The Morning After: A first look at the DeLorean EV
Good morning and welcome back! If you had time off yesterday, I hope you enjoyed it. And if you didn’t, I hope you survived your Monday. DeLorean Due to Memorial…
The best electric toothbrushes for healthier, whiter teeth
Let’s assume from the outset that you already own an electric toothbrush. It’s one of the must-have modern items. If you don’t, you and your gnashers really need to get…
Tension Inside Google Over a Fired AI Researcher’s Conduct
In late 2018, Google AI researchers Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini got the go-ahead to test an elegant idea. Google had invented powerful computer chips called tensor processing units, or…
You Need to Update iOS, Chrome, Windows, and Zoom ASAP
May has been another busy month of security updates, with Google’s Chrome browser and Android operating system, Zoom, and Apple’s iOS releasing patches to fix serious vulnerabilities. Meanwhile, things have…
Apple’s Conversation Boost Works, but It Makes Things Awkward
Back in the late aughts, someone down the hall from my office shut a metal door, and in my head, it made more noise than it should have. Something was…
All the best beard trimmers — no matter what style of facial hair you have
Do you want your face constantly nestled in a cozy, luscious beard? Or do you want every single follicle eradicated from your beautiful mug? Either way, the fact stands: you…
GlaxoSmithKline Buys New Vaccine Developer Affinivax in $3.3 Billion Deal
An employee is at work on the vaccine packing line of British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in Wavre, UK. Photo: Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP (Getty Images) UK-based drug company GlaxoSmithKline…
The best on-ear headphones from all the top brands
Somewhere in between those bulky over-ear headphones and tiny earbuds is a more classic style: on-ear headphones. And with on-ear headphones, you really get to enjoy the best of both…
France officially bans English gaming terms like 'eSports' and 'streaming'
English jargon has invaded every corner of France, causing consternation among language purists — a trade fair popular with politicians during election season is called “Made in France,” for example.…
This 3-in-1 space-saving charging station is on sale for under $50
TL;DR: As of May 31, this MagStack Foldable 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Station with Floating Stand and 20W Adapter is on sale for $47.99. That’s 36% off its regular price of…
This innovative decentralized VPN (DPN) offers an all-in-one cybersecurity solution
TL;DR: As of May 31, the Deeper Connect Mini Decentralized VPN & Firewall Hardware is on sale for $349. It’s usually $399, so that’s savings of 12%, Whenever you hop…
Apple's next iPhone might finally get always-on display
Apple’s iPhone 14, likely to come out in the fall, will have a feature Android devices have had for years: an always-on display. This is according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman,…
A lifetime subscription to this premium plant identification app is on sale for under £20
TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to a NatureID Plant Identification Premium Plan is on sale for £15.80, saving you 67% on list price. Growing your own veggies and herbs is a…
NASA's tenacious drone sweeps over Mars in farthest flight yet
The little Martian helicopter-that-could has done it again. Ingenuity, a small 4-pound robotic scout that hitched a ride to the Red Planet last year, has recently sent back video documentation…
Playtime Engineering debuts two new music makers for kids
Ahead of the NAMM 2022 trade show being held in Anaheim next weekend, San Francisco’s Playtime Engineering has unveiled a pair of toys, the Blipbox SK2 synthesizer and the Blipbox…
Amazon will give Cloud Cam owners a free camera when service shuts down
Amazon is shutting down service for the Cloud Cam, but you may not mind if you’re reluctant to buy a replacement. MacRumors and The Verge have learned Amazon will offer…
The Uncertainty of Star Wars Jedi's Future Makes Jedi Survivor Exciting
Image: Respawn/EA/Lucasfilm The last few years have been interesting for Star Wars as an IP. While the theatrical films more than made their money back (for the most part), and…
Google Pixel 7 prototype reputedly shows up on eBay
It seems Google just can’t stop its upcoming hardware from showing up in the wild. Weeks after a Pixel Watch prototype was left at a restaurant (and before Google confirmed…
Acer Predator Triton 500 SE review: A refined powerhouse for work and play
Acer is one of those laptop makers that frequently tries too hard to stand out. Consider the Predator Triton 900, a wild machine with a 360-degree swiveling screen that I…
NASA spins a spiral galaxy soundtrack. What exactly are we hearing?
Some 69 million light-years from Earth is a barred spiral galaxy in the southern hemisphere constellation Eridanus. Its arms are strung with young blue stars, pink cotton candy star-forming clouds,…
Egypt Unveils Trove of Ancient Artifacts Found Near Cairo
Some 250 painted sarcophagi were put on the makeshift exhibit. Photo: Amr Nabil (AP) An impressive collection of 2,500-year-old ancient Egyptian artifacts was showcased today at the famous Saqqara necropolis.…
58 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for Your Summer Reading Pleasure
We All Fall DownImage: Farrar, Straus and Giroux If you’ve got a yearning to add a few more monsters, space explorers, magically gifted teens, supernatural detectives, alien translators, superheroes, cosplayers,…
The 40 Best Memorial Day Deals on Tech, Gaming, Home, and More
Memorial Day is a major shopping holiday in the US, but nobody wants to spend their long weekend scrolling through marketing emails. Let us save you the trouble. We scoured…
Marvel Release Dates: When to See Upcoming MCU Movies and Disney+ Shows
Gif: Marvel Studios With 27 feature films and six Disney+ shows in 14 years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe dominates pop culture through its shared comic book worlds. Doctor Strange in…
io9's 15 Favorite Needle Drops, Ranked
Screenshot: Universal Pictures Many of us remember moments on screen when all of a sudden you sit up because a song you recognize has come on. Music is universal, after…
The latest Apple TV 4K is back to a record low of $150
Now is a good time to shop for a high-end media streamer. Amazon is once again selling the latest Apple TV 4K at a record-low price of $150 for the…
The best headphones for kids
Buying headphones for your kids sounds like a good idea — you won’t have to listen to Baby Shark for the umpteenth time. But there’s a more important reason. Your…
How to Watch the (Potential) Tau Herculids Meteor Shower Tonight
Infrared image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope showing the busted Comet 73P/Schwassman-Wachmann 3 skimming along a trail of debris left during its multiple trips around the Sun. “The flame-like objects…
Atlassian co-founder takes big step toward shutting down Australia's coal power
Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes just scored a major coup in his quest to end Australia’s use of coal energy. The Wall Street Journal reports AGL Energy, Australia’s worst emissions producer,…
Banned Books Every Climate Nerd Should Read
Members of the Harvest Assembly of God Church congregation toss items like books and CDs into a fire in 2001. Photo: Butler Eagle, Jack Neely (AP) Banned and heavily challenged…
Say Goodbye to Star Wars Celebration 2022 With These Cosplay and Costume Pics
Photo: Reedpop Star Wars Celebration has come to an end, and with it, a flood of news about what’s to come for Disney and Lucasfilm’s franchise. As always, that also…
Apple's second-gen AirPods are on sale for $100
All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of…
MSR’s Hubba Hubba NX Tent Is Solid, but I Hate the Zippers
I’ve found that Mountain Safety Research tends to arrive at an impressive iteration of a product and then stick with it. Most outdoor gear companies tend to gradually ruin their…
28 Best Memorial Day Sales on Grills, Camping, and Outdoor Gear
The end of May unofficially marks the start of summer in the US, and that means more time in the great outdoors. Whether you’re a kayaker, climber, griller, or someone…
The 28 Best Outdoor Summer Deals From REI’s Anniversary Sale
Just as bears emerge from hibernation and birds migrate in the spring, REI introduces its big Anniversary Sale every year around Memorial Day. This year’s event ends on May 30.…
DeLorean offers first look at its Alpha5 four seater EV
DeLorean Motor Company has revealed the first images name of its upcoming EV called the Alpha5. The main things that stand are the wedge-like supercar styling, pair of massive gullwing…
Seth MacFarlane on How The Orville's Past Connects to the Current Season
Capt. Ed Mercer (Seth MacFarlane) and Cmdr. Kelly Grayson (Adrianne Palicki) on the bridge of the Orville.Photo: Ali Goldstein/Hulu The Orville’s much-anticipated third season premieres this week, and io9 got…
Unlock Your Diner Chef Dreams With a Colossal Outdoor Griddle
Once the giant propane-powered griddle was assembled on the porch of my parents’ house, friends and family members passed by in succession, many confused about what you would do with…
Mintlify taps AI to automatically generate documentation from code
Mintlify, a startup developing software to automate software documentation tasks, today announced that it raised $2.8 million in a seed round led by by Bain Capital Ventures with participation from…
BMW's Slick E-Motorbike Is Scary Fast
The Tron Lightcycle? That bike from Akira? A Stormtrooper with two wheels? First impressions of the CE 04 are of a motorbike sent back in time from the future. A…
The Station: EV SPACs face new regulatory speed bump, more on Rivian’s reorg and VW weighs direct sales for Scout brand
Welcome back to The Station, your weekly guide to everything going on in the world of transportation. Many readers of this weekly newsletter are likely enjoying a three-day weekend thanks…
Good Luck Not Accidentally Hiring a North Korean Scammer
For more than a decade, North Korean hackers and digital scammers have run wild, pilfering hundreds of millions of dollars to raise funds for the Hermit Kingdom and often leaving…
One AI raises $8M to curate business-specific NLP models
Whether to power translation to document summarization, enterprises are increasing their investments in natural language processing (NLP) technologies. According to a 2021 survey from John Snow Labs and Gradient Flow,…
Why web3 companies get hacked so often, according to crypto VC Grace Isford
On the Chain Reaction podcast this week, Lux Capital’s newest investor, Grace Isford, joined us to talk about the opaque but crucial world of web3 infrastructure. At Lux, Isford invests in…
Should Oracle or Alphabet buy VMWare instead of Broadcom?
As expected, the Broadcom-VMware deal is a go. The chip giant intends to snap up the virtualization software company for $61 billion in cash and stock, along with taking on…
How Box escaped the SaaS growth trap
Enterprise productivity company Box reported results earlier this week for the first quarter of its fiscal 2023, the three-month period ending April 30. Box managed to beat revenue expectations, though it…
Power Up Anywhere With Our Favorite Portable Chargers
Many years ago, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 gained notoriety when its batteries caught fire in a series of incidents. There’s been a steady stream of similar, though isolated, incidents…
DuckDuckGo Isn’t as Private as You Think
After another week of dismally tragic news and moral failures by the powerful, it’s good to know that you can at least depend on the small things, like “privacy-focused” search…
Apple Store workers in Georgia call off union vote over intimidation claims
Less than a week before its scheduled date, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) have decided to withdraw a formal vote on unionization for Apple Store employees at Atlanta’s Cumberland…
Valve finally answers Team Fortress 2 fans’ cry for help
Audio player loading… It seems that the recent #SaveTF2 campaign, which spread across social media sites such as Reddit and Twitter, has finally reached the ears of Valve itself. The…