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• VW 'Project Trinity' teases cars that unlock features on-demand
• Microsoft email server flaws exploited to hack at least 30,000 US organizations
• Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has created an NFT for the first tweet
• Tesla ditches forums and pushes fans to take political action with Engage
• NASA took Perseverance for its first 'spin' on Mars
• Ford Mustang Mach-E's first recall addresses loose bolts
• Google makes it easier to test experimental features in Chrome
• Amazon's 'Good Night Oppy' will tell the story of NASA's Opportunity Mars rover
• The world's largest telescope is edging closer to completion
• Big Tech critic and net neutrality advocate Tim Wu is joining the White House
• YouTube removes five TV channels run by Myanmar's military
• Turntable.fm is back and Turntable.fm is also coming back
• The best deals we found this week: $70 off the 256GB iPad Air and more
• Ableton Live 11: The biggest upgrades explained
• This fundamental training on Amazon Web Services is on sale for $60
• Huawei's smartphone struggles are hitting it hard in China
• Vizio tries to go public, five years after its messy first attempt
• 'Apex Legends' gets a permanent solo queue
• Owlet Dream Lab review: Can a sleep coaching program help my kids?
• Engadget Podcast: Is Microsoft Mesh the future of remote work?

VW 'Project Trinity' teases cars that unlock features on-demand Posted: 06 Mar 2021 02:08 AM PST Volkswagen claims it's "not afraid" of the threat posed by any Apple Car and released this shadowy teaser image that may represent why. The image is a teaser for Project Trinity, an electric sedan that CEO Ralf Brandstätter called &quot...

Microsoft email server flaws exploited to hack at least 30,000 US organizations Posted: 05 Mar 2021 08:33 PM PST The emergency security patch Microsoft rolled out a few days ago to fix four zero-day flaws in Exchange Server didn't deter the hacking group that's been exploiting them. In fact, according to Krebs on Security and Wired, the the Chinese stat...

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has created an NFT for the first tweet Posted: 05 Mar 2021 04:48 PM PST If you've used social media much, then you've seen the first tweet ever. Sent on March 21st, 2006 by Twitter co-founder and current CEO Jack Dorsey, it didn't say very much: "just setting up my twttr." But now, thanks to the wil...

Tesla ditches forums and pushes fans to take political action with Engage Posted: 05 Mar 2021 03:41 PM PST Tesla has created a new website for its fans, one mainly designed to spur them to political action on its behalf. Dubbed Tesla Engage, it was spotted by CNBC and Electrek. The company says it made the platform "to create a digital home base for all o...

NASA took Perseverance for its first 'spin' on Mars Posted: 05 Mar 2021 02:39 PM PST NASA's Perseverance rover has completed its first test drive since landing on the surface of Mars on February 18th. On March 4th, it went on a short 33-minute jaunt that saw it travel 21.3 feet (6.5 meters) in and around its landing site, the agency...

Ford Mustang Mach-E's first recall addresses loose bolts Posted: 05 Mar 2021 02:26 PM PST The first Mach-E crossovers have barely begun to reach customers, and Ford has already issued its first recall for the vehicle. Fortunately, almost all vehicles affected by the "subframe bolt issue" noted will be serviced before being deliv...

Google makes it easier to test experimental features in Chrome Posted: 05 Mar 2021 01:49 PM PST It turns out increasing the cadence of Chrome updates isn't the only change Google has planned for its web browser. In a tweet spotted by 9to5Google (via XDA Developers), Chrome design head Alex Ainslie detailed a new feature that makes it easier to...

Amazon's 'Good Night Oppy' will tell the story of NASA's Opportunity Mars rover Posted: 05 Mar 2021 01:07 PM PST With Perseverance capturing the imagination of people the world over, Amazon plans to tell the story of one of its predecessors. The company's Amazon Studios division announced today it's working on a documentary on NASA's Opportunity rover called Go...

The world's largest telescope is edging closer to completion Posted: 05 Mar 2021 12:12 PM PST This week, the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory Mirror Lab began work on the sixth of seven primary mirror segments for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). On March 1st, the lab started heating its one-of-a-kind glass furnace to a temp...

Big Tech critic and net neutrality advocate Tim Wu is joining the White House Posted: 05 Mar 2021 09:20 AM PST The man who coined net neutrality is heading back to work for the government. President Joe Biden has appointed Columbia law professor Tim Wu to the White House's National Economic Council. According to The New York Times, he'll serve as a sp...

YouTube removes five TV channels run by Myanmar's military Posted: 05 Mar 2021 09:11 AM PST YouTube has taken down channels connected to five TV stations run by Myanmar's military (Tatmadaw) in the wake of further violence in the country. The service told the New York Times it removed the channels for breaking its community guidelines b...

Turntable.fm is back and Turntable.fm is also coming back Posted: 05 Mar 2021 09:05 AM PST 2021 is bringing back some good things we've lost in the past. Social DJ site Turntable.fm launched ten years ago, letting people take turns to add songs to a shared playlist in a room with their friends (or strangers). Sadly, it shut down in 201...

The best deals we found this week: $70 off the 256GB iPad Air and more Posted: 05 Mar 2021 08:30 AM PST There was no shortage of tech deals available across the internet this week. Apple's 256GB iPad Air was discounted to its lowest price yet and Google's midrange Pixel 4a 5G smartphone fell to $450. Nintendo Switch owners can still grab a few...

Ableton Live 11: The biggest upgrades explained Posted: 05 Mar 2021 08:00 AM PST Ableton announced Live 11 in mid November and now it's finally here. The latest version of its incredibly popular DAW is out of beta and available to all. The list of new features in Live 11 is long and impressive: Comping; linked track editing;...

This fundamental training on Amazon Web Services is on sale for $60 Posted: 05 Mar 2021 07:55 AM PST At this point, Amazon Web Services has thoroughly outpaced its competitors, controlling over a third of the marketplace as of last year. In other words, learning how to navigate AWS can be worth your while if you're interested in cloud computing. Thi...

Huawei's smartphone struggles are hitting it hard in China Posted: 05 Mar 2021 07:33 AM PST US trade bans against Huawei are having a very tangible effect on the company's sales at home. Counterpoint Research now estimates that Huawei's China market share dropped to 16 percent in January 2021. For context, the tech giant had a 41 pe...

Vizio tries to go public, five years after its messy first attempt Posted: 05 Mar 2021 07:22 AM PST Vizio filed for an IPO for the second time this week, and its S-1 — the sprawling document all companies have to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission — is definitely worth reading if you're a fan of financials or the TV industry at large...

'Apex Legends' gets a permanent solo queue Posted: 05 Mar 2021 06:25 AM PST Apex Legends is finally getting an enduring solo mode, if likely not what you were hoping for. Respawn and EA have revealed that they'll not only launch Apex for Switch on March 9th alongside a Chaos Theory Collection Event (more on that later),...

Owlet Dream Lab review: Can a sleep coaching program help my kids? Posted: 05 Mar 2021 05:30 AM PST By 5:41am I can already tell it's going to be a bad day, mostly because my twins have taken turns waking me up every 20 minutes since 3:17am. I alternate between the two babies until 5am when I'm able to get almost a whole half hour of rest before th...

Engadget Podcast: Is Microsoft Mesh the future of remote work? Posted: 05 Mar 2021 05:30 AM PST This week, Cherlynn and Devindra chat with CNET Editor-at-Large Scott Stein about Microsoft's latest Mixed Reality endeavor: Mesh. It's a virtual meeting platform that can work across HoloLens, VR headsets, computers and smartphones, making it one of...

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