Gadget News
Google Pixel Buds (2020) launch outside the US, more colors coming
Slash Gear - 14 Jul 2020 06:52Microsoft might be inserting Bing in Android context menus via Outlook
Slash Gear - 14 Jul 2020 05:19
Microsoft is a company notorious for tactics to get its products in people’s hands, whether they wanted it or not. It has been trying to reform that image and its practices, but not before a number of legal losses in c...
Large study links regular meditation with vast heart health benefits
Slash Gear - 14 Jul 2020 23:00
Regularly meditating may offer vast heart health benefits, according to a large new study. The findings follow other smaller studies that have linked the two, but without adequate data to determine just how strong of an ...
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 size, cameras, specs leak despite delay
Slash Gear - 15 Jul 2020 00:52
A leak of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 was delivered today with full camera specs, display sizes, and release indicators. What’s not entirely clear at the moment is the release date for Galaxy Z Fold 2. The most recent ...
Spotify expands to Russia and 12 other countries in eastern Europe
Engadget - 14 Jul 2020 23:17
Spotify is expanding to 13 additional markets. Starting today, music fans in Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia and Ukrai...
Five Things to Know About UAE's First Mission to Mars
Gizmodo - 14 Jul 2020 21:12
The Emirates Hope Mission, scheduled to launch this Friday, is the first Arab attempt to reach the Red Planet. Here's how the UAE will endeavor to make history.
Apple's base 16-inch MacBook Pro is $400 off at Amazon
Engadget - 14 Jul 2020 20:36
For the first time in about a month, Apple's 16-inch MacBook Pro is back on sale at Amazon. Now you can save $400 on the base MacBook Pro, which brings the final price to $1,999.99. These models are discounted by $300 by...
Ditch the AirPods for Anker's Wallet-Friendly Soundcore Life P2 True Wireless Earbuds, Now $45
Gizmodo - 14 Jul 2020 18:00
Anker Soundcore Life P2 | $45 | Amazon
Canon responds to EOS R5 video overheating controversy
Slash Gear - 14 Jul 2020 17:51
Canon has responded reports that the newly-announced EOS R5 and R6 could overheat during video recording, after photographers voiced concerns that capture times could be limited. Revealed earlier this month, the new EOS ...
Razer Phone 3 prototype may hint why it was canceled
Slash Gear - 14 Jul 2020 07:27
Remember the Razer Phone? The not so unexpected smartphone from the gaming giant can be credit for having carved out a niche gaming smartphone market. Unlike the ones that followed its lead, however, Razer has failed to ...
iPhone batterygate settlement can now be claimed by eligible users
Slash Gear - 14 Jul 2020 06:21
A little over two years ago, Apple faced one of its highest-profile scandals that wasn’t related to privacy, security, or even monopoly. It was, instead, about how it silently started throttling older iPhones in order ...
Vivo iQOO teases 120W Super FlashCharge coming next month
Slash Gear - 14 Jul 2020 05:49
While Samsung and Huawei and soon LG will be fighting over flexible displays, some are going to race for the fastest charging technologies. Xiaomi fired the opening show last year but bowed out for a while, claiming that...
NASA and ESA will reveal first images from Solar Orbiter this week
Slash Gear - 14 Jul 2020 03:54
NASA is planning to hold an event this week that will reveal the first images and data from Solar Orbiter, the relatively new joint mission between it and the European Space Agency (ESA). The mission is carrying 10 instr...
Gimlet Media Sued for Not Making Podcasts Accessible to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Gizmodo - 14 Jul 2020 02:50
The podcasting company Gimlet Media now faces a class-action lawsuit for failing to make its podcasts accessible to the deaf and hard of hearing. In the complaint, filed today in New York, plaintiff Kahlimah Jones argues...
Congress Asks Apple, Google to Clamp Down On Foreign Apps
Gizmodo - 15 Jul 2020 01:59
For the past week, House lawmakers have taken a brief pause from, say, probing into Silicon Valley's potential antitrust issues, and deciding just how we should all feel about the FBI's practice of warrantless wiretappin...
Burger King reveals Reduced Methane Whopper from cows on special diet
Slash Gear - 15 Jul 2020 01:36
Fast-food company Burger King is back with another environmentally-friendly Whopper — and unlike the Impossible Whopper, this new burger features real beef, not a plant-based product. What makes it unique? The beef is ...
Record-Breaking High Tide Floods Are on the Rise
Gizmodo - 15 Jul 2020 01:28
There's no need to wait for the watery future of our coasts. Data from 98 sites along the U.S. coast shows that high tide flood are on the rise.
US government drops online class restrictions for international students
Engadget - 15 Jul 2020 01:07
The Trump administration has backpedaled on a policy that would have forced international college students to leave the US if their fall courseload was entirely online. A federal judge in Boston announced that the Depart...
It's modular, it's cheap, it runs Windows--it's the $300 Kano tablet PC
Ars Technica - 15 Jul 2020 00:43
Microsoft and Kano teamed up to battle ChromeOS with a cheap Windows 10 tablet.
The CDC director just dropped a bombshell on COVID-19 mask-wearing
Slash Gear - 15 Jul 2020 00:41
As little as 1-2 months of consistent mask-wearing across the US could be enough to tame COVID-19, the CDC chief has predicted, highlighting the stakes at play as the coronavirus pandemic looks set to surge again. Cases ...
Tim Cook Joins White House to Tell Unemployed Americans to Learn to Code
Gizmodo - 15 Jul 2020 00:30
Ivanka Trump, a woman with a lifetime career guarantee and a net worth equalling the GDP of a small African country, has a plan for the millions of unemployed workers, many of whom lost their jobs during the pandemic: "F...
Spider-Man 2 Is a Perfect Sequel
Gizmodo - 15 Jul 2020 00:30
So many follow-ups to successful movies stumble as they chase spectacle at the cost of forgetting what really made their predecessor work in the first place. Sam Raimi's sophomore Spider-Man movie aimed much higher and b...