If you’re someone with a horrible allergy that’s not often accommodated at restaurants or food producers, taking a bite means taking your life into your hands — or mouth, I suppose. A new device developed at Harvard Medical School may soon let you test food for common allergens instead of using yourself as your own guinea pig. Read More $40 keychain-size detector quickly alerts you of allergens in foodThis entry was posted in Gadgets Health TC on September 6, 2017 by Devin Coldewey
Security researchers in China have invented a clever way of activating voice recognition systems without speaking a word. By using high frequencies inaudible to humans but which register on electronic microphones, they were able to issue commands to every major “intelligent assistant” that were silent to every listener but the target device. Read More Hackers send silent commands to speech recognition systems with ultrasoundThis entry was posted in Gadgets hack Security siri TC on September 6, 2017 by Devin Coldewey
To boost the popularity of Stories, Facebook could turn to its photo-centric sister app. In a new feature test first spotted by the Next Web’s Matt Navarra and Twitter user @mruiandre, some users are seeing an option to share Instagram Stories directly to the main Facebook app. Instagram has since confirmed that the feature is indeed in testing. Read More Instagram test feature lets users share Stories straight to FacebookThis entry was posted in Social TC and tagged facebook instagram on September 6, 2017 by Taylor Hatmaker
Mars is a long way away, and super expensive to get to, so if you have the very specific dream of owning your own Mars rover, it’s probably not going to happen. But if you want an EARTH rover, there’s a new Kickstarter project that could deliver one once it reaches its funding goal. Read More You can get your own mini Mars rover for Earth ...This entry was posted in Gadgets hardware Kickstarter robotics TC on September 6, 2017 by Darrell Etherington
Twitter’s dark-toned ‘Night mode’ interface theme is now rolling out to its web client, after debuting first on its iPhone and Android apps. The dark theme will let you more easily monitor key real-time information from your Batcave to help make sure Gotham is safe if you happen to be Batman – and it could also ease eye strain when you’re using Twitter’s… Read More Twitter brings its dark ‘Night mode’ theme to the webThis entry was posted in Social TC and tagged twitter on September 6, 2017 by Darrell Etherington
Apple is pushing the limits of its beta program as the company just released the tenth beta version of iOS 11. If you have a developer account and want to try out the next version of iOS, you can download the new beta version right now. iOS 11 is... Apple just released iOS 11 beta 10 to developersThis entry was posted in Apps Gadgets iOS Mobile TC and tagged apple on September 6, 2017 by Romain Dillet
For the very first time, Apple is opening up the brand new Steve Jobs theater to unveil new iPhones (and more, we think) on September 12. This Apple Campus has been in the works for quite some time. In fact, one of our first stories on the new HQ... What to expect from the Steve Jobs Theater at the ...This entry was posted in Gadgets Steve Jobs TC and tagged apple iphone on September 6, 2017 by Jordan Crook
Tenka Labs co-founder John Schuster is no stranger to walking friends through building gadgets using Arduino, an open-source hardware controller — except they might be great software engineers, but not understand the actual circuitry. But Tenka Labs, which builds simple kits that help young students create small gadgets with the use of motors and other bits that connect to legos, is… Read More Tenka Labs raises another $2M to get its kids’ LEGO ...This entry was posted in Mobile Startups TC on September 6, 2017 by Matthew Lynley
Microsoft will host an event in London at the end of October and beginning of November, the latest in its annual ‘Future Decoded’ series. The event will also feature a Surface-focused keynote, The Verge reports, at which it will unveil at least one new hardware device. The most recent update to the Surface line was the new Surface Pro, the fifth generation of Microsoft’s… Read More Microsoft Surface keynote coming at the end of OctoberThis entry was posted in Gadgets hardware Microsoft TC on September 6, 2017 by Darrell Etherington
The company's new synthetic fill compresses like down, but stays warm and lofted when wet. Patagonia’s New Micro Puff Hoody Is Compressible, Warm, and Water-ResistantThis entry was posted in Gear on September 6, 2017 by Robbie Gonzalez