Gadget News
MIT study finds Tesla Autopilot leaves drivers inattentive
Slash Gear - 21 Sep 2021 12:53
Tesla makes the most popular electric vehicles on the market today. Many of Tesla’s vehicles are equipped with its Autopilot driver assistance system, allowing vehicles to drive themselves in some situations. However, ...
Galaxy Z Fold 3 drop tests prove Samsung's boast again
Slash Gear - 21 Sep 2021 02:40
It has been about a month since the Galaxy Z Fold 3 first landed in consumers’ hands. The jury is already out, and Samsung’s latest and greatest foldable has had mixed but mostly positive reviews. One aspect of the d...
A new theory suggests Mars is too small to retain water
Slash Gear - 21 Sep 2021 14:48
Scientists have discovered evidence of water on Mars in the distant past, despite that the Red Planet has no liquid water on its surface today. Part of the research that scientists are conducting regarding Mars is what h...
Jeff Bezos Meets With Boris Johnson on Sidelines of UN General Assembly
Gizmodo - 21 Sep 2021 13:00
Political leaders from around the world are meeting this week at the United Nations in New York. And while there are plenty of important things on the official agenda, arguably the most interesting meetings are happening...
NASA chooses Artemis Rover landing spot on the moon
Slash Gear - 21 Sep 2021 12:17
NASA plans to launch a new rover to explore the surface of the moon in 2023. The rover is called the Volatile Investigating Polar Exploration Rover or VIPER. NASA has now announced the chosen landing spot for the VIPER r...
Covid-19 Has Killed as Many Americans as the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
Gizmodo - 21 Sep 2021 12:00
The covid-19 pandemic has killed over 676,000 Americans, surpassing the estimated U.S. deaths from the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. And despite rising vaccination rates, it looks like covid-19 is going to kill a lot more A...
Augmented reality app helps people reduce their fear of spiders
Slash Gear - 21 Sep 2021 11:42
University of Basel researchers have a new augmented reality app that runs on smartphones to help people with arachnophobia. The app has proven beneficial to people with a fear of spiders in a clinical study. After a few...
This Foundation First Look Goes Behind the Scenes of the Asimov Adaptation
Gizmodo - 21 Sep 2021 01:30
Apple TV+'s long-awaited adaptation of Isaac Asimov's classic sci-fi saga Foundation is nearly upon us, and the streamer wants you to be both excited and prepared. We've gotten a few trailers so far, and now there's a "F...
MIT's latest glowing plants pave the way for passive lighting in smart cities
Slash Gear - 21 Sep 2021 01:13
Cities of the future may be powered by light-emitting plants rather than street lamps and other sources of lighting. The concept has been presented repeatedly over the past few years, including by a team of engineers at ...
Microsoft's New Surfaces Leaked Ahead of Hardware Event
Gizmodo - 21 Sep 2021 00:20
Everything we've been expecting Microsoft to show off at its Surface event on Wednesday looks even more likely to appear. A handful of leaks out today indicate that the Windows-based Surface Pro X and Surface Pro 8 are o...
Netflix quietly developed a VR tie-in for its 'Eden' anime series
Engadget - 21 Sep 2021 23:45Hacking Your Room's Lighting to Match the Flickering Lights in Quake Makes the Game Feel Even Moodier
Gizmodo - 21 Sep 2021 23:40
As much fun as Doom was, it felt more like a gory cartoon with most of the scares coming from enemies hidden behind doors and blind corners. Quake, on the other hand, felt endlessly creepy and scary thanks in part to its...
Netflix Cordially Invites You to a WWE-Themed House of Horrors
Gizmodo - 21 Sep 2021 23:30
Did you think that just because the Undertaker retired from the WWE last year--to the extent you think about the Undertaker at all--meant the league's wrestlers wouldn't still feel his steel-like, black leather-clad hand...
Researchers say Facebook is interfering with their tools to study News Feed
Engadget - 21 Sep 2021 23:20
Facebook quietly pushed out changes to News Feed that's "interfering" with the browser-based tools used by journalists and researchers, according toThe Markup, the nonprofit news organization behind Citizen Browser. Acco...
China's Xi Jinping Says Country Will Stop Financing Coal-Fired Power Abroad
Gizmodo - 21 Sep 2021 23:10
In remarks made at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that the country would move away from financing coal projects abroad--a huge move that would take away the largest rema...
Here's when Diablo 2 Resurrected unlocks around the world
Slash Gear - 21 Sep 2021 23:03
We’re quickly closing in on the release date for Diablo 2 Resurrected. The remake of what is quite possibly the most famous action RPG in gaming history is launching later this week, and now Blizzard has told us when w...
Facebook's New Battery-Powered Portal Go Lets You Tote a Smart Display Around Your House
Gizmodo - 21 Sep 2021 23:00
Facebook bet big on connecting people via video with the original Portal smart display, and the company is back with two new Portals: a bigger Portal+ for large group calls and a battery-powered Portal Go that can tag al...
A Mystery Outbreak of Salmonella Has Sickened People in 25 States
Gizmodo - 21 Sep 2021 22:50
A sweeping outbreak of Salmonella bacteria has sickened people in at least 25 states, health officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reported. So far, though, the exact source of the foodborne ...
Joe Biden's Worker Heat Protections Are Right on Time--and Decades Too Late
Gizmodo - 21 Sep 2021 22:40
The U.S. just went through its hottest summer on record. Searing heat killed hundreds and sickened countless more, including some people who were on the job. While summer is officially over, the heat is set to continue t...
'Shang-Chi' comes to all Disney+ subscribers on November 12th
Engadget - 21 Sep 2021 22:37Amazing World of Gumball Is Getting a Movie and a New Show
Gizmodo - 21 Sep 2021 22:30
Gumball may have come to an end on Cartoon Network a few years ago, but the series is back in style--there and on HBO Max, for two new projects out of Warner's European-based revitalization of the Hanna-Barbera name.