Category: Gadgets

The Morning After: Fox, Roku and Super Bowl LIV

Post author By Randall
Post date February 1, 2020
Categories In av, business, Entertainment, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, Internet, Tech, themorningafter, Transportation

[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

Post author By Randall
Post date January 31, 2020
Categories In bad password, badpassword, business, data breach, Facebook, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, hacks, infosec, Internet, jamal khashoggi, jeff bezos, Mobile, opinion, phishing, phishing scams, proofpoint, ransomware, Security, services, Tech, whatsapp, wordpress

[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

Post author By Randall
Post date January 31, 2020
Categories In Apple, eu, europe, european commission, european union, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, lightning, Mobile, Politics, Tech, usb-c

[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

Post author By Randall
Post date January 31, 2020
Categories In caldigit, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, hp, partner, syndicated, Tech, thewirecutter, thunderbolt3, wirecutter

[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

Post author By Randall
Post date January 31, 2020
Categories In Art, early access, gadgetry, Gadgets, Gaming, gamingirl, gear, hades, irl, pc games, roguelikes, supergiant games, Tech

[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

Post author By Randall
Post date January 31, 2020
Categories In clearview ai, facial recognition, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, podcast, Privacy, Security, Tech

[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

Post author By Randall
Post date January 31, 2020
Categories In Entertainment, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, Internet, Tech

[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 […]

Nintendo says it won’t release a new Switch in 2020

Post author By Randall
Post date January 31, 2020
Categories In gadgetry, Gadgets, Gaming, Nintendo, switch, Tech

[ad_1] Taiwanese publication DigiTimes claimed earlier this month that the company is releasing a new model sometime in mid-2020, with volume production to begin this first quarter. There were a lot of speculations that it was going to be the Switch Pro. We still don’t know if Nintendo truly is working on a Pro version […]

Nintendo’s special ‘Animal Crossing’ Switch is coming March 13th

Post author By Randall
Post date January 30, 2020
Categories In animal crossing, animal crossing new horizons, gadgetry, Gadgets, Gaming, gear, new horizons, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, switch, Tech

[ad_1] The first new Animal Crossing game on consoles in several years is almost here, and Nintendo is rolling out a special edition of its Switch to mark the occasion. This $300 Switch will arrive on March 13th, a week before the launch of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It’s covered in pastel colors, with two-toned […]

Wirecutter’s best deals: Save $50 on a 7th-gen Apple iPad

Post author By Randall
Post date January 30, 2020
Categories In apple ipad 7th-gen, aukey wall charger, av, bose noise cancelling headphones 700, deals, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, Mobile, nvidia shield tv, partner, personal computing, personalcomputing, syndicated, Tech, the wirecutter, wirecutter

[ad_1] NVIDIA Shield TV (2019) Street price: $150; deal price: $125 w/ on-page coupon The NVIDIA Shield TV (2019) is down to a new low price of $125 from $150 when you clip the on-page coupon to get an extra $5 off. Since its recent release, this is the first notable drop we’ve seen on […]