September 2, 2018 Sony’s new HX99 compact camera does things your smartphone can’t At a time when everyone is carrying around a generally capable camera inside their smartphone, compact cameras have struggled to stay relevant. Barring Sony's…
September 2, 2018 Ofo is being sued by Chinese bike manufacture for $10 million in unpaid bills Chinese bike-share company Ofo is being sued by manufacturer Shanghai Phoenix Bicycles over “unpaid bills” that total nearly $10 million, according to the Financial…
September 2, 2018 Finding silence online is difficult, but the pursuit is worthwhile In My Year of Rest and Relaxation, the latest novel from the ferociously talented writer Otessa Moshfegh, the protagonist sets out to sleep through…
September 2, 2018 Microsoft is redesigning Skype once again and killing its Snapchat-like feature I’ve lost count on the number of times Microsoft has redesigned Skype, but it’s happening again. The software maker has been tweaking Skype for…
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…