The Morning After: It's iPhone event day
And meet the new EIC.
Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.
It's new iPhone day, and as usual our team is preparing for Apple's launch event, which is scheduled to stream live at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT. We'll be operating under new leadership, so get acquainted with new EIC Dana Wollman before you check out one tech-filled Mercedes crossover and the details of a small manufacturing tweak from Tesla.
Allow me to reintroduce myself: I am Dana Wollman, once Engadget's resident laptop reviewer, later managing and executive editor, and now editor in chief. I'm delighted to be taking the reins at the site I've called home for the past seven and a half years.
Get ready for Apple's 2018 iPhone event at 1 PM ET
It's that time of year again, when Apple launches a slew of new mobile devices and who knows what else. There will be a live video stream available from Apple Park, and this year it will be available on Twitter, too. Of course, we will have a liveblog from the scene (which you can find right here when it goes live) thanks to Chris Velazco and Dana Wollman. Some of the surprise has already been spoiled, thanks to a series of leaks, but we'll be ready for whatever Tim Cook and company unveil this afternoon.
Verizon's 5G Home internet and TV service launches October 1st
5G Home service uses the next generation wireless technology to offer home internet service without a cable or fiber hookup. Residents of "certain neighborhoods" in Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles and Sacramento can pre-order access beginning on Thursday to get their service free for the first three months. It's priced at $50 for people who already have Verizon wireless and $70 for those who don't, promising speeds of "around 300 Mbps" up to 1 Gbps, with no data caps. Early adopters will also be greeted by a combo of three months' free YouTube TV access and either an Apple TV 4K or a Chromecast Ultra for free.
Watch NASA test Orion's parachutes by dropping it from a plane
NASA has been putting the Orion capsule's parachute system through rigorous testing for years -- it has to work perfectly if it's meant to ensure a safe landing for the spacefarers onboard, after all. Now the final test is scheduled to take place today, and you can watch it streaming live at 10:15 AM ET.
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Valve approves first uncensored porn game on Steam
After outright blocking erotic visual novels from Steam in July, Valve again updated its work-in-progress content policy to include filters to remove games with Mature Content or those tagged Adults Only from search results. Fast forward a few days and a full-on porn title has made the cut: Negligee: Love Stories.
Mercedes' latest GLE melds tech with a super-smooth ride
This is billed as the first vehicle to combine a "fully networked," 48-volt active suspension with air suspension, giving it the unique ability to control damping and spring forces at each wheel. It can lean into curves to offset centrifugal force, scan ahead for potholes and counteract them or even rock itself free if it bogs down offroad.
Tesla drops color options to speed up production
You can have any color you want, as long as it's solid black, midnight silver metallic, deep blue metallic, pearl-white multi-coat or red multi-coat.
But wait, there's more...
'The Last Remnant' finally comes to PlayStation, a decade late
FCC presses pause on review of the T-Mobile and Sprint merger
Alphabet's Loon pushed data almost 1,000km across seven balloon
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