The Food and Drug Administration is preparing to stop Juul from selling e-cigarette products in the US, and the decision could come soon, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.Along with other e-cigarette makers, Juul submitted its product…
The Morning After: Cryptocurrency may be more centralized than you thought
One of the boons of cryptocurrency is meant to be that no particular company, central bank or government has control. Er, right?That might not be true. Researchers for a report commissioned by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) found…
The Morning After: iOS 16 might let you skip those anti-bot login tests
Apple’s next update to its iPhone operating system might just help you avoid the CAPTCHA anti-bot systems that stand between you and some web sign-ins. Apple teased a Private Access Token system in iOS 16, iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura that skips CAPTCHA…
The Morning After: Google uses Drake’s ‘Texts Go Green’ to explain RCS to Apple
Google has been trying to nudge Apple into adopting the GSMA’s RCS messaging protocol, from not-so-subtle jabs at I/O 2022 to lengthy Twitter threads from the head of Android. The latest tool from the makers of Android? Drake lyrics.The official Androi…
The Morning After: Half of Japan’s businesses are still using Internet Explorer
Microsoft has been reminding everyone willing to listen that the end of Internet Explorer is nigh, but many businesses in Japan seemingly did not take heed.Almost half are reportedly still using the browser. According to Nikkei, many of those companies…
Final Fantasy VII Remake’s second chapter is called ‘Rebirth’
During a Final Fantasy VII 25th anniversary celebration, alongside announcements of a Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core remake and news that Remake Intergrade will launch on Steam later this month, we got our first tiny glimpse of the next part of Final Fa…
The Morning After: First look at the transparent Nothing phone
As suspected, the first phone from Nothing — Carl Pei’s new company — is going all in on the transparent gadget look. This seems to be Nothing’s design aesthetic, matching its wireless ear(1) headphones from last year.According to snippets of video fr…
The Morning After: The world of cryptocurrency continues to wobble
Transaction freezes at Celsius Networks, which we reported on a few days ago, seem to be just the start of another stormy week in cryptocurrency. Binance has been sued over the collapse of the TerraUSD stablecoin, and Coinbase — one of the biggest cryp…
The Morning After: Sony made a $3,700 Walkman
Sony has released two ultra-high-end Walkman MP3 players aimed squarely at audiophiles — and no-one else. The headliner, the $3,700 NW-WM1ZM2 (pictured left), combines an S-Master HX digital amp with “fine-tuned” capacitors, thick Kimber Kable (to link…
The Morning After: An extended look at Bethesda’s space epic, ‘Starfield’
It’s early Monday morning for most of you, but the work week started early for Engadget, with Xbox’s big Summer Game Fest showing. Given how many game studios Microsoft now has for its consoles and game streaming service, we were expecting a whole bunc…