Google's Echo competitor will reportedly be called Google Home
Google will unveil an Amazon Echo competitor called Google Home tomorrow, according to The New York Times. It's not stated exactly what form the device will take — a speaker seems like a reasonable guess,...
Google@Home
The creator of Katamari Damacy is making a game with Google's Project Tango
The 2004 game Katamari Damacy is an often beautiful, childlike oddity with a still-devoted following. Today, Katamari creator Keita Takahashi, along with other members of game studio Funomena, announced a...
Will make an appearance at Google I/O
Upcoming Arduino Primo will have Bluetooth, NFC, Wi-Fi, and infrared
There's a new Arduino on the way. It's apparently going to be shown at the Maker Faire Bay Area show this week, but Arduino's new partnership with Nordic Semiconductor was just formalized in a press...
Circuit Breaker
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Upcoming Arduino Primo will have Bluetooth, NFC, Wi-Fi, and infrared
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Amazon’s next Alexa device could have a tablet-sized display
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GauntLev is literally a gauntlet that levitates particles
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IBM's phase-change memory is faster than flash and more reliable than RAM
Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk turns to Kickstarter to finance his new movie
Chuck Palahniuk has never written the most adaption-friendly novels, so it probably shouldn't come as a surprise that he's turning to Kickstarter to help, um, kickstart an adaptation of his 2002 novel L...
Sure to be the feel-good comedy of 2018
Amazon’s next Alexa device could have a tablet-sized display
Amazon's secretive hardware unit, Lab126, is working on an Alexa-powered display that resembles a tablet, according to a report today from The Wall Street Journal. Described only as having a "tablet-like...
To combine cooking and voice control
Watch the NYPD crush a bunch of illegal motorbikes with a bulldozer
The New York Police Department isn't one for subtlety. In an effort to deter illegal dirtbikes and all-terrain vehicles from drag racing on city streets, the department rounded up a few hundred vehicles...
Forza 6 NASCAR expansion adds 24 cars from the 2016 season
Forza 6 has gained a new NASCAR expansion, meaning that if you've ever wanted to race a NASCAR stock car against a 1970's Formula One car, now you can. The expansion includes 24 2016-season NASCAR models...
rubbing is racing
IBM's phase-change memory is faster than flash and more reliable than RAM
IBM today announced a more efficient way to use phase-change memory, a breakthrough that could help transition electronic devices from standard RAM and flash to a much faster and more reliable type of...
Phase-change memory is closer than we think
Everything you want to know about Drake, but are too afraid to ask
Drake is a former child actor, current pop star, and the secular god of memes — even if he disputes that last label. Born Aubrey Drake Graham, the Canadian celebrity has been inescapable, not just for fans...
Meet your meme maker
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Lenovo will reportedly ditch the Moto X name and switch to Moto Z
Lenovo's reportedly working on a pair of next-generation Moto X successors with modular add-ons, but when the company's next flagship smartphones make their official debut, they might ditch the "X" part. V...
Rebrand all the things
DC Comics went old-school for its new logo
DC Comics has a brand-new logo. The company announced today that, as a tribute to its 80-year history as one of the biggest comics publishers in the industry, the DC logo would return to the simple...
Meet the new logo. It's almost the same as an old logo
Linksys routers to remain hackable after new FCC rules go into effect
There aren't many routers — especially extremely ugly routers — that qualify as iconic, but the Linksys WRT series certainly counts. It was so popular that Linksys actually brought the WRT line back in...
A victory for open-source router enthusiasts everywhere
Tesla rolls out update to make it harder to crash a self-parking car
A posting on Reddit today indicates that Tesla is rolling an update out to its vehicles to require that drivers confirm the direction of travel when Summon is activated — possibly a direct response to last...
The driver has to choose forward or reverse every time
Turnabout: Now Netflix is bringing repeats of its home-grown shows to TV
"Narcos" is coming to Univision.
Nest products gain a ton of new smart home integrations
Nest products just got a whole lot more powerful thanks to a suite of integrations with third-party products, software, and services. Starting today, Nest devices can link up to products from August, LIFX,...
August and Nest cameras now work together
Ripcord lets you power 9V gadgets over USB
One of the clear signs of progress in this goofy modern world of ours is the slow, all-consuming standardization of USB power. Edison's revenge, if you will.
Anyhow, the Ripcord is a Kickstarter for a...
Edison's revenge continues
Dear Hollywood, please stop using this stupid shot
To promote its new Lethal Weapon television series, Fox (aka the network that killed The Grinder) released a three-minute promotional trailer. The first half is what you'd expect: an inconsequential...
Taking the low road
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Someone finally made a USB-C hub with a Mini DisplayPort
USB-C hubs, much like USB-C chargers, are a total crapshoot, as anyone who owns a MacBook will tell you. Yes, other laptops have USB-C ports, but they also have more than one port, because other...
But the perfect USB-C hub still isn't here
The new Justin Timberlake video is existentially menacing
I like Justin Timberlake, but I have a couple of small issues with his latest music video — you know, the one for "Can't Stop the Feeling (From DreamWorks Animation's "Trolls")." For example, it's rude to...
Everybody dances, nobody moves
Watch the new Jack Bauer in action in the first 24: Legacy trailer
Fox just announced its fall and mid-season slates this week, and judging from its explosive first trailer, 24: Legacy might just be the biggest of the bunch. Here, war vet Eric Carter (Straight Outta...
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Black + Decker just introduced smart batteries so you can monitor your power tools
Black + Decker's new Smartech Bluetooth-enabled batteries sync up with the company's mobile app so you can monitor your power tool's battery life. Obviously. You can also use their tracking system to hunt...
Bluetooth batteries are way cooler when power tools are involved
This short video explains why the US hasn't destroyed the final samples of smallpox
Errol Morris is one of the best documentarians working today. His subjects range from former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara to the person who dresses up as New York baseball mascot, Mr. Met....
Going viral
Tumblr introduces 'GIF posts' on mobile
Tumblr loves GIFs. So now it's making it even easier to create and post GIFs.
Today on iOS, Tumblr is rolling out a new feature called GIF posts. It's a new post type that's built around the GIF-creation...
Wait, this didn't exist already?
Watch Facebook's stunning 360-degree video of Grand Central Terminal
When Facebook's internal creative team, known as The Factory, set out to film a proof of concept for its new 360-degree video camera, they picked an ambitious subject: Grand Central Terminal. A New York...
A look at discrete daily life in Gear VR
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T-Mobile adds NBC, Univision, and Spotify to Binge On
Despite the fact Binge On is "likely illegal," T-Mobile continues to expand the all you can stream video service. The latest additions include NBC, Univision, and the video offerings from Spotify, Google...
Questionable free streaming video for everyone
GeForce GTX 1080 is a beautiful powerhouse, but you still may want to wait
Nvidia's Pascal-powered GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card provides a significant bump in graphics power compared to the 980, 980 Ti and Titan X cards, according to Polygon tests and data provided by the card...
So hot right now
Don't lie about your porn habits, especially while running for office
Porn is porn, except when it's research.
That's the backbone of a curious defense made by Mike Webb, a Republican congressional candidate for Virginia's 8th District, who on Monday posted a screenshot of...
Excuses, excuses
This smart mirror prevents you from leaving the house with obvious contouring marks
Wearing makeup is a fantastic burden. It hides blemishes and makes us look alive when our faces are bloated and sallow from a late night. But it can also backfire and result in an Oompa Loompa face if done...
Simulated natural light, the second best natural light
Playing ping pong with TrainerBot
I love ping pong, and I'm actually not terrible at it. I have quick reflexes, and I can deliver a few different spins that some people have called "devastating." But I have certain weaknesses:
Robots are the future of fun
Uber is testing in-app call support for Bay Area drivers
Uber drivers often complain that they'd like to be able to talk to an actual person when reporting a problem, such as unruly riders or a bug in the app, rather than being forced to have a back-and-forth...
BitTorrent unveils new live-streaming platform for peer-to-peer broadcasts
BitTorrent has been working on its proprietary live-streaming technology for years, but today unveiled its first dedicated app. BitTorrent Live is scheduled to launch on Apple TV this week, before coming...
designed for lag-less live broadcasts
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Olympic Committee starts anti-doping proceedings against 31 athletes
The International Olympic Committee announced today it will begin proceedings against 31 athletes who are believed to have violated anti-doping rules. None of the athletes have been individually...
"A powerful strike against the cheats" IOC President Thomas Bach
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