House approves $100 billion in broadband funding for rural areas

House approves $100 billion in broadband funding for rural areas

The US House of Representatives approved the Moving Forward Act this week, a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill that puts $100 billion toward bringing high-speed broadband to underserved areas. The ambitious bill also allocates funds toward transportation and clean energy initiatives, like $500 billion for rebuilding highways, bridges and rail, and $70 billion for promoting renewable…

The Morning After: The best gear for grilling

The Morning After: The best gear for grilling

In the US, we’re heading into a holiday weekend, so if you need some advice on gear for grilling or a socially distanced backyard party, then we have the appropriate recommendations. Speaker, grill, thermometer, whatever — Billy Steele outlines some of the best options. Engadget Of course, if all you want is to try to…

Amped Studio offers ‘experimental’ VST plugin support for its online DAW

Amped Studio offers ‘experimental’ VST plugin support for its online DAW

Online digital audio workstation (DAW) music production apps are popular because, unlike local apps, they can run on machines that aren’t necessarily super-powerful. However, a downside is that you can’t use powerful VST plugins that do functions like noise reduction, auto-tune or sampled instruments.Amped Studio has announced that it has solved that problem, albeit in…

Xiaomi unveils its first OLED TV

Xiaomi unveils its first OLED TV

Xiaomi has launched its first lineup of OLED “Master Series” TVs in China, starting with a 65-inch model at a pretty interesting price (via Engadget Chinese). Using a 10-bit 4K 120Hz LG OLED panel, it covers 98.5 percent of the DCI-P3 cinema-level color gamut while offering just about every feature you’d want in an OLED…