Gadget News
The Star Trek Lore Behind Picard's New Time Travel Adventure
Gizmodo - 25 Jan 2022 23:50
We've known since we got our first glimpses of it in action that Star Trek: Picard's second season was going to delve into some time travel shenanigans. But our recent, Guinan-laden look at the season gave us a few more ...
Samsung built a fingerprint security chip for payment cards, employee IDs and more
Engadget - 25 Jan 2022 11:24
Samsung has revealed what it calls the "industry's first" all-in-one fingerprint security chip (IC) for payment cards. The S3B512C chip reads biometric information via a fingerprint sensor, stores and authenticates data ...
Mars' hidden water store looks like a mirage
Slash Gear - 25 Jan 2022 02:19
Those who dream of possibly terraforming Mars for human habitation have placed a lot of hope on the Red Planet currently containing water, as it would lend validity to the theory that it could continue to retain water (a...
Biden name checks Apple and Microsoft in right to repair speech
Engadget - 25 Jan 2022 23:40
President Joe Biden has offered some more backing to right to repair rules, following an executive order he signed last summer. He acknowledged that many companies have made it difficult for consumers to fix their own de...
The Origins of the Dyson Sphere Explained
Slash Gear - 25 Jan 2022 23:23
All of our planet’s energy -- whether it’s gained from food, fossil fuels, or renewable sources -- ultimately comes from the sun. Solar radiation makes its way 93 million miles across space to cascade upon the planet...
Microsoft issues dire Office 365 phishing warning
Slash Gear - 25 Jan 2022 23:18
Microsoft 365 customers could be at risk. The company has issued a warning for users of its office service, noting on Twitter that a potentially malicious app, currently called Upgrade, is going around via phishing email...
Don't Fall for This Instagram Hijacking Scam
Gizmodo - 25 Jan 2022 23:11
A new study shows cybercriminals have been hijacking the Instagram accounts of high-profile users, then extorting them for restored access.
US warns global chip shortage will likely last through 2022
Engadget - 25 Jan 2022 23:06
Don't expect the worldwide chip shortage to end any time soon. Bloomberg and The Washington Post note the US Commerce Department has published a semiconductor supply chain report estimating that the global shortage will ...
Greater Goods Nutrition Facts Food Scale provides the nutritional value for 2000 food items
The Gadget Flow - 25 Jan 2022 23:00
Worried that you’re not eating a balanced diet? The Greater Goods Nutrition Facts Food Scale contains all of the nutritional facts on over 2,000 food items to ensure that you know exactly how much you’re eating every...
The Batman's Take on the Batmobile and Batcave Sounds Rad
Gizmodo - 25 Jan 2022 23:00
For a movie about a millionaire who dresses up like a bat to combat a riddle-loving serial killer, it's still obvious that Matt Reeves's The Batman is supposed the most "realistic" (you know, comparatively) cinematic tak...
NYC's app-based delivery workers can finally use restaurant bathrooms
Engadget - 25 Jan 2022 22:55
Back in September, a slate of landmark bills successfully passed through the City Council of New York granting a variety of common sense provisions to the many delivery workers of the five boroughs. Well, the first tranc...
LG is working on upgradable appliances
Slash Gear - 25 Jan 2022 22:41
LG has unveiled plans for a lineup of new appliances that will be upgradable with new hardware attachments, new software downloads, or possibly both. The intent is to give households more flexibility with their devices a...
Life is Strange remasters will join the Stadia Pro lineup on February 1st
Engadget - 25 Jan 2022 22:35Oh, Right! A Percy Jackson Streaming Series! We Totally Forgot!
Gizmodo - 25 Jan 2022 22:10
The first Percy Jackson book was released in 2005. The first Percy Jackson movie was released in 2010. And now, 22 months after news broke of a Percy Jackson streaming show, that's officially happening too.
The FDA rules just changed on COVID-10 monoclonal antibody treatments
Slash Gear - 25 Jan 2022 22:09
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just released a new update in regards to the treatment options for COVID-19. As a result of the update, the FDA has removed the authorization for two monoclonal antibody tr...
Watch a drag race between Tesla's Model S Plaid and the Lucid Air
Engadget - 25 Jan 2022 21:50
Now that the Lucid Air is a practical reality, there's a looming question: how well does it fare in a drag race against the other well-known electric luxury sedan, Tesla's Model S Plaid? You now have a better idea. DragT...
New Image Shows Webb Space Telescope Parked in its Final Orbit
Gizmodo - 25 Jan 2022 21:40
A robotic telescope in Italy has caught a faint glimpse of the Webb Space Telescope at its final location some 1 million miles from Earth.
YouTube's head of gaming and two other executives are leaving
Engadget - 25 Jan 2022 21:34
Three YouTube executives are moving on from the platform, including head of gaming Ryan Wyatt. Senior director of creator partnerships Jamie Byrne and vice president and global head of product partnerships Heather Rivera...
Trump's Truth Social to Roll Out the Censorbots
Gizmodo - 25 Jan 2022 21:28
Donald Trump's vision for a hellhole social media site free of liberal censorship, the yet-to-be-launched Truth Social, will rely on the same auto-moderation tools as its competitors--you know, the liberal censorship bot...
Samsung baked a fingerprint scanner into a credit card
Slash Gear - 25 Jan 2022 21:26
On Tuesday, January 25, 2022, Samsung Electronics introduced its first all-in-one biometric payment card. The card utilizes a smart all-in-one fingerprint security system, which combines a fingerprint sensor with a secur...
Google drops FLoC after widespread opposition, pivots to "Topics API" plan
Ars Technica - 25 Jan 2022 21:03
Google still wants to build tracking tech for advertisers directly into the browser.
Teen Hacker Explains How He Gained Remote Access to Teslas Around the World
Gizmodo - 25 Jan 2022 20:45
The 19-year-old German security researcher who somehow managed to gain remote access to dozens of Teslas spread out around the world has spilled the beans on how he did it.