Though it may look like it gives more than, uh, just hugs, Mark Argo's Hugms lets you give someone a friendly squeeze through your cellphone. Sent as a text message, the longer you squeeze the more of a 'hhhhhhhuuuuuuuuuggggggg' the other person gets. A short, hard squeeze gets a 'hhHHUUUUUUugg". If both people have them, the Hugms will glow a warm color when squeezed. And then of course there's the group hug, letting you get all emo with all your friends at once.
Newsletter platform Ghost is the latest service to pledge support for ActivityPub, the open source protocol powering the fediverse.
A Russian court has sentenced a Meta spokesperson in absentia to six years in prison. It claims that Andy Stone was "publicly defending terrorism."
Social media companies like Meta, YouTube and TikTok, have promised to protect the integrity of those elections, at least as far as discourse and factual claims being made on their platforms are concerned. Missing from the conversation, however, is closed messaging app WhatsApp, which now rivals public social media platforms in both scope and reach.
The hit indie game El Paso, Elsewhere is getting turned into a movie, with Academy Award nominee LaKeith Stanfield attached to both star and produce. Di Bonaventura Pictures and Colin Stark will also produce.
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is coming to Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass and EA Play on April 25.
The EU has opened a second investigation into TikTok, regarding the addictive nature of TikTok Lite. The governing body could force a ban on the app while the investigation continues.
In a huge move for the mixed reality industry, Meta announced today that it's opening the Quest's operating system to third-party companies, allowing them to build headsets of their own.
Weta Workshop and Private Division have released the first trailer for Tales of The Shire. You play as a Hobbit in this Lord of the Rings cozy life sim.
Bluey closed out its third season with two episodes of joyful highs and weepy lows.
North Korean animators may have helped create popular cartoons for Amazon Prime Video, Max and other streaming services. Researchers allegedly discovered files on a North Korean internet server that included animations, written instructions and comments regarding the shows.
The Anker Soundcore Space A40 is our favorite budget pair of true wireless earbuds, and it's now on sale for a low of $49 on Amazon.
Grindr is facing a class action-style lawsuit after allegedly sharing sensitive user data such as HIV statuses with advertising companies.
Graduating college is a huge accomplishment — celebrate the new grad in your life (and help make their transition into adulthood easier) with these tech gifts.
Embracer Group has announced plans to split into three separate, publicly listed entities, following an epic losing streak.
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Proton Mail has introduced Dark Web Monitoring, which will keep them informed of breaches or leaks they may have been affected by. The feature is only available to paying users at this time.
Here's a list of the best E ink tablets you can buy right now, as chosen by Engadget editors.
Tinder is looking to make it easier for users to share details of their dates with loved ones. They can share a link to a page with details about the person they're meeting, along with the time and place of the rendezvous.
Tesla shared on X this weekend that it's reduced the price of its Full Self-Driving software in the US and Canada. It now costs $8,000 in the US (or $11,000 for buyers in Canada) to add Full Self-Driving Capability.
President Biden this weekend signed into law a bill that reauthorizes Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a controversial spying program. It'll now be good for another two years.