The Morning After: Car, quadcopter or both?

It's Thursday, March 09, 2017. Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. After a week, the Nintendo Switch has made an impression on our editors, but is it a good one? It’s also time for a big PS4 update, and there’s a concept flying car that’s so ridiculous it might just work. It’s a group thing The Nintendo Switch: One week in You’ve heard our impressions of the Switch after 48 hours, with time for a full review, and now Engadget editors sound off on their first week experiences. Mat Smith is happy with one good game as long as that game is Zelda, Kris Naudus has more questions than answers and Tim Seppala is enjoying its social aspects.  Sasuke’s coming The PS4 update with Boost Mode and external storage support arrives today  PlayStation 4 owners are getting several long-awaited features in the new 4.50 update that launched earlier today. Dubbed “Sasuke,” its biggest feature is support for external hard drives, making PS4 the only current gen console where you can easily choose between swapping out the internal unit or plugging an extra drive via USB. It also adds 3D Blu-ray support in the PS VR headset, and for PS4 Pro owners, Boost Mode brings framerate and load time enhancements for otherwise unoptimized games. It can’t get smaller than this IBM built an atomic storage device You’re probably impressed by your 32GB USB stick, but IBM’s latest storage advancement blows that away. Researchers have managed to store a bit of information on a single holmium atom. Traditional hard drive tech needs 100,000 atoms to store a single bit of information. But you can’t get a text back Tinder Select caters to the beautiful and/or wealthy elite You might have a Tinder account, but are you on Tinder Select? TechCrunch cited an anonymous source revealing this invite-only upper room of the dating app for “celebrities and people who do really well on Tinder.” Why not both? Airbus’ ‘Pop.Up‘ concept turns a car into a quadcopter The problem with any “flying car” is that usually you only need one part or the other. This Airbus concept vehicle solves that problem with a modular design that can swap its passenger capsule to match with four wheels or four rotors. It’s also fully autonomous, so just tell the Pop.Up where you’re going, and it will select the appropriate accessory. SPACE TRUCKING ‘No Man’s Sky’ update adds a lot more than just ground vehicles After what many felt was a disappointing launch, Hello Games has produced a big feature update for No Man’s Sky. The Pathfinder Update brings sweet planet-exploring buggies, new ships, a Permadeath mode and the ability to share your custom-created bases online. If you have a PS4 Pro, it’s even ready for 4K and HDR -- if you’ll give the game another chance. But wait, there's more... 1. 'Middle-earth: Shadow of War' pushes at the limited boundaries laid out by 'Shadow of Mordor' 2. Tesla's new solar energy station will power Hawaii at night 3. The Big Picture: The world's largest solar farm, from space 4. Snapchat screws up its 'tribute' filters again 5. Computer Love: Hands-on with Trak's at-home sperm analysis kit The Morning After is a new daily newsletter from Engadget designed to help you fight off FOMO. Who knows what you'll miss if you don't subscribe. Craving even more? Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After? Send us a note. Copyright © 2016 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: AOL 770 Broadway #4 New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you opted in at engadget.com. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe from this newsletter.

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The Morning After: The CIA Wikileaks and Amazon Alexa snitching

It's Wednesday, March 08, 2017. Good morning! Wikileaks is at it again, this time going after the CIA. Flickr has learned a new trick, offering a Google Photos-like “similarity search” and we know the name of Star Trek’s next captain. But first things first -- make sure you've entered our contest to win a Marantz SR7011 9.2 channel receiver, courtesy of Auro Technologies. We'll wait. Here we go again Wikileaks ‘Vault 7’ claims to reveal the CIA’s hacking toolkit Wikileaks has posted a cache of information that it says unmasks the Central Intelligence Agency’s “entire hacking capacity.” While there’s room for skepticism and many have noted what isn’t in there (like any confirmation the government has cracked the encryption on WhatsApp or Signal), there’s still a lot to digest. The documents claim the CIA instead is focused on compromising a target’s device to nab information before its encrypted by an app, and even has USB-delivered malware capable of turning a Samsung smart TV into a listening device. Issa tube Hyperloop One offers a glimpse at its Nevada test site So how do you test the future of transportation? If you’re Hyperloop One, you build a 1,640ft-long “DevLoop” in the Nevada desert. While its window to start testing is now just the first half of this year, even a picture of an empty tube is better than yet another pie-in-the-sky concept image. Meet New Glenn Blue Origin previews its next reusable rocket Jeff Bezos’ rocket company has a new vehicle on the way. While Blue Origin showed off New Glenn’s capabilities with a slick animation, it also announced a deal with Eutelsat to launch a satellite in the 2021-2022 timeframe. Does this count as snitching? Amazon hands over Alexa data for use in murder investigation Recently, police asked Amazon for data from an Echo speaker, looking for evidence to use in a murder investigation. The company initially refused, citing protections including the First Amendment, but now it’s going to cooperate. That’s because the device’s owner, James Bates has given the OK, claiming he is innocent of all charges in the death of a man found in his hot tub.  But wait, there's more... 1. Nintendo wins a key case against a 3DS modchip seller 2. Now Flickr has a neural network-powered 'similarity search' option 3. Tech companies and game devs are gearing up for AR 4. 'Star Trek: Discovery' will have Jason Isaacs as its captain The Morning After is a new daily newsletter from Engadget designed to help you fight off FOMO. Who knows what you'll miss if you don't subscribe. Craving even more? Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After? Send us a note. Copyright © 2016 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: AOL 770 Broadway #4 New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you opted in at engadget.com. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe from this newsletter.