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At the big Windows 10 devices event today, Microsoft's Panos Panay said that 53 percent of Surface Pro 3 owners use the device's stylus. So, when it came to building the improved Surface Pro 4, it made sense to upgrade t...

So we haven't really noticed it, but the laptop has been broken for years. That's why innovations like the Surface--minus Book nomenclature--was so important when it dropped a few years ago. And Microsoft just proved how...

Playing Thunderstruck by AC/DC, Microsoft introduced the Surface Pro 4. This device works with a hybrid cooling system, a 12.3-inch display, and a fingerprint sensor. Microsoft suggested this morning that the device work...

The smallest gadget in Microsoft's big Windows 10 device launch today could end up being its most important. The Microsoft Display Dock, announced alongside the Lumia 950 and 950 XL smartphones, is a diminutive box that ...

Since Strava burst on to the fitness scene to track runs and rides, it's collected an extraordinary amount of data--so much, in fact, that it even sells it to city planners. Now, it's launched a new website called Insigh...

Back when Lumia phones were under Nokia's charge, the 5-series was a budget-friendly range. Nothing's changed now that Microsoft is in control, as the freshly announced Lumia 550 will attest. As you might expect, the spe...

When Amazon first brought Prime Now deliveries to the UK, only a select number of London postcodes were covered by the service. In three months, the company has expanded to Birmingham, foreshadowing the launch of Amazon ...

A legal framework used to justify the movement of user data across the Atlantic has just been ruled invalid by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The Safe Harbor agreement, as it's known, let companies like Facebook an...

As usual, it's mostly focused on newish flagship phones and Nexuses.

Microsoft just blew us (and some virtual robots) away with a demo of its HoloLens 'mixed reality' gaming system . The good news? Those spider robots are just virtual. The bad: HoloLens still isn't available for consumers...

White supremacist poster boy Craig Cobb, founder of a whites-only religion called Creativity Movement, is trying to create a neighborhood for white supremacists in the tiny town of Antler, North Dakota. To stop him, the ...

That means a second-month jump of another 35 million installs.

Live and learn, right? While having a bare-bottomed phone looks great, with one or two catastrophes under your belt, you may not be going commando again any time soon. This is especially true if you have a high-end hands...

In the wake of the Volkswagen diesel-gate scandal , automakers are now making even more of an effort to design vehicles that are as eco-friendly as possible. But Lexus might have gone too far with this paper version of i...

A system has been in pace to assist companies who operate in Europe and the US called Safe Harbor. The framework for Safe Harbor was set up fifteen years ago and allows companies who have operations in both Europe and th...

To better accommodate its users in emerging markets, many of whom only have access to 2G signal, Facebook announced a number of improvements to News Feed on Tuesday. In short, the news services has been revamped to ensur...

Today the folks at Google Creative Lab have harnessed some odd Android abilities to produce their very own Live Wallpaper. This wallpaper goes by the name "Meter" and provides an Android smartphone or tablet user with a ...

In the board game world, Monopoly has undergone more facelifts over the past few decades than an aging movie star. But now, after going mostly unchanged for over 50 years, it's time for Risk to finally get some fresh pai...

We're excited to be returning to Austin, TX, one of our favorite cities, on October 16th at 7PM for our third Engadget Live event of the year! We'll take over Austin Music Hall and bring together gadget lovers and tech c...

When it comes to the likes of gaming monitors, you know for sure that folks like AOC has got your back – after all, it is not as though they do not have gaming monitors that catered to your high end whims and fancies i...

San Francisco's Department of Emergency Management was baffled by a spike in the number of emergency calls the city was receiving, seeing a 28-percent jump between 2011 and 2014. The sudden increase indicated that the ca...

The wait is almost over, Star Wars fans: a new Battlefront is almost upon us. On Thursday, EA will open the Star Wars: Battlefront beta to all players, giving the gaming community it's first mainstream taste of online co...