Technology News And Gadgets

Real-world fashion shows (and in some cases, fashion in general) aren’t options during a pandemic, so how do labels get the word out? In 2020, they flock to Animal Crossing: New Horizons. As Elle and Kotaku have noticed, designers like Marc Jacobs, S... source https://www.engadget.com/animal-crossing-fashion-houses-231541432.html

A string of data breaches is causing headaches for more than a few internet users. ZDNet has learned that the hacking group ShinyHunters is selling about 73.2 million user records the attackers say were stolen from numerous sites. About 30 million co... source https://www.engadget.com/shinyhunters-sell-73-million-stolen-user-records-215908570.html

Microsoft might just save you the next time a less-than-attentive coworker starts a “reply all” email storm. It’s now rolling out (via ZDNet) an Exchange feature that protects Office 365 users worldwide against those barrages of unwanted messages. It... source https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-office-365-193941389.html

Comcast’s offer of free Xfinity WiFi during the COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t go far enough for some in Congress. Senators Cory Booker, Kamala Harris and Ron Wyden have sent a letter (via Gizmodo) to Comcast urging it to open all its WiFi hotspots to stu... source https://www.engadget.com/senators-ask-comcast-to-open-wifi-hotspots-165652247.html

The next batch of iPhones may include more standout features than a cosmetic redesign, 5G and LiDAR. EverythingApplePro and the historically accurate leaker Max Weinbach have shared (via 9to5Mac) a host of purported details for the 2020 iPhone revamp... source https://www.engadget.com/apple-iphone-12-pro-120hz-leak-181059799.html

The Trump administration hasn’t been shy about wanting to reduce its dependence on Asia for technology, and that might soon include the processors inside PCs and phones. Wall Street Journal sources say the White House is talking to Intel and TSMC abo... source https://www.engadget.com/white-house-intel-tsmc-us-factory-talks-165608078.html

We’re entering week 7 of shelter in place — or maybe it’s week 70? Getting hard to tell these days — and things are going great. My quarantine beard is now Methuselah length, my window sill garden is booming, and my blood sacrifices to the old gods h... source https://www.engadget.com/after-math-the-great-indoors-153000886.html

The US Air Force's X-37B space plane is heading back to Low Earth Orbit after a record-breaking fifth mission last year. It’s scheduled to launch on May 16th from Cape Canaveral in Florida, and while it still belongs to the Air Force, the newly forme... source https://www.engadget.com/us-air-forces-x-37-b-space-plane-sixth-mission-132447277.html

Best Buy has an intriguing deal on a pair of Razer peripherals. If you buy a Huntsman Tournament Edition keyboard, you'll get a free Viper mouse. Typically, purchasing the two together would set you back $210, but with this deal, all you have to pay... source https://www.engadget.com/razer-huntsman-te-viper-promotion-best-buy-090004433.html

GameStop might just help you put the finishing touches on your computer setup. It’s running a PC gaming sale between now and May 16th that promises deals on a slew of hardware. To start, it’s offering a $100 gift coupon if you buy any MSI laptop with... source https://www.engadget.com/gamespot-pc-gaming-sale-050042598.html

Banjo is shuffling its leadership in a bid to keep its AI surveillance business with Utah and other customers worried about CEO Damien Patton’s racist past. Patton has resigned from the CEO position effective immediately, with CTO Justin Lindsey taki... source https://www.engadget.com/banjo-ceo-resigns-020523666.html

The decision to cancel San Diego Comic-Con 2020 surprised no one in light of COVID-19, but that doesn’t mean you’ll have to wait until 2021 to get a taste of that experience. The organizers announced (via Deadline) a Comic-Con @ Home event that will... source https://www.engadget.com/san-diego-comic-con-at-home-000423761.html

Numerous countries have COVID-19 symptom and tracking apps, but the World Health Organization wants to fill in those gaps for the countries that are too stretched to develop their own software. The WHO’s Bernardo Mariano told Reuters in an interview... source https://www.engadget.com/who-covid-19-symptoms-app-225255992.html

Twitter might let you know if you ever get retweets worth checking out in the future. Jane Manchun Wong, who reverse engineers apps to unearth experimental features, has discovered that the platform is testing a counter that shows the number of retwe... source https://www.engadget.com/twitter-retweets-with-comments-test-213755314.html

One of Google’s best-known faces may have quietly made his exit. A CNET source says that former CEO Eric Schmidt left his technical advisor position with Alphabet and Google in February, cutting his last official role at the company. It’s not certain... source https://www.engadget.com/eric-schmidt-leaves-google-201819195.html

There’s no guarantee you’ll find a race track to drive during the pandemic, but Porsche will be ready whenever you can hit the course. It recently updated its Track Precision app for iOS (via Autoblog) with CarPlay support to make lap data much more... source https://www.engadget.com/porsche-track-precision-app-carplay-190318394.html

Elon Musk has been frustrated that Tesla’s Fremont factory has remained shut down due to Alameda County’s lockdown order, and that anger has apparently reached the boiling point. Musk has claimed that he’ll move Tesla’s headquarters to Nevada or Texa... source https://www.engadget.com/elon-musk-says-tesla-moving-hq-181109558.html

Whatever you think of Doom Eternal right now, id and Bethesda are determined to spice it up going forward. They’ve hinted at what’s coming next for the hellish shooter, starting with a preview of the game’s first free update. The simply titled Update... source https://www.engadget.com/doom-eternal-update-1-and-story-dlc-171432637.html

With large swaths of the country still stifling under quarantine from the COVID-19 pandemic, more people than ever are supplementing their meager IRL social interactions with online alternatives. But but doing so can become a proverbial minefield wit... source https://www.engadget.com/hitting-the-books-keep-calm-and-log-on-gillian-andrews-153031356.html

This week we’re asking you for answers. Earlier we asked you to submit your user reviews of the Joy-Con controllers that come with Nintendo’s handheld Switch gaming system. Now we want to hear what you’ve done to fix the flaws that many users have en... source https://www.engadget.com/ask-engadget-how-have-you-dealt-with-faulty-joy-cons-150026206.html

We are a new board overseeing Facebook. Here’s what we’ll decide.Catalina Botero-Marino, Jamal Greene, Michael W. McConnell and Helle Thorning-Schmidt, The New York TimesFacebook announced the first members of its content oversight board this week, a... source https://www.engadget.com/recommended-reading-facebooks-content-oversight-board-133057621.html

Scary stories about Zoombombing and privacy leaks may have you feeling tense about setting up a video call. But under current circumstances there aren’t a lot of other options available, so columnist Violet Blue has some advice on what you should (an... source https://www.engadget.com/morning-after-surface-go-2-making-the-cut-121514518.html

While potential for finishing the 2019-2020 NBA season remains in doubt, the folks at NBA 2K have moved forward with simulating the results. The 2K Sim playoffs have completed their conference championships and are ready to “play” the final round. In... source https://www.engadget.com/nba-2k-sim-bucks-lakers-111048617.html

Like every other free-to-play battle royale game out there, Apex Legends is constantly refreshing the game with new content and modes. Season five “Fortune’s Favor” kicks off next week, and along with the newly-revealed character Loba, Respawn is als... source https://www.engadget.com/apex-legends-season-five-loba-hunt-quest-063831153.html

Microsoft will repair Surface Laptop 3 screens for free, particularly those that suddenly cracked for no discernible reason. Surface owners have been posting online about discovering hairline cracks on their new laptops’ display over the past few mon... source https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-fix-surface-laptop-3-hairline-fractures-free-023508905.html

For the final night of its ‘Night at the Movies’ events to benefit people who work in the movie industry, Lionsgate is planning to stream John Wick tonight. The live stream will kick off at 9 PM ET on YouTube, hosted by Jamie Lee Curtis. The event is... source https://www.engadget.com/john-wick-night-at-the-movies-000016784.html

After the better part of a year, Facebook has started rolling out its redesigned desktop website to all of its users. The company announced today it plans to complete the rollout over the "next few weeks." Moving forward, "The New Facebook" will be t... source https://www.engadget.com/new-facebook-desktop-redesign-official-160054794.html

The Department of Defense needs technology experts to migrate its roughly 500 disparate cloud environments into a unified system to help the military work better and faster. The Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract -- which has bee... source https://www.engadget.com/amazon-microsoft-jedi-fight-154208730.html

While many companies struggle through the pandemic, Dropbox seems to be doing well. In its first quarter, it brought in $455 million, an increase of 18 percent compared to the same period last year. According to Bloomberg, last quarter was the first... source https://www.engadget.com/dropbox-records-first-profit-ever-135846388.html

Last year, Google launched an augmented reality feature within Search that lets you put virtual animals in the real world. Now, it’s adding more 3D objects you can view right from your Search results page on mobile, including Neil Armstrong’s spacesu... source https://www.engadget.com/google-ar-objects-body-systems-neil-armstrong-search-130052379.html

It’s a Microsoft heavy week! This week, Devindra and Cherlynn are joined by Alex Cranz, Gizmodo’s Senior Consumer Tech Editor, to chat about the bevy of new Surface devices. In particular, they explore why the Surface Go 2 and Book 3 are a bit disapp... source https://www.engadget.com/podcast-microsoft-surface-go-2-book-3-123031202.html

Over the last few years, social networks have instituted slightly stiffer policies against misinformation, but those systems are being pressed to their limit by a fast-spreading new video. The ‘Plandemic’ clip “spreads debunked conspiracy theories ab... source https://www.engadget.com/the-morning-after-macbook-pro-review-xbox-series-x-112010209.html

Pinterest is continuing its push to be a major online shopping destination through a new partnership with Shopify, which will make it easier for merchants to attract new customers and boost sales. Through a new app, Shopify merchants can now upload c... source https://www.engadget.com/shopifys-new-app-makes-it-easier-for-merchants-to-sell-on-pinterest-103053146.html

This year’s Tokyo Game Show has been officially canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. It definitely doesn’t come as a surprise, seeing as Game Developers Conference and other big gaming and tech events for 2020 had to be scrapped in an effort to... source https://www.engadget.com/tokyo-game-show-2020-cancelled-085416716.html

When HBO Max launches on May 27th, it will offer 17 anime titles from Crunchyroll, a streaming service that’s also owned by WarnerMedia. In the media giant’s announcement, it said the platforms are “teaming up to bring more dubbed and subtitled anime... source https://www.engadget.com/hbo-max-anime-crunchyroll-182130109.html

Startup Clearview AI has built a facial recognition system that claims to be able to ID people in real-time, matching them with billions of images pulled from databases and scraped from social media. Earlier this year, a list containing the names of... source https://www.engadget.com/clearview-ai-claims-its-facial-recognition-tech-isnt-for-private-companies-031304548.html

Waymo’s cars will be back on the road in Metro Phoenix as soon as May 11th. The Alphabet-owned autonomous driving company suspended its operations in March, save for some full-driverless rides, in order to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Now, after... source https://www.engadget.com/waymo-restart-operations-phoenix-005627090.html

A viral video peddling conspiracy theories about the coronavirus has become the latest flashpoint for social media platforms struggling to contain health misinformation. The video, an almost 30-minute clip from a film known as “Plandemic Movie” or “P... source https://www.engadget.com/viral-plandemic-conspiracy-theory-230626744.html

Now we know what the next generation of console gaming looks like. Microsoft just revealed 13 third-party games heading to the Xbox Series X during the console’s launch window this fall, offering the industry’s first look at ninth-generation gameplay... source https://www.engadget.com/xbox-series-x-gameplay-closer-look-video-next-gen-204906782.html

With most people social distancing and working from home, ride sharing services have seen dramatically less usage. The Information reported last month that Uber’s bookings are down 80 percent, and on Wednesday the company announced it will lay off 3,... source https://www.engadget.com/uber-lime-investment-144314796.html

Microsoft’s first Xbox 20/20 stream, which will showcase gameplay from upcoming third-party Xbox Series X games, starts at 11AM ET. You can watch the entire Inside Xbox live stream below or follow along as we write about the latest news to come out o... source https://www.engadget.com/watch-inside-xbox-143421721.html

If you missed the chance to buy the Pixel 4 when Best Buy discounted it to $450 last month, you now have another opportunity to pick up Google's latest flagship at a compelling price. Best Buy has once again reduced the 64GB model Pixel 4 to $450 and... source https://www.engadget.com/google-pixel-4-xl-sale-best-buy-141411596.html

Thanks to an expanded, multi-year distribution agreement between Google and ViacomCBS, YouTube TV will add another 14 channels. BET, CMT, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Network, TV Land and VH1 will arrive on YouTube TV this summer. BET... source https://www.engadget.com/youtube-tv-viacomcbs-deal-14-networks-135106802.html

Gocycle doesn't have the history to match cycling giants like Trek, Raleigh and Bianchi. In the folding e-bike space, however, it's one of the oldest contenders. Karbon Kinetics, the company behind the brand, was founded in 2002 and launched its firs... source https://www.engadget.com/gocycle-gxi-folding-electric-bicycle-review-133000611.html

Google Lens already helps you search for stuff via pictures, which is handy if you want to know what a particular type of plant is or what a statue is called. Now though, it’s getting a few new features to help you be more productive.From today, you’... source https://www.engadget.com/google-lens-can-now-help-you-pronounce-the-words-it-translates-130050867.html

If Sony’s new WF-XB700 doesn’t seem like your cup of tea, the company has another set of true wireless earbuds making their debut this spring. Today, Sony announced the WF-SP800N ($200): a long overdue update to it’s sports-focused earbuds that debut... source https://www.engadget.com/sony-wf-sp800n-true-wireless-earbuds-announced-price-specs-availability-130039393.html

If you have a penchant for losing your keys, Tile’s tracking tags could be worth adding to your keychain. Duct-taping one to your laptop wouldn’t be very elegant, though, so the company is teaming up with Intel to put its technology in the computer.... source https://www.engadget.com/tile-intel-tracking-partnership-130031497.html

Apple has awarded $10 million to Copan Diagnostics, a company that manufactures COVID-19 sample collection kits. The funds will help Copan scale up its coronavirus sample kit production capability from several thousand to over a million kits a week b... source https://www.engadget.com/apple-award-10-million-coronavirus-testiing-125512131.html

I had a feeling I’d be reviewing a new 13-inch MacBook Pro sooner rather than later. When Apple refreshed the MacBook Air back in March with a new keyboard, I knew it was only a matter of time before the company did the same for the 13-inch Pro. Sure... source https://www.engadget.com/apple-macbook-pro-review-13-inch-2020-123043115.html

For the first time in its 17-year history, the Games For Change Festival will be free to attend. Registration for the event opens today, with the festival itself taking place between July 14th and 16th. Despite being online this year due to the coron... source https://www.engadget.com/games-for-change-free-registration-2020-120001901.html