The Morning After: Adidas' first NFT drop made $23 million
If you’ve started to generally understand the ebbs and flows of cryptocurrencies, the volatility of Bitcoin and the rest, and started to comprehend why blockchain tech has a big future beyond Dogecoin,...
View ArticleLG's first gaming laptop comes with an NVIDIA RTX 3080 GPU and 11th-gen Intel...
LG is best known for productivity-oriented laptops and particularly, its lightweight Gram 17 — but not any serious gaming models. Now the company has revealed what it calls its "first gaming laptop"...
View ArticleWhat we bought: Our favorite gadgets of 2021
While plenty of gadgets cross our desks, we at Engadget also end up buying a lot of things for ourselves throughout the year. In 2021, some of us invested in smart home devices and others...
View ArticleIn 2021, billionaires headed to the stars
We’re in the midst of a modern day space race. Where once the two most powerful empires on the planet vied to be first to the moon, we now have corporations led by billionaire barons — Elon Musk’s...
View ArticleDemocrats press Amazon for details on tornado warehouse deaths
Senators and House representatives including Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Cori Bush have sent a letter to Amazon asking whether the company's policies played a role in the deaths of six workers after...
View ArticleBeats Studio Buds are down to $100 at Adorama
If you're scrambling for a last-minute holiday gift, it might be worth checking out a solid deal on Beats Studio Buds. The earbuds have dropped from $150 to $100, which matches the lowest price we've...
View ArticleThe PS Plus version of 'FF7 Remake' can be upgraded to 'Intergrade' after all
One of the games PlayStation Plus subscribers were able to claim at not extra cost in March was Final Fantasy VII Remake. Sony announced that month's PS Plus lineup at the same time it revealed an...
View ArticleMeta is trying to find the people who created more than 39,000 phishing sites
Meta is taking legal action to disrupt a large-scale phishing campaign. On Monday, the company filed a federal lawsuit to “uncover the identities” of a group of people that created more than 39,000...
View ArticleEPA announces strictest fuel efficiency standards ever, reversing Trump-era...
On Monday, the Biden administration finalized new fuel efficiency standards designed to limit greenhouse gas emissions put out by passenger vehicles. By 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency will...
View ArticleT-Mobile says it blocked 21 billion scam calls in 2021
T-Mobile announced that scam call traffic more than doubled in 2021 with attempts hitting an average of 425 million calls every week, Bleeping Computer reported. It also said that it blocked over 21...
View ArticleTesla's holiday update adds TikTok and 'Sonic' to its infotainment system
Tesla's big holiday update for the year has started making its way to the automaker's fleet of electric vehicles, and it adds quite a large list of improvements and new features. For those addicted to...
View ArticleThree and EE will offer 4G and 5G access across London Underground
British mobile providers Three and EE are the first networks to reach an agreement regarding 4G and 5G coverage across the whole London Underground. The carriers have reached a deal with infrastructure...
View ArticleSony's new WF-C500 in-ear buds are $58 for today only at Amazon
Sony's true wireless WF-C500 earphones offer features like a comfortable fit and support for immersive 360 Reality Audio, but at the regular $100 price they're not quite a cheap gift. For today only,...
View ArticleThe Morning After: The best things we bought in 2021
Our end-of-year coverage kicks off this week, covering the major tech stories of the year (hi, billionaires in space) and, closer to Earth, the gear that the Engadget team spent their money on in the...
View ArticleAmazon kids bundle offers a Fire 7 tablet and Echo Dot for just $80
If you're still looking for a last-minute Christmas gift — or a post-holiday one — for the kids in your life, Amazon has a bundle you may want to check out. The e-commerce giant is selling a Fire 7...
View ArticleTiffany Haddish is getting her own Supernatural VR workout
Popular virtual reality workout app Supernatural is partnering with comedian Tiffany Haddish to release a new workout series. Part of its upcoming This Year, Be You campaign, the collaboration will add...
View ArticleUbisoft has barely sold any Ghost Recon NFTs
Ubisoft recently launched the Quartz NFT platform as a way to monetize game properties, something that didn't exactly go over well with either customers or employees. Now, it appears that the effort is...
View Article2021 was the year that streaming pushed our cultural buttons
To no one’s surprise, 2020 was a bumper year for streaming. With people stuck at home last year, services saw millions of new subscribers — Netflix attracted 16 million customers in just three months,...
View ArticleFirst full asteroid return sample confirms early Solar System origins
Scientists have finally studied their first full samples returned from an asteroid in space, and they confirm what you'd expect — while providing some new insights. ScienceAlertreports researchers have...
View ArticleResearcher hacked an at-home COVID-19 test to give bogus results
At-home COVID-19 tests might not be as trustworthy as you'd hope — not in the hands of a committed hacker, at least. As The Vergenotes, F-Secure researcher Ken Gannon discovered a since-patched...
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