Our favorite games of 2018

Posted on 31/12/2018 by Engadget RSS Feed

It didn't take long for us to declare 2017 a pretty great year for games, with a spectacular roster that included Super Mario Odyssey, Wolfenstein: The New Colossus and Assassin's Creed Origins. In our roundup last December we also listed what we wer...

2018 is the year AI got its eyes

Posted on 29/12/2018 by Engadget RSS Feed

Computer scientists have spent more than two decades teaching, training and developing machines to see the world around them. Only recently have the artificial eyes begun to match (and occasionally exceed) their biological predecessors. 2018 has seen...

Tech isn’t coming to save us

Posted on 28/12/2018 by Engadget RSS Feed

It's easy to believe that something new is naturally better than what we've already got, with the exception of the second Darrin on Bewitched. It's the Silicon Valley mind-set, that you've gotta move fast, break things and pay no attention to what's...

2018 was the biggest shakeup in years for the camera world

Posted on 26/12/2018 by Engadget RSS Feed

If you're a photographer who fears change, 2018 might've shook you up. First Sony launched the A7 III, arguably the world's best full-frame camera, then Fujifilm released the X-T3, the top APS-C model you can buy right now. Right after that, Canon an...

Headphone jack fans lost out to fullscreen smartphones in 2018

Posted on 24/12/2018 by Engadget RSS Feed

Throughout 2016 and 2017, it was hard to fathom why Apple, Motorola and other smartphone makers were so eager to drop headphone jacks. There weren't any huge leaps in battery life or other features to make it worth losing the most widely suppor...

How Google software won 2018

Posted on 24/12/2018 by Engadget RSS Feed

Google is relatively new to the hardware game -- at least compared to rivals Apple and Samsung. Its latest devices have been a mix of hits and misses. The Home Hub and the Pixel phones are excellent, while the Pixelbook has become something of...

The year in strange tech stories

Posted on 23/12/2018 by Engadget RSS Feed

"Technology is neither good nor bad; nor is it neutral," said the historian Melvin Kranzberg. What technology often is, however, is weird. As we watch tech pervade society and alter our basic ways of living, let's also not forget the plethora of biz...

Faraday Future had the worst year possible for an EV startup

Posted on 21/12/2018 by Engadget RSS Feed

Stop me if you've heard this one before: Faraday Future is almost out of cash. At the tail end of 2017, the much-hyped EV startup was sliding toward financial oblivion. But then a crucial round of funding from a then-mysterious benefactor gave the te...

Huawei in 2018: Smartphone excellence and strained relations

Posted on 21/12/2018 by Engadget RSS Feed

Huawei has become one of the most recognizable consumer-tech brands in the world in a relatively short period of time. It's among several Chinese companies that reaped the rewards of an explosion in smartphone sales in its home nation, taking tha...

Bitcoin’s terrible 2018 doesn’t bode well for the future of crypto

Posted on 20/12/2018 by Engadget RSS Feed

If someone approaches you saying that they have a way to get rich, quick, without any effort, then they're scamming you. If you don't believe me, then ask yourself this: If someone gave you a winning lottery ticket, would you hand it over to someone...

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