The Morning After: Faster rockets, and the quiet end of Apple Watch stores

It's Monday, April 23, 2018. Hey, good morning! Welcome to the new week! Amazon, Netflix and others are taking on another subscription service over piracy, the next Doom movie will probably be on one of those (legal) services and we touch on some of the more interesting projects we saw at Tribeca Film Festival.   We're upgrading Engadget's daily newsletter and want to hear from you.Tell us exactly what you think by emailing us atthemorningafter(at)engadget.com. SET TV allegedly asks you to pay for bootlegged material. Amazon, Netflix and studios sue subscription service over piracy Amazon, Netflix and multiple Hollywood studios have sued SET Broadcast over allegations its SET TV service is used expressly for piracy. While there’s a dedicated set-top box, the centerpiece is a $20-per-month subscription service offering access to over 500 live TV channels and "thousands" of on-demand shows, including Netflix shows and movies still officially limited to theaters. As you might guess, the media giants argue SET TV is focused "overwhelmingly, if not exclusively" on pirated material. Finally, customize your console without damaging it. It's now safe to skin your Nintendo Switch When Nintendo’s latest console debuted, many users realized that third-party vinyl wraps and other decals were damaging their precious Switch. Console customization waits for no-one, however. Dbrand has launched Switch skins it promises are "100% safe" for the system's plastic housing. The company said it spent a year working with 3M to create a "unique" adhesive that won't wreck the design.   DARPA is challenging companies to speed up rocket missions. US military hopes to launch rockets in 'days, not years' Getting a rocket into space takes time: It can take months or years to schedule and prepare for a mission. That was fine when launching any rocket was a special occasion, but DARPA thinks the industry can do better. The military research agency recently kicked off a Launch Challenge to encourage companies to cut launch timetables to "days, not years." Teams will have to develop systems that can launch two low Earth orbit rockets at different sites within days of each other, and with little advance notice.    But wait, there's more... 1. The best projector for a home theater 2. The next 'Doom' movie won't play in theaters 3. VR project 'This is Climate Change,' means you can't look away from the destruction 4. Apple will shutter its last Watch-exclusive store in May 5. Smart glasses could stream video without killing your battery 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.

The Morning After: Bad news for MoviePass and Silicon Valley's scooter scourge

It's Saturday, April 21, 2018. Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Welcome to the weekend. We have some news about Flickr’s future plus a bundle of 4/20 stories from Friday. We're upgrading Engadget's daily newsletter and want to hear from you. Tell us exactly what you think by emailing us atthemorningafter(at)engadget.com. This headline would’ve been shocking in 2008. SmugMug bought Flickr Yahoo bought Flickr and developed it into a leading photosharing site throughout the mid-to-late 2000s. But then Instagram happened and Flickr never really turned things around. Now a former competitor has bought Flickr from (Engadget parent company and Yahoo’s now-owner) Verizon. SmugMug CEO Don MacAskill didn’t reveal how much his company spent on the site or what its plans are exactly, but he did say that its free and paid plans will stick around. Hopefully, you celebrated like a responsible adult. 4/20 Whether you prefer to smoke, vape or dab your cannabis -- at home or on the go -- these days you've got plenty of options. Our recommendations here aren’t the only ways for you to get lifted legally, just some of the best. We know a patch that could take care of. Scientists accidentally produce an enzyme that devours plastic Researchers studying a newly discovered bacterium found that, with a few tweaks, the bug can be turned into a mutant enzyme that starts eating plastic in a matter of days, compared to the centuries it takes for plastic to break down in the ocean. Adjust your expectations. Audi's e-tron SUV drives a modest 248 miles per charge Audi has revealed that the production version of the e-tron prototype has an estimated range of 248.5 miles on the WLTP driving cycle thanks to its 95kWh battery. That's still very usable for around-the-city driving, but it's only slightly more than the 238 miles of a Chevy Bolt (although that was tested on an EPA cycle). But there’s good news -- this SUV will be one of the first cars to support 150kW charging, which is enough to get you rolling again in about 30 minutes. A Verizon spokesperson called it “a difference of opinion.” AT&T, Verizon and GSMA are being investigated over eSIM On Friday, news leaked that the Department of Justice is investigating wireless carriers (namely AT&T and Verizon) and the GSM Association for possible collusion. At issue is the carriers’ attempt to make sure they can lock new embedded SIM (eSIM) devices for use only on their network. Despite years of development, carriers dragging their heels has resulted in a limited rollout for eSIM tech, seen in wearables like the Apple Watch and Samsung Gear, as well as new iPads, the Pixel 2 and Microsoft’s Surface. A live window into immune cell function. Advanced microscope shows cells at work in incredible 3D detail Using a special microscope and new lighting techniques, a team from Harvard and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute captured zebrafish immune cell interactions with unheard-of 3D detail and resolution.  Do you want a phone but not the ability to access the internet? Samsung's newest phone can't connect to the internet For the person who wants a smartphone without most of the benefits. Someone’s been too busy playing with flamethrowers. Bad Password - Tesla: Workplace safety, unions and the color yellow Tesla's war on journalism is at odds with the media's love affair with the company's boyish billionaire founder and CEO Elon Musk. But wait, there's more... 1. AT&T switches on its pseudo-5G in over 100 locations 2. Pornhub hasn't been actively enforcing its deepfake ban 3. AT&T CEO reveals a $15 streaming TV package is coming soon 4. Google will plug 'Chat' into Android to compete with iMessage 5. Ohio's Ashland University offers the first 'Fortnite' eSports scholarship 6. Ray tracing explained: The future of hyper-realistic graphics 7. 'Mass Effect' forced BioWare to reevaluate how it makes games (and what that means for 'Anthem') 8. Our democracy is broken. Why can't technology fix it? 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.

Editor's Pick: Federal Programs to Spur Private Sector IT Engagement

Federal Programs to Spur Private Sector IT Engagement

John K. Higgins Apr 20, 2018 5:00 AM PT
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