Engadget Podcast: Nintendo Switch Sports and Elon Musk's ongoing Twitter affair
This week, Cherlynn and guest co-host Sam Rutherford discuss the new Nintendo Switch Sports games, a coincidental week of beauty gadget coverage and the ongoing saga of Elon Musk trying to own Twitter....
View ArticleBuild your own quantum computer with Google's latest 'simulator'
World Quantum Day was apparently yesterday, and Google feted the occasion with the launch of The Qubit Game, as spotted by 9to5Google. Created in partnership with Doublespeak games, it's a “playful...
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Samsung's $430 Galaxy Chromebook 2 360 is aimed at students
Samsung's Galaxy Chromebook 2 360 has arrived in the US market today as a 2-in-1 version of the Chromebook 2, with a price and features tailored for students. The key feature is a flip-around 2,560 x...
View ArticleiRobot's poop-detecting Roomba j7+ robot vacuum is $200 off right now
If you missed the last sale on iRobot's latest robot vacuums, you're in luck. Both the Roomba j7+ and the Roomba s9+ are $200 off at Wellbots when you use the code ENGMOM200 at checkout. That brings...
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Apple's third-gen AirPods drop to $150, plus the rest of the week's best tech...
A number of gadgets remain on sale as we head into the holiday weekend. Apple's latest AirPods remain $30 off and down to $150, and you can pick up the AirPods Pro for $175. Certain colors of the Apple...
View ArticleTwitter initiates 'poison pill' to block Elon Musk's takeover bid
The Twitter board isn't willing to let Elon Musk buy the company without a fight. The board members unanimously approved a limited duration shareholder rights plan, which will be in place for one year...
View ArticleRiding in the Mercedes Vision EQXX, the ultimate endurance EV
In January, Mercedes unveiled the Vision EQXX, an electric concept vehicle. It had a sleek exterior, active aerodynamics, and a battery pack that approached 100kWh while being lighter and taking up...
View ArticleHubble telescope spots the largest known comet to date
Comets aren't known for being gargantuan, but there are clearly exceptions to that rule. Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have spotted the largest known comet to date, C/2014 UN271...
View ArticleElon Musk's Twitter bid is as well thought out as his tweets
Elon Musk, who until the last week or so, was known on Twitter mainly for trolling and incurring the wrath of the SEC, has now set his sights on taking over the platform. Speaking at a TED conference...
View ArticleAMC's mobile app lets you buy tickets with crypto now
A few months after AMC Theatres started accepting crypto payments, you can use its app to buy movie tickets using Dogecoin, Shiba Inu tokens and other virtual currencies. CEO Adam Aron said the app is...
View ArticleMicrosoft reportedly wants to sell ad space in free-to-play Xbox games
You might not be thrilled with in-game advertising, but you might soon see more of it. Insidersources (sub. required) claim Microsoft is developing a program to help marketers place ads in free-to-play...
View ArticleDuckDuckGo removes search results for major pirate websites
DuckDuckGo's crackdown on dodgy content now extends to digital bootleggers. TorrentFreak has discovered that the search engine no longer lists results for some major pirate websites, including The...
View ArticleScammy Mac apps force users to pay for subscription
Back in 2021, The Washington Postreported that around two percent of the 1,000 highest-grossing apps in the Apple App Store were some form of scam. Turns out the Mac App Store also isn't immune to...
View ArticleChina's record-breaking astronauts are back on Earth after six months in orbit
Chinese astronauts — or taikonauts, as the country calls them — Zhai Zhigang, Ye Guangfu and Wang Yaping have returned to Earth after spending 183 days in space. That's the country's longest crewed...
View ArticleRecommended Reading: The rise and fall of Pebble
Success and failure at PebbleEric Migicovsky, MediumThe founder of Pebble, one of the hottest products ever to hit Kickstarter, reflects on why the startup failed during the 10-year anniversary of its...
View ArticleChina cracks down on livestreaming of ‘unauthorized’ games
China has signaled it will begin actively enforcing regulation that forbids the livestreaming of unauthorized games. Per Reuters, the country’s National Radio and Television Administration said on...
View Article'No More Heroes 3' heads to PlayStation, Xbox and PC this fall
After debuting exclusively on Nintendo Switch last year, No More Heroes 3 is coming to PC and home consoles. In a tweet spotted by The Verge, publisher XSeed Games said on Friday it plans to release...
View ArticleTwitter's edit feature may list a tweet's revision history
Even since Twitter confirmed it was working on an edit button, there have been questions about how the company would limit potential abuse of the feature. And we may now have an answer. In a tweet...
View ArticleWhatsApp is adding the option to hide your ‘Last Seen’ status from specific...
This week, WhatsApp began rolling out emoji reactions. And it looks like the company could soon implement another overdue feature. With the latest beta release of its iOS app, WhatsApp has added an...
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Hitting the Books: How American militarism and new technology may make war...
There's nobody better at persecuting a war than the United States — we've got the the best-equipped and biggest-budgeted fighting force on the face of the Earth. But does carrying the biggest stick...
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