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FaceApp is cool again, and adamant it's not a privacy minefield

IT | 2020-07-05 04:11
Animal Crossing fans get real about the fictional NookPhone

IT | 2020-07-05 04:11
The UK buys a 45 percent stake in broke satellite startup OneWeb

OneWeb AfterlosingaccesstotheEU'ssatellite-navigationsystemGalileoduetoBrexit,theUKishopingtoreplaceitwithOneWebsatellites.Agovernment-ledconsortiumhaswonanauctionforthesatelliteinternetcompany,
IT | 2020-07-05 04:11
Lime brings Jump bikes back to London

phaustovviaGettyImages WhenUberhandedJump,itsscooter-andbike-sharingdivision,overtoLime,itsentthousandsofJumpe-bikesintheUStothescrapheaptoberecycled.InEurope,thousandsofthebikeswerepulledfromcitystr
IT | 2020-07-05 04:11
Researchers trained a quadruped robot to cross a balance beam

IITDynamicLeggedSystems Whilefour-leggedrobotscanachieveimpressivefeats,likepullinganairplaneorclimbingafence,theystillhaveafewlimitations.Inmostcases,theyneedafairlylargesurfacetowalkon.AteamofItali
IT | 2020-07-05 04:11
House approves $100 billion in broadband funding for rural areas

NICHOLASKAMMviaGettyImages TheUSHouseofRepresentativesapprovedtheMovingForwardActthisweek,a$1.5trillioninfrastructurebillthatputs$100billiontowardbringinghigh-speedbroadbandtounderservedareas.Theambi
IT | 2020-07-05 04:11
Olympus rolls out PC app that turns some of its cameras into webcams

Olympus Olympusmaybesellingitscamerabusiness—tothesamecompanythatboughtSony’sVAIOPCdivision—butit’snotabandoningitsproductsjustyet.Ithasjustreleasedanewbetaapplicationcall
IT | 2020-07-05 04:11
Porsche unveils more affordable rear-wheel drive Taycan, but only for China

Porsche Porscheisfinallyreadytoofferarear-wheeldriveTaycan,butyouprobablycan’tbuyit—atleast,notyet.AsAutoblogreports,thecompanyhasunveiledaChina-onlyversionoftheelectriccarthatremovesth
IT | 2020-07-05 04:11
Two Nigerians face US charges over online fraud worth 'hundreds of millions'

AndrewBrookesviaGettyImages USlawenforcementiscrackingdownonapairofallegedonlinefraudstersthatappeartohavebeenwildlysuccessful.TheUnitedArabEmirateshassenttheUStwoNigeriannationals,RamonOlorunwaAbbas
IT | 2020-07-05 21:32
Reddit and LinkedIn will fix clipboard snooping in their iOS apps

stockcamviaGettyImages TheclipboardprivacyfeatureiniOS14ispromptingmoremajordeveloperstotonedowntheirapps’nosybehavior.Tostart,ReddittoldTheVergeinastatementthatitwouldfixcodeinitsiOSappthatco
IT | 2020-07-05 04:11
Amazon's Windows 10 Prime Video app brings offline viewing to PCs

IgorBonifacic/Engadget It'sbeenalongwait,butWindows10userscanfinallydownloadAmazonPrimeVideototheircomputer.TheUWPapp’smostnotablefeatureisthatitallowsyoutodownloadcontentforofflinewatchi
IT | 2020-07-03 04:46
Get a free Nest Hub when you buy a Nest Hub Max

NicoleLee/Engadget AllproductsrecommendedbyEngadgetareselectedbyoureditorialteam,independentofourparentcompany.Ifyoubuysomethingthroughoneofthelinksonthispage,wemayearnanaffiliatecommission.
IT | 2020-07-03 04:46
NVIDIA brings its Instagram-style game filters to GeForce Now

NVIDIA ThenexttimeyoufireupNVIDIA’sGeForceNow,you’llbeabletodrasticallychangeupthelookofwhatevergameyou’replaying.ThecompanyisrollingoutitsFreestyletechacrosstheservice,throughwh
IT | 2020-07-03 04:46
'Cyberpunk 2077' ditches its wall-running mechanic

CDProjektRed Cyberpunk2077willnolongerhaveoneofitsmoreintriguingmovementmechanicsthathavebeenshowcasedindemosoverthelastcoupleofyears.CDProjektRedsaysithasditchedthewall-runningability.
IT | 2020-07-03 04:46
BMW wants to sell subscriptions to in-car features

RobertoBaldwin/Engadget InanexpansionofitsConnectedDriveStore,BMWwantstogiveownersofitscarstheoptiontoaccessspecifichardwareandsoftwarefeaturesthroughasubscription(viaAutoblog).BMWhasn'tdetailed
IT | 2020-07-03 04:46