Gadget News
Xperia 1, Xperia 5 get Android 11 update a month early
Slash Gear - 18 Jan 2021 03:49
With very few smartphones released each year, you’d think that Sony would have a handle on getting Android updates out fast. Its reported timetable for Android 11 rollout, however, didn’t give that much hope. Now it ...
US denies, revokes license to sell to Huawei at the last minute
Slash Gear - 18 Jan 2021 02:54
The US is about to undergo a rather historic political transition in a few days but it seems that the outgoing Trump administration is hastily doing all that it can before that day comes. While there is no clear assuranc...
This Genius Bot Turns Reddit Drama Into Face-Offs From Ace Attorney
Gizmodo - 18 Jan 2021 23:22
Drama is no stranger to Reddit, as many of you all might know. And while more than a few have snickered or giggled at Reddit arguments that have exploded or taken strange twists and turns, there's now a new way to check ...
Johnny Mnemonic's Cyber-Dolphin Is Still the Apex of Cyberpunk
Gizmodo - 18 Jan 2021 20:30
It's hard to make the cyberpunk genre feel fresh nowadays. Its tried-and-true tenets of a dystopian future overrun by corporations and technology have, after all, been true for a while. Of course, cybernetic implants are...
Report: This year's iPhones may have in-screen Touch ID
Ars Technica - 18 Jan 2021 23:19
Also, the charging port might be retired.
2021 Volvo XC60 T8 Polestar Review - A hotter plug-in hybrid
Slash Gear - 18 Jan 2021 23:00
Polestar may be occupied making all-electric cars right now, but that doesn’t mean it’s too busy to give co-owner Volvo a hand with some performance upgrades for the Swedish automaker’s most popular models. The 202...
Amazon's Fire HD 8 tablets are $30 off right now
Engadget - 18 Jan 2021 22:45
If you've been considering whether to pick up an Amazon Fire tablet, now might be the time to take the leap. They're currently on sale, and Amazon is offering particularly decent deals on Fire HD 8 tablets. The Fire HD 8...
Capitol rioter allegedly planned to sell laptop from Pelosi's office to Russia
Engadget - 18 Jan 2021 21:33
A woman who was allegedly part of the mob that stormed Capitol Hill earlier this month may have stolen a laptop from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office and tried to sell it to Russian intelligence. The FBI is investigat...
The way we watch sports is still broken and isn't getting any better
Slash Gear - 18 Jan 2021 19:30
Back in the late 2000s, when streaming services like Netflix and Hulu were just getting going, I was convinced that those services would change the way we watch TV. Even back then, it wasn’t difficult to envision a fut...
American Robotics drones allowed to fly no on-site human operators
Slash Gear - 18 Jan 2021 05:10
Drones have been a controversial topic in the aviation industry, with regulators still on the fence about approving these unmanned aerial vehicles for commercial use. The pandemic, however, may have made the need for dro...
Pokemon GO Eevee evolution most updated Leaveon, Glaceon, Umbreon, Espeon names
Slash Gear - 18 Jan 2021 21:00
The latest way to play Pokemon GO with Eevee has a set of names and ways in which to pick your evolutionary result. Since the start of the game Pokemon GO, Eevee’s several ways of evolving and choosing the way in which...
The miniKORG 700FS is an overdue reissue of its first landmark synth
Engadget - 18 Jan 2021 21:00
In 1973 Korg released its first mass-produced mono synth -- the miniKORG 700. It's a landmark instrument, but one that's often overshadowed by the likes of the Minimoog Model D. And even when it comes to the company's ow...
Parler's website is back up, but the service is still unavailable
Engadget - 18 Jan 2021 22:15
One week after it lost access to Amazon's hosting servers, Parler's website is back online in limited form. Visit it today and you'll find a message from CEO John Matze. "Hello world, is this thing on?" he says at the to...
Hyperion XP-1 hydrogen supercar has landed in Las Vegas
Slash Gear - 18 Jan 2021 13:29
The Hyperion XP-1, touted as the world's first hydrogen fuel cell supercar, has recently landed in Las Vegas to the delight of onlookers, residents, and motorists alike. However, it came to celebrate the first virtual CE...
Virgin Orbit successfully puts NASA payload into space
Slash Gear - 18 Jan 2021 13:02
Virgin Orbit is a company based in California that launches satellites into orbit. The company confirmed that its LauncherOne rocket reached space during its second launch demonstration held on Sunday. The mission placed...
This file generation software generates all the files that can be created
The Gadget Flow - 18 Jan 2021 11:46
A century ago, people couldn’t create digital files to save memories and data the way we can now. Future generations will be able to, though, and we already know what the file makeup will look like. That’s because al...
Parler's Back from the Dead With a Domain Registered to Epik, Home to Gab and Daily Stormer
Gizmodo - 18 Jan 2021 02:19
Parler came back online Sunday with a defiant message to the social network's "lovers and haters." Its new host appears to be Epik, a domain name registrar that has harbored other deplatformed cesspools like Gab, the Dai...
Mt. Gox exchange users may finally get to recover some of their lost Bitcoin
Engadget - 18 Jan 2021 23:30
When Mt. Gox went bankrupt in 2014, it was the world's largest Bitcoin exchange, holding 850,000 Bitcoins from thousands of users. Now, creditors might finally be able to get a portion of those riches back. One of Mt. Go...
The 10 Best Deals of January 18, 2021
Gizmodo - 18 Jan 2021 23:00
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Vizio's OLED Is the Perfect TV if You Want Quality on a Budget
Gizmodo - 18 Jan 2021 20:00
If you've been hoping to upgrade your old TV for an OLED model but don't want to spend a fortune for a decently sized display, Vizio's OLED is the TV for you.
Biden May Yank Keystone XL Pipeline Permit as Soon as His First Day in Office
Gizmodo - 18 Jan 2021 19:25
One of President-elect Joe Biden's first acts in office will be to axe the cross-border permit for the multi-billion-dollar Keystone XL pipeline project. That's according to sources familiar with the matter who told Poli...
Korg reinvents a cult favorite with the Modwave wavetable synthesizer
Engadget - 18 Jan 2021 19:20
In 1985 Korg released the DW-8000, an analog-digital hybrid synth that combined at the time cutting edge digital oscillators with analog filters. The Modwave is an all digital take on the DW, updated to fit in with the c...