Engadget staffers spend the entire year poking, prodding and otherwise testing the latest tech gadgets. So we’ve got a pretty good handle on what’s unique and interesting right now. We put together ...

Too Late to Be Cool features a telling archival cover photo shot by Henry Diltz back in 1979. Both album and image took a long time to reveal themselves, and in the end – like that flashlight trained ...

The "cool girl" trope seen in film and media has continuously evolved out of the spotlight, but now, a California-based voice actor wants to highlight how the character has changed to match gender ...

At some point, you probably wanted to be cool. Maybe it was in middle school gym class, or maybe it was just last week at the company offsite. Cool has a gravitational pull—the polished, confident, ...

A new study published in June 2025 has quantified “cool.” The study, published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, isolated six specific traits exhibited by people that contribute to others’ ...

Hip. Popular. The cat’s pajamas. What makes some people “cool” and others not? A group of researchers nailed down six characteristics commonly found in individuals that most people around the world ...

LL Cool and Jazmine Sullivan canceled their appearances at a Fourth of July festival in Philadelphia in solidarity with the city workers who are on strike in Philly. “I understand there’s a lot going ...

Hip-hop legend LL Cool J announced that he was pulling out of a Fourth of July festival in Philadelphia in support of municipal workers’ ongoing strike in the city. “There’s absolutely no way that I ...

An international team of researchers may have just cracked the code for what makes someone “cool.” And no matter where you live, the personality traits that make someone “cool” appear to be consistent ...

The definition of “cool” would seem to be an ephemeral thing. (We’re not talking temperature here. We’re talking James Dean, Serena Williams, and Arthur Fonzarelli cool.) What inspires one to admire ...

Unlock a whole new dimension of gameplay in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 with this innovative mod menu. Designed for smooth adaptability and a user-centric experience, this tool extends BO4’s boundaries, ...

Six traits can determine your ‘it’ factor, according to researchers who measured coolness around the globe. By Christina Caron Is there a secret sauce that helps explain why people as different as ...