Gadget News
HBO 'Go' and 'Now' names are going away, leaving just HBO and HBO Max
Engadget - 13 Jun 2020 00:16
HBO is retiring HBO Go and rebranding HBO Now in order to clear up confusion surrounding its newest app, HBO Max, the company has confirmed to Engadget. HBO Go, an on-demand streaming service for cable subscribers, will ...
Light, the company behind the Nokia 9 camera, quits the smartphone business
Ars Technica - 12 Jun 2020 21:33
Light's hardware-based approach to image stacking didn't make enough of a difference.
Pokemon GO will stop working on these phones soon
Slash Gear - 12 Jun 2020 20:28
Today the folks at Niantic responsible for developing Pokemon GO revealed that they’d be ending support for some older devices. The main devices that’ll be taken out are Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung Galaxy S5, Samsung ...
Google Assistant features expand to Bose, Sonos, other smart speakers
Slash Gear - 12 Jun 2020 06:18
Google Assistant is available on a wide variety of smart devices, not just those with Google’s name on them. Unfortunately, the reality is that Google’s own devices naturally get some preferential treatment in gettin...
Spider-Man: Miles Morales isn't a fully-fledged sequel after all
Slash Gear - 12 Jun 2020 18:23
One of the headliners for Sony’s PlayStation 5 event yesterday was, unquestionably, Spider-Man: Miles Morales. The only thing we saw concerning the game was a teaser trailer, with no further information from the folks ...
UK's antitrust watchdog is investigating Facebook's purchase of Giphy
Engadget - 12 Jun 2020 18:16
Facebook bought Giphy last month, and it caused a stir. Sentiments toward Facebook have been shifting over the years, and the GIF sharing site falling into the hands of the company that also owns WhatsApp and Instagram w...
Facebook test adds Wikipedia information to search results
Engadget - 12 Jun 2020 05:04
Facebook is testing a new feature that displays factual information from Wikipedia in some search results, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. This is perhaps an attempt to keep you on Facebook instead of opening a new ...
Star Sequencer turned inward finds mystery masses in Earth
Slash Gear - 12 Jun 2020 17:52
Mysterious structures far below the surface of the Earth have been identified, raising new questions about what makes up our planet in its least-understood depths. While Earth is known to have a molten core of liquid iro...
The Dell XPS 15 Might Be the Best All-Around Laptop You Can Buy
Gizmodo - 12 Jun 2020 17:41
When the new XPS 15 review arrived at my home, I thought there was a mistake. The box just didn't seem big enough to hold a 15-inch laptop, or at least not one the size of last year's model. And while I wasn't quite righ...
Sunday Scaries' CBD Father's Day Bundle Features Oil, Gummies, and YOLO Shots for $59
Gizmodo - 12 Jun 2020 15:45
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System76 Serval WS crams desktop CPUs and GPUs inside a laptop
Slash Gear - 12 Jun 2020 07:37
As powerful as laptops have become, they have always been limited by their size and the laws of physics. That’s why hardware, especially processors, are specifically designed to squeeze out as much performance without ...
Galaxy Tab S7 renders look all too familiar
Slash Gear - 12 Jun 2020 06:49
The Galaxy Note 20 might not be launching on its own in August even if the Galaxy Watch 3 and Galaxy Buds Live are now rumored to be coming next month already. In addition to two foldable phones, Samsung is also expected...
Once Friends, Google and Sonos Are Now Suing Each Other
Gizmodo - 12 Jun 2020 05:30
Google, bored of constantly duking it out with Apple and Amazon, is now suing Sonos--though, to be fair, Sonos did sue Google first.
Galaxy S20 Fan Edition could be the Galaxy S20 Lite
Slash Gear - 12 Jun 2020 04:35
The days of Samsung’s “mini” flagships are probably long gone but it seems it’s starting a new trend instead. Last year, it made an unexpected launch of a Galaxy S10 Lite and a Galaxy Note 10 Lite. Unsurprisingly...
How The Wing's Empire Was Built On Trauma, Racism, and Neglect
Gizmodo - 13 Jun 2020 01:45
On June 1, the women-only social club and coworking space The Wing shared an Instagram post that read "Black Lives Matter" in bold, yellow lettering. The graphic was a far cry from the millennial pink and muted tones tha...
Everything We Know About The PlayStation 5
Gizmodo - 13 Jun 2020 01:30
Yesterday, in an 85-minute event called "The Future of Gaming," Sony finally revealed the PlayStation 5. Between the presenters who may not have been human, we got a thorough look at plenty of video games (and some techn...
Playing Games on Your Phone With Google Stadia Just Got a Whole Lot Easier
Gizmodo - 13 Jun 2020 01:30
Google Stadia launched last fall, and when it came to streaming games on your phone, things were kind of limited. Not only did you need to have a Pixel phone, you also had to connect a Stadia controller via USB. However,...
Old games, new content: Spider-man, GTAV, Destiny 2, now this is the way
Slash Gear - 13 Jun 2020 01:24
Over the last week we’ve become very aware of the fact that game developers are trying for a sea change. It might instead be that gamers are the ones that’ve made this change happen – maybe developers are only doin...
Rare, Nearly Extinct Parasite May Have Resurfaced in Vietnam, Doctors Say
Gizmodo - 13 Jun 2020 01:10
Doctors in Vietnam this week say that they've made a mysterious and--if accurate--alarming discovery: A local resident who was infested with the nearly extinct Guinea worm. But Guinea worm experts are still trying to con...
Star Wars: Squadrons confirmed after leak: full reveal details
Slash Gear - 13 Jun 2020 01:00
It looks like a new Star Wars game is on the way, and this time around, we’ll get to hop in the cockpit of various Star Wars fighters and do battle in space. The game leaked on the Microsoft store earlier this morning,...
The Cannoli Isn't the Most Overrated Pastry--But It's Close
Gizmodo - 13 Jun 2020 01:00
A recent conversation between employees at Gizmodo dot com (a science and technology website) has led to an ongoing dialogue about the value of pastries. More specifically, my esteemed colleagues discussed--and have cont...
Android 11 Beta Voice Access update makes a big difference
Slash Gear - 13 Jun 2020 00:45
This afternoon Google released Android 11 Beta for Pixel 2, 3, and 4, with a very obvious upgrade to Voice Access. This is a feature in Android that allows the user to make commands – it’s part of the “OK Google”...