Gadget News
Echo Show 8 adds 3rd smart display with Alexa Food Network tie-in
Slash Gear - 25 Sep 2019 21:57
Amazon already has a few smart displays in its line-up, but Alexa is getting another screen to play with in the shape of the Echo Show 8. An 8-inch version of the existing Echo Show 5, it enlarges the Alexa smart display...
Here's Your Crash Course in The Good Place Before the Fourth and Final Season Begins
Gizmodo - 25 Sep 2019 19:33
Listen up, ya dinks! The Good Place is about to begin its final season. It's a bittersweet situation: The best comedy on TV will be no more, but it also means the show will be ending exactly as its creators intended. Ahe...
The Morning After: Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot nails a tumbling pass
Engadget - 25 Sep 2019 15:25
Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Hopefully, you're awake enough to handle a Simone Biles-like robot, because that's we've got for you today. Besides the latest horror show from Boston Dynamics, there's also Nintendo...
Fish oil found to significantly reduce heart attack risk
Slash Gear - 25 Sep 2019 04:50
A new study from the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) looked into the potential cardiovascular and cancer-related health benefits associated with fish oil and vitamin D. Past research has implicated both substance...
Amazon Echo Frames hands-on: Alexa's audio-only smart glasses
Slash Gear - 25 Sep 2019 23:44
Smart glasses may bring to mind complex augmented reality eyewear, but Amazon’s Echo Frames are taking a more focused approach with Alexa using audio alone. Announced at today’s hectic Amazon hardware event, the Alex...
The Echo Glow is a $30 voice-controlled nightlight
Engadget - 25 Sep 2019 22:02
Amazon continued its quest to stuff Alexa into every device imaginable today, announcing a slew of Echo products at its Seattle launch event. In addition to a new Echo, a high-end Echo Studio and Echo Dot with a digital ...
MIT researchers create a diamond-based quantum sensor on a chip
Slash Gear - 25 Sep 2019 18:31
Researchers at MIT have for the first item created a diamond-based quantum sensor on a silicon chip. The team thinks that the advance in fabrication could open the door for low-cost, scalable hardware for quantum computi...
Tesla owners start seeing a data usage counter with a 50GB cap
Engadget - 25 Sep 2019 18:21
Tesla last year started splitting data into standard and premium tiers, but it's now hinting that it might watch how much data you're using, too. Some owners have noticed a data use counter showing up on their cars with ...
Impossible Burger is now available at east coast grocery stores
Engadget - 25 Sep 2019 18:17
After launching last week at grocery stores in Southern California, Impossible Foods' plant-based package of ground "meat" is heading east. Starting tomorrow, September 25th, all 100 Wegmans grocery stores in New York, P...
New music platform Audius plans to capitalize on SoundCloud's faults
Engadget - 25 Sep 2019 07:09
A new streaming service, Audius, wants to make up for SoundCloud's shortcomings. The free hosting service and music streaming platform launched today, and it's positioning itself as a blockchain-based SoundCloud alternat...
Chrome OS rolls out Google Assistant to more Chromebooks
Slash Gear - 25 Sep 2019 06:12
There is no single Google OS, at least not yet, but if there is one platform that ties all of Google’s products together, that would be Google Assistant. the smart assistant is available on almost all of Google’s pre...
Canoo wants to sell the world's first subscription-only EV
Engadget - 25 Sep 2019 05:45
You can get subscriptions for your music, TV and games, so why not for your vehicle as well? A company called Canoo wants to become the "Netflix of cars" by offering the world's first subscription-only electric vehicle, ...
Purism Librem 5 privacy-focused Linux phone has started shipping
Slash Gear - 25 Sep 2019 05:21
There is a lot of buzz going on around smartphone displays and cameras in the past few months but, for all the advancements in mobile technology, there is one issue that the market has not yet fully resolved. Perhaps exc...
Pesticides, Not Sonic Weapons, May Have Made Diplomats in Cuba Sick, Preliminary Study Finds
Gizmodo - 25 Sep 2019 02:12
One of the weirdest medical tales to unravel in recent years--the wave of U.S. and Canadian diplomats in Cuba stricken by unexplained, concussion-like symptoms as well as hearing loss--has taken another turn. A group of ...
The Electric 2020 Porsche Taycan: What We Learned Over 400 Fast Miles
Gizmodo - 25 Sep 2019 02:01
After more than seven years of production, the Tesla Model S finally has another high-performance electric sedan to compete against: the 2020 Porsche Taycan. In Turbo S form, it's a 750-horsepower all-wheel drive EV that...
Echo Frames hands-on: Amazon's glasses bring Alexa everywhere
Engadget - 26 Sep 2019 01:53
Amazon is entering into the eyewear business. At the company's annual event today, it announced its first-ever pair of smart glasses, called the Echo Frames. There's no AR here, so don't expect floating images; they're n...
Amazon Echo Studio first-look: Apple, Google and Sonos should be worried
Slash Gear - 26 Sep 2019 01:46
It looks like a HomePod with a letterbox slot, but make no mistake, the Amazon Echo Studio isn’t playing around when it comes to audio. Slotting in at the top end of Amazon’s smart speaker line-up, the beefiest of al...
Amazon unveils a couple new Ring cameras that cost less than $100
Ars Technica - 26 Sep 2019 01:40
Plus, a connected dog tag (yep) that uses Amazon's new wireless IoT protocol.
Massachusetts bans all vaping products, but only for a few months
Slash Gear - 26 Sep 2019 01:40
Massachusetts has banned the sale of all vaping products for the duration of four months, state health officials have announced. The ban covers all varieties of vaping products, including ones that are flavored, non-flav...
Match.com Knowingly Profited Off Romance Scammers, FTC Suit Claims
Gizmodo - 26 Sep 2019 01:38
It's no easy task finding love online. It's harder still when some of the many dating service options are littered not with hot singles in your area, but with scammers, as has evidently been the case with Match.com, acco...
UN report says climate change is wreaking havoc on Earth's oceans
Engadget - 26 Sep 2019 01:32
Stressed by overfishing, pollution and, most of all, climate change, the world's oceans have hit a tipping point, with potentially dire consequences for humans. A new report published by the United Nations' Intergovernme...
The 10 Best Deals of September 25, 2019
Gizmodo - 26 Sep 2019 01:15
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.