Gadget News
Apple's new documentary chief is a producer from 'Jesus Camp'
Engadget - 16 Apr 2019 03:03
Apple now has a leader for its burgeoning documentary plans. Deadline reports that the company has hired A&E's Molly Thompson as its new Head of Documentaries. She founded A&E's IndieFilms and most recently headed the br...
The Quest for the Most Elusive Material in Physics
Gizmodo - 16 Apr 2019 17:00
Zack Geballe spent months screwing together pairs of polished diamonds at the Carnegie Institution for Science's Geophysical Laboratory. Theory predicted that squeezed between the diamonds' tips could be one of the most ...
PlatoWork Brain Stimulating Headset will boost your brain's abilities
The Gadget Flow - 16 Apr 2019 15:00
Improve your cognition through the power of technology with the PlatoWork Brain Stimulating Headset. By using a safe and well-known neurostimulation technology called tDCS, PlatoWork can optimize the natural activity in ...
Google Fiber Will Pay $3.8 Million to Fix Roads Marred by Failed Louisville Project
Gizmodo - 16 Apr 2019 17:25
Google Fiber has announced that it will pay $3.84 million to the local government in Louisville, Kentucky to fix infrastructure in the city after the tech giant decided to pull out of that market. Alphabet, Google's pare...
NASA's Cassini data shows Titan's lakes are stranger than we thought
Engadget - 16 Apr 2019 16:44
NASA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft made its fateful plunge into Saturn's atmosphere in 2017, but scientists are still using the data it sent home to make surprising discoveries. Two papers published in Nature Astronomy re...
Forza Street free game launches on PC, will arrive on mobile this year
Slash Gear - 16 Apr 2019 02:15
Game developer Turn 10 Studios, part of Xbox Game Studios, has announced Forza Street, a free-to-play racing game for Windows 10, Android, and iOS. The game is the latest installment in the racing franchise, and it is ar...
Cops Are Trying to Stop San Francisco From Banning Face Recognition Surveillance
Gizmodo - 16 Apr 2019 01:46
San Francisco is inching closer to becoming the first American city to ban facial recognition surveillance, a booming technology that's a fast-growing business in the United States and extends to the core of China's high...
Lyft drivers will undergo continuous criminal background checks
Slash Gear - 16 Apr 2019 01:30Xbox One update adds a mini keyboard and smarter uninstalls
Engadget - 16 Apr 2019 23:59
Microsoft has more Xbox news in store even if you don't care for a disc-free One S or Game Pass Ultimate. It's trotting out an Xbox One April Update that, among other things, adds the option of a mini virtual keyboard. T...
PUBG Mobile 'Darkest Night' zombie survival mode arrives in 0.12.0
Slash Gear - 16 Apr 2019 23:38
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Mobile has been updated to version 0.12.0, receiving multiple changes including the new “Darkest Night” zombie survival mode. The new option joins the previously added “Survive Till ...
FAA Report: Boeing 737 Max Software is 'Operationally Suitable'
Gizmodo - 16 Apr 2019 23:35
The Federal Aviation Administration has released a draft report about its initial review of the Boeing 737 Max software update, following two recent plane crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia that killed 346 people and led ...
The disc-free Xbox One S hits stores on May 7th for $250
Engadget - 16 Apr 2019 23:11
A disc-free, completely digital Xbox One is no longer just a rumored pipe dream for cord cutters and the current generation of Fortnite fanatics who've never had to set foot inside of a GameStop. The Xbox One S All-Digit...
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate combines Gold and games for $15 a month
Engadget - 16 Apr 2019 23:05
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate gives players all the benefits of Xbox Live Gold and Microsoft's digital subscription service, Game Pass, for $15 a month. The bundle went live today for a limited number of Xbox Insider members, ...
Minecraft live-action movie won't arrive in theaters until March 2022
Slash Gear - 16 Apr 2019 22:55
The Minecraft movie we’ve been hearing about for years has a new theatrical premiere date, and it’s bad news for fans who were hoping to see the film this year. According to an official update given by the Minecraft ...
T-Mobile and Sprint merger is 'unlikely' without major changes
Engadget - 16 Apr 2019 22:55
So much for T-Mobile and Sprint enjoying a smooth merger. Wall Street Journal sources say the Department of Justice has told the carriers that their $26 billion union is "unlikely" to receive approval under its current s...
2020 Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 SUV and Coupe get tech and dynamics upgrades
Slash Gear - 16 Apr 2019 22:45
Mercedes-AMG is giving the GLC 63 line-up a revamp, with new exterior lighting, sharper driving dynamics, and a tech bump for the cabin. Making their debut at the New York Auto Show 2019 this week, and headed to dealersh...
High Life's Claire Denis and Robert Pattinson Dissect the Film's Messages About Prison
Gizmodo - 16 Apr 2019 22:45
Claire Denis' High Life is a film you have to go into while in the right frame of mind in order to even begin understanding it. As discombobulated as the first viewing might leave you feeling, it also ends in a way that ...
Meet Colossus: The French Firefighting Robot That Helped Save Notre-Dame
Gizmodo - 16 Apr 2019 22:41
Containing the Notre-Dame Cathedral conflagration in Paris was a heroic effort by dozens of people. While invaluable parts of the 856-year-old cathedral were destroyed yesterday, it was thankfully not a complete loss, an...
You Could Be Looking at Huge Fines From the FCC for Your Bootleg Streaming Devices [Update]
Gizmodo - 16 Apr 2019 22:40
With ever more streaming options and set-top boxes than any one person could ever possibly need, it's certainly much more convenient to cut the cord than ever before. But if you're looking to cut corners with the devices...
Google blocks TikTok downloads in India over pornography concerns
Engadget - 16 Apr 2019 22:36
Today, Google blocked TikTok downloads from its Google Play store in India, and Apple has been asked to do the same. The move comes after India's federal government sent a letter to the companies requesting that they abi...
Activists Deliver Giant Trash Monsters to Nestlé Headquarters to Protest Plastic Pollution
Gizmodo - 16 Apr 2019 22:28
Plastic pollution in the oceans is a huge, disgusting problem. Which is why it's pretty fitting that Greenpeace decided to raise awareness of one company's contributions with huge, disgusting trash monsters.
CRISPR gene editing has been used on humans in the US
Engadget - 16 Apr 2019 22:21
The first human trials in the US for CRISPR gene editing are officially underway. A University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia spokesman has confirmed to NPR that two cancer patients, one with myeloma and one with sarcom...