Wireless chargers are available almost everywhere now, but they're finicky. Belkin's TrueFreedom Pro Wireless Charger is a charging mat that sidesteps the issue of having to precisely position your devices, by stacking 16 Charging coils across the mat.
Read MoreThe package also comes with Comply Foam ear tips for a better fit.
Read MoreLogitech's G Pro X Superlight is its lightest esports mouse yet, with a powerful Hero 25K sensor.
Read MoreBeats announced a collaboration with fashion brand Ambush: a glow-in-the-dark version of its Powerbeats earbuds for $199.95.
Read MorePioneer DJ's new DDJ-FLX6 hybrid controller lets you use either Rekordbox or Serato DJ Pro. Plus it has a set of unique effects tools, all for $599.
Read MoreYou don't have to look far to find a capable MIDI controller in 2020, but most aren't as small as the Noise Machine.
Read MoreThe Webcam Utility Software is available in beta for both Windows 10 and macOS.
Read MoreMoment, the company that manufactures external lenses, apps and accessories for smartphones, is taking full advantage of the iPhone 12's MagSafe technology. It just unveiled a line of MagSafe accessories that will let you attach your iPhone 12 to tripods or walls, and accessories like cold shoe mounts to your iPhone 12.
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Read MoreYouTube is testing AI-created automatic video chapters that could save a lot of time for creators and viewers.
Read MoreAfter Buzzfeed News showed leaders evidence of unauthorized searchers, officials issued a new ban on using the controversial platform,.
Read MoreThe COVID-19 pandemic hasn't only led to the loss of lives, but also to the loss of livelihoods worldwide as businesses close due to necessary lockdowns. In an effort to find ways on how to safely reopen societies in the midst of a pandemic, XPrize has teamed up with Cognizant on a new competition with a $500,000 prize purse. The XPrize Pandemic Response Challenge will have participants build data—driven AI models that can predict local coronavirus transmission rates.
Read MorePortland, Maine is the latest in the growing list of cities in the US to ban facial recognition technologies.
Read MoreScientists have developed a technique that would help smart speakers know the direction where your voice is coming from.
Read MoreIn the aftermath of the Lafayette Square protests in June, police in Washington DC used facial recognition technology to identify a protestor who had allegedly punched an officer in the face.
Read MoreLast year, Amazon announced Sidewalk, a shared network designed to keep your smart devices connected beyond the reach of the typical WiFi router. In order to do that, it'll utilize certain devices as "Sidewalk Bridge" connections, such as Ring cameras and Echo products.
Read MoreThe company will give full-time US employees who work December 1st through to December 31st an extra $300 at the end of the year.
Read MoreDemands include improved pay and safety conditions, and transparency over privacy and user data.
Read MoreAn AWS outage has affected access to many Amazon services, as well as platforms like Roku, Adobe and Flickr that rely on the servers.
Read MoreAmazon and the US government's IPR Center have launched Operation Fulfilled Action in a bid to stop counterfeits from going on sale.
Read MoreSince the console came out across the pond on November 19th, there have been numerous reports on Twitter and Reddit of Amazon UK delivery people switching the contents of a PS5 delivery for something else.
Read MoreThe company announced today the Music X-Ray experience is now available for tens of millions of songs in its catalog.
Read MoreThe company says the layoffs are part of a reorganization of the project.
Read MoreBut now, a little over a year later, Echo Frames are available to anyone who wants them.
Read MoreYou can turn on your TV, coffee machine and smart lights with a single command.
Read MoreAmazon Pharmacy is an online pharmacy offering two-day shipping and deep discounts for Prime members.
Read MoreAmazon has expanded its Key in-garage delivery to over 4,000 US cities, and it's introducing grocery delivery as well.
Read MoreAlexa can now infer a user's "latent goals" based on what the person is asking it.
Read MoreIf you purchased Ring's new entry-level doorbell over the past few months, you may want to check its serial number. The Amazon-owned company has issued a recall for its second-generation smart video doorbell with the model number 5UM5E5. Contact Ring for new instructions or go to their app.
Read MoreDevice Discovery will soon be available for all US users.
Read MoreAmazon is charged with identifying what third-party products are selling well, and then building copycat products to get in on the action.
Read MoreThe perks include an easier way for contractors to claim shifts along with a cashback debit card.
Read MoreYou may get your Amazon order in a Super Mario—themed box even if the item inside isn't even remotely connected to Nintendo or gaming in general. Nintendo has teamed up with the e-commerce giant as part of Mario's ongoing 35th anniversary celebration, and one of the things they cooked up is sending out random orders in Super Mario Bros.-branded boxes throughout November. The company has revealed the partnership on its website's Missions tab, where you can complete a few anniversary-related tasks to be able to enter the Super Mario Sweepstakes.
Read MoreApple is reportedly shifting some iPad and MacBook production to Vietnam to reduce the potential damage from a US-China trade war.
Read MoreThe first known HomePod jailbreak has opened the possibility of modifying Apple's smart speaker, although it carries plenty of risk.
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Read MoreThe Bluetooth Low energy controller that comes with new Xboxes doesn't work with your Mac or iPhone, yet. An update is on the way to fix that,
Read MoreApple's new M1-powered Macs appear to meet the company's audacious speed claims, but there are still some drawbacks compared to Intel Macs. One thing that's getting lost in the transition to M1 is Boot Camp, a tool that allowed you to install and run Windows on a separate partition of your Mac's hard drive. Obviously, there's no version of Windows that can run on the M1 chip, so Boot Camp is off the table for now.
Read MoreApple unveiled its first M1-powered devices at an event last week — and while all of the computers with the new system-on-chip are expensive, we're already starting to see price cuts. Yesterday brought small discounts to the MacBook Pros and the Mac Mini, and now Amazon has the M1-powered MacBook Air for $50 less than launch price. Out of the few Macs that Apple announced last week, we were able to get our hands on the MacBook Air and it left a strong first impressing.
Read MoreApple has agree to settle the multi-state "Baterygate" lawsuit filed against it for $113 million, according to the Washington Post. In addition to the fine, Apple will be required to clarify how it handles battery health and power management to consumers, both online and on the device itself.
Read MoreYes, another one of Apple's latest computers with the new M1 chip is already cheaper on Amazon. The M1-powered Mac Mini is down to $670 on Amazon, which is $30 off its normal price. While you're able to buy one of these computers now, according to Amazon's website, you won't receive it until early December.
Read MoreThis is the first time Apple has altered the way the commission structure works.
Read MoreYou can embed the Apple Podcasts player with a show or episode on just about any website.
Read MoreMax Schrems has toppled the US-EU Privacy Shield and forced Facebook into a u-turn. Can he do the same with Apple?
Read MoreGatekeeper is a MacOS component designed to stop you running malware. A server outage, however, made security researchers look at what it does more closely.
Read MoreThe world tuned in on Tuesday to watch Apple CEO Tim Cook unveil the company's latest technological advancement, the M1 chipset, as well as the brand new devices that will be running on it. Looks like Twitter is finally getting serious about the spread of political misinformation on its platform... well, serious by Twitter's standards at least.
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Read MoreApple server issues might have slowed down apps on your Mac at about 4PM ET.
Read MoreUnlike its predecessor, the HomePod mini won't leave unsightly white rings on wood surfaces finished with oil or wax.
Read MoreExpect a new look, along with changes to Safari, Messages and Maps.
Read MoreThe spec pages for Apple's new Macs with M1 CPUs reveals something is missing -- support for eGPUs favored by some gamers and creative professionals.
Read MoreThe M1 chip powers the new MacBook Air, Pro and Mac mini.
Read MoreJust four months after Apple announced that it would transition the Mac to run on its own custom chips, the company is unveiling its first computers with Apple Silicon. To the surprise of few, Apple is starting with laptops — the company is showing off updated versions of the 13-inch MacBook Pro running on the new M1 processor. Apple says it'll have 2.8X faster performance compared to the existing model, and the M1's eight-core GPU is 5X faster.
Read MoreApple is refreshing its smallest desktop, the Mac Mini.
Read More"For the first time ever, we've been able to design macOS for our own silicon," Apple's software engineering lead Craig Federighi said during today's presentation. Today, Apple said the software is also tuned to work well on the company's new M1 chip.
Read MoreApple made the MacBook Air a far better notebook earlier this year, thanks to its revamped keyboard, improved specs and lower starting price. Apple's next revision will swap the MacBook Air's Intel CPU for its own M1 chip, the company announced today. You also won't have to pay more for the new hardware, as the MacBook Air will still start at $999 (or $899 for education buyers).
Read More"Rosetta is a translation process that allows users to run apps that contain x86-64 instructions on Apple silicon," its developer page reads.
Read MoreApple's Johny Srouji detailed the M1 system-on-a-chip that will power the company's new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac mini computers.
Read MoreApple might be out of new iPhones to announce, but its last launch "event" of the year just might be the most important. Today, the company is widely expected to reveal the first wave of Mac computers powered by Apple Silicon in a streamed presentation beginning at 10AM Pacific/1PM Eastern, and we'll be liveblogging the whole thing.
Read MoreApple is livestreaming its 'One More Thing' event at 1PM, and you can watch it here. Expect plenty of news about Apple Silicon Macs and macOS Big Sur.
Read MoreIt's time for Apple to reveal its first Apple Silicon Mac. And it's probably going to be a MacBook. Here's what else you can expect.
Read MoreApple has temporarily suspended a key supplier after labor law violations. This isn't the first time.
Read MoreApple now offers an iPhone 12 Studio that lets you mix and match MagSafe accessories, much like it lets you customize the Apple Watch.
Read MoreIt can charge iPhone, Apple Watch, the AirPods wireless charging case and more.
Read MoreStarting next month, Apple's privacy labels will be a requirement for all apps on the App Store.
Read MoreThe iOS 14.2 update brings Shazam into Control Center, new AirPlay 2 controls, intercom support for HomePod and more than 100 new emoji.
Read MoreWith lockdowns starting today in the UK and last week in France, Apple Stores in those countries are switching gears. Starting tomorrow (November 6th) in the UK, Apple will switch stores over to Storefront service, offering "click-and-collect" pickup only and no Genius bar or shopping.
Read MoreWhen Apple unveiled the HomePod mini last month, the company showed off a long-awaited feature: the ability to use it with third-party music services. And as of now, Pandora is the first third-party music app to work with Apple's existing HomePod as well as the upcoming HomePod mini.
Read MoreThe refreshed laptops reportedly won't feature updated designs, but they'll include processors based on the A14 chipset that powers the company's new iPhone 12 and iPad Air models.
Read MoreApple has already held two virtual events this fall, but the company isn't done yet. Next Tuesday, November 10th, the company will be holding an event appropriately called "One More Thing."
Read MoreApple is reporting outages affecting numerous iCloud services, including backups, calendars and photo syncing.
Read MoreThe latest test includes artists talking about their holiday songs.
Read MoreBitwig Studio's big 3.3 release is now available to download.
Read MoreDoorDash has agreed to pay $2.5 million to resolve allegations that it used customers' tips to subsidize delivery drivers' base pay in Washington, DC. If you'll recall, the attorney general for the District of Columbia sued the company last year, accusing it of misleading "DC consumers and used tips left for workers to boost the company's bottom line." The food delivery service came under fire in 2019 after reports emerged that it was using tips to cover part of drivers' base pay instead of adding it on top of the minimum amount they were supposed to receive.
Read MoreNo matter how fun a workout is, keeping a consistent exercise schedule can be challenging. VR workout app Supernatural wants to help its users stay motivated and is introducing new goals and streaks features today to do that. The iOS or Android app will guide you through creating your goals, recommending that you aim to work out three times a week (advanced users will be encouraged to shoot for four times).
Read MoreOn Tuesday, you could briefly download it before Google pulled the release later in the day. It's now available again.
Read MoreThe latest version of 1Password comes with a new method to access the password manager on a Mac: Apple Watch Unlock. To open the app on the OS, you could either type in your password or use your computer's Touch ID. Now, 1Password 7.7 also lets you access your log-in credentials by double clicking on the Watch's side button — so long as your Mac is running macOS Catalina 10.15 or later and has Touch ID and a Secure Enclave.
Read MoreStarting Wednesday, people who have the new Apple Macs with M1 CPUs can download a version of Google Chrome optimized to run on their systems.
Read MoreAdobe has released the first beta release of Photoshop for Apple Silicon.
Read MoreThe option is available for almost every store in the US.
Read MoreThe service started out as enhancements to Dropbox's shared folders, but 2.0 is a standalone product that the company says is focused on project management and collaboration.
Read MoreThe "Members Area" is available now as an add-on to any Squarespace subscription, with plans starting at $9 a month.
Read MoreIf you've paid any attention to Spotify lately, you'll know the company is pushing much of its considerable might behind podcasts. Today's update is quite a bit more modest than acquiring huge podcast producers like The Ringer or Gimlet Media, but it should still be useful if Spotify is your podcast player of choice. Now you can with Your Episodes.
Read MoreCVS is rolling out promised QR code payments using PayPal and Venmo, giving you a touch-free purchase option at the pharmacy.
Read MoreZoom is lifting its usual 40-minute limit on free video chats for Thanksgiving to help families stay connected through these strange times.
Read MoreRoli is best known as the creator of the Seaboard, an exceptionally expressive (and very mushy) take on the classic keyboard synth. "We're realizing the world's first true flagship MPE synth engine: Equator2," said Roli CEO Roland Lamb in a statement. For the uninitiated, "MPE" refers to "MIDI Polyphonic Expression" a specification jointly developed by a handful of companies including Roli, Apple, MOOG and more that allow for certain synths and instruments to send more detailed note data to sound generators like, well, Equator2.
Read MoreDjay Pro AI for Mac leverages Apple's M1 chip to enhance its Neural Mix audio separation tools with effects, crossfading and more.
Read MoreTom Vek (yes, that Tom Vek) has designed a music player, one he hopes will break the curse of gadgets designed by musicians.
Read MoreThe Simple Search extension reminds
Read MoreA new button on business pages will take you to product catalogs.
Read MoreIt was nearly five years between the release of Ableton Live 9 and Live 10. The biggest is definitely MPE support. The MPE curious can even dip their toes in with the $99 Orba from Artiphon, which doubles as a standalone instrument.
Read MoreBlackmagic Design has announced a new version of its DaVinci Resolve video editor, which comes with hundreds of new features and improvements. The DaVinci Resolve 17's final version isn't officially out yet, but you can download its public beta from the developer's website if you want to take advantage of what it can offer, which includes an easy way to create videos for Instagram. You'll be able to take a 16:9 HD or Ultra HD video and quickly generate square or vertical versions that you can post on social media.
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Read MoreStadium is available for download on the Apple App Store again. The free fan-made browser gives you a way to play Stadia, Google's cloud gaming service, on iPhones and iPads and was first released back in September. Unfortunately, Apple pulled the app down in October, telling developer Zach Knox that it's because Stadium uses "public APIs in a manner not prescribed by Apple."
Read MoreThe mobile version of the action RPG arrives next month.
Read MoreAccording to the Facebook-owed messaging service, the feature will "make conversations on the app feel as close to in-person chats as possible." Back then, it was only available for group messages, but the finished product works for both group and individual chats. While both parties can switch on the feature for one-on-one chats, only admins can turn it on for group conversations.
Read MoreThe company's rolling out the option to stream music and podcasts without an iPhone.
Read MoreAll the GIFs, memes, random photos and videos your friends send through WhatsApp could pile up and eat a huge chunk of your device's storage without you noticing. It can be a pain having to go through all of them when it's time for a cleanup, which is why the app's new storage manager is a welcome feature. The messaging service has started rolling out a new storage management tool worldwide, and it makes cleanup easier by helping you identify, select and bulk delete files.
Read MoreIt's only been a few months since the US Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, but it sounds legal battles are on the horizon. According to The Wall Street Journal, both federal and state antitrust authorities will be filing new lawsuits against Google and Facebook. This would mark the first time that Facebook has been sued by the government on antitrust grounds.
Read MoreThe country generates more e-waste per person than any country besides Norway.
Read MoreThe UK plans to create a new agency called the Digital Markets Unit to regulate large tech companies such as Google and Facebook.
Read MoreYou'll have to pay more for Comcast's services starting next year. The company will raise its prices for both cable TV and internet, and according to a price list posted on Reddit, they'll be effective as soon as January 1st, 2021. According to the poster, the new prices are for the Chicago area, but Ars Technica has confirmed that price hikes are coming to all customers across the US.
Read MoreStarting next year, Comcast will implement a 1.2TB data cap on broadband usage in 12 states and the District of Columbia.
Read MoreCalifornia has determined that Tesla's factory won't be affected by a new COVID-19 curfew.
Read MoreThe company has set up a community fundraising platform.
Read MoreJack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg testified for the second time in less than three weeks.
Read MoreThat's where Huawei's headquarters are located, as well as a number of Honor retailers.
Read MoreGitHub has reinstated YouTube-dl after it took down the tool last month.
Read MoreVictor Zheng says that the UK's anti-Huawei stance was dictated by the US. Now a new president is taking over, he says it's time for a rethink.
Read MoreAccording to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and other local media, a major police operation is underway at one of the office buildings that make up Ubisoft Montreal.
Read MorePayPal is bringing its newly-announced support for cryptocurrency to all US accounts.
Read MoreFacebook and Google's bans on political advertising are still in effect.
Read MoreHyundai may be the next owner of Boston Dynamics, the company behind the Spot robot dog.
Read MoreSpotify will let third-party podcasts use its ad tech thanks to its acquisition of Megaphone.
Read MoreComcast's Self Protection is a DIY home security offering for Xfinity customers.
Read MoreToday, the Japanese giant unveiled a project called Airpeak, which will "support the creativity of video creators to the fullest extent possible," according to a cryptic press release. Which makes a lot of sense, given Sony's expertise in the compact and full-frame mirrorless camera markets. If you're a vlogger or independent filmmaker that already uses Sony gear, you might be tempted by a drone with similar technology.
Read MoreWith an awkward meeting of cars and alcohol consumption, Tesla is actually going to release branded liquor. Tesla Tequila is available to order now on its site, offering "an exclusive, small-batch premium 100% de agave tequila añejo" for $250.
Read MoreIt's fair to say that Uber's business was challenged in a huge way by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. Unsurprisingly, gross revenue from its "mobility" group dropped significantly compared to a year ago — $2.9 billion in mobility revenue represented a 53 percent year-over-year decline. Total revenue for the company across all its segments declined 18 percent year-over-year — a significant drop, but it's undeniable that Uber Eats kept that loss from being much more significant.
Read MoreThe next time you visit your local Walmart, you could find a Comcast X1-powered TV among the endless variety of sets from LG, Samsung and TCL. According to The Wall Street Journal, the telecommunications company is in early talks with Walmart about a potential pact that could see the retailer sell TV sets that run Comcast software, similar to its Flex set-top box. As part of the deal, Walmart would reportedly get a slice of recurring revenue from Comcast, and the TVs they make could end up bearing the retailer's onn.
Read MoreHuawei is reportedly counting on a chip plant in Shanghai to keep its core telecom business alive despite the US trade ban.
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Read MoreRemember that deadline the Trump Administration imposed for TikTok to either sell or face being shut down in the US? It already shifted back to the 27th — after TikTok complained the government wasn't responding to inquiries — and it's now moved again. Bloomberg and Reuters report that TikTok mentioned a new date in recent court filings, saying a seven day extension has given it until December 4th.
Read MoreDave Chappelle got Netflix to stop streaming his old show, and Comcast's data caps are going nationwide.
Read MoreA Nintendo game sold for $156,000 and China launched a lunar return mission.
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Read MoreThis week the new game consoles arrived, and Apple introduced its first Macs with the M1 CPU.
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Read MoreThe PS5 has launched, YouTube crashed and Nike's new Jordans can lace themselves.
Read MoreNeed advice on where to find and Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S? We can tell you how and where to find them. Also, we reviewed the iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max.
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Read MoreXbox Series X review, Tesla tequila and a billion dollars worth of stolen Bitcoin.
Read MoreHere's a list of the best laptop deals you can get for Cyber Monday 2020. Save hundreds on notebooks from Dell, HP, ASUS and others.
Read MoreHere's a list of the best Cyber Monday 2020 deals on microSD cards, portable SSDs and other storage devices.
Read MoreIf the early praise for Apple's M1-powered MacBooks got you excited at the prospect of upgrading, Cyber Monday has brought a good opportunity to do so. B&H Photo is running a one-day deal on the MacBook Air M1, bringing the base model down to $899. Of the few M1-powered computers that Apple announced earlier this month, we were able to get our hands on the MacBook Air.
Read MoreHere's a list of the best Amazon Echo, Fire TV and other device deals you can get for Cyber Monday 2020.
Read MoreHere's a list of the best tech deals you can get for Cyber Monday 2020, as chosen by Engadget editors.
Read MoreGoogle's 2019 flagship hits an all-time low at Amazon for Cyber Monday.
Read MoreAmazon has discounted the Galaxy S20 and S20+ by an additional $50 for Black Friday.
Read MoreThere are also solid deals on Sonos' Five and One SL speakers.
Read MoreVizio's rotating Elevate soundbar has dropped to $600 at Best Buy ahead of Cyber Monday, or $400 below its usual price.
Read MoreAs we collectively recover from a day of too much turkey and another of too much (hopefully online) shopping, with our eyes ahead towards what is sure to be an unprecedented holiday season, let's take a look at some of the top headlines from this past Thanksgiving week. You could argue that Amazon's warehouse workers have been greasing the wheels of the nation during the pandemic (or at least relieving our boredom with all those impulse purchases).
Read MoreRoomba's i7 series has some of the most advanced robo-vacs you can get, but they come at high prices. But for Black Friday, Engadget readers can save $200 on both of the robot vacuums in the line.
Read MoreIt'll cost you 30 percent less than usual if you snap one up swiftly.
Read MoreHere's a list of the best computer and phone accessories deals you can get for Black Friday 2020.
Read MoreDJI's excellent Osmo Mobile 3 smartphone gimbal is only $89 at Amazon and B&H.
Read MoreHere's a list of the best subscription service deals you can get for Black Friday 2020, from video streaming services to password managers to VPNs and more.
Read MoreHere's a list of the best smart home and robot vacuum deals you can get for Black Friday 2020, as chosen by Engadget editors.
Read MoreHere's a list of the best deals on gaming laptops, peripherals and more for Black Friday 2020.
Read MoreHere's a list of the best deals on smartwatches, fitness trackers and other wearables you can get for Black Friday 2020.
Read MoreThe OnePlus 7T has dropped to an all-time low price as part of B&H Photo's Black Friday sale, but you'll have to act quickly.
Read MoreHere's a list of the best laptops deals from Dell, Microsoft, Samsung, Lenovo and others that you can get for Black Friday 2020.
Read MoreHere are the best deals on headphones, earbuds, speakers and other audio gear you can get for Black Friday 2020, as chosen by Engadget editors.
Read MoreWellbots is offering a special discount on the Segway Ninebot Kickscooter Max only for Engadget readers.
Read MoreHere are all of the best Apple device deals for Black Friday 2020, from AirPods to iPads to Apple Watches.
Read MoreThese are the best tech deals you can get for Black Friday 2020, as chosen by Engadget editors.
Read MoreThese are the best early Black Friday 2020 tech deals you can get, as chosen by Engadget editors.
Read MoreCheck out some great toys from brands like Star Wars, Marvel and Harry Potter that you can pick up for under $100 this holiday season.
Read MoreApple's AirPods with the wired charging case hit $110 ahead of Black Friday 2020.
Read MoreApple debuted a new version of its base-level iPad a couple of months ago, and quickly afterwards, it saw its first discount. Well that $299 sale price has returned ahead of Black Friday — the space gray iPad is down to $299 on Amazon, which is $30 less than its normal price and the lowest we've seen it. This iPad has been discounted intermittently since its release.
Read MoreApple just launched new M1-powered machines a few weeks ago, ushering in a new era for Mac computers. If you feel comfortable sticking with Intel, you can now get the previous-generation MacBook Air for its lowest price ever — only $799. While the MacBook Air M1 is technically the latest version of the machine, the previous model only came out in March.
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Read MoreHere are the best deals on microSD cards, SSDs, hard drives and more that we found for Black Friday.
Read MoreAmazon's super-cheap slates just got super-cheaper.
Read MoreAmazon's excellent Kindle Paperwhite e-reader is only $85 for Black Friday.
Read MoreThis might be the AirPods Pro deal to snag for Black Friday this year — and we still have a few more days before Black Friday actually arrives. Walmart and Amazon currently have the AirPods Pro for $169, which is a new record low. AirPods Pro are the best choice of wireless earbuds for those steeped in Apple's ecosystem.
Read MoreIf you like the Android TV ecosystem, NVIDIA's Shield TV is a great streaming option if you also want something a bit more powerful than a standard Chromecast. It's an even more compelling pick now that it's down to $129 in an early Black Friday sale — that's an all-time-low price that has come around before, but not very often. This streaming device earned a spot in our holiday gift guide this year for being one of the more powerful dongles you can get thanks to NVIDIA's Tegra X1+ processor.
Read MoreHere's a list of the best TV deals you can buy for Black Friday 2020, as selected by Engadget editors.
Read MoreWireless breast pumps from Elvie and Willow are on sale for Black Friday!
Read MoreIt's time to buy: Walmart just slashed the prices of Samsung TVs and smartwatches, Bose headphones, Sony earbuds, Acer tablets, and more.
Read MoreOwlet has some great deals on smart baby monitors, including its popular sock.
Read MoreIf you're in the market for a smart lock, August's 4th-gen WiFi device is one of the best the company has ever made. Like other smart locks, August's lets you open or lock your door using a companion mobile app. The mobile app guides you through simple instructions to attach the smart lock to your door and you'll be asked to enable two-factor authentication for your account, making it a bit more secure then other IoT setups that make that step optional.
Read MoreBut since the more recent Instant Pot Duo Nova is essentially an updated version of the Duo, that's now arguably the best Instant Pot model for most people.
Read MoreWe take a look at Logitech's Harmony line of universal remotes to see which works best for your home.
Read MoreSerif has cut the prices of Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher by 30 percent for a big Black Friday sale.
Read MoreWhile top models from Sony, Bose and Sennheiser cost north of $300, you can pick up our favorite budget phones, Sony's WH-CH710N, right now on Amazon for just $88.
Read MoreLenovo's Smart Clocks have dropped to all-time low prices at Best Buy and Walmart for Black Friday, making them good deals for Google-powered displays.
Read MoreGoogle's smart speakers and displays have steadily improved over the years, and luckily for us, a few of them are on sale for Black Friday. The biggest discount by far is the Google Home Max, which is now selling for $149.99, a whopping 50 percent off its regular price of $299.99) Sure, it's a few years old now -- we gave it a review score of 88 in 2017 -- but it's still a very good device, with stellar audio that outclasses most other Google-powered smart speakers, especially in terms of volume and bass. The Google-powered Nest Hub Max is on sale for $179.99 this week as well, which is $50 less than its usual price of $229.99.
Read MoreThe Instant Pot Duo Evo Plus pressure cooker is down to a new low price of $70 at Amazon.
Read MoreYou can get a Nintendo Switch bundled with 'Mario Kart 8 Deluxe' for only $300 in a special Black Friday sale.
Read MoreSonos speakers are on sale for Black Friday, including the Beam soundbar which is $100 off.
Read MoreNot everyone wants such a techie timepiece and that's where Withings' smartwatches come into play. The Withings Steel HR and Steel HR Sport are both discounted right now, bringing the former down to $125 and the latter down to $140.
Read MoreSony's high-quality WH-1000XM4 wireless headphones have dropped to a $278 price in an early Black Friday sale.
Read MoreHere's a list of the best Amazon Echo devices that are on sale for Black Friday 2020.
Read MoreWindows turns 35, and we go deal hunting.
Read MoreYou can get the Streambar for $99, or $30 less its original price, from either website ahead of Black Friday.
Read MoreBuy Galaxy S20+ 5G at Amazon - $950 Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Amazon's classic e-reader is back to an all-time low of $60.
Read MoreMicrosoft has revealed its Xbox Black Friday 2020 deals, and the biggest discounts are for Game Pass Ultimate and new controllers.
Read MoreUpdate 11/26 10:47am ET: The $559 sale price has returned for the space gray iPad Air only. The latest iPad Air gives the iPad Pro a run for its money thanks to its comprehensive feature set and more affordable price. A few models of the Air have dropped to this price intermittently over the past few weeks, but they only stay on sale for about a day or two when that happens.
Read MoreYou can now start shopping for Black Friday deals on Amazon devices, and one of the first models you can get at a discount is the company's Kindle e-reader.
Read MoreAmazon's Black Friday deals have started going live on the website, and you may want to check them out if you've been looking to buy any of the company's Fire TV devices. If you missed the chance to grab a Fire TV that time, here's another opportunity to buy one at a deeply discounted price. The 2020 Fire TV Stick, to start with, is now available for $28.
Read MoreBose stepped things up with its 700 wireless headphones, but they started off quite expensive at $399. Like the summer sale, only the white color option is this low, but the silver luxe and triple black versions are a bit more affordable at $339. The 700's design are more modern than other Bose headphones and the padded ear cups are quite comfortable to wear for hours on end.
Read MoreHere's a list of the best outdoor tech you can buy for the winter, as chosen by Engadget editors.
Read MoreSamsung built the S20 FE with compromises in all the right places, and now it's just $550.
Read MoreEngadget's editors have been utilizing our added indoor time to pursue hobbies, learn new skills, and even reconnect with nature. Here are the gadgets that helped us thrive throughout quarantine.
Read MoreOnePlus came out with a number of solid Android handsets this year and many of them are on sale now that the company's Black Friday deals are available. Also of note are deals on the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro: the former has been discounted to $599 while the latter is now $799. If you buy the OnePlus 8 Pro directly from the company, you'll get a free pair of OnePlus Buds, too.
Read MoreThe discount lets you afford a nice USB-C hub for your new laptop.
Read MoreEver since their introduction in late 2019, Apple's AirPods Pro have been a hot-ticket item. Luckily, the noise-cancelling wireless earbuds have been subject to a mini price war across various online stores, meaning that it's been possible to regularly pick up a pair for under $200. Make no mistake, the AirPods Pro are Apple's best true wireless earbuds.
Read MoreFirst-time subscribers can sign up for a $40 monthly Creative Cloud plan until December 3rd.
Read MoreHere's a list of the best tech you can get soon-to-be parents and new parents, as chosen by Engadget editors.
Read MoreAlmost all of the handsets Samsung announced this year are premium in every way — including price. While the S20 Ultra has a crazy 108-megapixel camera with 100x Space Zoom and a 4x optical-zoom system, the S20+ has a 64MP camera with 30x Space Zoom and a 3x optical-zoom system.
Read MoreIf you're looking for a Chromebook to gift this season, one of our favorites is cheaper than ever in a new Amazon daily deal. Lenovo's Flex 5 Chromebook has dropped to $350 today only — that's $60 off its normal price and an all-time low. The former isn't necessarily unique, but it's much better than any of the many Chromebooks that are still stuck with lower-res displays.
Read MoreBuy Series 6 (GPS) at Amazon - $350 Buy Series 6 (GPS + LTE) at Amazon - $450 Those deals are on the GPS-only Series 6 models, but Amazon also reduced the prices of some GPS + Cellular models as well.
Read MoreNow that we're less than two weeks away from Black Friday, Best Buy has kicked off yet another sale — this time exclusively for its My Best Buy members. It's unclear if all of the deals included in this sale, which ends tomorrow, will return for the actual day of Black Friday — but it's clear that Best Buy wants to give its most loyal customers the opportunity to get their gadgets early. If you don't want to sign up for My Best Buy, you still may be able to save a few bucks because some deals are being matched by competitors like Amazon.
Read MoreHere's a list of the best fitness gear to gift this year, as chosen by Engadget editors.
Read MoreSave $200 on the Samsung Galaxy and score a tablet for $28, for two days only.
Read MoreSonos debuted its portable Move speaker last year and, while expensive, it's a good option for those who want a quality speaker they can move freely in and out of their homes. But now you don't have to spend as much on it — the Sonos Move is $100 off today, bringing it down to $299.
Read MoreAirPods Pro The AirPods Pro remain at their lowest price ever on Amazon, only $194. Buy AirPods Pro on Amazon - $194 iPad mini A new early Black Friday sale at Best Buy discounts a bunch of beloved Switch games.
Read MoreEngadget readers can save $200 on the Segway Ninebot ES4 scooter today only by using the code ENGADGET200 at checkout.
Read MoreWhile smartwatches from Fitbit and even Apple can do the trick for some, others will want advanced features that come in higher-end devices like Garmin's Fenix series. Both the Fenix 6 and 6S have stainless steel bezels, color displays that are designed to be visible even in direct sunlight and at least nine days of battery life in smartwatch mode and at least 25 hours of life in GPS mode.
Read MoreBest Buy is selling some much-loved Nintendo Switch games for the lowest price we've ever seen them go for, and you can get them right now if you're looking to stock up on gifts for the gamers in your life. Luigi's Mansion 3 and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening are now available for $40 or $20 less than their usual price. All these titles will also be part of Nintendo's Black Friday sale that'll start on November 22nd, but Best Buy's deals are already live.
Read MoreArturia has cut the price of its software, including its handy Pigments suite, by 50 percent until December 3rd.
Read MoreIf you have a PC gamer in your life and are stuck on the best gift to get them for the holidays, Razer has a sale that could make things easier for you. A number of solid Razer gaming mice and keyboards are on sale at Amazon right now — including the BlackWidow Elite keyboard, which is down to only $85. This mechanical keyboard regularly hovers around $130, and now it's at an even better price than we saw on Amazon Prime Day last month.
Read MoreLooking for a PlayStation 5? Good luck -- here's a few stores that will have them in stock.
Read MoreThe company's most powerful music-focused speaker typically costs $499.
Read MoreIf you're looking for a way to upgrade your desktop's storage to a faster SSD, Sabrent has a great daily deal on Amazon today that can help you do that without breaking the bank. The company's 1TB Rocket Gen4 PCIe SSD is down to $150, which is $50 off its normal price and a record low. If you'd rather an external (and portable) solution, Sabrent's 1TB Rocket Nano SSD has dropped to $128 and that's about $40 off its normal price.
Read MoreUpdate 11/18/2020: Another model of the iPad Pro has been discounted by $150. The 12.9-inch 1TB iPad Pro (WiFi + Cellular) is now on sale for $1,499, down from its normal price of $1,649. Amazon has a deal on the latest iPad Pro that brings it down to a new all-time-low price.
Read MoreBest Buy's latest sale tries to inject some variety into the many early Black Friday deals we've been seeing since the end of last month. The Sonos Five, which was previously called the Sonos Play:5, is $100 off at Best Buy, bringing it down to $399.
Read MoreEufy's Spaceview baby monitor is on sale at NewEgg
Read MoreYou don't have to wait until the day of Black Friday to get good deals on Nintendo Switch games. Amazon and Walmart had a number of good deals going on right now, including BioShock: The Collection for $25. The only thing to keep in mind with this deal (and the rest of the games on sale right now) is that the discounts are on the physical games rather than digital copies.
Read MoreA daily deal on Amazon cuts up to 30 percent off hard drives, SSDs, SD cards and other storage devices.
Read MoreHere's where you can find an Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S console for sale on launch day, November 10th.
Read MoreHere's how to choose the right game console for you or someone on your list, from Sony PlayStation 5 to Microsoft Xbox Series X.
Read MoreThe iPad mini may not have the sleek new design that the iPad Pros and the new iPad Air have, but it remains beloved by many for its compact size. If you've been eyeing the mini for a while and have wanted something a bit more powerful than the base model, Amazon has a good deal going on right now. The iPad mini with 256GB of storage and WiFi + LTE connectivity is 25 percent off, bringing it down to $512.28.
Read MoreApple's AirPods Pro are on sale for an all-time low price of $194 at Amazon.
Read MoreRetailers like Amazon, Walmart and Best Buy have already kicked off the first rounds of their big sale events, and there will be more to come in the lead-up to Black Friday. This week, we saw AirPods drop to a new all-time low; a great price for Samsung's Galaxy Watch 3; and a bunch of worthwhile deals at Walmart for Instant Pots, robot vacuums and more. Now's the time to grab Apple's classic AirPods for someone on your list, or for yourself.
Read MoreA smart clock is a great addition to a bedroom. Not only does it tell the time and other pertinent information, but it's also smart enough to dim at night and brighten up in the morning. Lenovo's Smart Clock series features Google Assistant integration, too, so you can easily control your connected devices or get weather and traffic reports by speaking to the device.
Read MoreAdorama is also matching this sale price and it includes a 20,000mAh Energizer battery pack in the sale price. The design is mostly the same, but a few tweaks give the XM4s a slightly more expensive look and they're even more comfortable, too.
Read MoreHere's a list of the best tech and toy gifts you can get for under $50 this year, as chosen by Engadget editors.
Read MoreFacebook is running a sale on its Portal video calling devices, bringing the Mini and other models to all-time low prices.
Read MoreDon't worry if you missed the Prime Day sales from last month — there's a good chance you'll find similar deals throughout November as we get deeper into the holiday shopping season. Amazon's brought back its Prime Day sale prices on many of its Fire tablets, and these sales are not limited to only Prime members. Anyone can grab the Fire HD 8 for $55 now, while the Fire HD 10 is on sale for $80 — both of which are all-time-low prices.
Read MoreIf you missed Apple's pre-order promotional deal for the 2020 iPad Air on Amazon, now's your chance to grab the tablet for the same discounted price. The tech giant's redesigned iPad Air is now available on the e-commerce website for $559, $40 lower than its original price of $599 for the 64GB WiFi model. Apple sold the tablet for that amount a day before its release in late October, and thus far, it's the lowest price we've seen for the device.
Read MoreWalmart has kicked off its latest early Black Friday sale with deals on Apple AirPods, Instant Pots and robot vacuums. Here are the best tech deals, as chosen by Engadget editors.
Read MoreBuy AirPods at Amazon - $100 Buy AirPods at Sam's Club - $100 Buy AirPods at Costco - $100 Most people know the deal with AirPods by now, but we'll recap for you.
Read MoreBuy Galaxy Watch 3 at Samsung - $340 Buy Galaxy Watch 3 at Amazon - $340 Buy Watch Active 2 at Samsung - $180 Buy Watch Active 2 at Amazon - $180 Now, don't be fooled by the price that appears at the top of Samsung's website for either smartwatch.
Read MoreIntroducing Engadget's 2020 Holiday Gift Guide. Here you'll find the best tech gifts you can get this holiday season, as chosen by Engadget editors.
Read MoreIf you've been thinking about getting a OnePlus 8T or other OnePlus device for yourself (and possibly a good friend), the company has a good deal for today only.
Read MoreHere's a list of the best streamers, speakers, TVs and other tech that can upgrade a home theater setup.
Read MoreVava's 4K UHD Ultra-Short Throw Laser is one of the better-reviewed models out there, having achieved an 84 score on Engadget, but it's also a lot of money at $2,800. However, it's now on sale at Amazon for $1,950, a significant $850, or 30 percent discount.
Read MoreHere's a list of the best gaming mice, gaming keyboards and other accessories to gift to the PC gamers in your life.
Read MoreHere's a list of computer and phone accessories that make great holiday gifts, as chosen by Engadget editors.
Read MoreSamsung's portable SSDs are often a good choice if you're looking to add more space to your laptop but want to keep things compact and travel-friendly. Amazon has the newest model, the T7, on sale today only for a record-low price.
Read MoreOf note is the Roomba i7+ for $699, which is $100 off its normal price. The standard Roomba i7, which does not come with a Clean Base, is also $100 off. Buy Roomba i7+ at Wellbots - $699 Buy Roomba i7 at Wellbots - $499 We reviewed the Roomba i7+ when it came out and gave it a score of 87.
Read MoreThe company will auction off the BL6 console for charity.
Read MoreBack in May, NVIDIA announced a ridiculously powerful GPU called the A100. The card was designed for data center systems, however, such as the company's own DGX A100, rather than anything that the average consumer would run at home. Today, the company has announced the DGX Station A100 which, as the name implies, has the form factor of a desk-bound workstation.
Read MoreThe company also announced an addition to its lineup of mobile 5G CPUs.
Read MoreNow, it's going one better with the launch of the Raspberry Pi 400 — a complete personal computer built inside a 78-key keyboard that starts at $70.
Read MoreA hacker is selling access to email accounts for hundreds of CEOs and other high-level executives.
Read MoreA mistake by a hospital worker exposed personal data for millions of Brazil's COVID-19 patients, including the country's president.
Read MoreThe city's government was affected by a similar attack last year.
Read MoreThe FCC has rejected ZTE's request for the reconsideration of its designation as a US national security threat. If you'll recall, the commission formally named Shenzhen-based manufacturers ZTE and Huawei as national security threats back in June, warning US carriers that using the companies' equipment poses a risk of espionage. Both companies deny that they're spying for the Chinese government, and both submitted petitions for their designation to be overturned.
Read MoreThis is a lesson not to re-use your passwords.
Read MoreNew Jersey's governor has signed Daniel's Law, a measure intended to thwart doxxing campaigns against judges, prosecutors and police.
Read MoreHackers tricked GoDaddy staff into helping them take control of multiple cryptocurrency services without direct attacks.
Read MoreMozilla has launched a new security feature with Firefox 83 that can make sure you're always establishing secure connections to every website that you visit. Further, Firefox will ask for your permission to load websites that aren't encrypted via HTTPS in any way. The browser will Firefox will display an error message that explains the security risks of connecting to a non-HTTPS website before you can click through to load it.
Read MoreSeveral days ago, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency — a section of the Department of Homeland Security that, among other things, works on election security — issued a statement saying "The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history.
Read MoreTwitter has named a new head of security a few months after the website had to deal with the Bitcoin hack that compromised a number of high-profile accounts. The company hired Peiter Zatko, more widely known by his hacker name "Mudge," to lead its security efforts. According to CNBC, he's expected to take over after a 45- to 60-day review of the platform's current measures and practices, and he'll report directly to CEO Jack Dorsey.
Read MoreHosts can suspend meetings while they deal with disruptive users.
Read MoreMicrosoft says state-backed Russian and North Korean hackers have targeted seven COVID-19 vaccine creators.
Read MoreDespite claims made without any evidence about the validity of the November election, a collection of election officials signed on to a statement distributed by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
Read More"Zoom's security practices didn't line up with its promises, and this action will help to make sure that Zoom meetings and data about Zoom users are protected."
Read MoreA company has been forced to change its name after the UK government warned it could be used for website hacks.
Read MoreA cloud provider left exposed for millions of guests using major hotel reservation services.
Read MoreAs the Wall Street Journal notes, they only managed to seize 175,000 Bitcoins from Ulbricht back then, which is less than half of the 600,000 Bitcoins they believe the website generated in commissions.
Read MoreA pilot project in Jackson is limited to live streams from a few city and private cameras.
Read MoreHackers claim to have leaked the source code for 'Watch Dogs: Legion' after threatening to share it.
Read MoreFallout 76 has had a weird run of issues going back to the bug during its beta that deleted the game and forced players to reinstall all 76GB. Now the game's Steel Dawn update that was scheduled for release on December 1st is available now on all platforms, after the update accidentally went out to Xbox players. The surprise Xbox rollout was an issue because it locked all of those players out of the game, so Bethesda quickly took down its servers, updated them for the new version and pushed it out on all platforms.
Read MoreThe PS5 is here, the N95 almost came back and Black Friday deals are everywhere.
Read MoreEver felt Windows XP nostalgia?
Read MoreOver the next five years, Maserati plans to electrify its entire lineup.
Read MoreUnder a restructured deal, GM will no longer take a stake in the EV startup either.
Read MoreThe new hydrogen-powered car can boast of a more efficient fuel cell and longer range, but the same question of refueling won't go away.
Read MoreIndia has instituted its first rules for ride hailing apps like Uber and Ola, and they set limits on driver hours and surge pricing while hiking pay rates.
Read MoreIn the future, Volkswagen may have a pretty affordable electric vehicle offering in its lineup. According to Reuters, the automaker is working on a pure electric car around the size of a Polo under a project that the company calls "Small BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle)." The publication says Volkswagen is developing the vehicle for the mass market "in anticipation of tougher climate regulations" and that the car will cost anywhere between 20,000 and 25,000 Euros (US$24,000 to $30,000).
Read MoreA code sleuth claims Tesla will let you remotely livestream video from its cars' Autopilot cars, likely in the name of security.
Read MoreClimate change is far and away the greatest threat of the modern human era — a crisis that will only get worse the longer we dither — with American car culture as a major contributor to the nation's greenhouse emissions. In his latest book, Our Livable World, science and technology analyst Marc Shaus, takes readers on a fascinating tour of the emerging tools — from "smart highways" to jet fuel made from trash — that will not only help curb climate change but perhaps even usher in a new, more sustainable, livable world. In terms of our worst areas for carbon emissions, transportation and electricity production easily top the list.
Read MoreGermany's national rail operator Deutsche Bahn has announced that it's developing a hydrogen-powered train with an eye to replacing diesel trains.
Read MoreAudi's latest Formula E car delivers a big boost in efficiency and weight savings, the company announced.
Read MoreA Waymo partner has reportedly set out tighter COVID-19 safety rules, and it's not guaranteeing that it can pay quarantined workers in the future.
Read MorePorsche driving instructor Dennis Retera drifted a Porsche Taycan EV for 55 minutes and 26.2 miles, setting a new Guinness world record.
Read MoreGeneral Motors won't support the Trump administration's attempts to strip California of the right to set its own fuel emissions standard.
Read MoreFord expects to start deliveries of its first major EV in the US next month.
Read MoreOne of the most common potential scenarios involving autonomous cars is using them as driverless taxis; both Uber and Lyft have made self-driving cars a big part of their future strategies. The possibility of hopping into a ride without a driver just got a little closer, at least in California — as spotted by The Verge, California approved two new autonomous driving programs last week that let companies charge fares for autonomous rides. The two new programs are the "Drivered Autonomous Vehicle Deployment Program" and the "Driverless Autonomous Vehicle Deployment Program," both of which allow approved participants to offer "passenger service, shared rides, and accept monetary compensation for rides in autonomous vehicles."
Read MoreThe Fisker failure is a perfect example of how government-funded innovation can go terribly wrong. The suit was settled in Fisker's favor. Company CEO Henrik Fisker's explanation? In March 2012, Consumer Reports published a scathing review of the Fisker Karma.
Read MoreJaguar Land Rover is trying to get a US import ban on SUVs from several Volkswagen-owned brands, including those made by Porsche, Audi and Lamborghini.
Read MoreA Tesla Model 3 owner crashed his car so hard, the electric vehicle's battery broke apart and sent cells flying all over the area. The police department of Corvallis, Oregon has posted the details of the crash on Facebook, where it revealed that the owner was driving in excess of 100mph. Apparently, the driver lost control of the vehicle, sheared a power pole and then knocked over two trees and a telephone junction box.
Read MoreIt will no longer recommend certain EVs from Audi, Kia and Porsche.
Read MoreGM now plans to have 30 EVs on the market by the end of 2025, and it stepped up its Hummer and Cadillac plans to make that happen.
Read MoreThe rideshare company and ADT started testing the safety measure earlier this year.
Read MoreEvery vehicle sold in the US should be electric by 2030, according to ZETA.
Read MoreThe self-driving vehicle could help you work or relax on the road.
Read MoreThe state has agreed to let the company trial AVs with no safety drivers.
Read MoreUber's rewards program is now more flexible, including 'free' access to Apple Music and HBO Max.
Read MoreThe saga of the $35,000 Model 3 ends much like it started.
Read MoreThe 2021 Porsche Taycan and Lucid Air are among the first Plug & Charge EVs.
Read MoreOne of the world's most iconic motorcycle makers could soon get a second life as an EV manufacturer.
Read MoreThe four models are named MOSH/CTY, RUSH/CTY Step-Thru, RUSH/CTY and RUSH/CTY Speed.
Read MoreGM has recalled 68,000 Chevy Bolt EVs to help it identify the causes of multiple battery fires.
Read MoreThe UK will reportedly move up its ban on fossil fuel car sales to 2030, or ten years earlier than first planned.
Read MoreLast year Toyota, Softbank and Denso teamed up to invest $1 billion in Uber ATG in a deal that valued the self-driving focused spinoff at $7.25 billion.
Read MoreThe R1T pickup will start at $75,000 and the R1S SUV at $77,500.
Read MoreFord has unveiled its E-Transit electric van, bringing zero-emissions delivery to many more places.
Read MoreTesla will widen its warranty to include the broken 8GB eMMC card that causes the failures.
Read MoreFord is about to reveal an electric version of its popular Transit commercial van, but it won't stop there. The company is increasing production plans for an electric F-150 by 50 percent, and building a new EV on the same platform as the Mustang Mach-E.
Read MoreThe company is partnering with another startup to add pedestrian detection to some of its scooters as part of a year-long test.
Read MoreHonda says it'll be the first brand to mass produce cars capable of level 3 self-driving.
Read MoreBMW has unveiled the iX, the flagship for the company's next generation of electric vehicles.
Read MoreWalmart and Cruise are piloting self-driving delivery in early 2021 for residents of Scottsdale, Arizona.
Read MoreUber will soon start rolling out new ride experience in over 20 US cities that you can use to schedule trips up to 30 days in advance. The ride—hailing service has existing products that give you a way to schedule trips for way before you need one, but it says the new experience called Uber Reserve "helps you meet those moments that call for more assurance." A Reserve trip matches you with a driver up front — it will offer the reservation to your Favorite Drivers first — even if you book a month before the date you choose.
Read MoreCompany co-founder Josh Giegel and Sara Lucian are the first people in history to ride in a Hyperloop.
Read MoreBy 2026, all Bentley cars in the company's lineup will be a plug—in hybrid or a full electric model.
Read MoreVolvo announced that it will be among the first manufacturers to start selling heavy-duty electric trucks in 2021, with volume production beginning in 2022.
Read MoreUber and other ride-hailing and delivery companies in California have prevailed in a $220 million dollar gambit to keep workers as independent contractors. Proposition 22, a side ballot to overturn a California law that made drivers full employees, passed by a wide 58 to 42 percent margin in the state.
Read MoreOne election night issue that has appears to have an answer already is the passage of Question 1 in Massachusetts, which asked voters to strengthen laws guaranteeing people are able to repair things they own. In this case, it focused on cars, preventing manufactures from locking third party repair shops and car owners out of advanced telematics data that's increasingly being collected by vehicles via driver assistance tools.
Read MoreTesla's Elon Musk has hinted at revealing the updated Cybertruck design in about a month, and it may include a flurry of minor tweaks.
Read MoreThe NextGen event will include premieres from Mini and the Motorrad motorcycle division.
Read MoreDaimler and Volvo are forming a joint venture to create hydrogen fuel cells for heavy-duty trucks and even power generators.
Read MoreSega is giving you a chance to prove just how big of a fan you are. The video game developer is holding an exam on everything Sega next year as part of its 60th anniversary celebration. It will cover everything about the developer, including the history of its arcade games, its video game titles and hardware, the way its games were marketed overseas and even its company operations.
Read MoreJagmeet Singh, leader of Canada's New Democratic Party, will be part of the crew.
Read MoreSet about 20 years in the future, the game's narrative is told from the vantage point of Melissa Park, a psychotherapist. The AI, named Willow, feels overwhelmed. The team is torn over whether the illness is a technical issue or an emotional one.
Read MoreAssassin's Creed isn't the only game getting a key update for the new consoles today, as EA pushed an update for Star Wars Squadrons. On PS5, that includes just improved visual quality and lighting, while Xbox Series X/S updates include a toggle for 120 FPS output with reduced quality, as well as support for displays with variable refresh rate and resolution that now goes up to 4K.
Read MoreAssassin's Creed Valhalla's 1.04 patch comes out tomorrow.
Read MoreSquare Enix has yet to earn back the money it spent on the development of Marvel's Avengers.
Read MoreIn what has become a regular trend throughout 2020, Studio MDHR, makers of the jaw-grindingly difficult platformer, Cuphead, took to Twitter on Wednesday to announce that its already-delayed DLC, The Delicious Last Course, has been pushed back even further into 2021. In the wake of the ongoing global pandemic affecting so many, we have made the difficult decision to push back the release of The Delicious Last Course. For our wonderful Cuphead community, we've prepared a letter from Studio MDHR founders Chad & Jared Moldenhauer to share more.
Read MoreGame developer and publisher Square Enix says it will allow the majority of its employees to work from home on a permanent basis starting in December.
Read MoreThe next Metro game is in the works and it could have a multiplayer component.
Read MoreMonster Hunter's latest collaboration is with... Monster Hunter. Today, Capcom announced that special content based on the upcoming Monster Hunter movie is coming to Monster Hunter World: Iceborne. The big draw is a single-player quest starring Artemis — the character that Milla Jovovich (The Fifth Element, Resident Evil) is playing in the live-action movie.
Read MorePlay spot the difference between the generations.
Read MoreOn Xbox Series X and PS5, performance mode will target 120 frames per second at a dynamic 4K resolution.
Read MoreGoogle is already thinking about Stadia in 2023.
Read MoreIt adds high-res versions of many landmarks, including the Kennedy Space Center.
Read MoreThe actors who played Raiden, Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade in the 1995 Mortal Kombat film are back.
Read MoreIt'll cost just $5 until February 21st.
Read MoreClearly, Epic isn't content with the money it gains from Fortnite Battle Passes and V-Bucks purchases. The company has announced Fortnite Crew, a monthly subscription that includes every seasonal Battle Pass, 1,000 V-Bucks to spend in the game's Item Shop, and a special pack that contains Crew-exclusive outfits and accessories. A Fortnite Crew subscription makes sense, therefore, on the months that a Battle Pass is released, because you're also getting a bonus 1,000 V-Bucks to spend in the store (which are worth another $7.99), in addition to the exclusive Crew cosmetics.
Read MoreFor the first time in its storied history, the Hugo Awards will honor a video game.
Read More'Ready Player Two' author Ernest Cline is going on a book tour inside 'Roblox,' complete with a treasure hunt to win virtual fan gear.
Read More'The World Ends With You' is getting a sequel 14 years later with 'Neo,' which arrives on PS4 and Switch in summer 2021.
Read MoreThe December 15th update will add a new location and 100-plus songs.
Read MoreCD Projekt Red and NVIDIA also revealed the PC requirements for ray-tracing.
Read MoreKate Bishop (aka Hawkeye) packs a bow and some nifty teleporting tricks.
Read MoreStadia turns one today. The first is that "public iOS testing" will start "several weeks from now." The company will be using a progressive web application, which is no surprise given Apple's current position on game streaming services.
Read MoreIO Interactive says 'Project 007' will tell the secret agent's origin story.
Read MoreKahoot+ offers multiple tiers of learning for kids.
Read MoreNVIDIA is bringing its GeForce Now game streaming service to iOS. Not through the App Store, though, because the company's offering doesn't adhere to Apple's guidelines. Not officially, anyway.) Instead, NVIDIA is going through Safari.
Read MoreAfter finishing up the latest episode of The Mandalorian, I slipped on my Oculus Quest 2, loaded up ILMxLAB's Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge, and was immediately thrust right into the world I was watching on my TV. Vader Immortal, ILMxLAB's previous VR series, was a classic narrative told across three episodes. Tales from the Galaxy's Edge — which launches today on the Oculus Quest store for $25 — is something different.
Read MoreWe know there are other changes in the works for Among Us, including persistent accounts, but there's no word about any of that yet. Instead, they said to stay tuned for The Game Awards on December 10th — where Among Us is nominated in multiple categories — for more news.
Read MoreThe streamer, aka Félix Lengyel, is also banned from Twitch Rivals events for six months.
Read More'Hades,' 'Ghost of Tsushima' and 'Final Fantasy VII Remake' also received several nods.
Read MorePokémon Go gets new level caps, better progression and seasons.
Read MoreThe fan vote for the unusual version of the all-star game is underway.
Read MoreThe 'League of Legends: Wild Rift' open beta is coming to Europe and other areas on December 10th, giving many more people a chance to try the mobile MOBA.
Read MoreThe company, which offers a social video calling service on macOS, iOS, Android and Chrome, is now integrating with Fortnite. The company has emphasized that the Houseparty service is restricted to people over the age of 13.
Read MoreDestiny 2 is Stadia's first completely free-to-play title. No subscription or game purchase necessary.
Read MoreLive out your Jedi dreams in Minecraft.
Read MoreThe Void has lost Disney as a partner, and its creditors now own its assets and IP.
Read MoreFIFA 21 will no doubt make over $1 billion, as each entry in the series has in recent years. To legions of FIFA players the new title really signals the start of a fresh season of Ultimate Team. For the unfamiliar, FIFA Ultimate Team is the most popular feature in the game, and the one that's come to define the overall experience.
Read MoreIn a blog post, the company announced a slew of small but welcome features that are rolling out now to Stadia. The feature started rolling out last week, but now it's available in every region that Stadia currently supports. If you're using the Stadia controller or any other gamepad, you should also be able to access predictive 'smart replies.'
Read MoreThe indie marketplace is also planning a weekend-long sale.
Read More'Assassin's Creed Valhalla' and 'Watch Dogs Legion' players are reporting frequent issues with saved games appearing as corrupt.
Read More'Nioh 2 - The Complete Edition' lands on PC on the same day.
Read MoreThe new mode reverses the title's usual gameplay loop in which you design a virus to wipe out the human race.
Read MoreEA's Playtime feature is said to give gamers (or their parents) more control.
Read MoreThe next game from Ustwo, the developer behind Monument Valley and its excellent sequel, will be available in exactly one month. Alba: a Wildlife Adventure, which was formally revealed on July 20th, will be hitting Steam and Apple's subscription-based Apple Arcade service on December 11th. Alba: a Wildlife Adventure follows Assemble with Care, a timed Apple Arcade exclusive that was later released on Steam and updated with a free epilogue level.
Read MoreLil Nas X is coming to take your kids to an old town road.
Read MoreAn 'Untitled Goose Game' costume honk honk honk honk.
Read MoreTexture streaming should reduce how much storage space the game takes up.
Read MoreThe mega-publisher behind 2K and Rockstar now owns Codemasters.
Read MoreA new 'Fortnite' promo gives you two months of Disney+ streaming if you make any real money purchases, including V-Bucks.
Read MoreBioWare is working on a new 'Mass Effect' game as well as a remastered 'Legendary Edition' trilogy. The update arrives in spring 2021.
Read MoreEA is asking Mass Effect fans to keep an eye out for news on the BioWare blog tomorrow at 11AM ET.
Read MoreThe PS5 and Xbox Series X upgrade was supposed to arrive by the end of the year.
Read MoreRiot Games explains how the tracks, AR performance and social media campaigns were put together.
Read MoreUSA Basketball is making its first foray into esports. The organization is forming an E-National Team, and it has invited 30 top NBA 2K players to participate in its virtual tryouts on November 7th and 8th. Participants will vie for a spot on the mixed-gender seven-player national team, which will represent the US at the second FIBA Esports Open.
Read MoreDespite all of the changes added to Apex Legends to launch season seven — new map, new character, vehicles and some major adjustments to existing characters — it was barely out of the door yesterday when the game's biggest supporters started to turn against it, spurring a quick response. Like many other "free" games that are popular right now, EA's battle royale shooter features a battle pass system where players can pay for a set of collectible items that unlock as they keep playing the game. For the new season, the game's developers rolled out their biggest battle pass change since the game debuted a year and a half ago.
Read MoreYou won't be able to buy a next-gen console at launch from either Best or Walmart at one of their retail locations.
Read MoreEA Play becomes an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate perk on the same day.
Read MoreDepending on the game, you can look forward to improved frame rates, faster loading times and more.
Read MoreThe family sharing feature includes titles you've claimed through Stadia Pro.
Read MoreFeral has released an 'XCOM 2 Collection' for iOS that includes the entire take-back-Earth saga in mobile form.
Read MoreSega has sold its arcade business to amusement company Genda after the COVID-19 pandemic led to steep losses.
Read MoreVisual Concepts is expanding NBA 2K's online hub for next-gen versions of the game.
Read MoreThe good news is you'll still be able to play online through peer-to-peer and private matchmaking, and you won't lose any progression you've made due to the server shutdown.
Read MoreThe overhaul on our engine is probably the largest we've ever had, maybe even larger than Morrowind to Oblivion," Todd Howard said in a recent interview.
Read MorePersona 5 was a nostalgic return to my NYC high school experience.
Read MoreLast year's all-access virtual ticket cost $50.
Read MoreA small 'Among Us' update added anonymous voting, while accounts and a new map are on the way soon.
Read MoreYou'll be able to drop into matches faster on PS5, Xbox Series X and Series S.
Read MoreGet another look at Cyberpunk 2077 before its December 10th release date.
Read MoreYouTube has temporarily barred One American News Network from posting new videos.
Read MoreQuoth the Bugdroid, "Nevermore."
Read MoreSearch for 'Bad Guy' on YouTube and you'll find thousands of covers alongside Billie Eilish's official music video. To celebrate the track, which has now passed one billion views, and the community of covers that's grown around it, Google has created Infinite Bad Guy, a music video that goes on forever. Every time you hit play, the custom website will load up one of 15,000 covers posted on YouTube.
Read MoreGoogle and Lucasfilm have launched The Mandalorian AR experience for the latest 5G Android phones, bringing characters from the show directly to your own space in augmented reality.
Read MoreGoogle Assistant already works with Hue and other smart lights, but functionality has been limited to turning them on and off, using them with alarms and a few other features. Now, you can schedule lights and other electric devices to turn on and off at specific and even general times.
Read MoreGoogle's new Chrome extension policies not only put limits on data use, but require that extensions show how they use your data.
Read MoreGoogle will keep providing updates for Chrome on Windows 7 for six months longer than it originally planned. The tech giant announced in January this year that it'll stop supporting the browser for the old Windows OS on July 15th, 2021.
Read MoreThe Project Guideline app can keep them on track with audio cues.
Read MoreYou can check out the company's new Gmail, Drive and Fit widgets today.
Read MoreIt's taken years, but Google today has announced that RCS messaging is now available globally — anyone with an Android phone using Google's Messages app can take advantage of the feature. If you don't recall, RCS stands for Rich Communications Services and is a major upgrade to the basic SMS features phones have had for years. RCS features include improved video and photo quality, seeing when chats are read, sending and receiving messages over WiFI, improved group chat capabilities and sending reactions to messages.
Read MoreIn addition to revamping its Pay app, Google also announced new Plex banking accounts today.
Read MoreThere's no way this will end poorly.
Read MoreThis sounds a lot like finance app Mint, but since it's a Google product, Pay also integrates a powerful search tool to make the app easier to use.
Read MoreGoogle says the enhancements will improve battery life.
Read MoreWear OS is not dead. As we wait for Google to complete its acquisition of Fitbit, the smartwatch platform has languished without a new version in years. Wear OS is getting three new tiles — Workouts, Weather and Breathe.
Read MoreGoogle Maps will help you dodge large crowds on the subway with a new update.
Read MoreTurkey has fined Google $25.6 million for allegedly abusing its ad dominance, and has given the company six months to make changes.
Read MoreBack in February, Google stopped offering new customers the option to add conventional TV service to their internet package. It made up for the change in policy by letting people subscribe to YouTube TV and fuboTV. In August, it bolstered that lineup with Philo, and now it's also adding Sling TV as one of its preferred streaming partners.
Read MoreMoving forward, you won't need to be a student to access Google's 360-degree Expeditions tours — nor will you need a VR headset, for that matter.
Read MoreGoogle has revealed that Nest Audio speakers will soon integrate with the new Chromecast to create a home theater system.
Read MoreGoogle plans to discontinue one of the best perks of Google Photos.
Read MoreHere's how YouTube Premium members can score a free Chromecast Ultra.
Read MoreIt's been a while since we've heard about Alphabet's Free Space Optical Communications (FSOC) project. If you've forgotten all about it, we don't blame you: the acronym doesn't stick in the mind quite like Google Fiber or Project Loon. To solve the problem, Alphabet's 'X' division has renamed the initiative Project Taara.
Read MoreGoogle has begun adding premium features to Photos, starting with an enhanced version of color pop.
Read MoreIf you're not a fan of Google's new icons, this extension can help.
Read MoreThe company's partners will start selling NUC M15 systems in 2021.
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Read MoreThe macOS Big Sur update appears to be bricking some 2013- and 2014-era 13-inch MacBook Pro systems, but it's not clear why.
Read MoreThe company is announcing the Razer Book 13 today, which it's calling a "hyper focused productivity laptop." The Book 13 also houses a 720p webcam in its slim bezels, and it's Windows Hello-compatible.
Read MoreHere's how to watch Mark Zuckerberg's interview with Dr. Fauci.
Read MoreKustomer's software creates a single-screen interface for businesses to manage their online conversations with customers and automate some interactions with the help of chatbots.
Read MoreFacebook controversial Libra cryptocurrency could launch as early as January, but it appears the project has once again scaled back its ambitions.
Read MoreThe Korea Communications Commission kickstarted the investigation in 2018 before ultimately handing it off to the PIPC a few months ago. According to Yonhap News, the PIPC determined that the social network shared the personal information of 3.3 million South Korean users (out of a total of 18 million) to other companies without consent from May 2012 to June 2018. The watchdog said Facebook shared people's names, addresses, dates of birth, work experience, hometowns and relationship statuses with other companies when they logged in.
Read MoreFacebook new Drives feature makes it easier for you and your friends to collect food, clothes and other vital goods for those in need.
Read MoreFacebook has filed another lawsuit against a developer who misused its platform.
Read MoreFacebook just offered its first look at the scale of its fight against election misinformation.
Read MoreFacebook has waged a long-fought and sometimes seemingly losing battle against hate speech and misinformation spreading across its platform. On Thursday, the company rolled out the latest implements of its automated anti-trolling arsenal in an effort to further curb bigots and bad actors on the site. The company's CTO, Mike Schroepfer, noted that Facebook has taken a number proactive steps in the last year to combat hate speech and those efforts have already begun to show results.
Read MoreFacebook's content moderators are demanding the company do more to protect them and their families from COVID-19.
Read MoreThe platform-wide 90Hz refresh rate support the Oculus team promised for the Quest 2 has arrived.
Read MoreThe Verge reported that the social network is now using machine learning to prioritize posts in a queue that human moderators need to go through.
Read MoreMessenger and Instagram will soon get a new "vanish mode" feature for ephemeral messages.
Read MoreThe recommendations are just that: recommendations. Developers don't need to implement every single one, but Facebook "strongly" suggests they do.
Read MoreOculus Venues has been giving you a way to attend various events, including NBA games and live concerts, from the comfort of your own home since it launched a couple of years ago. Now, Facebook has teamed up with Fox Sports to bring three Premier Boxing Champions matches to virtual reality through the social VR experience for the Oculus Quest. Fox Sports will position cameras ringside so that viewers can get a close look at the action, "which is more important than ever," the companies' announcement reads, "as fans currently aren't able to attend PBC events."
Read MoreFacebook is trying to explain what people 'actually see' in their News Feeds (and says it's not just politics).
Read MoreFacebook is still trying to get a handle on people and groups spreading election misinformation via "Stop the Steal" messaging.
Read MoreFacebook has started putting groups on 'probation' to fight disinformation in the wake of the US election.
Read MoreThe FTC is reportedly preparing to sue Facebook over antitrust violations before November is over.
Read MoreFacebook is reportedly worried about violence and wants users to 'cool down.'
Read MoreFor much of Wednesday, Facebook and Instagram have been displaying a notice at the top of their apps reminding US users that the winner of the 2020 election hasn't been decided yet.
Read MoreIn advance of the 2020 US presidential election, Facebook said it would temporarily ban political, electoral and "social issue" advertisement starting on November 4th, the day after the election.
Read MoreFacebook is said to have gone soft on Trump allies who violated rules against misinformation, including removing strikes against accounts.
Read MoreMicrosoft has applied for a patent on technology that would score meetings based on body language and facial expressions.
Read MoreThe company announced that it had labeled nearly 200 million posts with content warnings ahead of the recent presidential election. 'Wonder Woman 1984' comes to HBO Max for a month starting Christmas Day Finally, some good news for this year.
Read MoreIt's not a stretch to say that Microsoft's Windows is one of the most ubiquitous and well-known pieces of software the world has ever seen. Windows 1.0 was released on November 20th, 1985, though, chances are most of you don't have fond memories of it.
Read MoreMicrosoft Teams now offers free 24-hour video calls in a bid to win over Zoom users who want longer conversations.
Read MoreJust in time for the holiday shopping season, Microsoft is adding new tools to help Edge find the lowest price on products and take advantage of coupons.
Read MoreMicrosoft has warned that Xbox Series X and S shortages could last until the April quarter as supply catches up with demand.
Read MoreThe next Windows PC you buy could come with an advanced security co-processor that will protect your data from being stolen by hackers.
Read MoreUK cellular operators will be banned from installing Huawei 5G equipment after September 2021, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has announced.
Read MoreProviders have until 2022 to add support for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number.
Read MoreAT&T is giving teachers free wireless data service to cope with the pandemic, but only if enough students sign up for discounted plans.
Read MoreT-Mobile has expanded its LTE home internet to more than 130 additional cities, although 5G will have to wait.
Read MoreT-Mobile is paying $200 million to settle FCC assertions that Sprint abused Lifeline claims.
Read MoreFCC chairman Ajit Pai has announced that he's leaving the commission as of January 20th, 2021, the same day that President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in. It's not a major surprise, as such appointees often resign as a new administration takes over; former FCC chairman Tom Wheeler left his position when the Trump administration took over back in 2017. Of course, Pai will always be remembered for his infamous decision to strip net neutrality protections that were put in place under the Obama presidency.
Read MoreAdobe says online shopping surged over 21 percent during Black Friday 2020, and the COVID-19 pandemic played a major role.
Read MoreZappos' former CEO Tony Hsieh, who helped transform online shopping, has died at the age of 46.
Read MoreIKEA has finally added scene support to its smart home system, and shortcut buttons appear to be close at hand as well.
Read MoreEngadget's daily tech news bulletin, including the best Black Friday deals.
Read MoreFujifilm's latest firmware update for the GFX100 allows the camera to capture 400-megapixel images with the help of a technique called pixel shift multi-shot.
Read MoreThe Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a set of rule changes that would give internet platforms like Uber the option to give gig workers equity as part of their compensation. As Axios noted, companies like Uber and Airbnb have been asking the SEC to modify its rules so that they can give company stock to their drivers and contractors for quite a while now. Under the proposed changes to Rule 701, a five-year pilot program would allow internet platforms to issue equity to their workers, so long as it's no more than 15 percent of the value of their compensation within a 12-month period.
Read MoreFujifilm has unveiled a special infrared version of the 100-megapixel, medium-format GFX100 designed for "forensic, scientific and cultural preservation applications," the company announced.
Read MoreThe Joe Biden - Kamala Harris administration now has federal government support to begin its transition, including millions in funding and the use of .gov domains.
Read MoreYou can collect items from a store, curbside or a drive-through in as little as 30 minutes.
Read MoreMere weeks before Adobe's planned end of support date for Flash, the Internet Archive has come in to save everyone's favorite mid-aughts plugin and the creative content that came out of it.
Read MoreRoli has unveiled a Lumi Keys Studio Edition for pro musicians that lets you glide and stab keys to produce unusual effects.
Read MoreThe FAA has approved the Boeing 737 Max's return to service after a long-in-the-making software fix — if also at a time when few people are flying.
Read MoreKorg's SQ-1 is a bit under appreciated. The Korg SQ-64 Poly Sequencer is basically attempting to be the king of all the CV sequencers. It has four 64-step tracks. The SQ-64 also expands on the playback variation you got the SQ-1 and injects some controlled chaos.
Read MoreBeyond Meat has unveiled next-generation plant burgers that are juicier while reducing fat and calories.
Read MoreNew York's subway system is an intrinsic aspect of the city's identity, as much so as the Brooklyn Bridge or Empire State Building. New York simply wouldn't be New York without its trains, a critical connective infrastructure that moved approximately 5.5 million people every single day in 2019. In his new book, Subway: The Curiosities, Secrets, and Unofficial History of the New York City Transit System, author John Morris takes readers on a fascinating trip through the history of the iconic urban rail system, from its founding through its explosive mid-century expansion, to its decline in the 1970s and rebirth in the modern era.
Read MoreThe drone air show business is not an easy one, only around two dozen such outfits exist worldwide. The company also keeps its drone manufacturing in-house with its M1 UAV. But for as complicated as the swarm's movements are, the drones themselves possess virtually zero autonomy.
Read MoreNanoleaf is taking on smart lighting giants like Hue with its first bulb and lightstrip.
Read MoreBeyoncé and Peloton are donating fitness subscriptions to students at 10 Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Read MoreSling Media launched the Slingbox in 2005, and two years from now, every single Slingbox will stop working.
Read MoreYou might be able to try meatless McPlant menu items next year.
Read MoreIn American Cheese: An Indulgent Odyssey Through the Artisan Cheese World, author Joe Berkowitz takes readers on an incredible journey through the heart of the modern cheese-making/cheese-enjoying industry. In the excerpt below, Berkowitz visits an artisanal cheese facility in Northern California, bonds with "the girls" who make the milk, and learns how green making orange can be. Just as I'm about ready to give up, I find a sloping gravel path riven through a grassy hill that leads to Point Reyes Farmstead Creamery.
Read MoreKamado Joe has combined the efficiency of ceramic grills with the ease of wood pellets in a new WiFi-connected model.
Read MoreWorking with Japan's JR East rail group, Panasonic has developed a cordless vacuum device that can quickly nab a stray pair of wireless earbuds.
Read MoreDJI's smallest drone is back, this time with 4K video and over double the range.
Read MoreIt's way more relaxing than cable news, at least.
Read MoreWhile people across the country watch election night results come in from legitimate sources, some YouTube channels were trying to earn a buck off of their interest. Insider highlights several channels that kicked off fake result livestreams long before even the earliest polls closed and results started to become available. They had fake or manipulated Electoral Collage results, and some of the streams found had monetization enabled.
Read MoreMuch as Elon Musk did with his Tesla Model 3 factory, Walmart has discovered that robots can't necessarily replace humans. The retail giant has decided scrap plans to use robots to automate the chore of tracking inventory after find that humans could do as good a job.
Read MoreOn Monday, the FCC's Wireless Competition Board announced that newly allocated financing part of Stage Two of the Uniendo a Puerto Rico fund will ensure that every location across Puerto Rico will have access to broadband internet with download speeds of at least 100 Mbps, with one-third of the territory getting 1 Gbps internet. The milestone will come from $127.1 million in funding the FCC will provide over 10 years to two firms: Liberty Communications and Claro Puerto Rico. Of that $127.1 million, $71.54 will go to Liberty Communications, which will take care of connecting 43 of Puerto Rico's 78 municipios — the equivalent to counties on the mainland.
Read MoreThe Gravity Series 800 Griddle can manage high temperature searing and low-and-slow smoking just like its predecessors, but this grill also comes with a flat-top griddle insert.
Read MoreThe Internet Archive now adds fact checks and context to explain why cached pages were taken down.
Read MoreNetflix is raising the price of standard and premium plans in the US Netflix is yet again getting a little more expensive. The company announced last week that its standard plan will now cost $14, a dollar increase, and its premium plan will rise two dollars to $18 a month.
Read MoreWe weren't necessarily expecting 2016's beloved first-person shooter Doom to show up on the Nintendo Switch, but turns out id Software and Panic Button knew what they were doing. The whole experience worked well, no mean feat given that Doom was designed with the PS4 and Xbox One in mind.
Read MoreSuper Nintendo World, the much anticipated "life-size, living video game" theme park will open on February 4th in Osaka, Universal Studios Japan has announced.
Read MoreNintendo will halt course uploads from 'Super Mario Maker' for Wii U on March 31st, forcing creators to move on to the Switch sequel.
Read MoreIt's the most expensive game ever sold at auction.
Read MoreNintendo's free-to-play mobile game Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is getting new AR features to let you interact with your favorite characters in the real world. The company announced AR Camera and AR Cabin modes that will let you place your animal neighbors in your surroundings via your phone and either hang out or take pictures with them. You can invite up to 8 different characters to hang out with in this space, in case you were feeling lonely and wanted a faux party during the pandemic.
Read MoreThe new save data transfer function will give you a way to transfer your entire island or just a single resident to another Switch system.
Read MoreYou'll finally be able to transfer your save data to another Nintendo Switch.
Read MoreToday, the Danish giant announced the Master Your Adventure Maker Set, which makes it easier for people to build their dream course. There's also some basic baddies and a 'customisation machine' that lets players choose how Mario reacts to three special pieces. Lego is also adding three new expansion sets to its already impressive lineup, which currently includes Bowser's Castle and a spooky yard haunted by King Boo.
Read MoreAn Oxford study tapped into data from Nintendo and EA.
Read MoreThe Switch system's November sales could be aided by a bundle Nintendo is releasing for Black Friday.
Read MoreNintendo Switch lifetime sales soar past the NES
Read More'Ys I' and 'Ys II' are getting their ultimate ports: to a PC platform from 1987, complete with 3.5-inch floppies.
Read MoreThere's good news if you're trying to use Sony's new controller to play PC games.
Read MoreGo on a deep dive of Half-Life Alyx's development with the team that worked on the VR title.
Read MoreHalo 4, the first game in the series developed by 343 Industries, is making its way to Windows PCs on November 17th, Microsoft announced today. The remastered version of the game will be the final addition to the Master Chief Collection, which was released last year and has slowly added new Halo entries since then. Perhaps more important for many gamers though, that remastered bundle of games is also hitting the Xbox Series X and Series S on November 17th as well.
Read MoreSteam has served as a digital game store on PC for many years, but managing test groups, demos and reviews has generally relied on a system of demos and key distribution that leaves plenty of holes for scammers and other bad actors. Now Valve has launched Steam Playtest, so that developers can invite people and control access directly via the Steam store page for their game. Valve writes that this isn't meant to replace Early Access beta testing, and can even be used alongside it, but unlike Early Access, this feature is free to use for developers and customers and doesn't support sales.
Read MoreA bug in 'Spider-Man: Miles Morales' turns the superhero into random objects, including a patio heater.
Read More'Just Cause 4' and 'Rocket Arena' are December's other free games for subscribers.
Read MoreEA has outlined enhancements for 'FIFA 21' on PS5, including the use of the DualSense's triggers to reflect a player's fatigue.
Read MoreSony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) CEO Jim Ryan confirmed that the PS5 is completely sold out despite his best efforts to have enough stock. He added that he believes the supply shortage would have happened even without COVID-19.
Read MoreThe design lead of Astro's Playroom tells us how his team built a showpiece for the PS5's DualSense controller.
Read MoreAfter missing its original September release date, Audeze's $299 Penrose gaming headset is now available to purchase.
Read MoreAndroid TV? Google TV?) Sony has sold over 110 million PlayStation 4 consoles, meaning that the Apple TV service should now be available to many, many more people.
Read MoreWatch us play Demon's Soul, Godfall and Spider-Man Miles Morales on PS5.
Read MoreThe PS5 is huge. According to Sony Interactive Entertainment's Senior Art Director Yujin Morisawa, though, it would've been even larger if the engineering team didn't tell him to shrink it down a bit. In an interview with The Washington Post, Morisawa said that he knew the console had to be bigger than its predecessors, because more power means the need for a bigger heatsink and more air flow.
Read MoreInsomniac Games announced on Monday that PlayStation 4 players will have the ability to transfer their save files from Marvel's Spider-Man to the upcoming PlayStation 5 remaster of the game.
Read MoreSony cleared up details about 1440p output, PlayStation Now and much more in an FAQ.
Read MoreYou'll have to wait until the second half of 2021 to play the PS5 flagship game 'Horizon Forbidden West.'
Read MoreA PlayStation 5 Remote Play app is rolling out to the PS4, although you might be limited to playing older games.
Read MoreThere was some hope P.T. would live on, but that's not to be the case.
Read MoreA patch will enable the feature later this year, along with cross-play between PS4 and PS5.
Read MoreSony and Lucid have detailed game modes in the PS5 car smasher 'Destruction AllStars,' including the battle royale-like Gridfall.
Read MoreSony said it's a safety measure amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreOne of the PS5's most intriguing features is its controller's capability to make you feel various in-game scenarios with its adaptive triggers. Now, TronicsFix has pulled a DualSense controller apart to give us a look at how its adaptive triggers work and at the device's other inner components. Aside from giving us a glimpse of the complex trigger mechanism, the teardown also compares the controller to DualShock 4.
Read MoreYou'll have to find a different way to customize your PlayStation 5.
Read MoreThis modern interpretation of the iconic EMS Synthi A is ripe for exploration and experimentation. It may be expensive but it's incredibly satisfying and inspiring to play. Its target niche of experimental musicians and hardcore synth nerds will be enthralled.
Read MoreKeyboard and trackpad I've loved HP's EliteBook keyboards for some time now, and the 1040 doesn't disappoint. It's a simple but surprisingly useful feature that I wish more companies would adopt.
Read MoreFocus Photo & Video is now selling Sony's Bose-beating WH-1000XM3 headphones for just $200 with the discount code THANKS, the cheapest price we've seen so far.
Read MoreThe follow up the Akai's all-in-one music-making machine comes with built-in speakers, making the already portable device even more flexible.
Read MoreRead Engadget's impressions of the Logitech Folio Touch keyboard for the iPad Air.
Read MoreThe new MacBook Air runs like similarly to an iPad Pro, which is to say that it's speedy and smooth and now silent thanks to its new fanless design. Apple has been working towards the MacBook Air M1 for a while now; the company has spent a decade building its own mobile chips and the M1 is their first system-on-a-chip for their laptop line.
Read MoreA teardown of Apple's iPhone 12 Pro Max has illustrated just how large the main camera sensor really is — you wouldn't fit it into a regular 12 Pro.
Read MoreWith the Zen 3 chips, AMD has reclaimed the desktop performance crown, and the flagship 16-core 5950X is one of the fastest processors we've ever seen. But how much speed do you really need?
Read MoreThis week on the show, we dive into early thoughts on the PlayStation 5 vs the Xbox Series X.
Read MoreThe new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with M1 Apple Silicon CPUs are nearly identical to Intel-powered Macs.
Read MoreAMD's Radeon 6800 and 6800 XT prove that it can still build great high-end GPUs. They're solid NVIDIA competitors, though their ray tracing performance still needs some work.
Read MoreThe M1 also gives the MacBook Air something it's never had before: decent gaming performance. The Intel partnership worked out well for Apple. Apple's new MacBook Air is stunningly fast. The M1-powered MacBook Air feels like an enormous leap forward for Apple in every way.
Read MoreEvery month, Engadget features what our editors are currently into, whether it be video games, podcasts or gadgets. This week, Senior Editor Nicole Lee tells the tale of one of her latest pandemic purchases: a Dell UltraSharp 4K monitor. The monitor was a clunky CRT model whose brand I can't even remember.
Read MoreAn iFixit teardown of Apple's iPhone 12 mini has revealed that Apple shrank more than the battery to make its small phone.
Read MoreAll the gadgets we've reviewed this week, including the Xbox Series X, PlayStation 5 and the iPhone 12 Pro Max.
Read MoreRoland's TR-6S includes digital emulations of classic drum machines like the 808, 909 and 606, as well as a quirky FM percussion engine and sample playback. It's perhaps the most versatile portable drum machine out there. But be prepared to do a lot of menu diving.
Read MoreWiring aside, there's little to complain about the AMX's appearance.
Read MoreApple's HomePod was a bit of a tough sell when it launched in 2018. The $350 speaker (now selling for $300) was far more expensive than the Amazon Echo or Google Home, and Siri was less capable and intelligent than Alexa or Google Assistant. One thing was undeniable, though: the HomePod sounded excellent.
Read MoreIt feels like FM synthesis is having something of a renaissance recently. Elektron has the Digitone and launched the beginner friendly Model:Cyles earlier this year. Now Korg has something at least approaching a flagship level FM machine in the Opsix.
Read MoreThe eSwap X Pro features a modular design that allows you to swap the d-pad and left analog stick if you prefer a symmetrical controller layout or need to replace one of the components.
Read MoreThe MacBook Pro gets an upgrade to Apple's new custom silicon, but how does that fare against the Intel machines on the market?
Read MoreTake a look at the new MacBook Air's specs against some of its closest competitors.
Read MoreFew companies are even making budget Android tablets anymore. The $230 Galaxy Tab A7 runs Android 10 on a 10-inch screen and has a sturdy yet lightweight frame. Samsung says this thing was "made to entertain," so if you're looking for a budget-friendly device for watching movies or playing games, this could be up your alley.
Read MoreLeica has unveiled the Q2 Monochrom, a version of its compact full-frame camera focused on black-and-white photography.
Read MoreBetter, not just bigger. There are four new iPhones out there. Is the biggest, most expensive model the one for you?
Read MoreAt a time where we're spending more time at home surrounded by big screens, and people are more sensitive to price, a small but powerful iPhone could be just the ticket. After living with one for a week, though, I'm torn. Though I love the iPhone 12 mini, I would never buy one for myself, and wouldn't recommend it to most people.
Read MoreForget Sackboy — this is the must-play game of the PS5.
Read MoreThis week on the show, we dive into early thoughts on the PlayStation 5 vs the Xbox Series X.
Read MoreThe PS5 is a worthy 4K gaming machine with some next-gen titles you'll actually want to play. You'll just have to get used to its unique design.
Read MoreThe iPhone 12 Pro Max, meanwhile, is the highest end option.
Read MoreThe Xbox Series X is the ultimate game console, it just needs more games at launch.
Read MoreCompared to the Xbox Series X, the Series S is adorable but underpowered.
Read MoreSony's 12.1-megapixel A7S III was worth the five-year wait. It has the same incredible low-light capability of its predecessors, but adds much-needed features like improved stabilization, a flip-out touch display and 4K video at up to 120 fps.
Read MoreThe ZenBook Flip S is a solid premium ultraportable convertible from ASUS, thanks to Intel's 11th-gen CPU and Xe graphics.
Read MoreA teardown of Google's Pixel 5 illustrates just how the metal phone still manages to include wireless charging.
Read MoreCornell researchers have made a stretchable skin sensor whose light-based approach could bring human-like touch to VR and robots.
Read MoreEach FreeBOT comes encased inside an iron shell that is the key to its ability to attach to other FreeBOTs.
Read MoreThe head of the UK military, General Sir Nick Carter, believes robots could make up a quarter of the army by the 2030s.
Read MoreSamsung's next earbuds appear to be the Galaxy Buds Pro, and they could add active noise cancelling to the Buds+ design.
Read MoreIt's the brand's first smart TV with built-in WiFi, Bluetooth and Wireless DeX capability.
Read MoreThe Exynos 1080 is Samsung's first five-nanometer chip.
Read MoreMore storage for the cheapest member of the S20 family.
Read MoreSamsung is teasing the reveal of the Exynos 1080 chip on November 12th, offering a peek at the future of Galaxy phones.
Read MoreAlphabet-owned DeepMind may be best known for building the AI that beat a world-class Go player, but the company announced another, perhaps more vital breakthrough this morning. As part of its work for the 14th Critical Assessment of Protein Structure Prediction, or CASP, DeepMind's AlphaFold 2 AI has shown it can guess how certain proteins will fold themselves with surprising accuracy. In some cases, the results were perceived to be "competitive" with actual, experimental data.
Read MoreScotland is set to start the world's first trials of green hydrogen to replace natural gas for cooking and heating in 300 homes, the UK's energy regulator Ofgem announced.
Read MoreScientists have developed a modified "stealth" virus that can fight metastatic cancers without tripping the human immune system.
Read MoreResearchers have found that a key component of cells likely explains why astronauts develop health problems in space.
Read MoreThe FDA has cleared the use of Regeneron's lab-made antibodies to treat COVID-19, but only in some cases.
Read MoreStructural engineers and repair crews have done all that they can but the end result is as we feared: the Arecibo radio telescope has to come down. The venerable space observatory has been out of commission since August when a cable atop Tower 4, which supports the platform, snapped and gutted a 100-foot long section from the telescope's reflecting dish. At the time, the University of Florida, which runs the facility on behalf of the National Science Foundation, deployed three different engineering teams to investigate the problem.
Read MoreThis could have far-reaching implications in the search for a cancer vaccine.
Read MoreEarly tests have shown that a nasal spray prevents COVID-19 infections, potentially offering a more accessible defense against the virus.
Read MoreXiaomi has overtaken Apple in smartphone sales as the industry bounces back from the pandemic's initial blow.
Read MoreA OnePlus 9 Pro image leak hints at a cross between the 8T and 8 Pro, with a curved screen and a Note 20-like camera bump.
Read MoreThe update resolves issues with MMS messages, hearing devices and the lock screen.
Read MoreThe upcoming Oppo Find X3 smartphones will support the full DCI-P3 wide color gamut and 10-bit color depth across "capture, storage, and display."
Read MoreThe Oppo X 2021 is all about its "continuously variable OLED display." With just a swipe, the phone's screen size is able to transform between 6.7 inches and 7.4 inches.
Read MoreThe Barely Blue Pixel 4a will cost the same as the original, and you can only get it from the Google Store.
Read MoreEarly iPhone 12 mini buyers are reporting lock screens with touch response problems.
Read MoreA leak may have revealed detailed specs for Samsung's Galaxy S21 family, and the Ultra would be the star with S Pen support and more powerful cameras.
Read MoreQualcomm has received a rare exception to the US trade ban on Huawei that lets it sell 4G phone chips.
Read MoreA OnePlus 9 leak suggests it will offer a larger screen and a Galaxy Note 20-style camera bump.
Read MoreYour colleagues and Workspace admins won't see your personal data.
Read MoreXiaomi continues to experiment with phone cameras. It showed off an under-display selfie camera earlier this year and was among the first to introduce a 108-megapixel sensor on a phone. This time, though, the company is squeezing serious camera tech onto the small body of a smartphone.
Read MoreHuawei may sell Honor to a consortium of investors, including the local government where it's headquartered.
Read MoreXor is co-founded by a former Vertu designer who wants to make friendly, classy devices that nestle into your hand. And rinse your wallet.
Read MoreHMD Global has unveiled its first big US carrier deal. It's launching the Nokia 8 V 5G UW, a Verizon exclusive phone with a big screen and clever cameras.
Read MoreLet's Encrypt has warned that older Android phones won't support many secure websites after they lose key certificates by September 2021.
Read MoreYouTuber Mr. Mobile shows off HMD's prototype phone that could've served as a sequel to the classic Nokia N95.
Read MoreHere's how to pre-order Apple's iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini and Apple's new HomePod mini smart speaker.
Read MoreShortly after the Pixel 5 started shipping in October, complaints about a possible design flaw started popping up on forums, including Google's own community. Now a Google Community Specialist has posted on the tech giant's forum, telling owners that they have nothing to worry about in that regard. Unfortunately, the specialist didn't explain why there's a "variation in the clearance between the body and the display" and if it's caused by the assembly process.
Read MoreOne of the things we praised about the Pixel 5 in our review is its long battery life, which you can take advantage of if you need quick access to a wireless charger. Google's new flagship device has reverse wireless charging capabilities called "Battery Share," and according to its support page (found by 9to5Google), the feature automatically turns on once you plug in the phone. When the Pixel 5 recognizes that it's plugged in via USB-C and that it's charging, Battery Share switches on "for a short period," the support page says.
Read MorePeak power delivery is limited to 12W, compared with 15W for its larger siblings.
Read MoreThe service is working on a better way for users to share fundraisers in their feed.
Read MoreFour senators sent a letter to YouTube expressing 'deep concern' over misinformation.
Read MoreTwitter says the new policy will determine what verification truly means, who's eligible to be verified and why some accounts could lose their check marks. Users can either answer Twitter's survey or tweet their feedback with the hashtag #VerificationFeedback.
Read MoreThe move has been praised by epilepsy advocates.
Read MoreTwitter started flagging tweets for disputed and potentially misleading content this year ahead of the 2020 Presidential Elections. With the feature in place, the website will show you a warning every time you try to retweet or quote a post that's been labeled as such in an effort to curb the spread of misinformation. Now, the social network has expanded the feature so that you'll also get a warning if you attempt to "like" a disputed tweet.
Read MoreTikTok now has another competitor to contend with: Snapchat. The app's new Spotlight feature will pay users for popular videos.
Read MoreTwitter is fixing a bug with 'fleets' that let you see them after they were supposed to disappear.
Read MoreFacebook, Twitter and Google are gearing up for the next big misinformation fight: coronavirus vaccine conspiracies.
Read MoreThe website's Support account has announced that the social network is slowing down fleets' rollout "to fix some performance and stability problems."
Read MoreTwitter has promised some fixes after users have spotted a few issues with fleets.
Read MoreInstagram has started rolling out a new, more robust search tool in six countries.
Read MoreInstagram is expanding its Guides feature to everyone, and they now cover products, places and even posts.
Read MoreCaregivers can now block specific search terms, limit comments and discoverability for underage TikTok accounts.
Read MoreTwitter's new "fleets' are more like an Instagram Story than a typical tweet.
Read MoreWhile a presidential order banning TikTok had been held up by a judge, the president's August 14th executive order still required a sale.
Read MoreTwitter is giving some additional insight into the effectiveness of its efforts to curb the spread of election misinformation.
Read MoreTikTok will live to see another day.
Read MoreInstagram is redesigning the layout of its home screen to emphasize shopping and Reels.
Read MoreSnapchat is introducing a new feature that adds detailed horoscopes to users' profiles.
Read MoreParler and MeWe have seen an influx of users to their platforms.
Read MoreTikTok hasn't heard from the Trump administration for weeks, and that's worrying as its November 12th divestiture deadline approaches.
Read MoreTwitter has confirmed President Trump will lose his protection against bans and other restrictions when he leaves office in January.
Read MoreTwitter has permanently banned Steve Bannon's podcast after he suggested that Dr. Anthony Fauci and former FBI director Christopher Wray should be beheaded.
Read MoreFacebook has taken down a viral group with hundreds of thousands of members after "worrying calls for violence" and efforts to organize offline events.
Read MoreLabels are everywhere, but misinformation is still spreading, here's how social media is handling the 2020 election so far.
Read MoreTwitter slapped a warning label on an election-night tweet from president Donald Trump, for "making a potentially misleading claim about an election."
Read MoreTwitter confirmed it will label official campaign and candidate accounts — including the president's.
Read MoreFacebook has confirmed that it's publicly testing dark mode in its main mobile app, making it easier to browse the social network at night.
Read MoreFrom Sojourner to the much bigger Curiosity, robotic rovers tend to come in all shapes and sizes, but few will go down as adorable as the European Space Agency's new ExoMy rover.
Read MoreScientists have detected neutrinos traced to star fusion for the first time, confirming physics theories dating back to the 1930s.
Read MoreSpaceX could perform the first high-altitude test flight of its Starship vehicle next week, according to Elon Musk.
Read MorePrevious images of large channels on Mars and giant wave-like features on its surface called "megaripples" indicate that the planet suffered from catastrophic floods in the past. Now, a team of scientists has used data gathered by the Curiosity rover to prove that megafloods swept across the Gale crater around 4 billion years ago. "We identified megafloods for the first time using detailed sedimentological data observed by the rover Curiosity," said Alberto G. Fairén, co-author of the paper published by Nature.
Read MoreBy the end of the week, China's Chang'e-5 craft will be orbiting the Moon, ready to collect samples from the lunar surface for the first time in decades.
Read MoreNASA, ESA, and SpaceX have launched the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite to track rising sea levels around the world and help study climate change.
Read MoreNew Zealand's Rocket Lab has been preparing for its sixth mission of the year. The prospective launch was slated to take off from Rocket Lab's Complex 1 site on the Mahia Peninsula.
Read MoreAfter 57 years of helping to expand human knowledge and understanding of the cosmos, the story of Puerto Rico's world-famous Arecibo Observatory is coming to an unfortunate end.
Read MoreVirgin Galactic has delayed its next spaceflight indefinitely after stricter New Mexico rules on COVID-19 cut short its plans.
Read MoreSpaceX is streaming the launch of its first operational Crew Dragon mission at 7:27PM ET, and you can watch it here.
Read MoreNASA has officially approved the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket for regular astronaut flights to and from the International Space Station. The agency has signed the Human Rating Certification Plan for SpaceX's crew transportation system, making it the first spacecraft NASA has certified for manned missions since the space shuttle nearly 40 years ago.
Read MoreBack then, the aerospace company only said that its flight planning window will open on October 22nd, but it didn't give a more concrete launch date. Now, Virgin Galactic has revealed that it has decided on a launch window for the SpaceShipTwo test flight, which you can expect to take place between November 19th and 23rd. Apparently, SpaceShipTwo will carry revenue-generating payloads as part of the NASA flight opportunities program for this particular mission.
Read MoreThe country's regulators — the Innovation, Science and Economic Development department, in particular — have granted the company's request for regulatory approval, allowing it to offer beta access to the high-speed internet network provided by Starlink's satellite constellation. The service's beta trials only started a few days ago after SpaceX sent out emails to people who previously signed up to receive more information about it.
Read MoreToward the end of April, astronomers recorded a series of FRBs they suspect originated from SGR 1935+2154, a magnetar located about 30,000 lightyears from Earth.
Read MoreNASA has made contact with Voyager 2 for the first time since March thanks to an upgraded Deep Space Station 43 dish in Australia.
Read MoreA meteorite that lit up the night sky in Michigan in 2018 contains 'pristine' organic compounds that offer clues to how life formed on Earth, according to researchers.
Read MoreWhen the Arizona Cardinals and San Francisco 49ers face off on December 26th as part of the NFL's tripleheader that Saturday, one of the few ways you'll have to stream the game to your TV is through Amazon Prime Video and Twitch.
Read MoreNetflix has stopped streaming Chappelle's Show less than a month after it added the Comedy Central classic to its catalog on November 1st.
Read MoreSwift will play the hit album in full and tell stories behind each song.
Read MoreStarting today, Roku Channel users can subscribe to AMC+ for $9 per month.
Read MoreMiley Cyrus, Kiana Ledé and Foo Fighters will also perform.
Read MoreDisney+ may be the sole home for major family movies like 'Cruella,' 'Peter Pan' and 'Pinocchio' as the company shifts its focus toward streaming.
Read MoreThe publication says it's part of WarnerMedia's plan to make HBO Max the only point of entry for customers on streaming services.
Read MoreAmazon just secured the worldwide rights to Paramount Pictures' Coming 2 America — the sequel to the popular 1988 comedy film starring Eddie Murphy.
Read More'Marvel's Wastelanders' is one of three exclusive Marvel Comics podcasts announced for SiriusXM.
Read MoreYouTube's most popular 9-year-old has landed on a new platform.
Read MoreTidal is discounting the cost of its paid subscription tiers during Black Friday and beyond.
Read MoreDon't be surprised if you start seeing ads on videos made by smaller YouTube creators. The video-sharing website has updated its Terms of Service, and it includes a new section that gives it the right to monetize videos from channels not big enough to be part of its Partner Program. To become eligible for the YouTube Partner Program, a creator has to be living in a country where it's active, has to have 4,000 public watch hours in the last 12 months and has to have over 1,000 subscribers.
Read MoreFirst, Twitter gaming deal hunter @Wario64 spotted a promo video on YouTube that promised Wonder Woman 1984 will debut in theaters and on HBO Max on December 25th, while Variety and The Hollywood Reporter confirmed this is the plan.
Read MoreIt's good news, Charlie Brown.
Read MoreYouTube has launched a new ad format that gives brands a way to use audio as the primary means to communicate their message. In the video-sharing platform's announcement, it said the new format was designed to target audiences that use the website for "ambient listening."
Read MoreSoundCloud has a new way of indicating to you that it's verified a creator.
Read MoreAfter a ten year run on TBS, Conan O'Brien is leaving late-night television for a streaming platform.
Read MoreBut as much as I miss live music, the musicians who actually play live music, miss it even more.
Read MoreThis is season one, episode five of The New York Times Presents documentary series.
Read MoreUniversal Pictures has forged a partnership with Cinemark to make theatrical exclusivity more realistic in the midst of a pandemic. Back in July, the movie studio struck a similar deal with AMC, which will make films available much earlier through streaming/video-on-demand services. The terms with Cinemark's are a bit different, though.
Read MoreThe new $10 increase in the Hulu + Live TV bundle will go into effect on December 18th.
Read MoreThe new HBO Max app should work on any Fire TV hardware or TV set running Amazon's Fire TV interface
Read MoreNetflix has renewed 'Space Force' for season 2, just as questions are emerging about the real Space Force's future.
Read MoreTwitch has introduced a new feature called Predictions for creators who want to encourage viewer participation on their channels. Predictions allow creators set events wherein viewers can use their Channel Points to predict an outcome. For instance, the host can broadcast a pizza-eating challenge with a prediction asking viewers if they think they can finish a table-sized pizza in 15 minutes.
Read MoreWarner's release of Tenet earlier this year brought in about $55 million, with a release on Ultra HD Blu-ray and VOD scheduled for December 15th.
Read MoreWho wants to remember 2020, anyway?
Read MoreIt'll be the first Marvel Studios series to hit the streaming service.
Read MoreEarlier this year, when we were all getting accustomed to not going anywhere, Sonos waded into original content for the first time with Sonos Radio. The free, ad-supported service aggregated tens of thousands of terrestrial radio stations and presented it along side Sonos-curated streaming stations, exclusive artist-curated content and a flagship, ad-free Apple Music 1-style channel. As the name suggests, Sonos Radio HD will stream its original stations in lossless 16-bit/44.1 kHz lossless quality, a massive upgrade over the current 128kbps streams.
Read MoreFor the time being, David Fincher is a Netflix man. Speaking with French magazine Premiere, the director revealed that he's signed an "exclusive contract with them for another four years." Fincher was an executive producer on House of Cards, Netflix's first breakout hit, and directed the first two episodes.
Read MoreYour internet isn't broken, YouTube is just not loading videos for most people.
Read MoreThe service apologized for how it handled a huge influx of DMCA claims.
Read MoreRoku's next platform update has arrived. Version 9.4 is rolling out to "select 4K Roku devices," the company explained in a press release, including the Roku Ultra player, Roku Streambar, Roku Smart Soundbar, Roku Streaming Stick+ and Roku Premiere. Roku OS 9.4 plays nice with Apple's AirPlay 2 standard, giving you another way to find and view your favourite content in the living room.
Read MoreA new activity bar has filters for mood-centered playlists.
Read MoreThe beauty of Netflix is that you can watch anything anytime you want, but what if you don't feel like making a decision? That's the idea behind Direct, a new linear-style channel that Netflix is testing in France.
Read MoreNBC has pulled its social distancing-oriented show Connecting from the air and moved it to its streaming service Peacock, the broadcaster announced
Read MoreWith TwitchCon cancelled due to the pandemic, Twitch said it would find ways to "join forces in an alternate dimension" and now it has. The streaming video service posted a tweet with a quick video preview and the message "Because no fun was ever had by NOT going into an interdimensional portal." Because no fun was ever had by NOT going into an interdimensional portal.
Read MoreAs part of a test, they can flag tracks they want to pop up in Radio and Autoplay.
Read MoreNetflix has explained how its streaming technology prevents outages like the one it suffered in 2019.
Read MoreThe issue was first discovered in 2019 but it seems like more users are now seeing their devices fail.
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Read MoreApple unleashed a new MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac mini during its 'One More Thing' event on Tuesday. They all have its M1 CPU inside and represent the company's first step away from Intel-powered machines.
Read MoreWe review Sony's new mirrorless camera and launch our 2020 gift guide.
Read MoreThe Xbox Series X is finally here. This machine is a massively powerful gaming console, and feels like an apology for everything that went wrong with the Xbox one. Lower relative price? Check. Big specs? Check. Kinect? Nowhere in sight. The Series X delivers on the promise of gorgeous 4K gaming, and is a well engineered, if bulky machine, but it doesn't have many new games to back it up. Sony's launch slate is stronger, and for folks without a 4k HDR TV, the Series S is much cheaper and probably a better deal. Still, for Xbox fans looking for maximum performance in a sleek design, the Series X isn't going to disappoint.
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Read MoreDavid Prowse, the actor who played Darth Vader on camera, has died at the age of 85.
Read MoreWhat's on TV this week: 'Saved by the Bell,' 'Mad Max' and 'Peninsula' in 4K, and 'Superintelligence.'
Read MoreHBO is going through with a TV adaptation of The Last of Us.
Read MoreThe Justice League Snyder Cut has a new teaser, but no firm release date yet.
Read MoreAs the pandemic continues to rage on and with recent spikes plunging many countries in Europe back into lockdown, movie studios once again have to delay production on upcoming films. Disney appears to be trying to avoid that by saving some already-finished movies for later, with Deadline reporting that the distributor has pulled films like Free Guy and Death On The Nile off its December release calendar. Originally set for a July 3rd premiere, Free Guy was delayed till December 11th due to the pandemic.
Read MoreChristopher Nolan's latest heads to 4K UHD, Blu-ray, DVD and digital next month.
Read MoreWhat's on TV this week: 'Game of Thrones' 4K and 'NFS: Hot Pursuit Remastered'
Read MoreJabra's Elite 85t earbuds do a lot of things right well, but we also ran into some troubles with some annoying (and sometimes painful) popping sounds when switching between noise cancelling and ambient modes. Fortunately, Jabra has just released a firmware update for the Elite 85t that promises to fix these issues. The latest firmware update is available through Jabra's Sound+ app, and it has a few other fixes worth mentioning, as well.
Read MoreThe company started testing the feature a year ago.
Read MoreThe OS 5.1 update will improve night-time SpO2 tracking and offer the option to switch to Google Assistant.
Read MoreOlive Union says its forthcoming true wireless hearing aids will last 18 hours on a charge.
Read MoreThe engineer who built their own smartwatch is back with a pair of smart sunglasses.
Read MoreNike is incorporating powered lacing tech into a Jordan shoe for the first time with this special edition Air Jordan XI Adapt.
Read MoreGarmin has added pregnancy tracking to its smartwatches, giving you a way to measure progress and improve your health before the baby arrives.
Read MoreThe FDA has approved sale of an Apple Watch app, NightWare, that helps sleep for people with PTSD-related nightmares.
Read MorePirhana Games has delayed the Steam version and DLC to steer clear of 'Cyberpunk 2077.'
Read MoreAnother Xbox console exclusive will miss its 2020 release date, leaving Microsoft with a thin launch lineup.
Read MoreThe Wolverine V2 costs $100 and it's available today.
Read MoreLooking for a new PS5, Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S? Walmart.com will have some available at 3PM ET on November 19th.
Read MoreXbox cloud gaming is coming to Australia, Japan, Brazil and Mexico.
Read MoreStarting today, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate comes with one free month of Disney+.
Read MoreThe Xbox Series X version will have a 6K supersampled mode.
Read MoreThe Medium, the next horror game from Blair Witch developer Bloober Team, has been delayed.
Read MoreRazer has unveiled Kaira and Kaira Pro headsets designed with Xbox Series X gaming in mind.
Read MoreKinect may not have become the essential gaming tool it was tipped to be, but ten years later it's found a niche everywhere else.
Read MoreIn a somewhat surprising move, Apple is letting Xbox users sign up for the service directly in the Apple TV app, and there's also the standard one week free trial as well.
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