Yukai Engineering's cute stuffed animal robot will nibble on your finger
It wouldn’t be CES season without at least a couple of offbeat robots showing up. Yukai Engineering, the maker of the Qoobo robotic cat tail pillow, has revealed a soft robot that nibbles on a user’s...
View ArticleSega left one of its European servers wide open
What could have been a damaging breach in one of Sega's servers appears to have been closed, according to a report by security firm VPN Overview. The misconfigured Amazon Web Services S3 bucket...
View ArticleThe 'Tomb Raider' reboot trilogy is free on the Epic Games Store
Free game promos are easy to find, but Epic is going one step further by offering an entire game trilogy for no charge. The Epic Games Store is offering all three Tomb Raider reboot titles (Tomb...
View ArticleTelegram adds iMessage-style reactions and hidden text for spoilers
Telegram is squeezing in one last major update before 2021 wraps up. Among the new features is hidden text to mask spoilers. So, if you can't wait to blab about what happens in Spider-Man: No Way Home...
View ArticleGoogle Pixel 6 and 6 Pro update 'paused' to fix dropped calls
Bad news, Pixel fans: Google has confirmed it's pausing the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro December update over reports of call dropping and disconnecting. As Droid Life reports, the news explains why many Pixel 6...
View ArticleUnfinished 'Halo Infinite' cutscene hints at a future storyline
Caution: Major 'Halo Infinite' story spoilers follow.There's more to Halo Infinite's story than it appears — unofficially, at least. Windows Centralnotes fans have discovered an unfinished mid-credit...
View ArticleBlackBerry OS devices are pretty much dead after January 4th
Pour one out for the BlackBerry, the former king of mobile. The company has announced that as of January 4th, classic devices running BlackBerry OS 7.1 or earlier, as well as OS 10, will lose key...
View ArticleThe Morning After: 2021's winners in tech
Happy almost new year! We’re wrapping up 2021 with some of the big winners of the last twelve months, whether that was NFTs (ugh), the metaverse (double ugh), Apple’s change of direction on device...
View ArticleEngadget Podcast: Quantum Dot OLED and other tech we're expecting at CES 2022
We’re back from the holidays and gearing up to (virtually) cover CES 2022. Cherlynn and Devindra chat about some of the most interesting new tech we expect to see, like Quantum Dot OLED displays and...
View ArticleAnd the biggest losers in tech in 2021 are...
It feels like forever since we all were able to look back on the last 12 months and not say “good riddance, you garbage fire hellscape of a year.” 2021 kicked off with riots at the Capitol and though...
View ArticleThis is a shiatsu hand massager for gamers
Many of us know at least one person who plays games for hours on end, perhaps tiring their hands out in the process. To help soothe their weary mitts, Japanese company Bauhutte has created a hand...
View ArticlePremier League games will stay on Peacock as NBC Sports Network shuts down
When the clock strikes midnight to ring in 2022 on the east coast, NBC Sports Network will shut down. NBCUniversal will shift much of its sports coverage, including Premier League matches, over to the...
View ArticleCES 2022 will end one day early amid COVID-19 surge
After several companies cancelled on-site plans entirely for CES next week, the organization that runs the show announced today that the event will close one day early. The Consumer Technology...
View ArticleThe tech industry's accessibility report card for 2021
In spite of all the advancements we’ve seen in tech, the industry as a whole has consistently neglected people with disabilities. There have been some improvements, including video call apps like...
View ArticleNetflix will be required to stream 20 state TV channels in Russia
Starting in March, Netflix will have to stream 20 state television channels in Russia. Roskomnadzor, the country's media watchdog, registered the platform as an "audiovisual service" this week. Among...
View ArticleHyundai built an air purifier out of recycled Ioniq 5 EV parts
Every car is the result of a long development process in which automakers build many pre-production vehicles that never see the light of day. Rather than scrapping one of its Ioniq 5 test vehicles...
View ArticleTech that can help you stick to your New Year’s resolutions
Regardless of how 2021 went for you, 2022 is another chance for all of us to make the new year better than those that came before it. We set New Year’s resolutions with the best of intentions, but it’s...
View ArticleMicrosoft's Xbox Elite Series 2 controller is $40 off right now
If you're still in the mood for some post-holiday gifts-to-self, Microsoft has cut the price on its high-end Xbox Elite Series 2 controller to $140. That's almost as low as the Black Friday price of...
View ArticleApple's AirPods Pro are back down to $180 on Amazon
If you still haven't pulled the trigger on a pair of Apple's AirPods Pro, Amazon has them on sale for the first time since Christmas, as far as we can tell. You can currently get them for $180, down...
View ArticleUnited States extends ISS operations through 2030
The United States is extending its operations aboard the International Space Station through 2030, NASA confirmed Friday in a blog post. “The International Space Station is a beacon of peaceful...
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