SmartNews’ head of product on how the news discovery app wants to free readers from filter bubbles

Since launching in the United States five years ago, SmartNews, the news aggregation app that recently hit unicorn status, has quietly built a reputation for presenting reliable information from a…

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iOS 13.1 review: A necessary update after a rough start

With iOS 12 last year, Apple's big theme was stability. It's not like there were no new features, but the real draw was that older devices might run a little better. This time is, a little different. iOS 13 is heavier on the new additions, perhaps to the detriment of its overall stability.iOS goes darkThe…

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Get ready for a week of home theater tech on Engadget

TVs are getting smarter, with CPUs and AI assistants now proudly listed on spec sheets. Game consoles are now streaming boxes, and some streaming boxes want to be consoles. Multi-speaker setups have lost ground to high-tech soundbars that fake the same effect. And just as our consoles, media and internet connections have caught up with…

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The Former Soviet Union’s Surprisingly Gorgeous Subways

At the height of the Soviet Union, just 30 in every 1,000 Soviet citizens owned a car. Even the scrappiest lemons cost a fortune, so instead of driving to work, lots of people took the subway—which, turns out, was a bit more glamorous than you might imagine.Chris Herwig rode the rails for his new book Soviet Metro…

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The House’s Impeachment Inquiry Tops This Week’s Internet News Roundup

First off, yes, talk of the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry into President Trump dominated the news last week, so we'll be going into that in short order. (Though, we didn't have space to get into Rudy Giuliani’s amazing interview in The Atlantic so we'll just leave this link here.) But that whole Ukraine thing…

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Quieter Landings, Stranded Tourists, and More Transport News This Week

It was an airplane week. People tried to figure out how to make them quieter; others wrangled those abandoned by a corporate collapse. (Rule, Britannia!) Some thought critically about the way the US handles air traffic control, especially as drones become more of a thing. Others—well, the highly trained investigators at the NTSB—worked to remedy…

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