Category: gadgetry

Amazon Echo Show now scans barcodes for your grocery list

[ad_1] According to VentureBeat, the feature is available for Echo Show 5 and Echo Show 8 smart speakers with displays. To start the process, just say “Alexa, scan this to my shopping list,” and instructions will show up, asking you to align the product barcode with its digital counterpart on the screen. It worked well […]

A look back at the triumphs and stumbles of the original Kindle

[ad_1] Weight The first Kindle was a far cry from the company’s modern Paperwhite reader: The original clocked in at 10.3 ounces (for reference, the 2019 model comes in at 6.1 ounces). However, our reviewers commented on how light it still feels to them, with Peter1110 calling it “easy to hold” and Kevin stating “10 […]

The Morning After: Fox, Roku and Super Bowl LIV

[ad_1] And DIY music making.The Engadget Podcast: Why Clearview AI’s facial recognition is a privacy nightmare This week, Devindra and Cherlynn dive into how ClearView works, and what unchecked access to powerful facial recognition means for the future of privacy. (It’s good for cops, not so much everybody else!) Also, managing editor Terrence O’Brien joins […]

Phishing scams leveled up, and we didn’t

[ad_1] In case you missed it, on January 22nd The Guardian reported, “Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos had his mobile phone ‘hacked’ in 2018 after receiving a WhatsApp message that had apparently been sent from the personal account of the crown prince of Saudi Arabia.” According to the now-contested report by FTI Consulting cited by The […]

EU votes in favor of choosing a common charging cable standard

[ad_1] The European Parliament also instructed the Commission to think about wireless chargers and how they could be used to reduce electronic waste. It also wants the body to find ways for the EU to collect and recycle more cables and chargers. “There is ‘an urgent need for EU regulatory action’ to reduce electronic waste […]

The best Thunderbolt 3 docks

[ad_1] Why you should trust us I was the accessories editor at iLounge for a little more than three years and have been covering accessories at Wirecutter for a little longer than that. During my tenure, I’ve reviewed more than 1,000 iOS and Mac products, including numerous docking stations over several iterations of this guide. […]

‘Hades’ made me a believer in early access games

[ad_1] I can’t claim to have jumped on Hades early, it’s been out for more than a year. But I started playing it about a month ago, and it feels like Supergiant used the early access model perfectly. It’s a “roguelike” action RPG where you battle through the depths of the underworld, trying to reach […]

Podcast: Why Clearview AI’s facial recognition is a privacy nightmare

[ad_1] All of our fears around facial recognition technology are coming true thanks to a little known startup called ClearView AI. This week, Devindra and Cherlynn dive into how ClearView works, and what unchecked access to powerful facial recognition means for the future of privacy. (It’s good for cops, not so much everybody else!) Also, […]

The Morning After: Apple finishes rebuilding its US maps

[ad_1] The next step? Remapping Europe.Apple is officially done rebuilding its maps in the US Apple Maps didn’t launch with success. Comparatively skeletal, its competition did everything better. But Apple didn’t give up. It has been rebuilding the most fundamental part of the experience — the base maps themselves. For at least the past six […]