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The email smelled as bad as week-old fish: It was a screenshot of a $1,000 cellphone I had supposedly bought on Amazon. I quickly checked my Amazon account. No purchase was recorded. Then I checked my credit card account. Ditto. This was clearly a scam and the real action was the “Amazon” order number and…
The phones the FBI sold to crooks for a sting operation weren’t just running a custom app — it appears the operating system was also tweaked for those goals. Motherboard has obtained one of the “Anom” phones (really, a modified Pixel 4a), and its mysterious “ArcaneOS” has a number of customizations that you wouldn’t necessarily…
Tesla just delivered one of the biggest upgrades to its Full Self Driving software in a long while. The Verge reports that Tesla is rolling out FSD beta version 9 to Early Access Program users, and it’s a sizeable upgrade. It’s not full autonomy, despite the long-standing name, but it enables numerous Autopilot driver assists…
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Friday it was requiring emergency inspections for more than 500 additional helicopters worldwide after a fatal Bell helicopter crash in Canada. On Wednesday, the FAA issued an emergency directive requiring main rotor inspections for some Bell model 212, 204 and 205 helicopters covering 140 U.S. helicopters and…
Google’s latest Nest Hub might not be the only device to track your sleep using radar. Bloomberg reports that Amazon has received an FCC waiver to let it use 60GHz radar for sleep tracking. As with Google’s tech, you could check for sleep issues without having to wear a device like the Halo band. The…
All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Apple’s iOS 15 is slated for release this fall, and this week we’ve got a hands-on with…
Tom Kludt, The Guardian It’s no easy feat to cover a major international soccer tournament. Combine the usual logistical challenges with a global pandemic and you’re presented with a whole other set of roadblocks. The Guardian spoke with Jon Champion and Derek Rae, two of ESPN‘s commentators with UK roots, about the process of calling…
The Biden administration signaled its support for the teaching of “anti-racism” curriculum in public schools Friday, wading into an ongoing culture war over critical race theory playing out on cable news and in school board meetings across the nation. Asked about a recent decision by the National Education Association to throw its weight behind controversial…
Even people who don’t own Samsung devices can now enjoy its ad-supported streaming service. According to Protocol, the tech giant launched TV Plus — something that used to be exclusively available on the the brand’s TVs and mobile devices — for the web in May. It was likely a soft launch, as the publication called…
