A coal plant burns in Cheswick, Pennsylvania.Photo: Jeff Swensen (Getty Images) Nearly all of the coal plants operating in the U.S. are now more expensive to keep online than it would be to build entirely new renewable energy facilities in their stead, according to a new analysis by Energy Innovation, an energy and policy firm. … Read more

A new app called Rewind wants to make it easier for music fans to explore the top songs of decades past. Hoping to cater to consumer demand for nostalgic music experiences, Rewind allows users to “time travel” through the music charts from 1960 through 2010 to learn about how older songs have influenced today’s hits. … Read more

Looking for a top-performing laptop for your business? It’s time to upgrade your device to the MSI Summit E13 Flip Evo laptop. This two-in-one laptop just got discounted by over 60%, saving you $900. That means you can pick it up for only $600. This business-oriented laptop features an Intel Core i5-1155G7 processor with a … Read more

It looks like Apple could have plans to launch a foldable iPad by 2024. According to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the rumoured device “will boost shipments and improve the product mix.” Beyond the fact that the tech giant’s first foldable will likely be an iPad, Kuo doesn’t offer more details on the device, including how … Read more

If you’ve been reading Engadget for a while, there’s a good chance your high school education involved using a scientific or graphing calculator during math class. Your old calculator might even be sitting in a desk drawer somewhere collecting dust. If you can’t find it, the Internet Archive’s is here to help (via ). With … Read more

A few days after bright green Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) makes its closest pass by Earth in 50,000 years, a bigger and stranger comet will buzz by the sun for an unusual encounter.  Most so-called “sun grazer” comets are about the size of a house and end up getting vaporized by their daredevil dive around … Read more

Bill and Frank at the piano in The Last of Us.Image: HBO Last night’s episode of The Last Of Us has genre TV fans everywhere buzzing, thanks in part to a certain vintage pop hit. And now, like another specific piece of music before it, the song is seeing a huge surge in popularity. Episode … Read more

I have wanted a robot pet at least since Sony introduced the original Aibo in 1999 – probably earlier, but Aibo made it seem tangible. Since the, there’s been a steady stream of attempts at making robot pets a reality that matches what we often see in futuristic science fiction – including a recent Aibo … Read more

Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. Cloud footprints are exploding, as is the volume of data stored within them.  And, due to its low cost, simplicity, reliability and flexibility (among other factors), the public cloud — or a hybrid or multicloud model incorporating it — is the option of … Read more

Image: LG LG, a leader in display technology, has announced new OLED gaming monitors under its LG UltraGear gaming monitor lineup.  The range now includes two OLED gaming monitors: the 45-inch LG UltraGear OLED curved gaming monitor and the 27-inch LG UltraGear OLED gaming monitor. The former features a stand that can be rotated counterclockwise, offering … Read more

In 1931, a Belgian cosmologist named Georges Lemaître shocked the astronomy world.  Perhaps, he reasoned in a provocative paper, our utterly massive cosmic expanse might’ve begun as a singular, teeny tiny point some 14 billion years ago. Yet, he continued, this point probably exploded, eventually stretching out into the ginormous realm we call the universe … Read more

Vrbo is in the midst of a football advertising blitz and plans to show off a pre-Super Bowl ad Feb. 12. To that end, the company is rolling out its party-detecting tech to catch unwanted bowl blowouts.Photo: Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire (AP) Vrbo is asking users to host any planned 2023 Super Bowl blowouts in their … Read more

Nothing’s next smartphone, the Phone 2, will be getting an official US release, the company’s CEO Carl Pei has confirmed in an interview with Inverse. Although the Phone 1’s transparent rear design and flashing light strips didn’t see a US release after the company chose to focus its attention on Europe and Asia, Nothing has … Read more

After eight months, Netflix’s Kids Mystery Box feature has officially rolled out to Android devices today. Android users worldwide can now discover new children’s shows and TV characters by clicking on the “Mystery Box” in the “Favorites Row” at the top of the Netflix homepage. The company today updated its previous announcement post from May, … Read more

There’s no arguing Apple’s Crash Detection can be helpful in many serious situations, but the feature has its drawbacks. That includes activating when emergency services aren’t needed, such as skiing. And now, it looks like the false positive has put a serious strain on at least one emergency response team. The fire department located in … Read more

A machine learning model is a mathematical representation of a set of rules that are learned from data. It is the output of the process of training a machine learning algorithm. The model is then used to make predictions or decisions based on new, unseen data. There Are Many Different Types of Machine Learning Models. … Read more

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Prisms VR has found a way to improve math literacy using virtual reality headsets for visualization. And now the company has raised $12.5 million in funding. Andreessen Horowitz led the round. Prisms launched in 2021 to bring problem-driven, … Read more

Getty Images/xia yuan A major barrier to entry in the music industry is production costs. Even once an artist collects the funds, finding a music producer and studio to meet their needs can be extremely challenging. What if you could just tell your computer to make the beat you envisioned for you at the touch … Read more

It’s no secret that all TVs aren’t created equal, especially when it comes to gaming. While any TV with an HDMI port will be compatible with a PS5, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S console, if your TV isn’t up to snuff, it may be unable to take advantage of these consoles’ best features.  The best 4K TVs these days are equipped with … Read more

In the battle between Na’vi and Sith, Na’vi has now triumphed.Image: Disney Too bad no one has seen Avatar: The Way of Water. If they had, maybe it would already be the highest-grossing movie of all time. As it stands though, the little movie that could just became merely the fourth highest-grossing movie of all-time, … Read more