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The rain-defeating device also works as a melee weapon and even a temporary glider. Just don't expect to pull off your best Mary Poppins impression -- you'll meet the ground much sooner than you would if you used your normal glider. The…

While $999 is a lot for a Chromebook, Samsung's model will actually be one of the cheapest OLED notebooks on the market. And according to Engadget reviews editor Cherlynn Low, who saw it at CES, it has a premium look and feel to match that…

The campaign will have "more to say" in the weeks ahead about what it did with technology. It isn't unheard of for American candidates to rely on software for election runs, but developing open source tools is relatively rare. It may become…

To play in that mode you'll have to turn on real-time weather as it's happening, however the real-time air traffic can be turned on or off. If you don't want to use the default settings and rules, then turning to "all players" will let…

According to Mozilla, test users preferred browsing content without ads, but still wanted to support journalists. In other words, they didn't want to resort to ad-blocking extensions, which have a negative impact on publications' revenue.…

Inevitable.Google I/O 2020 is canceled After initially shifting its annual developer event to an online-only affair, Google announced Friday afternoon that "we sadly will not be holding an I/O event in any capacity this year." For the…

The game is generally free for Valve Index headset owners, although that device is basically out of stock everywhere -- you'll be waiting a while for it if you put an order in now. Of course, $899 for the Cosmos Elite is a hefty sum to part…

The security hole exists in Microsoft's Server Message block (SMB) protocol on recent 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows 10 both on the client and server sides. Researchers from Microsoft and elsewhere labeled it critical because the…

Or is it? Turns out, it doesn't have to be. Sometimes, if they garner enough of a fanbase, it's possible for so-called obsolete gadgets to get a second lease on life. Sometimes, thanks to the combination of open source software and a…

Having played Half-Life 2 and its subsequent DLC countless times, the most jarring aspect of the trailers is the fact Valve recast Alyx. She's now voiced by Ozioma Akagha (Mirror's Edge: Catalyst, Runaways), instead of series veteran Merle…