By Haje Jan Kamps Ever wanted to grab your smartphone to grab a cheeky photo? Covr Photo has you covered with a freshly launched iPhone 6 case that includes a tiny periscope. The accessory enables you to use your phone as usual most of the time, but if you want to slip into sneaky, spying…

By Devin Coldewey I know we’re supposed to be all done talking about Flappy Bird, but I think it’s justified to bring it up when it appears in a research paper about why games like Flappy Bird are so hard — and so frustrating. Turns out the controls are fundamentally bad. Read More …read more…

By Greg Kumparak If I made a list of “People I admire greatly but that I’d probably never hang out with for fear of my life and limbs”, Colin Furze would be right at the top. He is a living, breathing mad scientist. This dude has built functional Wolverine claws, shoes to walk on the…

By Devin Coldewey Footloose and LCD-free — that’s how Leica made the M-D. The new camera is actually old in several ways: it’s essentially 2015’s M packaged in the chassis of the limited, and also screenless, Leica 60. But the very fact that Leica is pursuing this almost absurd form of digital purism is suggestive…

By Brian Heater For many, the Steve Jobs manila envelope trick was enough. Sure, it seems a bit silly with the benefit of nearly a decade’s worth of hindsight, but when Apple’s late CEO unwrapped the standard bit of office stationary to reveal what he’d enthusiastically declared “the world’s thinnest laptop” onstage at Macworld back…

By Joe Osborne The Chromebook Pixel just met its first worthy rival that’s actually another Chromebook, the HP Chromebook 13. Rather, I should say “frenemy”, as HP and Google collaborated quite closely to bring forth one of the most pristine and productive Chromebooks to market. What you see before you is a 13-inch, full-metal machine…

By Joe Osborne The Chromebook Pixel just met its first worthy rival that’s actually another Chromebook, the HP Chromebook 13. Rather, I should say “frenemy”, as HP and Google collaborated quite closely to bring forth one of the most pristine and productive Chromebooks to market. What you see before you is a 13-inch, full-metal machine…

By Jon Porter Square Enix has today revealed another trailer for its upcoming Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. The trailer showcases new locations which the game will take place in, including Prague, as well as showing off some of the improved augmentations which will be available to protagonist Adam Jensen. Fans have had to wait for…

By Natasha Lomas Two and a half years ago Bitlock set out to crowdfund a smart bike lock at a time when hype around connected devices was surging and goodwill in crowdfunding platforms was buoyant. Since then both categories have taken some confidence knocks and served up disappointments aplenty. So what happened? Did Bitlock ship,…

By Jay Donovan Movidius has incorporated their Myriad 2 processor into a new USB device called the Fathom Neural Compute Stick. You can plug the Fathom into any USB-capable device and that device can begin to react cognitively and make its own decisions based on its programming. The key point is it can do this…

By Hugh Langley Virtual reality still has a few practical problems to work through, such as what to do about pets that get in the way while you’re violently flailing like an upturned beetle. It’s especially problematic for the HTC Vive and its room scale technology, which lets you walk around a small space. Ray…

By Stefan Etienne The just announced HP Chromebook 13 is a new take on the hardware side of Chrome OS — a premium system, with some specs reminiscent of Chrome OS laptops, but with the ultrabook spice seen on the market from Apple and Microsoft. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Darren Allan AOC has announced the first offering from its new Agon range, which is a premium 27-inch gaming monitor that will be on sale soon. The AG271QX has a TN panel with a resolution of 2560 x 1440, and it makes a play for super-smooth frame rates with a 1ms response time and…

It looks like Google has given up on the Nexus 9. The tablet has been delisted from the Google Store page. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Sarah Buhr You can now purchase August’s second generation Smartlock at Best Buy and Amazon, starting today. The much-anticipated Bluetooth-enabled device allows homeowners to lock and unlock their front door using an app and joins a host of other gadgets in the August Smart Home Access System, including a smart doorbell camera allowing you…