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You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for t...

Path, the social networking app that does a little bit of everything, has added some new features in its latest update. Path 3.0 now does private messaging (one-to-one or group), has something called 'Stickers' which are...

Though you may look like a complete dork wearing Google Glass, it's the capital-F future realized in the most overtly futuristic way possible. That means people are going to be interested in this thing. That means once g...

If you've been using a knife to cut birthday cake this whole time, you've been doing it all wrong. When the Navy cuts a cake, it does it properly—using a digger. More »

After analyzing more than 10 million anonymized emails from Yahoo!, a group of computer researchers stumbled upon a fascinating trend: countries with economic and cultural similarities had a tendency to send each other e...

Obvious truths: Boys love videogames. Videogames are fun. Earning awards for loving videogames and wanting to make them is ridiculous and pretty darn sweet. It's also now entirely possible if you're a Boy Scout (Cub Scou...

The longstanding disagreement between Google and MPEG LA is finally over, as the two parties have reached a licensing agreement for several patents covering video compression. As a quick refresher, MPEG LA owns the techn...

If you are about to engage in a stereotypically manly pursuit, you're going to have to get a little dusty, or dirty, or covered in lead-based paint or something. And while you could throw on an old, mustard-stained sweat...

We should have known that it wouldn't take long for someone in congress to take up the fight to re-legalize cellphone unlocking. Those championing the effort on the floor of the Senate are Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) , Richard ...

If you're worried about dropping your scratch-prone iPhone 5—like really paranoid about it falling—just cough up $20 (white) to $22 (black) for this easy-to-install Netsuke lanyard hook. It even comes with ...

Another early podcast to help you east-coasters wrap up your Thursday workday -- and you west-coasters through that post-lunch grind. We'll have the one and only Joseph Volpe joining the similarly unique Peter Rojas and ...

Divvying up the check at the end of a meal can be the worst. GroupMe's latest update to its iOS and Android apps will make it better with a new bill splitting feature. More »

Going dual-screen is really the nuclear option for smartphone design -- it's what you use to draw attention when your regular, single-screen phones aren't thriving. We're at once unsurprised and appreciative, then, that ...

The new new new new News Feed is Facebook's latest stab at rendering your swarming, swirling online life easier to digest. According to Facebook. Yes, it's cleaner than a German toilet. Yes, it's beautiful. But more impo...

Have you ever seen an insect with an upset stomach, or running a high fever? Probably not. But why is that, other than the fact that you're too busy squashing them to notice? It turns out that some insects have wings cov...

Global variants of the HTC One X have enjoyed the good graces of Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) for a few months now, but it appears that the AT&T model is finally ready to get in on the action. The carrier's firmware update w...

According folks in the know who've spoken to Bloomberg and The New York Times, Apple's oft-rumored streaming radio service is set for a late arrival. The reason is because of snails-pace negotiations with the publisher S...

Android users have had access to Google's Field Trip for several months now, but the location-discovery app is just making its way to iOS now. The service runs in the background on your smartphone, alerting you when you'...

From the outside, this home looks sterile and dark. But open the doors and it's utterly bathed in light. More »

Fans who follow the goings on in the Marvel universe just got a better way to do so... assuming they own an iOS device. With the debut of the Marvel Unlimited app, iPhone and iPad owners can now access Marvel's full 13,0...

Facebook just showed of its vision for the future of your news feed, and we have to say it's beautiful. Facebook will start rolling it out to users today; if you want to get on the waiting list for an early look, the sig...

We knew Facebook had something new planned for its News Feed, and today at an event at Facebook HQ in Menlo Park, the company confirmed those rumors. As suspected, the new feed filters content by type to display whatever...