'Doom' selfie mod lets you indulge your ego while slaying demons
Like
it or not, selfies in games are officially A Thing -- and they're now
invading classic titles like Doom. Linguica's new InstaDoom mod lets you
spin the virtual camera around to take a shot of your Doom (or Doom II)
marine, complete with Instagra... Read More ...
Sony tests the waters for self-driving cars with a small investment
Apple
and Google aren't the only tech giants exploring the brave new world of
self-driving cars. Financial Times tipsters report that Sony has
invested roughly $842,000 into ZMP, a Japanese autonomous vehicle
startup. While it's a small start, Sony a... Read More ...
Nintendo's shipped 5.7 million Amiibo figures (and here are the best-sellers)
Nintendo
said its now shipped over 5.7 million of its NFC-connected Amiibo
figures, and more interestingly, it's showed which ones do the best
around the world. There's indeed some variation, but Link, bless him, is
the best-selling Amiibo globally, ... Read More ...
BlackBerry Passport and Classic come to AT&T on February 20th
BlackBerry
fans on AT&T, your long wait for a new phone is almost over --
the carrier has announced that both the Passport and Classic will reach
its stores on February 20th. As promised, AT&T's
ever-so-slightly customized (but still oddly shaped) Pa... Read More ...
What's on your HDTV: Oscars, 'Sneakers' and 'Game of Thrones'
This
week the other big awards show comes home, as we find out the winners
of the 2015 Academy Awards but there's much more to see. Birdman is up
for several trophies and it arrives on Blu-ray this week, but we're
equally looking forward to season fo... Read More ...
Find out if the UK used NSA data to spy on you
While
it's sadly likely that your communications have passed through an
intelligence agency at some point, it's usually difficult to know just
who got your data. However, you now have a rare opportunity to find out.
Thanks to a ruling that the UK's G... Read More ...
Use your keyboard to recreate tracks from J Dilla and Kanye West
If
you've ever wanted to try your hand at creating some stellar beats,
here's your chance. Thanks to music enthusiast Matt Daniels, all you
need the keyboard that's likely already in front of you to rebuild
tracks from J Dilla, Kanye West and 9th Won... Read More ...
Sling TV getting more on-demand content thanks to Epix (update)
Dish's
Sling TV is great for cord-cutters, but sometimes TNT and TBS won't cut
it. The service is about to fill the gaps by tying up with Epix, a
premium content channel co-owned by Viacom, Paramount and other studios.
It'll carry all four of Epix's ... Read More ...
An in-depth look at the Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones
By
now, you will have heard at least something about Windows 10, the next
iteration of Microsoft's OS that aims to create a unified experience
across all the devices it'll eventually inhabit: everything from PCs and
laptops to tablets and phones. Mic... Read More ...
The NSA hides surveillance software in hard drives
It's
been known for a while that the NSA will intercept and bug equipment to
spy on its soon-to-be owners, but the intellgency agency's techniques
are apparently more clever than first thought. Security researchers at
Kaspersky Lab have discovered ap... Read More ...
AT&T's gigabit internet service arrives in Google Fiber's original city
Need
further proof that AT&T's GigaPower internet service is meant
chiefly as a response to Google Fiber? You're looking at it.
AT&T has launched its gigabit fiber option in the Kansas City
area (both in Kansas state and Missouri), the original Googl... Read More ...
A night in Richard Branson's state-of-the-art Virgin Hotel
Richard
Branson knows how to make a first impression. The first thing I saw
when I arrived at Virgin's debut hotel was a statuesque blonde in a
bright-red trench coat stepping out of a matching-hued Tesla, with a
photographer documenting the whole or... Read More ...
Here's what our readers think of the Microsoft Band
When
we originally reviewed the Microsoft Band, we felt it was more a proof
of concept than an actual consumer product. We liked the potential of
Microsoft Health as a cross-platform service that went beyond fitness to
track your lifestyle for a more... Read More ...
CogniToys' huggable dinosaur is connected to IBM's supercomputer
Talk
about machine learning and toys in the same breath and it's hard not to
imagine a deranged AI grooming an army of children to take over the
world. We're reasonably sure that's not Elemental Path's plan, despite
teaming up with IBM to develop a t... Read More ...
It's now possible to map your home's WiFi signal in 3D
We
already know that it's possible to map your home's WiFi signal in 2D,
but that doesn't help if you're holding your phone above your head to
get connected. Step forward YouTuber CNLohr, who appears to have
developed a reasonably low-tech way to ana... Read More ...
Nintendo's TVii service won't be coming to the Wii U in Europe
Sorry,
European gamers: the Wii U's TVii service won't reach your corner of
the globe. Nintendo has dropped plans to bring the personalized
streaming media guide to the region due to the "extremely complex" task
of accommodating multiple services in ... Read More ...
Super Mario World's gravity isn't possible on any planet
It
goes without saying that Super Mario World is unrealistic, but have you
wondered just how outlandish it is? PBS has. The broadcaster's Space
Time show recently went out of its way to calculate the gravity of the
game's planet based on Mario's jump... Read More ...
LG exec charged with ruining Samsung washing machines (update: video)
LG's
appliances leader isn't going to escape allegations that he wrecked
Samsung washers at a German store. South Korean prosecutors have charged
both the executive, Jo Seong-Jin, and two other LG employees with
purposefully damaging the defenseless ... Read More ...
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