Looking back at the best games of the 2010’s (so far)

It may be hard to believe, but on January 1, 2015, we will be halfway through the decade known as the 2010s (the ’10s? The teens? The twenty-teens? None of these sound right…). The passage of time being what it is, we guess this moment was inevitable. Still, we’re…

Review: Leveraxe Vipukirves 2

The new Leveraxe Vipukirves 2 has a wonky, cherry-red axe head that’s not only bizarrely shaped, but gives it the power to tear a log a new one. The post Review: Leveraxe Vipukirves 2 appeared first on WIRED.

Sony Building New Pro Tablet

There have been widespread reports that Apple will make a large screen iPad next year, while Samsung already has a “Pro” slate, but another company may be joining this growing niche. Sony is reportedly entering the fray with its own oversized tablet, a device that will be launched in 2015. Read…

Self-driving car testing giving regulators headaches

Self-driving cars will have to wait to find out the rules of the road, California’s DMV has admitted, with plans to have polices figured out by the end of the year scuppered by autonomous complexity. The Department of Motor Vehicles had been set a challenge by the US government …

Your Post-Holiday Survival Guide

The holidays are over. You have a living room covered in wrapping paper, some gifts to return, and a tree that’s slowly dying. Here’s everything you need to know to clean up after this year’s celebration.Read more…

Watch As A Kangaroo Punches A Drone

Animals are definitely sending us a message that they value their privacy. First we had a hawk smack a drone out of the sky . And now a kangaroo has delivered a knockout punch against a hovering intruder.Read more…

LED mask concept lets you smile through the pollution

There are myriad reasons for wearing a face mask. In China and parts of South East Asia, they’re commonly used as protection against alarmingly poor air quality, while in Japan and elsewhere they help reduce the chance of catching airborne diseases s…

A visual tour of OS X Yosemite’s changes

CN.dart.call(“xrailTop”, {sz:”300×250″, kws:[“top”], collapse: true});John Siracusa’s gigantic review of OS X Yosemite tells you everything you need to know about the new operating system. The biggest, most noticeable change is the revised user interface, which has been redesigned in the image of iOS…

Blocks modular smartwatch lets users decide the features

Phoneblocks is a company that makes an interesting modular smartphone that users can customize by attaching the modules with the features they want and leaving the features they don’t want out. Phoneblocks is now applying that same modular approach to smartwatches with a new platform that lets users decide what …

OS X Yosemite Review: Blurred Lines

Apple’s morning may have brought new hardware, but it’s OS X Yosemite that could affect the most people today. The Mac OS update has been punctuated with firsts for Apple, with a hitherto-unknown public beta program, along with new degrees of integration with iOS devices. Officially released today, as …

iPad Mini 3 launched by Apple

As was widely expected, Apple has updated is iPad Mini range today with the launch of the iPad Mini 3 in Cupertino. As we predicted last week, the iPad Mini 3 is a minor incremental update from the Mini with Retina Display, although the new model does get a Touch ID fingerprint…