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Chris Pratt Seems Confident Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Will Use James Gunn's Script
Gizmodo - 7 Feb 2019 20:15
There may be a light at the end of the tunnel for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. And that light is James Gunn's script.
Blockchain Wikipedia is a dish best served cold
Engadget - 7 Feb 2019 17:00
"You really shouldn't be interviewing me. I don't want to fuck it all up again." We're standing in a greenroom for panelists at StartEngine ICO 2.0, a blockchain conference held in Santa Monica, California, in April 2018...
Elon Musk shares footage of SpaceX's latest Mars rocket test
Engadget - 7 Feb 2019 16:23
Elon Musk has taken to Twitter to celebrate the first-test fire of the SpaceX Raptor flight engine, which will be used on its next-gen rocket. The company's head honcho shared footage of the thunderous, two-second test c...
Google pulls 29 camera apps from Play Store over security issues
Slash Gear - 7 Feb 2019 02:55
Google removed more than two dozen camera apps from the Play Store today due to a variety of security issues. Many of these apps involved “beautification,” artistic filters for images, and stickers, but all of them h...
Canon EOS RP full-frame camera specs, photos leak ahead of launch
Slash Gear - 7 Feb 2019 02:09
The anticipated full-frame Canon EOS RP has leaked in a series of press images. The model is expected to join the existing EOS R full-frame mirrorless camera, allegedly bringing with it a 26.2-megapixel CMOS full-frame s...
Track water usage and shut off leaks with Flo by Moen
TechHive - 7 Feb 2019 01:16
The Flo device will monitor water usage and automatically shut off the supply should a pipe burst.
Google Fiber will end service in Louisville on April 15
Slash Gear - 7 Feb 2019 23:08
Google Fiber is shutting down in Louisville, Kentucky, the company has announced. The decision to pull out of that market was due to ongoing troubles the company has been experiencing, ones that would require it to “es...
NYPD wants Waze GPS app to stop revealing DWI checkpoints
Slash Gear - 7 Feb 2019 03:47
Navigation app Waze is popular in part because of the extra information it provides to drivers, namely alerts about upcoming wrecks, traffic conditions, speed traps, and checkpoints. The latter two alert types have cause...
Facebook's latest grab bag of updates is all about 'community'
Engadget - 7 Feb 2019 23:59
Amid a slew of executive departures, circulated misinformation and efforts to unify multiple chat platforms, Facebook is updating tools that people still use on its core site. At the Facebook Communities Summit in Menlo ...
I'm Still Searching for a Laptop Bag That Doesn't Look Like Ass
Gizmodo - 7 Feb 2019 23:50
As long as there have been laptops, people have been shoving them in bags. Incredible advances have occurred since that first big honking computer got shoved into a slighter bigger honking bag decades ago. Fabrics have g...
Spooky New Photos Show the Alien Creatures of the Deep Ocean
Gizmodo - 7 Feb 2019 23:27
The research vessel Falkor has recently completed a three-week mission off the coast of Costa Rica, during which it gathered data, discovered new species, and took more incredible pictures of the life at the ocean floor....
Foot Locker invests $100 million in online sneaker seller GOAT
Engadget - 7 Feb 2019 23:25
Foot Locker announced today that it is investing $100 million into GOAT Group, the operators of the massive secondary sneaker market GOAT. In addition to providing an influx of cash, the companies said they plan to work ...
Nintendo Switch weekly eShop update delivers a ton of indie games
Slash Gear - 7 Feb 2019 22:50
Nintendo has detailed another week’s worth of upcoming releases for the eShop, and in an increasingly rare twist, a 3DS game is the headliner this time around. Attention as largely moved away from the 3DS as the Switch...
Woody Allen Sues Amazon After They Indefinitely Shelve His Latest Film About a Man Trying to Fuck a Teen
Gizmodo - 7 Feb 2019 22:45
Director Woody Allen is suing Amazon Studios for $68 million after the company withdrew from a five-picture deal in response to the sexual abuse allegations made against Allen by his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow. Farrow...
LEGO's Incredible Pop-Up Book Set Just Got Its First Discount To $56
Gizmodo - 7 Feb 2019 22:40
The relatively modest 859 piece count of this LEGO set belies its ambition. It's actually a functional pop-up book that opens and reveals one of two fairy tale-inspired LEGO dioramas. It even includes a bunch of unique m...
'Fortnite' account merging cleans up Sony's cross-platform mess
Engadget - 7 Feb 2019 22:22
Sony screwed up with Fortnite. When Epic Games' blockbuster landed on the Nintendo Switch in June, it included cross-console capabilities for every platform except PlayStation 4, due to Sony's long-standing reluctance to...
NASA visualization tool adds virtual tour of lava world 55 Cancri e
Slash Gear - 7 Feb 2019 22:18
NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program has added a new experience enabling the public to tour an exoplanet that has lava oceans. The new 360-degree experience centers on 55 Cancri e, which has also received its own Exopl...
Moto G7: 10 things to know before buying
Slash Gear - 7 Feb 2019 22:14
There’s a set of devices coming from Motorola this year, all in the Moto G family. The Moto G 7th-generation devices revealed this week follow the initial Moto G line, the original best-selling budget-friendly device t...
Diet Drugs Might Make Mosquitoes Stop Thirsting for Our Blood
Gizmodo - 7 Feb 2019 22:00
Losing weight is definitely tough. So tough, in fact, that scientists have tried to whip up drugs that trick us into feeling full and suppress our appetite. But these concoctions might not just work in people, suggest th...
Netflix for iOS can automatically download new episodes
Engadget - 7 Feb 2019 22:00
Netflix just made it easier to keep a Marie Kondo marathon going on your iPhone -- the company's Smart Downloads feature has finally made the leap to iOS. As on Android and Windows, the feature will automatically delete ...
Google Fiber to shut down in Louisville after ongoing service issues
Engadget - 7 Feb 2019 21:49
Sixteen months after it switched on its Fiber network in Louisville, Google is ending its high-speed internet service there. It tried a different method of installing its Fiber infrastructure in the Kentucky city by plac...
Regrettable Microsoft ads bash Office 2019
Slash Gear - 7 Feb 2019 21:30
By now, most of us are aware that Microsoft would much rather have us subscribing to Office 365 instead of buying something like Office 2019 and calling it good. Microsoft, in fact, wants you to buy a subscription to Off...