• HP's latest printer DRM treats third-party ink as 'damaged'

    HP's latest printer DRM treats third-party ink as 'damaged'
    If you use off-brand ink in your HP printer, you might have started having some issues last week. That's because a firmware update appears to have added DRM that disables third-party ink cartridges in some HP printers. According to Ars Technica, HP claimed that the update was meant to "protect HP’s innovations and intellectual property." Continue reading…
  • Walmart's $3.3 billion acquisition of Jet.com is now official. Next comes the hard part.

    Walmart's $3.3 billion acquisition of Jet.com is now official. Next comes the hard part.
    Done. Deal.Walmart announced on Monday that its monster $3.3 billion acquisition of e-commerce startup Jet.com is official. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon broke the news with a photo posted to Instagram on Monday. Startup-y!In a blog post, McMillon explained the deal by saying, “Walmart and Jet.com obsess about saving customers time and money. By joining forces, we’ll be better at doing both, creating seamless shopping from app to site to store.”Continue reading…
  • Voice is chat’s next battleground

    Voice is chat’s next battleground
     Chatbots were meh. Sure, they’ll get better. But the upcoming innovation in chat is about being more human, not less. With the proliferation of adequate speech recognition, AI assistants and wireless headphones, the tech is ready to unlock the potential of our most basic form of communication. Soon, we’ll talk and listen to our messaging apps when it’s more convenient than… Read More
  • La La Land starts its journey to Oscar dominance with TIFF's People's Choice Award

    La La Land starts its journey to Oscar dominance with TIFF's People's Choice Award
    The awards ceremony that wraps up the Toronto International Film Festival can feel like a weird grab-bag event. Toronto doesn't hand out the Best Actor / Actress / Director-type awards that dominate so many film awards ceremonies. Most of its individual awards are narrowly focused on local cinema or other specific areas of interest, set by the corporations or associations that sponsor them. Some of them come from small groups with big acronyms and specific agendas, like the FIPRESCI awards (from
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  • The Ripple Rug: You know, for cats

    The Ripple Rug: You know, for cats
     Of all the products I’ve seen this year, none are more worthy of our time and attention than the Ripple Rug. Created by Fred and Natasha Ruckel, the Ripple Rug is a rug with holes and lumps in it. Your cat can climb inside, stick its paws out, and generally get all up inside that business. It’s 35 inches on each side and made of recycled plastic bottles.
    Why is the Ripple Rug so… Read More
  • Syrian arch razed by ISIS and re-created with 3D technology arrives in New York City

    Syrian arch razed by ISIS and re-created with 3D technology arrives in New York City
    A replica of a 2,000-year-old Roman arch that was destroyed by ISIS in Syria last year was unveiled in New York City today. The triumphal arch, a two-thirds scale of the original, was first showcased in Trafalgar Square in London this past April. Now, it will stay in City Hall Park for a week before being shipped to its next destination, Dubai.The replica was made by the Institute for Digital Archaeology (IDA) using 3D computer models based on photographs of the original arch; the photos were ta
  • Black female founder raises $7 million for renewable energy tech startup

    Black female founder raises $7 million for renewable energy tech startup
     I’d like to tip my imaginary hat off to Jessica O. Matthews, the black female founder and CEO of renewable energy tech startup Uncharted Play. Her company just closed a $7 million Series A round led by the NIC Fund with participation from Kapor Capital, Magic Johnson Enterprises, BBG Ventures and Lingo Ventures. Read More
  • The UN wants to see how far VR empathy will go

    The UN wants to see how far VR empathy will go
    Last year, the United Nations added a new tool to its fundraising arsenal: virtual reality. With the help of studio Vrse.works, it released Clouds Over Sidra, a mini-documentary following a 12-year-old Syrian refugee. Since then, it’s been increasingly accepted that VR can boost philanthropy by connecting viewers more deeply to a subject — that, as a member of Vrse.works put it, a headset is "the ultimate empathy machine."
    There’s some early evidence to bear this out. A 2015 fu
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  • Why the iPhone 7’s Screen Looks So Amazing Despite Its Dated Tech

    Why the iPhone 7’s Screen Looks So Amazing Despite Its Dated Tech
    Apple squeezes every last bit of performance out of LCD. The post Why the iPhone 7’s Screen Looks So Amazing Despite Its Dated Tech appeared first on WIRED.
  • Glance Clock keeps your life together with subtle yet vibrant notifications

    Glance Clock keeps your life together with subtle yet vibrant notifications
    There’s something intriguing about low-fi solutions to high-tech problems and the Glance Clock is no exception. In today’s world, a missed Uber can be the difference between a confidence-inducing 5.0 rider rating and a clearly shameful 4.8. Glance Clock, a smart clock that launched at TechCrunch’s hardware battlefield in Las Vegas, looks more analog than digital at first… Read More
  • Nick Offerman reading Tom Sawyer is just as charming as you’d hope

    Nick Offerman reading Tom Sawyer is just as charming as you’d hope
    For seven seasons of the late NBC comedy Parks and Recreation, the mustachioed-character Ron Swanson behaved like a Mark Twain character dropped inexplicably into modern-day Indiana. The whiskey-swilling, woodworking, meat-loving Libertarian could have become a forgettable straight-man alongside a crowded ensemble cast of local government do-rights, but actor Nick Offerman gave Swanson heart and depth.Even with the show wrapped, Offerman is still associated with Swanson’s gruff, straight-f
  • Cloud Foundry launches its new Docker-compatible container management system

    Cloud Foundry launches its new Docker-compatible container management system
     Cloud Foundry, the Pivotal- and VMware-incubated open source platform-as-a-service project, is going all in on its new Diego container management system. For a while now, the project used what it called Droplet Execution Agents (DEA) to manage application containers. After running in parallel for a while, though, the team has now decided to go all in on its new so-called “Diego”… Read More
  • Analyzing China’s mobile advertising technology market

    Analyzing China’s mobile advertising technology market
     For those of us in the mobile advertising technology business, China is one of the most exciting markets in the world in 2016. To say that the mobile ad economy in China is a few years behind the U.S. and Europe is both true and an oversimplification. When you spend time on the ground in China, as I just did a few weeks ago, meeting with over 20 mobile publishers, including titans like… Read More
  • How Police Trace Cellphones in IEDs Like the Ones in NYC

    How Police Trace Cellphones in IEDs Like the Ones in NYC
    As terror suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami may be learning, cellphones make convenient detonators---and convenient tracking devices. The post How Police Trace Cellphones in IEDs Like the Ones in NYC appeared first on WIRED.
  • Garmin lowers the price of its Virb Ultra to $399, minutes after GoPro introduces its $399 Hero 5 Black

    Garmin lowers the price of its Virb Ultra to $399, minutes after GoPro introduces its $399 Hero 5 Black
    GoPro hosted an event in Northern California today where it introduced its first drone and its new Hero 5 Black action camera, which will cost $399 when it’s released on Oct. 2. The company hadn’t updated its action cam since the Hero 4 in 2014. GoPro’s competitors took note of these announcements, too, and today, Garmin lowered the price of its recently released Virb Ultra 30 action cam by $100. It’s now the same price as the Hero 5 Black on Amazon.
    The two com
  • Uber is coming to Detroit, possibly to test its self-driving cars

    Uber is coming to Detroit, possibly to test its self-driving cars
    Uber is planning on opening a new facility in Detroit, aka Motor City, which appears to be geared toward growing the ride-hail company’s self-driving car efforts. The news of the new engineering space comes a few days after Uber rolled out its driverless cars in Pittsburgh for a limited public test.Sherif Marakby, Uber’s new vice president of global vehicle programs, told Automotive News that the facility would allow the ride-hail startup a chance to work with automakers in the area
  • Why VR matters, especially in rural schools

    Why VR matters, especially in rural schools
     All children benefit from new experiences which expand their mental map of the world, but the need is especially acute for children from low-income families. Read More
  • Elio Motors locks in price for nonrefundable reservations

    Elio Motors locks in price for nonrefundable reservations
     Elio Motors has raised funds for manufacturing its forthcoming three-wheeled commuter vehicle in a few innovative ways, including Regulation A+ stock offerings. Its latest creative funding is through its reservation system. Anyone who puts down money for an “All In” nonrefundable reservation for an Elio has the base price of their vehicle locked in at $7,300. The wording is a… Read More
  • New digital medium format mirrorless adds to Fujifilm’s retro charm

    New digital medium format mirrorless adds to Fujifilm’s retro charm
     Fujifilm is riding high on its strategy of taking camera classics and reinventing them for the modern era, and now it has a new mirrorless medium format camera system that’s likely to win a lot of pseudo-nostalgic interest from photography buffs. The Fujifilm GFX camera system will debut with the GFX 50S, a mirrorless digital camera with a huge 51.4MP, 43.8×32.9mm sensor, as well as… Read More
  • League of Legends is getting a board game spinoff next month

    League of Legends is getting a board game spinoff next month
    League of Legends — the massively popular online strategy game, which now boasts more than 100 million monthly players — is getting a new spinoff soon, but it’s not a video game. Developer Riot Games is working on a new board game called Mechs vs. Minions, which looks to combine the strategy elements of League with story-driven missions and lots and lots of miniature figures.
    Mechs vs. Minions will offer 10 different missions, each of which takes an estimated 60 to 90 minutes t
  • Final Fantasy XV Goes Old School to Keep Relevant

    Final Fantasy XV Goes Old School to Keep Relevant
    The Blue Screen of Text is back, as the franchise mines the past to secure its future. The post Final Fantasy XV Goes Old School to Keep Relevant appeared first on WIRED.
  • The vivacious, acrobatic Minitaur robot will definitely improve your day

    The vivacious, acrobatic Minitaur robot will definitely improve your day
     Mondays, as we all know, are the worst. That’s why it’s important to keep an eye out for heart-warming videos like puppies sliding on hardwood floors, otters holding hands, or energetic robots doing flips and climbing fences. It helps if, as in this case, the background music is a jam. Read More
  • Facebook acquires modular consumer hardware maker Nascent Objects

    Facebook acquires modular consumer hardware maker Nascent Objects
     Facebook has acquired Nascent Objects, a small California startup founded in 2014 that focuses on creating a modular electronics system that consumers could use to build their gadgets, using reconfigurable components including batteries, camera, sensors and more. The startup worked with design firm Ammunition (also responsible for the design of Beats products pre-Apple acquisition) to create… Read More
  • Twitter's new, longer tweets have arrived

    Twitter's new, longer tweets have arrived
    Tweets are holding steady at 140 characters, but a variety of additions to your tweets will no longer count against that limit..As The Verge reported last week, Twitter said today it was rolling out expanded tweets around the world. Media attachments including images, GIFs, videos, and polls will no longer count against the 140-character limit. Neither will links to quoted tweets. Continue reading…
  • The Devialet Immersive Theater System is almost dangerously loud

    The Devialet Immersive Theater System is almost dangerously loud
    Devialet, the manufacturer of some of the loudest and most unique-looking speakers on the market, announced its Immersive Theater System last week, which uses the latest and most powerful version of its Phantom speakers, the Gold Phantom, to deliver some truly ridiculous sound. Continue reading…
  • The new Olympus E-PL8 is the most stylish Pen Lite camera yet

    The new Olympus E-PL8 is the most stylish Pen Lite camera yet
    Olympus is adding a new camera to its Pen lineup of pocket mirrorless cameras. The company just announced the Olympus Pen E-PL8 at the Photokina show in Cologne, Germany. It's another classic-looking Micro Four Thirds camera in the Pen Lite lineup, and it's arguably the best-looking E-PL camera yet.
    The biggest difference from the E-PL7 is the E-PL8’s design. Olympus has refined it all around — the camera is a little bit shorter, the grip is smaller, and the body is slimmer (or at le
  • Stripe Now Lets Any Business Instantly Pay Its Workers

    Stripe Now Lets Any Business Instantly Pay Its Workers
    Stripe rolls out Instant Payouts to any gig-economy service or online marketplace. The post Stripe Now Lets Any Business Instantly Pay Its Workers appeared first on WIRED.
  • Google Photos adds themed 'concept movies' and in-app sharing

    Google Photos adds themed 'concept movies' and in-app sharing
    Since the day it launched, one of Google Photos’ more compelling features has been its automatically generated montage videos. Come home from a trip and within a day or so Google will have stitched your photos and video clips into a mini-movie complete with jaunty music and transitions. Today the company is introducing taking another step in that direction with themed "concept movies": videos generated algorithmically based on their content. Continue reading…
  • Beck Built His Latest Music Video From Killer Instagram Clips

    Beck Built His Latest Music Video From Killer Instagram Clips
    With help from a slew of a digital artists, Beck and director Grady Hall turned most of “Wow” into a “music video art gallery.” The post Beck Built His Latest Music Video From Killer Instagram Clips appeared first on WIRED.
  • GoPro’s Karma Drone and New Cameras Look Mighty Hot

    GoPro’s Karma Drone and New Cameras Look Mighty Hot
    Today, we get new GoPro goodies, and at first glimpse, they look great. The post GoPro's Karma Drone and New Cameras Look Mighty Hot appeared first on WIRED.
  • GoPro’s Karma drone folds up and fits in a backpack

    GoPro’s Karma drone folds up and fits in a backpack
    GoPro has finally taken the wraps off of the long-awaited Karma drone. Initially teased at the 2015 Code Conference and delayed earlier this year, the quadcopter was just shown off for the first time alongside two new action cameras at an event in Northern California. Karma will go on sale on October 23rd. It costs $799 alone, $1,099 with a Hero 5, or $999 with a Hero 5 Session.
    The biggest selling point for Karma is its ease of use. That starts with a foldable design for easy storage and carryi
  • GoPro announces the Hero 5 Black and Hero 5 Session

    GoPro announces the Hero 5 Black and Hero 5 Session
    GoPro just officially announced the Hero 5 Black, the company’s first flagship action camera since the Hero 4 was unveiled in 2014. The company also announced the Hero 5 Session, and update to the original Session — the small, cube-shaped camera that was released last summer. The cameras were unveiled at the launch event for the GoPro Karma drone at Squaw Valley Ski Resort in Northern California, and both are compatible with GoPro’s first quadcopter. They’ll be available
  • India’s Swiggy eats up $15M more for its food delivery business

    India’s Swiggy eats up $15M more for its food delivery business
     Swiggy, one of India’s top food delivery services, has refueled its tanks after raising $15 million led by Bessemer Venture Partners. The company said a number of existing investors also participated, but it didn’t name them directly. Read More
  • Google’s Waze will now help you find the best parking spot

    Google’s Waze will now help you find the best parking spot
    Waze, the real-time traffic app owned by Google, is teaming up with transportation data firm INRIX to help drivers find the best parking spot close to their destination.
    Waze recently introduced a “where to park” feature, which suggests parking lots closest to a destination and allows users to navigate there directly. Additionally, if a user doesn’t select a parking lot prior to arrival, Waze will give the option to select and navigate to one when approaching a final destinatio
  • These giant retro Halloween masks are just what my new apartment needs

    These giant retro Halloween masks are just what my new apartment needs
    What makes a house feel like a home? Is it friendly roommates, beer in the fridge, or a house plant that has a name? No, of course not. It’s seasonal decor! That’s why I’ve already picked up half a dozen pumpkin-scented candles, a pumpkin carving kit, and Halloween Oreos to outfit my new 700-square-foot apartment for the best time of the year.
    But treats and candles don’t feel like enough. Honestly, I need these giant retro Halloween masks. Only then will I know satisfact
  • Our favorite films of TIFF 2016

    Our favorite films of TIFF 2016
    From the moment our boots hit Canadian soil for the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, we were rushing out dispatches, writing reviews, talking to filmmakers, and — most importantly — seeing lots and lots of movies. Some of the TIFF screenings were world premieres, others were making their domestic debuts, and others may already be in your local multiplex (or on Netflix). With this year’s festival now behind us, we take a look at our favorites. These are the films we hav
  • Now Google AI Can Help You Plan a Vacation

    Now Google AI Can Help You Plan a Vacation
    Say hello to Google Trips. The post Now Google AI Can Help You Plan a Vacation appeared first on WIRED.
  • Google Trips is a killer travel app for the modern tourist

    Google Trips is a killer travel app for the modern tourist
    Google today announced Trips, a new app that serves as a trip planner and travel guide for anyone who is exploring a new place. The free app, which is available on Android and iOS, will organize your plane tickets and hotel reservations, offer editorial guides to more than 200 cities, and make personalized recommendations based on your Google history. Best of all, it works offline: you can download everything to your phone before you leave, including maps and walking directions — sparing y
  • Fujifilm announces GFX mirrorless medium format camera with 51.4 megapixels

    Fujifilm announces GFX mirrorless medium format camera with 51.4 megapixels
    "The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera." With this quote from W. Eugene Smith, Fujifilm today announces its new GFX camera system, which is built around a massive 43.8mm x 32.9mm CMOS sensor and designed to be the elite companion to Fujifilm’s critically acclaimed X series of cameras. Like the X series, the GFX camera is mirrorless, helping it be more compact, reducing "mirror shock" that might create vibration when shooting, and making for easier lens d
  • Panasonic's LUMIX GH5 can shoot 4K 60p video and take 6K stills

    Panasonic's LUMIX GH5 can shoot 4K 60p video and take 6K stills
    Today at Photokina, Panasonic announced that it has started development on the LUMIX GH5, a followup to the DMC-GH4. While the DMC-GH4 was Panasonic’s first camera to shoot video at 4K 30p/25p resolution, the LUMIX GH5 ups that ante to 4K 60p/50p video. Continue reading…
  • Video shows explosion after bomb robot tries to disarm New Jersey device

    Video shows explosion after bomb robot tries to disarm New Jersey device
    A video emerged this morning showing an explosive device, reportedly linked to this weekend's explosions in New York City and New Jersey, detonating after law enforcement attempted to disarm it using a bomb robot.
    A suspicious backpack was discovered in a garbage can in Elizabeth, New Jersey, officials said, and — after reportedly checking to see if something valuable was inside — two men reported finding wires and a pipe in the bag, according to ABC.
    There were reportedly five
  • Nikon announces a line of rugged action cameras

    Nikon announces a line of rugged action cameras
    Nikon has just announced a pair of rugged action cameras at Photokina and released new details of the KeyMission 360, the 360-degree camera the company announced at CES. The two new cameras also carry the KeyMission branding, and their names also correspond to their field of view. One is a more traditional GoPro-style 4K action camera that will be called the KeyMission 170, and the other is a life-logging camera called the KeyMission 80. All three will be available in October and are firsts of t
  • The da Vinci Mini is a cheap 3D printer for people who really want to own a 3D printer

    The da Vinci Mini is a cheap 3D printer for people who really want to own a 3D printer
    The idea of a 3D printer in every home has largely died. Nowadays, it’s much easier to send off a design to a 3D printing service, who can produce it for you with a far better printer than any smaller, desktop model can. Continue reading…
  • Dear Tech Companies: Focus on Diversity, Not Foosball

    Dear Tech Companies: Focus on Diversity, Not Foosball
    Tech companies' job sites mention free snacks and beer, but not work-life balance, funding for education, or maternity leave. The post Dear Tech Companies: Focus on Diversity, Not Foosball appeared first on WIRED.
  • Gears of War 4's latest trailer features towering mechs

    Gears of War 4's latest trailer features towering mechs
    You might be wondering just how JD Fenix — the new star of the Gears of War series — and friends will be able to take on the violent hordes of locust aliens they'll come up against in the latest game. They have lots of guns, sure, but is that enough? Thankfully, Gears of War 4's newest trailer provides the answer: huge, lumbering mechs.
    The new Gears isn't the first in the series to include mech suits (that honor goes to 2011's Gears of War 3), but these look like they might be
  • Sony’s new flagship camera shoots 12 42-megapixel photos per second

    Sony’s new flagship camera shoots 12 42-megapixel photos per second
    Sony has today announced a new flagship interchangeable lens camera, the A99 II. The new camera has a DSLR style body with a full-frame, 42.4-megapixel sensor. It also has a new hybrid phase detection autofocus system that has 79 dedicated cross points and 399 supplemental points. Sony has packed all of its imaging technology into this camera, including a 5-axis image stabilization system and 4K video recording with full pixel readout.
    Sony says this camera is targeted towards pros, sport photog
  • Wireless alerts sound for NYC bombing suspect

    Wireless alerts sound for NYC bombing suspect
    New Yorkers’ morning commute was interrupted this morning by a chorus of emergency alerts, part of a manhunt for bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami. The notification, delivered through an emergency system more often used for extreme weather warnings, told recipients to "see media" for a picture and call 911 if they saw Rahami — who the FBI is seeking for questioning in connection to a bombing in Chelsea this weekend.
    All major American wireless carriers adopted an emergency alert syst
  • ESPN upgrades its drone coverage with new race season starting October 23rd

    ESPN upgrades its drone coverage with new race season starting October 23rd
    Back in September, ESPN dipped its toe into the waters of FPV drone racing with a live-stream of a three day event in New York followed by an edited one-hour broadcast. The experiment seems to have been a success, and the network has now announced a multi-year deal with one of the sport's fledgling organizing bodies, the Drone Racing League (DRL), to broadcast ten one-hour shows on ESPN and ESPN2.
    These ten episodes will cover what DRL is calling its 2016 season — a series of fiv
  • The Glass Frog Doesn’t Care if You Can See Its Guts

    The Glass Frog Doesn’t Care if You Can See Its Guts
    This amphibian isn't quite invisible—but it's kind of as close as it could get. The post The Glass Frog Doesn't Care if You Can See Its Guts appeared first on WIRED.
  • Jurassic World Improv and 4 More Podcasts to Start Your Week

    Jurassic World Improv and 4 More Podcasts to Start Your Week
    We've also got 'casts on auditioning for 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens,' love in comedy, and how pop songs trigger your emotions. The post Jurassic World Improv and 4 More Podcasts to Start Your Week appeared first on WIRED.