A Swedish musician by the name of Wintergatan has created and built an amazing musical instrument he calls the Marble Machine -- and you won't believe how good it sounds. | Continue reading
A second piece of the lost MH370 airliner may have washed ashore in Mozambique. Malaysian Airlines officials and Mozambique authorities are both urging caution until the part is confirmed, but there aren't very many 777s losing horizontal stabilizers in that part of the world. | Continue reading
Interested in dipping your toe into the world of programming? What about configuring your very own set-top box? Well, Raspberry Pi is probably were you should start, and the folks at Vilros have everything a Pi beginner needs all in one affordable package. | Continue reading
Game consoles have traditionally been defined by being rigid, closed platforms. Going forward, Microsoft wants to change that by making the Xbox One a lot more like the PC. | Continue reading
For those kicking themselves for not having bought a nice flying-camera drone, you may be glad you waited. DJI has brought some great new features, centering around computer vision, to its new Phantom 4 model. | Continue reading
Microsoft's Gears of War Ultimate Edition debuts today on the Windows Store, but AMD owners should steer clear. The game's DX12 implementation is a trainwreck if you own a newer Radeon; Microsoft and The Coalition have promised patches. | Continue reading
Not all who wander are lost, but there are those mere mortals who do go missing. Now one adorably Canadian innovator built a drone to find missing hikers who have wandered off the trail. | Continue reading
EUV is moving to full production in fits and starts, and the industry is slightly positive on its long-term trends. Much remains to be done, however, if we want to see EUV lithography by 2021-2022. | Continue reading
It's shaping up to be a major year for Nintendo if the rumor mill is even partially accurate. | Continue reading
Right now, buying games via the Windows Store is a poor choice, due to limitations on the game engines, graphics settings, and user control. Services like Steam and GOG offer far more features and capabilities for identically priced software. | Continue reading
Optical computing could be the future of processing -- so why is it taking so long to replace electricity with light? | Continue reading
The Raspberry Pi is arguably the world's most successful and accessible computer platform that anyone can program. Today, the Raspberry Pi foundation has launched the Raspberry Pi 3, an upgraded model that is on sale now for the same $35 price. | Continue reading
Is the world's cheapest smartphone too good to be true? | Continue reading
Nintendo slashed sales estimates and expected profits today. The company is expecting a significant decline in 3DS sales. | Continue reading
There's a report making the rounds that claims AMD cards perform terribly in Ashes of the Singularity based on results captured using Nvidia's FCAT tools. In this case, it's the tools that are wrong -- not the GPU. | Continue reading
Microsoft has begun using the Windows 10 lock screen to advertise content -- but while the game it chose is excellent, some people won't like the precedent this sets. | Continue reading
Cadillac's camera-based inside rear mirror shows up to 4X the viewing angle of a traditional mirror; you press a button to switch between camera and reflective mirror views. | Continue reading
If you make frequent purchases from Newegg, you should definitely check out today's deal from Groupon. For a limited time, you can purchase an entire year of Newegg Premier for a hundred bucks, and get a $100 Newegg gift card for free. | Continue reading
The hunt for graphene's niche just got a lot weirder -- apparently graphene can make electrons violate Ohm's Law with quantum effects on the nonlocal scale. | Continue reading
Fallout 4's modding tools will ship in April, in between the game's upcoming DLCs. Bethesda modders often create impressive improvements and additions -- we're stoked to see what content creators can build in the Commonwealth. | Continue reading
At least one defendant was arrested thanks to data from CMU's Tor attack, and that might just be the tip of the iceberg. | Continue reading
NASA is finding out how its Orion display and control systems work in an emergency situation. | Continue reading
Despite periodic claims to the contrary, mobile GPU manufacturers haven't found a way to bypass the laws of physics and cut power consumption by multiple orders of magnitude in 1-2 years. | Continue reading
Samsung's Galaxy S7 is an impressive piece of kit with a refined set of features, but should owners of the S6 or older devices upgrade? | Continue reading
Nikon has just gotten aggressive in competing with Canon, Sony, and Lumix in the high-end compact camera market with its new DL family of point-and-shoot models. | Continue reading
Scientists in Texas hope to restore sight to the blind using optogenetics -- a combination of light and gene therapy that could allow the blind to regain some degree of vision. | Continue reading
New reports from Croatia suggest Episode VIII will use anti-drone technology and 600 guards to keep prying eyes away from the film sets. We're this close to seeing full on drone-on-drone warfare -- hopefully with proton torpedoes and wing-mounted laser cannons. | Continue reading
Samsung's new smartphone will use heat pipe technology to keep itself running cool -- and the company is giving a free Gear VR to anyone who pre-orders a Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge. | Continue reading
At MWC this year, new companies are jockeying for the 2-in-1 market space -- and that's the only part of the PC industry seeing any positive growth. Could Huawei challenge both Apple and Microsoft for market dominance? | Continue reading
Pluto's moon Charon is broken and fractured and now we think we know why. A subsurface ocean that existed when the moon was young may have frozen later, deforming the surface of the planet. | Continue reading