Author: Randall

Ask Engadget: What’s the best way to annotate digital textbooks?

[ad_1] I’m assuming (or just hoping) you’ve managed to get some of your textbooks in PDF form — those are the easiest to mark up with the right software. If you get an e-textbook from, say, Amazon’s Kindle platform, expect to work with more limited annotation tools. Meanwhile, textbook vendors like Chegg have their own […]

Google will ban coronavirus conspiracy ads to fight misinformation

[ad_1] Google is amping up its fight against coronavirus—related misinformation by banning ads that “[contradict] authoritative scientific consensus” about the pandemic. That means websites and apps can no longer make money from running advertisements promoting debunked conspiracy theories about COVID-19. Those include claims that the virus was created in a Chinese lab, that the pandemic […]

Twitter confirms ‘Bitcoin’ hackers copied the data of several accounts

[ad_1] Our investigation and cooperation with law enforcement continues, and we remain committed to sharing any updates here. More to come via @TwitterSupport as our investigation continues. — Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) July 18, 2020 Late Friday night, Twitter confirmed that its investigation shows attackers exported the data on “up to eight of the accounts involved,” […]

EA will remove the Washington pro football team’s name in ‘Madden 21’

[ad_1] On Monday the Washington football team announced that after years of insisting on using a racial slur as its name, it will rebrand ahead of the upcoming season. While establishing a new name and logo for a pro sports team in just a few months is already a gargantuan task, it also impacts the […]

‘Worms Armageddon’ gets a big update 21 years after it was released

[ad_1] When it comes to most video game communities, they’re lucky if their favorite title gets a couple of years of developer support. After all, not every game can be an Age of Empires II or a StarCraft: Brood War. The group of people that still 1999’s Worms Armageddon is one of those lucky fanbases. On Friday, Team17, the game’s […]

Cloudflare outage cuts off connections to Discord, DownDetector and others

[ad_1] Cloudflare has acknowledged there is an issue, and said “a fix is being implemented.” Some have reported being able to access Discord again already, but we’re still seeing plenty of error pages. Engadget Cloudflare: Cloudflare is investigating issues with Cloudflare Resolver and our edge network in certain locations. Customers using Cloudflare services in certain […]

Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Live may include active noise cancellation

[ad_1] Galaxy Beans pic.twitter.com/uJBO2BZbKB — WalkingCat (@h0x0d) July 17, 2020 The text may also indicate they’ll include active noise cancellation (ANC), a first for Samsung’s Galaxy Buds lineup. If ANC is something these headphones feature, it will be interesting to see how they counteract ambient sounds without silicone ear tips; none of the leaked photos […]

Twitter’s Bitcoin hackers had almost limitless access

[ad_1] Just hackers burning up 0day like it’s a fire sale Imagine getting the keys to the Twitter kingdom — access to all the account admin panels in the world. What would you do? You could grab high-value accounts and sell them on the black market. You could extract unimaginably valuable blackmail material from DMs. […]

The best deals we found this week: 16-inch MacBook Pro, Fitbit and more

[ad_1] Shop Fitbit’s summer sale Buy Inspire HR at Amazon – $70 Buy Charge 4 at Amazon – $130 Buy Versa Lite at Amazon – $100 Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch) Devindra Hardawar/Engadget Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro is $300 off at Amazon. That’s not quite the biggest deal we’ve seen, but it’s still a good price […]