Gadget News
This Grotesque Viral Photo of President Trump Is Actually Fake
Gizmodo - 6 Jul 2020 20:10
A particularly disturbing photo of President Donald Trump has been making the rounds on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit recently. But is the image authentic? No, the photo is totally fake. But it's close enough ...
The best student discounts we found for 2020
Engadget - 6 Jul 2020 18:00
They say your college years are the best of your life. But they tend to leave out the part where you're scrounging every dollar for textbooks, food and (if you're lucky) the occasional weekend outing with friends. Money ...
A number of first-party Nintendo Switch games are on sale at GameStop
Engadget - 7 Jul 2020 00:05
If you own a Nintendo Switch and are bored staying home, you're in luck -- almost 40 Switch games are now on sale at GameStop. Some games are even priced slightly better than Nintendo's recent summer sale. Notable titles...
Mac ThiefQuest ransomware should be a reminder that no one is safe
Slash Gear - 6 Jul 2020 07:44
Long gone are the days when Windows is the only vulnerable operating system or at least the most reported one. Mac and Linux computers have their own share of vulnerabilities, some worse than others, but recent times hav...
Google Chrome will soon eat up less of your laptop battery
Slash Gear - 6 Jul 2020 05:12
Chrome is probably the most used web browser on all platforms but it’s not exactly because it is the perfect browser. Although it has considerably improved over the years especially in memory management, it’s still n...
Researchers Claim Coronavirus Is Airborne in Letter to the WHO, Accuse It of Failing to Convey Risk
Gizmodo - 6 Jul 2020 02:56
A group of scientists will publish an open letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) in the coming days with an alarming claim: The novel coronavirus is airborne, meaning that it can linger in the air long enough and...
Reddit's Solution to the Stress of Moderating 2020 Is a First-Come First-Served Mindfulness App Subscription
Gizmodo - 7 Jul 2020 00:34
It's been a very hard year, for a lot of reasons. If you're one of the thousands of unpaid moderators of Reddit, you've likely had to deal with misinformation, harassment, conspiracy theories, hate speech: all the stuff ...
Why There's No Simple Answer to Whether the Coronavirus Is Airborne
Gizmodo - 7 Jul 2020 00:00
Hundreds of scientists across the world have just petitioned the World Health Organization via an open letter with one demand: Acknowledge publicly that the coronavirus behind covid-19 can be airborne, meaning it can spr...
2021 Mercedes S-Class teases AR windshield and hybrid range boost
Slash Gear - 6 Jul 2020 18:05
Mercedes-Benz has teased what’s possibly the most important car interior it has developed in years, with the new S-Class’ tech promising a big upgrade over what you’ll find in dealerships today. The new luxury seda...
India may require online shops to hand over site code
Engadget - 6 Jul 2020 05:27
India's plan to tightly regulate online shopping could give it a peek at how many internet giants work. Bloomberg says it obtained a draft e-commerce policy that would mandate access to sites' source codes and algorithms...
Horror movie fans can better handle pandemic stress, study finds
Slash Gear - 7 Jul 2020 01:22
The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly increased stress levels among the general public — the concerns range from unemployment to more extreme things like fears about the breakdown of society or widespread death. New resear...
Five things I need to see from the Xbox Series X Games Showcase
Slash Gear - 7 Jul 2020 01:17
After weeks of waiting, we finally have a date for Microsoft’s Xbox Series X game reveal. The company will reveal a number of first-party games in development for the Xbox Series X in just a couple of weeks, on July 23...
America's Dad Sounds Kinda Mad at Apple
Gizmodo - 7 Jul 2020 00:10
When it was announced last month that Greyhound, a WWII drama written by and starring Tom Hanks, had pivoted to Apple's streaming service amid a movie release schedule upended by coronavirus, I couldn't help but wonder w...
Microdosing THC confirmed effective for pain relief at minuscule doses
Slash Gear - 6 Jul 2020 23:56
The practice of taking very small, sub-perceptual doses of a compound — microdosing — is almost exclusively associated with psychedelics. Some medical marijuana users, however, have claimed that microdosing THC has i...
Supreme Court rules against law allowing debt-collection robocalls to cell phones
Engadget - 6 Jul 2020 22:25
The US Supreme Court decided today that debt collectors can no longer make robocalls to cell phones (via Ars Technica). In doing so, the court has ruled that the prior provision to the law violated the First Amendment by...
LinkedIn and Reddit apps caught copying clipboard content without permission
Slash Gear - 6 Jul 2020 05:53
Smartphones have put a lot of power into our hands, literally, but they have also exposed potential security and privacy violations in things we’ve been taking for granted on desktops. Things like asking permission to ...
Galaxy Note 9 display color issue persists [UPDATE: Samsung response]
Slash Gear - 7 Jul 2020 01:37
There’s an update that was released this year for the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 that turned the device’s display… sort green. A very similar issue seemed to appear on the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra starting in at around ...
Sony's Wearable Air Conditioner Is Finally Available to Help Make the Summer Less Sweltering
Gizmodo - 6 Jul 2020 19:50
First revealed last Summer with an intended release to coincide with the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Sony's wearable personal air conditioner is finally available for sale to help you battle the Summer heat when you occasionall...
Ubisoft Employees Have 'Grave Concerns' Over Toronto Studio's Misconduct Allegations
Gizmodo - 6 Jul 2020 18:45
There's a story some people tell at Ubisoft Toronto, the studio currently finishing one of this fall's bigger planned releases, Watch Dogs: Legion. It goes something like this: Maxime Béland, one of its co-founders and,...
These Are Some of the Best Citizen Science Projects You Can Join With Just Your Phone or Laptop
Gizmodo - 6 Jul 2020 16:30
Maybe you've never noticed, because they don't get a lot of hype but there are hundreds and hundreds of citizen science projects that you can get involved in. These projects range from tagging space observatory photos to...
Firefox on Android removes Preview version in favor of Nightly
Slash Gear - 6 Jul 2020 04:36
Despite being next to Google Chrome in terms of popularity, the recent months may not have been so kind to Firefox and owner Mozilla in terms of profitability and adoption. The non-profit organization continues to look f...
Facebook will 'pause' responses to data requests from Hong Kong
Engadget - 6 Jul 2020 18:15
China just recently imposed a new national security law on Hong Kong, a region not subject to the country's restrictive "Great Firewall" that censors the internet throughout the country. However, legal experts believe th...