Browsing Category: Reviews and Gadgets

  • Instagram reminders make sure you don’t forget the latest fashion drops

    Instagram is full of fashion-forward users, so it's no surprise that clothing, footwear and luxury brands are more than happy to use the platform as a marketing and sales channel. Select companies can now test an even easier way for consumers to shop… Source: Engadget | Instagram reminders make sure you don’t forget the latest …

    September 30, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Uber test lets riders record audio via its app if they feel unsafe

    Uber has faced significant criticism for its approach to rider safety, particularly regarding the issue of sexual assault complaints from riders against drivers. Recently, the company reportedly told its staff not to disclose assault reports to the p… Source: Engadget | Uber test lets riders record audio via its app if they feel unsafe

    September 30, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Google used photogrammetry to create a detailed VR tour of Versailles

    Versailles palace is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world, but fighting those crowds in person can be frustrating. Now, Google and the Château de Versailles have teamed up to take VR users on a private tour of Louis XIV's ro… Source: Engadget | Google used photogrammetry to create a detailed VR …

    September 30, 2019 | by Raheel
  • All I want to do is chill and play 'Flight Simulator'

    It's been a long day. You get home as the sun is setting and close the door behind you, throwing down your keys and sliding off your shoes. You grab a drink and sink into the chair in front of your PC. The screen boots up and — click, click — it's… Source: Engadget | …

    September 30, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Venezuela reportedly wants its central bank to hold bitcoin

    Venezuela may not just be using its own cryptocurrency to dodge the consequences of international sanctions. Bloomberg tipsters say the country's central bank is testing the possibility of holding on to cryptocurrencies in order to help the state-co… Source: Engadget | Venezuela reportedly wants its central bank to hold bitcoin

    September 30, 2019 | by Raheel
  • YouTube is 'really happy' with viewership for its live MLB games

    Now that the regular MLB season is winding down, how has YouTube's exclusive game streaming deal fared? Quite well, relatively speaking. The online video giant reported that its 13 livestreamed games racked up an average of 1.2 million viewers (inc… Source: Engadget | YouTube is 'really happy' with viewership for its live MLB games

    September 30, 2019 | by Raheel
  • State Department revives investigation of Clinton's private emails

    Hillary Clinton's private email server may once again be a hot-button issue three years after the FBI said it wouldn't press charges. Washington Post sources claimed State Department investigators have contacted "as many as" 130 officials to let the… Source: Engadget | State Department revives investigation of Clinton's private emails

    September 30, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Switch Lite added to class action lawsuit over controller drift

    Nintendo's Switch Lite is mired in legal trouble just a week after launch. Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith has added the Lite to its class action lawsuit over controller drift. The law firm pointed to multiple reports of wayward ana… Source: Engadget | Switch Lite added to class action lawsuit over controller drift

    September 29, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Tesla's first major V3 Supercharger rollout is taking place in Canada

    If you want to top up your Tesla using an extra-speedy V3 Supercharger, your best bet may be to embark on a Canadian road trip. Tesla told The Verge that 26 of the 46 Supercharger stations under construction along the Trans-Canada Highway (a set of… Source: Engadget | Tesla's first major V3 Supercharger rollout is …

    September 29, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Rockstar isn't making single-player DLC for 'Red Dead Redemption 2'

    You won't be thrilled if you're hoping for a single-player add-on for Red Dead Redemption 2. Rockstar's lead online production associate Katie Pica told VG24/7 in an interview that the developer is "100% focused" on Red Dead Online. She argued that R… Source: Engadget | Rockstar isn't making single-player DLC for 'Red Dead Redemption 2'

    September 29, 2019 | by Raheel