January 9, 2020 FBI Surveillance Vendor Threatens to Sue Tech Reporters for Heinous Crime of Doing Journalism Motherboard on Thursday revealed that a “secretive” U.S. government vendor whose surveillance products are not publicly advertised has been marketing hidden cameras disguised as…
January 9, 2020 A closer look at Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘next decade’ manifesto Every year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg writes a letter outlining his goals for the coming year, including personal challenges. These missives talk about his…
January 9, 2020 ‘Black Book’ suggests the feds have some unexpected surveillance tools, including a gravestone camera Jonathan McIntosh / Creative Commons Today, Vice published an article about some, um, unconventional spying products marketed by a surveillance vendor that works with…
January 9, 2020 Watch us reveal the official Best of CES Award winners today at 8 PM ET We came, we saw, we got hands on. By Thursday, January 9th, CES 2020 will be winding down and Team Engadget will getting ready…
January 9, 2020 Microsoft releases a free tool to fight online child abuse Microsoft has developed a new technique to detect and report predators who attempt to lure children online. Dubbed "Project Artemis," the technology will be…
January 9, 2020 Short Treks Heralds Star Trek: Picard With Hope in the Face of Tragedy Coming into this season of Short Treks, “Children of Mars” was teased as one of two precursors to the events of Star Trek: Picard….
January 9, 2020 Panasonic’s compact VR glasses see the future in HDR 2020 will be a key year for the future of virtual reality, and if things really take off then we should see a lot…
January 9, 2020 Google’s CES booth was more show than substance For the third year in a row, Google has a giant booth at CES, right in the lot outside the Las Vegas Convention Center….
January 9, 2020 Amazon says browser extension Honey is now a security risk, mysteriously after PayPal acquired it Just weeks after PayPal acquired popular coupon-finding browser extension Honey in November 2019 for $4 billion, Amazon shoppers were served a notification that the…
January 9, 2020 ***** eases approval process for pipelines and infrastructure projects Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images Approving new pipelines, mines, highways, and other major projects could become much easier under new rules proposed…