Apple can rarely leave well enough alone. A year ago, I thought each of the four tablets in the iPad lineup was differentiated well from the others, and it was fairly easy to see what features you got as things got more expensive. The new 10th-generati…
Apple’s MacBook Air M2 is back on sale for $1,049
You won’t have to pay much extra to get Apple’s latest thin-and-light laptop. Amazon is once again selling the base MacBook Air configuration with 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD for $1,049, significantly below the official $1,199 price. The savings only ap…
Sony’s WH-XB910N ANC headphones are 51 percent off right now
Update 12:48pm ET: This Sony deal on Amazon has expired.Now’s your chance to get a pair of solid noise-cancelling headphones without the usual high price. Amazon is selling the WH-XB910N with active noise cancellation (ANC) for $123, or a hefty 51 perc…
Apple’s limited repair commitments are frustrating independent repairers
Apple earned plaudits for making the iPhone 14 more repairable compared to its predecessors, but the question of who can make those repairs remains. It appears the company has added an additional, seemingly-unnecessary layer of friction to the process …
Engadget Podcast: iPad and iPad Pro review (2022)
This week, Devindra and Deputy Editor Nathan Ingraham dive into Apple’s latest iPad and iPad Pro. The new base iPad seemingly justifies its price, but it also leaves out plenty of consumers who were well-served by the old $329 iPad. We hope that model …
The Morning After: Elon Musk now owns Twitter
After a months-long legal battle that has engulfed Twitter since Elon Musk first offered to buy the company for $44 billion in April, the deal is done, and Musk is already ringing in the changes. Musk, who has criticized Twitter’s leadership, fired CEO…
Lego is discontinuing its Mindstorms robotics kits by the end of the year
Lego’s Mindstorms robotics kits have been on the market since 1998, born from a collaboration between Lego and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Now, Lego has announced it will be discontinuing Mindstorms at the end of the year and provi…
Nothing Ear Stick hands-on: Stylish and comfortable, but I miss the noise cancellation
It’s been a busy year for Nothing. After debuting its Ear 1 wireless headphones last year, it followed up with its first smartphone, the Phone 1, daring to compete in an arena that’s actually shed some more established competitors. Now, it’s tackling w…
The iPhone 15 Pro may feature haptic solid-state volume and power buttons
The next-gen iPhone 15 Pro models may swap its physical volume and power buttons for solid state versions that use haptic feedback, analyst Min-Chi Kuo wrote in a tweet spotted by MacRumors. The design would be similar to the non-physical home button o…
Redmi’s latest phone can be fully charged in nine minutes
Over the years, we’ve seen smartphone charging speeds going from the already-impressive 30 minutes down to 15 minutes, but apparently that’s still too slow for Xiaomi. In the new Redmi Note 12 lineup unveiled earlier today, one model dubbed “Redmi Note…