Month: August 2024
Valve is now hiding meme-y and ASCII art reviews on Steam store pages
Valve has started publicly testing sorting reviews in the Steam store based on how well they help players make purchase decisions about games. Historically we’ve sorted reviews by the number of ‘helpful’ votes given to each review by other players. However, we’ve seen that many players use reviews for sharing…
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I like this ridiculous Playdate pizza case so much I bought a Playdate
A bunch of the Engadget crew loves the Playdate, the tiny, quirky portable console with a load of great indie games and a crank on the side. I’ve long had my eye on it, but never pulled the trigger for one reason or another. I do get Playdate emails, though,…
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Apple’s secret, rumored robot project might have one thing going for it – it’ll be cheaper than Vision Pro
Rumors that Apple is hard at work on a home table-top robot persist, with the latest report estimating the potential price of this animated bot at somewhere around $1,000. According to a new report in Bloomberg, Apple has hundreds of people working on the project, with most of them led…
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iPhone camera app Halide has an ‘anti-intelligent’ mode to make shooting with RAW easier
Halide is one of the best camera alternatives for the iPhone, a lovingly-crafted app that gives users plenty of manual control over the images they take. And today they just pushed out a major update with an intriguing proposition: an “anti-intelligent” camera. Of course, more advanced digital photographers will already…
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Sonos, still trying to fix its broken app, lays off 100 employees
Sonos has laid off around 100 employees on Wednesday, first reported by The Verge and confirmed to Engadget. Workers from the company’s marketing department allegedly bore the brunt of the hit. The cuts come as Sonos tries to simultaneously sell the public on its new Ace headphones and fix the…
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This head-tracking spinning chair could make VR less nauseating
The Roto VR Explorer chair is designed to make VR experiences feel more immersive (and less nauseating) by pairing real-world movements with what’s seen in a headset. By simply spinning a sitting user in place, it’s able to do that in a much smaller footprint than other solutions like the…
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