Engadget news and specs on a new mobile launch for android, IOS, windows, and international phones

Engadget official Instagram

View this post on Instagram

Where does virtual reality go next? Right now, there seem to be two paths: Portable and self-contained headsets or those connected to computers and consoles. Valve is clearly betting on the second way with the Index, its first VR hardware. It crams in just about every feature you’d expect from a high-end headset, including some truly transformative finger-sensing controllers. It’s just too bad the entire Index package costs $999, putting it out of reach for most people. It’s a boundary-pushing headset meant to keep the VR industry from getting stale.

A post shared by Engadget (@engadget) on Jun 28, 2019 at 10:31am PDT

1. Microsoft will yank Copilot from some Windows apps and let you move the taskbar again

   After one too many of you threatened to switch to Linux, Microsoft has published a long list of changes it plans to make to Windows 11. In a lengthy blog titled "Our commitment to Windows quality," Pavan Davuluri, the executive

   ...

2. The White House proposes new AI policy framework that supersedes state laws

   The White House has announced a new AI policy framework that calls for Congress to craft federal regulation that overrules state AI laws. The Trump administration has made multiple attempts to overrule more

   ...

3. Three people have been charged with illegally exporting NVIDIA GPUs to China

   The US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York has charged three people with illegally exporting NVIDIA GPUs to China in violation of the Export Control Reform Act. NVIDIA's chips have become a

   ...

4. Here's how not to leak military information with your Strava run

   A French officer recently leaked the location of an aircraft carrier because of a run on the sports app Strava. This is not the first time this has happened, as the app tracks location data.

   It was used to access the location of ...

5. Nintendo is reportedly making a Switch 2 with a user-replaceable battery for the EU

   Nintendo is reportedly preparing a new version of the Switch 2 with a user-replaceable battery, according toNikkei. This is to comply with a 2023 EU "right-to-repair" policy on portable electronics that ...

6. Netflix’s Assassin’s Creed is officially set in ancient Rome

   Netflix’s live-action Assassin’s Creed show has entered production and will officially be set in Rome in the year 64AD, confirming ...

7. Project Hail Mary could teach humanity a thing or two

   It's hard not to find the premise of Andy Weir's Project Hail Maryinstantly compelling: Something is slowly killing the sun and threatening life on Earth. That same mysterious force, dubbed the Astrophage, also destroyed every nearby star — except one. Our only hope is to visit that solar system and figure out what helped it survive. And there's just one middle school

   ...

8. Belkin Charging Case Pro for Switch 2 review: A more elegant solution

   Last year, Belkin released a couple of cases for the Nintendo Switch 2 just in time for launch, including ...

9. Amazon is reportedly working on a new phone built around Alexa

   Amazon is reportedly planning to re-enter the smartphone market more than 10 years after its last attempt. According to a ...

10. ByteDance is selling its Moonton game unit to Savvy Games for a cool $6 billion

    Following discussions first reported on earlier this year, ByteDance has agreed to sell its games unit Moonton to Savvy Games Group for $6 billion. Moonton is known for mobile titles popular in Asia like Mobile Legends: Bang Bang,

    ...