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ATLAS is an incredible machine. There's no way around that. First unveiled in 2013, the humanoid robot can now walk around autonomously, move boxes around, and implicitly threaten to destroy humanity. This level of sophi...

Intel's high brass made a decidedly un-Intel move last August. During a routine business meeting at the company's Santa Clara headquarters, they decided to upend their desktop CPU roadmap for 2017 to prepare something ne...

This Saturday, Virginia's Lee Park is slated to be the meeting place of the Unite The Right rally, a much-publicized gathering of far-right personalities and their sycophants. With less than a week to go, Airbnb has take...

Medical sensors that sample your sweat are great, as they can accurately gather some of the data you'd get from blood without having to poke through your skin. There's just one problem: this usually means going for a run...

A devastating heat wave surging through southern Europe has earned the unofficial moniker of "Lucifer," according to several news reports this weekend. Things over there do seem pretty bad, real bad, bad enough there tha...

Tesla aims to raise a hefty $1.5bn to fund its battery-making Gigafactory expansion and production of the new Model 3, though some experts are wary of the automaker’s ambition. The Californian company began deliveries ...

Drone enthusiasts take heed: If you don't want to see your precious drone blasted into a million pieces, keep clear of US military installations.

Amazon isn't done seeking Hollywood glory just because it has a couple of Oscars under its belt. The internet giant's studio wing has snapped up Luci and Desi, a high-profile biographical flick covering the relationship ...

In its present form, sharing a YouTube video from the service’s mobile app requires the user to tap the ‘Share’ button, then choose a third-party app through which to share the videos — WhatsApp, Facebook, or som...

France and Germany are looking to make major tech companies like Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon begin paying their fair share of taxes. The move comes as many European leaders have expressed frustration at how these ...

The most definitive look at the LG V30 seen thus far comes from a series of videos posted this week to HitRecord. This is a collaborative video site promoted by celebrity Joeseph Gordon Levitt – though that might have ...

Once upon a time, you were forced to pay for big, expensive cable packages if you wanted access to all your favorite channels. Times are changing, though; streaming alternatives like Hulu are a hot item, but the next tra...

According to emails obtained by The Guardian, staff at the USDA have been informed that they should change their language when referring to climate change. Specifically, the staff at the Natural Resources Conservation Se...

We may be a long way off from a Holodeck-like virtual reality where your body is the controller, but Neurable might have the next closest thing. It recently unveiled a prototype peripheral that adds brain control to VR e...

One nice feature about the Oculus Rift is the ability to play virtual reality games from a variety of different store fronts. It doesn’t matter if you purchased your game from a place like Steam or GOG instead of the O...

The Xbox Insider Program has an Xbox One update they’ve begun delivering today to all participants on the console. Customization elements will be delivered to both Xbox One and Windows 10. This new update will also giv...

Hey you out there. Did you know LG is planning on announcing a new flagship phone later this fall? No? Well apparently neither did a few users on Joseph Gordon-Levitt's collaborative video site HitRecord, when they start...

Welcome back to IRL, our series dedicated to the things that Engadget writers play, use, watch and listen to. This week, we're focusing on music and podcasts, from Tumblr-Wave to Trent Reznor. First up, Managing Editor T...

Virtual reality as we know it is still a pretty young technology, but already there are companies looking to push VR to its limit. This week at the SIGGRAPH conference, a company named Neurable is showing off a new type ...

Microsoft just updated its suite of products for online gamers a month ago, adding a few quality-of-life features to Xbox Live and its streaming service Mixer (previously Beam). But today, they've announced an even bigge...

A new research report commissioned by the European Parliament highlights the trouble with using pesticides on food crops, namely that these pesticides remain on the food to various degrees even after washing. It’s for ...

After a series of missteps including a videotaped argument with one of his company's drivers and a scathing written account of Uber's sexist, toxic culture, the company's then-CEO, Travis Kalanick, took a leave of absenc...