Gadget News
Judge Orders Hospital to Give Severely Ill Covid-19 Patient Ivermectin
Gizmodo - 31 Aug 2021 00:20
A judge in Ohio has issued an emergency order telling a hospital to treat a coronavirus patient with ivermectin, an antiparasitic drug being promoted widely by right-wing personalities as a covid-19 treatment and prophyl...
Chinese battery maker says it's ready to produce cobalt-free EV power packs at scale
Engadget - 31 Aug 2021 01:45Galaxy Watch 4 Walkie Talkie app catches up with the Apple Watch
Slash Gear - 31 Aug 2021 07:54
Smartwatches have been around for years now, and Apple has managed to keep its spot at the top despite the number of Android Wear, now Wear OS, devices in the market. In terms of platform features, the Apple Watch is arg...
Pokemon Masters EX 2-year anniversary delivers 100 sync pairs for ALL players
Slash Gear - 31 Aug 2021 23:47
It would appear that the people at Game Freak, Creatures, Nintendo, and DeNA have temporarily lost all restraint and are giving away 100 sync pairs in the game for logging in. After two years of gameplay, Pokemon Masters...
First Dead Space remake details surface
Slash Gear - 31 Aug 2021 23:34
As promised, today Electronic Arts and EA Motive hosted a developer livestream about the upcoming Dead Space remake. Unfortunately, since the game is still very early on in development, we didn’t get to see much gamepl...
RIP LinkedIn Stories, 2020-2021
Gizmodo - 31 Aug 2021 23:30
You may be thinking to yourself, "Why the hell did LinkedIn, the purgatory of social media, rip off the Stories format?" LinkedIn has asked itself the same question less than a year after doing so and apparently conclude...
Fake Banksy NFT Sells For $340,000 Amid Suspicion the Artist's Website Was Hacked
Gizmodo - 31 Aug 2021 23:20
While most of us understand that non-fungible token's are a tremendous scam, it's not every day you see full-on art capers happening in the world of digital NFT's. But we got a taste of what that might look like on Tuesd...
NIH kicks off extra COVID-19 vaccine dose trial with autoimmune patients
Slash Gear - 31 Aug 2021 23:14
The National Institutes of Health has announced the start of a new trial that involves giving a third COVID-19 vaccine dose to individuals with autoimmune diseases. The trial will also look into the possibility of ‘pau...
Star Wars' Hyperspace Explained
Gizmodo - 31 Aug 2021 23:10
Lucasfilm's version of faster-than-light travel--hyperspace--is as fundamental to the worldbuilding of Star Wars as the Force. It's the backbone of making its galaxy an interconnected universe of potential, a concept tha...
AT&T Leaves New Orleans Unable to Contact 911 During Hurricane Ida
Gizmodo - 31 Aug 2021 22:30
Amid the human carnage that was wrought by Hurricane Ida this past weekend, the brutal rain and wind conditions that slammed the Louisiana coasts have left some awful infrastructural damage in their wake. Power grids wer...
NBA 2K22's first gameplay trailer looks awfully familiar
Slash Gear - 31 Aug 2021 22:29
It’s that time of year again: time for another entry in the NBA 2K series. Of course, we already knew NBA 2K22 was in the pipeline – if 2K’s yearly release schedule wasn’t enough of an indicator already, the comp...
Hey Exxon, Maybe Stop Tweeting
Gizmodo - 31 Aug 2021 22:20
You quite literally can't write this joke: Exxon, one of the companies most responsible for the climate crisis, tweeted Monday that it was keeping people in Louisiana and the Gulf Coast affected by Hurricane Ida in its "...
Sounds Like the Marvel Comics Universe Is Going to Have a Rough Winter
Gizmodo - 31 Aug 2021 22:10
The Marvel Comics Universe is about to be changed forever. Actually, it seems like it's about to be changed forever on multiple occasions between December of this year and February 2022, as the publisher has announced ei...
Magnapot cool magnetic organizer has a modular setup you can use in a variety of ways
The Gadget Flow - 31 Aug 2021 22:00
Enhance your home or work zone with a versatile solution: the Magnapot cool magnetic organizer. Equal parts a storage container and an art piece, the elegant modules are great for a variety of uses. Available in Classic ...
band&roll Hyp round-shaped leather & wool mouse pad won't slide on surfaces and feels soft
The Gadget Flow - 31 Aug 2021 22:00
Accessorize your work-from-home office with the band&roll Hyp round-shaped leather & wool mouse pad. This computer accessory feels soft against your hand, making it great for everyday use. Plus, it won’t slide on surfa...
Google adds shipping and return labels to product listings in search and shopping tool
Engadget - 31 Aug 2021 21:45Alligator Attack in Ida Floodwaters Leaves Man Missing and Presumed Dead
Gizmodo - 31 Aug 2021 21:30
A 71-year-old Louisiana man is presumed dead after an alligator lurking in Hurricane Ida's floodwaters attacked him on Monday.
Elegoo Jupiter 12.8-inch 6K Mono LCD 3D printer eyes massive potential
Slash Gear - 31 Aug 2021 21:25
A Kickstarter campaign was announced for a new large-size LCD 3D printer from the folks at Elegoo. This company has had some serious success with low-cost, high-quality small-format LCD 3D printers over the past few year...
Strava makes key safety feature free for everyone
Slash Gear - 31 Aug 2021 21:21Revisit the Roads to Classic Star Trek Shows With These Series Bibles
Gizmodo - 31 Aug 2021 21:10
Series bibles are a staple of television production. Part early pitch, part worldbuilding exercise, they form the fundamental basis for the earliest concrete visions for a TV show on the road to production. And now you c...
LinkedIn is shutting down its Stories feature after a year
Engadget - 31 Aug 2021 21:09
LinkedIn is ditching Stories. The company will shut down the feature by the end of September, a year after rolling it out . As it turns out, ephemeral posts aren't a perfect fit for every social network. Perhaps with ROI...
The Apple Watch Series 7 Might Be Delayed
Gizmodo - 31 Aug 2021 21:00
Until today, it was widely expected that the Apple Watch Series 7 would make its debut at the same time as the iPhone 13 lineup. Now, as Apple's long-rumored September event approaches, it appears that the Series 7 might...