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Intel has almost managed to persuade Verizon Communications to buy its ill-fated OnCue web-TV service, insiders claim, with an announcement potentially as soon as next week. Verizon’s interest is in extending its FiOS ...

Even after 40 years of service, X-ray computed tomography (better known as CT scans) can be a challenge to capture. If the patient moves even a nudge, the image will come out blurry. But with GE's new Revolution CT, doct...

As long as we’re going with the pain theme this week with movie and television show trailers, House of Cards Season 2 may as well keep us in the mix. What we’ve got here for the first full trailer for the second full...

Smartphones get better cameras; cameras get better marketing.     

While uploading videos has its benefits, there are occasions where a live stream is better — for showing off events in real time, for an interactive game play session, and the like. Thus far, live streaming has been of...

With Engadget's new tools, you can track price drops on thousands of devices every day, and once a week we feature some of the best deals right here. But act fast! Many of these are limited-time offers, and won't last lo...

Hey, look! A sleek computer with a piece of fruit embossed on it. Contrary to popular belief, there's loads of games to be played on Apple's OS. The best twelve await you below.

Sprint is readying a potential bid for T-Mobile US, with the rumored acquisition tentatively scheduled for the first half of 2014, insiders claim, and possibly worth more than $20bn. The merger, which would see the third...

Portable vaporizers are a dime a dozen these days, but the idea of inhaling nicotine from a mystery mix of liquids and chemicals can be off-putting at best. With the Firefly in your hand, you'll know exactly what you're ...

Sprint is reportedly considering making a bid on T-Mobile US. The theoretical merger between the number three and number four US carriers would probably face some stiff antitrust scrutiny from the Justice Department if a...

Oculus VR, makers of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, has raised a whopping $75m extra funding which it will use to finalize its consumer model, the company has confirmed. An exact launch date for that production...

Earth from above is a beautiful sight and, apart from cats and porn, there's almost nothing the internet likes more at the moment than data visualizations. Combine the two and you've got solid gold--or in Earth's case, a...

While there are one whole heck of a lot of people already playing Ingress right this minute – with a lot more coming once the game enters iOS – the folks responsible for development have made clear their intent this ...

Looking to save some space with those hi-res screenshots on your Retina-wielding machine? Skitch for Mac now allows users to chose between 144 DPI and the regular 72 DPI screenshots on those more pixel-dense displays. Th...

Apple’s iPhone 5s has clinched the top spot across all four major US carriers, new market research suggests, while despite criticism the plastic-bodied iPhone 5c is also deemed a success for its target audience. The fl...

It's that special time of year where we have holiday parties to attend. Before you collapse into a drunken pile of hair and shoes and whiskey smell after singing Boyz II Men with coworkers until the wee hours of the morn...

While it’s highly unlikely that someone is going to mess with your computer while you’re not sitting in front of it, there’s always a chance. The information we keep on our computers is just as valuable as material...

There's probably no greater symbol of the global financial collapse than London's Bishopsgate Tower, aka the Pinnacle. The building has sat unfinished for years, a stump-shaped reminder of 2008's presumptuous boom and fl...

Yesterday, we published a blog post lauding an extremely important app privacy feature that was added in Android 4.3 . That feature allows users to install apps while preventing the app from collecting sensitive data lik...

For Skype's latest Android update, the company turned to an unlikely source of inspiration: parent company Microsoft's Windows 8.1 OS. Specifically, the Skype team wanted to achieve a Snap View-like feature for Android t...

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