| Apple's 7th-gen iPad gets bigger but keeps the same size battery |
[28 Sep 2019|05:34am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/_SMhg7CuVy4/  In case you forgot, the iPhone 11 and Apple Watch weren't the only new hardware Apple showed off at its big event a couple of weeks ago, it also upgraded the base iPad line. Now in its seventh generation, the "most popular" iPad that Apple sells has...
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| The Morning After: SpaceX builds a Starship |
[28 Sep 2019|08:35am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/iTROPp75HCk/  Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Welcome to your weekend! Keep an eye out for the SpaceX live stream later today, but first, we'll recap notable news from this week, like all of the Alexa-connected stuff Amazon unveiled. Finally, Friday's news...
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| Tech that helped me fall back in love with birdwatching |
[28 Sep 2019|09:00am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/mwfj1QAZb_0/  A few months ago a friend of mine mentioned on Twitter she was getting into birding. And I thought, "I used to love birdwatching when I was little!" I'd go out and wander around with my little Golden Nature Guide and record sightings of the avians th...
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| Hitting the Books: Teaching AI to sing slime mold serenades |
[28 Sep 2019|10:00am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/cgVvJxQyiWg/  Welcome to Hitting the Books. With less than one in five Americans reading just for fun these days, we've done the hard work for you by scouring the internet for the most interesting, thought provoking books on science and technology we can find and...
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| The best free-to-play games |
[28 Sep 2019|11:00am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/noIpoR6Pu64/  Gone are the days where free games equated to ropey puzzle games and knock-off clones of games that had a price tag. These days, courtesy of in-app payments and the ease of offering both a sample of title alongside its full-fat version, there's actua...
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| Recommended Reading: Uber wants to be the 'operating system' for city life |
[28 Sep 2019|12:30pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/aWS9gDgCOr0/ 
Inside Uber's plan to take over city life with CEO Dara Khosrowshahi
Andrew J. Hawkins,
The Verge
This week, ride-sharing giant Uber announced a test that puts both its car and food services in the same app. It's part of a larger plan CEO Dara Kh...
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| Treaty would force Facebook to share encrypted chats with UK police |
[28 Sep 2019|01:45pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/SkER435FFMI/  A cross-Atlantic political agreement could put social networks in an awkward position. Sources for The Times and Bloomberg understand that the US and UK will sign a treaty in October that would force Facebook and other social networks to hand encryp...
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| Court says Tesla and Musk's tweet violated labor laws |
[28 Sep 2019|03:02pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/YSgRq3nmIW0/  Tesla broke labor laws by interfering with legitimate union organizing, among other things, California administrative law judge Amita Baman Tracy has ruled. The automaker apparently committed a number of violations against the National Labor Relation...
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| 'Minecraft Earth' launches in early access this October |
[28 Sep 2019|04:20pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/twGUnCdW_sY/  Minecraft Earth won't be stuck in beta testing for much longer. Mojang and Microsoft have revealed that the augmented reality game will be available in "early access" for some countries starting in October. It didn't say which countries or platforms...
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| iOS 13.1 review: A necessary update after a rough start |
[28 Sep 2019|04:30pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/wcG0HarWQfQ/  Major iOS updates tend to come like clockwork, but this year — well, this year has been a little weird. Earlier this month, Apple officially released iOS 13 for iPhones, iPod touches and the like, and all of its new iPhones came with the softwa...
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| Watch SpaceX's Starship presentation at 9:15PM ET (updated) |
[28 Sep 2019|05:37pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/NzOZJI9UmIA/  SpaceX is close to outlining the next chapter for its Starship program, and you can hear about it at the same time as anyone else. The company is streaming its presentation on the "design and development" of Starship at 9PM Eastern, with Elon Musk sh...
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| Twitch revamps channel pages to help you tune in to streamers |
[28 Sep 2019|06:56pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/tI53SuO4L2g/  Twitch has unveiled a slew of improvements for viewers and streamers alike at its annual TwitchCon event, and one of them addresses one of the most basic challenges: deciding who to watch. It's revamping channel pages to provide much more informatio...
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| Google Assistant is now available for most Chromebooks |
[28 Sep 2019|08:09pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/tjcXgRnlVlU/  Google has started rolling out Chrome OS 77, and it makes Assistant widely available to the devices the platform powers. The voice AI used to be a Pixel exclusive, though adventurous users have been able to switch it on as a hidden feature for a whil...
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| Second SIM card attack can send texts and phone location data |
[28 Sep 2019|09:28pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/7XGwka90nhg/  Simjacker isn't the only SIM-based attack that could put phones at risk. Ginno Security Lab has detailed another exploit, WIBattack, that compromises the WIB (Wireless Internet Browser) app on some SIM cards to take control of key phone functions....
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| SpaceX's plan for in-orbit Starship refueling: a second Starship |
[28 Sep 2019|10:15pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/ix8r_BdfTi0/  During an update on the SpaceX Starship program, Elon Musk just showed off a brief clip that explained part of the plan for using these vehicles to reach Mars. It involved a Starship in orbit around Earth, meeting a similarly-sized vehicle to refuel...
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| 'Fallout 76' will get a public test server in 2020 |
[28 Sep 2019|11:01pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/TT2eixubsII/  Fallout 76's software quality has been... not-so-stellar. Soon, though, you might have a way to help address issues before they create another fiasco. Bethesda now plans to introduce a Public Test Server sometime in 2020. It won't share more about...
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