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Ex-Bungie developers crafted the most promising VR adventure yet

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 09:31 AM PDT

It's hard not to love Quill, the swashbuckling mouse heroine of Moss, an upcoming PlayStation VR game from Polyarc Games. She's adorable, with huge ears, a fetching adventurer's bandana and an ever-so-tiny backpack. And she kicks butt -- thanks to a...

Atari is indeed working on a new console, says CEO

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 09:10 AM PDT

When Atari first revealed its Ataribox project at E3 this year, the announcement was met with skepticism as to whether the teaser was even real. The company hadn't made a home game console in more than 30 years and yet it was choosing 2017 to get bac...

The best kids headphones

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 09:00 AM PDT

By Lauren Dragan & Brent Butterworth This post was done in partnership with The Wirecutter, a buyer's guide to the best technology. When readers choose to buy The Wirecutter's independently chosen editorial picks, it may earn affiliate commissio...

Facebook showed terrorists the profiles of people moderating them

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 08:34 AM PDT

Have you ever wondered who takes on the grueling, unforgiving task of combing Facebook's groups and personal profiles for terrorist activity? Meet Community Operations workers, who are often paid low wages for highly specialized and difficult work. A...

Engadget at E3: Making virtual reality accessible for everyone

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 08:15 AM PDT

Virtual reality is changing gaming. If it works for you, that is. The technology adds a wearable component to gaming input, and this brings new (occasionally insurmountable) challenges to gamers with disabilities. Amy Kneepkens, head video creator at...

The CIA has been rooting around in your WiFi router

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 07:52 AM PDT

A recent Wikileaks document dump revealed that the CIA has been hacking wireless routers. The documents suggest it has been going on for years and as many as 25 devices from 10 different manufacturers were targeted.

Ai Weiwei's 'Hansel & Gretel' is a surveillance playground

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 07:30 AM PDT

Should you Instagram an art exhibit? Taking an art selfie might mean participating in the aesthetic experience, hacking and remixing it with your presence. Then again, maybe commoditizing the affair for likes detracts from art's ability to make us s...

Netflix will join net neutrality 'Day of Action' after all

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 07:11 AM PDT

After being on the front lines of net neutrality action for years, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings recently declared that it is no longer its "primary battle ... because we're big enough to get the deals we want." That caused a lot of consternation among f...

Engadget at E3: Checking in on indie game development in 2017

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 07:00 AM PDT

The indie-video-game industry is massive, churning out mainstream hits and padding the marketplaces on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, mobile and even Nintendo Switch. But the one thing that makes indie development so flexible -- true independence from...

US Air Force launch costings give SpaceX all the marketing it needs

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 06:52 AM PDT

The US Air Force has revealed how much the government can save by having SpaceX launch some of its satellites instead of relying purely on United Launch Alliance. Launch prices used to be discussed in vague terms until the 2016 National Defense Autho...

Apple hires the executives who brought 'Breaking Bad' to Sony

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 06:31 AM PDT

Apple's push into television has been given a massive boost after the company announced it has hired two of the industry's biggest executives. Former Sony Pictures Television presidents Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg have jumped ship to lead Apple...

Amazon is buying Whole Foods for $13.7 billion

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 06:10 AM PDT

In a surprising turn of events, Amazon and Whole Foods Market announced this morning that they are merging; Amazon will acquire the high-end organic food company for approximately $13.7 billion cash. The deal is expected to close during the second ha...

Meet the people behind Engadget's $500,000 immersive art grant

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 06:00 AM PDT

Just over a month ago, I announced the Engadget Alternate Realities grant program, an initiative aimed at funding art projects that embrace new media and immersive technologies. With just two weeks left until our submission deadline (June 30th, 2017)...

'Vampyr' is more about who you kill than how you do it

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 05:30 AM PDT

Developer Dontnod has taken a sharp turn from its previous games Life Is Strange and Remember Me with Vampyr, but there's more to think about than just another angle on gender politics. We stopped by the booth and got a guided tour throughout a few s...

Eating a cookie of the future made with recycled bread

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 05:00 AM PDT

There's plenty of food to go around, but most of it is left rotting in the back of our cupboards rather than in the hands of those who need it. Imagine the scenes at a bakery at the end of a slow day, its shelves packed high with bread that's rapidly...

Three fined £1.9 million for weak 999 call handling system

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 04:50 AM PDT

As Britain's telecoms regulator, Ofcom's responsibilities include fining providers for serious service blunders. Three is the latest company to be hit with one of Ofcom's invoices, having been fined £1,890,000 today for failing to appropriately...

Amazon's new policy kills ad network that monetizes Echo Skills

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 04:25 AM PDT

When VoiceLabs debuted its interactive ads for the Amazon Echo, it had backing from big names like ESPN and Wendy's. For a while, it gave developers using the service called "Sponsored Messages" a way to make money from their Alexa Skills. Unfortunat...

Microsoft's Modern Keyboard hides a fingerprint sensor

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 03:30 AM PDT

Microsoft has quietly unveiled the Modern Mouse and Modern Keyboard, its next generation of Windows 10 input devices that match the latest Surface models in design and finish. Much like Apple's keyboard, the new model has "Chiclet"-style keys and alu...

The Morning After: Friday, June 16th 2017

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 03:00 AM PDT

It might only be Friday morning, but yesterday marked the end of the world's biggest gaming show, E3. Today, we're bringing you even more impressions from the biggest titles you'll be playing in the next 12 months or so, as well as Amazon's new Dash...

US funds tech giants' efforts to build next-gen supercomputers

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 01:20 AM PDT

The US government is giving six companies a total of $258 million in hopes that they can build an exascale supercomputer before China, Japan or anyone else does. A post on the Exascale Computing Project website has revealed that the Department of Ene...

Canada rules that all new cellphones must be unlocked

Posted: 15 Jun 2017 11:53 PM PDT

Canadians pay some of the highest wireless rates of any G7 nation, and to add insult to injury, they often have to shell out $50 or more to unlock cellphones when switching operators. However, the nation's wireless regulator, the CRTC, has now ordere...

Woman raped in India sues Uber for obtaining her medical records

Posted: 15 Jun 2017 09:44 PM PDT

The Uber passenger who was brutally raped by her driver in India in 2014 has sued the ride-hailing firm for improperly obtaining and sharing her medical records. See, while the company showed support for her plight and publicly declared that it will...

DirecTV Now tempts potential subscribers with free Roku box

Posted: 15 Jun 2017 08:23 PM PDT

AT&T's DirectTV Now over-the-top streaming television service came on strong last fall. Launched against heavy competition from Sling TV and PlayStation Vue, AT&T decided to sweeten the deal for subscribers by giving away a free Apple TV, a y...

China bounced an 'unhackable' quantum signal between cities

Posted: 15 Jun 2017 07:17 PM PDT

The field of quantum cryptography, which seeks to transmit encrypted information using entangled quantum particles like photons, could help lay the groundwork for tomorrow's quantum networks but it faces a significant physical hurdle: entangled photo...

Musical.ly debuts original mini-shows from NBC and MTV

Posted: 15 Jun 2017 06:17 PM PDT

Musical.ly debuts its first original shows today -- the first of a few it will be rolling out over the coming weeks. The company has signed original content deals with entertainment groups Viacom, NBCUniversal and Hearst Magazines.

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