Engadget giveaway: Win a pair of Vortex robots courtesy of DFRobot!
Since
most kids have already mastered the art of iPad password cracking and
in-app purchasing, we should probably give them something productive to
do. The arduino-based Vortex from DFRobot is a STEM-reinforcing
plaything that can help kids learn to... Read More ...
GM quietly buys failed Uber rival Sidecar
They
won't say it out loud, but car makers are secretly terrified about what
Uber will do to their business. That's why GM is buying up the remains
of one of its rivals, Sidecar, in a deal worth somewhere close to $30
million. Bloomberg is reporting... Read More ...
Apple is (very) slowly improving its employee diversity
Apple
mildly improved employee diversity this year, but voted against a
proposal to improve it where the problem is worst -- the executive
suite. According to the company's latest EEO-1 Federal Employer
Information (FEI) filing, it had a net increase... Read More ...
Android users will be able to install apps directly from search
When
you Google for apps on their respective mobile platforms, the main
results appear on top inside their own panels. That makes them easy
enough to install, but Google wants to make it even easier. According to
Android Police, Mountain View has sta... Read More ...
Apple, Samsung and Sony linked to child labor in Africa
A
new report from Amnesty International claims that some of the world's
biggest technology and automotive companies are failing to check whether
cobalt mined by children is being used in their products. Its joint
investigation with African Resources... Read More ...
ICYMI: Space X's near-landing, Fukushima's new robot and more
Today on In Case You Missed It: Space X's latest Falcon 9 autonomous landing almost went according to plan. The rocket's satellite made it into orbit and the first stage booster set down on its drone barge but promptly fell over and exploded on acc...
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Renault recalls 15,000 vehicles following emissions raids
Groupe
Renault is recalling 15,000 of its vehicles in the wake of the
Volkswagen emissions scandal. French authorities publicly shone a light
on the carmaker last week when fraud investigators swarmed multiple
sites. Despite passing lab tests, it's s... Read More ...
Intel's latest ads move beyond the PC
There's
no doubt that the PC market is in trouble. And for Intel, that's a real
problem -- how do you market yourself when your bread-and-butter
processor business is on the decline? By showing what else you can do,
apparently. Intel is starting an "... Read More ...
'Minecraft: Education Edition' is launching this summer
Minecraft
has become a popular tool to teach children about countless subjects
including art, geography and computer science. A tweaked version of the
game called MinecraftEdu has long helped educators with this task, but
now it has a new owner: Micr... Read More ...
Ultrasound and software could replace a phone's proximity sensor
Smartphone
makers are obsessed with making their gear thinner, and Norwegian
startup Elliptic Labs has come up with a pretty good way to help. Their
answer: get rid of the proximity sensors in our phones (and the
requisite dark dots near our screens)... Read More ...
London is getting a 10-day 'Games Festival' this April
The
UK has never held a video game event with quite the same clout as E3,
the Tokyo Game Show or Gamescom. There's EGX and the indie-focused EGX
Rezzed, but neither attracts quite as much attention as their
international counterparts. To remedy the p... Read More ...
Google links your camera app and Photos library
Inside
the Android version of the Google Photos app, a chunk of users have
noticed a new option that makes it easier to access your cloud-centric
library after taking a photo. As DroidLife explains, by swiping to the
Assistant tab some people now hav... Read More ...
The FDA wants improved cybersecurity for medical devices
The
Food and Drug Administration has released draft cybersecurity
guidelines for medical device makers. It still remains only a guideline,
but data leaks and security issues are typically never a good thing for
a company -- especially when lives are... Read More ...
Samsung is building chips for next-gen gaming graphics
Samsung
likes being the first kid on the block with new memory products, and
has done it again with a type of DRAM. The so-called HBM2 modules can
power through data at the rate of 256GBps (with a capital "B"), making
them a whopping seven times fast... Read More ...
Too many people still use terrible passwords
The
fifth annual SplashData chart of the internet's worst passwords is out,
and it looks like people just can't learn the lesson. The firm has
aggregated the passwords from around two million that were leaked in
2015, finding that basic, easy-to-gues... Read More ...
Here's how you make coffee in the International Space Station
Now
that the International Space Station is in bloom, how about a nice cup
o' joe to enjoy alongside the (single piece of) greenery? European Space
Agency astronaut Tim Peake pulls out a coffee with cream vacuum pack
(with the delicious sounding suga... Read More ...
Amazon exec explains how Prime Air delivery drones will work
Amazon
vice president Paul Misener doesn't know if the company already has a
pricing scheme for its Prime Air service, but he knows everything else
there is to know about the delivery drones. He talked about the project
at length in an interview with... Read More ...
Beer tracker Untappd goes 'to the next level'
Beer
fans are probably already familiar with Untappd, an app (Google Play,
iTunes, Windows Phone Store) that piggybacks on Foursquare's check-in
system. Instead of just tracking where you go, it keeps a database of
what you drink, what your friends d... Read More ...
How a novel class of microscopes has changed science
The
laws of physics are simple. There's a hard 500 nanometer limit on the
size of objects that you can see through a conventional, optical
microscope because that's the "diffraction limit" of a wavelength of
visible light. Anything smaller than 500nm... Read More ...
A new app could help doctors predict risks of preterm birth
Researchers
from King's College London have developed a mobile tool to help doctors
better predict preterm birth dangers. The QUiPP app relies on gathering
personal data, such as the state of a previous pregnancy, to anticipate
a woman's chances of d... Read More ...
Science: no, you can't be Spider-Man
We
hate to crush your childhood dreams, but we have to be blunt: you're
never going to be Spider-Man... not without some technical help, anyway.
University of Cambridge researchers have determined that wall crawling
isn't naturally feasible for any... Read More ...
Russia has plans to nuke Earth-bound asteroids, if necessary
From
2012 to 2015, Russia researched ways of deflecting Earth-bound
asteroids using nuclear weapons and came up with a best-case scenario,
The Telegraph reports. The Central Scientific Research Institute of
Machine Building, an arm of Russia's state-... Read More ...
Trump claims he'd make Apple build devices in the US
Donald
Trump isn't known for having a firm grasp of technology-related issues,
and he just reinforced those beliefs on Monday. The hopeful Republican
presidential nominee told an audience at Liberty University that he'd
make Apple "build their damn c... Read More ...
Brain monitoring chips dissolve when you're done with them
By
far the biggest danger of brain implants is rejection -- it can be just
a matter of time before your immune system freaks out and makes a bad
situation that much worse. That's where Washington University might
come to the rescue. Its researchers... Read More ...
Scientists write with nanoparticles using a laser and a bubble
Nanoparticles
are extremely small -- less than 100 nanometers in size -- but they can
have a big impact on medicine, solar technology, batteries, computing
and other industries. Nanoparticles are generally more reactive,
stronger and more versatile t... Read More ...
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