@Nissan: Sakura wins Japan Automotive Hall of Fame Car of the Year000890

2022/11/08 YOKOHAMA, Japan – Nissan announces today that the Nissan Sakura won the Japan Automotive Hall of Fame (JAHFA) Car of the Year for 2022-2023. Sakura Three outstanding attributes of the Sakura were recognized for the prestigious award:1) Fully electric mini-vehicle that will contribute to the expansion of the EV market in Japan;2) Powerful performance… Continue reading @Nissan: Sakura wins Japan Automotive Hall of Fame Car of the Year000890

The Secret Ballot Is US Democracy’s Last Line of Defense

Though foreign Disinformation campaigns have targeted the 2022 United States midterm elections to a degree, most of the pressure on US voting infrastructure has come from inside the house. Violent domestic threats against election officials have soared around the country in the past couple of years, endangering workers and, increasingly, driving them from the profession… Continue reading The Secret Ballot Is US Democracy’s Last Line of Defense

IRS Seizes Another Silk Road Hacker’s $3.36 Billion Bitcoin Stash

According to an IRS-CI affidavit detailing Zhong’s theft of the 50,000-plus bitcoins from the Silk Road, he appears to have found a vulnerability in that dark-web market that in 2012 allowed him to somehow pull more coins out of accounts he created there than he had deposited. The affidavit describes how he registered a succession… Continue reading IRS Seizes Another Silk Road Hacker’s $3.36 Billion Bitcoin Stash

Toxic ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II’ players will be muted in voice and text chat

Play just about any big competitive online game for long enough and you’ll surely run into some toxic players who say offensive things in voice or text chat. Activision is doing a bit more to take on those jerks with more in-depth moderation tools in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Call of Duty… Continue reading Toxic ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II’ players will be muted in voice and text chat

A Gears of War live action movie and animated series are coming to Netflix

Netflix’s growing stable of video game adaptations now includes one of the Xbox’s best-known franchises. The streaming service is teaming with series developer The Coalition to produce a live action Gears of War movie. There are no details for the cast, plot or release date, but Netflix is teasing an adult animated show and the… Continue reading A Gears of War live action movie and animated series are coming to Netflix

Razer’s Blade 15 laptop is $250 off right now

All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. All prices are correct at the time of publishing. Razer’s 2022 base model Blade 15 gaming laptop… Continue reading Razer’s Blade 15 laptop is $250 off right now

YouTube’s TikTok-like Shorts now play properly on your TV

YouTube’s attempt to mimic TikTok now extends to the living room. The company’s vertical Shorts videos now have native support on TVs, with a player that makes better use of all that normally wasted horizontal space. It still feels like utter overkill to watch these mobile-oriented clips on the big screen (unless you have Samsung’s… Continue reading YouTube’s TikTok-like Shorts now play properly on your TV

‘Metal Gear Solid 2’ mod adds a third-person camera to Hideo Kojima’s masterpiece

Twenty years ago this month, Konami released Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance, an expanded reissue of MGS2: Sons of Liberty. If you’ve been looking for an excuse to revisit one of the most important games of the 21st century, now is the perfect time. Over the weekend, modder oct0xor released The Substance of Subsistence, a… Continue reading ‘Metal Gear Solid 2’ mod adds a third-person camera to Hideo Kojima’s masterpiece

New 2024 Maserati Quattroporte to launch as EV-only grand tourer

The all-new Maserati Quattroporte will arrive in 2024, becoming the only saloon sold by the brand within a streamlined line-up.  Adopting Maserati’s Folgore suffix (Italian for ‘lightning’), it will return as a zero-emissions four-door grand tourer, sitting between the Levante SUV – which will also go electric-only for its second generation in 2025 – and… Continue reading New 2024 Maserati Quattroporte to launch as EV-only grand tourer

Porsche 99X fights for 2023 Formula E title with huge upgrades

Porsche has lifted the covers on its latest Formula E challenger, the 99X Electric Gen3. The third-generation Formula E racer, to be driven by António Félix da Costa and Pascal Wehrlein, is significantly upgraded compared with its predecessor, the 99X Electric Gen2. The Porsche-developed powertrain has been uprated from 250kW (335bhp) in the Gen2 car to… Continue reading Porsche 99X fights for 2023 Formula E title with huge upgrades