Browsing Category: Reviews and Gadgets

  • Mack's new electric truck hauls trash

    By John Beltz Snyder There's nothing quite like being woken up at the crack of dawn by a giant, slow moving truck that — while it may take your trash and recycling from your curb — leaves behind a big plume of exhaust smoke. Thankfully,… Source: Engadget | Mack's new electric truck hauls trash

    May 11, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Netflix launches 'top ten most-watched' lists in the UK

    A few weeks ago, Netflix mentioned it would experiment with releasing "weekly top 10 lists" across various categories, and the first test has gone out on social media. For now it's only releasing data tied to UK viewers, but for Netflix, which has fa… Source: Engadget | Netflix launches 'top ten most-watched' lists in the …

    May 11, 2019 | by Raheel
  • TiVo plans to split its product and licensing divisions

    TiVo, one of the early makers of DVRs, has been on the hunt for potential buyers. The company announced it is splitting its product and intellectual property licensing divisions on Friday, perhaps in hopes of becoming more attractive to buyers. It ho… Source: Engadget | TiVo plans to split its product and licensing divisions

    May 11, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Boeing shows off its Starliner's latest parachute test

    As SpaceX and Boeing continue with their commercial crew space race, Boeing posted this video showing a test of the parachutes on its Starliner vehicle. The plan is for the crew to parachute down in the American southwest after departing the ISS aboa… Source: Engadget | Boeing shows off its Starliner's latest parachute test

    May 10, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Elon Musk will go to court over 'pedo guy' comments

    Elon Musk hasn't had success avoiding a trial over his accusations that cave rescue diver Vernon Unsworth was a "pedo guy." Judge Stephen Wilson has determined that the defamation lawsuit is strong enough to go to trial, with the court battle due to… Source: Engadget | Elon Musk will go to court over 'pedo guy' …

    May 10, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Our readers tell us what’s wrong with the Google Pixel Slate

    Though he's well-known around the Engadget office for being a Chromebook enthusiast, deputy managing editor Nathan Ingraham found little to recommend about Google's Pixel Slate. It would appear, given the responses from our user reviews page, that ma… Source: Engadget | Our readers tell us what’s wrong with the Google Pixel Slate

    May 10, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Louis Vuitton’s flexible-screen handbags are the definition of extra

    With flexible screens being all the rage nowadays, more and more companies are building products touting the technology. But there's an unexpected one joining the craze: Louis Vuitton. The luxury brand has introduced a set of handbags that feature bu… Source: Engadget | Louis Vuitton’s flexible-screen handbags are the definition of extra

    May 10, 2019 | by Raheel
  • A BMW outage made Apple CarPlay unusable

    BMW owners in both the US and UK have been locked out of Apple's CarPlay interface on their vehicles due to system-wide outages of ConnectedDrive. 9to5Mac reported that complaints from drivers on both sides of the pond began racking up on social medi… Source: Engadget | A BMW outage made Apple CarPlay unusable

    May 10, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Celebrity holograms sketch me out, but are they the future?

    Roy Orbison has been dead since 1988 but that didn't stop him from going on a North American tour last winter. Nor has it stopped Whitney Houston, Ronnie James Dio and the Notorious B.I.G. — or at least their estates — from reincarnating these dece… Source: Engadget | Celebrity holograms sketch me out, but are …

    May 10, 2019 | by Raheel
  • eBay opens QR code-powered shop in the UK

    Today, eBay opened a brick and mortar concept store in the UK's Wolverhampton. The month-long retail experiment will offer wares from 40 small, local businesses and will host a series of free, interactive workshops. While eBay has opened pop-ups befo… Source: Engadget | eBay opens QR code-powered shop in the UK

    May 10, 2019 | by Raheel