7 stories you shouldn't miss

US carriers exchange replacement Note 7s after airplane incident (updated) A replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 started smoking and burned through the carpet on board a Southwest flight this week. [Read more...] The Pixel's release doesn't mean your Nexus is completely toast Google unveiled its fancy new Pixel phone during a press event on Tuesday. If you haven't seen it yet, it's an impressive handset, with VR capabilities, a fast-charging battery, supposedly the best-ever phone camera, a super-smart AI assistant and Android 7.1. [Read more...] The 'Final Fantasy XV' soundtrack was a decade in the making What were you doing 10 years ago? Try to think back. Maybe you had a different job or lived in another apartment. [Read more...] New York will use facial recognition to catch terrorists New York governor Andrew Cuomo wants to give the state's bridges and tunnels a high-tech makeover, starting with the installation of cameras, sensors and facial recognition equipment. [Read more...] Samsung's quarterly earnings weren't affected by the Note 7 recall Samsung might spend as much as $1.8 billion recalling and replacing 2.5 million Galaxy Note 7s, but it still expects a 5.6 percent operating profit growth for the third quarter. [Read more...] Oculus' prototype headset points to VR's wireless future Tucked away inside the dark hallways of the San Jose Convention Center is a meeting room with signs that read "No photos" and "No food or drink." I shook the hands of the Oculus spokespeople who were there to greet me and proceeded to try to get in the door. [Read more...] Rockband VR is a completely different kind of guitar game When Oculus first teased Rockband for virtual reality, it sounded like kind of a stupid idea. [Read more...] Copyright © 2016 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Engadget 410 Townsend St., Suite 450 San Francisco, CA 94107 Follow Engadget You are receiving this email because you opted in at engadget.com. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe from this newsletter.

7 stories you shouldn't miss

LinkedIn can quietly tell headhunters you want a new job Let's say you're not happy with the way you've been treated at work, but your objections have fallen on deaf ears. [Read more...] Sony's RX100 V can shoot RAW photos at a crazy 24 fps Sony only had the Alpha A99 II camera to show at the Photokina 2016 event because of problems caused by the Kumamoto earthquake. [Read more...] Humans can only live to 115, researchers claim Research out of New York's Albert Einstein College of Medicine believes that the goal of living forever is an impossible one. [Read more...] SPONSORED CONTENT Last chance: Enter to win a new iPhone 7 Apple's latest iPhone is here, and we're giving one away to one lucky reader. Want one? Enter for a chance to win. Rimac's electric bike can go 150 miles on a single charge Rimac has revealed a new electric bicycle that is just as impressive as its LaFerrari-killing, million-dollar Concept One supercar, in its own way. [Read more...] NYT: Yahoo reworked its malware scanner for email surveillance Following a Reuters report that in 2015 Yahoo scanned customer emails for US surveillance, the New York Times has followed up with details from anonymous sources of its own. [Read more...] Stanford simulator predicts brain swelling to guide surgeons Surgeons have been cutting out parts of the skulls of patients suffering from brain trauma for a very long time. [Read more...] 'Pokémon Go' will add catch bonuses to make the grind worthwhile As Niantic Labs keeps tweaking things to hold onto its Pokémon Go player base, it has revealed another new feature coming to the augmented reality game. [Read more...] Copyright © 2016 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Engadget 410 Townsend St., Suite 450 San Francisco, CA 94107 Follow Engadget You are receiving this email because you opted in at engadget.com. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe from this newsletter.