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You don't have to wait for food delivery drones... if you live in the right part of China. Alibaba's online meal giant Ele.me has been cleared to use drones for delivering orders in Shanghai's Jinshan Industrial Park. The initiative won't deliver dir... from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2xvkniw via IFTTT

The next high-tech push from the NBA uses augmented reality to put you behind the scenes of the post-season. Simply open the NBA AR app (on either Android or iOS), place the AR target and walk through a "door" to experience the 360 Portals feature's... from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2skKeF0 via IFTTT

The Trump adminstration's ever-growing trade fight with China is about to have a significant impact on Chinese students traveling abroad. After the State Department confirmed that it would shorten the length of some Chinese citizens' visas, the AP h... from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2kBvPzN via IFTTT

For better or worse, Google Assistant can do it all. From mundane tasks like turning on your lights and setting reminders to convincingly mimicking human speech patterns, the AI helper is so capable it's scary. Its latest (unofficial) ability, though... from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2La1ROR via IFTTT

You no longer need an Android phone to try Google's take on augmented reality drawing. The tech giant has released an iOS version of Just a Line that brings the same three-dimensional doodling to the iPhone crowd. It's largely the same app you saw in... from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2kCBwNS via IFTTT

Apple Music has been on its way to overtake Spotify in terms of subscriber base for a while now. The service got a new boss, Oliver Schusser, this past April, as well. Now, Schusser's first major initiative appears to be the launch of Apple's own mus... from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2kFayWh via IFTTT

Audi has a novel way to reduce drag and maximize the range of its electric e-tron SUV: it plans to offer an option to nix side mirrors. Instead, the car can use cameras, and display images from them on OLED screens between the instrument panel and th... from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2IZO38R via IFTTT

Earlier this month, Consumer Reports chose not to recommend Tesla's Model 3 due to a handful of factors, though most notably because of a long 60-to-0MPH braking distance. While Tesla claimed the car could come to a stop in 133 feet, Consumer Reports... from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2xuLeve via IFTTT

Sega can't resist Sonic the Hedgehog-themed racing games, but this time it's adding a twist that might have a meaningful impact on gameplay. It's offering a sneak peek at Team Sonic Racing, which introduces (surprise!) a team dynamic to the familiar... from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2L4fKxV via IFTTT

The first episode of NBC's Reverie opens with a bang, as a man leads a woman through a stunning library with a crystal chandelier, discussing a "quiet night in." They're both dressed to the nines, so it's clear what's about to happen is anything but.... from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2sstVFr via IFTTT

Last year, Google announced that it was working on bringing AR to its Expeditions platform and since then, it has been testing AR expeditions with around one million students. Today, the company has made those AR tours available to everyone, adding a... from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2H2YNlf via IFTTT

Google is acting on its promise to banish more passwords. It just released Chrome 67 for the desktop, bringing the Web Authentication standard to what's arguably the most popular browser. As with Firefox, the technology allows password-free sign-in... from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2ITib9Q via IFTTT

I loved the idea of Pokémon Go when it launched in the summer of 2016. Like so many others, though, I eventually deleted the app due to numerous bugs and the toll it was taking on my smartphone's battery. If you fall into the same camp, but st... from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2H4U425 via IFTTT

Valve has removed Active Shooter from its Steam platform. The game allowed players to play through school shooting scenarios either as a civilian, the shooter or the police. As The Guardian reports, the game apparently started as a SWAT team simulato... from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2L3ulJO via IFTTT

There are plenty of connected cameras to record the goings-on in your home or office. But few offer as much value as the $20 WyzeCam. It packs a surprising amount of functionality into a tiny stationary frame. But for those who need more coverage fro... from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2xumXp6 via IFTTT

For the past couple of years now, Oculus and parent-company Facebook have been really pushing the concept of social VR. Oculus debuted Parties, a built-in voice chat app, and Rooms, a virtual hangout space, back in 2016, while Facebook launched its o... from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2H2VmLk via IFTTT

It wasn't too long ago that Google announced a slew of new features coming to its various products, from the terrifyingly realistic Duplex phone-calling Assistant to the tantalizingly useful camera-based navigation for Maps. These new tools are start... from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2sp2Bru via IFTTT

This is a preview of a research report from Business Insider Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service. To learn more about Business Insider Intelligence, click here . The Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming how companies and consumers go about their days around the world. The technology that underlies this whole segment is evolving quickly, whether it’s the rapid rise of the Amazon Echo and voice assistants upending the consumer space, or growth of AI-powered analytics platforms for the enterprise market. And Business Insider Intelligence is keeping its finger on the pulse of this ongoing revolution by conducting our second annual Global IoT Executive Survey, which provides us with critical insights on new developments within the IoT and explains how top-level perspectives are changing year-to-year. Our survey includes more than 400 responses from key executives around the world, including C-suite and director-level respondents. Through this exclusive study

Nuseir Yassin, better known by Nas Daily, quit his cushy New York tech job in 2016 to travel the world full-time. Nas has committed to documenting every day of his life for 1,000 days. Two years into his project, Yassin's one-minute Facebook videos now garner millions of views. Yassin sat down with Business Insider to talk about his humble beginnings, his path to success, and his plans for after day 1,000. Nuseir Yassin didn't intend to become one of Facebook's most successful vloggers. Growing up in Arraba, a small agricultural city in northern Israel, Yassin, an Israeli-Palestinian, came from a modest middle-class family. Yassin is the middle child of four; his mother, a teacher, and his father, a psychologist, valued education and hard work. In many of his videos, Yassin confesses he was shy and socially awkward as a kid. The first glimpse of his future as a global citizen came at age 19. Limited by his prospects in Israel, he set his sights on Ivy League col

  The pay-TV sector is fraught with danger for traditional cable companies, or at least that's how AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson described the situation at the Code conference on Wednesday.  It's true that YouTube TV,  Netflix and other internet players are starting to cut into their market share but is that enough of a reason for the government to okay AT&T's proposed merger with Time Warner? Some analysts believe that it might be harder for AT&T, Comcast and the other cable guys to compete against the Internet players than they realize.  Poor AT&T . The way CEO Randall Stephenson describes the competitive environment in the pay-TV sector, one might think his company, the world's largest telecommunications company, is an underdog. On stage at the Code Conference at Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. on Wednesday, Stephenson bemoaned the massive forces lined up against his company — as well as against   Comcast , and Verizon — as omnipotent internet pl