Gadget News
What we played in August: Gundam building, 'Fire Emblem: Three Houses'
Engadget - 15 Aug 2019 17:49
Welcome back to Engadget's Gaming IRL, a monthly segment where we run down what our editors are playing. This time around, we dive into the new Gundam mobile model building game, and chat about our time with Fire Emblem:...
UPS is testing self-driving trucks in Arizona
Engadget - 15 Aug 2019 19:14
UPS has been secretly hauling cargo back and forth between Phoenix and Tuczon, Arizona for over three months, courtesy of their minority stake in automated trucking startup TuSimple. The tractor trailers are outfitted wi...
Ludwig & Dominique Argo Anti-Electromagnetic Wave Crib is handcrafted with walnut and copper
The Gadget Flow - 15 Aug 2019 08:59
Worried about potential harm the electromagnetic field could do to your baby? The Ludwig & Dominique Argo Anti-Electromagnetic Wave Crib will help ease your fears. In fact, this protective crib incorporates copper and Fr...
No Man's Sky BEYOND is off to a rocky start
Slash Gear - 15 Aug 2019 06:19
It seems that Hello Games will never really be rid of controversy wit its most popular title. At its infancy, No Man’s Sky gathered no small amount of hype over is promise of a proceurally generated action-adventure su...
Amazon unveils program that helps sellers easily donate unsold products
Slash Gear - 15 Aug 2019 04:39
Following reports that millions of unwanted and unsold third-party products were being destroyed by Amazon, the Internet retailer has launched a new program that lets these sellers donate their products instead. The new ...
Mate X delay tips even stranger phone with more screens
Slash Gear - 15 Aug 2019 18:37
It’s been a turbulent few months for foldable phones. Though Samsung and Huawei are both looking to try their hands are folding phones, both companies have delayed theirs at various points. Samsung, of course, delayed ...
Xperia 1 with Alexa built-in tries to woo a different class of buyers
Slash Gear - 15 Aug 2019 05:21
The Xperia 1 was clearly made for entertainment. Sony brought its 21:9 screen to a mobile size and dubbed it a CinemaWide display. Even with the addition of 4K HDR, it may not have been enough to sell the phone as much a...
Marvel plans to release a new fictional podcast series with Stitcher
Slash Gear - 15 Aug 2019 03:55
Marvel has announced plans to release a new fictional podcast series called Marvels that will take place ‘in the aftermath of the Fantastic Four's battle with Galactus, high above New York City, for the fate of the wor...
These rare superdeep diamonds exposed Earth's primordial secrets
Slash Gear - 16 Aug 2019 01:59
A priceless haul of superdeep diamonds has seemingly confirmed the existence of an ancient reservoir of raw magma, a time capsule of the Earth’s most inaccessible secrets. The discovery could lead to breakthroughs in u...
Instagram users can now flag false content for fact-checker review
Slash Gear - 16 Aug 2019 01:48
Facebook has expanded its Third Party Fact-Checking Program to cover photos and videos shared on Instagram, the company has announced. Under this expansion, Instagram users can now flag content they believe is false, tri...
Google's New 'Reminders' Feature Seems Like a Great Way to Piss Off Everyone You Live With
Gizmodo - 16 Aug 2019 01:30
Google has announced a new feature for Assistant to that enables anyone in a given Google family group--be they family, friends, or god help us, roommates--to receive an "assignable reminder," which Google says might inc...
Netflix's 'To All the Boys' sequel debuts February 12th
Engadget - 16 Aug 2019 01:17
It seemed just about everyone was talking about To All The Boys I've Loved Before when Netflix released its highly enjoyable adaptation of Jenny Han's teen romance novel almost a year ago. Netflix said last October it wa...
The FDA Is Previewing Some Grisly New Cigarette Warnings
Gizmodo - 16 Aug 2019 01:03
The federal government wants to scare the living hell out of you--at least if you're thinking about smoking. This week, the Food and Drug Administration previewed a series of new warnings that it plans to have plastered ...
Instagram users can now flag false content
Engadget - 16 Aug 2019 00:57
Beginning today, Instagram users can report content that they believe to be false. Instagram will use those flags to better understand misinformation on the platform and to train its AI to spot false content. In time, In...
Ebola cure nears as two treatments prove highly effective
Slash Gear - 16 Aug 2019 00:55
Two out of four Ebola candidate treatments have proven so effective that a trial testing the products is ending early. The recommendation to end the existing trial, which started in November 2018, was made by an independ...
Apple event date released early in iOS 13 Beta
Slash Gear - 16 Aug 2019 00:50
Hidden within the files sent with the latest version of iOS was a clue suggesting Apple’s next big event would occur on September 10th, 2019. This would most likely be the next big iPhone event, one which is expected t...
The Infiniti Project Black S is the best sort of hybrid
Slash Gear - 16 Aug 2019 00:50
Hybrids can be earnest, sensible ways to boost fuel economy, or they can be like the Infiniti Project Black S and borrow lashings of F1 technology to deliver ridiculous on-road performance. Handiwork of Infiniti and the ...
Vanity license plates have proven traffic ticket systems faulty for four decades
Slash Gear - 16 Aug 2019 00:36
A user by the name of “Droogie” (Joseph Tartaro) decided he’d be clever and register a custom license plate with the word NULL. That means blank, empty, the end – it’s not a word you hear people use all that of...
Cops put a stop to Amazon's 30-cent 'Mrs. Maisel' gas promo
Engadget - 16 Aug 2019 00:32
Promotions for streaming shows have been known to backfire, but Amazon might not be complaining too loudly about this incident. Santa Monica police made Amazon suspend a one-day Marvelous Mrs. Maisel promotion that charg...
A Baby Planet Might Have Smashed Right Into Young Jupiter
Gizmodo - 16 Aug 2019 00:20
Jupiter's core seems off, astronomers think, in a way explainable by an ancient collision with another enormous body, perhaps one 10 times the mass of Earth.
Epic Games Store update adds cloud saves, Humble integration
Slash Gear - 16 Aug 2019 00:08
The Epic Games Store is getting a pretty big update today, and it’s arriving with a much-requested feature in tow. Cloud saves have officially gone live on the Epic Games Store, with a little less than 20 games getting...
Breakthrough carbon ring could have outsized impact on molecular electronics
Slash Gear - 16 Aug 2019 00:05
Carbon may be commonplace in the grand scheme of elements in our universe, but some of its forms are much rarer than others – something IBM Research took as a challenge that could shake up future electronics. A team th...