| How much would you pay for the fabled Nintendo PlayStation prototype? |
[28 Feb 2020|10:00am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/_O6eo5fg79g/ 
You have until March 6th to try and nab a working Nintendo PlayStation prototype -- one of the rarest relics of lost gaming history -- and it'll only cost you a few hundred thousand dollars. The current high bid for this retro prototype at auctio...
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| Twitter verified a fake congressional candidate created by a teenager |
[28 Feb 2020|10:24am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/fuagA7I6SVw/  Andrew Walz isn't a real person. A high school student from upstate New York created the fake congressional candidate -- complete with website, AI-generated photograph and Twitter account -- to test the social media platform's verification system. Ac...
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| How to buy a mirrorless camera lens in 2020 |
[28 Feb 2020|11:00am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/0S6Gz2QcHmk/  If you've decided to take the plunge and buy a new mirrorless camera, possibly ditching your DSLR, you now have another decision: What lenses do you need? That decision could have a large impact on how your photos or videos look and what kind of shoo...
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| Facebook’s 3D photos no longer require portrait mode |
[28 Feb 2020|12:00pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/Ca7h2gdMKlo/  Facebook's 3D photos are now available to a lot more people. The feature, first introduced in 2018, adds a 3D effect so image subjects appear to "move" independently of the background as you scroll past in your News Feed. But, until now, it's only be...
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| Professional 'League of Legends' is trying to work around the coronavirus |
[28 Feb 2020|12:12pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/N1-onQV2OB8/  A little more than a month ago, one of the biggest esports leagues in the world -- the League of Legends Pro League (LPL) in China -- was forced to go on hiatus due to the coronavirus outbreak. Understandably, all matches were postponed and the Engli...
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| Etsy's new ad policy could force more fees on merchants |
[28 Feb 2020|12:23pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/ojoRa6KvWgQ/  Etsy is once again in hot water for its latest attempt to boost sales. This week, the company introduced a new "risk-free" offsite advertising service in which it plans to enroll some of its sellers automatically. Under the new system, Esty says it w...
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| Amazon is the latest to pull out of GDC over coronavirus fears |
[28 Feb 2020|01:29pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/WMSEmaUCcVU/  The annual Game Developers Conference just lost another big-name tech company due to coronavirus worries. Amazon Web Services has pulled out of the 2020 show in response to "continued concerns over COVID-19." In its place, Amazon is planning a "globa...
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| 'Animal Crossing: New Horizons' has more customization options than ever |
[28 Feb 2020|01:47pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/l8WgRvKM3Mk/  Animal Crossing: New Horizons is one of Nintendo's most anticipated games of 2020. We've seen plenty of the game's content from Nintendo Direct streams, but this weekend, fans are getting their first hands-on experience with Nintendo's island life si...
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| Google may add free trials and YouTube streaming to Stadia soon |
[28 Feb 2020|02:02pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/RbzXiMG_-MU/  At this point, it's safe to say Google's Stadia streaming service hasn't had the smoothest launch. Between missing features and less than stellar performance, the platform is, at the moment, more about future promise than current potential. However,...
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| FCC proposes token fines for carriers that sold phone location data |
[28 Feb 2020|02:38pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/Z5744EFpNzI/  The rumors were true: the FCC wants to fine major carriers for their approach to selling phone location data. The regulator has proposed a total of $208 million in fines against the top four US carriers for reportedly selling access to location info...
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| Coronavirus bursts Big Tech’s bubble |
[28 Feb 2020|03:00pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/XvCJ71A1wKo/  Virus enthusiasts from all over the world converged in San Francisco this week for America's largest security event: RSA Conference 2020.
Before it began, fourteen companies withdrew from RSAC over concerns about the impending Coronavirus (COVID-19)...
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| IBM and Microsoft support the Vatican’s guidelines for ethical AI |
[28 Feb 2020|03:19pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/-5JpO7zKYaQ/  IBM and Microsoft have signed the Vatican's "Rome Call for AI Ethics," a pledge to develop artificial intelligence in a way that protects all people and the planet, Financial Times reports. Microsoft President Brad Smith and John Kelly, IBM's executi...
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| YouTube’s appeal process is largely ineffective |
[28 Feb 2020|04:10pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/VQkXchq6kOU/  YouTube's latest transparency report suggests its appeals process is failing creators. Last quarter, YouTube removed 5.9 million videos from the platform. It received just 108,779 appeals, but it only reinstated 23,471 of those videos. That means rou...
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| Apple blocks Clearview AI's iPhone app |
[28 Feb 2020|04:13pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/6lNng6DTdbk/  Won't someone just let Clearview AI invade our privacy in peace? After having its full client list stolen and leaked on the internet, the controversial facial recognition startup is now in hot water with Apple. The iPhone maker has blocked Clearview'...
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| Facebook removes Discover tab in Messenger to simplify chat |
[28 Feb 2020|05:13pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/65ypCwKqeWY/  Do you spend your days browsing Facebook Messenger's Discover tab for bands, games and chatbots? No? You're not alone -- and Facebook is doing something about it. The social network has confirmed to TechCrunch that it's rolling out a Messenger red...
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| Galaxy S20 Ultra review: Impressive but impractical |
[28 Feb 2020|05:30pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/cguDaImG9o4/ 
The first major phones of the year are here, and Samsung is being its usual ambitious self. The company unleashed a trio of new flagships in its S20 series and for the first time, it introduced a souped-up Ultra variant alongside the regular S2...
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| Galaxy S20 Ultra review: Impressive but impractical |
[28 Feb 2020|05:30pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/cguDaImG9o4/
The first major phones of the year are here, and Samsung is being its usual ambitious self. The company unleashed a trio of new flagships in its S20 series, and for the first time, it introduced a souped-up Ultra variant alongside the regular S...
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| British Airways is testing autonomous electric wheelchairs at JFK |
[28 Feb 2020|07:01pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/6q6MOo27uiU/  The next time you fly out of JFK, you may notice a self-driving wheelchair race past you as you make your way to your departure gate. British Airways shared today that it has been testing autonomous electric wheelchairs at the country's sixth-busiest...
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| 2020 Game Developers Conference cancels due to coronavirus |
[28 Feb 2020|07:29pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/H71W0WKbktI/  After one big name participant after another (Facebook, Sony, Microsoft, Amazon) announced it would not send people to the show over concerns about the spread of coronavirus, GDC 2020 organizers have announced the event is off. It was scheduled to ta...
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| GDC 2020 is officially canceled due to coronavirus |
[28 Feb 2020|07:29pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/H71W0WKbktI/ After one big name participant after another (Facebook, Sony, Microsoft, Amazon) announced it would not send people to the show over concerns about the spread of coronavirus, GDC 2020 organizers have announced the event is off. It was scheduled to ta...
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| 'Quiplash 3' is coming to Jackbox's Party Pack 7 this fall |
[28 Feb 2020|08:00pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/B3b6ACKrOWE/  The holiday season may be over, but that doesn't mean the parties (and party games) have to stop. Jackbox Games unveiled this week that the seventh generation of its annually released Party Packs will arrive this fall. Today, the company released a t...
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| NASA's Psyche asteroid mission will use a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket |
[28 Feb 2020|09:03pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/cd9mRMHO-m4/  SpaceX has won the contract for NASA's Psyche mission, and it's using the Falcon Heavy rocket to launch the spacecraft and ferry it to its target asteroid. NASA first approved plans to visit Psyche back in 2017 before finalizing them last year.
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| Microsoft will remove Cortana from its Android launcher in April |
[28 Feb 2020|11:02pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/SWOTZ2L3VeE/  Some significant changes are coming to Cortana. Starting this spring, Microsoft said it plans to make productivity the focus of the digital assistant. As part of the shift, Cortana will lose some of its more consumer-facing features, such as the abil...
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