https://www.engadget.com/rss.xml https://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif?cachebust=true https://www.engadget.com/rss.xml en-us Engadget is a web magazine with obsessive daily coverage of everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics Copyright 2021 AOL Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. https://www.engadget.com/democrats-facebook-twitter-youtube-suggestion-algorithms-194136288.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/democrats-facebook-twitter-youtube-suggestion-algorithms-194136288.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/democrats-facebook-twitter-youtube-suggestion-algorithms-194136288.html#comments A group of more than 30 democratic lawmakers led by Representatives Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) and Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) are calling on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to make substantive changes to their recommendation algorithms. In three separate letters... ]]> conspiracy theory facebook gear google internet misinformation politics qanon social media twitter youtube Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:41:36 -0500 |ae11c5cf-2547-3540-b1a5-26fa74241ab2 https://www.engadget.com/cadillacs-upcoming-celestiq-flagship-ev-has-a-tintshifting-smart-roof-180907501.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/cadillacs-upcoming-celestiq-flagship-ev-has-a-tintshifting-smart-roof-180907501.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/cadillacs-upcoming-celestiq-flagship-ev-has-a-tintshifting-smart-roof-180907501.html#comments GM has high hopes for its upcoming Cadillac Celestiq sedan, slated for release in 2023. The flagship EV is being built to help the brand recapture its reign as “the Standard of the World.” As such, it’s expected to arrive packed to the gills with cut... ]]> automotive cadillac celestiq ev feature gear gm roof spd Fri, 22 Jan 2021 13:09:07 -0500 |a1af57c2-0fb4-3381-aa90-d8f19d4feeea https://www.engadget.com/weekly-deals-google-pixel-4a-5g-apple-8th-generation-ipad-172013712.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/weekly-deals-google-pixel-4a-5g-apple-8th-generation-ipad-172013712.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/weekly-deals-google-pixel-4a-5g-apple-8th-generation-ipad-172013712.html#comments This week brought a return of some holiday sale prices, plus a few deals that are even better than those we saw late last year. Google’s Pixel 4a 5G fell to a new record-low price, while the 8th-generation iPad remains on sale for $299. If you want t... ]]> affinity designer affinity photo affinity publisher amazon apple beats commerce engadgetdeals gear google ipad irobot lenovo macbook pro m1 news pixel 4a 5g razer solo pro thebuyersguide weeklydeals Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:20:13 -0500 |f5669e23-d42d-31ce-ae5d-4b4482762662 https://www.engadget.com/pinterest-try-on-eyeshadow-170027321.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/pinterest-try-on-eyeshadow-170027321.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/pinterest-try-on-eyeshadow-170027321.html#comments Pinterest has expanded its Try On feature with a new makeup category: eyeshadow. The app will now give you a way to virtually try on eyeshadow products from Lancome, YSL, Urban Decay and NYX Cosmetics. You can access the selection by tapping the Pint... ]]> augmented reality gear news pinterest virtual makeup Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:00:27 -0500 |b765ec9d-3463-35ed-b9d5-39b82ef52ea3 https://www.engadget.com/president-biden-appoints-cybersecurity-team-163549381.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/president-biden-appoints-cybersecurity-team-163549381.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/president-biden-appoints-cybersecurity-team-163549381.html#comments President Biden is elevating the importance of cybersecurity in light of the SolarWinds hack that compromised multiple government institutions. Reuters reports that Biden has appointed (and will soon appoint) a host of officials well-versed in cybers... ]]> anne neuberger biden caitlin durkovich cybersecurity elizabeth sherwood-randall gear government internet joe biden michael sulmeyer national security council president biden russ travers security Fri, 22 Jan 2021 11:35:49 -0500 |b3211fd0-d6e8-31e4-94f7-19694fba4d86 https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-raises-xbox-live-gold-prices-153352549.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/microsoft-raises-xbox-live-gold-prices-153352549.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/microsoft-raises-xbox-live-gold-prices-153352549.html#comments Microsoft continues sending not-so-subtle signals that it would really, really like you to drop Xbox Live Gold in favor of Game Pass. The company has raised prices for new Xbox Live Gold memberships across the board, with the changes becoming more no... ]]> games gaming internet microsoft news services video games xbox xbox live xbox live gold Fri, 22 Jan 2021 10:33:52 -0500 |999cb053-983f-36ef-bbb0-d97ad12e6dcf https://www.engadget.com/engadget-podcast-samsung-galaxy-s21-review-133013181.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/engadget-podcast-samsung-galaxy-s21-review-133013181.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/engadget-podcast-samsung-galaxy-s21-review-133013181.html#comments We’re back in review mode this week! Cherlynn dishes her thoughts on the Samsung Galaxy S21 and S21 Ultra, and whether they’re worthy upgrades over last year’s phones. Do all those cameras make a difference? And is there a point to releasing a Galaxy... ]]> apple ar engadgetpodcast galaxy s21 galaxy s21 ultra gear joe biden kamala harris news podcast samsung theengadgetpodcast vr Fri, 22 Jan 2021 08:30:13 -0500 |d068eb71-62a0-3442-90d7-5299c01a820c https://www.engadget.com/galaxy-s21-review-tma-125048743.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/galaxy-s21-review-tma-125048743.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/galaxy-s21-review-tma-125048743.html#comments The verdict is in for Samsung’s Galaxy S21 series. We’ve got two separate reviews for you today, one on the premium Ultra variant and another for the standard S21 — which should also inform you of what to expect from the S21+ model. Don’t expect any... ]]> gear newsletter themorningafter Fri, 22 Jan 2021 07:50:48 -0500 |f39f37d9-ee10-36a8-92f4-e7342338e0c5 https://www.engadget.com/apple-high-end-macbook-air-thinner-lighter-magsafe-charging-120215367.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/apple-high-end-macbook-air-thinner-lighter-magsafe-charging-120215367.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/apple-high-end-macbook-air-thinner-lighter-magsafe-charging-120215367.html#comments Last week, Bloomberg reported that Apple was planning a redesigned MacBook Air. It was a footnote, however, in a larger piece that focused on some upcoming MacBook Pro laptops. Today, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has provided some more detail on the next... ]]> apple gear mac macbook macbook air magsafe news Fri, 22 Jan 2021 07:02:15 -0500 |b339fd80-9b3a-3fb0-92b0-506b8f897f74 https://www.engadget.com/you-tube-finally-delivers-hdr-on-the-xbox-one-114053690.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/you-tube-finally-delivers-hdr-on-the-xbox-one-114053690.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/you-tube-finally-delivers-hdr-on-the-xbox-one-114053690.html#comments You can finally watch YouTube videos in HDR on last-gen Xbox One S and One X consoles, along with the latest Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X models, according to Google. As spotted by Flat Panels HD and confirmed by Engadget, opening a YouTube HDR vi... ]]> 4k entertainment hdr hdr10 news vp9-2 xbox one xbox one series s xbox one series x youtube Fri, 22 Jan 2021 06:40:53 -0500 |b4cc188c-e8f8-3d2a-9954-f598b31de243 https://www.engadget.com/kinetic-touchless-stuck-design-110537124.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/kinetic-touchless-stuck-design-110537124.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/kinetic-touchless-stuck-design-110537124.html#comments In their COVID—19 information page, both the CDC and the WHO warn people against touching their faces with unwashed hands, since the virus can survive on surfaces. There’s been a rise in the use of touchless technologies as a result, and Singaporean... ]]> covid-19 experimental gear kinetic touchless news stuck design Fri, 22 Jan 2021 06:05:37 -0500 |67c3dbb1-9ffa-3bbc-8894-2bf705876da9 https://www.engadget.com/tucows-downloads-has-finally-been-shut-down-103036388.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/tucows-downloads-has-finally-been-shut-down-103036388.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/tucows-downloads-has-finally-been-shut-down-103036388.html#comments It was inevitable, really. In the early days of the internet, Tucows was known as a reliable place to find and download new software. Today, however, most people are happy to use a modern App Store — Microsoft and Apple both run their own — or naviga... ]]> downloads gear internet internet archive news software tucows tucows downloads Fri, 22 Jan 2021 05:30:36 -0500 |093f7da8-29f2-3834-bce6-f97a5f0d5450 https://www.engadget.com/honor-view40-smartphone-first-after-leaving-huawei-093118538.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/honor-view40-smartphone-first-after-leaving-huawei-093118538.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/honor-view40-smartphone-first-after-leaving-huawei-093118538.html#comments Honor has unveiled the flagship View40 5G, its first phone since it was sold off by Huawei, Engadget Chinese has reported. Released in China as the V40, it could well come to Europe and elsewhere at a later date under the View brand. The V40’s headli... ]]> 120 hz gear honor huawei mobile news oled smartphone v40 Fri, 22 Jan 2021 04:31:18 -0500 |1af27188-f78f-333c-aa9c-33d69bc70b7c https://www.engadget.com/google-disable-search-australia-if-forced-pay-news-054352648.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/google-disable-search-australia-if-forced-pay-news-054352648.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/google-disable-search-australia-if-forced-pay-news-054352648.html#comments Google has been at odds with the Australian government ever since the latter started working on a mandatory code of conduct that would require Facebook, Google and others to pay news outlets for using their content. Now, according to The Sydney Morni... ]]> australia gear google search news Fri, 22 Jan 2021 00:43:52 -0500 |05a08330-10a7-3318-a6bb-cdefd7701d0f https://www.engadget.com/uncharted-movie-delayed-again-again-024721336.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/uncharted-movie-delayed-again-again-024721336.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/uncharted-movie-delayed-again-again-024721336.html#comments Word of an Uncharted movie started floating around even before the second game in the series came out. We’ve been talking about it since at least 2008, many years before filming supposedly wrapped in October of last year. However, in the era of COVID... ]]> delay entertainment gaming mark wahlberg sony pictures tom holland uncharted Thu, 21 Jan 2021 21:47:21 -0500 |06b2960b-35ef-3ca5-9f58-f26398bdf566 https://www.engadget.com/loon-shutdown-014334705.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/loon-shutdown-014334705.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/loon-shutdown-014334705.html#comments In 2013 Google shocked us by announcing Project Loon, an effort to distribute wireless connections from balloons floating 20km above the Earth. Now, as first reported by Wired, Google’s parent company Alphabet is pulling the plug on it, apparently be... ]]> alphabet balloon google loon news project loon tomorrow x Thu, 21 Jan 2021 20:43:51 -0500 |be24d882-c81f-3504-aab3-b6108e3f835a https://www.engadget.com/elon-musk-announces-100-million-prize-for-new-carbon-capture-tech-001130681.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/elon-musk-announces-100-million-prize-for-new-carbon-capture-tech-001130681.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/elon-musk-announces-100-million-prize-for-new-carbon-capture-tech-001130681.html#comments Things we already know: The world is growing uncomfortably warm due to humanity’s insistence on burning fossil fuels. Elon Musk is currently the wealthiest human on the planet. Yet for being among the wealthiest people on the planet, Musk’s philanthr... ]]> atmosphere climate change co2 elon musk global warming greenhouse gas news tomorrow Thu, 21 Jan 2021 19:11:30 -0500 |0eb367b9-f80d-345b-ba47-d6e5f54b208b https://www.engadget.com/intel-q4-earnings-pc-revenues-notebooks-232707825.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/intel-q4-earnings-pc-revenues-notebooks-232707825.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/intel-q4-earnings-pc-revenues-notebooks-232707825.html#comments We already know that 2020 was a huge year for PC shipments, now Intel is confirming that report with explosive fourth quarter earnings results. The chipmaker says its PC business was up 33 percent compared to last year, with notebook revenue in parti... ]]> earnings gear intel intel earnings laptops news notebooks pcs Thu, 21 Jan 2021 18:27:07 -0500 |5df7104d-7b79-3554-88c9-3ab89ecf258c https://www.engadget.com/resident-evil-re-verse-announcement-225722341.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/resident-evil-re-verse-announcement-225722341.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/resident-evil-re-verse-announcement-225722341.html#comments A playable demo of Resident Evil Village you can download today isn’t only surprise Capcom had to share during its recent showcase. The publisher also announced Resident Evil Re:Verse, a new multiplayer game that pits some of the franchise’s most ico... ]]> capcom gaming news playstation 4 playstation 5 ps4 ps5 resident evil resident evil: village steam video games xbox one xbox series s xbox series x Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:57:22 -0500 |ddd6641a-f2e2-3ad9-8b20-82a2f2b75eee https://www.engadget.com/resident-evil-village-release-date-may-7-2021-224214298.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/resident-evil-village-release-date-may-7-2021-224214298.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/resident-evil-village-release-date-may-7-2021-224214298.html#comments Resident Evil Village, the direct sequel to 2017’s Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, will come out on May 7th, and it’s hitting more platforms than first announced.Village will land on Xbox Series X, Series S, PlayStation 5 and PC, as first promised, but i... ]]> capcom gaming horror news resident evil resident evil village video games Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:42:14 -0500 |8cc29641-df05-31bb-8f64-4082f0cca32f https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-edge-password-monitor-222319823.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/microsoft-edge-password-monitor-222319823.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/microsoft-edge-password-monitor-222319823.html#comments Even if you use a password manager and two-factor authentication, there’s a good chance some of your login credentials have been exposed in the past thanks to hacks and leaks. Microsoft is introducing a new feature to Edge called Password Monitor so... ]]> browser edge gear internet microsoft news password manager password monitor personal computing web Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:23:19 -0500 |85b526bd-e252-3aa2-aef2-0bf860690595 https://www.engadget.com/how-to-watch-the-resident-evil-showcase-tomorrow-at-5-pm-et-210035827.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/how-to-watch-the-resident-evil-showcase-tomorrow-at-5-pm-et-210035827.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/how-to-watch-the-resident-evil-showcase-tomorrow-at-5-pm-et-210035827.html#comments Capcom is about to show off some new gameplay footage for the latest installment of its venerated Resident Evil horror shooter franchise, “Resident Evil Village.” The online event includes a tour of the village, guided by Brittany “@blondenerd” Bromb... ]]> capcom usa gaming news ps4 ps5 resident evil resident evil village xbox one Thu, 21 Jan 2021 16:31:03 -0500 |f0a48c38-1e86-39f3-a746-98a21359efc4 https://www.engadget.com/instacart-lays-off-1900-workers-212548589.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/instacart-lays-off-1900-workers-212548589.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/instacart-lays-off-1900-workers-212548589.html#comments In a move first spotted by Motherboard, Instacart is laying off 1,877 workers who were classified as employees at the company. Among those included in the layoffs are 10 workers in Illinois who in 2020 were the first to unionize within the company. I... ]]> app gear groceries instacart news services Thu, 21 Jan 2021 16:25:48 -0500 |c724883e-2b3e-36b9-9739-8fdf914dbb7f https://www.engadget.com/joe-biden-names-jessica-rosenworcel-acting-fcc-chair-211204471.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/joe-biden-names-jessica-rosenworcel-acting-fcc-chair-211204471.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/joe-biden-names-jessica-rosenworcel-acting-fcc-chair-211204471.html#comments President Joe Biden has named a new chair to head up the Federal Communications Commission. Jessica Rosenworcel, the FCC’s leading Democrat, will serve as acting chairwoman, replacing Ajit Pai. Rosenworcel is known as defender of net neutrality polic... ]]> ajit pai fcc gear jessica rosenworcel joe biden net neutrality news Thu, 21 Jan 2021 16:12:04 -0500 |34c62c24-5e9e-3c04-9210-6b1344d362f9 https://www.engadget.com/amazon-can-keep-parler-servers-offline-judge-203604006.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/amazon-can-keep-parler-servers-offline-judge-203604006.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/amazon-can-keep-parler-servers-offline-judge-203604006.html#comments A judge has denied Parler’s attempt to get Amazon Web Services to restore its service. A federal judge cited “dwindling slight” evidence for Parler’s antitrust claims, as well as the dangers posed by “inflammatory rhetoric.” The ruling is yet another... ]]> amazon amazon web services gear news parler social media Thu, 21 Jan 2021 15:36:04 -0500 |ac434d10-8a39-3e0e-a7be-b5b8328021f1