On this episode of Digital Trends Live, hosts Greg Nibler and Riley Winn break down the top stories in tech, including a lawsuit filed against California by Uber and Postmates, iPhone 12 rumors, the top Netflix shows, a CRISPR scientist gets jail time, the latest deadline for a Boring tunnel, robotic cats, and more. Kiran
Month: December 2019
The GameCube occupies a special place in Nintendo history. Released in 2001, the square box — complete with a lunch pail style handle — cemented Nintendo as a hardware manufacturer unafraid of taking risks in the face of stiff competition from Sony and Microsoft. Its quirky controller made the N64’s boomerang pad seem bland, and,
Photo: AP On Monday, Microsoft announced that it had taken control of 50 domains associated with a hackers believed to be operating out of North Korea. Unsealed court documents show that the domains include “hotrnall.com,” “office356-us.org,” and “mai1.info,” among other copycat URLs. In a blog post, the company said that the hacking group it called
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) might just be the greatest video game console ever made. It dominated the market, made the adjective “super” a staple of every millennial’s vocabulary, and was home to some of the best games ever made. The original NES had a legendary lineup of games, but its successor took things
So there we go — another frenetic year in the world of tech draws to a close. While there were plenty of fascinating happenings to wow us along the way, there were a good number of lighter moments to enjoy, too. And with that in mind, why not kick back and check out these 15
Lenovo has a few classes of ThinkPad laptops, each aimed at different types of people. The X1 Carbon is an example of a ThinkPad aimed at jet setters who appreciate thin and light laptops, while the T490 is for those who see ThinkPads as solid, trustworthy, and — let’s face it — slightly more pedestrian
By the time Bentley launches its first electric car in 2025, it will be very late to the party. So how will the august British luxury brand distinguish its electric car from existing models? One answer might be battery tech. In an interview with Automotive News Europe, CEO Adrian Hallmark said Bentley may use solid-state
Image: Gizmodo, CSPAN, AP, Doruk Salancı (Wikimedia), Roman Fedorstov (Twitter), Amazon As far as we can tell, the 2010s were nothing close to what most of us expected. Instead of flying cars, we got half-baked semi-autonomous vehicles. Instead of social media birthing kumbaya, it fueled genocide and helped erode the foundations of democracy and reality
tech2 News StaffDec 31, 2019 18:25:27 IST Google Search keeps added feature to its Knowledge Graph cards and the latest incoming update is a watchlist. Users will be able to create watchlists right after they searched for a film or a TV show. Google logo. From a report by Android Police, when you search for a
None of us like to see the spinning beach ball of death. Here’s a quick guide for how to speed up your Mac, without shelling out a fortune for additional RAM or a faster hard drive. Apple’s operating system is good about optimizing itself, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing you can do to speed
Nintendo has never been particularly known for supporting shooter games on its systems, particularly of the first-person variety, but there are actually a surprising number of excellent shooters you can play on the Switch right now. Some of these are ports of existing shooters now available on a handheld for the first time, while others
Photo: Adam Clark Estes (Gizmodo) Trashing your old electronics is bad for the planet—a big reason why you might’ve noticed tech companies push sustainability programs in recent years. Sonos recently joined the recycle brigade in October, launching its Trade Up hardware upgrade program that gives users discounts if they “responsibly recycle older products.” It’s a
From the return of a historic franchise to ambitious new originals, 2020 is shaping up to be one hell of a year for VR gaming. 2019 was one hell of a year for VR hardware. Not only did we get our hands on Oculus’ long-awaited standalone headset, the Oculus Quest, but we also received the
We’ll cut to the chase: We’ve reviewed hundreds of pairs of headphones — and more earbuds than we can count — and we’re happy to report that the 1More Triple Drivers are the best earbuds you can buy, thanks to the incredible sound they offer at a price that won’t break the bank. Of course,
Time-saving robotic vacuum cleaners do such a good job with daily floor-cleaning duties that for many families, the only question is, “Which one?” Amazon’s best year-end deals on Roomba, Deebot, Eufy, and Neato robot vacuums give shoppers great options from the four most popular brands. We’ve found Amazon’s best discounts on Roomba, Deebot, Eufy, and
Official Android 10 branding. Google We’ve finished our slice of Android Pie and it’s time to chow down on something new. But Google did doing something very different in 2019. It dropped the saccharine-sweet dessert naming scheme and gave Android a rebrand. Android 10 is Google’s newest operating system, and like every major Android release,
Previous Next Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan introduced a pair of close-to-production electric prototypes he hopes will propel the nation to the automotive industry’s global stage for the first time. Marketed by a new brand called Turkey Automobile Joint Venture Group (TOGG), the models use technology developed entirely in Turkey. While Turkey’s so-called national car
tech2 News StaffDec 30, 2019 18:36:43 IST PC maker Lenovo’s latest smartwatch, called the Carme HW25P, is now available to buy on Amazon India for Rs 3,499. The watch was earlier only available on Flipkart and Croma. The Lenovo Carme HW25P comes with a 1.3-inch IPS colour display in a square form factor. It is
AT&T won the cutthroat competition with Verizon to be the first carrier to offer 5G — sort of. Just months after Verizon launched a pre-standards version of fixed 5G, AT&T deployed mobile 5G NR in a handful of areas across the U.S. Who was first with “real” 5G, winning the race? Who cares? With either network,
In January 2010, the late-Steve Jobs took to the stage and posed a question that would haunt designers, manufacturers, and developers for the rest of the decade. Is there room for more? We have the smartphone. We have the laptop. But what’s the next big thing? Jobs was, of course, talking about the iPad. But
Kavya NarayananDec 30, 2019 13:19:48 IST In the 2000s, the word that spelt environmental doom was ‘global warming’. Since the 2010s, we’ve learned a great deal about the consequences of human activity on ecology and the environment from climate change. Urbanisation and deforestation have caused irreparable damage to our planet in recent years. With rapid changes underway that scientists don’t
Clockwise from top left: Getty; Getty; Getty; Benjamin Currie (Gizmodo) This is it, everyone. 2020 begins this week. A new year, a new decade, a new physical form to inhabit . . . Anywho, let’s see what the Gizmodo team got up to this past week. We talked about how Apple’s iPad needs some time
Immersive technology opens up new possibilities for athletes lacking access to professional training centers. A paramedic student by day and triathlete and track cyclist by night, 28-year-old Elliot Brown began his quest for Olympic glory three years ago after discovering the sport of skeleton racing. First introduced to the Winter Olympics in 1928, the high-risk
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Technology is always evolving and advancing, at least in theory, and that means old tech is often bumped out of the way to make room for new. Sometimes perfectly good gadgets or services that still work as intended are taken out back, unceremoniously shot, and buried in a shallow grave. Sometimes you can accept that
The wildly enjoyable Beat Saber, which combines lightsabers and dancing, is the first VR-only game to crack Steam’s annual Top Sellers list. Steam published its Best of 2019 lists, including this year’s Top Sellers, Top New Releases, Top Selling VR Titles, Top Early Access Grads, and Most Played Games. Steam does not provide the specific
The Teslasuit, a full-body suit with haptic feedback, continues its evolution with a glove that will allow wearers to feel virtual textures while monitoring their biometric data. Simply named the Teslasuit Glove, it may be used with the Teslasuit or separately, offering a more immersive virtual reality experience over a range of applications that includes
Blizzards are appearing in most of Fortnite‘s game modes — and while the snowstorms appear random, they may hint at upcoming changes. Fortnite‘s map gets covered in snow during the winter months. But this year, Epic Games decided to make things a bit harder for players by hitting them with full-blown blizzards. The blizzards appear
Little Homeschool. Image: Cartoon Network Fans know the joys of shipping, of imagining two character together. The thrill. The romance. The fanfiction. But fans also know the heartbreak of seeing their ship sunk—that moment of canon confirmation that, no, that ship isn’t happening. Time to whip out the fix fics. In a new clip from
Force feedback technology and an array of electrodes allow users to ‘feel’ objects in VR. Teslasuit today announced the latest addition to its growing line-up of VR-focused haptic accessories, the Teslasuit Glove. Available to demo next month during CES 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada, these advanced VR gloves allow users to “feel” digital objects in
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