Dyson's first beauty product is a hair dryer
Dyson
teased the event by sending out tiny, sharp motor parts to journalists
(including this one), but now we get to see the rest of the thing.
Unsurprisingly, the company's first foray into beauty is, perhaps
predictably, it's a hairdryer. The Super... Read More ...
Leaked image purportedly shows hand-off feature in Windows 10
Even
before Windows 10 was released we heard about its first major update,
codenamed "Redstone."' Today, a purported screenshot from a recent
Redstone build suggests that Windows users will finally get a feature
that OS X has enjoyed for two years no... Read More ...
Feds tipped Apple to a security flaw it already fixed
The
FBI can't tell Apple about the security vulnerability it exploited to
get into the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone. But it did tell the
company a different flaw in its iPhone and Mac software, according to
Reuters. There's just one little thing t... Read More ...
Google updates Hangouts on iOS to ease file sharing
Google
has released Hangouts version 9 for iPhone and iPad, introducing
several new useful features that users have been clamoring for. If it's
been a hassle every single time you've needed to share a file or photo,
you should be pleased with the cha... Read More ...
Blizzard considers running classic 'World of Warcraft' servers
Do
you miss the early, headier days of World of Warcraft, before endless
changes turned it into a different beast? You're far from alone --
hundreds of thousands of people were playing on Nostalrius, a fan-run
server that went back to basics, until... Read More ...
Court: Nintendo's 3DS patents are not guilty of infringement
New
York federal court judge Jed Rakoff announced his verdict in the appeal
of Nintendo's 3DS patent case against Tomita Technologies on Sunday.
The judge found that the technology in question -- specifically, that
"relating to displaying stereoscopi... Read More ...
Amazon FreeTime Unlimited adds content for tweens
Amazon
FreeTime Unlimited launched back in 2012 as a monthly subscription
service for kid-friendly content. Today, they're adding 3,000 items to
FreeTime's library, bringing the total to 13,000 books, apps and games. Read More ...
Land Rover puts Tile's stuff-finding Bluetooth tech in an SUV
Tile's
Bluetooth-connected trackers are made to keep you from misplacing all
kinds of stuff -- keys, bags, phones, laptops, whatever. Now Land Rover
is building the tech into a vehicle that makes it pretty much impossible
to leave your important item... Read More ...
Instagram tests a monochromatic redesign
For
all the changes that Instagram has seen in its short history, there
have been certain mainstays: you could always count on a sea of blue,
for one thing. However, you might have to get used to a different look
before long. Anton Abramov has show... Read More ...
Tech giants push Congress for K-12 computer science education
A
coalition of tech industry heavy-hitters and scions of corporate
America have joined forces with a bipartisan group of governors and
educators to push Congress for federal funding that would give every
K-12 student in the country the chance to lear... Read More ...
Google sister company wants to build smart city districts
Forget
just providing internet access on city streets -- Google's sister firm
Sidewalk Labs wants to create whole smart neighborhoods. Wall Street
Journal sources hear that Sidewalk is about to propose to Alphabet that
it should design whole city dis... Read More ...
Researchers use light and genes to fight cancer
Scientists
have already shown that you can use optogenetics (that is,
light-sensitive genes and cells) to treat all kinds of medical
conditions. However, it now looks like that technique could conquer one
of humanity's biggest nemeses: cancer. Tufts... Read More ...
Twitter's 5 million new users aren't enough
First
the good news, Twitter added an additional five million monthly active
users during the first quarter of 2016. The company can now boast 310
subscribers. That's a year-over-year and quarterly increase. The bad
news is that the company is still... Read More ...
Apple iPhone sales and revenue finally decline
The
inevitable has finally happened. After years of continually growing
iPhone sales (and corresponding revenue growth), Apple has hit a bump.
The company just announced its fiscal Q2 2016 results, and the company
sold 51.2 million iPhones, a 16 perc... Read More ...
Waze hack lets creeps track your driving
Waze's
community-centric navigation is supposed to help you avoid obstacles
that other apps might miss, but that same technology is also creating
some serious privacy issues. UC Santa Barbara researchers have found an
exploit that would let an intru... Read More ...
Intel explains its strategy for moving beyond the PC
When
Intel slashed thousands of jobs as part of its big attempt to expand
beyond the PC, it left a lot of people wondering: just what is this
strategy, and why is it so vital? As of today, you have a better (if
imperfect) explanation. CEO Brian Krzan... Read More ...
German city designs traffic lights for oblivious pedestrians
The
German city of Augsburg has taken a novel approach to dealing with
pedestrians too buried in their smartphone screens to notice traffic
signals. By embedding flashing red LEDs in the sidewalks at busy
pedestrian crossings, the city has moved thos... Read More ...
DARPA is developing smarter, faster armored vehicles
In
response to ever-more dastardly IED technologies, America's personnel
carriers have become lot more resilient over the past few decades.
However the ability for armored transports like the MRAP to take a
direct blast comes at the cost of their spe... Read More ...
The FBI won't say how its iPhone hack works
The
Wall Street Journal reports that the FBI has declined to share details
with Apple regarding the method with which it broke into the infamous
San Bernardino iPhone -- namely because it doesn't really know how it
was done either. The FBI and Apple... Read More ...
HTC's Vive X program will invest $100 million in VR startups
HTC
is aiming to jump-start VR development with its new Vive X fund, an
accelerator that will support and promote startups working in the new
medium. Vive X is backed by a $100 million investment fund (mostly from
HTC), and it'll kick off in Beijing... Read More ...
Google's Mode Android Wear bands snap on for easy changes
If
you want to change the band on your Android wear device, it takes a few
minutes. Thanks to a new line of accessories Google, though, swapping
out that wrist strap can be done in a matter of seconds. Google revealed
its new Mode "snap-and-swap" ban... Read More ...
Ford, Google and Uber form a group to push for self-driving cars
Some
of the biggest names in transportation tech aren't waiting around for
the US to legalize self-driving cars -- they're determined to give the
government a boost. Ford, Google, Lyft, Uber and Volvo have formed the
Self-Driving Coalition for Safer... Read More ...
Pandora pads podcast lineup by adding 'This American Life'
Pandora
was the "exclusive streaming partner" for season 2 of the popular
Serial podcast, despite the show being available through iTunes and
other apps. Now, the internet radio service is adding another popular
podcast from the creators of that inve... Read More ...
YouTube's mobile homepage redesign has better recommendations
YouTube
wants to put more of the videos you like in front of you, so it's
giving its Android and iOS apps a bit of a facelift. Specifically, its
homepage is getting a bit of a makeover. Gone are the small thumbnail
previews, and in its place are larg... Read More ...
Cyclist banned for six years after racing with a hidden motor
A
professional cyclist has been banned for six years after it was
discovered she was racing with a hidden electric motor. Femke Van den
Driessche was caught at the UCI Cyclocross World Championships in
January, during an inspection of her pit ar... Read More ...
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Google
has commissioned six artists to paint and sculpt with light using the
company's virtual painting app Tilt Brush. And yes, the big G has
captured the whole process, so you can watch the artists work on their
masterpieces. The team used Kinect t... 
A
Massachusetts court has thrown out evidence for a child porn case that
the feds obtained by using malware. Christopher Soghoian from the
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) told Motherboard that "[t]his is
the first time a court has ever suppress... 
Turns
out your collection of neon-colored silicone bracelets have a use
beyond showing support for a fallen-from-grace cyclist's non-profit
after all. The material can actually trap pollutants you might be
exposed to during the course of your day, ac... 
Hearthstone
is undergoing some changes in the interest of keeping the
digital-trading-card game fresh. But in introducing the "Whispers of the
Old Gods" -- expansion out on the 26th -- developer Blizzard is
tweaking a bunch of cards and, based on the... 
The
promise of Windows apps on Xbox One has been hanging out there for
quite a while, but now that it's really happening we're seeing some
results. One of the big names that will arrive on the console this
summer is VLC, a popular desktop media playe... 
After
leading UC Davis through some admittedly hard times, the school's
chancellor Linda Katehi has issued something of a mea culpa for the way
her communications department handled the fallout from the widely
reported pepper spray incident in 2011.... 
Interested
in building and programming your own robot? You might want to give
Antbo a try. Billed as the "insect robot designed for anyone with an
inquisitive mind," it's a programmable entry-level kit for beginners or
anyone with a casual interest i... 
Everyone's
favorite paranoid hacker dreamboat returns to type furiously and maybe
destroy capitalism in season two of Mr. Robot, premiering on USA July
13. The show follows Elliot Alderson (Rami Malek), a genius hacker who
gets roped into an undergro... 
Rocket
League's quest to include every major sport continues. Psyonix has
revealed that its game's promised basketball mode, Rocket League Hoops,
will arrive as part of a free update on April 26th. For the most part,
it's exactly what you'd expect:... 
Just
days after The Division community was warned they could be banned from
the game for exploiting shoddy code comes one doozy of an exploit for
Ubisoft's hit game. Due to a bug in the "Competent" talent, players can
build up a short burst of obscen... 
Where
information from warzones used to trickle in, the internet has brought a
flood of user-generated media. And though there are some tools
available that can quickly parse through that data in real-time, they
mostly work only with static documents... 
It's
about to get much harder for someone to compromise your PlayStation
Network account. Sony has confirmed that it's working on two-factor
authentication for PSN, preventing intruders from getting into your
games (or worse, going on a spending spre... 
Ahead
of the launch of Star Fox Zero on Wii U, scheduled for April 22nd,
Nintendo this week teased an animated short with ties to the game's
story. Titled Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins, the film will be
premiering worldwide today at 6PM ET/3PM PT,... 
Samsung's
new flagship laptop, the $1,500 Notebook 9, does not have a
touchscreen. Its display does not detach or fold back into tablet mode.
It's not even that exciting-looking. And yet I am fully enjoying my time
with it. Though it doesn't offer so... 
If
you were burned by Volkswagen's emissions cheating and don't think that
$1,000 in credits and gift cards will cut it, we have good news for
you... maybe. Die Welt sources understand that VW has reached a
settlement deal with US officials that will... 
There's
no doubt the PC market is in trouble. We've seen shipments drop
steadily over the past few years -- with the steepest decline ever
occurring in the last quarter of 2015 -- spurred on by the rise of
mobile. That leaves Intel, a company practic... 
While
the FCC is working on ways to "unlock the box," Comcast announced plans
for its Xfinity TV service that don't require the set-top add-on. Later
this year, the company will release an Xfinity TV Partner app for
Roku-powered TVs and streaming gad... 
You
can now buy a monthly subscription to Amazon Prime Video, a move that
puts the service in direct competition with Netflix. In a lot of ways,
Amazon comes out looking like a strong option. For starters, it's
cheaper: $8.99 per month gets you an ar... 
News
outlets have already jumped on the VR bandwagon, and today another
publication joins the fray. Today, AOL announced its acquisition of the
LA-based virtual reality and 360-degree video production studio RYOT. By
bringing the company under its wi... 
Exploding
Kittens, the most-funded game ever to cross Kickstarter's funding goal
line is now available on Android. The multiplayer card contest,
illustrated by The Oatmeal, works a lot like another classic party game:
Russian Roulette. Each of the up... 
Heads
up, taskmasters and note-takers: Google Keep just got a few new
features that should help it fit better into your workflow. For one,
Google finally got around to making its Chrome extension more useful;
you can save web pages (or parts of them)... 
Google
finally added podcasts to Google Play Music this week, but the episodic
content is still rolling out to the music service's Android app. While
you're waiting to have all of your listening content in one place, the
folks in Mountain View are gi... 
Sony
announced on Wednesday that is bringing the last-gen hit sidescroller
Shadow Complex into the modern gaming era and release a remastered
version of it on May 3rd for the PS4. For those not familiar with the
title, Shadow Complex follows the expl... 
What
do you do if even the smallest Arduino boards (or their clones) are too
big for your homebrew project? If you're Johan Kanflo, you find a way
to make them even smaller. His AAduino project turns the already
miniscule Tiny328 Arduino clone into... 
By Mark Smirniotis