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Turns Out Typing on a Keyboard Isn't That Much Faster Than Texting These Days
Think you need an actual keyboard to type fast? Think again. Researchers have found that people can now type almost as fast on a smartphone as they can on a traditional keyboard, The Guardian reports.Read more...
All the New Microsoft Surface Goodies Announced Today
It’s the busiest time of year for gadget makers, Microsoft included. We had some idea of what Microsoft had in store for today thanks to some well-timed leaks. That said, other than some telling photos, details were thin. But now the Surface Event 2019 is all done—and amazingly, Microsoft still had a few surprises up…Read more...
11 Clever Uses for Smart Plugs That Make Them Worth Buying
The humble smart plug might not be the most eye-catching or featured-packed smart home device out there, but the ability to turn electrical sockets on and off with a tap on your phone (or a preset schedule) is more useful than you might think—and we’ve got the examples to prove it.Read more...
Updates From Mortal Kombat, Terminator: Dark Fate, and More
Bob Iger says that it’s till early days on Black Panther 2. J.J. Abrams discusses why it was time to bring Palpatine back in The Rise of Skywalker. Oliver Queen’s got some scrapes ahead of him in Crisis on Infinite Earths. Plus, a new Expanse poster, spooky goings-on in Nancy Drew, and Superman-based double vision. To…Read more...
Would Finding Life on Mars Really Change Anything?
In a recent interview with the Telegraph, NASA chief scientist Jim Green said it’s possible we’ll soon find evidence of life on Mars but that “we’re not prepared for the results.” Green said the discovery would be as world-shaking as the revelation that the solar system doesn’t revolve around Earth. But while finding…Read more...
These Booming Klipsch Monitors Have Bluetooth Built Right In
Klipsch The Sixes Powered Monitor Pair (Black) | $480 | AmazonRead more...
Peter Thiel's VC Fund to Host Conference for Ideological 'Heretics,' Maybe Summon a Ghost or Two
“Ideological outcasts” who have been “banned from other conferences”—surely the country’s most beleaguered minority—can soon find a home with other like-minded individuals at “Hereticon,” a three-day conference being planned by the Founders Fund venture capital firm.
U.S. Air Force Tests Unarmed Nuclear Missile Following North Korea's Latest Missile Launch
The U.S. military launched an unarmed nuclear-capable missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 4:13 am ET/1:13am PT this morning, right on the heels of North Korea’s latest missile test overnight. U.S.-based missile tests are scheduled months, if not years, in advance, but the timing is one hell of a coincidence.
It's Not Just You: Twitter and Tweetdeck Still Experiencing Technical Problems Around the World
Twitter and Tweetdeck started experiencing outages overnight and the problem is persisting into the morning hours of Wednesday, according to multiple reports from around the world. The social media giant has been struggling with outages in every corner of the globe for over seven hours and there’s no word when things…Read more...
Google Is Baking-In a Tool to Help Break Your Terrible Password Habits
Google is rolling out its handy Password Checkup tool to a wider audience because let’s be honest: How good is your password protocol? If you share your login credentials, re-use passwords across accounts (whether or not you perceive those accounts as low-risk), or use easy-to-guess passwords for any of your accounts,…Read more...
Florida Boomer Caught on Video Cutting Brake Lines of Public E-Scooters
Police in Fort Lauderdale, Florida have arrested a man who allegedly cut the brake lines on dozens of public scooters this year. The man has been identified by police as 59-year-old Randall Thomas Williams of Fort Lauderdale, though a possible motive has not yet been released.
Sure Sounds Like Things Aren't Going Well for Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency Scheme
There’s been no shortage of official opposition to Facebook and dozens of corporate partners’ plans to launch a cryptocurrency powered global payment network, Libra. A short list of the wary might include the heads of the U.S. Federal Reserve and Treasury Department, the House and Senate banking committees, EU…Read more...
Trump Administration Takes the Axe to Federal Marine Life, Invasive Species Advisory Boards
Donald Trump’s administration is moving to kill off two federal advisory boards dealing with the protection of marine life and management of invasive species, the Hill reported on Tuesday.
The Trailer for Trick Wants to Launch the Next Great Horror Franchise
Horror is at its best when there’s mythology behind the mayhem. That’s why franchises like Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Saw, Halloween, and so many others endure. We love the scares but also the history and story of these evil characters.Read more...
Human Fetuses Develop Lizard-Like Body Parts That Disappear Before Birth
New research this week seems to show that human fetuses develop several muscles in their legs and arms that disappear by the time they’re born. And some of these muscles were last seen in our adult ancestors over 250 million years ago.
Dive Into October's Harvest of New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
If our massive fall preview left you wanting even more books for your list, you miiiight be an alien from some kind of speed-reading planet. But as it happens, we do have some new additions on our expanded October round-up, so read on for fantastical, spooky, and spaced-out suggestions galore.Read more...
Now You Can Listen to Marsquakes
NASA has turned Marsquake data into sounds you can actually listen to.Read more...
UPS Gets FAA Approval to Run America's First Drone Delivery Airline
The Federal Aviation Administration has given UPS approval to run a drone fleet, enabling the company to create a UAV delivery airline.Read more...
A 1964 Earthquake Might Have Unleashed a Deadly Fungus on the Pacific Northwest
Two decades ago, a rare but deadly fungal infection began killing animals and people in the U.S. and Canada. To this day, no one has figured out how it arrived there in the first place. Now a pair of scientists have put forth their own theory: Tsunamis, sparked by a massive earthquake in 1964, soaked the forests of…Read more...
A Story About Two Tiny, Fuzzy Photos of a 'PlayStation 5 Prototype'
We May Have Been Thinking About a Carbon Price All Wrong
Putting a price on carbon is a key element of climate policy. The idea is simple: Carbon pollution is making the Earth uninhabitable, but companies have no incentive to stop polluting because they’re sociopathic. So slap a fee on every ton emitted, and it should (in theory) cause companies to find other, less…Read more...
Save $50 On a Ring Doorbell Pro, Plus a Free Echo Show 5
Getting a free Echo Show 5 with the purchase of a Ring Doorbell Pro is a good deal. Getting the Ring Doorbell Pro for $50 off and still getting the Echo Show 5 is a great deal. If you’re a Prime member, you’re eligible for the latter right now (discount shown at checkout).
The New Terminator: Dark Fate Trailer Is All About Family
We know why the Terminator wanted to kill Sarah Connor. We know why another wanted to kill John Connor. However, with a month left to release, we still don’t know what makes Dani Ramos (played by Natalia Reyes) equally special in Terminator: Dark Fate.Read more...
Trump Campaign Stole Artist's Music for New Facebook Ad, Record Label Says
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is using copyrighted music in its latest Facebook ads—music that it didn’t pay for, according to the artist’s record label, which told Gizmodo the Trump campaign never obtained permission to use the song.
Garmin Adds a Tacticool Military-Style Option to Its Luxury Smartwatch Line
Garmin’s MARQ line was designed to bridge the gap between stylish time pieces from companies like Omega or TAG Heuer and smartwatches that typically focus on function over form. The MARQ collection is now expanding with a sixth addition to the line designed for those serving in the military—or at least those who…Read more...
FCC Cannot Ban States From Passing Net Neutrality Laws, Appeals Court Rules
A federal appeals court on Tuesday largely upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to roll back nationwide net-neutrality protections in a blow to supporters of the Obama-era policy. But not everything in the ruling went in the FCC’s favor.Read more...
The New World War I Movie 1917 Was Edited to Be One Continuous Shot That Plays in Real-Time
1917, an upcoming World War I film, already looked good. But after watching a short behind-the-scenes video on the making of the movie, I have to say I’m really excited about this one. Not only does the camerawork look stunning, the entire movie is going to be one continuous shot cut together to make the film play in…Read more...
The Right to Repair Busted Appliances Is Getting a Big Boost in Europe
From 2021 onward, manufacturers across the pond will have to make household appliances longer-lasting and easier to repair thanks to new standards in the European Union. If only the same could be said here in the United States.Read more...
In a Splendiferous New Birds of Prey Trailer, Margot Robbie Is Emancipated as Hell
The Harley Quinn rises. Margot Robbie is here to kick ass and shimmy some shoulders in the first official movie teaser for Birds of Prey (and the Emancipation of One Fabulous Harley Quinn).
The New Cheap iPad Is Better Than Ever
If you want to buy a brand new iPad for not much money, the choice is obvious: get the new 10.2-inch, seventh-generation iPad. It’s a great value! Unfortunately, however, Apple is not in the bargain business. Although this iPad is now closer in size to the 11-inch iPad Pro, the significant gulf in the quality of its…Read more...
Bosch Hopes Triggering Explosions Will Actually Make Electric Cars Safer When They Crash
Building an electric vehicle isn’t as easy as swapping a fuel tank for a battery and a gas-guzzling engine for an electric motor, it requires an extensive redesign of the car as we know it, including planning for new risks when an accident occurs. That’s where Bosch thinks intentional explosions could actually make…Read more...
Microsoft's Barrage of New Surface Products Come Into Focus
While Microsoft is expected to show off a bunch of new devices at an event tomorrow in New York City, like a lot of other launches this fall, recent leaks may have just given us a ton of insight into what might actually get announced.Read more...
How to Get Your iPhone Notifications Under Control
We all get too many notifications. In the video above, I go over the tools built in to iOS to help you filter out the noise and only receive the notifications that are important.
GoPro Gets Weird With the Hero Max 360 Camera
GoPro is giving the 360 camera thing another try, this time with the Hero Max, a $500 dual-lens camera that the company swears is a far more user-friendly device than its previous consumer version, the GoPro Fusion.
Ex-Yahoo Engineer Pleads Guilty to Hacking Thousands of Accounts to Search for Nude Photos
A former Yahoo software engineer who worked at the tech company for more than a decade pleaded guilty on Monday to accessing email accounts belonging to thousands of customers while searching for sexually explicit content.Read more...
Game Subscriptions Have Never Been Cheaper
With Google’s Stadia cloud based gaming service arriving sometime next month with a $10/month subscription fee, the competition is already preparing for an all out war this holiday season. Today Sony announced it’s officially dropped the price of PlayStation Now from $20/month to $10, but with even more competition…Read more...
Leaked Zuckerberg Audio Reveals Facebook's Plan to Sue the U.S. Government If Elizabeth Warren Tries to Break Up Big Tech
Mark Zuckerberg is fully prepared to sue the federal government if someone like Democratic Senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren tries to break up Facebook into smaller companies, according to audio recordings obtained by the Verge. Warren has made breaking up Big Tech a signature promise of her…Read more...
A Gigantic Iceberg Has Broken Off Antarctica
A huge iceberg weighing upwards of 350 billion tons has broken off the Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
New Eternals Set Pictures Reveal the City of the Space Gods and More
There’s more wild hearsay about which villains are in The Batman. Two Supermen meet in new behind-the-scenes pictures from Crisis on Infinite Earths. Supernatural casts a former ally of Dean for its final season. Plus, what’s to come on The Terror, get a new look at Titans’ Deathstroke, and new set pics tease a bad…Read more...
GoPro's Hero8 Black Is Boring—and That's What Makes It Great
No single upgrade in GoPro’s new flagship camera will surprise you. There is no “new killer feature” that sets it apart from either the competition or last year’s Hero7 Black. It doesn’t even have a built-in selfie screen (although you can buy one as a new add-on “mod.”) And yet, somehow, the Hero8 Black is the GoPro…Read more...
Viral Video Shows Hong Kong Police Shooting Teen Protester in the Chest
Hong Kong Police shot a teen protester in the chest with live ammunition this morning, according to reports from journalists on the ground and a video that has gone viral on Facebook and Twitter. Video of the incident shows a Hong Kong police officer charging a crowd of protesters with his gun before firing a single…Read more...
President Trump's Lies Are Finally Called Out in Rare Statement From U.S. Intelligence Community Watchdog
The watchdog for the U.S. Intelligence Community issued a rare statement Monday night in an attempt to correct misinformation currently being spread by the President of the United States. The short version from the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community: The rules for whistleblowers were not recently changed…Read more...
Unruly Airport Cart Tries to Ram Plane at O'Hare, Is Promptly Sideswiped by Worker Driving Another One
Good night, sweet prince: An out of control, apparently furious, and driverless catering cart that was spinning in wild circles on the tarmac of Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) on Monday was laid to its final rest by a quick-witted worker who prevented it from hitting a plane by slamming into it with…Read more...
Fake Lightning Cables That Can Hijack Connected Devices Are Heading for Mass Production
Dummy Lightning cables that allow an attacker to gain remote control of computers they’re plugged into are slated to hit mass production, per a Wednesday report in Motherboard.
A Severed Hand Searches for Its Body in an Award-Winning Netflix Animated Film
The new animated film I Lost My Body tells two parallel stories. One is of a disembodied hand that somehow reanimates, escapes a lab, and ventures out into the world to try to find its owner. The other is of a pizza delivery boy named Naoufel whose life, frankly, sucks. We assume the hand is Naoufel’s but he has two…Read more...
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Explores Kylo's 'Nakedness' With Rey
The door isn’t totally closed, folks. Rey may have physically and metaphorically cut herself off from Kylo Ren at the end of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but further developing their “complicated relationship” is still a big part of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Words With Friends Data Allegedly Stolen in Breach That Could Affect 218 Million Users
One of the most popular mobile games in the United States has reportedly been breached by a prolific hacker.Read more...
Here's What the Most Recent FBI Crime Stats Can Actually Tell Us
On Monday, the FBI released its latest “Crime in the United States” figures, a closely watched (albeit historically problematic) data set that relies on the voluntary reporting of thousands of law enforcement agencies across the country.
U.S. Workers Are Getting Less Sleep Than 10 Years Ago, Study Finds
That many people don’t get enough sleep is hardly news, but a recent study suggests that sleep deprivation is getting worse in the U.S., especially for people with high-pressure jobs in medicine, law enforcement, and transportation.Read more...
No One Wants My Hot Dog Salad
Genius often goes unappreciated in its time. Van Gogh died penniless. Galileo lived his final years under house arrest. And several of my (otherwise talented) colleagues rejected the very blog post you’re currently reading: a blog post about hot dog salad.Read more...
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