| | Making Mozart in the Jungle free to watch this weekend isn't the only way Amazon is celebrating those Golden Globe wins. | | | | In the grab bag of Google/Alphabet's big projects for 2016 is Project Abacus. It's basically the company's plot to kill the password in cold blood, by replacing it with smartphone user authentication via an uncrackable collection of biometric readings. Abacus would lock or unlock devices and apps based on a cumulative "trust score" -- as your phone continually monitors and recognizes your location patterns, voice and speech patterns, how you walk and type, and your face (among other things). Like many things Google, it sounds miraculous. | | | | When you think of DIY action footage these days, GoPro is probably the first company that comes to mind. | | | | The next Oscars ceremony looks to be an exciting one for geeks, with some of 2015's best sci-fi films nominated for major categories. | | | | Good news, Apple TV owners: Engadget now has an official app! You'll be able to watch all of our shows, reviews and other video goodies from the comfort of your couch. | | | | The New York Post believes that Apple could target Time Warner, the parent company of Warner Bros. | | | | Rob Lloyd, the recently minted CEO of Hyperloop Technologies, believes that his firm will have a fully working test loop ready for the end of the year. | | | | She lay back on a tan leather chaise lounge in a luxury suite in a Las Vegas hotel, a VR headset covering her eyes, surrounded by strangers and coworkers. | | | | Happy birthday, Pikachu! And Bulbasaur, and Charmander, and Squirtle, and Growlithe, and ... | | | | Perhaps the only way John McAfee could surprise us again is by doing something as pedestrian as joining another tech company. | | | | | | Copyright © 2014 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Engadget 410 Townsend St., Suite 450 San Francisco, CA 94107 | | | | |
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