Gadget News
Galaxy Note 10 could have more controversial design features
Slash Gear - 3 May 2019 04:22
Notches, more formally cutouts, are a rather divisive feature. Some hate them with a passion while others seem to forget they’re even there after some time. Samsung took it up a notch, pun totally intended, when it int...
Wear OS slips as Huawei overtakes Fossil, Apple Watch still top dog
Slash Gear - 3 May 2019 03:51
Now that non-iPad tablets are practically gone, the next tech market that is being eyed with uncertainty is the smartwatch segment. Straddling the fine line between fitness tracker and smartphone, many aren’t able to m...
Bioengineers 3D print complex vascular networks
Engadget - 3 May 2019 02:14
Bioengineers are one step closer to 3D printing organs and tissues. A team led by Rice University and the University of Washington have developed a tool to 3D print complex and "exquisitely entangled" vascular networks. ...
AMC database exposed 1.6 million Shudder and Sundance NOW users
Slash Gear - 3 May 2019 22:12
Security Discovery’s Cyber Threat Intelligence Director Bob Diachenko has disclosed the discovery of an exposed AMC database related to the company’s Sundance NOW and Shudder online video services. After getting in t...
Using Neurostimulation to Treat ADHD Isn't as Scary as It Sounds
Gizmodo - 3 May 2019 16:50
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration cleared the Monarch external Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation (eTNS) system, a medical device that provides mild brain stimulation to treatment attention deficit hyperactivity diso...
UK Drivers to Stage Massive Strike Coinciding With Uber's IPO
Gizmodo - 3 May 2019 16:41
Rideshare drivers across the Atlantic have plans to sign off the Uber app and spend their time protesting in four major metro areas. The message, coordinated around Uber's plans to go public, is a clear rebuke of the com...
Washington is the latest state to approve sidewalk robots
Slash Gear - 3 May 2019 03:16
Washington has joined a growing number of states in approving sidewalk delivery robots, officials have announced. The new legislation was signed by Governor Jay Inslee this week, opening the door for tiny autonomous vehi...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Injects Energy Into Elizabeth Warren's Plan to Break Up Big Tech
Gizmodo - 3 May 2019 23:55
In March, Senator Elizabeth Warren published her proposal to break up the tech juggernauts--namely, Facebook, Amazon, and Google. On Friday, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has finally endorsed the plan, possibly...
Lyft Says It's 'Not in the Transportation Business,' So Disability Law Doesn't Apply
Gizmodo - 3 May 2019 23:45
We're in the season of multi-billion-dollar rideshare IPOs where the spotlight is on global and unprofitable transportation companies like Lyft and Uber as they try to get into the black. Let's check in with how the proc...
Imagine Getting Pulled Over By This Tablet on a Stick
Gizmodo - 3 May 2019 23:09
It's a far cry from the badass cyborg who served and protected the people of Detroit in the movie RoboCop, but this bizarre extending robot can assist with traffic stops and promises to help make such roadside interactio...
Future YouTube Originals will be available for free with ads
Slash Gear - 3 May 2019 23:01
YouTube has revealed a big new business decision related to its YouTube Originals: all new content will be freely available going forward. This is a big change for the company, which previously required its users to pay ...
9 games that deserve a spot in the World Video Game Hall of Fame
Slash Gear - 3 May 2019 22:57
Yesterday, The Strong Museum of Play in Rochester, New York announced its four inductees to the World Video Game Hall of Fame for 2019. Those four games are Mortal Kombat, Super Mario Kart, Microsoft Solitaire, and Colos...
Putting eyes on a donation jar made people more charitable
Engadget - 3 May 2019 22:43
A recent paper published in International Journal of Behavioural Biology found a novel way to make people more generous. All it takes is some eyes. Researchers found by sticking eye images on charity donation jars in a s...
Trump's China tariffs land Tesla in an Autopilot nightmare
Slash Gear - 3 May 2019 22:33
Tesla faces a tough Autopilot decision, after the US government denied requests to exempt its Full Self-Driving Computer from China tariffs, potentially forcing the automaker to raise prices or dramatically change its su...
Evidence of Arsenic-Breathing Microbial Life Found in Pacific Ocean
Gizmodo - 3 May 2019 22:15
Researchers working off the coast of Mexico have discovered evidence of arsenic-breathing life in oxygen-starved waters. These resilient microbes are a vestige of Earth's ancient past, but they could also be a sign of th...
These Avengers: Endgame Spoiler Toys Are Adorable and Heartbreaking
Gizmodo - 3 May 2019 22:00
The Russo brothers may think Avengers: Endgame spoilers are fair game starting next week, but toy companies disagree. Today, both Hasbro and Funko released images of toys based on some of the movie's most spoiler-filled ...
Peter Mayhew is forever Chewbacca: RIP, 2019
Slash Gear - 3 May 2019 21:52
It was announced last night that actor Peter Mayhew died on April 30th, 2019, with his family by his side. Mayhew’s family announced the passing of this film hero, best known for his role as the wookie Chewbacca from t...
One of the Largest Dark Net Markets 'of All Time' Falls to Police
Gizmodo - 3 May 2019 21:40
Police from around the world shut down the biggest active black market on the dark web this month, according to announcements from law enforcement agencies in the United States, Germany, and the Netherlands released on F...
The Last of the Arctic's Old Sea Ice Is on the Verge of Vanishing
Gizmodo - 3 May 2019 21:20
Pour one out for old Arctic sea ice, because it's basically a goner.
US charges three Germans over massive dark web marketplace
Engadget - 3 May 2019 21:19
The US just made a dark web bust that makes AlphaBay's 400,000-user peak seem modest by comparison. Federal prosecutors have charged three unnamed Germans for allegedly operating Wall Street Market, a dark web marketplac...
Google is testing shopping links under YouTube videos
Engadget - 3 May 2019 21:07
Google is looking at more options to boost its bottom line, and one of them seems to be shopping links tucked under YouTube videos. The company is running a test where it displays recommended products along with prices o...
Boeing, Accused of Union-Busting, Really Going for Some Sort of 'Worst Company' Award
Gizmodo - 3 May 2019 20:56
With an entire line of its planes grounded following several, likely preventable air disasters that cost hundreds of passengers their lives, Boeing has decided to kick itself while it's down by engaging in what three ex-...