Gadget News
Fitbit study looks into non-cuff blood pressure monitoring
Slash Gear - 8 Apr 2021 03:06
Smartwatches have become portable mini diagnostic centers, in no small part thanks to Apple’s push for sensors that keep track of various aspects of the wearer’s health. Those sensors have come a long way and are now...
The National Archives won't be able to host Donald Trump's tweets on Twitter
Engadget - 8 Apr 2021 00:50Trump's Twitter Not Even Allowed to Return in Archival Format for Nerds
Gizmodo - 8 Apr 2021 00:40
No one wants to return to Twitter more badly than Donald Trump.
Scientists may have discovered the speed limit for a brown dwarf rotation
Slash Gear - 8 Apr 2021 14:09
Brown dwarfs are also known as failed stars and can spin at extremely high velocities. Scientists know that a brown dwarf can spin as fast as 200,000 mph, but researchers believe there may be a limit to how fast they can...
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Midnight Black launched to taunt gamers
Slash Gear - 8 Apr 2021 13:44
Any PC gamer enthusiast who has been wanting to build a new gaming PC with high-end hardware inside, like the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, knows it’s all but impossible to get your hands on some PC hardware right now. About ...
Twitter Launches Pro-Democracy Emoji for 'Milk Tea Alliance' in Asia
Gizmodo - 8 Apr 2021 13:00
Twitter launched a new emoji early Thursday that will appear anytime a user tweets the hashtag #MilkTeaAlliance. The so-called Milk Tea Alliance refers to the pro-democracy movement in Asia that has been organized, at le...
Researchers want to harness bacteria-produced tailocins for science
Slash Gear - 8 Apr 2021 12:02
Researchers led by a team from Berkeley Lab want to harness bacteria-produced nanomachines to help fight bad cells inside the human body. The nanomachines are called tailocins and are described as strong protein nanomach...
LG promises three years of OS updates for some remaining phones
Slash Gear - 8 Apr 2021 04:34
LG’s official exit from the smartphone market has been one of the biggest and perhaps saddest news in the mobile market, especially considering LG’s history and lineage. For owners of its phones, however, the announc...
LG makes a 'three year pledge' on updates for its Android phones
Engadget - 8 Apr 2021 04:26Facebook Hotline mixes Q&A, Clubhouse, Instagram Live
Slash Gear - 8 Apr 2021 03:38
Clubhouse seems to be the new darling of the social networking world, which means everyone and anyone is trying to copy it if they can’t buy it. Facebook, or at least its CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has already been reported ...
Exercise may trigger overeating in people trying to lose weight
Slash Gear - 8 Apr 2021 02:01
Many people increase their physical activity when attempting to lose weight, but doing so may result in accidentally sabotaging one’s self, according to a new study from the Technical University of Munich. The research...
Facebook Is Officially Beta Testing Hotline, a Clubhouse-Inspired Audio Q&A Feature
Gizmodo - 8 Apr 2021 01:53
Facebook on Wednesday ran its first public beta test of Hotline -- a web-based Q&A platform that seems like it was dreamed up as the platform's answer to the current voice chat app craze.
T-Mobile is offering free 5G phones in exchange for old phones
Slash Gear - 8 Apr 2021 01:17
In a webcast today, T-Mobile announced a new free 5G phone upgrade offer and the ‘Great Unlimited Trade-Up,’ a program that gives competitors’ non-unlimited customers the chance to switch to T-Mobile’s unlimited ...
This nasty old skull, the oldest human genome, and a cow DNA mistake
Slash Gear - 8 Apr 2021 23:49
The skull you’re looking at was in pieces when it was discovered. After a whole heck of a lot of work, the physical remnants were put together again for this photo. But it’s the tiniest of pieces we care about today....
Path of Exile 2 gets new trailer, lengthy gameplay video
Slash Gear - 8 Apr 2021 23:44
It’s been a long time since we last heard from Path of Exile 2. The long-awaited follow up was first revealed at ExileCon – Path of Exile‘s yearly fan convention – in 2019, but since then we haven’t really seen...
Shell Is Back, Baby :(
Gizmodo - 8 Apr 2021 23:44
After more than a year of covid-19 lockdowns, there's--dare I say--a feeling of hope in the air. Yes, things are far from over, but millions of people are getting vaccinated and it's starting to seem like there's a light...
Facebook was down
Engadget - 8 Apr 2021 23:36Facebook will help its users stop falling for satire Pages
Slash Gear - 8 Apr 2021 23:28
Satire news articles and social media posts aren’t anything new, but many people keep falling for them — and, depending on the nature of the satire, they may end up with the wrong idea about important topics. Faceboo...
A Mustang Mach-E bug leaves cars stuck in 'deep sleep' with an empty 12v battery
Engadget - 8 Apr 2021 23:27Goodbye, Asteroid Bennu, It's Been Real
Gizmodo - 8 Apr 2021 23:15
Yesterday, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft passed by the asteroid Bennu for the last time, ending its two-and-a-half-year relationship with the space rock. But OSIRIS-REx is still lingering in the asteroid's vicinity, as if...
Outriders preps in-game freebies as an apology for launch connection issues
Slash Gear - 8 Apr 2021 22:44
It’s safe to say that Outriders has suffered something of a rocky launch. While there seems to be a lot of interest in Outriders, there was a bit too much for the game’s opening weekend and its first week of availabi...
There's Now a Tiny Washing Machine to Clean Your Wax-Encrusted Earbuds
Gizmodo - 8 Apr 2021 22:30
If you're ashamed to take your earbuds out of your ears in public because of what might be caked inside them and yet too disgusted to clean them at home, you better believe there's a Kickstarter product to solve that. Im...