Vitamin Water is offering a $100,000 prize in a contest where contestants must make it through an entire year using a 90s era phone without using a tablet or smartphone. Incisive commentary on modern life or simplistic publicity?

Intel unveils a new chip process and announces Cove its latest architecture, Epic has a new free cross-platform online SDK for developers and Huawei's CFO Meng Wenzhou has been released on bail by a Canadian judge.

Voice assistants are positioned as the 21st century butler helping users with life scheduling to home entertainment. But can they also tickle your funny bone. We put that question to Engadget Senior Editor, Nicole Lee. 

A New York Times investigation shows how otherwise innocuous location data and tracking can be used to uncover a user's identity. 

Microsoft wants government to regulate facial recognition technology to protect personal privacy and guard against discrimination and over surveillance. 

Canada arrests Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver while the US seeks her extradition to the United States for alleged involvement in selling banned tech to Iran. What's happening and who are the actors involved?

Waymo launched an autonomous taxi service in the Phoenix area. How soon will the rest of us have to wait to get lift from a robocab? 

Iliad introduces the Freebox Delta, Microsoft rumored to replace Edge, and Epic Games shakes up the digital game store market.

While Apple is holding back from releasing 5G capable phone until the network is widespread enough, others are going full steam on launching 5G in 2019.

Patrick Norton shares his favorite audio picks for the Holiday Season. Plus Starwood Hotels revealed unauthorized access to 500 million customer accounts and Intel announced new Universal Windows Drivers.