Gadget News
Pharma Companies Will Soon Be Required to List Drug Prices in TV Ads
Gizmodo - 8 May 2019 16:15
TV ads for prescription drugs are already annoying as hell, but those drug ads are about to get even more absurd. The U.S. government will soon require pharmaceutical companies to display the price of medications during ...
A New Spider-Man: Far From Home Clip Has Some Very Intriguing Teases About the Multiverse
Gizmodo - 8 May 2019 22:30
This week's Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer dropped some pretty major curveballs about how it's going to deal with Peter Parker's post-Endgame life--one of which was an allusion to the young hero's first step into a mu...
The Clock Is Ticking in the First Official Teaser for HBO's Watchmen
Gizmodo - 8 May 2019 19:35
Who watches the Watchmen? Well, it looks like we all will be soon.
Tenants win right to have physical keys in NY smart lock case
Engadget - 8 May 2019 16:37
The landlords of one Manhattan apartment building have been ordered to provide physical keys to tenants who don't want to use smart locks. The decision was reached in a settlement after tenants sued their landlord for in...
One of the World's Largest Crypto Exchanges, Binance, Hacked to the Tune of $40 Million
Gizmodo - 8 May 2019 06:00
Cryptocurrency trading hub Binance, one of the world's largest, has confirmed it lost about 7,000 Bitcoins (around $40 million) to hackers after its so-called "hot wallet," i.e. one connected to the internet and used to ...
Epson Moverio BT-30C smart glasses plug into your Android phone
Slash Gear - 8 May 2019 09:01
You don’t need to wait for Apple to launch smart glasses in order to get an AR headset, and now Epson’s Moverio line is making augmented reality even more straightforward. Latest addition to the company’s smart gla...
Vivaldi browser syncs Razer Chroma lights with website colors
Engadget - 8 May 2019 09:00
If you use the Vivaldi browser with a Razer Chroma-enabled device, you'll find your surroundings lit up with a different color based on the website you're visiting. The browser's latest version comes with Chroma integrat...
MIT AI model is 'significantly' better at predicting breast cancer
Engadget - 8 May 2019 05:28
MIT researchers have invented a new AI-driven way of looking at mammograms that can help detect breast cancer in women up to five years in advance. A deep learning model created by a team of researchers from MIT's Comput...
Chrome will allow blocking third-party tracking, show more ad info
Slash Gear - 8 May 2019 04:20
The pervading theme in Google I/O 2019 seems to be privacy. Ironic considering the company was, at one point, regarded to be its biggest violator. Whether you believe it turned over a new leaf or is cooking up something ...
Reports: Police Bust Deep Dot Web, Saying It Made Millions Off Referral Links to Dark Web Markets
Gizmodo - 8 May 2019 03:45
The FBI working in conjunction with authorities in multiple nations has arrested several individuals in connection with their involvement in Deep Dot Web, a website that allegedly profiteered by taking commissions on ref...
Android Pie hits 10 percent adoption two months ahead of its ancestors
Engadget - 8 May 2019 03:22
Google left people in the dark regarding Android Pie's adoption for more than half a year, but it's finally lifting the curtain -- and Pie is doing better than its predecessors. Updated stats supplied to VentureBeat show...
Chrome OS at Google I/O puts the focus on Android app development
Slash Gear - 8 May 2019 03:04
Gone are the days when Chrome OS felt simply like a glorified web browser limited to Google’s apps and services. Google says it designed the platform around speed, simplicity, and security but, to be honest, only two o...
UDS drug tests show false-positives for these common meds
Slash Gear - 8 May 2019 23:52
Today we’re going to have a chat about drugs, and how the medication you’re likely taking could lead to a false-positive on a urine drug screen (UDS). This isn’t a new topic, but it becomes more important the longe...
It Looks Like Uber's Sleazy Approach to Driver Lawsuits Could Be Backfiring
Gizmodo - 8 May 2019 23:39
Uber has had what can best be characterized as a shitstorm of scandals in its decade-long run, and that isn't even including any misconduct kept out of the public eye thanks to forced arbitration. Hiding those scandals a...
Fortnite downtime details revealed, plus futuristic Season 9 teasers
Slash Gear - 8 May 2019 23:26
Earlier this week, Epic revealed that Fortnite Season 9 will release on May 9 (that’s tomorrow!), bringing with it the latest Battle Pass and new batch of content. As expected, Epic has revealed the precise downtime sc...
'Avengers: Endgame' will stream on Disney+ starting December 11th
Engadget - 8 May 2019 23:20
The Disney Corporation held its Q2 2019 earnings call on Wednesday, taking the opportunity to announce that Avengers: Endgame, which has passed $2 billion is ticket sales in just 11 days, will arrive as a streaming exclu...
The VW ID.3 - Volkwagen's most important car in years - opens up reservations
Slash Gear - 8 May 2019 23:16
Volkswagen has taken a page out of Tesla’s book, and thrown open reservations on the new VW ID.3 all-electric city car. The first model to use VW’s new electric car platform, the ID.3 will begin a huge push by the au...
Powerful Lasers Produce Wild New Kind of Ice Thought to Exist Inside Uranus
Gizmodo - 8 May 2019 23:15
Scientists used high-energy lasers to create a new phase of ice unlike any seen on Earth before--but which might exist deep within Neptune and Uranus.
Finally, Android lets me turn off all phone sensors
Slash Gear - 8 May 2019 22:58
So you’d like to make certain your phone isn’t connecting to anything, hearing, seeing, or sensing anything at all, right? Now you can make that happen. Before now, users needed to gain root access (read: not easy fo...
Senators reintroduce bill to improve AI adoption in government
Engadget - 8 May 2019 22:46
US senators aren't giving up on their dream of promoting AI use in government. A bipartisan group including Cory Gardner, Kamala Harris, Rob Portman and Brian Schatz has reintroduced the AI in Government Act in a bid to ...
What's the Most Disgusting Way You've Treated Your Computer?
Gizmodo - 8 May 2019 22:40
Today, I learned that people--namely, the people I work with--do absolutely unthinkable shit to their computers, and that this is seemingly the norm.
Swapping carbs with fresh avocado found to suppress hunger
Slash Gear - 8 May 2019 22:26
Research out of the Illinois Institute of Technology reveals that swapping the refined carbohydrates in your meals with fresh avocados may reduce hunger later in the day. The findings were recently published in the journ...