One of the many inconveniences that doomed wearable products like Google Glass and Snapās Spectacles was the need to charge them every night. Streaming video and data requires a lot of power, and that takes a tremendous toll on a tiny battery. But engineers at the University of Washington say theyāve found a way to ā¦
Youāve got your smart home tech and other gadgets all set up just so, but if you have a family or steady stream of guests passing through, you might also want to make all these devices easily accessible to other people too. Whether youāre running an Airbnb or just have demanding relatives, here are a few tips to bearā¦
Apple will repair some Apple Watch Series 2 devices that suffer from defects including swollen batteries or an inability to activate, per an updated version of its service policy obtained by MacRumors.
Thereās no better example of the war between form and function than smartwatch design. There are boxy, bulging, touchscreen wearables that do almost everything your smartphone can, and there are sleeker analog alternatives that maybe keep track of how many calories youāve burned. With the latest version of the ā¦
Ahead of Avengers: Infinity Warās official release in just a few weeks, Chinaās Brando has revealed the penultimate collectible for fans of Thanosā rise to power. Why buy a simple life-size replica of his infamous Infinity Gauntlet when you could buy this superior life-size replica made from actual copper, withā¦
The original Game Boy was the first device to push my fascination with gadgets to an obsession. I saved for months to buy one, and to this day itās still one of my favorite gaming platforms. That explains why, despite every gadget I use having an alarm clock built-in, I now prefer waking up to this adorable Game Boyā¦
Facebook āhas decided not to unveilā its line of connected home speakers, which boast digital assistant and video-chat capabilities, at its developer conference in May because too many people have wised up to the fact said products will probably turn their homes into Mark Zuckerberg-surveilled Panopticons, Bloombergā¦
To make it slightly easier for schools to stomach the cost of equipping students with $300 iPads, Apple has partnered with Logitech to create a cheaper stylus alternative called the Crayon that at $49 is almost half the price of the Apple Pencil, which is now being sold to schools for $89.
A department of the US State Department dedicated to diplomatic security has reportedly procured a $15,000, Apple TV-sized device its manufacturers advertise as being able to break iPhone encryption in anywhere from two hours to three days.
Self-declared Flat Earth researcher and DIY steam rocket enthusiast āMadā Mike Hughes has finally managed to prove the haters wrong about his ability to blast himself some 1,875 feet into the sky without being crushed or scalded to death, the Associated Press reported on Sunday.
A Bluetooth-connected foam ball packed with sensors and a battery you need to charge sounds like one of Silicon Valleyās worst ideas. Havenāt balls been adequately entertaining kids for centuries already? But it only took one toss of Play Impossibleās Gameball for me to understand why a ball upgraded withā¦
For a short while, listening to popular songs played on old-school calculators was a fun YouTube distraction. Fads come and go a lot faster on the internet, however, which is unfortunate for Casio. Itās releasing an updated version of a popular ā80s calculator that plays music and a video gameābut maybe a few weeksā¦
Weāve covered a few of Massdropās unorthodox keyboard upgrades over the years, but none as lovely as this officially-licensed Hasbro Scrabble keyboard that puts every letter of the alphabet at your disposal, instead of just seven you randomly grab at the start of a game.
Before kids hunted for Carmen Sandiego, in a time when computers could barely muster a few on-screen colors, a game called The Oregon Trail taught students about the hardships of pioneer life. The graphics were terrible, the sound effects were awful, and more often than not, all your characters died. But it was theā¦
Singapore-based mobile chip manufacturer Broadcomās $117 billion bid to acquire its US rival Qualcommāwhat might have been the largest tech deal in historyāwas shot down by the White House on Monday, with President Donald Trump allegedly making the decision over unspecified national security risks.
The FBI has arrested the owner of Phantom Secure, one of a number of phone companies that it claims sells customized BlackBerry and Android devices for use in international criminal organizations.
President Donald Trumpās administration said on Saturday itās taken the first official steps to ban bump stocks, accessories that enable semi-automatic rifles to fire at rates approaching fully automatic ones, the Associated Press reported.
The guy behind $118.5 million company Juicero, which catastrophically shut down after it was revealed that their eponymous line of $399 cold-pressed raw juice machines were actually just glorified bag-squeezers, is on to new things!
As an avid portable gamer, you might assume smartphones, and their app stores filled with million of titles, would be my ideal device. But part of me still yearns for physical buttons to mash, like my beloved Game Boy had. Thatās probably why I find this case that puts a bunch of basic video games on the back of aā¦
Despite conflicting reports, the U.S.S. Enterprise from Star Trek: The Next Generation is obviously the best starship that Starfleet has ever built. That alone makes this Enterprise Bluetooth speaker worth the $80 asking price. But sweetening the pot is a secret feature that turns the device into a soothing, Star Trekā¦
