March 31, 2019 Google Maps adds a city-themed ‘Snake’ game Google has a habit of introducing goodies on April Fools that last long after the gags are over, and that isn't changing for 2019….
March 31, 2019 Care.com deleted ‘tens of thousands’ of providers after report found lax vetting procedures On March 8th, The Wall Street Journal published a damning report about caregiver platform Care.com, which found that it put the burden on users…
March 31, 2019 PewDiePie takes one last shot at T-Series as he concedes defeat to YouTube’s Bollywood powerhouse Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg ended his months-long, facetious war with Bollywood powerhouse T-Series today by issuing a music video with a series of personal confessions…
March 31, 2019 The best 360-degree camera By Geoffrey Morrison This post was done in partnership with Wirecutter. When readers choose to buy Wirecutter's independently chosen editorial picks, Wirecutter and Engadget…
March 31, 2019 Apple recruits Tesla’s head of electric powertrains Just because Apple scaled back its self-driving car team doesn't mean it's out of the game. If anything, it made a potentially significant hire….
March 31, 2019 Why Garfield phones have littered French beaches for 35 years There's no better symbol of plastic ocean pollution and '80s consumerism gone wild than the Garfield phones of Brittany. The handsets, in the form…
March 31, 2019 Google Maps adds Snakes game in app for April Fools’ Day Google is temporarily adding a version of the classic game Snakes into its Google Maps app for April Fools’ Day this year. The company…
March 31, 2019 More 2 million credit card numbers stolen from Earl Enterprise restaurants in 10-month breach The parent company of restaurants such as Planet Hollywood, Buca di Beppo, and Mixology has confirmed that it experienced a security breach after security…
March 31, 2019 AT&T is the first 5G carrier in the US to reach gigabit speeds The initial 5G rollout in the US has been underwhelming, in part because those vaunted gigabit-class speeds have been nowhere to be found. AT&T,…
March 31, 2019 New York lawmakers reach deal to ban plastic bags in 2020 New York governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislative leaders have announced that they have reached an agreement on the state’s 2020 budget, a provision…