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Accessories (49)

• PicoPro: A laser projector about the size of an iPhone 6 Plus

• IRL: The Phorce Freedom is a bag that trades space for versatility

• iMacompanion: Kickstarted accessory puts a USB 3.0 port at the front of your iMac

• Moment's camera case gives your iPhone a two-stage shutter key

• Prynt's smartphone instant selfie printer lands on Kickstarter for pre-orders

• Twelve South ParcSlope stand for MacBook provides style and comfort

• KeyMouse: A new take on the traditional keyboard and mouse

• designed by many AL13 v3 case for iPhone 6/6 Plus ... and a few more cases for you

• WRUP: AC adapter not included

• Doxie Go Wi-Fi: Computer-free scanning goes wireless

• Here's how accessories will use your iPhone's Lightning port

• Booqpad gains iPad Air 2 compatibility, still has a magnetic personality

• Leoht's tech handbag will charge your gadgets and help you find them

• DJI's Inspire 1 hand-held gimbal brings its flying camera down to earth

• Report: Steam Controller design finalized, more at GDC

• EyePatch Case covers and cleans your iPhone camera lenses

• Toshiba's TransferJet SD cards get NFC previews

• Premier League football clubs are banning selfie sticks from stadiums

• These USB to Lightning charging cables are AWESOME

• CES 2015: LifeProof and Scosche say it's OK to play in the water

• CES 2015: OWC's Envoy Pro mini brings SSD performance to a thumb drive form factor

• MHL's new adapter can handle 8K video and link your devices

• Sharp wants to put a 120-inch 4K display on commercial walls

• Dell is the latest company to unveil a curved monitor

• Wacom's Cintiq 27QHD pen display moves the ExpressKeys to a remote

• Sennheiser's Momentum and Urbnanite headphones go wireless

• Would you pay $1,099 for a Bluetooth speaker that keeps your beer cold?

• Zolt's tiny laptop charger can also power up your phone and tablet

• Toshiba stuffs 3TB into its latest portable hard drives

• Livescribe 3 smartpen will work with Android devices this spring

• CES 2015: ZAGG announces new iPhone accessories, including Pocket wireless keyboard

• CES 2015: Braven rolls out new 805, Balance, and BRV-PRO Bluetooth Speakers

• Samsung's first portable SSD packs fast storage for relatively little cash

• The iRig 2 wants to replace your guitar pedal board with a phone

• Braven's BRV-PRO rugged speaker packs solar charging and more

• CES 2015: Ultimate Ears announces the MegaBoom

• This power pack can charge your iPhone 6 in 15 minutes

• CES 2015: Toshiba's iPhone dongle is crazy fast

• Canon's new media station keeps your photos and videos in one place

• New 3Doodler 3D printer pen gets slimmer and prettier

• CES 2015: SuperTooth announces multiroom Bluetooth speaker system

• New portable speakers from Philips add some physical pop to your music

• Ultimate Ears' UE Megaboom is a larger version of its 360-degree speaker

• HP intros a slew of monitors, including curved, 5K and 3D models

• When fingerprint scanners are hidden in your trackpad, you'll want one

• Linksys unveils networked storage and its fastest WiFi router yet

• CES 2015: Seagate, LaCie announce new storage products including Seagate Wireless

• Seagate intros a fleet of cloud, wireless and super-thin hard drives

• Mountie: An inexpensive and innovative way to attach iPhone or iPad to your Mac

AI (5)

• Bill Gates doesn't get why we're not worried about super intelligent AI

• Do you want a virtual assistant on your desktop?

• AI program can beat any human in a poker game

• Dacor's Android-based ovens take voice commands from an app

• 'Smarter' TVs know what you're watching, react accordingly

Amazon (11)

• Amazon's Echo lets you control iTunes, Pandora and Spotify with your voice

• Amazon put $1.3 billion into Prime Instant Video last year

• Amazon wants you to dump Microsoft's corporate email platform

• Amazon slashes the cost of its Fire Phone to £99

• Amazon's Prime Now one-hour delivery delayed by winter storms

• Amazon will stream 'Transparent' for free this Saturday

• Amazon delivers Kindle Textbook Creator for Mac beta (Updated)

• Amazon Kindle Textbook Creator turns authors into teachers (and vice versa)

• Amazon plans to release 12 movies a year in theaters and on Prime

• HMV overtakes Amazon to become the UK's biggest seller of physical music

• Amazon signs Woody Allen for his first TV show

Apple (77)

• And a final bonus Caturday: Graham's MacBook Air

• Apple releases iTunes 12.1

• AAPL reaches an all-time high share price

• Flickr Find: It's Apple Time!

• Apple R&D spending reached record levels last quarter

• iTunes Connect issues creating havoc for developers

• Apple Remote Desktop updated with Yosemite support

• AAPL share price hovering near all-time high

• Apple's last quarter profit the biggest in history for any corporation

• Tim Cook expects to ship the Apple Watch in April

• Apple's revenues soar thanks to iPhones and China

• Apple destroys earnings estimates: Revenue of $74.6 billion on the back of 74.5 million in iPhone sales

• Thousands of laundry machines, parking kiosks and more get Apple Pay

• Apple Pay: Now at 200,000 more locations for self-serve payments

• OS X Yosemite 10.10.2, iOS 8.1.3 updates now available

• Wall Street analysts make their final Q1 2015 predictions for Apple

• Join us tomorrow at 5 PM ET/2 PM PT for Apple Earnings Call Liveblog

• Apple Pay interest high for retailers; PGA Tour to take it starting next week

• Apple giving away TV shows and music with 'Free on iTunes'

• Apple is as "boring" as it's always been

• Video highlights mural on forthcoming Chongqing Apple Store

• Apple's home automation tech reportedly won't land until spring

• How Steve Jobs responded when someone called the iTunes logo an abomination

• Apple hires digital retail exec from Burberry for 'special projects'

• Apple lets China examine iOS code to assuage spying fears

• Apple CEO Tim Cook made $9.2M in 2014; board member Drexler retiring

• Apple may permit security inspects of products by Chinese government

• 31 years ago, Apple's iconic "1984" ad was broadcast nationally

• Apple apparently hasn't solved the smartwatch battery life problem

• BlackBerry CEO demands Apple make iMessage cross-platform

• Pencil by FiftyThree stylus shows up in Apple online and retail stores

• Apple reportedly acquiring British music analytics service Semetric

• Apple takes center stage in Presidential State of the Union address

• Apple's latest acquisition will tell it what the world is listening to

• Apple cozies up to U.S. government with increased lobbying

• Apple releases calligraphy video to celebrate upcoming Hangzhou store

• Apple releases new image of Campus 2 progress

• Apple site honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

• Retina 5K iMac hits the Apple refurbished store

• Apple patented a self-repairing material, because of course they did

• Apple has been adding 1M iBookstore users per week

• Chipotle "very interested" in Apple Pay

• Bank of America says 1.1 million credit cards have been activated via Apple Pay

• Apple just patented the best smartphone gaming feature, and it'll probably never use it

• Two Mac Pro cases + woodworking skill = unique bench

• Apple makes the new Mac mini suck a little less

• Apple is suing another tech company, drink!

• Apple to shell out more cash in new anti-poaching settlement offer

• Apple granted patent for GoPro style wearable camera

• CURVED/labs-Mac concept brings the original Mac up to date

• Apple's two-factor authentication still leaves some of your data exposed

• San Francisco's One Stockton Street Apple Store gets a temporary fountain

• Clever Apple Store window display

• Studio Neat on integrating Apple Pay directly into an app

• Apple patent holdings in 2014 increased by nearly 13%

• Apple TV is required for the ideal Apple smart home experience

• Mountie: Team up your Mac and favorite iOS device

• You can totally buy a fake Apple Watch at CES

• First iPhone keynote was eight years ago today

• Judge dismisses lawsuit alleging Apple knowingly released MacBook Pros with faulty logic boards

• How many jobs has Apple helped create in the United States?

• Apple updates French website in show of solidarity with Charlie Hebdo

• Snowmen? No -- just people waiting in line at an Apple Store

• Happy 12th Birthday, Safari!

• Apple gains smartphone market share; iOS 8 adoption up to 68%

• These people think an iPhone 6 costs upwards of $7,000

• Apple software quality and the "sprint system" of OS X development

• Apple is now selling the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus SIM-free in the US

• Apple Q1 2015 earnings call on tap for January 27

• Is Apple's quality slipping?

• In 2011, Gartner made this hilarious prediction about the iPhone

• Apple wants you to "Start something new"

• Happy New Year! Now let's sue Apple...

• Judge dismisses Apple employee lawsuit demanding compensation for time spent in security checks

• Chevron to support Apple Pay at the pump; car support also in the works

• Opening Apple's 'Lucky Bags' in Japan, where $300 can get you a MacBook Air

• New York City to consider Apple Pay for parking tickets

Apps (133)

• BitTorrent Sync gives you the flexibility to sync anything

• Hocus Focus hides inactive apps automatically

• Casio's new iOS app turns your whistling into full-length tunes

• Vine has released a special version of the app specifically for kids

• Folderol: An amazingly useful OS X utility by one of TUAW's finest

• Pressur is a simple barometer app

• Vine Kids delivers family-friendly video loops

• Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• Yahoo updates its news and lifestyle app with more interactive features

• Soundcloud's latest iPad app is good for listeners, bad for creators

• iTunes for Mac gets its own Notification Center widget

• Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• Facebook's Paper app updated with improved photo sharing

• SoundCloud's iPad gets an extreme makeover, kills audio recording

• Wrise is a new and specialized word processor for Mac

• Imgur now lets you easily make gorgeous GIFs from online videos

• Microsoft Outlook now available for iOS

• Shyp for Android is now shypping

• Microsoft's Office for Android tablet apps arrive today

• Microsoft's new Outlook apps for iOS and Android promise higher productivity

• Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• Set healthy goals with iHydrate

• Slack's messaging platform is getting voice, video and screen sharing soon

• The Lowdown meetings app for iOS is now free and improved

• Google Play may have the downloads, but App Store has the money, honey

• Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• WiFi Map uses community power to share network passwords

• Pzizz, now free and on the iPad, helps you get to sleep

• Opera's former chief launches a web browser for power users

• Pandora app updated with a load of new features

• Alfred Remote is here and it's interesting

• The police want Waze to pull speed trap tagging feature from app

• 1Password updates for iOS with new login creator and "fun" password management

• iFixit gives you thousands of repair manuals in your pocket

• Stanford releases Developing iOS 8 Apps with Swift course on iTunes U

• Police think Waze's traffic app puts officers in danger

• iFilebox is a nice improvement on Apple's notes app

• Facebook Lite uses less data for developing areas, low-end phones

• How the Mac App Store made money for this indie developer's "side project"

• Fiksu report shows staggering App Store growth

• This Weekend in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• App devs made more money than the box office last year

• Rock your workout with RockMyRun

• Get the weather and a joke thanks to Funny or Die Weather app

• Shifts lets you manage your crazy work schedule

• Spotify update lets you preview, save songs quickly

• Dropbox finally has an official app for Windows Phone

• Kim Dotcom launches MegaChat encrypted video calling service

• MakerBot's Thingiverse finally lets you share 3D models with groups

• Lumia Camera will be the stock camera app on Windows 10 devices

• Logic Pro X update brings AirDrop support, new effects, tools, and more

• RiLAXapp let's you relax from the stresses of the day

• You can now take every Khan Academy course via the iPad

• Evernote says goodbye to Hello and Peek

• WhatsApp finally comes to the web, but doesn't jibe with iOS

• Windows 10's messaging lets you use multiple chat services at once

• This photo app charges $20 for 24 photos, seriously

• Firefox is getting VR features that work with Oculus Rift

• BBC's redesigned news app is all about personalisation

• Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• Chrome for iOS plays nicely with Mac browsers, big iPhones

• Ava Photo cleans up those iPhone portraits

• LastPass goes native on Mac for password management

• Venerable sound capture app Audio Hijack reimagined for v3

• Khan Academy brings its online course catalog to the iPad

• MacID: Unlock your Mac with Touch ID

• Vintage Mac app About boxes show just how far we've come

• Peoplekeeper judges your friends so you don't have to

• A developer's perspective on the benefits of incorporating Apple Pay within apps

• If this alleged Google Calendar iOS app isn't real, it should be

• Bangladesh blocks mobile messaging apps to thwart protests

• Facebook Messenger adds voice transcription (for some)

• Here's a new iOS app for sending personalized handwritten cards

• Recharge perfectly with Power Nap HQ

• Developers behind Overcast and Monument Valley release iOS sales figures

• Rise and shine with Gentle Wake Alarm Clock

• Moju's got mojo: Dynamic photo/video sharing with a twist

• Monument Valley made $5.8 million, over 80 percent on iOS

• Bud Light delivery app keeps beer flowing in Washington, DC

• Spyglass: A full featured nav app for outdoor enthusiasts

• Be My Eyes is a free app to help the blind "see" through video chat

• Google Maps for iOS gets a welcome update

• Parallels Access 2.5 released, adds file manager, computer-to-computer remote access

• Google Maps for Android now lets you easily share directions

• PLAYER for iOS teaches you how to play your music library

• Earth to Judy Jetson: The fashion app of your dreams has arrived

• Adobe Lightroom mobile comes to Android, but it's only for phones

• PhotoTime: An incredibly powerful iOS photo organizer and tagging tool

• Due 2 makes timers, reminders easy and now includes IAP (Updated)

• Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• JAMF Software's Bushel: Mobile device management without an IT department

• The Google Translate iOS app is about to get a lot smarter

• Gifx adds animations to your photos to create movies, GIFs

• So, how "engaged" are you with your apps?

• Google's Android launcher lets you pretend you're using Lollipop

• Improve your ski trip by using Ski Nation

• CARROT Hunger: Better health through insults and bribes

• CBS relaunches its news app for iOS

• Look at this tiny iOS keyboard, just look at it

• Apple clamps down on its App Store refund loophole in Europe

• Promo gives you subscriptions to five big productivity services for $60

• Google Chrome Remote Desktop for iOS: Remotely control your computers

• Good bye $0.99 apps in the Canadian App Store, say hello to $1.19

• Watermark Plus adds watermarks to your photos quickly and easily

• Scannable app supercharges Evernote scanning on the go

• CBS News' iOS app now lets you watch its online-only network

• New App Store Kids categories target specific age groups

• Apps earn more than $10 billion in App Store revenue in 2014

• Worldlabel.com releases free Pages for Mac label templates

• Apple raises the minimum price of apps in Europe and Canada

• Canadians are about to see higher prices in the App Store

• Airmail updates a popular Apple Mail alternative

• Video: iPhone and Manything app team up to catch burglars

• 2015 ushers in new App Store records

• Lingopal 44 is your own personal foreign language guidebook

• Finish goes completely free with version 3.0

• Evernote's new app turns your iPhone and iPad into a scanner (updated)

• Monument Valley dev sees app piracy a bit differently

• Leaderboard: Do you use MMO mobile apps?

• This app notification is a new breed of obnoxious

• Custom Keyboard for iOS gives your keyboard a totally new look

• Stay Focused provides focus stacking on your iPhone

• I got a makeover in a web browser

• Air Camera + lets you stream your iDevice camera to you AppleTV

• You've been using an awful lot of shopping apps lately

• Under Armour launches new fitness app, partners with HTC

• Duet Display turns your iOS device into the second screen you've always wanted

• Qualcomm's universal media streaming comes to SoundCloud

• Lenovo's new Windows app lets you enter handwriting in any text field

• Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• Translator Speak and Translate Free gives you a simultaneous interpreter in your pocket

• TripCast: Capturing and sharing your travels

• Strings is a messaging service that lets you delete those drunk texts

Big Tech (22)

• Report: Ouya gets $10 million investment from Alibaba

• Daily Roundup: Apple outsells Samsung, Microsoft invests in Android and more!

• B-OUYA! Guess who just got a $10 million investment from Alibaba?

• LG's phone sales are way up, but killing plasma TVs had a cost

• French law would make Google, Facebook accomplices to hate speech

• Apple's missing spark, HoloLens, Skymall and other stories you might've missed this week

• Expedia buys Travelocity, but don't expect much to change

• Dropbox snaps up CloudOn to help you work online

• AT&T took a $10 billion hit, but it's hoping you won't notice

• Sony to close its Canadian stores

• Apple and Google want to settle no-poaching lawsuit for $415 million

• Apple and Google try again to avoid a trial in 'no-poaching' suit

• Inside Intel's insanely futuristic CES booth

• Intel sets aside $300 million for Diversity in Technology initiative

• Chinese TV giant TCL brings Palm Inc. back to life

• Monster sues Beats and HTC for fraud over their headphone deal

• Intel pledges to hire more women and minorities

• Kickstarter rakes in $529 million for projects in 2014

• Intel closes its Russian forums to avoid the country's 'blogger law'

• Liveblog: Sony's CES 2015 event

• Intel is betting $25 million on smart eyewear-maker Vuzix (updated)

• Why Chinese tech giants could surprise you at CES 2015

Business (4)

• Apple Q1 2015 earnings call liveblog

• T-Mobile will ignore bad credit if you're loyal and want a new phone

• 'All new' Ford GT packs a 600+ HP V6, Sync 3 inside

• Keurig's soda machine will let you make Dr. Pepper drinks

Buying Guides (75)

• This Weekend in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• All the best app reviews last week on TUAW

• Daily Deals for January 30, 2015, The Beats by Dre Giveaway

• Daily Deals for January 29, 2015, Set the mood from your iPhone with the Revogi smartbulb

• Daily Deals for January 28, 2015, Get 11 TB Of Military Grade Storage & Backup For 79% Off

• Daily Deals for January 27, 2015, Save 25% On The NFC Compatible IconQ Speaker

• What you should know before flying a drone in the UK

• Daily Deals for January 26, 2015, Best Deals Of The Week: 90% Off The Master Java Course Bundle & 50% Off The 2-in-1 6 Foot Cable

• All the best app reviews last week on TUAW

• Daily Deals for January 23, 2015, Get Over 5,000 Adobe Software & Web Design Training Videos For Over 80% Off

• WRUP: Our favorite 6.1 things edition

• Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• Daily Deals for January 22, 2015, Turn Your Handwritten Notes into Editable Digital Copies With The Incredible Equil Smartpen

• Daily Deals for January 21, 2015, Easily Mount Your Device To Any Surface With Neutron S

• Batman: Arkham Knight Limited Edition is $63 via Wal Mart

• Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• Daily Deals for January 19, 2015, Last Chance To Pay What You Want For The Must Have Mac Bundle

• This Weekend in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• All the best app reviews last week on TUAW

• Best of CES 2015 Awards, Connected Home: Energous WattUp

• Best of CES 2015 Award, Wearables: Bragi Dash

• Best of CES 2015 Awards, TV Product: LG Art Slim 4K OLED TV

• Best of CES 2015 Awards, Disruptive Tech: Energous WattUp

• Best of CES 2015 Awards, Home Theater: Sling TV

• Best of CES 2015 Awards, Startup: AmpStrip

• Daily Deals for January 16, 2015, Now's Your Chance To Win an iMac

• Best of CES 2015 Awards, Digital Health & Fitness: Bragi Dash

• Best of CES 2015 Awards, PC: Lenovo LaVie HZ550

• Best of CES 2015 Awards, Mobile Device: Dell Venue 8 7000 tablet

• Best of CES 2015 Awards, Offbeat: Belty Smart Belt

• Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• Daily Deals for January 15, 2015, Pay What You Want To Become A Master Backend Developer

• Best of CES 2015 Awards, Best Drone or Robot: AirDog

• Best of CES 2015 awards, maker-friendly tech: MakerBot's composite filaments

• UK's top-selling retail games of 2014 led by FIFA

• Best of CES 2015 Awards, Gaming: Razer Forge TV

• Our must-have Warlords of Draenor addons

• Best of CES 2015 Awards, Overall Winner: Sling TV

• Daily Deals for January 14, 2015, featuring Mammoth Interactive iOS & Swift Bootcamp

• The best and fastest: Highlights from Awesome Games Done Quick 2015

• Daily Deals for January 13, 2015, featuring the $35 SKEYE Nano Drone

• Daily Deals for January 12, 2015, Fight The Cold & Stay Connected With The Bluetooth Beanie & Touchscreen Gloves

• Daily Deals for January 9, 2015, Save Over 75% On The Panorama Bluetooth Speaker

• And the winner is: Watch the Best of CES awards right here

• Super Joystiq Podcast Special: Best of 2014

• Presenting the Best of CES 2015 winners!

• Daily Deals for January 8, 2015, featuring deep discounts on Drones and the 10-For-$10 Mac App Bundle

• Vote for your favorite gadget at CES in our People's Choice poll!

• Introducing the Best of CES 2015 finalists!

• Best of the Rest: Ludwig's picks of 2014

• Best of the Rest: Danny's picks of 2014

• Best of the Rest: Jessica's picks of 2014

• AbleGamers names the top AAA, indie games of 2014

• Daily Deals for January 6, 2015, featuring the Quirky Apple Accessory Kit

• Best of the Rest: Thomas' picks of 2014

• Best of the Rest: Sam's picks of 2014

• Best of the Rest: Susan's picks of 2014

• Best of the Rest: Xav's picks of 2014

• Daily Deals for January 5, 2015, Last chance on the HyperDrive MacBook Storage Expander

• Netflix will tell you which TV is best for Netflix

• Best of the Rest: Alexander's picks of 2014

• Best of the Rest: Earnest's picks of 2014

• This Weekend in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• Joystiq Top 10 of 2014: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

• Joystiq Top 10 of 2014: Dragon Age: Inquisition

• Joystiq Top 10 of 2014: Shovel Knight

• Best of the Rest: Mike's picks of 2014

• Joystiq Top 10 of 2014: Alien Isolation

• Daily Deals for January 2, 2015, featuring the Equil Smartpen 2

• Best of the Rest: Richard's picks of 2014

• Best of the Rest: Sinan's picks of 2014

• Daily Deals for January 1, 2015, featuring The Xbox One + Grand Theft Auto V Giveaway

• Joystiq Top 10 of 2014: Valiant Hearts: The Great War

• Best of the Rest: Anthony's picks of 2014

• Joystiq Top 10 of 2014: Far Cry 4

Computing (22)

• BT says faster broadband is coming, but it could take 10 years

• NVIDIA's newest GPU crams in tons of power without a hefty price

• Daily Roundup: All things Windows 10, cryptocurrency, tiny synths and more!

• Windows 10 is a free upgrade for 7, 8.1 users

• Windows 10 is a free upgrade for all 7 and 8.1 users (update: RT too)

• Popularity of Swift is on the rise in a major way

• Access everything on your Chromebook through another PC

• IBM's monster mainframe is built to handle your mobile shopping

• Patch 6.0.3 Hotfixes for January 12

• You can download North Korea's OS X ripoff right now

• Samsung's absurdly fast SSD uses virtually no standby power

• Video: The Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh Experience CD

• Intel's Compute Stick puts Windows 8.1 on your TV for $149

• Lenovo is the latest company to show off an all-in-one with a 3D camera

• Amplicity is a rentable graphics workstation the size of a smartphone

• Intel's 14nm tablet processors are leaner, meaner and finally here

• Intel unveils 'Broadwell' processors, starting with dual-core chips only

• HP's next assault on Chrome OS is a pair of tiny Windows PCs

• NVIDIA's next-gen X1 mobile chipset: a closer look at the numbers

• NVIDIA's Tegra X1 is the first mobile chip with a teraflop of power

• LaCie's latest artist collaboration is a hard drive wrapped in Gorilla Glass

• US Supreme Court moving to digital filing system in 2016

Cybersecurity (51)

• Your BMW just downloaded a security patch

• Uber gets a thumbs up on data security from privacy auditors

• Verizon Wireless will let you dodge those sketchy 'supercookies'

• 'Revenge porn' peddler banned from posting images without consent

• Dropbox now reports when non-US governments want your data

• Canada's digital spies are watching what you download

• The phone designed to protect your information had a big hole

• OS X Yosemite update tackles 'surprise' Mac security flaws

• FTC to connected device makers: Focus on security and privacy

• Justice Department is reportedly spying on millions of US cars

• Sony accepting claims on 2011 PSN data breach settlement

• The claim process for Sony's $15 million PSN breach lawsuit starts now

• Healthcare.gov stops passing private details on to advertisers

• Google reveals Mac security holes before Apple's fix is ready

• iPad thieves accidentally send their faces and names to victim's iCloud

• America's healthcare portal is sharing your personal data with ad agencies

• Hackers broke into Sony Pictures using an unpatched security hole

• Is your password on this list of 2014's worst passwords?

• Please don't use these passwords. Sincerely, the internet

• Sky will soon switch on adult broadband filters for indecisive customers

• UK spies collected journalists' email as part of a test

• New Snowden doc details how British intelligence tracked iPhone users

• The NSA knew North Korea hacked Sony because it hacked North Korea first

• Lizard Squad's paid cyberattack service faces a hack of its own

• NSA brags about turning the tables on cyberwarfare hackers

• UK teen arrested over suspected involvement in Xbox Live, PSN DDoS attacks

• DEA kept records of US phone calls for nearly 15 years

• Twitter accounts for NY Post, UPI hacked to push fake WWIII alerts

• UK police arrest man connected to Lizard Squad PlayStation and Xbox attacks

• Why Google won't fix a security bug in almost a billion Android phones

• Engadget Daily: Verizon Vehicle, Obama pushes for cybersecurity legislation, and more!

• Obama renews push for comprehensive cybersecurity legislation

• The UK wants to essentially ban all secure communications

• Police nab iPod Nano in ATM skimming scheme

• Thieves tried to swipe ATM cards using an iPod nano

• Hackers claiming ties to ISIS take control of Pentagon social accounts

• President's proposals would protect hack victims and student data

• Microsoft says 'no fair' after Google exposes Windows flaw early

• OS X Spotlight Search glitch can expose your IP address and other details to spammers

• Following Sony hacks, Congress revisits much-maligned spying bill

• Pro-Russian cyberattacks bring down German government websites

• FBI explains how it linked North Korea to the Sony Pictures hack

• Gogo's in-flight WiFi uses fake web security to keep you off YouTube

• Moonpig flaw leaves customer accounts wide open for 17 months (update)

• Bitcoin exchange loses $5 million in security breach

• Lizard Squad hacker arrested for cyber-fraud

• President Obama orders stricter sanctions on North Korea after Sony hack

• Study claims over 80 percent of 'deep web' traffic relates to pedophile sites

• Google posts Windows 8.1 vulnerability before Microsoft can patch it

• Chick-Fil-A admits possible credit card breach

• Tokyo police figure Mt. Gox bitcoin heist was an inside job

Entertainment (134)

• Conan O'Brien takes a field trip to Minecraft

• Facebook's new tips for Places puts it in competition with Foursquare

• The Big Picture: 3D Paris apartment shows what Unreal Engine 4 can do

• First 'Threes', now 'Monument Valley': knockoff developer strikes again

• Dial 868-HACK on Steam, steal data

• 'World of Warcraft' is getting a selfie camera -- don't tell Leeroy Jenkins

• Jam out to The Music of League of Legends

• Watch 14 minutes of The Witcher 3's gameplay

• Snapchat delivers news (and ads) with Discover

• Dying Light launch trailer shows catastrophe on a hot tin roof

• Twitter finally delivers group messaging and video

• Oculus Story Studio is the Pixar of virtual reality

• GamerGate target working with 'major social media' to end online abuse

• League of Legends Amumu music video is a tear-jerker

• Golem to follow Omen's lead onto Killer Instinct roster

• Gravity Ghost swirls through Steam's solar system today

• The BBC wants you to help decide which of its experiments should make the cut

• Gearbox's beautiful 'Homeworld' remake reaches PCs February 25th

• Homeworld Remastered Collection coming February 25

• Check-in, Knock-out: More fun than jumping on hotel beds

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Muzzled

• Caturday: Brown Cat knows how to use a MacBook better than you do

• Barely Related: Night Vale travels to YouTube, UFO files

• How to make a game in an hour, no experience required

• The hows and whys of time manipulation in Life Is Strange

• Armello enters Game of Early Access Thrones

• Take a bite out of this Dead Rising film trailer

• Theatrhythm's new DLC Beat stars The World Ends with You

• Jon Snow brings lack of knowledge to Game of Thrones Episode 2

• Scientists successfully implant self-destructing nanobots into live mice

• Creative assassination in turn-based stealth game, Ronin

• Castle in the Darkness lights up Steam on February 5

• Elders wait for traffic, play Grand Theft Auto 5

• Spotify's Touch Preview lets you sample new songs quickly

• Self-destructing book gives you 24 hours to finish reading

• When did Apple become the boring one?

• Fable Legends confirmed for Windows 10, cross-plays with Xbox One [Update]

• 'Elder Scrolls Online' finally arrives on consoles this June without subscriptions

• Exo Zombies invade Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare trailer

• A brief attempt at explaining the madness of cryptocurrency

• Sunset Overdrive sale for Gold members, new achievements

• What's on your HDTV: State of the Union, 'The Fall', 'Justified'

• 'Her Story' FMV crime fiction game coming from Silent Hill: Shattered Memories designer

• PlayStation exclusive TV show 'Powers' debuts in March

• Netflix will have 'The Interview' streaming on Saturday

• Magnetic: Cage Closed entering dark portal in March

• 'Powers,' the first PlayStation TV show launches on March 10th

• Robotoki closes shop, Human Element on 'hiatus'

• Why is an opera singer going to the ISS?

• Ori and the Blind Forest lights up Xbox One & PC this March

• Borderlands 2, Pre-Sequel bundle announced for PS4, Xbox One

• Drive through this Project Cars trailer

• Sid Meier's next exploration game has you roving the galaxy

• Driveclub Japan update live now with 3.3GB of new tracks, fixes

• Saints Row: Gat out of Hell review: Shout at the Devil

• Pneuma pneuma, yay: First-person puzzler hits Xbox next month

• Super Mario AI learns how to kill goombas, heralds Skynet

• Sid Meier's 'Starships' blasts off this year

• Grey Goo trailer depicts why we should never leave Earth

• Hackers wreck a game making fun of North Korea's leader

• Super Mario AI learns how to play by listening to your advice

• Pix the Cat to loop Steam users into its combo fever this month

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Wee pal

• Jak 2 level remade in CryEngine is here to pump you up

• Wesley Arthur's re-creation of Bully's dorms is sharp, untidy

• 'Blackhat' bores, but at least gets hacking right

• Caturday: Rascal, the web-surfing cat

• You can buy a giant mech suit on Amazon Japan for $1 million

• Barely Related: Damn good coffee and House of Cards

• As Seen On TV: Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell launch infomercial

• Off the Grid: XCOM - The Board Game

• Nintendo Direct Japan: New Rhythm Heaven, Style Savvy games announced

• The Simpsons skin pack embiggens Minecraft

• Barring Smash, Code Name: STEAM gets the best Amiibo support so far

• 'The Simpsons' are heading to 'Minecraft' on Xbox, too

• Joystiq Streams: Virtual interplanetary with Elite: Dangerous on Oculus Rift

• YouTube stars will interview Obama at the White House next week

• Nightline investigates GamerGate, online harassment

• Dell and Intel want you to create monsters for their next film

• Hotline Miami 2 refused classification in Australia [update]

• Styluses at the ready, Etrian Mystery Dungeon hits in April

• Kung Lao, Kitana, Goro officially join Mortal Kombat X cast

• Splice slices its way to PS3, PS4 on January 20

• Get an IGF 2015-nominated game for free today only

• Gaming philosopher Pippin Barr takes on the art world

• Mario Party 10 throws an amiibo get-together on March 20

• This trailer for The Order: 1886 is chilling

• Kirby and the Rainbow Curse slides to February 20

• Nintendo announces 'The Latest in the Fire Emblem Series' for Nintendo 3DS

• This album comes on 12 'dead' formats including MiniDisc

• Tell me, Muse, when The Next Penelope launches on Steam

• Grim Fandango Remastered orders open on GOG, PSN

• The Escapists cracks open Xbox One next month

• First CoD: Advanced Warfare DLC aims for late-January launch

• Inside the College Football Playoff National Championship

• In 2012, Kevin Durant explained how to pass the time in Oklahoma City

• Alien: Isolation's third DLC adds one-life-only Salvage Mode

• The Talos Principle review: God in the machine

• Nintendo's famous easter egg song discovered in Mario Kart 8

• Forza Motorsport 6 announced, Ford features prominently

• Voice-controlled RTS There Came an Echo speaks up in Feb.

• Pokemon Blue speedrunner uses 'shortcut,' is super effective

• Mike Bithell's Volume finally looks like an actual game

• How to be the Zombie in Dying Light

• GTA 5 on top again in UK (again)

• Dontnod: Publishers wanted Life is Strange's hero to be male, but Square didn't

• One Shots: Black sheep, black sheep

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup weeps for a time gone by

• The Queue: A little savage music

• Netflix is reviving 'Wet Hot American Summer' as a series (update)

• Barely Related: Ghost in the Shell snags Scarlett Johansson

• Dragon Ball Xenoverse delayed to late February in Europe

• Joystiq Streams: The sound of thunder in Evolve

• Neil deGrasse Tyson bringing Star Talk to late night TV in April

• Blackwell publisher introduces cyberpunk thriller, Technobabylon

• Evolve goes gold, spawns lengthy intro cinematic

• The most important news at CES is a $300 million response to GamerGate

• Zombie Army Trilogy announced for PC, PS4, Xbox One

• Nintendo's characters show up in someone else's handheld game

• Runtastic shows us what it's like to do a workout wearing an Oculus Rift

• Watch Disgaea 5's anime opening take on an army

• Joystiq Streams: Who watches the Watch Dogs Wii U? You do!

• Watch Halo evolve in Did You Know Gaming's latest video

• Assassin's Creed: Unity frees Dead Kings DLC next week

• Dolby Vision imaging tech is coming to Warner Bros. movies

• Skechers stitched the Simon memory game into its new kids' sneakers

• Clock Tower successor 'Project Scissors' becomes NightCry, gets live action teaser

• Ex-DICE leads found Fugitive Games, build space survival sim

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup has a 1080p New Year's resolution

• Save the universe with a friend in Zheros on Xbox One, PS4, PC

• Rumor: Duck Hunt amiibo data on Super Smash Bros. disc

• One Shots: Pumpkin rider

• Streams and vinyl sales double while music downloads dwindle

• 2014 was the worst year for movie attendance since 1995

EVs and Transportation (57)

• Tesla's long-delayed Model X SUV is testing in California

• Tesla doubles the size of its Supercharger network in the UK

• Tesla Model S is getting even quicker through a software update

• Renault has a futuristic 'Gran Turismo' concept car too

• Tesla Model S P85D's 'Insane Mode' lives up to its name

• DJI no longer lets you fly its drones in Washington, DC

• Uber works out how to insure its drivers between fares

• Uber to limit surge pricing during massive east-coast blizzard (updated)

• Man lists his Tesla Model S as an $85-a-night Airbnb room

• California rethinks tougher licensing for ridesharing drivers

• The government wants you to buy a car with smarter brakes

• Uber drops 'ridesharing' veneer in New Delhi, applies for taxi license

• BMW and Volkswagen create 100 fast-charge stations for EVs

• Lyft cars are dropping the big, fuzzy mustache

• Volkswagen replaces booth babes with iPad-centric robot at 2015 Detroit Auto Show

• Best of CES 2015 Awards, Automotive: Mercedes F 015 concept car

• Polaris is now in the e-motorbike business after buying Brammo

• Transport inspectors say Uber blocked their accounts to avoid fines

• Toyota's VR driving simulator teaches teens to focus on the road

• Ford will connect your phone's navigation app to Sync 3

• Elon Musk: Tesla will make 'millions' of cars per year by 2025

• Buckle up: The connected-car revolution is almost here

• Verizon Vehicle: a network connection for any car, even yours

• Automatic's car tracker works with Nest to give you a cozy arrival

• Uber strikes deal to share its data with city planners

• Local Motors' 3D-printed car meets the Detroit Auto Show

• 2016 Chevrolet Volt features CarPlay support, better range

• How NVIDIA plans to drive the adoption of autonomous cars

• Chevy Bolt EV concept hints at the future of affordable electric cars

• Renovo wants its electric supercar to be as personalized as your iPhone

• Chevy's 2016 Volt goes farther, faster than its predecessor

• CES 2015: The year cars got truly smart

• Electric scooters and fiber-optic shirts land on Engadget's CES stage

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: Warka Water Tower, self-driving cars and purifying water with sunlight

• WSJ: GM to release the $30,000 Chevy Bolt electric vehicle in 2017

• A closer look at the crazy car tech of CES 2015

• Neil Young's high-definition Pono Music is coming to cars

• Honda's cruise control can predict when drivers will cut into your lane

• Uber's newest service helps users move house, but only in Hong Kong

• Make your commute an action sport with an electric longboard

• Audi's latest Q7 supports Android Auto and CarPlay

• The Maserati of the future has cameras and displays instead of mirrors

• Uber begins offering 'Momentum' perks to loyal UK drivers

• BMW's autonomous i3 learned how to park and forgot how to crash

• New York City suspends five Uber hubs until they divulge trip info (update: reprieve)

• CES 2015: Kenwood aftermarket CarPlay display; VW cars get CarPlay in 2015

• Audi's vision of the future includes watch-controlled cars

• Getting around on Inmotion's not-a-Segway

• Mercedes-Benz unveils its vision of a self-driving car

• BMW wants you to control your car's features from a Samsung tablet

• Volkswagen's connected cars have three displays and park themselves

• Toyota shares its fuel cell patents to help its hydrogen dreams come true

• Audi's self-driving car is traveling 550 miles to Las Vegas

• NVIDIA's car of the future drives itself, has a gorgeous digital dashboard

• California starts building its high-speed train system

• Take a look at the new Chevy Volt

• OnStar's new services save you money by watching how you drive

Gaming (465)

• Joystiq Presents: Too good to be real

• WoW Moviewatch: How World of Warcraft Should Have Ended

• Joystiq Discussion: Do you have a gaming tattoo?

• Get organized with The Elder Scrolls Online's collections system

• Scattered Shots: Let's just pretend Scatter Shot is still a thing

• The Queue: Let's talk about Fraggles and Warcraft

• Richardsson replacing Caron atop 40K Eternal Crusade

• WRUP: Trolls and all

• Octodad: Dadliest Catch reels in $4.9 million in gross revenue

• I Am Bread to land butter side up on iOS 'later this year'

• Evolve's latest footage hunts alone

• This art dealer wants to hang an indie game on your wall

• EVE's CSM X candidacy opens today

• WoW Insider is logging off

• 2D fighter Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax will reach the West

• Westone co-founder working on Monster World successor

• 'Heavy Rain' creator's early cinematic game gets remastered

• Tournament of Champions returns with more 3v3 PvP

• A Samurai class is coming to Black Desert

• Square Enix triple packs March to the US

• It's time to pilfer Elder Scrolls NPCs' pockets on the PTS

• Crowfall maps its universe, tells Forgemaster tales

• Breakfast Topic: My first character

• Find a way to watch Life is Strange's launch trailer

• The Daily Grind: What do you love about MMOs?

• Sega Sammy to cut hundreds of jobs in 'Digital' restructure

• The Big Picture: Virtual Los Angeles' minimalist skyline

• Watch Marshawn Lynch play Mortal Kombat X, say more than 7 words

• 'Lego Jurassic World' game packs four movies' worth of brick dinosaurs

• The Think Tank: Repairing the 'social' in MMORPGs

• Indigo Prophecy is coming to deliver nightmares to your iOS device

• Battlefield Hardline beta test arrives February 3

• The Stream Team: Hug it out in Final Fantasy XIV

• Rovio's head of games flies the coop

• Trove adds pirates and promotes pets

• Otherland plans a second closed beta test for February

• The Game Archaeologist travels to Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds

• Puppet Punch brings arcade action to center stage, literally

• Visit exotic locations and grind on them in OlliOlli 2

• Marvel Heroes plans for a more awesome team-up system

• Grand Theft Auto drives off with top UK spot for third week

• Around Azeroth: Things we lost in the fire

• Lego Jurassic World, Lego Marvel's Avengers announced

• The Daily Grind: What's the ideal guild size in an MMO?

• Watch Dragon's Dogma Online gameplay in the debut trailer

• Reptile gets the go-ahead for Mortal Kombat X

• Grab a pint with free Dragon Age: Inquisition tavern songs

• 39 Things About Patch 6.1 with TradeChat

• Ken Levine hints at new first-person sci-fi adventure

• Leaderboard: When did you start reading Massively?

• Patch 6.1: Crafting improvements

• Patch 6.0.3 Hotfixes for January 27

• One Shots: Shroud of the Santa

• Guilty Gear Xrd arcade to receive console-exclusive fighters

• Chauffered Chopper heirloom mount coming in patch 6.1

• Lumines changes hands, returning on iOS and Android

• WoW community comes together to help a father

• Global Chat: Can MMO stories rise above mediocrity?

• Square Enix action, stealth triple packs head to North America

• Blizzard teases new mount

• New Das Tal vid explains combat, playstyles, and more

• North American Tetris player achieves Grand Master rank

• Around Azeroth: The monster in the well

• I just reupped my sub so FFXIV is having a free weekend

• Grow: Cuby's Quest is an intriguing space adventure game

• The Daily Grind: What long-running bugs are you dying to see fixed?

• Patch 6.1: The latest on Draenor fishing

• Shards producer letter talks maps, admin servers, and more

• Joystiq Streams: Never stop not starving in Don't Starve Together

• Elite: Dangerous dev lays off fifteen in Cambridge, UK

• The Queue: Lumber mill, UI, and Blizzard

• Bungie aims to fix parts of Destiny's economy in House of Wolves

• Crowfall's Legionnaire is a four-legged powerhouse

• Last Week on Massively: Expansion or riot

• Around Azeroth: Which of us is the evil twin again?

• Dragon's Dogma Online announced

• Frontier lays off 15 employees

• Breakfast Topic: How much farming is too much farming?

• The Daily Grind: Are there any MMO dailies that don't make you cringe?

• Rumor: Joystiq closing shop

• The Witcher 3 on consoles can simulate world states, can't import Witcher 2 saves

• Patch 6.1: Shrink your bodyguard down to size

• Destiny dev: DLC mistakes won't be repeated

• Star Trek Online starts its fifth anniversary celebration

• 'MythBusters' tackles 'Doom' and the lore of first-person shooters

• Here's how to steal from NPCs in Elder Scrolls Online

• Gearbox seeks help crafting the next Borderlands entry

• PAX South 2015: Life is Feudal revives the good ol' MMO feel

• The Game Awards will return, Keighley confirms

• Dragon Age: Inquisition gets special recognition from GLAAD

• The Mog Log: Final Fantasy XIV 2.5 dungeons

• The triumphant return of 'Rock Band'?

• PAX South 2015: Why aren't MMOs more social?

• Defiance developers answer a dozen player questions

• On track with the first three hours of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

• PAX South 2015: Moonrise and State of Decay shine at the Undead Labs booth

• The Elder Scrolls Online answers player questions on its buy-to-play model

• How a former Rockstar developer is leading a revolution in gaming

• The Daily Grind: Did you get anything out of PAX South?

• Lady Hammerlock joins Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel's playable lineup

• MMO Burnout: Engineers in spaaace

• PAX South 2015: Slaying giants in Motiga's Gigantic

• Breakfast Topic: Do you stack traits on missions?

• The Daily Grind: Which MMO devs cause you to follow a project?

• Make My MMO: January 18 - 24, 2015

• First-person puzzler Magnetic: Cage Closed is like Portal, cubed

• Patch 6.1: Rogues have a new use for Dingy Iron Coins

• For the '90s Arcade Gamer Soul: Gunsport

• PAX South 2015: The Untitled Game is whatever you want it to be

• Warcraft Art, Fan Art, and Community Comic updates

• PAX South 2015: Garriott and Long talk Shroud of the Avatar

• WRUP: Dropping all the subs

• The Daily Grind: What's your favorite archer class?

• Official patch 6.1 PTR patch notes

• Here's a trailer from that Borderlands thing you'll never play

• EA snitches on Battlefield Hardline, reveals maps and modes

• APB: Reloaded to wreak MMO havoc on PS4, Xbox One

• Trials Fusion adds online multiplayer, new DLC hits next week

• DayZ has sold over 3 million early access copies

• Breach and Clear: Deadline brings tactical thinking to zombie slaughter

• TUG's multiplayer goes live

• How to make top down horror like Noct scary? Ditch zombies

• City of Titans explains its prototyping process

• New blood elf model gallery

• Marvel Heroes hands out free cows and plans team-up revamp

• Joystiq Giveaway: SteelSeries Stratus XL iOS controller times 2

• The Queue: Awesome Werewolf Superpowers

• Working As Intended: The MMOs we lost in 2014

• Breakfast Topic: Why not heirloom followers?

• Patch 6.1 PTR: Heirloom necklaces datamined

• The Daily Grind: What's the most exciting bit of MMO news you've heard lately?

• Spend 48 hours torturing loved ones for free in The Sims 4

• Red 5 tweaking Firefall's reputation system

• The Think Tank: Analyzing Elder Scrolls Online's B2P model

• Heroes in the Sky brings out another WWII arcade battler

• Elite's February patch to feature 'community goals'

• Echo of Soul unveils new NA website

• Take a tour of DCUO's Amazon Fury raid with the devs

• Pre-orders for Marvel Heroes' Winter Soldier are now open

• Bowling Central adds twists, surprises to classic bowling

• APB: Reloaded coming to PS4 and Xbox One in Q2 2015

• Pathfinder details corpse looting and more

• RuneScape opens RuneLabs for player suggestions

• Skyforge unveils the Gunner

• Dos Anjos among cuatro fighters added to EA Sports UFC

• Here's a 23-minute Elder Scrolls Online 'supercut' CG trailer

• Player gets 100 characters at level 100

• Perfect Ten: My mobile MMO experiment, part 2

• Celestalon teases upcoming class changes [Updated]

• Raph Koster is collaborating on Crowfall [Updated with video]

• Around Azeroth: Lara Croft would be disappointed

• The Witcher Battle Arena launches

• PAX South 2015: Jennifer Hale will host Guild Wars 2 panel, herald 75% off sale

• The Daily Grind: Will you play Elder Scrolls Online once it's B2P?

• Star Citizen expected to reach $100 million in funding

• Forsaken World's Freedom Falls expansion coming February 4

• Firefall is prepping an all-new crafting system

• Try these 100 weapon transmogs for a new look

• Crowfall creative director: Game is not for everyone

• New World of Speed trailer invites you to race the world

• Alien: Isolation: One million sold, scared

• Joystiq Streams: Resident Evil HD bites back plus free PS4/PC copies!

• Leaderboard: Is time or money more of a hindrance to your MMO habits?

• Rash, Zitz, Pimple: Who's ready for new Battletoads?

• PAX South 2015: Massively's Larry Everett to guest on MMO community panel

• Lawsuit alleges EA infringed on sports stadium update patent

• Joystiq Discussions: Final Fantasy Type-0 HD and the deliceous typo

• Wings Over Atreia: Aion entices returning players, removes reviled manastone mechanic

• Elder Scrolls Online to nuke subs ahead of June 9th console launch

• Around Azeroth: Too many birds!

• H1Z1 suffers overnight downtime, whispers of server wipes [Updated]

• TapBoom! game literally keeps you tapping and booming

• The Daily Grind: What's the worst-designed MMO city?

• Humble Card Game Bundle deals out Scrolls, Star Realms

• Patch 6.1: New follower traits and reroll items

• Trove unveils a trailer for the Ice Sage class

• P.A.C.O. is why you should never help bandits escape prison

• The Crew gets some new DLC

• Geocannon lets you travel anywhere and conquer the city

• Remember Me studio building vampiric WWI RPG

• Blackrock Foundry raid preview

• Joystiq Streams: Sex, lies, You Don't Know Jack, and free PS4/XB1 games

• Check out Black Desert's renamed Tamer class in quick combat trailer

• Neverwinter: Elemental Evil bringing the Paladin, higher level cap

• Crowfall teases fealty system, ad/disad mechanics

• Bounden, Fingle studio closes its doors in April

• Path of Exile unholsters the banhammer for cheaters

• Flameseeker Chronicles: Rooting through Guild Wars 2's Point of no Return

• The Queue: The mine, followers iLevel, the Burning Legion, and a facepalm

• 'Borderlands' on PS4 and Xbox One comes in a $399 edition with a robot

• Did you get a World of Warcraft anniversary statue?

• Hungry? Elder Scrolls Online is revamping provisioning

• Final Fantasy XIV patch 2.5 is live

• The Daily Grind: What constitutes a 'niche' MMO feature?

• Patch 6.1: Stage 4 upgrades for crafted gear, new alchemy trinket

• Albion's alpha trailer highlights a whole bunch of new stuff

• TUG is pushing out multiplayer updates

• Halo: MCC patch tweaks matchmaking (again), up now

• Patch 6.1: Rush orders allow instant completion of work orders

• Nascar trucks to PS4, Xbox One, PC in 2016 under new developer

• Who The Hell Is: Johnny Gat

• Last Week on Massively: Hizzy in a tizzy

• The Mog Log: A primer for Final Fantasy XIV patch 2.5

• Patch 6.1: Request an early stop on flight paths

• Borderlands Online unloads hard details before testing begins

• The Queue: Blackrock Foundry and more garrison questions

• Life is Feudal unveils its 2015 roadmap

• Breakfast Topic: What will Patch 6.2 be?

• The Daily Grind: What's your gameplay-vs.-graphics bottom line?

• Stiq Figures, January 5 - 11: Gaming memorabilia edition

• Dragon Age: Inquisition stats record more than 2 million flying lizards slain

• Know Your Lore: Breakers and Primals

• Warhammer 40K RTS Battlefleet Gothic: Armada announced

• WWE Immortals is free-to-play wrestling kombat for mobile

• Patch 6.1 PTR: Customize your garrison music

• Get the lay of the land in Shroud of the Avatar

• PSA: Monday is the last day for H1Z1 refunds

• Breakfast Topic: Have you caught your own mounts?

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is packing for PAX South

• Physical copies of Dying Light delayed in several regions

• Make My MMO: January 11 - 17, 2015

• WRUP: Free to play edition

• The Long Dark welcomes 250K survivors, January update to nearly double size of wilderness

• The usual suspects dominate December's Raptr rankings

• Minecraft getting in-game name changes, Pocket Edition sells 30 million

• Patch 6.1: Claws, Pincers, and Tusks nerfed

• Camelot Unchained posts new art, dev checklist items

• Perfect Ten: My mobile MMO experiment, part 1

• Amplitude revival now estimated for summer arrival

• SOE's Adam Clegg apologizes for H1Z1 airdrop snafu

• Breakfast Topic: What kind of transmog items would you like to see?

• WRUP: MMO refunds

• The Daily Grind: What does Trove need to do to succeed?

• Rock Band survey hints at modern console sequel

• Patch 6.1: Dummies will (hopefully) stop murdering you

• Grand Theft Auto 5 pre-orders go live with free game offer

• Path of Exile holding PvP invitational this weekend

• 3D After Burner 2: M2's quest for port perfection

• Xsyon kicks off season of in-game events

• Joystiq Streams: JumpJet Rex wrecks us with platforming swagger

• 'Just pirate it,' Hotline Miami 2 dev tells Australian fan

• Al Rivera discusses his role in Star Trek Online on Reddit

• Gaming while black: Casual racism to cautious optimism

• This iPhone bowling game uses Apple TV

• Final Fantasy XIV drops the preliminary patch notes for patch 2.5

• The Queue: Excellent, excellent, excellent, FIGHT

• Camelot Unchained funds sound engineer, looks to speed up world building

• Gaming while black: Casual racism to cautious optimism

• H1Z1 bests login issues, justifies and tweaks 'pay-to-win' airdrops [Update: Refunds being granted]

• Activision takes victory lap, Destiny biggest new game franchise launch

• Lucha Amigos is Angry Birds meeting a cultural game of pool

• The Daily Grind: How should hunger work in MMORPGs?

• 505 Games acquires Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons IP for $500K

• Destiny 'Crota's End' hard mode coming Jan. 21

• The Think Tank: The MMO server merge stigma

• GDC survey: eSports rising, consoles cresting

• Journey composer Austin Wintory nears expulsion from AFM

• The War Z dev: 'We were arrogantly deaf to problems'

• Maestros of the Anthymn begins its Kickstarter campaign

• Gamestop holiday sales down 6.7 percent to $2.94 billion

• Final Fantasy XI drops a new patch for the new year

• Infestation producer: The War Z was a 'terrible choice of a name'

• Dark Souls 2 prepares for expansion with free update

• New Skyforge dev diary is all about combat

• New Crowfall illustration hints at 'core game system'

• Battlefield Hardline beta will bust perps on all platforms

• Elder Scrolls' new Champion Point progression system detailed

• NCsoft snaps up more mobile studios

• The Queue: Level 90 boost, follower iLevel, world bosses

• Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity to launch on March 26

• Elite: Dangerous maps out update beta schedule, teases expansions

• Final Fantasy XIV shows off story content and trials for 2.5

• Shadowrun: Hong Kong soars through funding, stretch goals

• Diablo III patches 2.1.2 and ends season one

• Elder Scrolls Online boxes continue to vacate store shelves

• Resident Evil Revelations 2 held back a week longer

• Around Azeroth: Into the woods

• WildStar will reduce grind, focus on 'a multitude of playstyles' in 2015

• Crack the code in Do Not Believe His Lies

• 2015 DICE Award nominations led by Shadow of Mordor

• Know Your Lore: Breakout Characters of 2014, Part Two

• Leaderboard: Are you playing H1Z1 this week?

• Last Week on Massively: 2015 is a big year for The Elder Scrolls Online

• Echo of Soul hopes to make a strong Western impression

• Runewaker to reveal new game next week

• Choose My Adventure: Air travel is not very safe in TERA

• Crowfall says 'play2crush' wasn't meant to mean 'everyone else sucks'

• Around Azeroth: Ordinary people

• Final Fantasy previews dungeons and plans maintenance for patch 2.5

• The Daily Grind: What is your favorite Marvel Heroes character?

• GAME may be killing itself by selling consoles too cheaply

• Jukebox Heroes: Destiny's soundtrack

• MapleStory 2's closed beta will have 3 PvP modes

• WoW Moviewatch: The Story of The Murlocs & Their Relatives

• Joystiq Streams: Evolve rematch pits Joystiq against Team Eggs

• Far Cry 4 DLC, Escape From Durgesh Prison, now available

• Shadowrun: Hong Kong seeks funding [update: funding found]

• Capcom moves DmC Definitive Edition launch forward one week

• Crowfall's first screenshot shows the Knight's character creation

• Around Azeroth: One, two, many, lots!

• Final Fantasy XIV drops a trailer for patch 2.5, Before the Fall

• Minecraft: Pocket Edition is officially 'hotter than the Sun'

• Joystiq isn't scoring reviews anymore, and here's why

• Guild Wars 2's Point of No Return launches today amidst 'Heart of Thorns' expansion rumors

• Super Kitty: This Game's Got Claws

• The Daily Grind: Do you Kickstart MMOs for the donation or the reward?

• Telltale names new CEO, original property in the works

• Hear a new song from Hotline Miami 2's soundtrack

• Destiny patch repairs Crota's bum knee

• Assassin's Creed, The Last of Us, Alien get Writers Guild nods

• GOG.com drops protected installers following Linux backlash

• 3D After Burner 2 simulates multiple arcade cabinet styles

• PlanetSide 2 players planning world record attempt for Jan. 24

• Rock Band DLC silence broken by Arctic Monkeys, Foo Fighters

• Landfill copy of Atari's Centipede donated to university

• Blizzard's Overwatch bumps into trademark issues

• The Mog Log: Speculating on Final Fantasy XIV's Heavensward

• Pantheon podcast promises that the game is getting made

• Multiplayer Friday the 13th game in production

• Around Azeroth: All's Yrel that ends Yrel

• SMITE world champions receive million dollar prize, new character revealed

• Breakfast Topic: Your Dream Legendary

• Stiq Figures, December 22 - 28: Real-life video game replicas edition

• EA Sports to send prizes to cheated junior Lions fan

• Puzzle & Dragons exceeds 42 million downloads worldwide

• A Princess Bride game on iOS in 2015? Inconceivable!

• Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell pre-orders at GAME get oujia board

• Patch 6.1 PTR: Blackrock Foundry garrison missions are 660 ilvl

• The Soapbox: Of course I care what you're doing in MMOs

• Awesome Games Done Quick concludes with more than $1 million raised

• The Daily Grind: Would you like community filters in your MMO?

• Real-world Pac-Man maze is what dreams, Super Bowl ads are made of

• WRUP: Looking forward to 6.1 edition

• Shroud of the Avatar's elementals run (not so) wild

• Make My MMO: January 4 - 10, 2015

• Patch 6.1 PTR: New Battle Pets and achievement

• Cipher Prime now selling piano music to Splice by

• Elder Scrolls Online tweaks champion points conversion rate

• Patch 6.0.3 Hotfixes for January 9

• Joystiq Weekly: Intel's diversity initiative, IGF awards, GOTY roundtable and more

• WRUP: Playing house

• Breakfast Topic: What do you like about legendary quests?

• Flappy Bird arcade cabinet will empty your wallet in record time

• The Daily Grind: What does MMO fantasy need?

• Patch 6.1 build headed to the PTR

• WRUP: Anthony burns the Don't Starve Together village down

• GDCA 2015 finalists led by Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

• Haunted Memento nerfed for server stability

• Hawkgirl is coming to Infinite Crisis on January 21

• Next week's Destiny patch fixes Crota's End exploits

• Frontier expanding Elite's dev team, feature set

• New version of Divergence Online is live

• Pre-order your own Deathwing

• Report: DRM not to blame for Far Cry 4 woes, says Microsoft

• Fight through the underworld in DCUO's new DLC

• The Secret World's Bylos on 2015, Tokyo, and more

• See Commander Shepard's first steps

• Around Azeroth: Remembrance of things past

• STO Producer's letter hints at anniversary celebration and story to come in 2015

• Destiny development blog discusses updates and guns

• Joystiq Discussion: When is it time to reboot?

• The Road to Mordor: Ten thoughts on LotRO's 2015 plans

• Maestros of the Anthymn is definitely still an MMO

• Capcom drops sales forecasts ahead of year-end results

• Rumor: The Elder Scrolls Online console version may be close

• Call of Duty Championship offers $1M prize pool in March

• Breakfast Topic: All Hail Maraad

• Elite: Dangerous rolls back decision on billionaire rollback

• Recall where the fox buried the eggs with Chicken Recall

• Transistor get() 600,000+ sales, Bastion breach() 3 million

• The Daily Grind: What's an underrated MMO feature that needs love?

• Razer's Forge TV wins People's Choice Award for Best of CES 2015

• Bladestorm: Nightmare won't rally the troops until March 17

• The Think Tank: On MMO rollbacks

• Report: Ninja Theory's Hellblade coming to PC as well as PS4

• Beamdog taps the Infinity Engine for new Baldur's Gate entry

• Minecraft was YouTube's second-most popular search query of 2014

• Gloria Victis adding a second server, weather, and more

• Hunt Hardcore works for beginning and experienced hunters

• DayZ fan film lacks zombies, still feels like DayZ

• Bungie gives Destiny players the gift of Legendary weapons

• See Black Desert's impish Tamer class in action

• Kingdom Hearts 3 launch window revealed, refuted

• Under construction: Who benefits from MMO early access?

• Blacklight: Retribution loses studio, continues on anyway

• Eleven alpha tester: Game is 'identical to Glitch'

• Daylight developer closes, passes Blacklight IP to new studio

• John Smedley praises free-to-play on consoles [Updated]

• Patch 6.0.3 Hotfixes for January 7th

• The Daily Grind: Is $10 a good price for a monthly MMO sub?

• Tale of Tales' Sunset rises with first screens

• The Wolf Among Us down to $20 on Amazon

• Trap-stealing hotfix is on the way

• Guild Launch rebrands as Gamer Launch, targets MOBA players

• Star Trek Online revamps bridge officers

• Appeals court sides with ex-NFL players in Madden likeness suit

• War Thunder invites you to fight historical battles

• Suba Games is interested in resurrecting Wizardry Online

• Flight path improvements coming in patch 6.1

• Pathfinder Online's Ryan Dancey on early adopter experience bonuses

• Garrisons and Alts: How can it be improved?

• IGF 2015 finalists: The Talos Principle, 80 Days, Invisible Inc.

• Music MMO Anthymn rebrands and preps Kickstarter campaign

• Elite: Dangerous players aim to chart out the whole galaxy

• The Queue: Abrogator Stones, garrisons, and player housing

• Gear up to go racing with Tracktivity

• Broken Age gets physical with simultaneous retail release

• BioShock lead designer joins Orcs Must Die! studio

• This is what a $300 game controller looks like

• Tekken 7 may allow two characters to fight from the same side

• Monument Valley dev: 5% of Android players paid to play

• Global Chat: The 2014 MMO blogosphere in review

• Salem lead mulls solutions for sub-par combat

• Answer: Don't Be Stupid game impractically expects just that

• TERA puts the wraps on 2014

• That Play2Crush thing is called Crowfall

• DCUO reclaiming inactive names this month

• Joystiq Streams: Badass British Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Speedrun

• Rumor: BioWare's Shadow Realms 'totally rebooted'

• Kickstarter successfully aided 1,980 gaming projects in 2014

• The Queue: Follower missions, bug complaints, and cosmetic accessories

• Isles of Eventide invites you to live as an animal

• New Kickstarter sandbox Identity promises 'complete freedom and a focus on player interaction'

• SMITE's cinematic trailer on the eve of the World Championships

• Breakfast Topic: What should be account bound?

• The Daily Grind: Does your MMO guild use social networking tools?

• Hotfixes for January 5

• Report: Five Nights at Freddy's 3 already in development

• Smedley wants to talk more about monetization

• Frontier testing Elite server-side fix tonight

• Survarium's still a thing, now in Euro open beta

• Hi-Rez offers more advice on how to break into the games industry

• Guild Wars 2 hosts a Wintersday twitter contest this week

• Last Week on Massively: The fastest way to lose $1500 in an MMO

• Perfect World founder seeks to take the company private

• The Repopulation looks back on December and Early Access

• Breakfast Topic: If I could put my garrison anywhere...

• Not even 'FIFA 15' could dethrone 'Frozen' in the UK last year

• The Daily Grind: How do you define triple-A?

• Gaze upon The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's steelbook art

• Tekken 7 director reveals new fighter, tries to clear up Lucky Chloe confusion

• Killer Instinct's character roster foresees an Omen

• Final Fantasy XI laps the Year of the Sheep

• Watch these awesome games played very well, very quickly, for charity

• Get games, streaming tools, apparel with Humble Awesome Games Done Quick Bundle

• PSA: TERA's $10 sub deal ends Thursday

• Mortal Kombat X will see the return of Kung Lao

• The Daily Grind: Have you played Shroud of the Avatar yet?

• Chicken out, take the easy route in Metal Gear Solid 5

• Make My MMO: December 28, 2014 - January 3, 2015

• The Game Archaeologist: How DikuMUD shaped modern MMOs

• WRUP: MMO resolutions

• The Daily Grind: What would you like Massively to cover in 2015?

• Shroud of the Avatar shows off zone diversity

• Elite: Dangerous server goes haywire, creates instant billionaires [Updated]

• Joystiq Discussion: How do you tackle your gaming back log?

• Rumors of a major Destiny expansion swirl

• The Queue: Doomhammer, Orcs, and Winter Veil

• Around Azeroth: Half faerie, half dragon, half pig

• FFXIV, FFXI, and Dragon Quest 10 subscribers total(ed) 'nearly' 1M

• The Daily Grind: What's the last team-oriented goal you accomplished in an MMO?

• The Think Tank: One MMO wish for 2015

• How to send your followers on raid missions

• The Queue: More crafts, poop, and chances at new race/class combos

• The Daily Grind: Where are all the mobile MMOs?

Google (34)

• Nest is losing both its tech VP and the CEO of Dropcam

• Google makes Earth Pro available to virtual travelers for free

• Google Now finally pulls in data from your favorite apps

• Google's 3D-sensing Project Tango is no longer an experiment

• Google agrees to make its privacy policy clearer in the UK

• Google X Labs made synthetic skin to test a cancer-detecting bracelet

• Rolling Stone archives hit Google Play Newsstand this week

• Google: We fought to notify WikiLeaks about email warrants

• Google's hiring, buying and disappointing Wall Street

• Google now lets Brits send money over Gmail

• Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Nashville and North Carolina (update)

• WikiLeaks furious at Google for keeping government data request a secret

• Google Fiber is (possibly) heading to North Carolina

• Google explains why it's not fixing web security in old Android phones

• Google updates Docs, Sheets, and Slides with new features and improved security

• Google Maps Coordinate field-worker tool is closing down

• Google adds screen reader support to Docs, Sheets and Slides apps

• 'Nova' rumors point to Google launching its own phone service

• SpaceX is a $10 billion company thanks to Google

• Google and SpaceX are talking about internet satellites (update)

• Google search starts linking directly to event tickets

• Google Glass experiments are done, Nest CEO now in charge

• Google adds a snooze button to Inbox emails (updated)

• Google has some new friends working on its self-driving car

• Google details Ara Manager app for wrangling all your modules

• Google finds a big new home while it waits for its ambitious London HQ

• Google moves one step closer to becoming a universal translator

• Use your iPhone to access Google's Chrome Remote Desktop

• Google's translation app will soon turn speech into text on the fly

• Google Now code hints at spoken notifications and third-party services

• Hangouts for iOS now shows your Google Voice messages

• Android TV's rise is bad news for (most of) Google TV

• Studios asked Google to pull 345 million pirate links in 2014

• Google to FCC: if the internet is a Title II utility, let us expand Fiber

Health (4)

• Shelter 2 'Cuteness' trailer is all about the lynx kitten fuzzies

• Flexible fiber implants treat your brain without hurting it

• Flexible spinal cord implants will let paralyzed people walk

• Puzzle & Dragons Super Mario Bros. Edition announced [update]

Laptops (12)

• Acer's latest Chromebooks are built to survive the classroom

• The magical disappearing MacBook Air

• Your Chromebook will let you load a new OS through a USB drive

• Caturday: There is no MacBook, there is only Zuul

• The next MacBook Air is reportedly so small it needs a new USB port

• Dell's nearly bezel-less XPS 13 is about as small as an 11-inch laptop

• Lenovo's skinny new ultraportable claims to be the lightest 13-inch laptop

• Lenovo fills out its line of convertible 'Yoga' laptops with more sizes

• Origin slims down its chunkiest gaming laptops

• Lenovo's latest business Ultrabook does away with last year's unpopular design

• Acer's Chromebook 15 is the biggest Chromebook yet

• Acer's upgraded laptops include one with a motion-sensing 3D camera

Lifestyle (5)

• Real-life, giant Pac-Man maze stars in Super Bowl ad

• Arrow actor Stephen Amell stars in new Lego Batman 3 DLC

• Charlie Hebdo printing a million copies with help from Google

• Speedrunners get engaged on Awesome Games Done Quick

• Sleep Number's new smart bed is for kids, can adjust as they grow

Meta (10)

• Facebook continues to rake in money from mobile as video views increase

• Here are the first films from Oculus Story Studio

• With Story Studio, Oculus VR embarks on its Hollywood takeover

• Oculus gives Sundance attendees a literal bird's-eye view

• Facebook picks up the design team behind Medium and Readability

• Facebook takes its Internet.org app to Colombia

• Facebook at Work coming today, creates in-house social networks

• Facebook at Work tackles office communication with familiar tools

• The challenges ahead for Oculus VR as it creates the consumer Rift

• Facebook just bought a speech recognition company

Microsoft (23)

• Microsoft's white space internet aims to improve education in Ghana

• Microsoft is reportedly investing in Cyanogen's custom Android mod

• Microsoft's OneDrive gets better at showing and sharing your photos

• Microsoft: 6.6 million Xbox consoles shipped in Q2 2015

• Microsoft's Surface tablet business is booming

• Microsoft rolls out new Windows 10 preview with Cortana and Continuum

• Office 2016 will hit desktops later this year

• Here's the biggest news from Microsoft's Windows 10 event

• The design of Windows 10: a consistent look across all devices

• Microsoft makes Xbox features an integral part of Windows 10

• Microsoft's new browser includes Cortana and offline reading

• Windows 10 makes Microsoft's dream of universal apps come true

• Microsoft finally shows off Windows 10 for phones and small tablets

• Microsoft's Cortana virtual assistant is coming to the PC with Windows 10

• Watch Microsoft's Windows 10 keynote right here!

• Live from Microsoft's Windows 10 event!

• Microsoft's Android lock screen now shows your music and online chats

• GameStop stores going Azure to stream promos to mobiles

• Bing now recommends best-sellers for you to read

• Microsoft courts iOS users with Office Sway

• Windows 10's browser reportedly lets you search with your voice (update: pics)

• Microsoft goes gold with special edition Lumia 830 and 930

• Microsoft's Office preview for Android tablets is now available to everyone

Mobile (34)

• Marriott is no longer fighting for permission to block WiFi hotspots

• Chicago's subways are getting speedy LTE data

• AT&T and Dish were the big spenders in the FCC's wireless auction

• Government raked in $44.9 billion from wireless auction

• Sky confirms launch of its own O2-powered mobile network

• Delaware wants to put your driver's license on your phone

• FTC says Straight Talk's promises of unlimited data were crooked

• Cable giants don't like the FCC's push to redefine 'broadband'

• Freewheel is Cablevision's WiFi calling service for thrifty New Yorkers

• Three and O2 are set to merge in £10.25 billion deal

• TalkTalk updates its mobile plans ahead of inevitable quad-play competition

• Google wants the US' wireless spectrum for balloon-based internet

• Los Angeles' subway is getting cellphone service and WiFi

• Rumor Roundup: 'Nobody wants a stylus'

• Three UK's owner is reportedly plotting a £9 billion bid for O2

• The big phone carriers might sell Google their mobile wallet

• Sprint breaks ranks with other ISPs on net neutrality

• Virgin Mobile first prepaid US carrier with LTE data sharing plans

• T-Mobile will soon offer no-frills Simply Prepaid plans

• How AT&T will deliver TV (and more) over crowded LTE

• FCC eyes quicker responses to service complaints with new website

• Cuba rolls out public WiFi internet access, at a steep cost

• Restaurants will soon take any mobile payment at the table

• AT&T invokes Title II status to dismiss FTC data throttling suit

• iPod shuffle stocks are dwindling

• Cricket replaces its music service with one you're more likely to use

• New York City lifts its blanket ban on cellphones in schools

• AT&T offering roll over data starting January 25 with a catch

• AT&T is the next US carrier to let you roll over unused mobile data

• CES 2015: Energous WattUp wireless charging

• This router can power your devices wirelessly from 15 feet away

• Three will finally offer free roaming in Spain from April 1st

• Seek Thermal helps your smartphone see in the dark

• It's been 30 years since Britain's first mobile phone call

News (226)

• 'Tron'-like headphones, virtual reality at Sundance and other stories you might've missed this week!

• TUAW ceasing publication on February 3, 2015

• WRUP: It's the end of the world as we know it edition

• The Week in Review: news and features you don't want to miss

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Hail and Farewell

• The Pirate Bay comes back weeks after a police raid

• Breakfast Topic: The places you love, the places you hate

• Caturday: Jake's keeping your backups safe and warm

• The Daily Grind: Do you make tributes to the lost?

• Daily Roundup: Tesla Model X, DARPA YouTube robots and more!

• WRUP: All good things...

• Woman in India rape case sues Uber

• Massively-that-was

• The Queue: Dinosaurs, Twitter Questions, and a hug

• Learn the mental part of defense with Baseball Academics

• British thieves stole DVDs from a supermarket by mailing them home

• The next 'Toshiba' TV you see will be made by a different company

• SkyMall's savior might be one of the products that it used to sell

• FCC more than quintuples the legal definition of 'broadband'

• The Queue: Archaeology, specs, and a personal note about this column

• SYNEK's countertop draft system brings fresh beer home this summer

• Dixons Carphone just made a deal that should avert a Phones4U-style disaster

• Rumor Roundup: BREAKING - March and April not same month

• Forget 999, Brits may soon get the option to report crime online

• Argos to open digital shops inside Sainsbury's stores

• Daily Roundup: Dell's latest laptop, the Super Bowl on social media and more!

• Now that YouTube has jumped to HTML5, here's what Steve Jobs said about Flash

• Tesco taps Kobo to offer Binkbox Books libraries when it closes

• Daily Roundup: The Pixar of VR, Apple Watch ship date and more!

• A drunk intelligence worker crashed that drone near the White House

• Sonos update makes it easier to play music in any room

• Smart, touch-free thermometer gets temperatures for almost anything

• Announcing 'Three Bens in VR', a podcast about virtual reality

• Self-destructing chat app Wickr uses cat pics to hide photos in plain sight

• Design ideas we love and want more of in 2015

• This smart toolbox promotes drinking on the job

• Daily Roundup: the first VR live broadcast, 'Rock Band' makes a resurgence and more!

• What's on your HDTV: Super Bowl XLIX, 'Grim Fandango Remastered'

• Dropcam will give you a free replacement camera if yours is too old

• Drone landing drags White House security into the modern era (update: details)

• The Queue: Lightning round

• Rumor Roundup: Features you can't explain to Grandma

• Bitcoin's first licensed US exchange opens with approval from 25 states

• Ford accelerates tech efforts with new Silicon Valley lab

• The Week in Review: news and features you don't want to miss

• One Shots: Haiku edition

• The Queue: Anne's Story Hour

• Recommended Reading: The most advanced coffee lab in the world

• New York Congressman knows what the kids like: Trump GIFs

• FBI and US Marshals stock up on radars that can see through walls

• First drone operator fined by the FAA settles for $1,100

• Crapgadget purveyor SkyMall is filing for bankruptcy

• Winklevoss twins want to make bitcoin legit with US-based exchange

• Daily Roundup: Apple Watch battery life, Russian combat bots and more!

• Internet activist Barrett Brown sentenced to five years in prison

• The Productivity Pack: Make 2015 your most productive year yet

• Breakfast Topic: When do you play?

• Rumor Roundup: Vindicated rather than vindictive

• Contactless charity donations could mean the end of 'chuggers'

• Drones: the tech-savvy trafficker's new drug mule

• The heart of the Smithsonian's design museum is an API

• Hotfixes for January 21

• Korg's new ARP Odyssey reboots the iconic analog synth

• This iPhone 6 case survived a drop from space

• MacTech announces new 2015 MacTech Pro event series in 9 US cities

• The Queue: I see only darkness before me

• Breakfast Topic: What to do at 3 a.m.

• GamerGate target starts online harassment prevention program

• Energy comparison sites will soon be more honest about who pays for listings

• Obama pledges to 'protect a free and open internet,' tackle climate change

• Daily Roundup: Windows 10, weak passwords, SpaceX and more!

• White House releases State of The Union address online ahead of time

• GE's touch-savvy induction cooktops double as griddles and sous vides

• Jaguar Land Rover's latest project uses in-car alerts to protect cyclists

• Starbucks adding wireless charging points to UK stores, starting with London

• Engadget giveaway: win an AIRA TR-8 Rhythm Performer courtesy of Roland!

• Breakfast Topic: I want to unleash my followers upon my enemies

• Pantheon dev roundtable promises a public Vision

• The Week in Review: news and features you don't want to miss

• Trove vows to become 'the ultimate sandvox'

• The Queue: Murmur of appreciation

• One Shots: Christmas leftovers

• New York governor wants statewide 100Mbps internet by 2019

• Sling TV's success, selfie brushes and other stories you might've missed this week

• Rumor Roundup: If only 'Failblog' weren't already taken

• The Queue: Rise, mountains

• Spread kind messages far and wide with the Ripple effect

• Daily Roundup: Facebook experiments, Lumia updates and more!

• John Boehner, Politics and the nuance of Taylor Swift GIFs

• New York City's first commercial wind turbine proves its worth

• Withings Home brings HD webcam, air quality monitor to the connected home

• Breakfast Topic: 6.1 and content

• Cree's affordable smart bulb works with Zigbee and Wink home hubs

• Daily Roundup: Google Glass, Xiaomi phones, 2015 expectations and more!

• The GOP version of net neutrality leaves out Title II

• This iPod prototype will set you back $4,495

• Cubans can finally buy American phones and PCs

• Breakfast Topic: The Fate of Inventory

• Marriott no longer wants to block guests' WiFi devices

• Xiaomi's $30 Android streamer looks exactly like a phone charger

• Logitech wants to link the living room with the rest of your smart home

• Engadget Daily: Google's modular phone explained, Facebook tackles office comms

• Appetite 'pacemaker' tells you when you're actually hungry

• Soylent aims to make its nutritious sludge much cheaper than $3 a meal

• Russia starts banning Bitcoin websites

• Breakfast Topic: Looking for...

• Gas leak forces LG factory to halt OLED TV production

• Hotfixes for January 13

• Fourth Evolve monster granted with pre-orders or separate purchase

• Maintenance extended until 1 p.m. PST

• Neiman Marcus' digital mirror compares clothes side by side

• The Queue: A heirloom full of rubles

• 23andMe will offer your genetic data to researchers (with your consent)

• CNN teams with the FAA to make drones work for news gathering

• Fly By!: A Choppy Ride

• Adidas' next move is to keep young students fit and healthy

• The Queue: A barn full of cash

• Rumor Roundup: Actually intelligent analysis

• CES 2015: The home of the future, available today

• Ask Massively: The most popular Massively posts of 2014

• Teachers in diverse areas are learning how to promote programming

• Fliggles: Bring the happiness back

• The Queue: Dancing gifs, dinosaurs, bulky plate armor

• Here's what you missed on the third day of CES

• Indiegogo CEO on crowdfunding's growing importance at CES

• Hotfixes for January 8

• Toshiba's Virtual Fitting Room doesn't have menswear

• MakerBot's composite materials will create things you'll want to keep

• Watch CES Today, find out about what's happening at CES... today

• Porn studios' copyright takedowns are making it hard to find code

• Curved displays are everywhere at CES

• A connected plant pot meets a smart bulb at CES

• Welcome to CES, where $50,000 can turn you into a skilled marksman

• The Queue: Emergency Rossi Edition

• Rumor Roundup: Death by 1000 cuts

• Breakfast Topic: Do you like alts?

• Take a tour of LG's colorful, high-definition CES booth

• ?Here's what you missed on the second day of CES

• McDonald's to offer wireless charging in more than 50 UK restaurants

• Tiffany Shlain wants us all to unplug our gadgets every now and again

• Dyson's new vacuums don't need you to clean the filter

• Watch Engadget After Hours for a recap of this day at CES 2015

• The GoPro Hero4 is about to get new photo and video modes

• Sony's new 4K projectors: choose between 'cheap' or lasers

• Intel's biggest announcements at CES 2015

• The FCC will vote on net neutrality on February 26th

• MakerBot wants you to start 3D-printing in metal and wood (sort of)

• Drones can now legally film real estate for the first time

• Want to know what's happening at CES 2015? Watch CES Today!

• Take a tour of Sony's massive CES booth

• Of course there's a band with 3D-printed instruments at CES

• BlackBerry climbs out of your pocket and into the internet of things

• August Connect adds internet connectivity to its smart lock

• The long road to self-driving cars

• New LAPD Tasers will trigger body cameras before every shot

• Breakfast Topic: Thank You Suspension of Disbelief

• Revival talks about death, decoration, and defenses

• Here's what you missed on the first official day of CES

• Yelp: the FTC won't penalize us for review complaints

• OnKol captures your loved ones' health data so you don't have to

• Anova announces a WiFi sous vide cooker that lets you set temps remotely

• Pepcom's '80s-themed news conference in less than 60 seconds

• Fogo is the smart, Swiss Army knife of flashlights

• Wu-Tang's RZA on making digital music more physical

• The smartest 'smart bed' auto-adjusts throughout the night

• Sony's biggest announcements of CES 2015

• CES 2015: Braven announces Fuse audio mixer, luxury speakers line, Bridge

• Sharp's new any-shape displays are coming to cars and a whole lot more

• CES Unveiled 2015 in less than 60 seconds

• Casio's new DJ controllers aim to upgrade your next house party setlist

• Misfit enters the colorful smart bulb fray with the $50 Bolt

• iSmartAlarm rolls out new devices and features

• Android TV sets from Philips, Sharp and Sony are coming this spring

• Lynx's SmartGrill tells you how to cook your meal

• Honeywell's smart Lyric security system lets you tell it what to do

• ?What you've missed at CES so far

• HTC sees its first quarterly sales rise in three years

• mamaRoo's electric baby rocker can now soothe by Bluetooth

• Major wireless charging groups team up for the technology's future

• Schlage's new smart lock lets you open your door with your voice

• Sony's new TVs are thin... very thin

• GE's smart appliances let you take control with your phone

• Follow the Engadget CES Live Stream and the Field Guide

• CES 2015: Elgato Eve line joins the parade of HomeKit-enabled connected devices

• CES 2015: Kwikset Kevo smart lock gains remote access, Nest integration with upcoming update

• CES 2015: iDevices Switch brings HomeKit and Siri to the connected home

• Steve Jobs' supervillain yacht is chilling in the British Virgin Islands (not New England)

• Sharp's new 4K TVs include a set that acts like it's 8K

• LG built a baby washing machine to sit beneath its regular ones

• LG's new 4K OLED TVs can do flat, curved -- or both

• LG's CES 2015 event liveblog

• Rumor Roundup: 'Should not be treated as hard evidence'

• Canon's newest connected cameras: when a smartphone still won't do

• Keeping up with Engadget on the ground at #CES2015

• Nest products can now talk to LG appliances and Philips lightbulbs

• The key to unlocking this smart luggage lock is NFC

• BeeWi takes on Belkin's WeMo with its new home automation platform

• How much would you pay for a smart, safe home power outlet?

• Netatmo's Welcome connected camera recognizes who's home

• Belkin WeMo home automation line expands with family of new sensors

• The Week in Review: news and features you don't want to miss

• The Queue: Wee little unicorns

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Unwelcome

• Engadget is live from CES 2015!

• One Shots: Shadow play

• Breakfast Topic: How powerful are your followers?

• Mother welcomes developers into her creepy connected world

• The Smithsonian now lets you see 40,000 pieces of art online

• Top stories from 2014, Google talks Title II and other stories you might've missed

• LG hopes OLED TVs are ready for a 'breakout year' with Ultra HD

• Canadian internet providers now have to forward warnings to pirates

• The Queue: Buffalo in the house

• Breakfast Topic: Where would your house be?

• Caturday: Leo and Lily, an iPad and a Retina MacBook Pro, and what used to be a stylus

• Engadget Daily: US bolsters sanctions against North Korea, Apple's 'Lucky Bags,' and more!

• WRUP: Housecleaning

• FCC plans to vote on new net neutrality rules in February

• WRUP: New year's resolutions edition

• Smart coffee maker brews your next cup right when you get home

• An ode to old faces

• ?The new Nabi Square HD is a 4K action camera for kids

• Breakfast Topic: The ultimate what if

• Your kids can drive this electric, Android-equipped 'sports car'

• Rumor Roundup: What to expect when you're expecting 2015

• One Shots: Water-walker

• Breakfast Topic: And 2015 begins

Nintendo (58)

• Who The Hell Is: Shulk

• Joystiq Presents: Sinan buys a Virtual Boy

• New Nintendo eShop releases: More of the Samus, please

• 'Super Smash Bros.' 8-player mode just got a whole lot better

• Super Smash Bros. Wii U update opens 15 more 8-player levels [Update]

• Nintendo Creators Program shares ad revenue with YouTube users

• YouTubers can now get paid for sharing Nintendo gameplay videos

• 1.84M New 3DS units shipped in 2014, Wii U up to 9.2M

• Nintendo: Sales tracking below forecasts, weak yen drives profit

• 'Super Smash Bros.' and exchange rates help keep Nintendo in profit

• Hyrule Warriors ships a million, celebrates with wallpaper party

• Smash Bros. creator Sakurai also has trouble tracking down amiibo

• Seen@PAX South: PAX Plays Pokemon

• Breakfast Topic: Have you caught 'em all?

• New Nintendo eShop releases: Half-price Punch-Out!!

• Moon Chronicles DLC episodes touch down on 3DS February 5

• Evo 2015 line-up announced, double helping of Smash

• The Club Nintendo rewards program is closing down

• Club Nintendo closing, 'new loyalty program' on the way

• First 4 Figures teases a Wind Waker Ganondorf statue

• Nintendo: Amiibo sales outpace Smash Bros. Wii U

• People love Nintendo's plastic Amiibo figures: 'nearly' 2.6 million sold

• Guacamelee, Runner, Teslagrad and more join Nintendo eShop sale

• New Nintendo eShop releases: Get ready, it's 3D After Burner 2

• Nintendo of America addresses lack of non-XL New 3DS systems, bundled chargers

• The timely tweaks in Majora's Mask 3D

• The aluminum Nintendo Entertainment System is custom built inside and out

• Splatoon makes a mess of the Wii U in May

• Joystiq Streams: Free to be Super Mario Galaxy 2 for me and Wii U

• Joystiq Discussion: Will you get a New Nintendo 3DS?

• Mario vs. Donkey Kong is the first Nintendo cross-buy game

• Majora's Mask New 3DS coming February 13

• Xenoblade Chronicles confirmed for US release in April

• Full-size downloadable Wii games come to the Wii U

• New 3DS arrives February 13, priced at $199

• Hyrule Warriors getting Majora's Mask pack next month [Update]

• 'Project Treasure' is a free-to-play, 4-player action game for Wii U

• Wii games coming to Wii U eShop

• New amiibo announced, coming March 2015 [Update]

• Free-to-play Pokemon Shuffle announced for Nintendo 3DS eShop

• Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition coming to the West

• Rumor: New 3DS reaches North America next month

• Third-party GameCube adapter fills gap left by Nintendo

• Nintendo sponsoring Apex 2015 tournament series

• Brazil's enormous taxes chase Nintendo out of the country

• Nintendo halting console and software distribution in Brazil

• Xenogears, SaGa Frontier resurface in Theatrhythm Curtain Call DLC

• New Nintendo eShop releases: Chariot, Mega Man Battle Network 2

• Star Fox Wii U playable at E3, features GamePad cockpit view

• 3D After Burner 2 locked-on to hit 3DS eshop next week

• Majora's Mask 3D bundle sports a Skull Kid figurine

• New Nintendo 3DS comes to Europe as Ambassador Edition

• New 3DS 'Ambassador Bundle' revealed for EU, shipping early

• Joystiq Top 10 of 2014: Bayonetta 2

• Diddy Kong amiibo has no mouth, and he must scream

• New Nintendo eShop releases: Pokemon Pinball Ruby and Sapphire

• Joystiq Top 10 of 2014: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

• Joystiq Top 10 of 2014: Mario Kart 8

PC Gaming (224)

• WildStar outlines its plans for the future of PvP

• SWTOR dishes out punishment for a major exploit

• Rumor: Leak suggests the next WoW expansion is nearly feature-complete

• Around Azeroth: Meat for the meat god

• Valve: Steam Workshop creators have earned over $57 million

• WoW Moviewatch: That's the World of Warcraft That You Play

• WoW Archivist: 10 years, 10 amazing moments, part 2

• Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy remastered for Steam, iOS

• Valiance Online is coming soon to Steam early access

• Chaos Theory: These are a few of my favorite Secret World things

• Sail to Tyrant's Throne with RIFT 3.1

• Valve paid $57 million to users who make and sell content on Steam

• Skycastles coming to TERA on February 24

• Breakfast Topic: Your favorite (WoW) things

• Torchlight 2 is finally coming to Mac next week

• Five Nights At Freddy's 3 seeks your Greenlight approval

• Get your free League of Legends soundtrack now

• Breakfast Topic: What do you do when you need a WoW break?

• WoW Moviewatch: The Story & History of The Furbolgs

• Firefall video previews Amazon Warzone

• Jukebox Heroes: The quieter side of LotRO's soundtrack

• Hyperspace Beacon: Examining SWTOR's producer letter

• World of Warcraft adds selfie support

• RetroBlazer feels like Doom by way of Saturday morning cartoons

• Guild Wars 2 is replacing its trait unlock system

• WoW Moviewatch: ROFLMAO!

• PAX South 2015: Pox Nora is the coolest online card game you've never heard of

• World of Warcraft unleashes its full patch 6.1 patch notes

• Patch 6.1: Traveling the world in search of garrison music

• PlanetSide 2 smashes world record for biggest FPS battle

• Around Azeroth: I just wanna fly

• Know Your Lore, Tinfoil Hat Edition: The ordering of Draenor and Azeroth

• WoW Moviewatch: Like Froot

• PAX South 2015: Camelot Unchained's proactive approach to community management

• Patch 6.1: Finally, you can take a S.E.L.F.I.E.

• PAX South 2015: O'Brien and Johanson on Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns

• PAX South 2015: The Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns experience

• WoW Moviewatch: Yellow Flicker Beat

• Norrathian Notebook: Five reasons to support EQ Next and Landmark

• PAX South 2015: SWTOR reveals its plans for this year

• The Queue: I still miss Karazhan

• PAX South 2015: Notes from a Star Citizen town hall

• PAX South 2015: Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns is an expansion

• PAX South 2015: Hangin' with Frontier, playin' Elite on the Oculus Rift

• Early Access zombie survival hit DayZ tops 3 million sales

• WoW Moviewatch: How to Rig a Pet Battle

• Fable just the first step in getting more Xbox One games on Windows

• Ubisoft announces next experimental game for PC, Grow Home

• Around Azeroth: Laid your bones by a shallow stream

• League of Legends studio CEO headlines DICE summit

• RuneScape's sub fee hike goes into effect March 1st

• WoW's new Blood Elves arrive in update 6.1

• RIFT's 3.1 Storm at Sea arrives next week -- with capes

• New ArcheAge producer promises communication, game improvements

• Patch 6.1 PTR - New Blood Elf Models Incoming

• SWTOR Q&A mentions 12x, soloable flashpoints

• WoW Moviewatch: Garrosh and the Chopper

• DDO trumpets the start of its Winter Games

• League of Legends hikes across Europe for 2015 Worlds

• The Queue: Buildings, treasure quests, HotS, and lore

• World of Warcraft player hits 100th level 100

• WildStar explores the design of Veteran Shiphand missions

• ArcheAge patches in Divine Gifts and land expansion certs today

• Guild Wars 2 player redesigns ANet's UI

• WoW Moviewatch: You want to be a hunter

• Star Citizen's persistent universe alpha scheduled for 2015, launch in 2016

• Patch 6.1: Trade Garrison Resources for extra daily quests

• EverQuest patch improves the look of old NPCs

• Das Tal devs: 'We don't even own a gauntlet'

• Choose My Adventure: A bit of TERA sightseeing

• Blizzard has begun selling Heroes of the Storm Founder's Packs

• Litter-bomb warning! Theme Hospital is free on Origin

• World of Warships gets carriers, weekend beta event

• Global Chat: Guild Wars 2's economy is broken

• Make your own MMO with Atavism, now on Steam

• Sky castles and a gun-using class coming to TERA in 2015

• GOG.com adds six Star Wars games, including KOTOR 2

• WoW Moviewatch: The Alliance

• CCP talks new EVE destroyer, cash shop SKINs

• Euro Star Citizen fans getting local support, VAT

• Steam Broadcasting grabs popcorn, exits beta

• Das Tal boasts that it will 'do things better' than ArcheAge

• Around Azeroth: Freshly grilled beef

• Steam's answer to Twitch game streaming is now live

• Dragon Age: Inquisition PC patch 3 notes, 'close' to launch

• Around Azeroth: Beware of tree huggers

• H1Z1 is going 'nuclear' on hackers

• How many hours would it take to clear your Steam library?

• WoW Moviewatch: All About My Base

• EVE Evolved: Rebuilding EVE's corporation tools

• Report: Blizzard sends statue to 10-year WoW veterans

• WoW Archivist: 10 years, 10 amazing moments

• The Daily Grind: What's your favorite EQII class?

• WoW Moviewatch: 4 people you should NOT raid with

• Undersea horror game Anoxemia surfaces on Steam

• Oddworld: New 'n Tasty on Steam next month; Vita, console ports still underway

• Patch 6.1: Trade Iron Horde Scraps for follower equipment

• This is what it's like in Tree of Savior's closed beta

• World of Warcraft 10 Year Anniversary gift arrives

• LotRO players host Winterstock II music festival

• Patch 6.1: Garrison follower mission UI updates

• WoW Archivist: 10 years, 10 amazing moments

• Guild Wars 2 to nerf might, buff confusion

• RIFT spurns hoverboards and brings out hoverbikes for 2015

• World of Warcraft dispels free-to-play 'Veteran Edition' rumors

• Around Azeroth: The scapegoat's revenge

• Star Wars: The Old Republic will address balance and ranked PvP for update 3.1

• H1Z1 is now available, here's a trailer

• Civ: Beyond Earth, Saints Row series free to play on Steam this weekend

• TradeChat's latest WoW jokes

• We want this amazing WoW LEGO lamp

• Cross-server dungeons, more level-agnostic dungeons coming to EQII

• Will a Veteran's Edition join WoW's free to play ranks? UPDATED

• Chaos Theory: Opening up Tokyo and why else I'm a Secret World fan for life

• The Daily Grind: What's your favorite EQII zone?

• Total War: Warhammer revealed in series art book

• Patch 6.1: The heirloom tab and how it works

• World of Tanks missions get personal tomorrow

• Blizz publishes WoW's Blackrock Foundry raiding schedule

• CCP and CSM IX review the year in EVE

• Sims 4 visits an Outdoor Retreat, jumps to Mac in February

• Get your Tree of Savior beta questions answered

• Blackrock Foundry opens on February 3

• Heroes of the Storm is now in closed beta

• The Queue: Followers, transmog, and gross items

• Black Desert readies sieges for January 17th

• There's a Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns teaser in today's update

• EVE Online patches in Proteus

• RIFT plans improvements to dimensions and minions

• The WoW Insider Show Episode 373

• Former pro League of Legends team opens wallets to fantasy eSports

• Pathfinder Online outlines its update and test patterns

• Hyperspace Beacon: Handling SWTOR exploits

• H1Z1 boasts 150-200 early access servers, including 'carebear' servers [Updated]

• Grand Theft Auto 5 PC due on March 24, rig requirements

• Breakfast Topic: Dungeons in Warlords of Draenor

• The WoW Insider Show Live

• Funcom announces Anima Well Wednesdays for TSW

• Here's a PvP event schedule for Guild Wars 2

• Patch 6.1 PTR realms are up

• Blade & Soul raid boss looks grumpy at its future prospects

• WoW Moviewatch: The Problem with Rogues

• RuneScape debates auction halls on retro servers

• Patch 6.1 PTR: A Legendary follower for your garrison

• Rumor: World of Warcraft may be prepping a free 'veteran' edition

• Razer's got a big 50% off sale going on, today only

• Call of Duty Online public beta launches in China

• Evolve PC specs sniffed out

• Korean investment firm forecasts Guild Wars 2 expansion

• The Daily Grind: What's your current MMO-related desktop?

• Know Your Lore: Highmaul and the Gorian Empire

• WoW Moviewatch: Primetime Draenor

• Age of Conan has its eye on achievements, crafting for 2015

• The Queue: Deadmines serenade

• WoW Moviewatch: Ganking in a Nutshell

• Splash Damage plants a Dirty Bomb exclusively on Steam

• Saints Row series on sale this weekend at Humble Store

• WoW Moviewatch: Leaving Tonight

• A new World of Warcraft comic book series is on the way

• SWTOR devs looking at lag issues, prepping 3.0.2 and 3.1 updates

• You'll soon be able to buy WoW garrison followers directly

• EVE Online video gives brief 'recon' of Proteus

• World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 1 to be released in November

• Double Dragon Trilogy gettin' Bimmy wit it on Steam, GOG

• King of Fighters, Recettear headline Steam's anime game sale

• Closers Online meets J the Fighter

• WoW Moviewatch: Walking in the Air

• DDO looking at Warlock class, level cap bump in 2015

• Don't forget your garrison tannery's tents

• New garrison NPC in patch 6.1 will sell you missed followers

• Norrathian Notebook: Frostfells of EverQuests past, present, and Next

• Age of Wushu previews new school abilities after server merge

• Around Azeroth: We drink alone, with nobody else

• Just when you thought it was safe: Missing Aliens games back on Steam

• Xsyon enters early access on Steam

• The Witcher 3 PC requirements are hefty, not surprising

• MapleStory 2 features expensive housing, limited land

• CCP shows historical player age distribution in EVE

• The WoW Insider Show Episode 372

• Another university is adding League of Legends scholarships

• Dota 2 championships return to Seattle on August 3

• Second US university extends League of Legends scholarships

• LOTRO maps out 2015, vows to address server populations [Update]

• Choose My Adventure: TERA's Fate of Arun

• Learn to beat World of Warcraft's newest raid... in 60 seconds

• Around Azeroth: Get teenage kicks right through the night

• The Daily Grind: Does your WoW garrison feel like home?

• Be a DOS boss: Play 2,386 PC games in your browser for free

• All wings of Highmaul LFR now available

• Black Desert Korean OBT exploits lead to permabans

• Riot is building a dedicated network for League of Legends

• Know Your Lore: The History of the Burning Legion

• ArcheAge tosses its end-of-holiday update on the test server

• You can play 2,400 classic DOS games in your web browser

• Alienware unleashes a pair of slimmed-down gaming laptops

• World of Warcraft brings back its anniversary event

• Flameseeker Chronicles: Is 2015 the Guild Wars 2 expansion year?

• Around Azeroth: Something to talk about

• Guild Wars 2's Season 2 finale is past the point of no return

• WoW Moviewatch: Top 5 Quest Lines

• WoW 10th anniversary ending early, Blizzard working on a fix [Updated]

• The WoW Insider Show Live

• The Queue: Garrisons forever

• Around Azeroth: We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks

• RuneScape player raises over $1200 for a pizza delivery tip

• Origin PC teases new living room gaming rigs (but not Steam)

• Know Your Lore: Archimonde and the Burning Legion

• EVE Evolved: Fitting the Confessor for PvE and PvP

• WoW Moviewatch: Come Little Children

• Look back on Azeroth's past with classic Kalimdor images

• WoW Moviewatch: Ebesleezer Groodge

• Aliens: Colonial Marines, AvP (2010) vacate Steam's air ducts

• Pick up Peckers the Majestic for your garrison

• Look back on Azeroth's past with classic Eastern Kingdoms images

• WoW Archivist: 3.0.8, the 'disaster' patch

• Star Citizen's Chris Roberts looks back on a year of growth

• PlanetSide 2 implant changes aren't a 'money grab,' Smedley says

• WoW Archivist: 3.0.8, the "disaster" patch

• RuneScape delivers its 2015 manifesto

• Age of Wushu: Transcendence coming on January 14th

• Hearthstone's January card back: Marauding Maraad

• Mortal Online is expanding into the deserts of Sarducaa

• Norrathian Notebook: Landmark's two-week PvE checkup

• Around Azeroth: Give me that old time religion

PlayStation (42)

• Transistor, Yakuza 4 heading to PlayStation Plus next month

• Sky Go finally arrives on the PlayStation 3

• Sony pulls support for Vita's Maps, YouTube apps

• PSN Store Update: Phrasing!

• Your PS Vita is about to get slightly less useful

• Silence: The Whispered World 2 also has words for the PS4

• '00001' Anniversary Edition PS4 sells for $128K in charity auction

• PSN Indie game flash sale: Resogun, Brothers, Shadow Warrior

• Choose between a house or the first ever 20th Anniversary Edition PS4

• Here's the code you need for Sony's 10 percent PSN store discount

• Plex finally brings media relief to US Playstation 4 owners

• PSN Store Update: Stop It Don't Open That Door Edition

• Plex media streaming app arrives on PS4, PS3

• Nine questions for PlanetSide 2's PlayStation 4 closed beta

• PSN members get one-use 10% discount code this weekend

• Toukiden: Kiwami battles fresh Oni on PS4, Vita in March

• Disney's Big Hero 6 come to save LittleBigPlanet 3

• Destiny tops PS4 downloads in 2014

• Driveclub gets free Japan track DLC later this month

• Over 60 games discounted in PlayStation Anniversary Sale

• PlayStation Network offline, Sony investigating [Update]

• PSN Update: PlayStation Now rolls out

• PSA: PlayStation Network comes down temporarily on January 15

• GTA5 tops PS4 digital sales charts for December

• The Last of Us: Remastered now bundled with PlayStation 4

• PS4 port of Ultra Street Fighter 4 will include Omega Mode

• Arland Atelier Trilogy hits European PS3s in March

• PlayStation players proclaim their picks for games of the year

• Console Madness 2015: 20th Anniversary PlayStation 4 + Logitech gear

• PlayStation TV price cut at major US retailers

• Sony delays PS4 in China

• Joe Danger 2: The Movie starts filming on Vita next week

• Nyko unveils Data Bank hard drive upgrade kit for PS4

• Planetside 2 PS4 closed beta goes live Jan. 20

• PlanetSide 2's PS4 beta arrives on January 20th

• PSA: Players report sporadic PSN connection issues

• PSN Update: Infamous First Light, Duke Nukem 3D

• Sony: PS4 sales surpass 18.5 million following holiday boom

• Sony has sold 18.5 million PlayStation 4 consoles so far

• PlayStation Now offers subscription service, available January 13

• Do these Sony offerings make up for the PlayStation Network outage?

• Sony to compensate PSN users with Plus extension, discount code

Politics (1)

• ?President Obama wants America to have faster, cheaper internet

Reviews (83)

• A roundup of recent hardware reviews on TUAW

• Hydra: A powerful and innovative iOS app for High Dynamic Range photography

• Dell XPS 13 review (2015): Meet the world's smallest 13-inch laptop

• Smart mattress cover can control the temperature and the coffeemaker

• Smart Kegel exerciser can hurt women as much as it helps

• Sling TV preview: Does this $20-a-month cord-cutter service work as promised?

• A roundup of recent hardware reviews on TUAW

• Here's what our readers think of the Moto X (2014)

• Adventures of Pip is modern cute plus classic challenge

• RAVPower 15W Solar Charger, Savior battery pack keep your gadgets going

• Apogee's USB headphone amp is an audio boost in a tiny package

• Tell us how you really feel about the Microsoft Band

• Seidio OBEX Combo rugged case for iPhone 6: Review and giveaway

• Cree Connected LED bulbs: Inexpensive, compatible home automation solution

• Microsoft's surprise hit: an 84-inch pen display for the office

• Here's a closer look at the latest build of Windows 10 (video)

• Panasonic's mirrorless GF7 gets classic looks, trendy selfie features

• IRL: A closer look at Boosted Boards' Dual+ electric skateboard

• First Impressions: H1Z1 is more boredom than terror

• A roundup of recent hardware reviews on TUAW

• Joystiq Weekly: New 3DS XL, The Talos Principle review, no more review scores and more

• Marvel Heroes gets Omega event, level 52 Hulk review

• Super Joystiq Podcast 128: Reviews, New Nintendo 3DS, Majora's Mask 3D

• Massively hands-on: Let's talk about The Repopulation

• UE MEGABOOM is the new authority in Bluetooth portable speakers

• Get delightfully lost with this route-enhancing motorcycle sat nav

• Sunny for iPhone is gorgeous, relaxing and fun

• Air Race Speed: Futuristic jet racing with stellar controls

• Engadget Daily: Pentagon social accounts hacked, Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact review and more!

• Spell World is a hard, confusing adventure powered by words

• Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact review: light in the hand, heavy on the wallet

• A detailed examination of the Selfie Brush (iPhone 6 edition)

• B&O launches its first wireless headphones, the BeoPlay H8

• We flew over the Nevada desert with Avegant's 'Jellyfish' video glasses

• Hess Space Cruiser is a solid companion to the Toy Truck

• A lovefest between the LG G Flex 2 and WakaWaka

• Test driving the ClamCase Pro keyboard case for iPad Air 2 (Updated)

• Braven's BRV-PRO modular speaker is a camper's delight

• Acer has a 15-inch Chromebook, but it's unclear why you'd want one

• Sennheiser made its great Momentum headphones even better

• B&O wants you to touch wood to control your music at home

• Gibson's Les Paul headphones take design cues from the iconic guitar

• We go virtual trail biking on a robotic smart bike

• Thync's mood-changing wearable made me happy and frustrated

• A closer look at Dish's Sling TV service

• Here's a closer look at Dell's super thin tablet and nearly bezel-less XPS 13

• Samsung's 'Ring Radiator' speakers look strange, but sound pretty good

• Magicka 2: Worst. Wizards. Ever.

• Gibson's Trainer headphones look to keep runners safe after dark

• Testing the smartglasses that actually look like glasses

• Zano's tiny drone wants to make aerial photography cheaper

• Hands on with the crazy new phone that proves Saygus is still kicking

• Feet-on with the Digitsole warming smart insoles

• FLIR's second-generation thermal camera now works with (almost) any smartphone

• Finally, we heard what Neil Young's Pono music player sounds like

• Watch the magical future of E Ink color displays in action

• Drawing with the new 3Doodler: less clunky, more kid-friendly

• Sony's expensive new Walkman takes aim at audiophiles

• Roaming CES on ZBoard's second-generation electric skateboard

• Charge your phone while you jam out on Phaz's headphones

• Tonino Lamborghini's 88 Tauri phone is leather, steel... and $6,300

• Guess the name behind this high-fashion smartwatch

• This is Toshiba's answer to the Surface Pro 3

• Nikon's D5500 is its newest mid-range DSLR

• With 4K in mind, Sony refreshes its Action Cam and Handycam lines

• An exclusive look at Bragi's ambitious smart headphones

• Metareview: GOTY Edition

• This Windows tablet lets you use any metal object as a pen

• Would you ditch your MacBook Air for this thinner Windows detachable?

• I'm delighted to hate Sunset Overdrive

• The Mog Log: Final Fantasy XIV's year in review

• Meet the G Flex 2, LG's next attempt at making the perfect curved smartphone

• Triby is a home WiFi phone (and wireless speaker) for your fridge

• We're still not sure what the point of ONvocal's 'hearable' device is

• The modern tape measure has instant metric conversions, optional Bluetooth

• Kwikset's Kevo lets you lock your home while on vacation in Tahiti

• Belkin's WeMo home sensors track everything and the kitchen sink

• Joystiq Weekly: Awesome Games Done Quick, Kalimba review, DIY Mario and more

• All the best hardware and app reviews last week on TUAW

• HTC Desire Eye review: in search of the ultimate selfie machine

• Sony SmartWatch 3 review: dull design, but great for runners

• IRL: Alpine puts its car audio chops to good use... in headphones?

• IRL: The Polaroid Cube is a tiny camera that leaves you wanting more

Robotics (12)

• DARPA's new tech lets robots learn from YouTube videos

• The fascinating, frightening drones and robots of CES 2015

• Shooting a laser-guided rifle made me feel like a robot

• NASA and Nissan team up to on self-driving cars and space rovers

• Cooki's the robot chef that only knows how to stir

• Lowe's Innovation Labs redefine retail with robots and VR

• 3D Robotics' CEO weighs in on the future of drones

• Parrot's new drone keeps its 'head' on straight

• iRobot's CTO wants bots that will map and interact with your home, not drones

• A first look at Hexo+ -- the slick-looking drone that follows you

• Watch how Intel's depth cameras let you play 'drone ping pong'

• AirDog's action sports drone followed me through the desert

Samsung (16)

• Samsung's Gear VR will entertain Qantas' first-class passengers

• Samsung looks for a boost as its smartphone sales keep slipping

• Qualcomm confirms loss of a 'large customer', probably Samsung

• Samsung's Gear VR headset arrives at Best Buy (but not at retail)

• This isn't the last we've heard of Samsung buying BlackBerry

• Samsung's newly hired design chief hails from Jony Ive's old studio (update)

• Samsung reportedly eyes BlackBerry for a takeover (update: BlackBerry denies it)

• Samsung launches its first Tizen smartphone... again

• Take a tour of Samsung's 4K-heavy CES booth

• Samsung unveils next-gen smart home hub and monitoring service

• We're live at Samsung's opening keynote at CES 2015!

• Samsung will soon let you download 4K movies

• Samsung's Milk media apps migrate to smart TVs and the web

• Samsung plans to have nine curved monitors by the end of the year

• Samsung's high-end TVs use nanocrystals for better color, efficiency

• Samsung's CES 2015 event liveblog

Science (31)

• Recommended Reading: Reliving virtual reality in the '90s

• Helmet that detects polluted air can also be a comedian's prop

• IBM Research and Mars tackle food safety with advanced genetics

• Graffiti and satellites combine for a massive animated GIF

• Scientists 3D print cartilage to repair damaged windpipes

• Boeing and SpaceX schedule crucial safety tests ahead of ISS trips

• Super-thin Kevlar layers promise safer, slimmer batteries

• Your brain can be conned into believing you committed a crime

• Robot finds fish beneath Antarctic ice, could be used to explore Europa

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: solar-powered planes, bamboo bikes and mud houses

• The Godmother of Virtual Reality: Nonny de la Peña

• Would you be a part of a crowdsourced environmental warning system?

• Solar Impulse 2 starts historic round-the-world flight in March

• Braille for the mouth could help deaf people hear

• Genetic 'glue' helps make 3D-printed organs

• Deep-fried graphene may be the key to long-lasting batteries

• Scientists find Mars probe Beagle 2 intact a decade after it disappeared

• Patient 3D prints his own kidney to guide surgeons

• Elon Musk donates $10M to keep AI from going full Skynet

• Lab-grown muscles could lead to personalized medicine

• Lawmakers in charge of NASA and the environment don't understand science

• 3D-printed music scores help the blind feel every note

• GE's super-fast CT scanner could save lives, definitely makes gory GIFs

• Watch SpaceX launch its Falcon 9 rocket and try to land it on a barge (updated)

• New way to find antibiotics helps fight resistant 'superbugs'

• BabyBe brings premature children closer to their mothers

• Watch Bill Gates drink water made from human waste

• Motion capture suits can detect lies better by tracking your fidgeting

• Color-changing E Ink lets walls come alive

• Parrot's latest plant sensors can also do the watering for you

• Nanotech replaces your torn knee ligament without further pain

Smartphones (55)

• HTC's Lollipop update won't reach every One phone on time

• Saygus' over-specced phone costs $550 for early birds

• OnePlus will reveal its 'OxygenOS' February 12th

• Apple's now shipping as many smartphones as Samsung

• Leak hints that HTC's next flagship phone comes in two sizes

• Sundance hit Tangerine was shot on iPhone 5s with a $8 app and some accessories

• Have you heard? The iPhone 6 is REALLY LOUD

• Sony is reportedly cutting 1,000 jobs in its smartphone group

• Found a lost iPhone? Siri can help you find its owner

• How Touch ID thwarted Motorola's plans to incorporate fingerprint technology on the Nexus 6

• Engadget giveaway: win a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 courtesy of Parallels!

• Crazy good Loop Attachment Straitjacket case now available for iPhone 6

• The iPhone case that might get you killed

• The Nexus 6 nearly had a fingerprint sensor in its dimple

• Samsung-made chips reportedly power Apple's next iPhone

• How would you change Samsung's Galaxy S4 Mini?

• Survey shows 42% of iPhone users run out of storage space once a month or more

• Your Lumia is probably getting Windows 10

• iPhone may have accounted for 50% of U.S. smartphone activations last quarter

• Here's a look at iPhone usage rates by states

• LG's bendy G Flex 2 hits Korea this month

• BlackBerry's gold-hued Passport is even more audacious than usual

• iPhone Market share taking off in Japan and Korea

• This transforming phone is all heart, no brains

• HTC's next flagship appears to flaunt 20MP camera in leaked shots

• UNU ships an iPhone 6 case that can double your battery life

• Sprint snags its first Lumia smartphone

• Techies play iPhone 6 soccer at CES with an actual iPhone 6

• HTC's next flagship phone to be unveiled on March 1st

• Microsoft's camera-focused Lumia phone update rolls out in earnest

• Xiaomi mocks Apple with its very own premium phablet

• Sacrificing logic and profits at the altar of smartphone marketshare

• This guy tried to smuggle 94 iPhones using only his body

• Samsung's super-slim Galaxy A7 prioritizes looks over power

• How would you change Nokia's Lumia 1020?

• iPhone 5 is the top Flickr camera in 2014

• Super slo-mo skateboarding, brought to you by the iPhone 6

• Do you suffer from iPhone separation anxiety?

• Kodak and Polaroid square off again, this time with smartphones

• Chinese authorities arrest thieves who dug hole into Beijing warehouse and stole 240 iPhone 6 units

• Samsung's curvy Galaxy Note Edge arrives at Verizon for $800

• BlackBerry's Passport for AT&T isn't quite so square

• Blu's latest smartphones include one with a giant four-day battery

• Dear BlackBerry, Ryan Seacrest isn't done with the QWERTY keyboard

• Mophie announces Juice Pack battery case for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus

• Motorola returns to China with the Moto X Pro, a repackaged Nexus 6

• You can now buy a SIM-free iPhone 6 or 6 Plus in the US

• Mophie introduces new battery cases for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus

• Engadget giveaway: win a Grand X Max+ smartphone or Spro smart projector courtesy of ZTE!

• HTC Desire 826 gets an UltraPixel front camera for better selfies

• Here are some cool Lenovo phones that you can't buy in the US

• ASUS is bringing optical zoom to a reasonably sized smartphone

• ASUS' new LTE phablet gives plenty of bang for the buck

• Xiaomi's smartphone sales tripled in one year

• OnePlus unveils its own Android build without Cyanogen

Social Media (41)

• The poetry of my tweets

• Reddit posts its first transparency report

• Tumblr's 'big update' promotes essay writing, fewer GIFs

• AT&T taps YouTube 'talent' for Snapchat 'shows'

• The Queue: Twitter Edition

• Your Facebook feed is going to be unbearable during the Super Bowl

• Facebook wants to replace Twitter as your Super Bowl companion

• Twitter introduces group direct messages and mobile video camera

• Twitter brags that your location data could swing Britain's next election

• Facebook and Instagram get knocked offline... for about an hour

• Location-sharing Waldo takes different approach from Swarm

• Turkish court will ban Facebook if it doesn't censor blasphemous content

• Snapchat could be the new home of non-destructive journalism

• Twitter's Bing-powered translations are back

• Angry Twitter is bad for your health

• Twitter doesn't want its biggest users to post Instagram links

• Forget detention: Illinois students might have to forfeit their Facebook passwords

• 4chan creator Moot steps down after more than a decade

• Twitter's 'while you were away' recaps are here

• Twitter is ready to replace your apps' web passwords with phone numbers

• Facebook is clamping down on the number of hoaxes in your News Feed

• Use social media to follow your teams with BreakingSports

• Turkey will ban Twitter unless it blocks a newspaper's account

• Facebook, people, and arguing: my social network experiment

• Twitter goes on the road (and offers prizes) to get more apps

• Official BlackBerry Twitter account sends out tweet from an iPhone

• Facebook places warnings, disables auto-play for violent videos

• Why did Tinder just buy a photo-messaging app?

• Researchers can profile Facebook users to a 'T' with just their likes

• Facebook will alert you when kids go missing in your area

• Twitter wants to put ads in other companies' apps

• The trailer and beyond: Engadget at CES 2015

• Breakfast Topic: How do you view your followers?

• Young adults flock to Instagram, while more seniors sign up on Facebook

• FlapIt is a social media counter for businesses (and the self-obsessed)

• President Obama uses Facebook and Vine to preview his free college plan

• HTC RE camera update turns you into a YouTube live show host

• Twitter adds 'Emmy award winner' to its list of accomplishments

• Secret now lets you anonymously post to specific events, starting with CES 2015

• Twitter Video will be a lot more like YouTube than Vine

• Twitter has a new way to keep you up to date while you're AFK

Space (15)

• SpaceX shows how its heavy-lifting rocket will (hopefully) work

• Lunar Xprize competitors get $5.25 million for reaching key milestones

• SpaceX and Air Force make peace, more rocket launches now up for grabs

• 'Project Eyes' tackles pirate fishing with satellites and algorithms

• Elon Musk spills details on SpaceX's $10 billion space internet venture

• SpaceX's rocket landing test was a big success, despite the fiery explosion (update: video)

• The Big Picture: NASA's first high-res picture of the 48 states

• SpaceX lands its rocket on a barge, but a reusable Falcon 9's still far off

• NASA is using machine learning to predict the characteristics of stars

• NASA made travel posters for real exoplanets, and they're superb

• SpaceX has to wait until mid-2015 to bid on Air Force rocket launches

• The Big Picture: A sharper, more haunting Pillars of Creation

• The Big Picture: Andromeda galaxy panorama by Hubble

• We're (eventually) doomed: passing stars may rain comets on Earth

• See Ascent's warp effect in action

Sports (15)

• Madden predicts Patriots over Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX

• Google and NFL deal puts football highlights on YouTube

• 'Doom' designer John Romero tells you about the game while playing it

• GoPro will deliver live, up-close brutality from the NHL

• Pelicans' Holiday is T-Rexing in NBA 2K15 glitch video

• Instant replay inventor Tony Verna dies at 81

• Watch winter come to LittleBigPlanet 3 in Game of Thrones intro

• GTA 5 continues to hold off FIFA & CoD in this week's UK charts

• Mutant Football League resurfaces, aims for Q4 release

• Give your bike a sense of direction with these smart handlebars

• The 2016 Acura NSX, unveiled

• The Big Picture: This is not the Apple Watch

• Super Joystiq Podcast Live: Best of 2014 [Update: Watch the replay!]

• Teens playing Mario Kart 64: 'Who designed this?'

• WWE Network's UK launch set for January 19th, for real this time

Streaming (59)

• Here's how to stream the Super Bowl on your Apple devices

• Aziz Ansari's new Netflix stand-up special debuts March 6th

• ESPN offers standalone subscription for the Cricket World Cup

• Jay Z is buying Spotify rival Tidal for $56 million

• RunKeeper powers training sessions with Spotify playlists

• Nickelodeon's standalone streaming service is coming in February

• Here's what Sony's PlayStation Vue TV service is like in real life

• YouTube begins transition to HTML5 for default playback

• Rock out with your Spotify out on PlayStation

• 'Harry Potter' comes to Oyster's all-you-can-read book service

• Sony closing Music Unlimited in favor of Spotify-powered service (update)

• YouTube defaults to HTML5 on the web

• Louis CK releases his first nightclub comedy special online

• Expect two new series from Feminist Frequency in 2015

• 120 Sports streams its live news and analysis on Apple TV

• Netflix's 'A.K.A. Jessica Jones' gets David Tennant for a villain

• Sports Illustrated 120 SPORTS channel comes to Apple TV

• Cellist disagrees with YouTube Music Key over rule #4,080

• The first live VR broadcast brought the beach to my backyard

• Tesco has given up on Blinkbox

• Walmart quietly launches its low-cost streaming video stick

• 'The Interview' is on Netflix streaming

• Hulu's next series comes from the maker of 'Video Game High School'

• Hulu's former CEO lets you try his YouTube alternative

• NBC will let iOS users stream the Super Bowl with no cable account

• Super Bowl XLIX to be livestreamed by NBC

• UK minister calls for Netflix to offer the same content when Brits travel abroad

• If Spotify was an '80s record store, it might've looked something like this

• Marriott plans to bring Netflix to your hotel room TV

• YouTube's first Super Bowl halftime show may beat what's on TV

• Magzter launches "all you can read" magazine subscription for $9.99 per month

• Best of CES 2015 Awards, Software: Sling TV

• Read this novel made of GIFs

• Maker Studios' YouTube stars are making exclusive content for Vimeo

• Twitch introduces free-to-use music, place to perform tunes

• Twitch focuses on music as it grows beyond gaming

• The sixth season of 'Community' starts March 17th on Yahoo Screen

• After 11 years, iTunes "Single Of The Week" is no more

• Despite artist tension, Spotify subscriptions are growing quickly

• Spotify userbase grows to 60 million active users and 15 million subscribers

• Netflix begins rolling out on TalkTalk YouView boxes

• You're more likely to listen to Spotify on mobile devices than a PC

• Amazon scores two Golden Globes, Netflix debuts House of Cards trailer

• CES 2015: The secret to Sling TV's success

• Sling TV is 2015's Best of CES winner

• iOS users are still huge porn lovers

• TalkTalk buys Tesco's Blinkbox and broadband services

• Sling TV to stream ESPN, TBS, other networks on Xbox One

• Netflix's early-2015 premieres include 'Daredevil' on April 10th

• TiVo OnePass finds your favorite show no matter where it is

• Amazon will stream 13 new pilots, but gives 'X-Files' creator the boot

• YouTube is almost ready to take your 360-degree videos

• Netflix wants cable TV to be just another app

• Dish goes after cord-cutters with Sling TV, a $20-per-month service

• LG's TVs get 4K video from DirecTV, Netflix, YouTube and GoPro

• Roku TV is gearing up for a future full of 4K

• NFL playoff streaming makes it nearly impossible to miss a game

• Netflix clamps down on attempts to dodge its regional restrictions (updated)

• Music streaming expands in 2014, digital sales drop

Tablets (12)

• Happy 5th Birthday, iPad!

• Surface RT will only get some of Windows 10's upgrades

• HP's convertible Elite X2 and latest tablets are built for tough work

• Engadget UK giveaway: win an iPad Air 2 courtesy of Mobilefun.co.uk

• How would you change Google's Nexus 7 (2013)?

• The most beautiful tablet you'll ever own comes with an Audi Q7

• The new Nabi kid-friendly Android tablets are seriously huge

• Dell's super-thin, depth-sensing tablet is available now for $400

• Wacom revamps its hybrid Windows tablet for 2015

• CES 2015: AT&T announces 4G LTE Modio Smartcase for Wi-Fi iPads

• Toshiba's inexpensive Windows tablets now have a pen option

• eFun's hybrid tablets offer a choice: Windows 8.1 or Android?

Technology (90)

• Swyp is yet another one-card wallet vying for your attention

• TI's super-slim graphing calculator shows that math can be stylish

• Misfit's Flash activity tracker will soon control connected devices

• What is Guvera and what does it have planned for Blinkbox Music?

• On my iPad: Helix

• NASA wants helicopter drones to lead the way for Mars rovers

• Completely open source, high-end laptop gets closer to reality

• The music industry's best-known production app will soon be free

• Can Microsoft make HoloLens more than a mirage?

• HoloLens is and isn't Xbox One's answer to PlayStation 4's virtual reality headset

• Windows 10 means big changes for the future of Xbox

• Russia's new combat robot shoots guns and drives ATVs... slowly

• Stir's new smart desk is a relative bargain at $2,990

• BlackBerry's CEO doesn't understand what net neutrality is

• Microsoft isn't saying much about what's inside HoloLens

• DmC Definitive is 1080p, 60fps fast in this clip

• I experienced 'mixed reality' with Microsoft's holographic computer headset, 'HoloLens'

• What's new in Windows 10 for PCs? A lot.

• Hologram headset from Microsoft with Hololens [Update: Site is live]

• Microsoft's HoloLens headset is a holographic display for Windows 10

• Xbox apps, DVR, cross-platform streaming heads to Windows 10 [Update: Video]

• HoloLens is Microsoft's take on augmented reality

• Microsoft reveals the 'Surface Hub,' an 84-inch 4K all-in-one

• Music is coming to Microsoft OneDrive this year

• Teenage Engineering will put a synth in your pocket for $59

• LastPass native app for Mac works just like the browser add-ons

• DARPA gives its Atlas robot a makeover, cuts the wires

• What to expect from Microsoft's next Windows 10 event

• Ubuntu Linux is now ready to power your appliances and robots

• Moog revives its massive modular synthesizers

• Japan's leading designers combine to create the latest Infobar smartphone

• A Google-backed startup wants to change VR as we know it

• Code your own climax with this customizable vibrator

• Robot Chicken animator uses modded Power Glove for work

• Dead or Alive 5: Last Round nets copycat schoolgirl, Honoka

• IRL: A month with Sony's A7 II full-frame mirrorless camera

• 'Be My Eyes' iPhone app lets you help the blind using video chat

• Virgin wants to launch 'world's largest' array of internet satellites

• Console sales up dramatically in 2014 as Xbox One finishes strongly

• Fujifilm's latest mirrorless camera has a flip screen for superior selfies

• Google's Classroom app lets students submit homework on their phones

• This portable laptop mod houses both a PS4 and Xbox One

• Swapping smartphone modules with Google's latest Project Ara prototype

• Xbox One February system update introduces game hubs, TV updates

• Nintendo Direct wrap-up: New 3DS on Feb. 13 and more

• Google plans to let you design your own Project Ara phone with an app

• Google's first test market for Project Ara will be Puerto Rico

• Project Ara's next prototype will stand equal to a top-tier smartphone

• The NES' Power Glove now doubles as a stop-motion video controller

• Watch Google's Project Ara modular phone conference right here

• Firefox makes video chat simpler, launches Marketplace for desktop

• Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, limited edition 3DS launches next month [Update]

• Nintendo's new, more powerful 3DS launches in North America and Europe on February 13th

• Watch a four-finned robot fish swim in any direction

• Watch New 3DS, Spring Wii U-focused Nintendo Direct right here (Update: It's over! Replay now)

• Xbox One game hubs deliver streams and content for your favorite titles

• Microsoft's latest Lumia phone puts Office in your pocket for $80

• Delsey's luggage weighs itself, charges phones, knows the weather

• 2015's first Nintendo Direct airs tomorrow

• AllCast media streaming finally comes to iOS

• Up to 6 billion players can watch Did You Know Gaming's Dreamcast vid

• Disney's Beachbot is an artistic robot turtle that can draw in the sand

• The CES Wearables Collection, Las Vegas, 2015

• Meet the company that brought 'Ebola' to CES

• Life Is Strange PC specs

• The booth babe is alive and living in Haier's TVs

• What's next for Blinkbox?

• LG's answer to Sonos is a lot like Sonos

• A tour of Qualcomm's connected home of the (not-so-distant) future

• Petcube's WiFi camera lets you play with your pet, remotely

• Razer's Android TV box targets gamers with PC streaming

• Samsung's biggest announcements of CES 2015

• LG's biggest announcements of CES 2015

• Panasonic's new 4K TVs will run Firefox OS under the hood

• Google Cast will soon send music to your networked speakers

• PlayStation Now unlimited subscriptions coming January 13th for $20 a month

• Former HTC execs unveil smart scooter plus a network of swappable batteries

• UK Charts: Captain Toad reports for duty in 16th

• D-Link wants to invade your home with security cameras and leak sensors

• Limbo limbering up for PlayStation 4, according to PEGI

• D-Link's new routers look crazy, but they're seriously fast

• Microsoft's Nokia 215 is its cheapest connected phone yet

• Lenovo's new laptop accessories are modular, stackable, weird

• Use your feet to fly around a virtual world

• Parrot's Android-powered car system also does Apple CarPlay

• This Bluetooth thermometer patch could bring an end to infant ear violations

• Parrot Zik Sport headphones do noise canceling, heart monitoring

• Avegant's headphone-like wearable display arrives this fall

• SnapCam is iON's new $150 wearable lifelogging camera

• Bing and Yahoo went down but hackers weren't to blame

Tomorrow (9)

• What movies do you want to see in virtual reality?

• VRSE readies a production farm for experimental VR works

• Daily Roundup: The future of HoloLens, VR at Sundance and more!

• 4K, VR and a watch by Apple: What we're excited for in 2015

• Hyperloop test track likely bound for Texas

• Heels made from aluminum foam, designed by the cosmos

• The CocoJet lets you print in delicious 3D chocolate

• Engadget's 2015 CES Field Guide is an insider's view of the future

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: Transparent canoes, mobile cabins and a tree bark skateboard

TV & Movies (36)

• Of course 'Law & Order: SVU' is doing a GamerGate episode

• BBC secures Premier League highlights until 2019

• Sky and Virgin Media have a lot to say about how much sport should be on TV

• Mythbusters meet their Doom on January 31

• Archer Diaries is on target

• Catch up on all the virtual reality news from Sundance

• Adam Sandler's first Netflix-exclusive movie has its cast

• 'Kaiju Fury!' sets the stage for 'snackable' virtual reality

• Cruiseliner's floating IMAX theater is a different kind of sunblock

• Netflix and the Duplass brothers are working on four new movies

• WRUP: Encounter at Farpoint

• How a queer black filmmaker made virtual reality a reality at Sundance

• ESPN is bringing camera drones to the X Games

• Troubled Steve Jobs movie starts filming at last

• Recommended Reading: A closer look at the 2015 Oscar nominations

• Dead Rising: Watchtower takes a bite out of Crackle in March

• Syfy's adaptation of 'The Expanse' novels has its first trailer

• The NBA's first 4K broadcast unfortunately involves the Knicks

• GoPro deal brings action cameras to live TV

• DTS is making movie and TV dialogue even easier to hear

• Fox reportedly orders a 'Minority Report' TV pilot

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Sliders

• 4K, quantum dots and more: see the TV technology of CES 2015

• Fox's journey into virtual reality begins with 'Wild'

• 4K movies are coming to Blu-ray discs and hard drives

• Warcraft movie director open to sequels, hints at WoW cross-promotion

• 'The Interview' is coming to the UK on February 6th, but only in cinemas

• What's on your HDTV: 'Archer', Golden Globes, NFL Playoffs

• 'Game of Thrones' will be the first TV series to hit IMAX theaters

• Assassin's Creed movie now set for December 2016

• Dish Network will have 4K this summer for every UHD TV

• TV makers and Hollywood team up to save 4K from themselves

• Philips' latest UHD TV has great colors thanks to lasers

• One Shots: Midnight sun

• Virgin Media now offers all Sky Sports channels in HD

• DVDs of 'The Interview' will be airdropped on North Korea

VPN (1)

• Daily Deals for January 20, 2015, Keep Secure With NordVPN + Other Cyber Security Deals

Wearables (71)

• Skin patch turns friction into electricity to power wearables

• Tiger Woods on how technology improved his signature shoe

• Basis' Peak fitness watch now gets notifications from your phone

• Forget taking notes, this Bluetooth headset captures your calls

• 'Tron'-like Glow headphones pulse to the music and your heart

• Leatherman Tread bracelet is the first truly useful 'wearable'

• Samsung engineers are working on wearable for early stroke detection

• It's time to slow down the Apple Watch hype train

• The FDA will regulate wearables making health claims

• Don't buy a fake Apple Watch on eBay

• The Quantified Self: What sort of data are you tracking?

• Take a look at the original Apple Watch from 1995

• Muscle-sensing Myo gesture armband will be on Amazon this quarter

• Bellabeat Leaf activity and health tracker can also monitor reproductive cycle

• Video: Developing with WatchKit, featuring Curt Clifton of The Omni Group

• Virgin's gyms of the future will use wearables for pretty much everything

• Can't decide on a wearable? Lumoid lets you try a box full of them

• Here's how the Apple Watch companion app works

• Fujitsu's ring lets you write in the air with your fingertip

• A guy walks into an Apple Store with an Apple Watch

• Marsh Supermarkets, inMarket create iBeacon platform that extends to Apple Watch

• iJustine loves fitness wearables as much as Taco Bell

• 2015 is the year that wearables begin to grow up

• Misfit CEO Sonny Vu on the past, present and future of wearables

• CES 2015: ADAM wearable monitors asthma via app

• will.i.am's wearable tech plans merge high fashion with inspiration

• BlackBerry will invade your wrist by bringing BBM to Android Wear

• Audi's smartwatch collaboration with LG isn't running Android Wear

• This is not the 'Oculus Killer' you're looking for

• OhMiBod's Bluetooth "massager" has a clever new selling point for Apple Watch

• Fitbit's CEO explains why his company isn't making a smartwatch

• The company behind Moto's smart tattoo made an NFC baby thermometer

• Smartwatch-style notifications are finally coming to Polar's V800

• The future of fitness could be a chest-worn sticker

• Quell wearable promises to relieve your chronic pains

• The Belty motorized belt keeps you comfortable, tries to keep you active

• Yes, socks that track your run are now a thing

• HealthPatch MD alerts your doctor about heart problems in real time

• Intel's button-sized Curie will enable low-power wearables

• Avegant's personal theater headset looks like a pair of premium headphones

• Your next smart shirt will make you look like an extra from 'Tron'

• Epson's first fitness trackers reach the US

• Razer is launching an open-source VR headset this year

• Razer's new fitness tracker cuts the screen, price

• SMS Audio is back with more 'Star Wars' special edition headphones

• Sony's head-mounted display will turn spectacles into smart glasses

• Smart pacifier tracks your babies and their fevers

• Sony's prototype headphones put a digital running coach in your ears

• Sony's still-new SmartWatch 3 gets a stainless steel makeover

• CES 2015: Narrative Clip 2 adds wide angle lens, Wi-Fi to wearable camera

• Lenovo's E Ink fitness band is amazingly affordable for its looks

• Gibson teams up with Usain Bolt for its Trainer fitness headphones

• Leap Motion lets Oculus users switch between VR and reality

• Hearing aid uses your smartphone to target sound in a noisy room

• Garmin's stylish new fitness tracker is one you might actually want to wear

• Misfit and Swarovski team up for the most fashionable health trackers yet

• Garmin intros three smartwatches, all of them aimed at sports junkies

• Alcatel OneTouch wants to be the Zara of smartwatches

• Wellograph 2.0 adds sleep tracking to its stylish activity tracker

• Gymwatch's fitness strap can tell you when your reps are wrong

• Keep your pets from wandering off with Tagg and Alarm.com

• Zensorium's 'Being' is a fitness wearable that promises to track your mood as well

• InBody's new health band is all about measuring your body composition

• CES 2015: TempTraq Wearable Bluetooth Thermometer

• This pedal tracks both fitness and bike thieves

• Say hello to the second generation of Narrative's wearable camera

• Withings launches a cheaper version of its analog fitness tracker

• Omate adds two new circular smartwatches to its affordable collection

• Polar's new fitness watch is a step up from a regular activity tracker

• Soon you can start Hyundais with an Android Wear watch

• Montblanc has an 'e-Strap' to make its luxury watches smarter

Xbox (30)

• Four in February challenges you to finish the fight

• Games with Gold freebie #IDARB (rick)rolls out early

• Xbox Games with Gold in Feb: IDARB, Brothers, Sniper Elite V2

• Xbox One gamepads are getting updated, again

• Microsoft will beta test a patch for the still-busted 'Halo' collection

• EA Access offers first look at Battlefield Hardline

• Stream Xbox One games to any Windows 10 device later this year

• You can stream 'Forza' or 'Halo' from Xbox One to Windows 10

• Get prepped for State of Decay: Year One on Xbox One in April

• Screamride: For those who dream of disaster

• Xbox One wins an Emmy (but no, not that kind)

• Early Halo: MCC buyers receive free month of Xbox Live Gold

• Avoid a wild hunt for Witcher 2, grab it via Games with Gold now

• December NPD: Xbox One leads consoles in December, hardware sales surge in 2014

• Xbox One price drops to $350 in US starting Friday

• Neverwinter taking signups for February Xbox One beta test

• Never Alone, Jackbox Party Pack discounted on Xbox Live

• Phantom Dust for Xbox One will retell original game's story, may release in 2015

• Microsoft Studios lays out Let's Play monetization rules

• Pre-purchase Evolve on Xbox One, unlock characters early

• Halo 5 beta adding Strongholds mode, Rocket Launcher

• Rogue Legacy coming to Xbox One 'sometime-ish' this year

• Report: Xbox avatars to get a facelift on Xbox One

• Forza 5, GTA feature on this week's Xbox Gold deals

• Smite Xbox One beta registration opened

• Next update for Halo: Master Chief Collection due next week

• You can still browse New Years deals on the Xbox Marketplace

• Halo 5 beta gets new maps, game type in week 2

• Joystiq Top 10 of 2014: Sunset Overdrive

• PSA: D4, MX vs. ATV now on Games with Gold