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WhatsApp says NSO spyware was used to attack officials working for US allies | Engadget Jon Fingas The NSO Group has denied that its spyware was used to compromise many politicians’ phones, but WhatsApp is telling a different story. The chat giant’s CEO, Will Cathcart, told The Guardian in an interview that governments allegedly used…
GM sues Ford over the name of its hands-free driving feature | Engadget Jon Fingas Ford might be excited about its BlueCruise hands-free driving tech, but GM is less than thrilled about it. The Detroit Free Press and The Verge report that GM has sued Ford for allegedly violating the trademarks for both its rival…
Oculus makes it easier to create mixed reality apps | Engadget Jon Fingas Expect to see more mixed reality apps in the future, at least for the Oculus Quest 2. WinFuture notes that Oculus has unveiled a toolkit, Passthrough API Experimental, that will make it relatively easy to “seamlessly” merge VR with the real world…
Audi hopes its off-road hybrid will win the 2022 Dakar Rally | Engadget Jon Fingas The Volkswagen group’s desire to crush records with electrified cars now extends to one of the world’s toughest off-road challenges. Autoblog reports that Audi has started testing the RS Q E-Tron, a from-scratch hybrid off-roader it hopes will score overall…
Hitting the Books: Digital youth activism can help save America from itself | Engadget Andrew Tarantola Social media routinely proves itself a cesspool of racist, bigoted and toxic opinions — and that’s just coming from the adults. But for the younger generations that have never lived in an unconnected world, these seemingly unnavigable platforms have…
Apple Watch Series 6 Product Red drops to $265 at Amazon | Engadget Jon Fingas 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. Now might…
Engadget Podcast: Is the Valve Steam Deck a Switch killer? | Engadget Devindra Hardawar This week on the show, Devindra and Engadget Buyer’s Guide Editor Kris Naudus chat about Valve’s new Steam Deck portable with Jordan Minor, Apps and Games Analyst at PCMag. Is the hardware powerful enough to truly make it a portable gaming…
Quantum Mechanics, Plato’s Cave and the Blind Piranha John Horgan My quantum experiment, which has consumed me for more than a year now, has dredged up a creepy, long-buried memory. It dates back to the late 1970s, when I was a housepainter living in Denver. One day I found myself in a grungy saloon on…
‘Blade Runner: Black Lotus’ anime trailer reveals a replicant on the run | Engadget Mariella Moon Adult Swim and Crunchyroll has released the first trailer for Blade Runner: Black Lotus, the anime series they’re co-producing, at San Diego Comic-Con this year. The show is set in Los Angeles in the year 2032, putting its events…
SpaceX will launch NASA’s Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter’s moon | Engadget Mariella Moon A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will be launching NASA’s long-awaited mission to Europa, Jupiter’s icy moon that may have the conditions to support life. The agency has been planning to send a probe to the Jovian moon for years and finalized…