EU fines BMW and VW $1 billion for limiting emissions reduction tech
European car makers are grappling with another diesel emissions scandal, but this one has nothing to do with Dieselgate. Reutersreports the European Commission has fined BMW and Volkswagen a total of...
View ArticleTwitter's extended NFL deal adds live Spaces chats with players
Twitter has once again renewed its deal with the NFL, and this time there's more than just video shows and Moments to keep football fans happy. The newly announced multi-year extension includes a...
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Qualcomm and ASUS made a phone for Snapdragon Insiders
ASUS and Qualcomm have teamed up to make a smartphone that shows off some of the latter's mobile tech. Although the phone is ostensibly for the 1.6 million members of the Snapdragon Insiders program...
View Article‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture’ gets a 4K remaster for Paramount+
The film that kickstarted (and nearly killed) Star Trek’s first second life is going to be remastered, once again. Star Trek.com (via Gizmodo), says that Paramount has green-lit a “full restoration” of...
View ArticleAmazon’s Comic-Con@Home panel will feature ‘The Wheel of Time’ and ‘Evangelion’
Like many in-person events, geek Mecca Comic-Con was upended by the pandemic. By most accounts, the decision to switch to a virtual conference backfired as social media activity plummeted by upwards of...
View ArticleDodge will debut an all-electric muscle car in 2024
Dodge will release an all-electric muscle car in 2024, just don’t call it an EV. The automaker announced its first foray into the battery electric vehicle market earlier today as part of an event held...
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Verizon says its version of spatial audio doesn't need specific gear or content
Verizon (Engadget's parent company) has created a version of spatial audio it says doesn't require specific headphones, earbuds or speakers. The first device to use Verizon Adaptive Sound tech is the...
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Harley-Davidson's latest LiveWire electric motorcycle is more affordable
When Harley-Davidson debuted its first electric motorcycle back in 2019, it was held back by an expensive price tag and early production issues. After spinning out LiveWire as a separate brand earlier...
View ArticleInstacart hires the head of Facebook's app as its next CEO
Instacart has hired a top Facebook executive as its next CEO. Fidji Simo will take over the delivery service's top job on August 2nd, replacing founder Apoorva Mehta, who is moving into the executive...
View ArticleAmazon locks down some exclusive streaming rights for Universal movies
Amazon has struck a multi-year deal for exclusive Prime Video streaming rights for Universal's live-action theatrical releases. As Deadline reports, it's the first time Amazon has made such an...
View ArticleMarvel's 'What If...?' series debuts August 11th on Disney+
What if Tony Stark met Erik Killmonger before one of his own weapons set him on the path to becoming Iron Man? That’s one of many hypothetical scenarios Marvel’s new animated series What If…? will...
View ArticleOversight Board says Facebook 'lost' an important rule for three years
Facebook “lost” an important policy for three years and only noticed after the Oversight Board began looking at the issue, according to the latest decision from the board. In its decision, the board...
View ArticleJeep will offer a 'fully electric 4xe' model in every SUV category by 2025
Jeep wants to bolster its EV lineup. To that end, the company says it will offer a "zero-emission, fully electric" 4xe model in every category of its SUV lineup by 2025. The automaker announced its...
View Article'Death Stranding Director's Cut' will hit PS5 September 24th
Death Stranding Director's Cut, an extended version of Kojima Productions' 2019 sci-fi action game, will come to PlayStation 5 on September 24th. Sony debuted the first full trailer for Death...
View Article'Moss: Book II' continues the story of Quill on PSVR
Sony hasn't forgotten about one of the PSVR's hidden gems. During its State of Play showcase on Thursday, the company shared the trailer for Moss: Book II. It's the sequel to Polyarc's excellent 2018...
View ArticleAge-based kung fu game 'Sifu' gets pushed to early 2022
Absolver studio Sloclap is working on a new kind of kung fu game, Sifu, and it requires a little more time and attention than developers originally planned. Sifu was supposed to hit PlayStation 4, PS5...
View ArticleFDA clears Natural Cycles birth control app for use with wearables
Since 2018, an app called Natural Cycles has allowed women to track their temperature and menstrual cycle as a way to know whether they’re fertile. In that time, the process of using the app hasn’t...
View ArticleMajor crypto scammer sentenced to 15 years in prison
The mastermind behind what the government says is one of the largest cryptocurrency Ponzi schemes prosecuted in the US has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. While crypto scams have been getting...
View ArticleAmazon Fire TVs now support Prime Video watch parties
When Amazon launched Watch Party for Prime Video last year, it only made the option accessible on desktop browsers. Now, the e-commerce giant has expanded support for the feature, allowing you to host...
View ArticleNetflix hires former Apple exec to lead its podcast efforts
Netflix has hired N'Jeri Eaton, the former head of content for Apple Podcasts, to head up its own podcast operations. According to Variety, she's the first person to lead Netflix's podcast programming,...
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