Jimmy Kimmel’s ‘Disrespectful’ Hugh Hefner Tribute Riles Viewers

“Too soon,” some hot and bothered critics said.

Head Of Air Force Academy Tells Cadets: ‘You Should Be Outraged’ By Racial Slurs

“If you can’t treat someone with dignity and respect, then you need to get out,” he said.

NFL Players Buy Xbox For 10-Year-Old Boy Wearing Kaepernick Jersey

The players complimented his jersey before buying him a birthday gift.

Samsung SmartThings Link for NVIDIA SHIELD now on pre-order

Google and NVIDIA made a big splash when it announced that Google Assistant has just landed on Android TVs and, specifically, the NVIDIA SHIELD. But that’s really only part of the equation. Sure, you’ll be able control your NVIDIA SHIELD with just your voice, but if you want to do anything beyond the TV, you’ll need another piece of the … Continue reading

ROLI Lightpad Block M, NOISE update addresses some pain points

Creating synth music is almost one half actual music and one half stage performance. And the tools needed to create such music isn’t exactly accessible, much less portable. When ROLI came out with its BLOCKS system, it was clear that the company was on to something. But as with any first gen product, BLOCKS experienced some growing pains. Now, ROLI … Continue reading

Firefox makes it easier to take and share screenshots, links

It isn’t time yet for Firefox’s biggest update, but Mozilla is serving up some small features as an appetizer. While not yet Project Quantum fast, the latest version of Firefox is still faster because it removes the need for convoluted processes and workarounds just to perform some of the most common tasks you do on the web, like filling out … Continue reading

Ford’s $87,000 F-450 Super Duty Limited packs luxury fit for a cowboy king

Ford has announced one of the most expensive and luxurious trucks ever to roll the streets with the unveiling of the new F-Series Super Duty Limited promising new levels of luxury for truck fans that need to tow lots of stuff (up to 30,000 pounds) in style and comfort. The starting MSRPs for the Super Duty Limited line are all … Continue reading

Sphero Mini brings spherical robot under fifty bucks

Sphero’s attentions may have been on Star Wars lately, and its incredible R2-D2 robot, but the company still found time to make a new ‘bot of its own, Sphero Mini. Condensing much of what makes its smartphone-controlled spherical robot great into a roughly billiard ball size, it’s the new entry-level model in the company’s range. Best of all is the … Continue reading

Lockheed Martin Mars Base Camp could take us to the Red Planet in a decade

Lockheed Martin is at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Australia and at the event it has offered up details on its Mars Base Camp. Among the detail is how Lockheed would align it vision with the NASA lunar deep space gateway and Mars surface lander plans. Mars Base Camp is Lockheed’s vision of how to send humans to mars … Continue reading

The Morning After: Friday, September 29th 2017

Good morning! More Mars colony announcements, blood-sugar monitors that don’t need to break the surface of your skin and a GoPro that truly delivers on high-quality video. The future is here this Friday morning.