Gadget News
Samsung Galaxy Fold released in USA to wary consumers
Slash Gear - 27 Sep 2019 20:32
This morning the Samsung Galaxy Fold was released to the United States at AT&T and in select retail stores. This release came after a longer-than-usual lead-up of newsworthy incidents and preflight announcements, due lar...
Facebook's Newest Testing Drops the Like Count, So Now How Will I Quantify My Self-Worth?
Gizmodo - 27 Sep 2019 05:22
After prototyping what Like count-less Facebook would look like earlier this month, Facebook moved forward with official testing Thursday and rolled out this new format to Australian users.
Dangerous levels of heavy metals found in electronic cigarette vapor
Slash Gear - 27 Sep 2019 23:00
A study out of the University of California – Riverside analyzed the vapor produced by six electronic cigarettes and found high levels of multiple heavy metals, including lead. The researchers focused on vaping devices...
Razer built an RGB microphone that displays live stream emotes
Engadget - 27 Sep 2019 19:00
If you're a livestreamer determined to stand out from the pack with flashy effects, Razer has your back. It's introducing a Seiren Emote microphone whose 8x8 LED screen displays (what else?) emotes in sync with Twitch an...
You'll soon be able to ask Siri to play songs on Spotify
Engadget - 27 Sep 2019 18:08
It's been a long time coming, but it looks like you'll soon be able to queue up songs on Spotify with the help of Siri. If you own an iPhone, the lastest Spotify beta allows you to ask Apple's digital assistant to play s...
The BBC and Netflix team up for new David Attenborough nature documentary
Engadget - 27 Sep 2019 16:39
Set aside a weekend to lie on the couch and gawp at the wonder of our natural world, because David Attenborough is making another documentary series exploring the fascinating lives of animals.
Shiny Pokémon Go World Tourism Day guide: A distance of 10000km
Slash Gear - 28 Sep 2019 01:58
Research Rewards and Shiny Pokemon in Pokemon GO for this World Tourism Day event are on point. Today we’re rolling in lucky – aiming for some of the strangest-looking alternate versions of Zangoose and Seviper – a...
NASA plays Where's Waldo? with India's crashed Moon lander
Slash Gear - 28 Sep 2019 01:54
You’d think spotting a crashed lander on the surface of the Moon would be easier, but NASA is discovering that the hunt can be trickier than you might expect. Searches for India’s Chandrayaan-2 lander, Vikram, have t...
Doctors Say a Washing Machine Helped Spread a Superbug at a Maternity Ward
Gizmodo - 28 Sep 2019 01:51
In what might be a first, doctors in Germany think that a too-gentle washing machine helped spread a superbug to more than a dozen newborns and children in the same hospital--though thankfully, no one was hurt.
YouTube Music app will come preinstalled on all Android 10 devices
Slash Gear - 28 Sep 2019 01:39
YouTube Music, the platform’s dedicated music service, will be preinstalled on Android 10 devices by default going forward, Google revealed on Friday. The app will be taking the place of Google Play Music, underscoring...
Dodge confirms 707hp 2020 Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody price
Slash Gear - 28 Sep 2019 01:20
Dodge has revealed the sticker price for the 2020 Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody, and when it comes to affordable excesses of horsepower there’s very little competition. Announced earlier this year, the fiercest version ...
Foldable screen Motorola Razr tipped for Q4 2019
Slash Gear - 28 Sep 2019 00:51
Today the still-in-production Motorola foldable display-toting smartphone was tipped to appear by the end of 2019. This smartphone was tipped earlier this year when we first started talking about foldable displays on sma...
iOS 13.1.1 arrives with fixes for Siri, battery drain, and backups
Slash Gear - 28 Sep 2019 00:49
Apple is back with another iOS 13 update, this time bringing iOS 13.1.1 with some key bug fixes for its mobile device owners. Among other things, users who update will get a bug fix for an issue that is causing device ba...
The final season of 'BoJack Horseman' starts October 25th
Engadget - 28 Sep 2019 00:33
It's time for yet another long-running Netflix show to pack up and call it quits. Netflix has announced that the sixth season of BoJack Horseman is the final one, and will premiere in two parts. The first arrives on Octo...
The 10 Best Deals of September 27, 2019
Gizmodo - 28 Sep 2019 00:00
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
Games Done Quick Express 2019 begins: 5 speedruns to watch this weekend
Slash Gear - 27 Sep 2019 23:56
Even though it isn’t quite time for another week-long Games Done Quick speedrunning marathon yet, GDQ is hosting a special weekend event at TwitchCon 2019. Games Done Quick Express, as it’s called, has officially kic...
Samsung's new Fortnite GLOW skin arrives: Here's how to get it
Slash Gear - 27 Sep 2019 23:51
The recently announced Fortnite GLOW skin and LEVITATE emote are now available to download, but only for players who have one of the eligible Samsung Galaxy phone models. The company is offering this skin for a large num...
'Apex Legends' Season 3 comes with the game's first new map
Engadget - 27 Sep 2019 23:51
With the start of Apex Legends Season 3 just days away, developer Respawn Entertainment has saved the biggest surprise for last. When the new season starts next Tuesday, players will get to check out the game's brand-new...
DTS Sound Unbound improves spatial audio for PC games
Engadget - 27 Sep 2019 23:31
Taking a page from longtime rival Dolby, DTS is out today with a new Windows 10 app that promises to give gamers access to enhanced audio. Dubbed DTS Sound Unbound, the app builds on Microsoft's Spatial Sound platform to...
iPhone exploit could allow permanent jailbreak for millions of devices
Engadget - 27 Sep 2019 23:04
Jailbreaks seemed to be a thing of the past, but last month, a security research released the first free, public iPhone jailbreak in years. Now, another security researcher has discovered an exploit that could make it po...
Avoid all Fleeceware scams with 1 rule for yourself
Slash Gear - 27 Sep 2019 22:48
There’s a new sort of scam going on here in 2019 that takes advantage of a modern phenomenon. The idea that you’d pay a fee each month for a service, like Netflix, became commonplace over the past decade. App makers ...
Kano's latest coding kit is a Star Wars-themed motion sensor
Engadget - 27 Sep 2019 22:45
Back in January, Kano revealed that it was working with Disney on a Star Wars-themed coding kit. It's taken a while, but today we finally know what the company -- best known for its colorful Raspberry Pi computers -- has...