14 Gift Ideas for the Home Chef (2022): Vitamix, Cookbooks, and More

The cooking fire was once the center of the home. The modern stove has mostly removed fire from the equation, and architectural trends have shunted the hearth off to the side of the den, but the kitchen is still usually where the heart is. It’s where you make holiday meals. It’s where the kids lurk… Continue reading 14 Gift Ideas for the Home Chef (2022): Vitamix, Cookbooks, and More

Peloton, Oura and other fitness apps roll out support for Google’s Health Connect platform

Back at I/O in May, Google announced Health Connect, a platform it worked on with Samsung to enable health and fitness apps to share data more easily with each other while maintaining privacy measures. That initiative is taking another step forward today, as the Health Connect app has moved out of early access and into… Continue reading Peloton, Oura and other fitness apps roll out support for Google’s Health Connect platform

Waymo is using its self-driving taxis to create real-time weather maps

Self-driving cars frequently have trouble with poor weather, but Waymo thinks it can overcome these limitations by using its autonomous taxis as weather gauges. The company has revealed that its latest car sensor arrays are creating real-time weather maps to improve ride hailing services in Phoenix and San Francisco. The vehicles measure the raindrops on… Continue reading Waymo is using its self-driving taxis to create real-time weather maps

Hulu with Live TV adds 14 new channels ahead of next month’s price increase

Hulu is adding 14 new channels to its Live TV offering, the Disney-owned streaming service announced on Monday. Five of the additions – the Weather Channel, Comedy.TV, Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and Hallmark Drama – are already available to watch, with the remaining nine (most of them Vevo music channels) joining the service… Continue reading Hulu with Live TV adds 14 new channels ahead of next month’s price increase

Introducing Engadget’s 2022 holiday gift guide!

Even if you live for the holiday season, the shopping portion of it can be daunting for us all. Maybe you made a resolution last year to be better prepared this time around, but it’s easy to get sidetracked by all the other demands of everyday life. Holiday sales may have already begun, but if… Continue reading Introducing Engadget’s 2022 holiday gift guide!

Amazon’s Fire TV Stick Lite drops to $15 in latest streamer sale

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. Amazon has rolled out another round of discounts… Continue reading Amazon’s Fire TV Stick Lite drops to $15 in latest streamer sale

Bird tells SEC it overstated revenue for two years

Micromobility company Bird said Monday it had overstated its revenue for more than two years by recognizing unpaid customer rides. Bird’s audit committee found on Friday that the company’s financial reports spanning the first quarter of 2020 through the second quarter of 2022 “should no longer be relied upon,” according to a U.S. Securities and… Continue reading Bird tells SEC it overstated revenue for two years

NASA says Artemis SLS Moon rocket is good to go for next launch attempt

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B, Friday, November 11, 2022 Image: NASA NASA’s Artemis 1 mission management team have given the all clear for the giant Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft to proceed with the next launch attempt… Continue reading NASA says Artemis SLS Moon rocket is good to go for next launch attempt

Waymo’s robotaxis are basically mobile weather stations now

/ Autonomous vehicles are notoriously bad at operating in inclement weather, so the Alphabet company developed a new metric to generate better estimates about conditions in foggy San Francisco. Autonomous vehicles have difficulty navigating bad weather. Heavy rain, snow, and fog can do a lot to scramble an AV’s perception systems, which largely rely on… Continue reading Waymo’s robotaxis are basically mobile weather stations now

DFC invests $9m in EV startup Yulu and India deals worth $104mYulu last raised $82m in a Series B round led by Magna International in September.

Shared electric mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) startup Yulu has secured a loan worth $9 million (Rs 73 crore) from the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), it announced on Monday. The funds will help Yulu move closer to its vision of enabling green last-mile mobility for people movement and goods deliveries, it said in a statement. Go… Continue reading DFC invests $9m in EV startup Yulu and India deals worth $104mYulu last raised $82m in a Series B round led by Magna International in September.