Sprint is still bending over backwards to get you to switch to its network, and this time it’s hoping to bring your whole family on board. The carrier is running a Family Share Pack promotion until March 12th that gives you 12GB of shared data for $9…
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HTC One M9 store images hint at an evolutionary phone design
HTC’s plans for March 1st might just be out in the open. MobileGeeks has spotted German store listings for a new One phone whose images bear an uncanny resemblance to the One M9 spy photos from last month, complete with an oversized camera space and …
Verizon will speed up San Francisco data by installing ‘small cells’
Some carriers use “small cells” to boost their coverage, because these relatively tiny transmitters are 1.) a lot cheaper, and 2.) more inconspicuous than their traditional counterparts. Verizon is one of those carriers — in fact, it’s planning to i…
Taking laps with the Thrustmaster T300RS racing wheel
Let’s get this out of the way up front: The market for the Thrustmaster T300RS is incredibly narrow. At $400 (the price of a PlayStation 4!) it’s far beyond an impulse buy and demands you’re taking every aspect of your living room racing experience V…
Hubble photo of a star can help scientists study how planets are born
The Hubble telescope has already taken a picture of the Beta Pictoris, a 20-million-year-old star surrounded by a large disk of dust and gas located 63.4 light years from our solar system, back in 1997. But in 2009, scientists discovered a giant plan…
800,000 people get bad tax info in latest Healthcare.gov snafu
Healthcare.gov just can’t catch a break — it’s been targeted by hackers and shared personal information with marketing companies in the past six months, and now it’s trying to clean up a mess for the nearly 800,000 people it just sent incorrect tax …
Sony’s search for profits could put an end to its mobile future
Focus. Surprise. Kando. Sony CEO Kaz Hirai has thrown these words around like crazy since he set out to revive the company with a three-year plan, and he’s been coming up short ever since. Now he’s pushing ahead with a new and improved strategy, one …
JXE Streams: Exploring the murderous beauty of ‘Apotheon’
This afternoon — as we do every Tuesday and Thursday — Joystiq X Engadget Streams is taking a trip back through Greek mythology with Alien Trap Games’ Apotheon on PS4. Also available on PC, it’s one of the free games this month for PlayStation Plus…
Ex-GM CEO has unsolicited advice for Apple and the auto industry
In the bid to produce the hottest take on Apple’s rumored automotive project, former CEO of General Motors Dan Akerson has submitted himself for the “telling people why Apple can’t do it” award. In an interview with Bloomberg, Akerson pointed out tha…
Cookie Monster: The Engadget Interview
It’d be wrong to say that the cast of Sesame Street just discovered the internet. As it is, the show’s characters have dozens of games and mobile apps, with a large video archive that goes at least as far back as “Me Lost Me Cookie At The Disco.” It …
JXE Streams: Diving blind into ‘Life is Strange’ from ‘Remember Me’ studio
It makes sense to stream the debut episode of Life is Strange with only barebones information about the game — after all, life itself is often a blind stumble through odd and surprising events. I’ll go live, solo-style, with Life is Strange at 3PM E…
Apple explores headsets that turn your iPhone into a VR display
Apple may not be nearly as enamored with virtual reality as Facebook, Google or Samsung, but that doesn’t mean it’s uninterested — it’s clearer than ever that Cupertino has been intrigued for years. The USPTO has granted Apple a patent (originally f…
Here’s what our readers think of the Microsoft Band
When we originally reviewed the Microsoft Band, we felt it was more a proof of concept than an actual consumer product. We liked the potential of Microsoft Health as a cross-platform service that went beyond fitness to track your lifestyle for a more…
CogniToys’ huggable dinosaur is connected to IBM’s supercomputer
Talk about machine learning and toys in the same breath and it’s hard not to imagine a deranged AI grooming an army of children to take over the world. We’re reasonably sure that’s not Elemental Path’s plan, despite teaming up with IBM to develop a t…
Fuji’s premium telephoto zoom packs some serious punch
Fujifilm may still be a relatively niche player in the mirrorless camera field, but that’s not stopping the company from putting out some serious lenses to go along with its well-regarded X-series cameras. With the $1,600 XF50-140mm zoom, Fuji’s hopi…