September 2, 2018 Embassy ‘sonic attacks’ may have been microwave blasts When researchers postulated that the "sonic attacks" on embassies in Cuba (and more recently China) were the fault of malfunctioning surveillance gear, that wasn't…
September 2, 2018 Ben Heck’s Arduino-based zen garden Matthew Eargle joins Ben on this week's episode to create a robot that can reproduce and rake your very own, very chilled-out zen garden….
September 2, 2018 Prison survival game ‘Scum’ no longer includes neo-Nazi tattoos Days after prisoner survival game Scum came out in Steam Early Access, players discovered their criminal characters could be given Nazi-related tattoos. Today, its…
September 2, 2018 Skype drops Snapchat-like feature since people weren’t using it Microsoft's about-face on Skype now extends to one of its not-so-subtle attempts to ride the social media bandwagon. As part of a broader app…
September 2, 2018 Twitter is testing threaded replies and status indicators Twitter wants to be more conversational — and apparently more like a message board and a chat app. In a post retweeted by Twitter…
September 2, 2018 GoPro Hero 7 leak hints at steadier action shots 'Tis the season for major device leaks, it seems. Austin Mittelstadt has posted photos of a store display that spills the beans on GoPro's…
September 1, 2018 Microsoft sunsets Surface Plus upgrade program after a year Microsoft will no longer accept enrollments into the Surface Plus Program. The tech giant has quietly shut down the trade-in program on August 31st,…
September 1, 2018 Sprint’s newest Unlimited plan includes Amazon, Hulu and Tidal Virtually every major US carrier offers one or more free services (however temporary) with at least one of its plans, so how is Sprint…
September 1, 2018 Genre fiction is recognized with this year’s alternative Nobel prize for literature Earlier this year, the Swedish academy announced that it would not issue a prize for literature. The announcement prompted a flurry of handwringing within…
September 1, 2018 RHA’s high-end planar magnetic earbuds sound incredible Planar magnetic headphones don't use the magnet-and-coil driver typical to most cans. Instead, they use a fixed but flexible diaphragm that undulates to create…