Engadget Daily: 'The Interview' aftermath, Samsung's 360-degree video store, and more!
Interested
to learn how The Interview is faring following Sony's cyberattack
catastrophe? Check. What about Sony's new 360-degree video store called
Milk VR? We have that too -- just click on the gallery below for all our
news highlights from the pas... Read More ...
Add-on lets your Chromebook run Linux in a window
You
can already run a conventional operating system like Linux on your
Chromebook if you're the determined sort, but it's not really
convenient... not unless you like hopping between virtual terminals,
anyway. However, there's now a relatively simple... Read More ...
Tesla shows just how far your Model S will go on a charge
So
you're fortunate enough to be shopping for a Tesla Model S, but you're
anxious about just how far the electric sedan's variants will go on a
full battery. How do you know you won't be stranded on the roadside
because you bought the wrong edition? ... Read More ...
LG will show off curved, 21:9 and 4K monitors at CES
As
you've probably read by now, LG's keen on tipping its hand ahead of our
arrival in Las Vegas for CES. This year is no different, and with
today's news the company focuses on monitors. First up, LG has a 21:9
display with AMD's FreeSync tech in ord... Read More ...
FBI wants to know if US banks launched revenge hacks against Iran
Your
parents might have told you that revenge solves nothing, but it's not
clear that American banks have learned the same lesson. Bloomberg
sources understand that the FBI is investigating whether or not US
financial institutions hired hackers to co... Read More ...
Collaborative mapping project will chart the Amazon's rivers
Crowdsourced
mapping efforts are helpful in many places, but they're most useful in
corners of the globe where even the professional maps are incomplete --
you can address gaps in coverage that might be difficult for distant
observers to fill. And Op... Read More ...
Samsung squeezed past Apple in consumer satisfaction for smartphones
Apple
may have owned Christmas, but Samsung won the year when it came to
satisfying shoppers with its phones. The latest stats from the American
Consumer Satisfaction Index, which surveys 70,000 consumers every year,
show Samsung slightly beating out... Read More ...
Share your favorite gadgets of 2014
2014
was a pretty good year for technology. We saw improvements to some of
our favorite cameras and phones, and hints of a promising future. A few
companies made serious progress with virtual reality headsets.
Smartwatches became ever more popular an... Read More ...
You can make a 143-megapixel camera using a scanner
Scanners
are really extra-large image sensors at heart, so it stands to reason
that you could make a decent camera out of one. Right? Well, Dario
Morelli just proved it... and then some. His homebrew medium format
camera uses parts from an Epson V30-... Read More ...
The stories that defined 2014
It
was the year of wearables, VR and 4K. It was the year of ridiculous
IPOs and massive security breaches. It was also the year Engadget took a
step back and took in the big picture. 2014 was full of great
advancements and big setbacks and we were he... Read More ...
How NASA plans to deal with Opportunity rover's failing flash memory
Just
like your favorite USB flash drive, the memory on NASA's Opportunity
rover is beginning to degrade after more than a decade on Mars. That's
led to bouts of "amnesia" where the rover ends up losing data and
constantly resets, both of which make a... Read More ...
Samsung announces a curved-screen all-in-one and its thinnest laptop yet
We
hope you like super skinny laptops, because you're going to be seeing a
hell of a lot more of them in 2015. Samsung just took the veil off its
new ATIV Book 9 Ultrabook, which comes in at just 0.45 inch thick and
2.09 pounds. That's insanely compa... Read More ...
Facebook says it 'can do better' with its 'Year in Review' slideshows
Facebook
inadvertently opened a lot of old wounds with its automated "Year in
Review" slideshow feature. While it was meant to highlight people's
favorite moments, it also reminded many of deaths, divorces and other
tragedies that they tried to leave... Read More ...
Gmail slowly coming back to life in China
China's
Gmail users have been the better of four days cut off from their
messages, but that's slowly starting to change. According to Google's
own transparency report, traffic to the email service is starting to
pick up once more, signaling an end (f... Read More ...
Samsung just added a 360-degree video store to its VR headset
Since
launch in early December, the virtual reality headset released by
Samsung and Oculus VR has received a steady drip of new content. Each
Tuesday, a handful of new apps launches for Gear VR -- new games (Temple
Run!), new experiences (a Paul McCa... Read More ...
FBI maintains that North Korea hacked Sony as detractors mount
Did
North Korea's government hack Sony Pictures? Though the United States
government and FBI say yes, a growing chorus of detractors is pushing
back on that claim. And the FBI is apparently listening: one firm,
Norse, met with the FBI this past Monda... Read More ...
Apple offers two-week window for iTunes refunds... in Europe
In
case you needed another reason to be jealous of Europe (aside from
access to the Autobahn and Yotaphone 2, naturally), Apple has one. Now
you can return pretty much any iTunes purchase for a full refund within
two weeks. Don't go thinking this wil... Read More ...
United Airlines sues site that found loophole for cheap tickets
You
know how it's often cheaper to fly from Chicago to Paris by booking a
flight to Dubai, and then just getting off at the stopover, which
happens to be Paris? Well thanks to a lawsuit from United Airlines and
booking site Orbitz, you do now -- the ... Read More ...
SyFy's '12 Monkeys' will sync with your Philips Hue bulbs
Sure,
Philips' color-changing Hue light bulbs can give you calendar or
weather reminders, but if you buy them for practical reasons, you're
doing it wrong. To bust out their fun side, SyFy has just announced that
its 12 Monkeys series, based on the c... Read More ...
Motion-detecting nanosensors could help find life on other planets
Much
as we'd love to discover grey aliens with warp drive technology, any
extraterrestrial life we're lucky enough to find will likely be pretty
basic. But the chemical detection methods used by space probes like
Curiosity or Philae are hit-and-miss ... Read More ...
Sticky sensors will monitor your body's organs
Health
sensors that attach directly to your organs to are potentially very
useful, since they can measure miniscule electrical signals and other
details that might otherwise fly under the radar. There's just one
problem: actually sticking those devic... Read More ...
Your nightlife tweets can improve urban planning
Tweeting
about your fun night out with the gang could do much more than just
instill FOMO in your followers -- it could help improve your city, too.
At least that's what two computer researchers, Vanessa and Enrique
Frías-Martínez, from Telefonica Un... Read More ...
Yes, LG will have new 4K TVs at CES next week
Ending
a long period of speculation, LG revealed that it will have new TVs of
the extra-large, super duper high-res variety to show off during CES
next week. While that's not really a surprise, one thing we should note
is that all of them are flat --... Read More ...
Samsung's new 'ring' speakers pipe sound in every direction
Samsung
has tackled just about every kind of speaker you can imagine, but it
hasn't had an answer to hot-selling 360-degree speakers like the UE
Boom. Well, that changes today: the Korean firm has unveiled the WAM6500
and WAM7500, its first compact o... Read More ...
Flywheel has an answer to Uber's NYE surge pricing: $10 rides
Getting
to and from your New Year's shindig can be an expensive hassle, even if
you're not driving: you're either competing for a conventional (and
thus costly) taxi or bracing yourself for the surge pricing of
ridesharing services like Uber. Flywhee... Read More ...
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