Gadget News
Huawei Mate 30 Pro leaks in full with bad news for Europe
Slash Gear - 18 Sep 2019 05:25
The Pixel 4 has had its time in the spotlight as far as leaks go. Huawei, however, has an event scheduled this Thursday so it is grabbing attention away from Google for a while. Unsurprisingly, unofficial information als...
Facebook contractors are listening to Portal voice commands again
Engadget - 18 Sep 2019 20:11
Facebook may have halted human review of Messenger voice chats in August, but that didn't mean it was putting the brakes on everything. The company has revealed to Bloomberg that its contractors will go back to reviewing...
Pinterest makes it easier for groups to organize and react to their boards
Engadget - 18 Sep 2019 18:00
Pinterest is making it easier to figure out your Group Board collaborators' thoughts when you're working on projects together. Starting this week, the social network will make it possible to "react" to a pin in a Group B...
Pokemon GO Shiny Trapinch code found as Mewtwo raids cancelled
Slash Gear - 18 Sep 2019 23:39
This morning the latest release of Pokemon GO included imagery of Shiny Trapinch and crew. This Pokemon is not strictly new – it was first released in the Hoenn region, Generation 3, back with Pokemon Ruby and Pokemon ...
HP Elite Dragonfly aims for Intel Project Athena spec in handsome hardware
Slash Gear - 18 Sep 2019 10:00
The HP Elite Dragonfly is a convertible notebook computer with a 13-inch display and 24.5-hour battery life. This notebook is meant to look stylish, work hard, and be very, very light. HP’s made a point to note that th...
Smart Neck Massager Relaxation Device helps you relieve tension anywhere
The Gadget Flow - 18 Sep 2019 09:00
Avoid stress no matter where you are with the Smart Neck Massager Relaxation Device. This portable device sits around your neck so you can relieve tension on the go. Available in red and white, this neck massager has a s...
Uber will start mapping Dallas streets this fall using human drivers
Slash Gear - 18 Sep 2019 05:58
Uber Advanced Technologies Group has announced plans to expand into Dallas, Texas, building upon its existing presence in Toronto, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco. The company will start gathering data in the city in early...
Hulu hackathon leads to eye-tracking controls for Roku
Engadget - 18 Sep 2019 05:34
Of the 40 project ideas that came out of Hulu's annual hackathon this summer, more than a quarter addressed the needs of users with disabilities. Today, Hulu shared some of those accessibility-focused concepts.
The World Is 'Grossly' Unprepared for the Next Major Pandemic, Watchdog Finds
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2019 00:35
A report compiled by an independent group of experts claims that governments and NGOs are woefully unprepared for the next big pandemic, while subsequently warning of a "very real threat" for a global-scale pandemic to k...
Apple will use recycled rare earth metals in the iPhone's Taptic Engine
Engadget - 18 Sep 2019 19:01
Apple has a new strategy to make its products more environmentally friendly. Moving forward, the company plans to source the rare earth metals needed to build the iPhone's Taptic Engine from recycled components. The Tapt...
Man Accused of Using Drone to Airdrop Explosives Onto Ex-Girlfriend's Property
Gizmodo - 18 Sep 2019 18:57
Prosecutors have accused an autoworker of using a drone to drop bombs on his ex-girlfriend's home in Washington Township, Pennsylvania.
Facebook Partners With Ray-Ban to Help Make Its Smart Glasses Happen: Report
Gizmodo - 18 Sep 2019 18:35
Hoping to avoid the failure that was the consumer version of Google Glass, Facebook has teamed up with Luxottica, the parent company of brands like Ray-Ban, to help with the development of its own augmented reality glass...
YouTube is bringing a big, ugly ad banner to its TV app's home screen
Engadget - 18 Sep 2019 18:22
Your living room YouTube experience is about to become decidedly more cluttered. YouTube is bringing its usual Masthead ad to its TV app's home screen, guaranteeing that you'll see a promo before anything else. While the...
Steam Library's long-overdue makeover is now in public beta
Slash Gear - 18 Sep 2019 06:36
Despite the challenge that Epic Games raised against it, Valve’s Steam remains the digital game distribution platform of choice for the majority of developers and publishers. That, however, doesn’t mean it offers the...
Vaping Flavorpocalypse Comes to New York as State Health Authorities Order Emergency Ban
Gizmodo - 18 Sep 2019 05:30
The New York state Department of Health's Public Health and Health Planning Council approved an emergency ban of all vaping products with flavors other than tobacco or menthol--and have doubtless started a mad rush on mi...
Amazon's 'Lord of the Rings' series will shoot in New Zealand
Engadget - 18 Sep 2019 04:49
Amazon Studios' Lord of the Ring series will be filmed in the lush green forests of none other than New Zealand. The streaming platform announced today that production on the series will begin in Auckland in the coming m...
Fortnite Special Edition Controller for Xbox One now available
Slash Gear - 18 Sep 2019 04:22
Remember the special Fortnite Xbox One console edition Microsoft introduced earlier this summer? The bundle included a purple console alongside a dark purple wireless controller, both styled after the game’s iconic Sto...
Uber starts mapping Dallas roads to aid its self-driving efforts
Engadget - 18 Sep 2019 04:14
Uber is still testing self-driving cars in a very limited fashion, but that isn't stopping it from expanding its efforts to a new city. The ridesharing firm has unveiled plans to map Dallas streets and lay the groundwork...
What's the Worst Band to Get Fired to?
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2019 01:47
On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that WeWork CEO Adam Neumann once fired a bunch of employees and then, a few weeks later, tried to sooth the pain for his remaining workers by giving them tequila shots and ...
OPPO Reno 2 first impressions and hands-on: Shark fin phone and a pip
Slash Gear - 19 Sep 2019 01:46
Today we’re taking a quick first-impressions sort of look at OPPO Reno 2, a smartphone with a shark fin. This device has a 6.5-inch full-frontal-coverage display with a front-facing camera that pops up sideways on a sw...
It's the Guns
Gizmodo - 19 Sep 2019 01:29
Ostensibly this morning's Senate subcommittee hearing was intended to be an assessment of what social media platforms are doing, and what they ought to be doing better, as mass shootings and the monsters who commit them ...
T-Mobile's Sprint merger is opposed by 18 state attorneys general
Engadget - 19 Sep 2019 01:28
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is the latest state attorney general to oppose T-Mobile's Sprint merger. Today, Shapiro announced that he'll join a lawsuit to block the "megamerger" of the telecom giants, maki...