Gadget News
FBI, USAF Investigating if Military Helicopter Shot at in Virginia Was Targeted or Hit by Random Gunfire
Gizmodo - 13 Aug 2020 06:05
Someone opened fire on a U.S. Air Force UH-1N Huey helicopter while it was flying in Virginia around noon on Monday, injuring one of the two pilots on board, an Air Force official told CNN on Wednesday.
Google Is Upgrading Search to Make it Easier to Find Live Sports and TV Shows
Gizmodo - 14 Aug 2020 01:25
With a seemingly ever-increasing number of cable and streaming services, simply figuring out where to watch that one live event or show has become its own challenge. So in an effort to help cut down on the noise, Google ...
What if Apple was forced to allow app sales outside of the iOS store?
Engadget - 13 Aug 2020 21:49
The knives are out for Apple. Companies on both sides of the Atlantic are pushing for regulators to do something about its dominance. They say that Apple's control of the App Store -- the only way to get native apps onto...
Fortnite cars bug is causing eliminations and players aren't happy
Slash Gear - 13 Aug 2020 02:42
Fortnite seems to be experiencing a bug involving cars, which isn’t surprising considering that they were just added to the game days ago. Players who have been with the battle royale game for a while have dealt with t...
Palantir Is Looking To Go Public As Early As September
Gizmodo - 14 Aug 2020 00:35
Palantir--a data crunching firm best known for its ties to Peter Thiel, the Pentagon, and police forces across the country--is apparently looking to finally go public, as people "familiar with the matter" told Bloomberg ...
Scientists Found a 200,000-Year-Old Human Bed Made From Grass and Ash
Gizmodo - 13 Aug 2020 22:41
Archaeologists from South Africa have uncovered rudimentary beds that early humans made by placing bundles of grass onto a layer of ash. Sounds basic, but these Stone Age beds were more sophisticated than they appear at ...
Intel Xe-HPG gives gamers a next-gen GPU alternative to AMD and NVIDIA
Slash Gear - 13 Aug 2020 17:52
Intel has revealed a new GPU for gamers, with the new graphics chip promising to be the fourth variant of its next-generation Xe architecture. The Intel Xe-HPG will be a performance version of the Xe family, joining the ...
Intel's Tiger Lake CPUs are ready to take on Ryzen 4000 mobile
Ars Technica - 13 Aug 2020 17:00
Intel showed us something new at Architecture Day 2020: confidence.
The Surface Laptop 3 is down to only $800 on Amazon
Engadget - 13 Aug 2020 16:40
Microsoft's Surface Laptop 3 is a good blend of power and portability, and a great-looking laptop to boot. Now, you can get the 13.5-inch model from Amazon for as little as $800, matching a deal that the site offered las...
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a soda shortage in the US
Slash Gear - 13 Aug 2020 03:28
The pandemic has claimed many lives, disrupted every nation in the world, and revealed that humans haven’t learned much since the influenza pandemic in 1918, at least when it comes to face masks. Beyond the most obviou...
Trump Brags That He's Trying to Sabotage the Postal Service to Rig the Election
Gizmodo - 14 Aug 2020 01:50
Is Donald Trump deliberately undermining the U.S. Postal Service to sabotage the transit of mail-in ballots on Election Day? Abso-fucking-lutely, Trump said in an interview with Fox Business News on Thursday.
Pinterest makes it easier to search content using a variety of skin tones
Slash Gear - 14 Aug 2020 01:34
Board-based curating platform Pinterest is making it easier for its users to search for products based on a variety of skin tones, something that is particularly useful when it comes to makeup and fashion products. While...
Photoshop's upcoming tagging system will help identify edited images
Engadget - 14 Aug 2020 01:33
Last year, with help from The New York Times and Twitter, Adobe started working on the Content Authenticity Initiative, an attempt to cut down on the number of altered images that circulate online. Adobe said the technol...
Verizon's cheapest 5G phone may soon be LG's
Slash Gear - 14 Aug 2020 01:10
The least expensive 5G-capable smartphone carried by Verizon right this minute is a Samsung Galaxy. There’s the Samsung Galaxy A51 5G UW, as put on sale earlier today, hundreds of dollars cheaper than the next-most-ine...
Garbage Crypto Product Dies Immediately After Launch
Gizmodo - 14 Aug 2020 01:07
What happens when you mix esoteric financial instruments with poor coding practices? You get decentralized finance (DeFi), a new buzzword popular with crypto fans who see it as a way to invest in new startups or put mone...
Epic's parody of Apple's 1984 ad ends with #FreeFortnite
Engadget - 14 Aug 2020 00:53
As part of its response to Apple delisting Fortnite from the App Store, Epic Games shared a new short that repurposes the tech giant's iconic 1984 ad, complete with original 4:3 aspect ratio. The video features a Fortnit...
YouTube cracks down on videos intended to disrupt the election
Slash Gear - 14 Aug 2020 00:37
As the US presidential election nears, many companies are detailing the measures they’ve taken to prevent their platforms from being used as a tool to manipulate the public and interfere in politics. YouTube is the lat...
Google adds re-opening and COVID-19 info to travel searches
Engadget - 14 Aug 2020 00:29
Google has already introduced a number of updates to help people get around during widespread closures and travel disruptions due to COVID-19. Now that more cities and states are beginning to open up, the company is upda...
Watch Microsoft justify Surface Duo
Slash Gear - 14 Aug 2020 00:18
It’s fair to say that Microsoft’s newest hardware is proving divisive, with Surface Duo splitting opinion between those who think it’s potentially the future of computing, and critics who say it’s just too expens...
Pro 'Fortnite' streamer Ewok is back on Twitch
Engadget - 14 Aug 2020 00:11
Soleil "Faze Ewok" Wheeler has signed an exclusive streaming deal with Twitch after streaming on Microsoft's Mixer since November of last year. Mixer shut down July 22nd, meaning Ewok and other pro streamers were faced w...
Verizon Samsung Galaxy A51 5G UW released: Is it worth the money?
Slash Gear - 14 Aug 2020 00:05
Today we’re taking a brief look at the newly released Samsung Galaxy A51 5G UW as released by Verizon in the summer of 2020. This device was released as a sort of alternative to the Samsung Galaxy S20, complete with 5G...
'Fortnite' maker Epic Games sues Apple over App Store policies
Engadget - 13 Aug 2020 23:54
Fortnite developer Epic Games is suing Apple after the company removed the game from its App Store. In a lawsuit, Epic accuses the iPhone maker of anti-competitive and monopolistic behavior. "Epic brings this suit to end...