On December 12, 2019, Lil Uzi Vert released a single titled “Futsal Shuffle.” The song, from his album Eternal Atake, currently has 22 million views on YouTube and sounds like a slowed-down Dance Dance Revolution track with a booming kick and ticking hi-hats. Two days later, the word “futsal” reached its highest point on Google…
The Morning After: Amazon’s accelerated one-day shipping
Goodbye doesn’t mean forever.The gadgets that refuse to dieAs Sonos most recently proved, your gadgets weren’t meant to live forever. Any Engadget editor will point out his or her drawer or cupboard (or wardrobe) filled with tech from yesteryear. Not every device is an iPhone or an Amazon Echo, and for things that didn’t quite…
This is the only big sports league still going
(CNN)As major sports leagues across the US and around the world cancel or postpone events, there is one league that’s still in play. The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) plans to hold its UFC Brasilia bout between Kevin Lee and Charles Oliveira Saturday in Brazil despite the ever-evolving updates on coronavirus. “I talked to the President…
Make the perfect play with these PlayStation 4 sports games
Featured favorite: Rocket League Why play soccer with people when you can do it with customized Battle-Cars? Face your friends in the arena through local multiplayer and online play that lets you also share games with people playing on PC. The impressive physics engine is easy to pick up while adding realism to the fantasy…
Outdoor Research MicroGravity Jacket Review: A Soft Hard-Shell
When it comes to outdoor expeditions, layering properly isn’t fashion—it’s a matter of life or death, or at least of avoiding extreme discomfort. Traditionally, you’d select an impermeable hard-shell jacket for rain or snow, while a breathable, insulated, but less water-resistant soft-shell is good for virtually any activity in other conditions.Because I live in the…
Adults in Arizona Are Trying to Stop Trans Girls from Playing School Sports
Chelsa Morrison’s daughter, Marilyn, was finally ready to go back to public school this year. Their family moved from Texas to Arizona in 2017, the same year Texas lawmakers introduced an anti-trans bill that would prevent girls like Marilyn, who is now 11, from using the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity in schools.…
Samsung’s Galaxy S20 lineup is first to get USB certification for new fast charging tech
Samsung’s Galaxy S20 device lineup has become the first to receive USB certification for their support of the Programmable Power Supply (PPS) and USB Power Delivery (USB PD) 3.0 standards, the USB Implementers Forum announced today. It means that the phones should have no problem working with third-party fast chargers, so long as they’re also…
FIA to set up coronavirus crisis cell to monitor implications for F1
Doubts remain over the staging of next month’s Vietnam Grand PrixMotorsport’s governing body, the FIA, has set up a “crisis cell” to monitor the implications of the coronavirus.On Friday, a race of the all-electric Formula E championship scheduled for Rome on 4 April became the latest sporting casualty of the outbreak.Formula 1 has so far…
Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board
Bill Gates, co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft, is stepping down from the board of the company. Gates previously served as CEO of Microsoft until 2000 when he stepped down from the position in order to spend more time on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2008, Gates left his full-time role at Microsoft…
Caster Semenya aims to compete at Tokyo 2020 in 200m
Caster Semenya won gold medals at the Olympic Games in London in 2012 and four years later in RioDouble Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya has said she wants to compete at the 200m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.The South African, 29, is not allowed to compete in events between 400m and a mile without taking…