted to know everything about it. Then today, in a post on Weibo, Xiaomi president Lin Bin released a teaser c...
Wood block connects you to coffee shop WiFi with a tap
Engadget - 23 Jan 2019 05:33
It's not very fun to connect to WiFi at a café or hotel. If you don't have to ask staff for a password, they'll have to print it somewhere -- and it's still a hassle when all you want to do is check your email. Ten One ...
MacBook Pro flexgate shows Apple might be losing its touch
Slash Gear - 23 Jan 2019 05:28
There's a reason why Apple's products are highly prized despite being highly priced. The company is famous for its attention to detail and near-perfect balance of form and function. Lately, however, questions have been r...
ESA's new challenge seeks innovations for future space missions
Slash Gear - 23 Jan 2019 04:35
The European Space Agency has announced the Metalysis-ESA Grand Challenge, a new competition seeking innovation for future space missions. The space agency is offering 500,000 Euros as rewards for European innovations th...
Twitter starts rolling out new web interface: Here's how to get it
Slash Gear - 23 Jan 2019 03:25
Back in August 2018, Twitter revealed that it was testing a new interface on the web that included Explore and Bookmarks. Now, several months later, the company is giving a larger number of people access to this simplifi...
Nintendo Switch outsold every other console in the US last year
Engadget - 23 Jan 2019 03:22
Demand for the Nintendo Switch didn't cool down one iota in 2018. The NPD Group has published its sales data for last year, and the Switch was the top-selling system in the US both in terms of dollars and raw unit count,...
Netflix joins the Motion Picture Association of America
Engadget - 23 Jan 2019 00:40
Netflix announced today that it is joining the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), making it the first internet-based service to join the 97-year-old trade association. The move marks Netflix's intentions to be...
Millions of Financial Records Leaked at Texas-Based Data Firm
Gizmodo - 23 Jan 2019 23:59
For at least the third time in as many days, a large cache of sensitive data has been reportedly exposed due to a misconfigured Elasticsearch server. In this case, a whopping 24 million financial and banking records are ...
Amazon and Chase Will Not Give Me a Straight Answer About What They Do With My Credit Card Data
Gizmodo - 23 Jan 2019 23:35
Whenever I go out to dinner with a bunch of friends, and we split the check, multiple people wind up throwing in those heavy, slate-grey credit cards bearing Amazon's smiley arrow.
The Polestar 2's infotainment system is powered by Google
Engadget - 23 Jan 2019 23:32
Volvo's all-electric performance car brand, Polestar, tweeted out a teaser link for Google's new HMI (human machine interface) system which is expected to debut in the automaker's upcoming Polestar 2 later this year.
Cinemark teams with Spaces for mixed-reality 'Terminator' experience
Slash Gear - 23 Jan 2019 23:08
Virtual reality adventure company Spaces has teamed up with theater chain Cinemark to launch a new, immersive VR experience in San Jose, California. The new product will be found at the Westfield Oakridge Shopping Center...
Amazon halts Echo Wall Clock sales to fix connectivity problems
Slash Gear - 23 Jan 2019 23:03
Back in September, amid a flurry of IoT product reveals, Amazon announced a very curious Echo device: the Echo Wall Clock. It was a reveal that left us scratching our heads at the time, but in hindsight it isn’t that s...
What's coming to Netflix in February: 'Patriot Act' and 'Jaws'
Engadget - 23 Jan 2019 23:01
February is right around the corner, which means we'll all be spending a lot of time inside. It is the coldest month of the year, after all. So why not stave off cabin fever with Netflix's incoming lineup of originals an...
People in Red and Blue States May Use Weed Very Differently--and Not Just Due to Legalization
Gizmodo - 23 Jan 2019 23:00
A U.S. state's politics could be influencing how people use cannabis, suggests a new study out Wednesday from Columbia University. It found that liberal states had higher rates of pot use than conservative states, but co...
How Galaxy S10 gives Bitcoin a boost in 2019
Slash Gear - 23 Jan 2019 22:52
Interest in the world of cryptocurrency might well get a boost thanks to Samsung’s next smartphone. In this next-generation smartphone, it’s been revealed that Samsung MAY be releasing its own cryptocurrency wallet. ...
Google planning changes to Chrome that could break ad blockers
Ars Technica - 23 Jan 2019 22:30
The APIs that ad blockers depend on are also popular among malicious extensions.
Intel RealSense tracking camera helps robots navigate without GPS
Engadget - 23 Jan 2019 22:29
Intel is back with another RealSense camera, but this one has a slight twist: it's meant to give machines a sense of place. The lengthily-titled RealSense Tracking Camera T265 uses inside-out tracking (that is, it doesn'...
Hulu Is Cutting the Price of Its Cheapest Plan--and Increasing the Cost of Live TV
Gizmodo - 23 Jan 2019 22:15
Netflix is raising prices, but its competitor is opting for a different tack--sort of. Hulu's just announced that its cheapest subscription plan price will drop to $6 a month--two whole dollars less than the current $8 p...
BenQ MH535FHD Full HD projector is made for budget home theaters
Slash Gear - 23 Jan 2019 22:12
BenQ has launched a new Full HD projector for home entertainment systems, the MH535FHD. This model boasts a 15,000-hour lamp life and support for projecting screens up to 100-inches in size. Among its many features is a ...