Yes, your childhood dreams are coming to life. In honor of "Force Friday," the first day toys for the new Star Wars movie are available for purchase, New Yorkers will be able to take a ride in an Uber designed to look like a Stormtrooper Hot Wheels car. … [Read more...]
Tesla Model X Buyers, Your Lucky Day Is Almost Here
Yes, we already knew Tesla's first SUV, the Model X, is coming in September, but now — thanks to Twitter-happy CEO Elon Musk — we know the exact date: September 29. … [Read more...]
Acer Revo Build a Modular Mini PC with Stackable Component Blocks
Building a PC is no easy task, but with the Acer Revo Build, it's as simple as stacking components on top of one another. At the IFA tech trade show in Berlin, Acer unveiled the tiny mini PC with modular components. It's basically the little Revo mini PC that looks like a piggy bank on steroids. … [Read more...]
Philips’ Izzy Speakers Make Multi-room Music Syncing Easy
Syncing up wireless speakers in different rooms can be a real chore. The Philips Izzy multi-room speaker makes it as simple as pressing a button. Assuming you buy multiple Izzy speakers, all you have to do to play is press the "Izzylink group" button and you'll be blasting music from one speaker to another. … [Read more...]
Federal Sony Data Breach Lawsuit Settled
Former Sony Pictures Entertainment employees whose personal information was posted online last year after a massive data breach have reached a settlement in a proposed class action lawsuit, their attorneys said Wednesday. … [Read more...]
Malware Infections Increasing on Android Smartphones
Malicious software targeting smartphones with the Android operating system is becoming more common, with some handsets already infected when they're bought. A report by German security firm G DATA found that the samples containing such malware had increased by 25 percent in the second quarter compared with the first three months of the year. … [Read more...]
Improve Your Sleep and Your Mood with Withings New ‘Spotified’ Aura Alarm Clock
French connected-gadgets maker Withings already has a device that improves your sleep; now, it wants to help you wake up as well. The Withings Aura Connected Alarm Clock, launched during the IFA show in Berlin, lets you wake up with any of the 30+ million songs in Spotify's catalog. … [Read more...]
All Amazon Prime Customer Can Now Buy Dash Buttons
It’s been five months since Amazon announced the Dash button, a physical device slightly larger than your thumb that lets you orders more goods with a single tap. Now, the Seattle tech giant is taking the Dash button out of the invite-only stage and making it available to all Prime customers for purchase. … [Read more...]
New Zenfones from Asus Emphasize Battery Life and Pics, Not Screens
Rather than join everyone in bumping up screen resolutions, Asus is giving users what they really need: More battery life and better photos. At the IFA trade show, the electronics company announced a family of new Zenfones, including the Zenfone 2 Deluxe, Zenfone Max, Zenfone Selfie, Zenfone Zoom and Zenfone 2 Laser. … [Read more...]
Intel to Put RealSense Everywhere, Including Drones
Today was, for Intel, a day to celebrate its new Skylake 6th Gen Core processor family. However, the real star of its Wednesday morning IFA press conference was the future. The company showed off a variety of forward-leaning technologies, many of which rely on features found in its new RealSense R-200 3D and infrared camera system (the existing forward-facing cameras are called … [Read more...]