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Engadget editors list their winners and losers in tech for 2020.
From Zoom to Quibi, the tech industry saw some companies rise to the occasion in 2020 even as others flamed out. Engadget editors have created their list of 2020 winners vs. 2020 losers, and after a year that felt more like a decade, maybe we remembered some that you’ve forgotten.
Stadia probably won’t surprise people with where it ended up, but foldable phones popping up on both sides of the divide felt a little on the nose.
— Richard Lawler
Apple MacBook Pro M1 review
The M1 chip makes it zippy and efficient, but also limited for professionals.
Apple’s M1-equipped MacBook Pro is as zippy as we expected, delivering all of the features we appreciated from the updated MacBook Air. But even though it’s a bit faster, it may be a hard sell. As Devindra Hardawar discovered, other limitations, like support for only one external display and no support for external GPUs, mean this isn’t the machine for professionals that it wants to be.
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Amazon's Luna cloud gaming service starts limited Android rollout
And only on certain devices.
When Amazon launched early access for Luna, it left Android users out and only worked on Fire TV, PC, Mac and iOS devices. Now, Luna’s compatible devices and browsers list includes 21 Android devices from Google, Samsung and OnePlus. According to 9to5Google, Luna will terminate if you try to load it from an unsupported device. It also seems to work on some models not listed on its official page, including the Note 20 Ultra. However, it’s hard to guess whether it will work on a particular phone or not — Luna didn’t load on a Galaxy Z Fold 2.
Users must be running Android 9 or higher and have a minimum internet speed of 10Mbps — it is a cloud gaming service after all.
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Japan's space agency shows off samples collected from asteroid Ryugu
Space rocks.
JAXA opened Hayabusa2’s recently returned sample capsule and found the space probe did succeed in collecting material from the asteroid Ryugu. It also confirmed that a gas sample inside the collector “differed from the atmospheric composition of the Earth,” confirming it also came from the squarish asteroid.
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'Among Us' hits Nintendo Switch today
And ‘Fortnite’ takes a leaf out of its book.
Among Us was a sleeper hit this year, and it’s now on Switch. It arrives with cross-platform play, hot off the heels of two Game Award wins last week, for best multiplayer game and best mobile game. Not to let any game garner, well, too much attention, Fortnite revealed it’s launching an Among Us-style mode, called The Spy Within, for the holidays.
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In the face of COVID-19, one hyperloop company is making friends
Now you can watch Netflix on your Echo Show
Microsoft will release the Surface Duo in more countries next year
Google won't reopen its offices until September 2021
Samsung confirms 'more accessible' foldables are in the works for 2021
Google Photos' new Memories include 3D cinematic images
EA Play's arrival on Xbox Game Pass for PC is delayed to 2021
