Reasons to be climate cheerful (ish)

The International Energy Agency published its annual World Energy Outlook ten days ago. In this era of climate crisis, that outlook includes, as you would expect, stern warnings of catastrophic…

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The Morning After: Tesla really made a low polygon count pickup truck

Just in time for Black Friday.Check out Engadget's new deals hub!This week -- nay, month -- has already gotten a little intense in the lead-up to Black Friday, with some brands and retailers having launched "preview" sales the first week of November. Sheesh. Anyhow, you're going to be seeing us pay more attention to price…

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Jabra Elite 75t review: The leap from good to great

The audio quality on the Elite 65t was... fine. It got the job done, but it lacked depth and could use a bit more bass. Jabra mostly fixed that on the Elite 75t; there's now ample thump to songs from artists like J Dilla, Com Truise and PVRIS. The company offers a customizable EQ inside…

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Why Did PayPal Pay $4 Billion for a Coupon Browser Extension?

Earlier this week, PayPal agreed to purchase Honey, a Los Angeles-based coupon finder, for an eye-popping $4 billion. If it goes through, it will be the largest tech deal in the city’s history, and PayPal’s biggest acquisition ever. Why would any company shell out that much for a shopping tool?PayPal revolutionized online shopping with its…

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TCL’s 6-Series Is Our Favorite TV This Year

At the risk of writing myself out of a job, I often punt when people ask me what TV to buy.“Find one that’s between $400 and $800 that looks good to you,” I usually say. “You really can’t go wrong.”It’s not like I don’t have detailed opinions on the latest screens, but if you’re not…

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Why the Tesla Cybertruck Looks So Weird

If Raphael Zammit is being perfectly honest, his first reaction when someone texted him a photo of Tesla’s new Cybertruck was horror. “I was like, ‘Oh my goodness! What did Tesla do?’” he says. “What did they do?”Zammit isn’t just a neutral observer. He heads the MFA Transportation Design program at the College for Creative…

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Text-Savvy AI Is Here to Write Fiction

A few years ago this month, Portland, Oregon artist Darius Kazemi watched a flood of tweets from would-be novelists. November is National Novel Writing Month, a time when people hunker down to churn out 50,000 words in a span of weeks. To Kazemi, a computational artist whose preferred medium is the Twitter bot, the idea…

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The Debate Over How to Encrypt the Internet of Things

Internet-connected gadgets like lightbulbs and fitness trackers are notorious for poor security. That's partly because they’re often made cheaply and with haste, which leads to careless mistakes and outsourcing of problematic parts. But it’s also partly due to the lack of computing power in the first place; it's not so easy to encrypt all that…

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