Gadget News
Goodyear's AERO concept is both a tire and a propeller for future flying cars
Slash Gear - 14 Mar 2019 14:17
The future for transportation is filled with vehicles that drive themselves and flying cars. At least that is the case if researchers, concept artists, and automakers can be believed. Goodyear has unveiled a new concept ...
Google Fit on Wear OS GPS battery saving mode has a catch
Slash Gear - 14 Mar 2019 06:45
There are dozens of smartwatches available in the market today and they mostly differ in design and available functionality. Two things that most of them have in common, though, are location tracking and poor battery lif...
Huawei patents phone with square second screen, zoom lens camera
Slash Gear - 14 Mar 2019 04:59
Huawei is not one shrug off some of the more eccentric trends in smartphone design, although it mostly lets its Honor sub-brand do the experimenting. That doesn’t mean, however, that it isn’t playing with some ideas ...
IKEA will officially reveal its first Sonos-powered speakers next month
Engadget - 14 Mar 2019 21:40
IKEA will reveal the first of its Sonos connected smart speakers at an exhibit in Milan next month. This isn't the first we've seen or heard of the speaker, and we knew IKEA had plans to start selling it in the US and Eu...
Google broke Pi world record, requests 31.4-trillion works of art
Slash Gear - 14 Mar 2019 17:15
Google Cloud is the world champion for Pi calculation, announced today, Pi Day, aka March 14th, or 3.14 2019. This is the first time the Pi calculation world record was ever broken in the cloud, and it breaks the most re...
Android Q desktop mode might be too little too late
Slash Gear - 14 Mar 2019 05:33
The first beta for the next version of Android has landed and, naturally, developers and modders are already taking it apart to look for hidden or even incubating features. One of those small nuggets is a not so hidden d...
EA reportedly paid Ninja $1 million to stream 'Apex Legends'
Engadget - 14 Mar 2019 04:37
It's no secret that EA paid top streamers to promote (and to some extent, influence) Apex Legends, but how much did those streamers make? In one case, it might have been quite a lot. A Reuters source claimed that EA paid...
Huawei P30 Pro to include Sunrise color, IR blaster
Slash Gear - 14 Mar 2019 04:04
Remember the days when the only way you’d get some color on your phone would be with a case or a skin? Those days are long gone and, ironically, you’d actually be hard pressed to find new smartphones in plain black, ...
Study warns 'inactive' ingredients in pills may harm some people
Slash Gear - 14 Mar 2019 03:33
A new study warns the ‘inactive’ ingredients often featured in pills and capsules may have a negative effect on some people who consume them. The fillers may include lactose, fructose, and other substances that resul...
US conducts criminal investigation into Facebook's data deals
Engadget - 14 Mar 2019 02:14
Investigations into Facebook's data handling keep piling up. The New York Times has learned that federal prosecutors are in the midst of a criminal investigation into the data deals Facebook arranged with tech companies....
Report: Facebook Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation
Gizmodo - 14 Mar 2019 01:55
Facebook is under criminal investigation for massive data deals between the social media giant and many of the world's biggest technology firms, according to a Wednesday evening report on the New York Times.
'Battlefield V' 64-player battle royale arrives March 25th
Engadget - 14 Mar 2019 23:59
After months of waiting, Battlefield V's long-promised (but conspicuously absent) battle royale mode is nearly here. DICE and EA plan to make Firestorm available on March 25th to all players, and they've shed more light ...
Deadspin MLB Announces Several Rule Tweaks Amid Broader Gathering Sense Of Doom | Splinter 'Full-Tim
Gizmodo - 14 Mar 2019 23:51
Deadspin MLB Announces Several Rule Tweaks Amid Broader Gathering Sense Of Doom | Splinter 'Full-Time Freelance' Is Just the Industry Standard | Jezebel Sephora Drops Sponsorship Deal with Olivia Jade | The Root Rep. Ale...
A 'Hairy Blue Spider' on Mars Is One of the Cool New Scenes Captured by European Orbiter
Gizmodo - 14 Mar 2019 23:40
Sadly, David Bowie was wrong about spiders on Mars, despite this exciting new image of what appears to a gigantic blue tarantula on the Martian surface. In reality, the false-color picture shows a series of trails produc...
Facebook just lost two key execs: Why the impact could be huge
Slash Gear - 14 Mar 2019 23:35
Facebook just announced the loss of two of its most major executives. One was the Facebook head of product, the other was the head of WhatsApp. Chris Cox has apparently been wanting to leave the company for “a few year...
Researchers Found a Way to Extract Detailed Slo-Mo Videos From a Single Blurry Photo
Gizmodo - 14 Mar 2019 23:27
The Phantom high-speed cameras used by YouTube channels like The Slow Mo Guys to capture mesmerizing slow-motion footage are obscenely expensive. But soon, thanks to a new technique that can extract slo-mo videos from a ...
Apple's latest iPhone ad promises privacy matters
Engadget - 14 Mar 2019 23:25
In a follow-up to its trolly CES banner ads, Apple just debuted a new commercial that again centers the iPhone as a more privacy-conscious option than the competition. Titled "Privacy on iPhone — Private Side," it focu...
Spend $20 On Stuff You Need to Buy Anyway, Get a $30 Mrs. Meyer's Gift Set For Free
Gizmodo - 14 Mar 2019 23:15
Here's your no-brainer deal of the day. If you visit this page and enter your email, Grove Collaborative will give you $30 worth of Grove and Mrs. Meyer's products for free when you spend $20 on anything else on the site...
ESA shoots and blows up batteries in project to reduce space debris
Slash Gear - 14 Mar 2019 23:02
The European Space Agency has conducted a series of tests that involve blowing up batteries as part of research into preventing space debris. The work took place in bunkers and involved engineers using a variety of metho...
It's Surprisingly Easy to Make AI Think a Taxi Is a Vacuum Cleaner
Gizmodo - 14 Mar 2019 22:50
Technologists like to put machine learning on a pedestal, exalting its ability to complement and even exceed human labor, but these systems are far from perfect. In fact, they are still tremendously vulnerable to self-ow...
Hearthstone's new set may bring back some classic combos
Slash Gear - 14 Mar 2019 22:45
The Hearthstone expansion “Rise of Shadows” has a quickly impending release date, and today we’re getting to know what the set will contain. Inside the mix provided by this set are a couple new sorts of cards, new ...
Facebook's C-Suite Continues to Melt Down Amid Zuckerberg's Plan to Bundle Products
Gizmodo - 14 Mar 2019 22:40
Chris Cox, one of the first handful of engineers hired to Facebook, a close personal friend of Mark Zuckerberg's and, until very recently, Chief Product Officer of the entire suite of the company's products, is departing...