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Saturday, 29 February 2020
VW is reportedly struggling with the ID.3's software
Volkswagen's ID.3 rollout might have hit a snag. Germany's Manager Magazin sources claim the EV's underlying software has been rushed and rife with bugs, including dropouts and other issues. Test drivers are supposedly finding up to 300 errors per...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/39bSb2P https://ift.tt/3cllBxi
Nearly every top-selling smartphone in 2019 was an iPhone or Galaxy
It's almost a cliché to say that Apple and Samsung dictate the tempo of the smartphone market, but there's now more evidence to support that claim. Counterpoint Research has calculated that nine out of the top ten smartphones sold worldwide i...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/3cn1MFG https://ift.tt/2VwIsQm
Byte's first batch of creator partners will split $250,000
Byte, the short-form video platform created by Vine cofounder Dom Hofmann, will soon start giving early creators a cut of its ad revenue. The company first revealed its plans for a Partner Program last month, publishing initial details of how it'll p...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2PCgJtP https://ift.tt/2wkmaag
FDA allows new coronavirus testing tech before it gets emergency approval
The FDA is determined to step up the pace of coronavirus testing in the US to cope with the recent coronavirus outbreak, and it's willing to greenlight technology at an early stage to make that happen. The regulator said it will allow new diagnostic...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/32BGpfs https://ift.tt/386d2Da
This is the last week to preorder Samsung’s Galaxy S20
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Samsung’s new Galaxy S20 series of phones will release this coming Friday, March 6th. This leaves you with a whole week to decide whether you want to preorder the S20, S20 Plus, or S20 Ultra.
There’s nothing wrong with waiting for release day before you make a decision. But if you’re already planning on buying one, you’ll get looped into some good preorder incentives if you commit this week.
No matter which retailer you decide to preorder a phone through, running your receipt through the Shop Samsung app on iOS or Android will get you some gift card credit. Samsung will give S20 buyers a $100 voucher to use at its online store. The S20 Plus will net you a $150 gift card, and the S20 Ultra comes with a $200 credit.
The best preorder...
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YouTube TV will keep streaming Fox RSNs and YES Network during negotiations with Sinclair
Sports fans don’t have to worry about their local teams disappearing from YouTube TV after all. Not yet, anyway. Last night, YouTube tweeted that it has agreed to a temporary extension with Sinclair Broadcast Group, which now owns many Fox-branded regional sports networks (RSNs) and the YES Network, to keep those channels in its lineup as the two sides hammer out a longer-term carriage agreement.
Earlier in the week, YouTube TV emailed customers to notify them that the sports networks would likely be leaving the service on February 29th due to stalled talks on a renewal. “This is a reflection of the rising cost of sports content,” the company said in a follow-up tweet. “You may have noticed several other TV services have also decided to...
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Refresh rate explained: What does 60Hz, 90Hz, or 120Hz mean?
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9 new trailers you should watch this week
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As the leader of The Verge’s Pride & Prejudice (2005) fan group, I obviously went to go see Emma last weekend. It was great! The trailer made me worried that the film would be too stylized and stark, but I was actually really impressed at how it balanced those elements were while still telling the straight story.
The film uses a lot of the stylized humor to set up its characters and world, then slowly fades it out as the drama ratchets up. Emma’s father is constantly ridiculous, a key love interest is dressed down before he’s built back up, and a secondary character is annoying to exaggerated lengths, nicely setting up how she later impacts the plot.
Finding that balance between stylized humor and natural storytelling always seems...
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How to stop Spectrum junk mail
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For years, I have been getting inundated with physical junk mail from my internet service provider (ISP), Charter Spectrum (formerly Time Warner Cable). In huge red capital letters, the envelopes are stamped “OPEN UPON RECEIPT” or “NOTICE” or “IMPORTANT ACCOUNT INFORMATION.”
I always open them, just in case there is a legitimate problem and my internet is about to be shut off. Every single time, I get duped. Instead of legitimate account notices, the mailers are ads trying to get me to upgrade my plan or buy more services from Spectrum. In addition to tree-killing paper mailers I can at least recycle, Spectrum often likes to mix in unrecyclable thick plastic cards.
It’s not like I can switch internet service providers to get away from...
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Bob Iger got Disney into the streaming wars, so what happens once he’s gone?
Between 2006 and now, Disney spent around $100 billion to become the unbeatable giant it is today, snapping up Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, BAMTech, and 21st Century Fox. While the acquisitions were made as the result of teamwork across a number of divisions, they were mostly led by two people: Bob Iger, who was CEO up until Tuesday, and Kevin Mayer, head of Disney’s direct-to-consumer division and the man in charge of all things streaming. Now, with Iger preparing to leave by the end of 2021, all eyes are on what comes next for Mayer.
Mayer helped develop Disney’s current streaming landscape and was largely seen as the company’s heir apparent. So it came as a surprise to many when Disney announced its parks head, Bob Chapek, would...
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The Morning After: The Galaxy S20 Ultra comes up short
Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. 5G is here, and to be honest -- I don't get it. I lived through the 4G wars with LTE vs. WiMax, and before that, it was the bad old days of HSPA+, EV-DO and Edge... but now I can't tell mmWave from mid-band. Luc...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2T9s0nx https://ift.tt/2TsF8TM
1More True Wireless ANC headphones review: great features, not-so-great fit
1More’s earbuds sound great, but the fit might not be for everyone
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Deal: Learn Linux administration to level up your career
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FCC votes to auction C-band satellite spectrum for 5G use
FCC chairman Ajit Pai has been pressing for an auction of "mid-band" wireless spectrum that could be useful for expanding the reach of 5G, and on Friday the commission voted to approve rules for just such a redistribution. The rules cover "C-Band" sp...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2I2CzCN https://ift.tt/387vATG
Why are phones still shipping with terrible wired charging speeds?
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Friday, 28 February 2020
YouTube TV, Sinclair keep Fox sports channels on as they negotiate
On Thursday YouTube TV announced that subscribers would lose access to Fox regional sports networks and the YES network because it couldn't reach a new deal with their owner, Sinclair Broadcasting (they got there as a part of Disney's deal to buy Fox...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2PAUG6P https://ift.tt/32zbnoC
Microsoft will remove Cortana from its Android launcher in April
Some significant changes are coming to Cortana. Starting this spring, Microsoft said it plans to make productivity the focus of the digital assistant. As part of the shift, Cortana will lose some of its more consumer-facing features, such as the abil...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2IbrA9T https://ift.tt/39ggk8s
Hilary Duff publicly asks Disney to move Lizzie McGuire reboot to Hulu instead of Disney Plus
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New Disney CEO Bob Chapek has only been on the job for a few days, and he’s already got a controversy to deal with. Hilary Duff, whose career was launched by the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire, is asking the company to move the in-the-works reboot off of Disney Plus and onto Hulu instead. The actress and singer posted the request on her Instagram on Friday night.
“Was incredibly excited to launch ‘Lizzie’ on D+ and my passion remains,” Duff wrote. “However, I feel a huge responsibility to honor the fans’ relationship with Lizzie who, like me, grew up seeing themselves in her. I’d be doing a disservice to everyone by limiting the realities of a 30-year-old’s journey to live under the ceiling of a PG rating.”
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NASA's Psyche asteroid mission will use a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket
SpaceX has won the contract for NASA's Psyche mission, and it's using the Falcon Heavy rocket to launch the spacecraft and ferry it to its target asteroid. NASA first approved plans to visit Psyche back in 2017 before finalizing them last year.from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/389tCSP https://ift.tt/2wRZK01
'Quiplash 3' is coming to Jackbox's Party Pack 7 this fall
The holiday season may be over, but that doesn't mean the parties (and party games) have to stop. Jackbox Games unveiled this week that the seventh generation of its annually released Party Packs will arrive this fall. Today, the company released a t...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/389Sqdg https://ift.tt/2Vwgcxf
The Internet Archive’s VHS Vault will send you on a 90s nostalgia trip
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The Internet Archive, perhaps best known for the extremely handy Wayback Machine you can use to find older versions of webpages, also has free movies, books, software, and music. Yet a little known part of the organization’s media trove includes uploaded recordings from VHS tapes, as I learned today thanks to this Vice article. They live on The VHS Vault, and as of this writing, there are more than 20,000 recordings you can peruse.
A lot of the recordings are from the 90s, which is when I was a kid, so I’ve found a lot of stuff that has given me all sorts of nostalgic feels. Take, for example, this collection of Nickelodeon commercial breaks recorded in April 1998:
True 90s kids will also remember the greatest late-90s/early 2000s trend...
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2020 Game Developers Conference is canceled due to coronavirus
After a week where one big name participant after another announced it would not send people to the show over concerns about the spread of coronavirus, GDC 2020 organizers have announced the event is off. It was scheduled to take place between March...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/3cgncV2 https://ift.tt/2T9rCFW
British Airways is testing autonomous electric wheelchairs at JFK
The next time you fly out of JFK, you may notice a self-driving wheelchair race past you as you make your way to your departure gate. British Airways shared today that it has been testing autonomous electric wheelchairs at the country's sixth-busiest...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/3abjE4H https://ift.tt/2wjWaeP
GDC postponed to later this year over coronavirus concerns
This year’s annual Game Developers Conference has been postponed amid growing concern about the international coronavirus outbreaks. The event, which has run since 1988, was expected to take place from March 16th–20th in San Francisco.
“After close consultation with our partners in the game development industry and community around the world, we’ve made the difficult decision to postpone the Game Developers Conference this March,” reads a note posted to the official GDC post Friday evening. “Having spent the past year preparing for the show with our advisory boards, speakers, exhibitors, and event partners, we’re genuinely upset and disappointed not to be able to host you at this time.”
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Another coronavirus case of unknown origin identified in California
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A second case of COVID-19 with an unknown origin has been identified in Santa Clara county, California on Friday. This indicates to health experts that the novel coronavirus — which causes the disease COVID-19 — is likely spreading through more than one community in the US.
The Washington Post first reported news of the second case of community transmission in the US — a 65-year-old woman who had no known history of travel to any of the countries that have been hardest-hit by the disease.
So far, more than 84,000 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed around the world, and more than 2,800 people have died of the respiratory disease. Most of these cases are concentrated in China, where the virus was first identified, but the disease has...
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8K vs 4K TVs: Double-blind study by Warner Bros. et al reveals most consumers can’t tell the difference
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Astell&Kern SA700 digital audio player review: A sublime musical experience awaits the well-heeled audiophile
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Best high-resolution digital audio player: Which DAP reigns supreme?
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OnePlus 6 and OnePlus 6T get February security patch in latest Oxygen OS update
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Geneva Motor Show canceled after coronavirus causes government to ban large events
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The 2020 Geneva Motor Show is canceled after the Swiss government banned gatherings of 1,000 people or more on Friday due to concerns over the coronavirus. The ban is effective immediately and runs at least until March 15th. The 90th edition of GIMS was scheduled to start next week.
The Geneva Motor Show isn’t the biggest car show in the world, but it’s the one where automakers typically like to announce their flashiest, most future-facing vehicles and concepts. Last year we saw the debut of “megacars” like the Koenigsegg Jesko, VW’s electric dune buggy concept, and the Pininfarina Battista, one of the fastest electric vehicles on the planet.
Geneva is the latest trade show to get the axe following the coronavirus outbreak. In the tech...
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Poll: Would you use Wear OS if it had these fitness features?
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BMW's teases its iNext prototype EV during a hot-weather test
BMW plans to have a million EVs on the road by the end of 2021 and one of the key vehicles is in that plan is the iNext crossover. The automaker has teased new images of a camouflaged iNext test mule taking part in hot-weather trials in the Kalahari...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/3chU003 https://ift.tt/2wWwNAj
Vivo’s Apex 2020 concept has breakthrough cameras and an ultra-curved screen
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The thing about concept cars is that even though they’re never going to be sold, car makers do actually have to build and present them. Otherwise, who’s going to understand the difference between a true concept and an absent-minded idea? Pity Vivo, then, which had planned to unveil its latest Apex concept phone at Mobile World Congress, but due to the event’s cancellation now has to settle for telling everyone about it in a press release.
Perhaps the Apex 2020 will see the light of day in a future event. For now, though, all I can do is tell you about what Vivo says it was expecting to show off and take the company at its word that the phone does actually exist somewhere in Shenzhen — because if it’s real, it does sound pretty...
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Vivo’s new Apex 2020 concept phone has an in-display selfie camera
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Thursday, 27 February 2020
When should you expect to receive Android 10? (Updated February 28)
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Huawei P40 series charging speed leaks: Don’t expect a major upgrade
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Rocking a Google Pixel? You can now access Google Pay at the press of a button
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Senate approves $1 billion budget to help rural carriers replace Huawei gear
The US Senate has unanimously approved a bill that would give rural carriers access to a $1 billion fund meant to help them remove and replace Huawei gear. According to The Wall Street Journal and TechCrunch, the Senate has voted to send the bill to...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/32zmkX0 https://ift.tt/32yT0ju
Citroën's new EV is a tiny two-seater that only costs $22 a month
Citroën has launched a new electric vehicle that's a tiny car and an enclosed scooter at the same time. It's called the "Ami," a two-seater vehicle made for city transportation that's so small, it doesn't even require a license. That is, so long...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2PwMAwd https://ift.tt/2uCnN2t
'Crossy Road' follow-up comes to Apple Arcade with a focus on co-op play
It's been a few years since Crossy Road updated the Frogger formula to create a popular mobile game, and now developer Hipster Whale has returned with Crossy Road Castle. The Apple Arcade-exclusive title is available across iOS, iPadOS, macOS and tvO...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2Tqqigw https://ift.tt/2vqySDY
WeWork’s fall is so wild that it’s getting a second TV series, this one for Apple
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WeWork was 2019’s soap opera of a company, and its story was so wild that it will be the focus of a second TV series, Variety reports.
The second series will be developed by Apple and the showrunner of Apple TV Plus series Little America, according to Variety. (Disclosure: Little America is adapted from a series by Epic Magazine, which is owned by Vox Media, The Verge’s parent company.) The series will be based on David Brown’s WeCrashed podcast from the podcast network Wondery.
Variety’s report doesn’t indicate when the series might be released. But if or when it does, WeWork’s story should make for good TV.
Last summer, WeWork was gearing up for massive initial public offering. Shortly after its...
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Dell punts on coronavirus impact, but confirms CPU shortages still exist
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Horror story subreddit goes dark to protest Youtubers ripping off writers
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The popular horror story subreddit r/nosleep has set itself to private until Monday to protest YouTube creators stealing stories and turning them into videos without permission from their original creators (via Tubefilter).
R/nosleep, which hosts an array of short stories and other horror-related writing, is in the top 50 most popular subreddits, with nearly 14 million subscribers, according to the website Reddit Metrics. So it draws a lot of readers for the scary stories users submit. (The term “nosleep” comes from the idea that if you read the stories, they’re scary enough that they’ll keep you from going to sleep.) Some YouTube creators will take those stories and make dramatic readings of them on their YouTube channels, like this...
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Clearview AI leak names businesses using its facial recognition database
One of the most vehement arguments against Clearview AI's practice of scraping billions of photos from millions of public websites to build its facial recognition database was that the company's data storage and security protocols were both untested...from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/3a8YPXx https://ift.tt/3abnElx
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