‘Saved By The Bell’ Reboot Trailer Is Here To Take You Back To School

The “Punky Brewster” preview also dropped as NBC’s Peacock streaming service prepares to fly.

As Paycheck Protection Program Runs Out Of Money, Many Firms Haven’t Seen Any

Lawmakers say they want to add funding, but they’re fighting about how to do it.

Thursday's Best Deals: Taotronics Headphones, Anker Wireless Car Charger, Spider-Man, Kyoku Steak Knives, and More

A pair of Taotronics headphones, Kyoku steak knives, an Anker wireless car charger, a bunch of James Bond Comics, and a Forever 21 sale lead Thursday’s best deals.

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Apple Is Developing High-End, Modular Headphones: Report

Apple’s no stranger to the audio space, but it would appear the company is now gearing up to go toe-to-toe with the likes of Bose and Sony. The next headphones from the company, according to a Bloomberg report, might be some fancy over-ear wireless headphones featuring swappable parts.

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MIT nanosensor tells a smartphone when plants are stressed

Engineers at MIT have developed a new method of tracking how plants respond to stressors such as injury, infection, and light damage. The injuries are tracked using sensors made of carbon nanotubes. The small sensors can be embedded in plant leaves where they can report on hydrogen peroxide signaling waves. The researchers say that plants use hydrogen peroxide to communicate … Continue reading

Could an Android copy Apple’s iPhone SE strategy?

The iPhone SE (2nd generation) (2020) is essentially an iPhone 8 with a few key features updated – so why the excitement? The value of this “new” device is not in the industrial design innovation, it’s in the promise that a new device from Apple provides. If Samsung released a device with a body like the Samsung Galaxy S7, with … Continue reading

CRISPR coronavirus test promises results in under an hour

A coronavirus test that could give results in under an hour has been developed, with the CRISPR-based SARS-CoV-2 DETECTR adding gene-targeting to the methods currently in use to track down COVID-19 infection. CRISPR – or “clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats” – gene editing is better known for its controversial use in genetic engineering for things like diseases, which has … Continue reading

PlayStation 5’s first production run could be limited, but not for the reason you think

It’s been an interesting 2020 for the games industry so far, as Sony and Microsoft are both planning to launch new consoles amid a pandemic. Despite the COVID-19 outbreak, both the Xbox Series X and the PlayStation 5 are still slated to launch at the end of the year, but we’re learning today that Sony may only make limited quantities … Continue reading

Facebook warns users who 'interacted' with COVID-19 misinformation

As part of Facebook’s ongoing fight against COVID-19 misinformation, it is going to begin alerting users if they have liked, reacted to or commented on misinformation that has since been removed. The alerts will appear in News Feed, and they’ll inclu…

Verizon buys video conferencing app BlueJeans

In a classic example of trying to strike while the iron is hot, the business unit of Verizon (Engadget’s parent company) is acquiring BlueJeans. If you’re not familiar, BlueJeans is a video conferencing app like Zoom. Verizon didn’t disclose the fina…