How Easter Island’s giant statues “walked” to their final platforms

Workers with ropes could make the moai "walk" in zig-zag motion along roads tailor-made for the purpose. [...]

3D model shows small clans created Easter Island statues

Study: Moai were created by small, decentralized working groups, not managed by one central "chieftain." [...]

Engadget Podcast: iPhone 16e review and Amazon's AI-powered Alexa+

The keyword for the iPhone 16e seems to be "compromise." In this episode, Devindra chats with Cherlynn about her iPhone 16e review and try to figure out who this phone is actually for. Also, [...]

Trump labor board tells Amazon to negotiate with Staten Island warehouse union

The Trump administration's labor board has ordered Amazon to recognize and bargain with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union, which represents workers at a warehouse in Staten Island. [...]

Dead Island 3 is in development and will reportedly come out in 2028

The zombie-decapitating sim Dead Island 3 is still being developed, according to financial documents from Dambuster Studios that were published on X and reported on by Video Games Chronicle. These doc [...]

Engadget Podcast: We've survived two days of CES 2025

In this bonus episode, Cherlynn and Devindra discuss the latest innovations in robot vacuums, new AI PC hardware from AMD and Intel, and Dell's decision to nuke its PC brands in favor of Apple-es [...]

OpenAI reportedly walked away from Apple to focus on building its own AI hardware instead

Apple is betting billions on Google to power Siri's AI future, and OpenAI says it walked away from the deal on purpose.<br /> The article OpenAI reportedly walked away from Apple to focus o [...]

Our favorite books we read in 2025

This was the kind of year that felt 100 years long, so who could blame us for leaning into a bit of escapism? Some of us buried our noses in books in 2025, and thankfully, there were plenty of good re [...]

NASA's Artemis II crew just flew farther away from Earth than anyone ever has before

NASA's Artemis II crew just set a new distance record in miles traveled away from Earth. The team of four astronauts are in the process of circling the Moon, reaching 5,000 miles beyond the natur [...]