Peloton's Android app hints at long-rumored rowing machine
Conducting an APK teardown of the latest version of the Peloton Android app, 9to5Google found evidence the company is preparing the software to support a rowing machine in the near future. The outlet...
View ArticleDuolingo is adding a family plan and five more languages
At its annual Duocon conference on Friday, Duolingo announced several updates for the language-learning app. Among them is a family plan, which gives up to six people access to Duolingo Plus with a...
View ArticlePeacock's 'Frogger' looks equal parts 'Wipeout' and 'The Floor is Lava' in...
NBC has shared the first trailer for Frogger. As expected, the show is a mix of Takeshi’s Castle and Wipeout. The clip offers a look at some of the whimsical sets contestants will need to traverse in...
View ArticleRhythm game 'Tetris Beat' is now available on Apple Arcade
In the nearly 40 years since Alexey Pajitnov created Tetris, the game has inspired many permutations. The latest example is Tetris Beat, an Apple Arcade exclusive that adds rhythm elements to the...
View ArticleCalifornia judge finds Prop 22 gig worker measure unconstitutional
A California judge has ruled that Proposition 22, the measure that allows companies like Uber and Lyft to keep classifying app-based drivers in the state as independent contractors, is unenforceable...
View ArticleGM expands fire risk recall to cover all Chevy Bolts sold worldwide
Back in November 2020, GM recalled over 68,000 Chevrolet Bolt EVs after five of the vehicles caught fire between 2017 and 2019. Now, the automaker has expanded the recall to cover all Bolt EVs and Bolt...
View ArticleRecommended Reading: Apple's inside man with the leakers
Apple’s double agentLorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, MotherboardAndrey Shumeyko, known as YRH04E and JVHResearch in online circles, spent years trading secrets in the leak and jailbreak community. He was...
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Hitting the Books: How Tesla engineers solved the problem of exploding EV...
Between CEO Elon Musk's often erratic antics, strident competition from existing industry titans, and a public that is still not fully sold on the idea of traveling via electrical charge, Tesla's road...
View ArticleGoogle has already discontinued the Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a with 5G
Google just released the excellent and relatively inexpensive Pixel 5a, and the company has also already given us a look at the upcoming Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. So you could easily guess that the...
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ICYMI: We open (and close) the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3
This week was all about smartphones at Engadget. Cherlynn Low spent some time with the Galaxy Z Flip 3 to determine who it’s really for. Terrence O’Brien compared and contrasted the Pixel 5a against...
View ArticleFirst look: Cadillac’s luxury EV debut seems like a winner
As parent company GM begins its rollout of EV’s based on the Ultium battery platform, automaker Cadillac is readying its very first electric Caddy, the Lyriq, for production. With a range of over 300...
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Four new games land on... the Atari Lynx
If you’re a retro gamer, it’s hard not to ignore the Atari Lynx. The first color hand-held it might have been, but its small library of games (under 100 official titles) and general mishandling by...
View ArticleClubhouse removed personal info from Afghan users' accounts as a safety measure
Earlier this week, Facebook introduced tools to help people in Afghanistan lock down their accounts. Clubhouse, the social audio app, is doing the same thing. The company announced on Twitter that it...
View ArticleSiriusXM launches music channel dedicated to TikTok hits
You can't escape viral TikTok songs. They're everywhere, and you're bound to hear them over and over again if you spend time on any social media platform. If you actually like listening to TikTok...
View ArticleGoogle is shutting down the Android Auto phone app
Android Auto is best-known as a way to access your phone through a car's dashboard — this lets you easily access Google Maps, music apps and data without needing to use your phone. But for years now,...
View ArticleAI startup Boomy looks to turn the music industry on its ear
Music publishers have been on a spending spree in recent years, buying the catalogs and copyrights for songs of famous musicians at a frantic pace. Last December, Universal Music Publishing Group...
View ArticleFacebook releases Q1 'widely viewed content' report following criticism
Last week, Facebook released its first "widely viewed content" report, a document that essentially was the company's response to numerous reports that the most engaging content on the platform usually...
View ArticleApple is reportedly releasing a redesigned, more powerful Mac mini this fall
When Apple launched the first Macs with its own M1 silicon inside (the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac mini), they were essentially identical to the Intel models they replaced, aside from the new...
View ArticleWhatsApp could soon have an iPad app for the first time
Part of WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption scheme is a requirement for users to set up the service with a phone as the "main" device for an account. The company announced in July that it was working on...
View ArticleNASA's Curiosity rover video shows a fresh panoramic view of Mars
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory released a breathtaking panorama of the inside of the Gale Crater, as snapped by the Curiosity Rover. To celebrate the Rover’s ninth — ninth! — year surveying the red...
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