| YouTube TV's Live Guide now shows week-long schedules on desktop |
[24 Dec 2019|01:56am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/CNlHqNYutXo/  YouTube TV's Live Guide for the web is now much more useful for your holiday entertainment planning: It now shows seven days of programming schedules instead of only telling you what's currently airing like it used to. The over-the-top internet telev...
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| Proposed NYC law would require drone inspections for building complaints |
[24 Dec 2019|03:50am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/3nvGb5ttcsM/  Drones could soon be key to keeping New Yorkers safe from crumbling architecture. Members of the New York City Council have proposed legislation that would require drone inspections within 48 hours of a complaint or confirmed violation. A robotic v...
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| YouTube mobile app now lets you search with your voice while casting |
[24 Dec 2019|06:06am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/ool-wjkuSAs/  You can now search for videos with your voice on YouTube mobile even while you're casting to a bigger screen. The Google-owned platform has announced the feature, which works on both iOS and Android devices, along with the revelation that it's now po...
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| Samsung's next foldable phone could have a glass display |
[24 Dec 2019|08:02am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/CirF5FHF9SM/  Samsung teased a new foldable phone concept back in October, and leaked images from earlier this month suggest the next Galaxy Fold may well come with the unique clamshell form the company had hinted at. Now, if new rumors are true, it's pushing the...
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| Uber founder Travis Kalanick is leaving the company's board |
[24 Dec 2019|09:51am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/nwWpqABt2aw/  Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is taking another step back from the company he helped found. On Tuesday, Uber announced that Kalanick plans to resign from its board of directors on December 31st. Moving forward, Kalanick plans to "focus on his new b...
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| 2020 is VR's make-or-break year |
[24 Dec 2019|10:20am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/mLzneQ_9wBM/  In the nearly four years since the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive hit retail shelves, VR has gone from being the most exciting new computing medium around -- something that could be as transformational as the internet itself -- to a niche accessory for gam...
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| ByteDance may sell off TikTok stake to avoid US backlash |
[24 Dec 2019|11:00am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/F-UD2ZfPTS4/  Chinese company ByteDance's TikTok app is popular with young people across the globe for posting fun videos. However, recently security concerns about the app have been raised in the US, with senators requesting an assessment of its potential as a na...
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| Apple will start enforcing its Mac app security policy in February |
[24 Dec 2019|11:22am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/ZT22oDwORwc/  Apple warned that it would eventually want notarization for non-App Store software running on macOS Catalina, and now there's a firm deadline for that request. The tech firm has informed developers that all of these apps will have to be notarized fro...
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| Streaming won't get easier or cheaper |
[24 Dec 2019|12:00pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/Vu_4uds6iCk/  After years of declining cable subscriptions, the bundle is back. Smaller bundles at slightly lower prices, sure, but still bundles. While Netflix had some competition from Amazon and Hulu when it came to one-price-fits-all streaming in the past, the...
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| Twitter flaw let a researcher match 17 million phone numbers with users (updated) |
[24 Dec 2019|01:09pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/BDRvpyK2SjQ/  Yes, it's another Twitter security issue in the space of just a few days. Security researcher Ibrahim Balic told TechCrunch that Twitter's Android app had a flaw that allowed him to match 17 million phone numbers with their respective user accounts....
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| Apple's App Store holiday giveaway starts today |
[24 Dec 2019|02:02pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/OLP15PBUwNU/  Whether you're a longtime user or you have a new iPhone waiting under the tree, the company is celebrating the holidays with some App Store stocking stuffers. According to 9to5Mac, App Store users in Australia and some Asian countries who navigate to...
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| 'Fallout 76' hackers wiped out players' inventories |
[24 Dec 2019|04:04pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/FDEt7c3zBYg/  If you play Fallout 76 you might want to avoid public servers for a while. According to multiple posts on the game's Reddit forums -- and confirmed by publisher Bethesda -- hackers have attacked public servers and wiped out the inventories of more th...
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| 'Dead Cells' update lets you play old versions of the game |
[24 Dec 2019|06:06pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/6SYeTJB34dM/  If you're the sort of person who thought Dead Cells was better as a beta, then you can now get access to every major iteration of the title through Steam. The Legacy Update will let you roll back the title to any of the key variations, from its Early...
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| DJI patent imagines a drone that can't fly |
[24 Dec 2019|09:09pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/MK-54GEQaQE/  DJI has quite a gamut of drones and gimbals, but most are either handheld or airborne. However, the company seems to have ground-based ambitions too, as a new Chinese patent seen by Weibo user "Machine Power" and others shows. The document shows a ru...
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