Gadget News
Net Art of the Day: JODI
Gizmodo - 30 Mar 2020 17:00
The covid-19 museum closures have made abundantly clear that accession committees and the web's corporate overlords don't have much love for net art. While museums spent the past decade and hundreds of millions of dollar...
Fitbit Charge 4 adds built-in GPS but not much else
Slash Gear - 30 Mar 2020 04:52
It has been months since Google bought Fitbit and fans from both sides of the have hoped that the union would bear fruit sooner rather than later. Some expected that Google would integrate more health features into Wear ...
OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro leaks prepare us for what's coming next month
Slash Gear - 30 Mar 2020 03:37
With the Huawei P40 series out of the bag, the next high-profile early 2020 flagship left is OnePlus’. Not unless HTC has a surprise waiting for its remaining fans. Like any other premium phone these days, the OnePlus ...
China, Huawei propose internet protocol with a built-in killswitch
Engadget - 30 Mar 2020 16:16
China, Huawei and Chinese carriers want to redesign a key aspect of the internet -- and while there may be some upsides, their ideas have raised some alarm bells. The Financial Times understands that the group has propos...
ASUS Zephyrus G14 priced up - slim gaming laptop is more than a fancy LED lid
Slash Gear - 30 Mar 2020 15:52
ASUS’ Zephyrus G14 laptop, which pairs gaming-friendly specs with an LED matrix lid for animated patterns, has been priced up for the US. Announced at CES 2020, the Zephyrus G14 is a 14-inch ultra-slim notebook, but wh...
Abbott ID NOW COVID-19 test can give results in five or 13 minutes
Slash Gear - 30 Mar 2020 05:19
One of the biggest problems with the COVID-19 coronavirus is the lack and slowness of testing for cases. Overloaded healthcare facilities, faulty tets, and lack of equipment result in the inability to catch up with the t...
See Peacock Spider Joe's latest discovery of 7 new species
Slash Gear - 30 Mar 2020 21:01
Joseph Schubert likely has the strangest job you’ve heard about in a very long time – he’s a peacock spider specialist. Today, a report written by Schubert was released, showing seven new peacock spider species he ...
Westworld Begins to Amp Up With a Charlotte Hale Mary
Gizmodo - 30 Mar 2020 04:00
It's been an uncharacteristically slow, straightforward start for Westworld's newest season, but the series is finally returning to its strengths by leaning hard into one of the show's biggest mysteries: Who the hell is ...
Microsoft disables Xbox gamerpic uploads to help its moderators
Engadget - 30 Mar 2020 02:43
The COVID-19 pandemic is having more small but noticeable effects on gamers. Microsoft has temporarily disabled custom picture uploads for Xbox Live, including gamerpics and club images, to help it "streamline moderation...
Niantic is doing more to help 'Pokémon Go' gamers play at home
Engadget - 30 Mar 2020 23:55
Niantic isn't done making it easier to play its location-based games while you're staying home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The developer has outlined some of its future plans for titles like Pokémon Go, Ingress and Ha...
Veteran Jedi Academy PC Players Are Joining Online Console Games and Slaughtering Opponents
Gizmodo - 30 Mar 2020 23:45
The people wanted crossplay in games, and they got it. After debuting on the original Xbox and PCs back in 2003, Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy has been ported to the Nintendo Switch and PS4, complete with online m...
Microsoft Office Might Be Good Now, I Know I Know I'm Trying to Delete
Gizmodo - 30 Mar 2020 23:31
Microsoft has given its suite of Office applications a major update and I'm worried because they actually seem useful for regular people. Raise your hand if you've ever tracked your monthly budget by copy and pasting you...
NASA Webb telescope launch 1-year countdown begins
Slash Gear - 30 Mar 2020 23:25
One year from now, NASA will launch a telescope called Webb. This telescope’s full name is the James Webb Space Telescope, and it is the successor to the Hubble Telescope. Hubble changed the way we see the universe by ...
Amazon's Fire TV Live feature gets Sling TV free news integration
Slash Gear - 30 Mar 2020 23:10
Earlier this month, Sling TV launched a new free tier called ‘Stay in & SLING’ targeted at people who don’t subscribe to the service, but who are currently stuck at home and seeking new streaming services to watch....
Fossilized Vomit and Feces Are Delighting Paleontologists
Gizmodo - 30 Mar 2020 22:50
Fossil skeletons tell us a great deal about extinct species; we couldn't piece together ancient life without them. Just as important, however, are the fossils that may not immediately tug at our imaginations, fill us wit...
Ford and GE team up to build 50,000 ventilators by July 4
Slash Gear - 30 Mar 2020 22:49
Ford will team up with GE Healthcare to build more ventilators suitable for COVID-19 treatment, with the potential to produce 50,000 of the simplified design in the next 100 days. The automaker had already announced a co...
Facebook makes it easier to see how much it knows about you
Engadget - 30 Mar 2020 22:38
Facebook will let you view and download more of the data it collects about you, the company revealed today. It's expanding the Download Your Information tool on Facebook and the Download Your Data tool on Instagram to in...
Amazon kicks off buy two, get one sale with some big video games
Slash Gear - 30 Mar 2020 22:34
If you’re looking for something to do while you’re stuck inside, it might be worth heading over to Amazon. The company is holding a buy two, get one free sale on some video games and board games, and for video games ...
New COVID-19 vaccine heads to clinical trial: Here's the release timeline
Slash Gear - 30 Mar 2020 22:13
American corporation Johnson & Johnson has announced that it will send a COVID-19 vaccine candidate into human clinical trials by September 2020 at the latest, assuming nothing unexpected happens. If the vaccine proves s...
Facebook's smart glasses just found their AR lenses
Slash Gear - 30 Mar 2020 22:10
Facebook has locked up an exclusive supply of smart glasses displays, inking a deal with a microLED specialist that could one day put digital lenses in wearable computers. The agreement with UK display-maker Plessey boxe...
We Have a New Hole in the Ozone to Worry About
Gizmodo - 30 Mar 2020 22:00
The ozone hole is the problem that never seems to ever go away. And now it turns out we have a second one to worry about over the Arctic.
Apple brings ProRes RAW support to Windows video editors
Engadget - 30 Mar 2020 21:44
Thanks to a combination of more affordable cinema cameras and increasingly powerful software, professional video producers are able to net some impressive results. One major part of the equation for achieving high-qualit...