Waymo will start offering freeway-capable robotaxi rides across San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles, aiming to cut travel times by up to 50%. Initial access will go to riders who opt in through the app, with trips matched when available. The expansion extends service to San Jose, creating a unified...
In February 1982, Apple’s Chris Espinosa ended Steve Jobs’ relentless critiques of a Mac calculator by building a tool that let Jobs tweak every visual parameter himself. Within ten minutes, Jobs settled on a look that shipped with the Macintosh in 1984 and stayed largely unchanged through Mac OS 9,...
Gemini for TV is rolling out to Google TV Streamer devices starting today, widening access beyond the limited smart TVs that supported it since September. The assistant replaces Google Assistant with a more conversational approach, suggesting movies, summarizing past seasons, and handling smart home requests like showing a camera feed....
A new open source project, d7vk, aims to bring Direct3D 7 games to Linux via a Vulkan-based translation layer built on dxvk, the compatibility tech used in Valve’s Proton. Author WinterSnowfall says it won’t be merged into dxvk but will offer familiar per game profiles, adding another option alongside Wine’s...
PlayStation architect Mark Cerny signaled Sony’s next console will shift from proprietary chipsets to a more PC-like design, developed with AMD under Project Amethyst. He says a redesigned GPU and machine‑learning features—upscaling, denoising, and neural texture compression—target better graphics and power efficiency, with full FSR 4 support in the works....
Editors share a gift guide packed with tech and toys for every kind of user. Standouts include Sony’s WH-100XM6 work and leisure headphones with ANC, DJI’s $200 Neo beginner drone, Tamagotchi Paradise, an Anker laptop power bank with built-in USB C cables, Aura’s color e paper Ink photo frame, a...
Great tech doesn’t have to be pricey. This curated list spotlights gadget gifts under $50 that aim to make life easier for travelers, bookworms, students and anyone craving convenience. Picks range from an Apple AirTag and an iOS wallet tracker to an Echo Pop, Rocketbook smart notebook, a waterproof Bluetooth...
With 2025 winding down, Engadget’s latest episode brings Deputy Editor Billy Steele together with Devindra to revisit standout gadgets, from Google’s Pixel and the iPhone 17 Pro to surprises like the Ninja Swirl and a Teenage Engineering sampler. They also cover a Reuters report that Meta projected 10 percent of...
Google’s upcoming Wallet settings tap your purchase and pass history to tailor experiences across its services. If turned on, the data can drive personalized ads, offers, promotions, and recommendations—down to recognizing a preferred airline from a boarding pass or surfacing related suggestions if you download a running app. Controls are...
Reports of a YouTube outage this morning largely traced back to ad blockers, as users who saw mostly blank pages found the site worked again in browsers without them. A DownDetector spike initially suggested a partial platform failure, but widespread accounts point to blockers as the common thread, though it...
