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Wouldn't it be great if you could just glance at your wrist, and get a read-out of your important vital signs, and other facts? Well, technology is starting to get to that point, but we still don't... have a Pip-Boy on every wrist. But with all of the excitement surrounding Fallout 4, Apple Watch owners can fake it until the …

One thing that we can count on each year at SEMA is seeing some very cool concept cars that we wish would go into production. Typically there isn't a chance of these concepts being made, like that... Challenger GT AWD. Jeep has a very cool concept vehicle called the Wrangler Red Rock Concept and if you dig the Wrangler Red …

Ford has pulled the wraps off the all-new 2016 Cobra Jet Mustang. This car is a factory built turn-key drag racer that is aimed directly at NHRA Stock and Super Stock competition. The engine in the... car is hopped up to handle the pressure of racing, but uses 75% of the same parts that the Mustang GT uses. The car …

In less than two months, the year will be over so naturally manufacturers are already lining up their ducks for 2016. Lenovo's calendar for its 2016 ThinkPad catalog has just been leaked and it... includes quite a few interesting pieces. There is, for example, another Surface Pro clone, which looks less like a clone, thankfully. And among the plethora of …

There were a few disappointed, if not puzzled, people when Apple revealed it hadn't killed off the 16 GB iPhone. While it was indeed cheaper than the other models, that much storage in this day and... age is almost negligible. That practically forces many to opt for at least the 32 GB configuration, though the ideal setup is really the …

The new, simply titled Need for Speed (out this week on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One) is as close as you're going to get to an art-house, video game version of The Fast and the Furious. The series has... had players recreating cop chases from movies sin...

A mobile photo editing studio with slide-out seating, a mud-loving off-road buggy, and a sensible sedan turned chopped custom: Kia has gone a little crazy for SEMA 2015. The Korean car company,... celebrating its fourteen year rise from the bottom of the J.D. Power rankings to its current spot in second place - just behind Porsche, fact-fans - has brought …

Samsung's ATIV Book 9 series has mostly targeted Ultrabook buyers with lighweight, powerful and pricey models like the ATIV Book 9 Plus. However, the company's latest model, the ATIV Book 9 Pro is now... suited for demanding users like gamers and grap...

By Cat DiStasio Solutions to some of the world's most challenging problems are coming from an unlikely place: teenagers. Around the world, young inventors are developing gadgets and techniques that... address issues ranging from ocean pollution to bi...

Naran, a South Korean startup, has developed a series novel devices that transforms analog, push-button devices into internet-connected tools for your smart home. The devices, dubbed "Microbot Push"... are low-power Bluetooth gadgets that pull command...

The Northern Lights are visible much further south than usual this week, and those in the Northeast U.S. have a very good chance of getting to see them. If you're located in Pennsylvania, Ohio, most... of Indiana, parts of Kentucky, and some of the lower New England states, you'll have a very good chance of seeing the rare celestial show. …

The time-honored way to trade digits with a fellow smartphone user is to send a simple "Hi it's me!" text. Once that's done, your new friend will have your number sitting in their text-message inbox,... their number will appear as an outgoing message on your phone, and you're all set--well, sort of. While you now have your friend's number and they have yours, that's all you've got. You'll have to enter names, titles, addresses, and everything else manually--assuming you even have that information. Now, maybe you don't care if, say, your babysitter has your office fax number, or perhaps you don't want your business colleagues to know that your AIM username is "MiniMe."

Volkswagen admitted in September that it used defeat devices aimed at fooling emissions tests in 11 million of its diesel vehicles -- but now its gasoline models are implicated in the scandal as well.... On Tuesday, Volkswagen reported that it underst...

Ring Video Doorbell now works with the Kevo smart lock, the company behind it has announced. Using one's smartphone, and thanks to the new support, homeowners are able to see who is at the door via... the Ring Video Doorbell, and to unlock (or lock, depending) the Kevo smart lock. This announcement is part of a larger overall program Ring …

Epic Games has been hard at work of late. They recently released the Gears of War: Ultimate Edition for the Xbox One, giving fans chance to experience the franchise in all of its HD glory. They've... also been teasing a new Unreal Tournament game, which we haven't seen in quite some time. However, it appears that they have another game …

Strip is a pair of visually subtle grippy silicone pads that improve the handling qualities of your premium phone without obscuring its natural beauty. Strip protects your phone from drops by... preventing them in the first place. With strip you can enjoy the natural look and feel of your beautiful phone without worrying about dropping it all the time. Strip may look subtle but it’s surprisingly effective. This is what Strip can do for the slipperiest phone in the universe, the...

Hoverboards that don't really hover may be fashionable right now, but a 3D printed open-source electric skateboard has the potential for far more impact. Faraday Motion's HyperBoard R2, tucked away at... the Stratasys booth at SEMA 2015 this week, takes the flexibility of custom 3D printing and uses it to deliver a personal transporter that can be adapted to the …

Thought our week of spooky Twitch streams was over? Not quite: there are just too many deliciously creepy games out there to cram into just two Playdate streams, so we're giving you a bonus --... Engadget's Halloween Horror Hangover. Join us as we exp...

This week the folks at Google have updated their cloud storage system Google Drive. This system's apps now work with Sharing Notifications, this bringing the entire system into the forefront of the... Android experience. Where before the app was only a secondary doorway into the Google Drive environment, now it becomes part of your device in a real active way. …

While the new Apple TV has been available to order for over a week, UK-centric apps have been a bit thin on the ground. Less than a week after the BBC confirmed that iPlayer is coming to the streamer,... Sky has gone one better and released an app for...

Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but those friends might be easier to find than formerly believed. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University have developed a model they believe means that in the... deep, deep Earth, diamonds might not be rare at all. This is based on a theory that diamonds can be formed not just by the "redox" reactions …

While regular people have spent the last five years wondering what's wrong with cables, the nascent wireless charging industry has been battling over standards. Thanks to a recent industry shakeup,... there are now only two different types of wireless charging for everyone to ignore.

Although Apple has finally expanded users' food options with the taco emoji, when it comes to hairstyles, there is only one straight, sleek look As part of Dove Hair's Love Your Curls campaign, the... beauty brand is launching a curly hair emoji and GIF keyboard to help women embrace their curls See also: The complete guide to every single new emoji in iOS 9.1 Image: Dove The Dove Love Your Curls Emojis, which are available for free download in the App Store and Google Play on Nov. 4, will allow users to select skin tone, curl type and hair length. Emojis have become a form of communication in their own right, sometimes expressing clear thoughts that words aren't able to disclose

With the holiday shopping season just around the corner, this week Motorola will open its first brick-and-mortar store in Chicago. Named Moto Shop, the space is designed to be a showroom and hands-on... area for all things Motorola, the company reveal...

The Disk Utility app has long contained the ability to verify and repair disk permissions on a Mac, but in the latest versions of OS X this ability has been removed. That doesn’t mean you... can’t verify permissions and repair permissions in OS X El Capitan 10.11 and later however, you just need to turn ...