Universal's 'Cats' gets a digital effects update

Now available on your smart speaker and wherever you get your podcasts Apple Podcasts  |  Spotify  |  Google Play  |  iHeart Radio It's Monday, December 23, 2019. Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Ready for a winter break? After today, the newsletter will return on Friday morning while we recharge a bit. I’ll be spending some time with the family, binge-watching The Witcher and a Korean remake of Suits on Netflix while getting prepared for CES. One thing I won’t do is check out the updated theatrical version of Cats -- I get enough digital patches via Xbox One and PS4. When we return, we’ll be ready to step carefully into 2020, which should include some welcome updates for The Morning After (it’s the newsletter you’re reading right now, remember?). See you then, and thank you to everyone who has enjoyed these messages this year. -- Richard (View in browser.) More than expected. Pixel 4 gets improved Face Unlock and other surprise updates Now the Pixel 4 Feature Drop for December has arrived, owners have noticed a couple of new features Google neglected to mention in its blog post. While Face Unlock still doesn’t check to see if your eyes are open, it has been upgraded to get better at recognizing your face over time. Post update, the Pixel 4 also has dual-frequency GNSS for better location tracking and the ability to activate its eSIM on T-Mobile. Just in case you’re not done shopping. Engadget's 2019 holiday gift guide is here! After months of thinking, curating, photographing and more thinking, we've come up with a holiday gift guide that covers all the bases (and budgets), from laptops and mobile devices, to toys, to the smart home, to book and media recommendations (only on nerdy subjects, of course). All told, there are more than 150 items in our guide, spanning 13 categories, with advice from 25 of our writers and editors. You know, the people testing and reviewing this stuff all year long. Theaters can download a new version via satellite or wait for a delivery. 'Cats' is getting new special effects while it's still in theaters In a world full of constant software updates and day-one patches for blockbuster games, we probably should’ve expected movies would be next. According to a memo seen by The Hollywood Reporter, Universal is sending a new version of Cats to cinemas with “improved visual effects.” Apparently the rush to get it out on time meant first-week viewers caught a glimpse of some unfinished shots -- Judi Dench still had her human hands -- that will presumably never be seen again. Sponsored Content by Stack Commerce This HD home security camera is just $45 today (Almost) there and back again. Boeing Starliner is the first US-made crew capsule to land on the ground Boeing's spacecraft landed safely at New Mexico's White Sands Missile Range at 7:58AM Eastern, making it the first US-made, crew-ready capsule to touch down on solid ground. Previous capsules from the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs all landed in the sea. During a briefing, NASA and Boeing said they still expected a crewed flight in 2020, but that they wanted to review data before deciding the next course of action. Not TikTok, ToTok. Messaging app ToTok is reportedly a spying tool for the UAE Unnamed US officials speaking to the New York Times say that the chat app ToTok is believed to be a surveillance tool for the United Arab Emirates. According to a classified intelligence report, the UAE uses ToTok to follow users' conversations, track locations (under the guise of weather), determine social connections and look at media. Both Apple and Google have pulled the app from their stores. But wait, there's more... 1. Engadget Podcast: The tech that made 2019 2. After Math: That's not how this is supposed to work 3. NBC's Peacock streaming service might include live video 4. Ask Engadget: What apps can help with my New Year's resolutions? 5. Chrome beta helps you find offline-friendly files in web apps and prepares to end FTP support

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Motorola delays its new RAZR

Now available on your smart speaker and wherever you get your podcasts Apple Podcasts  |  Spotify  |  Google Play  |  iHeart Radio It's Saturday, December 21, 2019. Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Welcome to your weekend! I’m probably the only one with any holiday shopping left to do, so there’s no way this gift guide is still useful for anyone else, right? Either way, it’s right there if you need it. Sure the plan was to have everything in-hand before today, but things don’t always go according to plan -- just ask Motorola, Boeing and SpaceX. The newsletter will be an abbreviated schedule next week, but until then, you can check out some of last week’s highlights plus a few new stories from Friday. --Richard (View in browser.) Just in case you’re not done shopping. Engadget's 2019 holiday gift guide is here! After months of thinking, curating, photographing and more thinking, we've come up with a holiday gift guide that covers all the bases (and budgets), from laptops and mobile devices, to toys, to the smart home, to book and media recommendations (only on nerdy subjects, of course). All told, there are more than 150 items in our guide, spanning 13 categories, with advice from 25 of our writers and editors. You know, the people testing and reviewing this stuff all year long. RIP Daydream. Engadget Podcast: The tech that made 2019 This week, Devindra and Cherlynn tackle the best and worst tech of 2019. Among the winners: Wireless earbuds and premium ultraportables. As for the losers well.... There's a lot to cover. If anything, it seems like this year is a stepping stone towards some real innovation in 2020. Listen here, or subscribe on your podcast app of choice (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, RSS). Room for improvement. Boeing’s Starliner will not reach the ISS in its first test flight Boeing launched the Starliner capsule for its first uncrewed test flight on Friday morning. Unfortunately, things did go as planned. While the Starliner made it into orbit, it did not achieve the correct orbit. Still, according to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, had astronauts been onboard, they would have likely been able to correct the issue. Sponsored Content by Stack Commerce This cloud security training is under $50 now Lucid plans to get its cars on the market by the end of next year. EV maker Lucid Motors doesn’t want to be a ‘Tesla Killer’ The Lucid Air will be an electric sedan with a proposed range of 400 miles, but CEO Peter Rawlinson tells Engadget that his company is chasing “Mercedes, Audi and BMW.” Of course, he should know -- Rawlinson was the chief engineer for Tesla's Model S. You see, it’s just too popular. Motorola's foldable Razr delayed due to high demand On Friday Motorola announced that it's slightly delaying the phone's pre-order and launch timing due to “significant consumer demand.” Apparently, the company underestimated how many people would be interested in a $1,500 phone that combines midrange specs with that sweet foldable OLED screen. The pre-orders were due to start on December 26th, and when Motorola announces a new date, we’ll let you know what it is. But wait, there's more... 1. Walmart's Amazon attack plan could put 5G antennas, servers in stores 2. Redbox is selling off its video games at major discounts 3. Cadillac's 2021 Escalade will boast a 38-inch curved OLED screen 4. Stanford upgrades its driverless DeLorean for better drifting 5. 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' is made for fans, but fails them 6. NASA's X-59 supersonic jet is cleared for final assembly 7. Nawa's stylish e-motorbike uses an ultracapacitor to drastically boost range 8. Musk: Holiday Tesla update adds 'Stardew Valley,' self-driving preview 9. The best games on Apple Arcade 10. Hyundai will show off a flying car concept at CES 11. Former NASA engineer thwarts porch pirates again with 'Glitter Bomb 2.0'

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Is Your Health Data at Risk?

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