PlayStation Now hasn’t received much fanfare since its reveal in January. Despite the implications of on-demand console gaming without hard drive space concerns or huge downloads, the anticipated feature has been put on the back burner as new game releases take precedence. PlayStation Now is still only accessible to a select group of beta testers, but one of those testers has gone out of the way to leak a video showcasing the service that Sony plans to introduce later this year. We’ve seen leaked footage of PlayStation Now before, but never as clear as this.

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Among the many impressive new features that HTC added with the HTC One (M8) was new “Motion Launch” functionality that gives you much more control over your device using simple gestures, such as the ability to both wake it up and put it back to sleep by double-tapping the display. Unfortunately, the only way to get this incredibly cool feature so far has been to buy an HTC One (M8)… until now, that is.

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An Amsterdam art gallery called Galerie VIVID is having an exhibition that amounts to a meditation of how 3D printing could reshape travel. The artist Janne Kyttanen has designed a collection of objects that a woman flying for a beach vacation could conceivably print out at a resort instead of packing them with her in her suitcase, including a handbag, a multi-purpose dress, sunglasses, shoes, etc.

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Google was recently hit with an antitrust lawsuit (seeking class action status), which alleges that the company’s mostly secret agreements with Android smartphone and tablet makers – which include provisions that prevent the OEMs from including competing apps on their devices other than Google’s set of apps, with special emphasis on search – allow Google to monopolize the mobile search business, driving up the cost of devices in the process.

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Following the various leaked images allegedly showing the LG G3 — a phone that has been called a “Galaxy S5 killer” in the past — a new set of pictures posted via Twitter by @evleaks seems to show the phone’s design. The images feature both the white and black versions of the handset, and also show its rumored home screen interface, likely picked up from a different G3 leak.

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Samsung has released some pretty impressive Android tablets in the past, but a new rumor suggests that the company’s next flagship slates could be some of the most impressive tablets the world has ever seen. The rumor comes from SamMobile, which has a good track record when covering unannounced Samsung devices, and it suggests that the South Korean consumer electronics giant’s next big tablets could be beastly devices with cutting-edge specs and the best displays ever seen on large tablets.

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Installments in this series typically focus on paid iOS and Android apps that are available for free for a limited time, but sometimes a regularly free app pops up that is so nifty we want to take a moment to bring it to your attention. Such is the case with Vhoto, a great free iPhone app that adds a simple but awesome feature to the iPhone’s camera.

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At this point, it’s probably safe to assume that the iPhone 6 leaks aren’t going to stop until Apple takes the stage to officially announce its new hardware lineup later this year. Hot on the heels of the silver iPhone 6 mockup from last week, Nowhereelse.fr has posted several images of a space gray model to its Twitter account. The space grey mockup features the same extended volume controls that have appeared on previous mockups, as well as the curved edges around the back of the phone and the repositioning of the power button to the side of the display.

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It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Steve Ballmer, the boisterous ex-CEO of Microsoft, but highlights from his first public speech since stepping down from his long-held position have finally made their way online. Bloomberg has shared a video of the speech, in which Ballmer discusses his 34 years at Microsoft, Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp, the openness of Windows and the survivability of the modern technology company.

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Google’s popular search engine has changed the world by putting a wealth of information at our fingertips. Knowledge is power and information has never been more accessible than it is today. Of course, Google makes it incredibly easy to access some very bizarre information as well, and the Australian SEO specialists at Search Factory have dug through tons of Google data in order to determine the weirdest common queries fielded by Google’s popular search engine.

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