Twitter verified a fake congressional candidate created by a teenager

Andrew Walz isn't a real person. A high school student from upstate New York created the fake congressional candidate -- complete with website, AI-generated photograph and Twitter account -- to test the social media platform's verification system. Ac...

Engadget Podcast: Reviewing Samsung’s Galaxy S20 Ultra

This week, it's all about Samsung's chonky boi, the Galaxy S20 Ultra. Cherlynn gives us a preview of her review for the new flagship phone -- including its 5G performance in NYC and its "100X" camera -- while Devindra wonders what's the point of an i...

Epic KTM X-Box GTX is for the racetrack

KTM has been making some cool cars going back for years in the X-Bow line. The latest iteration of the car is the KTM X-Bow GTX that is seen here. This isn’t a street-legal car, it’s meant for the racetrack alone. Performance should be impressive. The car has a mid-engine layout, lots of aero, and […]

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LEGO Minions Lair Set Puts Your Minions in a Minion

To celebrate the upcoming release of Minions: The Rise of Gru, LEGO has revealed several new sets inspired by the film. My favorite of them is this set that lets you create some larger minions for your minion minifigs to hang out in.

Set #75551, aka “Brick-built Minions and their Lair” features models of minions Kevin and Stuart, each of which opens up to reveal a part of the minion’s lair inside. You can also rebuild Kevin into a dopey looking minion named Bob. I love all of the details inside of these guys, including little tools, gauges, computer screens, knobs, and gears. The 876-piece set also comes with adorable minifig versions of Kevin, Stuart, and Bob.

The 876-piece set should hit the LEGO store on April 27, 2020, which should give you plenty of time to build your minion lair before the movie’s July 3 release.

[via The Brick Fan]

2020 Facebook F8 developer conference cancelled due to coronavirus

Facebook has announced that it is cancelling its 2020 Facebook F8 developer conference due to the coronavirus outbreak. The company is following others like Mobile World Congress who also cancelled their conference. Facebook posted a message on the F8 developer website saying that the conference was cancelled, you can ee what they had to say […]

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ERA photography and travel backpack

The ERA backpack has been designed for both travel and photography and offers smart packing features together with the company’s next-generation ShieldTek material to provide an ergonomic rucksack. Equipped with a modular design, load lifting distributor harness and enough space for five days of travel the travel backpack is now available via Indiegogo at 32% […]

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The Morning After: Meeting Citroën’s tiny two-seater EV

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. These days, the internet community experience centers around social networking apps. But some of us recall the old days when it was weird to talk to strangers online, whether via BBS, IRC or Kris Holt's preferre...