You've been able to use a reverse Google search to hunt down similar photos on the internet for years thanks to image recognition and processing tools, but only for static pictures. Today, at Google Cloud Next '17, the search giant unveiled…
Lees meerNearly a week after a New York Times report exposed Uber's use of an internal tool to target and mislead local authorities the company says it's "expressly prohibiting its use to target action by local regulators going forward." According t…
Lees meerEsports are big business now—why else would we have launched a site dedicated to covering it? And with millions of dollars wrapped up in prizes and sponsorship, hardware makers are starting to cater to a new category of athlete. But while the result…
Lees meerFor all of the choices you now have when it comes to electric cars, you're not so fortunate if you're looking for a personal watercraft. There have been attempts, but you're usually looking at a big hydrofoil rather than something as nimble…
Lees meerBack in October we stumbled on a strange app called Vigilante. Push notifications would tell you about nearby robberies, shootings, and other crimes. Under the tagline “Can injustice survive transparency?” Vigilante encouraged its New York City-base…
Lees meerYou’ll find posters of M.C. Escher’s sketches of impossible structures and buildings in almost every college dorm room. But there’s a good chance the artist also spent some time designing magnificently twisted skateparks in Mexico that just barely a…
Lees meerDead by Daylight, the hit survival-horror game that pits a team of four players against a dangerous killer, is getting a new character as part of the title's free "Left Behind" DLC. Players of Valve's successful Left 4 Dead series of zombie…
Lees meerRobots are usually created to help us, but that's not always the case. Last week, California's Palm Desert was home to a machine that was different. ShyBot didn't serve us at all, instead -- as its name suggests -- it had a reclusive missio…
Lees meerSONOS discounts are exceedingly rare, and usually organized around a special event like Black Friday. But for whatever reason, the PLAY:3 is priced at $256 for Prime members, down from $300. We don’t know how long this will last, but if it’s on your…
Lees meerA day after a WikiLeaks post claimed to reveal inside details of the CIA's hacking apparatus, the agency has responded with a "no comment" and then some. In a statement posted by NBC News, the folks at Langley said: "We have no comment on t…
Lees meerDidi's ever-expanding ridesharing empire might be centered in China, but it's still willing to head overseas to advance its goals. The company is opening an AI lab in Mountain View, California for the sake of its self-driving car ambitions.…
Lees meerMarvel’s God of Thunder is going to look a little bit different in his next movie. Entertainment Weekly has revealed our first glimpse at the movie, teasing a radically differently looking Thor, as well as our first full looks at Cate Blanchett and …
Lees meerYou know how Obamacare’s real name is The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act? Well, guess what the Republicans just submitted as the official name of what will eventually become known as Trumpcare? The World’s Greatest Healthcare Plan of 201…
Lees meerIt looks like Mark Watney, the fictional, stranded astronaut in The Martian, was right about one thing. Potatoes can grow on Mars. The International Potato Center (CIP) in Lima placed a special potato inside a sealed container that simulate…
Lees meerAt the end of this month, Bungie will release the last extra content for its shooter MMO Destiny before it moves on to the game's sequel. In a livestream today, the studio's developers and community manager Deej outlined what's coming for p…
Lees meerRenewable energy supplies are great because they produce power without filling the air with pollution. Yet, once the sun goes down solar panels become pretty useless. But Tesla and Hawaii have a solution that'll use the sun's rays both day …
Lees meerTwitter co-founder Biz Stone's startup Jelly has seen plenty of twists and turns since its 2013 introduction: it launched as a crowdsourced question-and-answer service, pivoted, and then pivoted back to its original concept in 2016. Now, ho…
Lees meerIf The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has piqued your interest in whimsical open-world adventure games featuring young men solving puzzles, Rime has you covered. It's coming out on May 26th for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, dev…
Lees meerForget the car-sized hail. It looks like it might actually start raining cheese in the climate-controlled near-future of Geostorm.Read more...
Lees meerSnapchat has a really hard time celebrating without coming off as offensive. Last 4/20, the app introduced a Bob Marley filter that prompted accusations of racial insensitivity. A few months later, it rolled out an anime-inspired filter tha…
Lees meerWhen Hello Games teased big things coming with No Man's Sky's Path Finder update, it wasn't joking around. The studio has taken the wraps off the upgrade, and there's a lot more than what was hinted at. For one thing, there are multiple g…
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