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Depending on who you ask, drones can be fun or a nuisance, helpful or dangerous. The COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions imposed almost everywhere have seemingly turned the tables around, with many looking into industrial...

When Samsung released the Galaxy Watch Active one year ago, it cost $200 and was pitched as a lower cost version of its predecessor, the Galaxy Watch. Now, thanks to a deal at Best Buy and Amazon, it's even more affordab...

An international research team led by Takeshi Horinouchi of Hokkaido University has been investigating Venus and what drives the planet’s atmosphere to rotate faster than the planet itself. The team of scientists has r...

Samsung hasn’t been one to immediately jump on display design trends quickly. It resisted doing notches for the longest time and when it finally did, it went overboard and cut out circles inside the screen. The one thi...

Over the weekend, Niantic revealed the first free “code” for Pokemon GO for a long, long time. With the code, users are able to collect free items – sometimes Pokeballs, sometimes Pokeberries, sometimes other, more...

It's the 457th day of April and we're still stuck indoors! Good thing the big streaming services are still dishing out hot and fresh (and hot and classic) content to feed our hungry eyeballs. I'm filling in for Germain t...

Grounded aircraft may be useful in reducing the high mortality rates of patients with COVID-19 on mechanical ventilation. That's the idea behind a scheme proposed by a British company that makes diving equipment. It beli...

Apple kickstarted a wireless earbuds global craze with the original AirPods in 2016. But Google has never had a true competitor. Google's 2017 Pixels Buds were Bluetooth, but not completely wireless -- and for the most p...

The coronavirus pandemic has put many low-wage workers at increased risk, gig workers especially. For Shipt customers, it no doubt came as a relief that the Target-owned platform had "secured protective equipment for all...

Web browsers have become very powerful but, as the cliché goes, that power also comes with responsibility. Major browsers like Chrome often use sandboxing methods to make sure that any wayward web page won’t be able t...

Israel will have to abide by stricter oversight if it wants to keep tracking the phones of people infected with COVID-19. The country's Supreme Court has ruled that the government can't keep tracking residents' phones un...

Verizon won't make you pay late fees--or cut off yourself altogether--if you can't pay due to coronavirus-induced financial hardship. The carrier announced today that it will extend its new non-payment and late fee polic...

"We have such sights to show you," television producers promised us last year with news that the Hellraiser franchise (10 films so far, including the 1987 original, plus there's a reboot on the way) might be coming to th...

Comcast and Verizon (Engadget's parent company) are extending their pledges to keep people online as the US grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic. Both providers have announced that their no-disconnect policies will now la...

Wizards of the Coast shared a set of Godzilla images for their newest MTC Secret Lair collection along with pre-order information over the weekend. In the mix we’ve got everything that needs to be known about this late...

Enigmatic features tucked inside two Martian impact craters could be the remnants of colossal ice avalanches, the largest of which traveled over 9 miles.

Google’s all-new Pixel Buds may be introducing the latest updates to Android Fast Pair, but the new Bluetooth features won’t be limited to the company’s fully wireless headphones alone. Announced alongside the rele...

Medical workers and researchers in states across the U.S. are now gathering the crucial data needed to understand the new coronavirus and its spread. They're testing large groups of people for the virus, regardless of wh...

With the advent of word processors, we saw a great debate take shape: does one enter a single space or a double space after a period? The double space was a holdover from the days of the typewriter, and even now, it stil...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has officially added six new novel coronavirus symptoms to its list of warning signs. The public is advised to monitor for these symptoms, in addition to the coughing, sh...

The current state of the world means that everyone--you, me, famous actors, even more famous directors--is pretty much stuck inside all day. One group of recognizable folks turned that situation into a fundraising cause,...

Apple and Google are expected to release their contact tracing technology to developers tomorrow. But the UK's National Health Service (NHS) says it won't use the Apple-Google model, BBC reports. While the two tech compa...