Mozilla pauses crypto donations following criticism over climate impact
After announcing that it would accept cryptocurrency donations last week, the Mozilla Foundation has put them on hold following critical comments from a Mozilla founder and numerous others, TechCrunch...
View ArticleEngadget Podcast: Everything we loved (and hated) at CES 2022
It’s that time of the year again! Cherlynn and Devindra break down some of the best tech they’ve seen at CES 2022, as well as a bunch of weird and awful products. Get ready for notebooks with hybrid...
View ArticleGoogle Doodle pays tribute to Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking would've turned 80 on January 8th, 2022 had he still been alive. While he's no longer with us, his contribution to our understanding of the universe remains immense and shouldn't be...
View ArticleAbbott is working on ‘biowearables’ to measure glucose, lactate and ketones
Health tech company Abbott is working on “biowearable” devices to track certain elements of one’s body, with the idea that they’ll provide users with more insights about their general health and help...
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Apple Fitness+ will add an audio-based running feature on January 10th
Apple isn't slowing down when it comes to new features for Fitness+. It announced several more that will be added on January 10th, including Time to Run. That's a spin on the Time to Walk experience,...
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The Mac Mini M1 is up to $150 off, plus the rest of the week's best tech deals
Despite the holidays being behind us, there are still some good tech deals floating around on the internet. While we likely won't see the deep discounts we saw in November and December for some time,...
View ArticleGameStop is reportedly developing a marketplace for NFTs of in-game items
Following Ubisoft and Square Enix, GameStop is apparently the latest player in the video game industry that sees NFTs as a way to boost its profitability. According to The Wall Street Journal, the...
View ArticleModel Brooks Nader says someone used an AirTag to track her
Although Apple's AirTags can be useful for helping find lost belongings, ever since the tracker went on sale last spring, critics have raised concerns that bad actors could use it to stalk people....
View ArticleNeon, Valorant's newest agent, brings sprinting and sliding to the game
Valorant is a game of methodical movement. Your weapon is at its most accurate when you’re standing still, and pinpoint accuracy is essential if you want to live. That’s what makes Neon, the game’s...
View ArticleShoddy coding has some Honda cars stuck in the year 2002
Some Honda cars owners have recently found themselves in something of a time loop. Since the start of the year, the automaker’s forums have been flooded with reports of people complaining that the...
View ArticleMeta's new Privacy Center explains how the company handles data collection
Meta has announced a new Privacy Center that provides users with information about data collection, sharing, security, data use and ads. The hub includes details on the approach to privacy across apps...
View ArticleIKEA and Sonos refresh the Symfonisk bookshelf speaker with a faster processer
Without much fanfare, IKEA and Sonos have released a second-generation version of their Symfonisk bookshelf speaker. First spotted by Dutch publication Tweakers (via The Verge), the new model features...
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The best of CES 2022
You all know what they say about the best-laid plans. Though Engadget intended to send a few editors to cover CES in person, we later decided amid surging covid cases that it would be best if our...
View ArticleHow to watch the Awesome Games Done Quick 2022 speedrunning marathon
Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ), an annual week-long celebration of speedrunning, is almost upon us. Between January 9th and 16th, you'll be able to watch one expert gamer after another race through...
View ArticleNew 'Valorant' players will need to grind before they can play competitive games
A new playable character with an aggressive mobility-based kit isn’t the only potentially game-changing tweak coming to Valorant with the shooter’s Episode Four update on January 11th. Once the patch...
View ArticleAmazon cuts paid COVID-19 leave for workers in half
Amazon, the second-largest employer in the US, announced today that it would be slashing its paid leave policies for workers forced to quarantine in half. The policy, instituted in March of 2020,...
View ArticlePixar's 'Turning Red' will forgo theaters for Disney+
Turning Red, Pixar’s latest feature film, will premiere exclusively on Disney+, the studio announced on Friday. It follows Soul and Luca as the third Pixar movie to skip a theatrical release. Disney...
View ArticleTesla will hike prices on self-driving mode, again
Tesla's "full self-driving" (FSD) feature has had something of a rocky history, to put things generously. It's been implicated in multiple crashes, seemingly persistent software bugs and a cavalcade of...
View ArticlePayPal confirms it's exploring the launch of its own stablecoin
PayPal has been expanding its cryptocurrency business since it opened trading to all users in 2020. It allowed US customers to check out with cryptocurrency and increased its crypto buy limit over the...
View ArticleFAA reveals 50 airports that will have C-band 5G buffer zones
When AT&T's and Verizon's C-band 5G services go live on January 19th, they'll be implementing buffer zones around 50 airports in the US to reduce to risk of flight disruption. The Federal Aviation...
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