Gadget News
Borderlands game collection is getting a huge visual upgrade
Slash Gear - 29 Mar 2019 20:10
After a long, long wait, Gearbox has finally confirmed Borderlands 3, and while that was the main attraction during the company’s PAX East keynote, it also gave some love to the previous titles in the series. The origi...
Boston Dynamics' New Robot Is a Giant Segway Bird That Lives to Suck
Gizmodo - 29 Mar 2019 17:21
Boston Dynamics has released a new video demonstrating one of its newest robots--a birdlike creation that gracefully moves boxes around a warehouse floor like only an avian-Segway-hybrid contraption can.
Google Photos makes it easier to take clear pictures of receipts
Engadget - 29 Mar 2019 17:12
Google is making it easier to capture clear photographs of receipts and other documents. Following on from the AI-powered suggested actions feature unveiled out last year, which automatically brightens and rotates images...
BLITZ TANTO Mini Tactical Pocket Knife is loaded with convenience
The Gadget Flow - 29 Mar 2019 15:00
Introducing the BLITZ TANTO Mini Tactical Pocket Knife by Bomber & Company. This straight edge pocket knife is the result of over 1,000 surveys and 10,000 data points from real users. Accounting for even the smallest det...
Astronaut bed rest study pays participants $19,000 for 89 days
Slash Gear - 29 Mar 2019 13:43
A few days back we talked about a joint NASA and ESA study that was being conducted in Germany looking at long term effects of weightlessness on astronauts and how artificial gravity might help them. More details have su...
HDHomeRun's TV service for cord-cutters is shutting down
Engadget - 29 Mar 2019 10:17
It's only been a few months since HDHomeRun launched its $35 per month Premium TV service, but now the company has emailed customers to announce it's shutting down. Cord Cutters News posted the email, which informed subs...
Now Amazon's Twitch Prime comes with a year of Switch Online
Engadget - 29 Mar 2019 05:20
Amazon keeps tweaking the benefits of its Twitch Prime package for Prime customers with moves like adding free games and taking away ad-free streams. The latest change will be particular appealing to certain gamers, as i...
Gmail on iOS finally gets customizable swipe actions
Slash Gear - 29 Mar 2019 04:32
Google is killing off its well-loved Inbox app but it still hasn’t brought its popular features to the main Gmail app. In some cases, Gmail is even inconsistent across the platforms it’s available on. Case in point i...
Office Depot settles with FTC over fake computer repairs
Slash Gear - 29 Mar 2019 03:58
It’s not that hard to scare people into buying things they may not need, especially in areas they may have little knowledge of. And nothing can be more complex or daunting than a PC. That’s why for almost a decade, O...
Hubble captures rare image of an active asteroid disintegrating
Slash Gear - 29 Mar 2019 02:12
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a rare image of an active asteroid that is in the process of self-destructing, the ESA and NASA have jointly announced. The image features asteroid (6478) Gault, which was discover...
ID-Cap System uses tiny ingestible pill sensors to monitor patients
Slash Gear - 29 Mar 2019 01:19
In the future, some commonly prescribed medication may have tiny trackers built into each capsule that monitor patients who take them. The technology is part of the ID-Cap system created by etectRx, a Florida company. Th...
Facebook COO says it's 'exploring' restrictions on who can go live
Engadget - 29 Mar 2019 23:57
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg took to the Instagram blog this evening saying "We have heard feedback that we must do more – and we agree." Despite the lack of credibility big tech companies have when it comes to dealing...
Pumpkin toadlets bones revealed to glow in patterns
Slash Gear - 29 Mar 2019 23:48
Two species of tiny pumpkin toadlets were the subject of a research project published today, them and their glowing bones. This isn’t the first time these little babies (Brachycephalus ephippium and B. pitanga) were di...
The Android phone app has pre-call blocking at last
Slash Gear - 29 Mar 2019 23:10
The official Google Phone app has an update in the pipeline that’ll bring far better call blocking features than Android’s ever had before. This is the first sign we’ve seen of the update coming beyond behind-the-s...
Climate Change Drove Neanderthals to Cannibalism, New Research Suggests
Gizmodo - 29 Mar 2019 23:10
Neanderthals are famous for having lived through the last major ice age, yet for a period of around 14,000 years they had to endure the effects of a naturally occurring global warming cycle. Struggling to adapt to the ch...
Google Store lists unannounced 'Nest Hub Max' 10-inch smart display
Engadget - 29 Mar 2019 23:09
In case you were wondering what's next in smart displays and hubs, the Google Store may have revealed the answer. As Android Police points out, a (now-removed) interactive graphic on the store's connected home page liste...
Overwatch Pro Blocks Racist Message With His Own Face During Stream
Gizmodo - 29 Mar 2019 23:00
During a recent stream, New York Excelsior Overwatch player and impossibly pleasant married person Jong-ryeol "Saebyeolbe" Park came up against a particularly unpleasant foe. Another player decided to use Overwatch's in-...
The Head of the FTC Just Debunked the FCC's Favorite Excuse for Killing Net Neutrality
Gizmodo - 29 Mar 2019 23:00
Two weeks before voting to rollback the net neutrality rules, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post in which he laid out his case for killing off the policy that ensured a free and open int...
Section 230 Is the Foundation of the Internet, So Why Do Republicans Want to Change It?
Gizmodo - 29 Mar 2019 22:45
Without Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, most of your favorite websites would not survive--nor would they have existed at all. The modern internet would be a much different place without this short little b...
Google Photos makes it easier to capture receipts and documents
Slash Gear - 29 Mar 2019 22:38
Snapping an image of a receipt or document is the fastest way to make a backup and there are a number of apps dedicated specifically to this task. Though these apps offer advanced features, including automatic edge detec...
Google Nest Hub Max leaked: What is this thing?
Slash Gear - 29 Mar 2019 22:38
Last year Google started talking about a sort of device called a “smart display.” They worked with companies like Lenovo to create devices that’d be essentially a Google Home (a speaker with Google Assistant inside...
Apple just confirmed once and for all that AirPower will never come out
Ars Technica - 29 Mar 2019 22:25
Apple reportedly never managed to solve a thermal problem.