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This month, Associate Editor Swapna Krishna is singing the praises of Dyson's advanced but pricey hair dryer. Compared with her old model, it's like night and day. Source: Engadget | What we're buying: Dyson's Supersonic hair dryer
January 20, 2018 | by RaheelNearly three years after we first saw Radinn's prototype electric wakeboard, the Swedish outfit is back with a redesigned version. The G2X will be on display at the Boot Düsseldorf show this week, showing off its capabilities like a swappable ba… Source: Engadget | Radinn's second-gen electric wakeboard is faster and cheaper
January 20, 2018 | by RaheelOn Friday afternoon, just hours before Congress failed to avert a government shutdown, the President signed into law the "FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017." The bill passed the House and Senate earlier this week with the support of many Re… Source: Engadget | Trump signs bill extending NSA's warrantless surveillance
January 20, 2018 | by RaheelAs Disney prepares for its streaming service that's launching next year, Variety reports it has snagged an executive to run operations. Kevin Swint (LinkedIn) worked at Apple for five years, eventually running its iTunes movies business worldwide, be… Source: Engadget | Disney hires former Apple, Samsung exec for its streaming service
January 20, 2018 | by RaheelThe Boston public access station WGBH has partnered with PBS for another short series in its long-running Nova family of programs. Nova Wonder will follow three researchers exploring big scientific mysteries. The first of the miniseries' six episodes… Source: Engadget | New Nova miniseries will explore puzzling science mysteries
January 20, 2018 | by RaheelA nonprofit is bringing local broadcast television to the online masses for free, but who knows how long that will last. The organization, Sports Fans Coalition, launched the streaming site Locast.org on January 11th, letting anyone in New York City'… Source: Engadget | Aereo-like NYC nonprofit Locast streams local TV for free
January 20, 2018 | by RaheelStylized fighting game Skullgirls came out for mobile in May of last year. It was developed by Autumn Games and initially published by Line. Now, the developer has decided to part ways with the publisher and go back to being independent. As a result… Source: Engadget | ‘Skullgirls’ relaunches on mobile as developer ditches publisher
January 19, 2018 | by RaheelLast week, Twitter missed the deadline Congress set to turn over information on Russia-backed meddling in the 2016 election. Today, the social media company posted a public update on their internal investigation. First, they found thousands of additi… Source: Engadget | Twitter is notifying anyone who followed a Russian spam account
January 19, 2018 | by RaheelYouTube is no stranger to controversy. Many of its top stars have been in hot water recently: From PewDiePie making racists remarks, to a "family" channel with abusive kid pranks, the company's been under fire for not keeping a closer eye on the type… Source: Engadget | Logan Paul forced YouTube to admit humans are …
January 19, 2018 | by RaheelBlast Motion is known for making sports sensors aimed at improving your golf, baseball or softball performance and now they've teamed up with TaylorMade on a putter that can analyze your putting strokes. The Spider Interactive Powered by Blast putter… Source: Engadget | TaylorMade's new putter can analyze your golf stroke
January 19, 2018 | by Raheel