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Homebrew Labo kit gives you a full-body ‘Mario Kart’ workout Sponsored Links Mike Choi, Twitter Do you feel like your body is going to waste when you play Mario Kart on your Switch? Mike Choi might have a way to keep you in shape. The self-professed “hardware hacker” has built a concept Labo Fit Adventure…
New trailers: Cherry, Clarice, The United States vs. Billie Holiday, and more Kim Lyons I’m getting to the point where there’s so much to stream that I don’t know what to watch first, old shows I want to catch up on, or new shows/movies so I can keep up with all the references on Twitter.…
‘Hitman 3’ owners won’t have to buy earlier games to play their maps Sponsored Links IO Interactive IO Interactive’s plans to let Hitman 3 players use earlier games’ locations might not have panned out as planned, but that doesn’t mean you’ll have to re-buy those first two titles. The developer has promised that PC gamers…
Virgin Orbit carries satellites to space for the first time Sponsored Links Virgin Orbit/Greg Robinson Virgin Orbit’s second launch demonstration flight has been smoother than its first. The company has carried customer satellites into space for the first time after the Cosmic Girl host aircraft successfully deployed the LauncherOne rocket over the Pacific Ocean for…
Audi and BMW shut down car subscription programs Sponsored Links Roberto Baldwin/Engadget More car subscription services are running into trouble. According to Autoblog, Automotive News has learned that Audi and BMW are respectively ending and pausing their services. Audi is winding down its Select program on January 31st with no mention of a revival, while…
Signal recovers from a day-long service outage Sponsored Links Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Signal has learned first-hand that there really can be too much of a good thing. As Android Police reports, Signal has recovered from an outage that plagued the secure chat service for over a day. Messaging and even sign-ins became…
Asics used EEGs to prove that, yes, running makes you happier Sponsored Links Asics It’s taken as read that exercise can make you happier, healthier and more resilient, at least if you actually enjoy running. Asics, with an eye on selling you a new pair of sneakers, recruited a researcher from Kings College London to…
How the Suburbs Could Help Save Biodiversity Daniel Rubinoff Plants, and the insects which rely on them, are the living foundations of our planet. But these foundations are under stress because, as we urbanize and suburbanize natural areas, we have an unfortunate tendency to sterilize the landscape. Fields and forests are replaced with biological deserts…
Facebook and Google allegedly cut a deal that reduced ad competition Sponsored Links Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The antitrust cases against Facebook and Google might have some additional fuel. The New York Times says it has obtained documents from Texas’ antitrust lawsuit elaborating on a “sweetheart deal” (first mentioned by the Wall Street…
After Math: Tesla recalls, Steam streams and COVID checks As tech journalists (as well as their laptop fans) begin to recover and recuperate from the first all-digital CES, let’s take a quick look at some other headlights from this past week. chameleonseye via Getty Images NHTSA wants Tesla to recall 158,000 Tegra 3-equipped vehicles If…