Hey ladies, this German billboard wants to sell you a beer
Here
in America, women are far more likely to be featured in a beer
commercial than actually targeted by one. However in Germany, Astra
brand beer is focusing specifically on female drinkers with an unusual
and automated billboard that speaks only to... Read More ...
Windows 10 beta on Xbox One coming 'post-summer'
Want
a taste of Windows 10 on your Xbox One? It's coming sooner than you
might've thought. Xbox boss Phil Spencer tweeted today that a beta of
the program that ties your console in with your desktop computer is
coming "post-summer." Exactly what feat... Read More ...
The US Navy wants to protect its drones against hacks
Cyberwarfare
is bad enough by itself, but it's especially dangerous when military
drones are involved. The last thing you want is a hijacked UAV that can
give away your position or, worse, fire on your own troops. To that end,
the US Navy is asking p... Read More ...
90s web portal Lycos returns to sell its patents
Long
before Google and eons ahead of Bing, Lycos was the Internet's search
engine. In fact, the company was one of the first to implement spidered
web indexing. And while Lycos hasn't made many headlines lately, the
company still maintains an impress... Read More ...
Prosthetic foot only needs 'mind control' for movement
During
a press conference in Copenhagen on Wednesday, prosthetics manufacturer
Ossur announced the release of an implantable sensor that allows users
to mentally control a mechanical limb. The technology, known as an
Implanted MyoElectric Sensor (IME... Read More ...
Your photos are more popular when you use filters, according to Yahoo
Whether
or not you think photo filters represent creative assets or the death
of photography as we know it, one thing's becoming increasingly clear:
they're your ticket to popularity. Yahoo and Georgia Tech researchers
have learned that filtered phot... Read More ...
Google Editions cases come with live wallpapers and a shortcut button
Before
you dismiss this as a slow-day news post, hear us out: these aren't
your run-of-the-mill phone cases. These are the first products Google
has released under its new Editions project, a series of collaborations
with artists to develop limited e... Read More ...
Viber's calling and messaging app launches on Chromebooks
In
order for Chrome OS to succeed, Google needs all the support it can get
from developers. Hardware companies are certainly doing their part,
namely by offering Chromebooks to people at affordable prices. That's
why it's important when a popular ser... Read More ...
White 'Halo' Xbox One bundle coming to the US
It's
no secret that people love white gadgets. And in case you missed out on
the Xbox One Sunset Overdrive bundle from last year, now's your chance
to get one. Microsoft just revealed a kit that's loaded with a white
version of the console, Halo: The... Read More ...
Trolls are using Twitter ads to push hate speech
As
much as Twitter is doing to fight harassment lately, it's clear that
ill-willed users are still slipping past the social network's defenses
-- and sometimes, in very conspicuous ways. Users have spotted trolls
using Twitter's promoted tweet ads to... Read More ...
Gaming cooperatively makes you more sociable, say scientists
Gaming
has well known dark sides, but it can also improve spatial skills,
reduce stress and even bring families together. Two new studies may
further confuse you about the benefits, with one concluding that gaming
makes you friendlier in the real wor... Read More ...
Robotic news writers are faster, but not necessarily better
Robotic
news editors promise to save the trouble of picking and writing news
stories (and might put people like me out of work), but are they really
ready to replace human writers? Yes and no, if you ask NPR. The outlet
held a showdown between Automa... Read More ...
A video for Konami fans who need a laugh, courtesy of Mega64
Konami
has made some major, mysterious changes this year. It canceled Silent
Hills, a horror game from Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima and
filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro, even after the exceptionally warm
reception to its PlayStation 4 teaser, PT... Read More ...
Teen arrested for breaking an entire school district's internet
A
teenager from Idaho has landed themselves in hot water after arranging a
takedown of their school district's internet access. KTVB News reports
that the 17-year-old student paid a third party to conduct a distributed
denial of service attack that f... Read More ...
Verizon's old phone network will stick around for connected devices
It's
no secret that Verizon wants to drop its legacy phone service like so
much dead weight. But is the underlying CDMA network going to go away,
too? Not for a long while, the carrier's Fran Shammo says. He explains
that CDMA will hang around for "... Read More ...
Xbox One Digital TV Tuner hits the US and Canada today
The
Xbox One is already an entertainment powerhouse. But, starting today,
those of you in the US and Canada will have the chance to get even more
out of it. Microsoft has announced that the official TV tuner for its
Xbox One, which lets people watch ... Read More ...
Epic Games challenges VR devs to make sense of big data
We've
seen a handful of neat ways to visualize big data and make it useful,
and the folks behind Unreal Engine, Epic Games, think virtual reality is
the next step for that. Currently a half-dozen international teams are
taking part in the Big Data VR... Read More ...
Netflix's slicker web interface launches worldwide in June
Netflix
on the web is about to get the sleeker, more polished design you're
used to in its native apps. In the wake of a report that some viewers
were already seeing a redesigned interface, the streaming service has
confirmed to Engadget that it's of... Read More ...
Twitch brings on-demand video streaming to its mobile apps
Missed
out on a live game tournament stream when you were at home, but want to
catch up when you're on the road? As of now, you can. Twitch is pushing
out updated Android and iOS apps that include video on demand, giving
you highlights and past broad... Read More ...
3D printing your own clothes just became (kinda) a reality
Unless
the technology, somehow, proves to be drastically limited, 3D printing
is likely to the genesis of a manufacturing revolution. Now, a team in
San Francisco believes that it has taken another leap towards our
utopian future by building a "3D pr... Read More ...
Hydrogen-powered drone will fly for hours at a time
Even
the nicer drones you can buy typically last for just minutes in the
air, which isn't much help if you're delivering packages or shooting
movies. Horizon Unmanned Systems (HUS) thinks it has a solution,
however: hydrogen power. Its recently unvei... Read More ...
Comcast unlocks HBO and Showtime streaming to Amazon Fire TV
Streaming
services that use a cable TV subscription have an annoying wrinkle,
where sometimes the provider can block them from working in places for
apparently no reason at all. For Comcast customers that was the case for
HBO Go and Showtime on Amazo... Read More ...
The top 12 tablets you can buy right now
It's
true, we don't review quite as many tablets around here as we used to,
but that doesn't mean slates have gone the way of the dodo. Microsoft's
new Surface 3 is as much a budget PC as it is an iPad competitor, while
Dell's sleek Venue 8 7000 remi... Read More ...
Hulu will have every episode of 'Seinfeld' on June 24th
After
paying big bucks to lock up the show about nothing, Hulu has announced
when we can expect to see Seinfeld: June 24th. Since it's a heavily
syndicated show (and previously available in smaller portions on
services like Crackle) you probably were... Read More ...
Microsoft is reportedly making a 'light-weight' mobile email app
Hey,
Google: you might not be the only tech giant that can rethink email
apps. Twitter user WalkingCat claims to have discovered a download page
for Microsoft's "Flow by Outlook," an iPhone email app that's all about
"rapid" and "light-weight" conver... Read More ...
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