Author: Randall

Engadget readers love the iPad Pro 12.9

[ad_1] Body Across the board, people appreciated the hardware improvements featured in the iPad Pro 12.9: Tyler gave them a 10/10, Jan called them sublime and Ali said “the design is fantastic.” Lori felt its dimensions were “refreshingly large” if a bit heavy, while Ali thought it “would be great if they reduced the size […]

Hulu adds an episode shuffle button for ‘Seinfeld’

[ad_1] Larry David has always said the mantra for Seinfeld was “no hugging and no learning.” In other words, whatever happened in an episode of the enormously successful sitcom, Jerry and the gang wouldn’t change. That perhaps made it easier for viewers to dip in and out of random episodes, without necessarily needing to know […]

This week in tech history: Amazon’s 25th birthday

[ad_1] As Amazon has entered more industries, its size, scale and influence has exploded. From 2014 to 2018, revenue nearly tripled, from an already staggering $89 billion to $233 billion. And its profits have surged even more. Between 2007 and 2014, net income bounced around from a high of $1.15 billion in 2010 to a […]

The best games for your smartphone

[ad_1] Alto’s Odyssey If you liked Alto’s Adventure, you’ll love Alto’s Odyssey. The sequel to Snowman’s endless runner — sorry, endless snowboarder — is a stylish and highly-addictive sandboarding game with multiple biomes to discover. Just like the original, your goal is to ride for as long as possible while avoiding rocks, completing tasks and […]

Google suspends trend alerts in New Zealand after naming murder suspect

[ad_1] The incident occurred in December 2018, when Google Trends published the name of a man accused of killing British backpacker Grace Millane. A few days after the murder, Google sent an email to anyone signed up for the “what’s trending in New Zealand” alert which included the name of the accused killer in the […]

Sony’s revamped wireless noise-canceling earbuds are a revelation

[ad_1] The WF-1000XM3 will last around six hours with noise canceling, and eight hours without the feature. There’s also a new case that provides three additional charges. And if you end up draining them completely, you can juice them up in 10 minutes for 90 minutes for listening time. The case is a bit too […]

Charge’s Mustang hides an EV inside classic American muscle

[ad_1] Unfortunately, the car I saw at the Goodwood Festival of Speed wasn’t moving. Charge is promising performance levels, though, that are worthy of the Mustang name. The final version will, for instance, have a top ‘V-max’ speed of 149MPH (240KPH), the company claims, and a nought to 60MPH (97KMH) time of under four seconds. […]

The Bluetooth cassette player of your dreams

[ad_1] It’s the only instance of Netflix removing content it owned and created.Netflix pulled 66 episodes of Chelsea Handler’s canceled talk show Handler’s talk show ran for two seasons, but it didn’t manage to establish itself on Netflix, and the ax fell. Now, for the first time, the streaming service has pulled episodes of Chelsea, […]

UK regulator forces Amazon to put its Deliveroo plans on ice

[ad_1] The UK watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), raised concerns this week that Amazon and Deliveroo had “ceased to be distinct” or that they could merge in the future. This would reduce customer choice in the market, which gives the CMA grounds to intervene in the business relationship. It issued an initial enforcement […]

Mercedes and BMW cars will drive themselves on the autobahn by 2024

[ad_1] To pull this off, BMW and Mercedes parent Daimler will share 1,200 autonomous driving experts, often in mixed teams, based at BMW’s automated driving campus near Munich and at two of Daimler’s self-driving test centers. The groups will focus on building “driver assistance systems, including sensors, as well as a joint data center for […]