Earlier in this Playdate season, I commented in a review that I “love a game that pisses me off a little.” Well, I may have shot myself in the foot with that one. Week four of Playdate Season Two brings us not one game that got my blood boiling, but two. CatchaDiablos is a roguelike
The Nintendo Switch 2 has been all the rage around the Engadget HQ for the last few weeks. Even the editors who didn’t write the official review have had their hands glued to their new toys. Of course, we’ve been testing other things too, mainly a repairable laptop that’s design for student use. Read on
We now know that the 2025 edition of Amazon’s blockbuster Prime Day sales event will start on July 8, and it’s set to be bigger than ever as it will run for four days. But you don’t need to wait until then for tasty deals. There will be plenty in the lead up to the
There are a few undeniable truths in this world: the sky is blue, Mario Kart is always a good idea and Sony’s 1000X line of headphones is amazing. The latter was proved true once again when Sony released the WH-1000XM6 edition of its wireless noise canceling headphones in May. The only downside is its price,
Summer is finally here — at least for those of us north of the equator — and you might be planning to spend more time outdoors. Thanks to a swathe of great handheld devices, it’s never been easier to play some fantastic indie games wherever you might be, so you can soak up the sun
New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) have settled on new minimum-wage rules for rideshare drivers, Bloomberg reports. Drivers will receive a five percent raise under the new proposal, a compromise to keep Uber and Lyft from locking drivers out of their apps. The proposal needs to be voted on by the TLC’s board
Protecting your phone against online attacks is vital, but the same measures won’t hold up when your phone is stolen. If you want to really protect your phone, it’s time you start locking it down against theft just as much as you protect it against hacks and scams. 1 Enable Theft Protection Features The first
I’m a big fan of Apple and its software. I have an iPhone and a MacBook, and use Apple’s huge range of excellent apps because, let’s face it, why wouldn’t you? But there is one issue among Apple’s fantastic hardware and software: Safari. 1 Extensions Not Working as They Should Perhaps my biggest gripe with
Streaming just passed a major milestone: in May 2025, it officially overtook cable and broadcast combined. It’s the kind of moment that should feel like a victory lap for cord-cutters. And yet, as someone who ditched cable years ago, I’ve started feeling something I didn’t expect—I kind of miss it. Streaming Has Officially Overtaken Cable
Remedy has shared its plans to improve FBC: Firebreak, the new multiplayer Control spinoff, following a string of less-than-stellar reviews that criticized the game’s rough early hours. FBC: Firebreak was announced in October 2024 as the first online multiplayer game from Remedy, and another pitstop on the way to an eventual Control 2. The full