Fox Sports and a technology company called NextVR have announced a partnership to explore virtual reality applications at NASCAR events. Digital Trends spoke with Dave Cole, the co-founder of NextVR, about what the collaboration means.
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Designed to provide a whole home automation solution without the need for a separate smarthome hub, a new home automation user interface has been added to the latest lineup of Securifi Almond Wi-Fi routers.
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The NSA was considering shutting down its clandestine call data collection program months before Edward Snowden leaked classified information in 2013. Now the old proposal to end the program could be used to justify the end of the program.
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Ladies and gentlemen, get ready for some new Chromebooks. Yep, Google has just announced four new Chrome OS laptops, all of which lean toward the budget-friendly end of the spectrum. They are the ASUS Chromebook Flip, the ASUS Chromebook C201, the Hi...
Google has unveiled a whole new type of Chrome device, and it's one that can fit in your pocket. It's called the Chromebit, and it's essentially a Chromebook crammed in a dongle. This tiny little package contains a Rockchip 3288 SoC, 2GB of RAM, 16GB...
When you're doing an exercise upon yourself, your body generates lactic acid, the levels of which are considered to be the most accurate way to measure your performance during a workout. Unfortunately, you can only test lactate levels with a blood te...Jay-Z's new hi-fi streaming service, which promises to be fairer to artists, brings out a who's who in music for a Tidal launch in New York.
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A router is a pretty boring appliance. It connects to a modem (an equally, if not more, boring appliance) and broadcasts Wi-Fi signals that you can connect to with your phone, computer, Xbox, or whatever. Without it, getting online in your home or office can be a hassle, but beyond that, there's not much to say. The Almond routers from Securifi have a different approach. They want to be the central hub for your future smartphone, providing internet and acting as the main hub for countless connected devices. Today, the Almond 2015 and Almond+ routers are getting an update that makes them even smarter.
The Almond+ and Almond 2015 are slick-looking routers with easy to use touchscreen interfaces. The Almond+ is the bigger brother, with...
Caesar Sengupta reaches into his hip pocket and pulls out a PC. About the size of a cigar, it's a tiny PC. But it's a PC. If you plug it into an LCD display or a TV, you can run the sort of software you typically run on a personal computer, from word processors and spreadsheets and email to online video.
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Use Google Maps to play a game of Pac-Man, generated from the roads you can find anywhere in the world.
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Photographer Calder Wilson added an explosive new method to his long exposure "light paintings" earlier this year when he was struck by a brilliant notion: Strap some leftover New Year's fireworks to the back of a UAV, light them up and then lift off...
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Hyundai has stated that they intend to develop autonomous driving technology that will be ready for use in 2020. This is a move to keep up with similar self-driving systems many automakers have been demonstrating in the past few years.
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Intel is hoping that its new line of 14nm Braswell CPUs, designed with entry level tablets and laptops in mind, will be able to compete against its rivals, which are far more dominant in the mobile game than it is.
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Angry Nerd is celebrating 100 episodes of his infamous rants! To mark the occasion he's decided to party like crazy by answering your questions.
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DNA sequencing and synthesis are two sides of the same coin, the “read” and “write” functions of genetic material. The field and its requisite technology took off in the 1990s with the Human Genome Project’s effort to sequence billions of bases and unlock a new era of genetically informed medicine. The resulting science is still […]
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De La Soul love sampling, so much so that they feel as if a whole branch of copyright law was invented just for them. The sample-heavy trio (for three is the magic number) didn't want to have to compromise their artistic vision for their ninth album,...
If you accessed a document today on Dropbox.com, you might notice that it looks a little different -- the preview screen real estate is a little larger, the design is a little cleaner and oh wait, is that a new toolbar? That's because the cloud stora...
The Spartan army was the centrepiece of an ancient Greek city-state that grew into a powerful military land-power in roughly 650 BC. Today, Microsoft is putting Spartan, its new browser, at the center of Windows 10 to slay off the old, weak, and beleaguered Internet Explorer.
Microsoft might not be fully killing off Internet Explorer the app, but a new brand name will herald a new era for the company’s browser prospects and a signal to web developers that Internet Explorer will soon be part of ancient history.
Project Spartan is just a codename for now, but I’ve had a chance to experience Microsoft’s new browser in Windows 10, the successor to Internet Explorer.
The LG G4 smartphone may be the company's flagship Android phone for 2015, but what will it look like, and how will it trump the excellent G3? We've gathered together all the news and rumors on the phone to keep you informed.
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Traditional home security systems don't offer much in the way of flexibility. There are more options on the market, but a former ADT employee thinks his new system, Abode, is the safest out there.
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The mid-engined Honda S660 is the latest in a long line of small Honda sports cars. It's also something U.S. enthusiasts won't be able to experience, because it will only be sold in Japan.
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The success of Transformers: Age of Extinction has prompted Paramount Pictures to develop a cinematic universe around the Transformers franchise. Screenwriter Akiva Goldsman has been tasked with developing future projects.
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Your streets can be an iconic arcade game right now. Google Maps has a Pac-Man option just in time for April Fool's Day. With the click of a button, your streets will be dotted with yellow pellets and the four famous ghosts. New York City, with its p...
What happens when you spin a CD too fast? The answer is that it shatters. The Slow Mo Guys captured some high speed video showing just how it breaks.
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Before your dog picks a place to poop, there's sniffing and wandering, spinning and digging. What's behind his hunt for the elusive fecal bulls eye?
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Uber's Paris headquarters were recently raided by 25 policement, but a court has now ruled that its disputed UberPOP service is actually honky-dory -- for now. The company's low-cost ridesharing option uses non-professional drivers that French author...
Amazon is rolling out the Dash Button, a physical device that allows customers to re-order items like toilet paper, diapers and laundry detergent as soon as they run out, with a simple press. This initiative builds off of Amazon's previous device, th...Samsung's new Galaxy S6 is the most impressive phone the company has ever made, and a large part of that is thanks to its new camera. It's fast, reliable, and takes great photos. It's easily the best camera on any Android phone ever. But how does it compare to the iPhone 6 Plus, the reigning champ of smartphone photography?
To find out, we put the S6 head to head with the iPhone 6 Plus to see how it fared in a variety of situations. As it turns out, the S6 can hang: it's very close to the iPhone in terms of image quality and detail. The S6 shots are a little warmer, but not offensively so, and the two phones handle low-light a bit differently.
On the whole, the S6 holds its own against the iPhone, and we wouldn't hesitate for a second...
Microsoft's Surface 3 is the successor to the Surface 2, but it will run full Windows and upgrade to Windows 10, as soon as Microsoft releases the new OS. The tablet will cost you $500 without the keyboard or stylus.
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Today Amazon announces the Dash Button, a one-touch device for re-ordering common goods in your home. It's tied to a program that's designed to keep you from ever running out of things again.
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Spring has sprung and while you may have been huddled by your PC's GPU all winter for some scant warmth, you can now continue your gaming sessions under the sun's rays. NVIDIA's GRID gaming service streams popular PC games right to its Shield devices...It’s 2AM and you’re changing your baby when you realize you’ve just used up your last diaper. Or you go to reach under your sink to grab another roll of toilet paper only to discover you've forgotten to order more. And maybe you eat nothing but mac and cheese, and did not correctly calculate your stockpile, so that you’re stuck actually having to cook real food one night.
This is not the sad, black-and-white world of late-night infomercials, but real life, Amazon says. The company is rolling out new hardware today called the Dash button that promises to solve these scenarios. It’s a small physical button that you can stick wherever, and press when you want to order more of something. Need more diapers? Hit the diaper button. Need more...
Samsung is back atop the Android throne with its new Galaxy S6. The hotly contested title for Android’s best was more open than ever last year, with credible contenders from Sony, Motorola, and HTC, but 2015 is starting out with Samsung clearly in the ascendancy. And the Korean company is doing it with not one, but two phones: the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge. The two share a nigh-identical spec sheet, a new (for Samsung) metal frame construction, and an all-glass back and front. However, they are definitely not the same. The Edge’s screen wraps around its sides, giving it an instantly recognizable, futuristic look and the potential to do a few things that flat-screened phones just can’t match.
For the comprehensive account of how and...
Ready to bust out your GoPro cameras for the warmer months? Xsories has a line of accessories designed for the popular smart camera, including skins and a hand-grip.
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LG and Samsung just can't stay mad at each other over a few broken washing machines. The two electronics giants have agreed to end the legal disputes that emerged after Samsung accused an LG exec of willfully wrecking its washers at the IFA trade sho...The 2016 GMC Terrain will debut at the 2015 New York Auto Show with updated styling and a handful of new equipment options as General Motors tries to take advantage of growing crossover sales.
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While Nintendo proper might be willing to let some folk make a Mario game, we're a long way from that extending to free browser-based versions of the company's best-known franchise. As such, that Super Mario 64 HD tribute that popped up last Friday i...It’s not ok to make a cheap-looking phone anymore.
Now that Apple is finally making big phones, and even the cheapest Android phones feel nice, we all expect more from Samsung — and rightly so. A flagship phone has to be great or it’s going to get laughed out of the room. If the Galaxy S6 was another plasticky, boring phone like last year’s Galaxy S5 or if it merely introduced a few hardware tricks, it would have gotten laughed out of the entire neighborhood.
There is a version of the phone with a hardware trick, the Galaxy S6 Edge with a curved display. But that’s a distraction; the real story is that Samsung needed to learn that hardware prowess and software features are tools you use to build something great, not ends in...
LG thinks our phones should have a personality, and has released the LG AKA smartphone to prove it. The phone can be customized using special cases, which gives the device its own personality, and set of cute goggly eyes.
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Long-exposure photographs capture the frantic hustle and isolation of rushing through Tokyo.
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On Monday afternoon, Yahoo's photo-sharing platform Flickr announced that it would add public domain and CC-Zero licensing options for users who want to share their work freely with the public. Both options allow others to reuse photos licensed in that manner in any way they wish.
In a blog post yesterday, Flickr said that Elon Musk's private space flight company, SpaceX, was one of the first accounts to change the licensing on its photos.
Musk put hundreds of SpaceX photos up on Flickr last week, initially releasing them under a Creative Commons license, which does leave some restrictions on reuse of the photos (commercial use is not permitted, for example). But when pressed byTwitter followers, Musk agreed to put his company's photos in the public domain, free for all to use. Still, on Flickr's platform, Musk had to list his photos as CC-BY, which allows for any type of reuse as long as attribution is maintained, because a less-restrictive option was not available.
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