Eric Limer

The Evils of Microbeads, Facebook Sharing Browsing Data, And More

You’ve had a busy week, so why not just sit back, kick up your feet and take in our best posts of the week? Dive in! How to Stop Facebook From Using Your Browsing History Earlier today, Facebook announced that it was going to start using all of that ever-so-illuminating app and website data it…

Two-Factor Authentication Is Ruining My Life and It’s All My Fault

Sorry if I missed any emails from you this past week. I’ve been doing all my work email from my phone. It’s the only way I can see it, and it’s all two-factor authentication’s fault. Well, and also mine. Because I am an idiot. Don’t make the same mistake I did. Two-factor authentication is supposed…

What Is Your Favorite Super Soaker?

If you grew up anywhere other than the arctic, you have a favorite Super Soaker. You just do. It’s the best Super Soaker, and anyone who thinks otherwise is obviously wrong. So let’s get this water gun fight started. What’s the best hydrocannon out there? Drop your candidate for the best Super Soaker in the…

This Water-Powered Jetboard Is Almost The Hoverboard You’re Dreaming Of

No, Back to the Future hoverboards won’t be real anytime soon but there’s a damn good substitute. All you need is a board, a speedboat, and a firehose. From Franky Zapata, the mind behind the water-powered Iron Man-esque “Flyboard”—comes the Hoverboard, which seems to pretty faithfully emulate its namesake. It’s essentially just a firehose strapped…

Report: “Google Fit” Is Coming Soon Because Of Course It Is

Google I/O is just around the corner, and according to a report from Forbes it will bring a new Google service called “Google Fit.” This is after Samsung announced its nebulous SAMI concept, and Apple its HealthKit. It only makes sense Google would be working on its own fitness thingamajig. It makes sense for Google…

The Pebble Steel—the best smartwatch out there right now—is getting (kind of) a price cut. You’ll now be able to get it (with the leather band only) for $230 instead of $250. You can pick up that model at Best Buy in person or online on Sunday June 15. Or you can wait for Google…

You Should Log Out of TweetDeck Right Now (Update: All Clear)

If you use TweetDeck for Chrome you should log out now. Turns out it has an XSS vulnerability that allows attackers to execute code remotely on your computer just by tweeting it out. So far it appears to only affect the Chrome app We’re getting reports of issues in the Chrome app, in the webapp…

Big Cable Is Tricking Advocacy Groups Into Fighting Net Neutrality

The public wants net neutrality. We’ve all made it pretty clear. But the cable companies don’t. They’ve already ginned up some lobbyist-funded, anti-neutrality groups, but now it seems they’re going a step further, tricking real groups into joining up. According to reports by VICE, a few real advocacy groups manned by real people with real…

This Wireless Keyboard Contraption Brings Your Desktop to Your Lap

Anyone who tries to play PC games on their TV inevitably runs into the same problem: What do you do with that damn keyboard and mouse? Roccat has a clever if not super elegant solution. Just put an entire desk-top on your lap. You could do that with a normal keyboard, sure, but Roccat’s new…

Playstation TV Is a Tiny, Streaming Companion for Your PS4

Playstation TV, a tiny streaming box released as PS Vita TV in Japan, will be coming to the US and Canada this fall for $99. The tiny box will let you stream games from your PS4 proper to another TV in the house, while also letting you stream PS3 games and older classics via the…

Playstation Now, the service that will let you stream old Playstation games on your new Playstation (and pretty damn well) will be going into open beta on July 31st. It’ll come to PS4 first, but later PS3, Vita, and select Sony smart TVs (Dual Shock 3 controller required).

The SteelSeries Sentry Watches Your Eyes to Help You Be Better at Games

Motion control might not be great for precise gaming, but that doesn’t mean that everything you do needs to be controlled by your hands. SteelSeries just announced its new eye-tracking Sentry, that watches where you’re looking to help you get better at games. Built in partnership with Tobii, whose eye-tracking stuff has been alternately awesome…

You Can Finally Get a Standalone Leap Motion-Powered Keyboard

The Leap Motion Controller is cool—and it’s about to get cooler—but the neat little dongle is a toy, not a must-have. Now, HP is going to start selling keyboards with Leap built right in, and it’s probably the best way to get in on the fun. HP already built Leap into a laptop, and has…

Should We Really Just Call Everything a “Drone” By Default?

There’s a revolution in the skies. Things are flying around up there. Some of them are remote controlled, some of them are autonomous. Some of them shoot at people, some of them don’t. Some of them are in stores, some are military. But should we just call them all “drones”? It might seem like a…

Hey Google, Here’s How You Win Messaging

This week I saw a demo of the best messaging system yet. One where SMS and non-SMS messages, all calls, come to all your devices automatically. It only had one major flaw. It’s trapped on an iPhone. The promised beauty of the new iMessage is that it manufactures the illusion that everyone you know is…

Oh Sweet, You Can Use the Xbox One Controller on PC Now

For all its flaws, I’m a pretty big fan of the Xbox One . But while the voice control can occasionally miss the mark and sometimes the Kinect won’t recognize you, there’s one thing that’s flawless: that controller. And now Microsoft has released the drivers for download so you can use it on PC. I’ve…

Control VR Mitts Are Like the Powerglove You Always Wanted

So let’s say you’ve got your Oculus Rift headset on and it’s pretty awesome, but what could make it more immersive? How about looking down and seeing your hands. There are already some (sorta janky) solutions to that problem, but Control VR’s new glove controllers look like the best so far. Essentially the Powerglove you…

The Xbox One Gets a Graphics Boost When Devs Ignore Kinect

Say what you will about Microsoft’s decision to give up on packing in the Kinect with its Xbox One (I sure have!) but there’s good news for performance junkies: When Kinect’s out of the picture, the Xbox One gets a 10 percent boost in graphics power. The announcement that Xbox One dev kits were going…

Remember how Barnes and Noble said it was going to give up on its Nook tablets? Well they are back! As branded Samsung Galaxy Tabs. Samsung and B&N just signed an agreement to bring the Nook software and name to a flavor of the 7-inch Galaxy Tab 4. Hooray?

Microsoft has announced 45 apps that will soon be coming to Xbox including Vine, which can be used to share game clips on the Xbox One, and Twitter, which will let you snap hashtag-driven tweet-streams under your TVing.