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No sign of Mothra at the Flash Memory Summit, however Samsung has revealed what can only be described as the Godzilla of flash drives, a 15TB SSD, at the Flash Memory Summit.…

Samsung teased the upcoming Gear S2 smartwatch with just a couple pictures on screen at its event today in New York City, but we're now getting a couple more looks at its round wearable, thanks to a couple of "Lookbook" promotional shots. And here they are: Source: Samsung

Samsung had a "One more thing" teaser at the end of its Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ today in New York and London — we're soon going to get a Gear S2 smartwatch. We'll learn more in just a few short weeks at the IFA conference in Berlin. And it's round.

Samsung is holding a big press conference in New York at 11 AM EDT (8 AM PDT, 4 PM BST). The company is expected to announce two new flagship phones — the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and the Samsung S6 Edge Plus. The S6 Edge Plus is a newcomer in Samsung’s lineup. As the name suggests, we are anticipating a phablet with a curved display on the edges. Read More

After all, just because a movie disappoints doesn't mean contracts are null and void. The post Cape Watch: Yes, Fantastic Four 2 Is Still Going to Happen appeared first on WIRED.

Documentary Now! is a hilarious sendup of the documentary genre by SNL alumni, and IFC has released the second episode DRONEZ: The Hunt for El Chingon, a parody of the always mockable VICE sensationalism. Read the rest

This tiny motor is only a little bigger than a grain of cooked rice (4 x 12 mm), but it can generate speeds over 100,000 RPM. Read the rest

Someone's reverse-engineered ROMMON to craft an admin-level attack Cisco has warned users to watch out who's got admin access to kit, because it's seen malicious ROM images in the wild.…

Life is the forthcoming film about James Dean and Life magazine photographer Dennis Stock who was assigned to photograph Dean in 1955, the year of his death, and took the iconic photo of the actor in a rainy Times Square. Life is directed by Anton Corbijn, who directed Control (2004), the tragic and fantastic film about Joy Division's Ian Curtis. Read the rest

Convenience is the name of the game when it comes to Smartwatches, but at times getting to the app you need quickly can be a hassle in Android Wear. Bubble Cloud Widgets + Wear is a launcher that brings you gorgeous icons for all of your apps within swiping range. You've also got tons of options, and choices to personalize how everything looks and behaves. If you haven't seen it yet, check it out below. Bubble Cloud Widgets + Wear for Android Wear is available for free on the Google Play Store, with an option to purchase the premium version of the app for $2.49. When it first opens up on your watch, you'll see all of your apps arrayed with an icon for each in a colored bubble. You'll also see indicators for the date, battery power on both your phone and watch, and current internet signal. In the middle of all of this, is a clock. If you swipe to the left, you'll get a second screen. This is dominated by a yellow bubble, which when tapped will bring you into settings. It's surrounded by more of your apps, depending on how many you have installed.

Thomas Blanchard created this deeply trip video, "The Colors of Feelings," using paint, oil, milk, honey, and cinnamon. (more…)

Die drei Lieferdienste stellen verschiedene Funktionen auf der Computer-Uhr bereit. Dazu zählt auch ein mobiler Paketschein, den der Versender nicht mehr selbst ausdrucken muss.

Ever wonder how they make unsettling dissonant sounds in sci-fi and horror films? Some are made by waterphones or synths emulating them. Portland-based Robb Bockman demonstrates an analog waterphone, gawdyphone, and dopephone in this video. Read the rest

Ostriches, alligators, snakes and even sharks are fair game The Register can reveal that beautiful animals are being cut down in their prime to make Apple Watch straps.…

Parallels brings remote desktop access to your wristjob with Access v. 3.0 Parallels has issued version 3.0 of its Access app, software that lets you access PCs or Macs from Android or iOS devices.…

The amazing Nina Paley (Sita Sings the Blues) and Theodore Gray created a fantastic embroidered stop-motion animation of my favorite traditional Passover song "Chad Gadya." (more…)

This awesome video shows a shark jumping out of the water like a rocket. What can we learn from a video analysis? The post Watch This Leaping Great White Shark Get Some Serious Air appeared first on WIRED.

InboxVudu, the system that helps you prioritize important emails, is today launching an iOS app and an Apple Watch app. The service uses machine learning to recognize phrases and sentences that may indicate an important email, and packages those priority messages into a little digest for you. InboxVudu also puts task-based requests into a task list for you, and sends instant alerts for the… Read More

Denis Beyser has created a compilation of beautiful and unique watch mechanisms. The collection includes watches from a number of manufacturers that give examples of various methods for displaying the time. via reddit

ACPAD is a touch-activated MIDI controller that can be overlaid on an acoustic guitar face, allowing a range of effects and rhythms while playing. Read the rest

VPRO backlight looks at the current state of androids in Japan, including an interesting segment on geminoids, or robot twins made in the likeness of a human counterpart: Read the rest

In honor of his new film, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON, Ice Cube revisits the titular song by reacting to the lyric interpretations of Rap Genius.[YouTube, thanks Joe Sabia!]

Maybe they should have just released this one instead. Trailer above; full film below.For the strange and sordid story of director Oley Sassone's unreleased movie, executive produced by Roger Corman, check out the article "Fantastic Faux! Read the rest

Watch collectors are weird. Sometimes they plan meetups where they get together with their entire watch collections and fondle each others’ timepieces, breathless with excitement. If you ever see a bunch of grown men looking at Seikos from the 1970s while hyperventilating… run. For the rest of us – or, actually, for the true watch obsessive who doesn’t want to go to… Read More

"Yes, Mr. President," the headline says. "We Remade Our Atlas to Reflect Shrinking Ice"In a speech about climate change, Barack Obama had noted that over the years, National Geographic maps of the arctic had changed. Read the rest

Jerboas, tiny desert rodents that move like kangaroos, are notoriously hard to film. BBC Earth was able to film a jerboa's escape from a fox, and its unique shape has not inspired a robot:Jerboas use their long tails to transfer energy to their legs, allowing them to hop many times their body length. Read the rest

Walmart has fought against unionization at every step of the way, including producing videos to dissuade workers from organizing. Read the rest

It's no secret that license plate data is big business. Here's a demo of how these companies gather data as they troll parking lots and public streets gathering indiscriminate license plate info, looking for matches on other databases. Read the rest

Well, maybe, but at least it's defo harder to miss emails now Microsoft has updated its Outlook service for iOS to support the Apple Watch, the wristjob the world isn't quite wearing, at the moment at least.…

Kunden der AOK Nordost erhalten beim Kauf von Fitnesstracking einen Teil der Kosten ersetzt. Verschiedene Gesundheitspolitiker sehen dies kritisch – weil es Kunden diskriminieren könnte.