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This phone starts fires on purpose
Until now, most mobile phone companies have worked to ensure their phones won't start fires. (Occasional Samsung devices excepted, of course.) But this week at Mobile World Congress, we found a...
Engadget Podcast: Is the MacBook Neo the one?
It's been a wild week for Apple. After announcing a slew of new hardware, the company capped things off with its cheapest laptop ever: the $599 MacBook Neo. It's low on specs, but high on...
Marathon is in a sprint
Marathon is weird as hell - and I mean that in the best possible way. The latest game from Destiny studio Bungie mixes the slick gunplay the developer is known for with a dark, and frankly bizarre,...
The real reason all of your eggs still aren’t cage-free
Almost half of America’s eggs now come from cage-free farms. Animal advocates say it would be closer to 100 percent if it weren’t for the grocery sector, which has been slow to transition to a...
Dell XPS 14 (2026) review: A beautiful laptop that excels at almost everything… except typing
There is so much to love about Dell's new XPS 14, it's hard for me to discuss it without sounding like a total fanboy. Its new design makes it incredibly thin and light. And Intel's...
How to feel okay about your body in the age of Ozempic
Between incessant weight loss ads and celebrities getting smaller, living comfortably in your body right now can feel like a huge challenge. | Ekaterina Bedoeva/Getty Images Navigating the world...
Entain warns higher UK gambling taxes risk boosting illegal betting market amid £681M Q4 loss
Ladbrokes’ parent company, Entain, says a sharp rise in UK gambling taxes has already taken a heavy financial toll and could ultimately strengthen unregulated betting markets. The FTSE-100...
The Morning After: Apple takes on cheap Windows laptops and Chromebooks with the $599 MacBook Neo
Right off the back of the iPhone 17e, new iPads and MacBook Airs, Apple also announced a keenly priced new laptop. The MacBook Neo is a multi-colored low-cost Mac ($599), running on an iPhone...
The false promise of energy independence
An oil facility off the coast of Iran, the world’s fifth-largest oil producer. | Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images The United States has been chasing the rhetorical goal of energy independence — the...
Meet your new phone away from phone
BlackBerries are so back. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Unihertz's booth at MWC was a little out of the way, but those who did find it all seemed to want to pick up the Titan Elite 2. Sure,...