• 23andMe says gene report can detect the risk of type 2 diabetes

    23andMe is betting that its gene testing kits can help identify another major health risk: diabetes. The company plans to offer a report that identifies your genetic predisposition toward type 2 (that is, adult onset) diabetes. Unlike the company's… Source: Engadget | 23andMe says gene report can detect the risk of type 2 diabetes

    March 10, 2019 | by Raheel
  • ‘Good Omens’ and the art of avoiding Armageddon

    The world will end one day. That's a plain fact; what's unknown is the exact manner in which humanity will be erased from existence. Whether the oceans will boil us from below like a massive earthenware lobster pot, or a nuclear holocaust will strip… Source: Engadget | ‘Good Omens’ and the art of avoiding Armageddon

    March 10, 2019 | by Raheel
  • 'Every Thing Every Time' builds poetry from the smart city

    Just opposite the Austin Convention Center there's a mechanical split-flap display — the kind you might see in a 20th century train station — propped on a slim strip of grass, fluttering off terse verses like this one from 11:26 AM on Friday: SOME… Source: Engadget | 'Every Thing Every Time' builds poetry from the …

    March 10, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Amazon Fire TV no longer needs you to type your WiFi password

    There are a number of reasons why it can be laborious to set up a living room media player, not the least of which is WiFi — you try entering a password with a remote. Those days might be gone if you have one of Amazon's devices, though. It recently… Source: Engadget | Amazon Fire …

    March 10, 2019 | by Raheel
  • The best wireless TV headphones

    By Daniel Varghese and Lauren Dragan This post was done in partnership with Wirecutter. When readers choose to buy Wirecutter's independently chosen editorial picks, Wirecutter and Engadget may earn affiliate commission. Read the full wireless tv he… Source: Engadget | The best wireless TV headphones

    March 10, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Josh Wood, hair colorist to the stars, gets $6.5M led by Index in its latest D2C bet

    In the age of Amazon, where up to 90 percent of all consumers use it to buy goods and Amazon is accounting for a rapidly-growing percentage of a consumer’s total retail spend (along with other giants like Walmart), direct-to-consumer brands — leveraging social media alongside tech-first apps — are emerging as sometimes surprising, but often effective, …

    March 10, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Hitting the Books: Brotopia

    Welcome to Engadget's new series, 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 tech… Source: Engadget | Hitting the Books: Brotopia

    March 10, 2019 | by Raheel
  • NASA unveils stunning images of merging supersonic shockwaves

    NASA has developed a new imaging technique that let them capture, for the first time, the interaction of shockwaves from two supersonic jets. They were taken by a new, high-speed camera system developed to help NASA design a supersonic airplane that… Source: Engadget | NASA unveils stunning images of merging supersonic shockwaves

    March 10, 2019 | by Raheel
  • After Math: It's the circle of tech

    While most of us now need Buzzfeed quizzes about "things only '90s kids would recognize" to remember what a Blockbuster is, the franchise's inevitable demise is still something to be commemorated — if only by finally returning that VHS copy of Batma… Source: Engadget | After Math: It's the circle of tech

    March 10, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Foursquare's unusual pitch: The ethical data company

    It seems counter-intuitive that, in the thick of a backlash against Big Tech's data privacy abuses, Dennis Crowley is pitching location tracking technology at South By Southwest. Foursquare, which he co-founded, recently announced Hypertrending. It'… Source: Engadget | Foursquare's unusual pitch: The ethical data company

    March 10, 2019 | by Raheel