Congress grills Google CEO over Chinese search engine plans
"If you were hoping that Google chief Sundar Pichai would shed more light on his company's potential censored search engine for China... well, you'll mostly be disappointed. Rhode Island Representative David Cicilline grilled Pichai on the recently a..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/11/congress-grills-google-ceo-on-dragonfly/How Rivian is building the longest lasting batteries in the EV business
" The Rivian R1T "adventure vehicle" made headlines and dropped jaws when it was revealed at the 2018 LA Auto Show last month, namely because nobody has ever really tried to make an all-electric pickup for the US market before. Much less one with more..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/11/rivian-building-longest-lasting-batteries-ev/Puma revives its 1986 smart shoe for the modern era
" Smart shoes may sound like a recent innovation, but they're really old hat -- Puma's RS-Computer shoes were tracking your running stats in 1986, well before wearable tech was a hot trend. And Puma wants to remind you of that fact. It's reissuing the..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/11/puma-revives-rs-computer-smart-shoe/Hertz is using biometrics to speed up car rentals
" The next time you rent a car, you might need to show your face instead of your ID. Hertz announced today that it is teaming with security startup Clear to introduce Fast Lane, a biometric check for car rentals. The system -- which is the first of its..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/11/clear-hertz-fast-lane-biometrics-car-rentals/US border officers don't always delete collected traveler data
" Privacy advocates aren't just concerned about warrantless device searches at the border because of the potential for deliberate abuse -- it's that the officials might be reckless. And unfortunately, there's evidence this is the case in the US. Home..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/11/cbp-officers-fail-to-delete-traveler-data/Engadget giveaway: Win a Vector smart robot courtesy of Anki!
"The Anki Vector is more than a high-tech toy, it's a little AI wonderbot with facial recognition, smart speaker tech and an array of sensors packed into a remarkably lifelike package. This robot should be fun to interact with by asking questions, pla..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/11/engadget-giveaway-win-anki-vector-smart-robot-alexa/Tesla’s Navigate on Autopilot takes on LA’s insane freeways
" I'm talking and not paying attention to the Model 3's turn-by-turn navigation when the vehicle's blinker turns on. Tesla's "Navigate on Autopilot" turns the wheel to take the off-ramp to an interchange. My hands are on the wheel (as they should be wi..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/11/tesla-navigate-on-autopilot-hands-on/ついに発売「Echo Show」レビュー、『見えるスマートスピーカー』に感じたポテンシャルと物足りなさ
" 12月12日、いよいよ日本での発売が開始された、Amazonのスマートスピーカー「Echo Show」のショートレビューをお届けします。
Echo Showは、10.1インチのタッチスクリーンを備えたスマートスピーカー。丸型画面の「Echo Spot」に続く2機種目の画面付きスマートスピーカーです。正面からの見た目は、まるでタブレット端末のよう。裏側は三角錐のように出っ張っています。横から見ると、ひと昔前のブラウン管テレビを小型化したようなどこか懐かしい見た目になっています。大きさは246×174×107mm、…" https://japanese.engadget.com/2018/12/11/echo-show/
Pornhub's year in review defined by 'Fortnite' and Stormy Daniels
" Like Twitter before it, Pornhub is crowning its biggest trends of 2018. There's no mention of its parent Mindgeek's age verification tool for the UK -- which could see it become the gatekeeper for porn in the country -- or its custom VPN and launch of closed-…"
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/11/pornhub-year-in-review-fortnite-stormy-daniels/Giphy offers easy access to GIFs with iOS keyboard extension
" Giphy announced an update to its iOS app that will give users the ability to quickly share GIFs from the Giphy Keyboard extension within any app that supports multimedia. The company responsible for providing GIFs in Instagram DMs is also launching a new anim…"
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/11/giphy-ios-app-keyboard-extension-sticker-maker/ https://http://www.engadget.com/ 