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Which USB port should you use for your mouse and keyboard? - Engadget

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Save your best ports for your most demanding devices.

Max Miller for Engadget

Setting up your computer can be a complicated process, but one thing you'd assume to be simple is plugging in your USB accessories and peripherals such as a keyboard and mouse. Unfortunately, even that seemingly simple act requires a bit of technical knowledge without which you'll end up hamstringing yourself in the long run.

The Meta Glasses backlash is changing how (or if) people use them - Engadget

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:30:00 +0000

"They're like a fancy paper weight," one creator told Engadget.

Karissa Bell for Engadget

On Bluesky, posts regularly suggest that people who wear "pervert glasses" be punched in the face. The criticism of eye-worn gadgets capable of surveillance isn't new, though the online discourse — "Meta Glasses" repeatedly trended on Meta's own Threads app last week, for the wrong reasons — seems to have intensified following the release of Meta's latest cheaper lineup, as well as reports about an unreleased facial recognition feature for the product. For whatever reason, this time the backlash seems to be having a real effect.

FCC grants approval for sun-reflecting space mirror that's been widely criticized by astronomers - Engadget

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:08:38 +0000

Reflect Orbital wants to direct sunlight at night with a network of satellites.

Reflect Orbital

The Federal Communications Commission has approved Reflect Orbital's request to launch a demonstration satellite that can reflect sunlight to Earth at night. The new satellite had to go through FCC approval because of the radio spectrum it operates on, but the larger concern from scientists is how it could affect health and the environment while in use.

Open source AI matters more than ever, according to Hugging Face’s Clem Delangue

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Open source AI is booming, according to Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue. The company has grown into something like a GitHub for AI in recent years, where AI builders can share and download open models and datasets, now used by roughly half the Fortune 500. Delangue has seen the same story play out again and again: companies start out on frontier APIs, but as they scale, the costs push them towards open source models.