You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
On July 1, we got our first look at Lamassu’s Bitcoin ATM, a smaller-than-your-average ATM machine that supports more than 200 local currencies and brings the realities of virtual money into your everyday life. Now the ATM is available for pre-order on the company’s website, with Lamassu kicking off production with a preliminary round of […]
General Motors has revealed that it will recall of 293,000 Chevrolet Cruze vehicles due to issues with braking, something that has resulted in more than two dozen crashes, thankfully all without injury. This follows a previous GM recall earlier this summer for nearly 200,000 SUVs over a fire risk, and another back in May of […]
Unless everyone around you took a vow of silence the moment you were born and you spent the intervening years in a sensory deprivation tank, a sound isolation chamber of some kind, or one of our planet’s rare, ultra-quiet environments, your hearing is already damaged, at least a little. It’s a part of life.
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It’s Friday (Friday, gotta get down on NEVER MIND), and your iPhone has been the social safety blanket that’s saved you from another week of actually talking to the people around you. Reward that glowing little rectangle with some shiny new apps!
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You and your iPad fought your way through the week hand-in-tablet. Time to enjoy the weekend by continuing to tap away at a touchscreen, but for funsies this time. Check out our favorite apps of the week, and reflect on the good things you accomplished in the past 5 days.
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Well, you made it all the way to Friday. Congratulations! Kick off your shoes, crack open a cold beverage, and download some sweet apps. Just like your old man used to do on Friday nights.
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Where the Microsoft-made Xbox One is set to continue the model set with the Xbox 360 as a middle-point between cable and your TV, Sony’s reported deal with Viacom may just remove the third party altogether. According to news reported this week by the Wall Street Journal, Sony has only to lay out the final […]
Is this the "big moment" for face computers? Does pairing a $2,300 Gucci turtleneck or $1,200 Balenciaga boots with a $1,500 pair of gadget glasses make them haute? Will you look like a model—or will the model look like you? No to all of these, of course, but Google’s at least scored itself some glossy mag cachet.
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