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• Google Calendar's mobile apps can create and view Tasks now
• Facebook and Twitter CEOs to attend hearing about Section 230 protections
• Now Twitter 'won't tolerate' tweets hoping that someone dies
• Verizon's LTE Home internet service expands to 189 markets nationwide
• US arrests two members of console hacking group Team Xecuter
• Google Meet gets Q&A and poll features for paid customers
• Charli XCX is the first performer in Oculus and Tidal's VR concert series
• Reliable time travel might take a while
• Protect your home with this tiny $65 HD camera
• Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2's hinge survived a dust bath in a durability test
• The best sales we found this week: Early Prime Day deals and more
• Astrobotic’s tiny Moon rover is on its way to NASA for testing
• Tesla delivered 139,300 vehicles last quarter, breaking its previous record
• Amazon Music HD is adding thousands more Ultra HD songs and albums
• Apple Watch Series 6 review: The best new features are the boring ones
• 'Fall Guys' season 2 begins October 8th
• 'The Witches' skips theaters for an HBO Max debut on October 22nd
• Tesla update lets vehicles drive through green lights automatically
• Twitter expands its 'read before sharing' test to iOS
• LG’s Wing is a weird, surprisingly practical smartphone
• All iOS 14 users can use picture-in-picture with YouTube’s mobile website
• The Hubble Telescope caught a supernova outshining every star in its galaxy
• Podcast: Google Pixel 5, Surface Laptop Go and our iOS 14 review
• NVIDIA delays RTX 3070 launch to prevent another ordering mess

Google Calendar's mobile apps can create and view Tasks now Posted: 03 Oct 2020 02:33 AM PDT As Google has upgraded its G Suite of services and apps, one thing that's been missing has been deep integration of the to-do list function. The Google Tasks app was integrated into Google Calendar on the web, but you could only access those tasks on...

Facebook and Twitter CEOs to attend hearing about Section 230 protections Posted: 02 Oct 2020 09:13 PM PDT Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey have agreed to testify before the Senate Commerce Committee to discuss Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Their confirmation comes a day after the committee unanimously voted to sub...

Now Twitter 'won't tolerate' tweets hoping that someone dies Posted: 02 Oct 2020 05:04 PM PDT In the hours since the president revealed he has COVID-19, some people have been tweeting that they're in favor of the virus. This Motherboard article mentions they asked Twitter about the behavior, and were informed that under its current rules, twe...

Verizon's LTE Home internet service expands to 189 markets nationwide Posted: 02 Oct 2020 03:22 PM PDT Verizon (Engadget's parent company) is expanding the availability of its LTE Home internet service to more rural areas across the US. After launching in July in select markets, it's now available in "parts" of 189 markets across 48 states. Current Ve...

US arrests two members of console hacking group Team Xecuter Posted: 02 Oct 2020 02:44 PM PDT Two members of Team Xecuter, a group that develops and sells devices that allow people to play pirated copies of games on their consoles, are in FBI custody. On Friday, the Department of Justice said Max Louarn, a 48-year-old French national, and Gar...

Google Meet gets Q&A and poll features for paid customers Posted: 02 Oct 2020 11:55 AM PDT Google is continuing to bolster its Meet video-conference services as more people use it amid coronavirus-related lockdowns. Starting October 8th, the video chat service is adding Q&A and polls features for paid enterprise customers, according to...

Charli XCX is the first performer in Oculus and Tidal's VR concert series Posted: 02 Oct 2020 11:23 AM PDT Oculus and Tidal will host a series of six concerts in the coming weeks, and they've revealed the first performer. Electropop star Charli XCX will take to the virtual stage on October 6th at 9PM ET. You can watch the concerts in virtual reality throu...

Reliable time travel might take a while Posted: 02 Oct 2020 11:00 AM PDT Time, you slippery bastard -- the immutable aspect of reality cannot be controlled any more closely than one can stifle the flow of sand through a tightly gripped fist. Time can only be observed, and even then, only indirectly based on the entropy ge...

Protect your home with this tiny $65 HD camera Posted: 02 Oct 2020 10:55 AM PDT Home security systems have come a long way since their humble inception, and it's now possible to install incredibly discrete and powerful cameras that can monitor entire rooms without detection.This TOKK™ CAM C2: Discreet Day/Night Vision Camera, ho...

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2's hinge survived a dust bath in a durability test Posted: 02 Oct 2020 10:35 AM PDT The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 has been out in the wild for a couple of weeks, which means testers have had some time to put the phone through its paces. A durability test by YouTuber JerryRigEverything (aka Zack Nelson) suggests the Galaxy Z Fold 2's h...

The best sales we found this week: Early Prime Day deals and more Posted: 02 Oct 2020 10:00 AM PDT This week brought a handful of good tech deals along with the announcement of Amazon Prime Day 2020. While Amazon's annual shopping event will take place on October 13 and 14, there are still some deals worth considering right now (not to mention, a...

Astrobotic’s tiny Moon rover is on its way to NASA for testing Posted: 02 Oct 2020 09:53 AM PDT Astrobotic's CubeRover is on its way to NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the robotics company announced today. The CubeRover is designed to provide a mobile platform for scientific instruments on the surface of the Moon.CubeRover was co-developed with Ca...

Tesla delivered 139,300 vehicles last quarter, breaking its previous record Posted: 02 Oct 2020 09:14 AM PDT Tesla delivered more vehicles than it has in any quarter to date between July and September. In its Q3 vehicle delivery and production report, Tesla said it shipped 139,300 vehicles during those three months.That's 45 percent more than the number of...

Amazon Music HD is adding thousands more Ultra HD songs and albums Posted: 02 Oct 2020 08:53 AM PDT Amazon introduced its high-res music streaming tier, Amazon Music HD, last fall. Now, it says the service is about to get a whole lot better. Amazon Music is teaming up with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group to remaster thousands of songs...

Apple Watch Series 6 review: The best new features are the boring ones Posted: 02 Oct 2020 08:30 AM PDT This fall marks the fifth anniversary of the original Apple Watch. Other than the basic design itself -- a square display with a digital crown and mostly familiar lineup of wrist straps -- a lot has changed. Gone is the $10,000 solid gold edition tha...

'Fall Guys' season 2 begins October 8th Posted: 02 Oct 2020 08:08 AM PDT Good news for fans of the wildly popular game Fall Guys. The game's second season will be launching on October 8th, according to its Twitter account. That means those who have been waiting for more rounds have less than a week left to wait. The game...

'The Witches' skips theaters for an HBO Max debut on October 22nd Posted: 02 Oct 2020 07:59 AM PDT The Witches, the latest adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic book, is yet another major movie that's going straight to a streaming service amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Robert Zemeckis-directed film will hit HBO Max on October 22nd.It centers around...

Tesla update lets vehicles drive through green lights automatically Posted: 02 Oct 2020 07:53 AM PDT Tesla's Autopilot feature is getting a new trick. Autopilot will soon be able to drive through green lights automatically, even if there isn't another car in front of the vehicle, Electrek reports.As with past Autopilot software rollouts, Tesla is be...

Twitter expands its 'read before sharing' test to iOS Posted: 02 Oct 2020 07:39 AM PDT Following a test to get people to read articles before tweeting them, Twitter announced plans last month to roll the feature out to everyone. Today, the company is expanding its test and bringing the prompts to iOS. When someone on an Apple mobile de...

LG’s Wing is a weird, surprisingly practical smartphone Posted: 02 Oct 2020 07:01 AM PDT When it comes to offering more screen real estate on a smartphone, manufacturers have two options: either go with a flexible display à la Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 2, or attach a secondary screen like the LG Velvet. While the latter is obviously the ea...

All iOS 14 users can use picture-in-picture with YouTube’s mobile website Posted: 02 Oct 2020 06:53 AM PDT It appears that the YouTube website is now allowing all iOS 14 users to take advantage of the picture-in-picture (PIP) functionality, even if they don't have a YouTube Premium subscription. MacRumors noted the change last night.iOS 14 introduced PIP...

The Hubble Telescope caught a supernova outshining every star in its galaxy Posted: 02 Oct 2020 06:16 AM PDT The Hubble Space Telescope got a peak at one of the most awesome light shows in the universe, catching a supernova that outshone every star in its galaxy. It observed the exploding star over the course of a year, watching it burn with the radiance of...

Podcast: Google Pixel 5, Surface Laptop Go and our iOS 14 review Posted: 02 Oct 2020 05:30 AM PDT Google's finally shown off the Pixel 5, and people are not too impressed. At its Launch Night In event this week, the company revealed details on its latest phones as well as the new Chromecast and Nest Audio speaker. Not to be outdone, Microsoft dro...

NVIDIA delays RTX 3070 launch to prevent another ordering mess Posted: 02 Oct 2020 05:24 AM PDT NVIDIA has announced that it's delaying the the GeForce RTX 3070 graphics card by two weeks to allow it to build more stock ahead of the launch. "We know this may be disappointing to those eager to purchase a GeForce RTX 3070 as soon as possible, how...

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