The Blipblox myTRACKS is a complete music production studio for kids. It features a built-in microphone for sampling, just like the Casio SK-1, but also 50 instrument sounds and 25 pads to play them on.
Read MoreMicrosoft had some accessibility news to share at its event on Thursday. It unveiled a Surface Pro Keyboard with bold keys and brighter backlight that should be easier for anyone to read.
Read MoreLogitech is expanding its Mevo lineup of live-streaming cameras for creators. The company's new Mevo Core shoots in 4K, meaning, unlike the 1080p Mevo Start we reviewed two years ago, cropping and digital zoom won't lead to overly grainy video.
Read MoreThe Boss Katana:GO headphone amp features 13 tones and 60 effects, in addition to doubling as an audio interface. It costs $120.
Read MoreEven after 20 years, we're still relying on Bluetooth to take calls on the go, but both the voice and audio quality have dramatically improved since the days of the headset.
Read MoreWith the $200 MX Brio, Logitech finally has a premium webcam worthy of its top-notch productivity peripherals
Read MoreColorware has painted a lot of items over the years going back to the iPhone 3G and beyond, but its latest product is particularly clever.
Read MoreA report from The Markup that was co-published with the local nonprofit newsrooms Documented and The City revealed numerous instances in which NYC's business chatbot responded with incorrect information about city policies.
Read MoreOpenAI just announced the results of a small-scale preview of a new voice cloning engine that's based on the company's pre-existing text-to-speech API. The technology generates natural-sounding speech that resembles the original speaker.
Read MoreElon Musk's answer to ChatGPT, is getting an update to make it better at math, coding and more.
Read MoreThe White House has issued a new policy to regulate federal agencies use of AI. The systems that they use must not "endanger the rights and safety of the American people," Vice President Kamala Harris said.
Read MoreThe biggest news stories this morning: Studio Ghibli Fest will bring 14 movies back to theaters this year, so start planning, China bans Intel and AMD processors in government computers, Instagram porn bots' new low-effort tactic works.
Read MoreSAG-AFTRA announced on Friday night that its members approved new three-year contracts for voice actors working in TV animation. The contracts define voice actor as a term that "only includes humans" and set protections around AI, along with wage increases.
Read MoreRabbit says its R1 device will begin shipping Easter Sunday, March 31. They're expected to arrive at the end of April. The company is also hosting a pickup party on April 23 for buyers from all batches. More information will be released next week.
Read MoreYou can use image-based AIs for plenty of things, but probably not for this.
Read MoreIn a sign of just how dependent our modern AI revolution is on NVIDIA's chips, the company's press release describing its new Blackwell family of AI chips includes testimonials from seven CEOs who collectively lead companies worth trillions of dollars.
Read MoreThe Federal Trade Commission is looking into Reddit's AI licensing deals, the company disclosed in paperwork filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Read MoreThe European Parliament has passed a major piece of legislation to govern AI use in the European Union. After the AI Act becomes law, some applications will be banned, while the likes of OpenAI and Google will have to abide by new rules.
Read MoreGoogle DeepMind has published new research into an AI system that's able to carry out tasks in 3D games it hasn't seen before. The team says it's the first time an agent has shown it's able to understand a wide range of gaming worlds and carry out tasks within them based on natural-language instructions.
Read MoreIt's getting hard to keep up with copyright lawsuits against generative AI, as yet another has hit the courts.
Read MoreOpenAI says it never had an agreement not to turn into a for-profit entity with Elon Musk.
Read MoreElon Musk says that xAI will open source its Grok chatbot this week. This may be a dig at OpenAI, which Musk is suing and claims has become a "closed-source de facto subsidiary" of Microsoft.
Read MoreA company called Soul Machines debuted its "Digital Marilyn" AI chatbot of Marilyn Monroe at SXSW on International Women's Day. Soul Machines touts its ability to produce nuanced, realistic responses when engaging with fans. It comes at a time of increased scrutiny into the use of celebrities' digital likenesses without their consent.
Read MoreIn addition to Altman, OpenAI's new board now consists of three new members including a former Meta executive.
Read MoreAnthropic, formed by several ex-OpenAI employees, claims its new Claude 3 language model outperforms ChatGPT and Google's Gemini in several key benchmarks.
Read MoreElon Musk has sued OpenAI and co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman. He claims that OpenAI has betrayed its original mission as a non-profit endeavor by working on an artificial general intelligence "to maximize profits for Microsoft."
Read MoreThis week, Adobe revealed an experimental audio AI tool to join its image-based ones in Photoshop. Described by the company as "an early-stage generative AI music generation and editing tool," Adobe's Project Music GenAI Control can create music from text prompts, which it can then fine-tune.
Read MoreAmazon just released an app that scans customer's palms from home, making for an easy signup to its One payment platform. This service allows users to pay for stuff with just their palms at retail locations like Whole Foods.
Read MoreThe Signature Edition of the Kindle Paperwhite is on sale for $160 as part of Amazon's Big Spring Sale.
Read MoreAmazon has discounted its Fire tablets ahead of its Big Spring Sale.
Read MoreThe new Mini 2 gets a lot better.
Read MoreAn Amazon sold said he was charged up to $300,000 for ads served to customers who can't even purchase his items.
Read MoreJust as Engadget was hitting publish on its first posts, I was putting a freshly minted English degree to use working at an indie bookshop in Los Angeles. In seemingly unrelated news, Amazon had just reported its first profitable year after switching from selling books to selling "everything" four years before. (It still sold a lot of books.)
Read MoreApple refuted the DOJ's claims in its lawsuit via statements shared with Apple Insider.
Read MoreThe biggest news stories this morning: Meta limits 'political' content recommendations on Instagram and Threads, Microsoft is finally adding keyboard and mouse support to Xbox Cloud Gaming titles, My quest for the perfect productivity mouse.
Read MoreThe biggest news stories this morning: Reddit is now a publicly traded company, Microsoft's Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 are not for you, The case against the TikTok ban bill.
Read MoreThe US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Apple in federal court, accusing it of violating antitrust laws by making its hardware and software products largely inaccessible to competitors.
Read MoreRegardless of what changes, there's no doubt we live in a world where, thanks to the iPhone, the most important computer in people's lives is the one in their pocket.
Read MoreApple is reportedly in talks with Google to integrate its Gemini AI in iPhones, Bloomberg reports.
Read MoreUS District Judge Vince Chhabria has ruled that Apple must face a lawsuit accusing the company of negligence over the potential stalking risks created by its AirTags, Bloomberg reports. Apple has argued that it should not be held liable.
Read MoreEpic Games has already accused Apple of "malicious compliance" with the EU's new competition laws, and now it's making the same allegation stateside.
Read MoreApple will soon allow developers who meet certain criteria let iOS users in the EU download their apps from the web. The company has made some major App Store changes to comply with new rules in the bloc.
Read MoreThe biggest news stories this morning: MacBook Air M3 13-inch and 15-inch reviews, Oppenheimer ruled at the 2024 Oscars, Marilyn Monroe gets digitally resurrected as AI.
Read MoreApple has backtracked on its decision to ban Epic Games' developer account. The reversal means that Epic will be able to bring its own app store to iPhones and iPads in the EU, in turn letting the company bring Fortnite back those devices in the bloc.
Read MoreThe European Union's Digital Market Act has gone into effect and Apple has announced required changes. These include the ability to choose other default browsers, rather than Safari.
Read MoreThe EU will question Apple over the legitimacy of its decision to ban Epic Games' developer account. It's the latest in a series of clashes between the two tech companies.
Read MoreReports about the Apple Car never quite seemed real, but here's what it may have looked like according to AI.
Read MoreApple has banned Epic's developer account just after the launch of iOS 17.4, which allowed third-party storefronts in the EU to accommodate the DMA. This puts Epic's planned storefront in jeopardy.
Read MoreThe biggest news stories this morning: TikTok to creators: make longer videos, get paid, The best thing about the M3 MacBook Air is... the M2 MacBook Air, Mini's first electric Countryman has a wild interior.
Read MoreApple M3 MacBook Pro laptops are getting multi-display support, so the computer will be able to drive two screens when the lid is closed. This is also a marquee feature found with the newly-announced M3 MacBook Air line.
Read MoreThe EU has fined Apple €1.8 billion in response to a years-long investigation into the company's App Store practices. The Commission found Apple banned app developers from sharing information that might cost Apple money or users.
Read MoreApple just announced a refresh for its popular line of MacBook Air laptop computers. The new laptops will include the powerful M3 chip.
Read MoreIn the Power On newsletter, Mark Gurman reports that Apple is planning to announce its new products on its website instead of hosting a spring event. Apple is expected to unveil new iPads, MacBook Airs and more.
Read MoreA class action complaint filed in California on Friday accuses Apple of stifling competition in the cloud storage space for its devices, allowing iCloud to become the dominant choice.
Read MoreApple has walked back its decision to remove home screen web apps in the European Union (EU). After initially blaming its decision to ditch them on the Digital Markets Act's (DMA) requirement to support non-WebKit browsers, Apple now says European users will get them back when iOS 17.4 arrives early this month.
Read MoreWe chat about Engadget's editorial changes and a report about the Apple Car project shutting down.
Read MoreAn oddball new app called Palmsy lets you post to a social media network full of adoring followers who only exist in your imagination.
Read MoreFifteen years after it was created, the messaging app runs the world.
Read MoreA $3 iOS app now records better-looking spatial videos than Apple's native camera app. Spatialify, available on the App Store, lets iPhone 15 Pro owners record 3D videos for Apple's Vision Pro in either 1080p at 60fps or 4K at 30fps — with HDR.
Read MoreWe've broken down some helpful tab management tips and tricks for the most popular web browsers, from lesser-known built-in tools to useful extensions.
Read MoreProton's privacy-focused email and calendar service now has a desktop app for Mac and Windows.
Read MoreThe IRS has released a pilot program called Direct File that gives users free, step-by-step instructions for filing their taxes.
Read MoreThe biggest news stories this morning: How to find and cancel your unused subscriptions, The best smartphones to buy, What to expect at Microsoft's March 21 event.
Read MoreThe New York Times has been sending out DMCA takedown notices to Wordle-like games, and the latest one could take out over a thousand knock offs.
Read MoreAdobe is bringing generative AI features to its mobile apps for the first time. Firefly tools are now available in Adobe Express in beta on Android and iOS.
Read MoreApple has released iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4, which will enable official support for third-party app stores for the first time — but only in the EU. Updates elsewhere include podcast transcription and new emoji.
Read MoreGoogle's Waze is adding some quality-of-life navigation features in the coming weeks and months. New options can help you find parking garages, alert you when the speed limit is about to decrease and guide you through roundabouts.
Read More1Password has launched passkey on Android apps. It came to iOS and browsers last fall.
Read MoreX is funding a lawsuit filed by Chloe Happe against her former employer Block, which was founded by Jack Dorsey, the same person who founded the website formerly known as Twitter.
Read MoreDazzled by the promise of innovation, regulators rolled over or signed a deal with the devil. It's everyone else who's paying the cost.
Read MoreA new report claims Meta and Google have banned educational reproductive health ads, allowed misinformation to fester and hosted conspiracies.
Read MoreThe biggest news stories this morning: Florida will require parental consent for kids to join social media, SAG-AFTRA ratifies TV animation contracts with AI protections for voice actors It's almost time for T-Mobile customers to claim their free year of MLB.TV
Read MoreThe European Commission has opened investigations into Apple and Google over their new policies for developers in the EU. The bloc is looking into whether the fees and conditions comply with strict new rules for major tech firms.
Read MoreThe UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is concerned that the merger Three and Vodafone announced last year could lead to "substantial lessening of competition" and might conduct an in-depth investigation into the deal.
Read MoreEpic Games has received some significant support in its battle against the fee Apple is charging for iOS payments made outside of the App Store. Meta, Microsoft, X and Match Group filed a petition stating that "The Apple Plan comports with neither the letter nor the spirit" of a court ruling.
Read MoreThe money -- the biggest amount to be awarded under the CHIPS Act so far -- will help expand Intel's manufacturing capabilities across four states.
Read MoreOwen Diaz was originally awarded $137 million in damages, but the appeals that followed had lowered the amount significantly. The terms of his settlement with Tesla are confidential.
Read MoreOver five years Tesla and 34 other companies paid their top five executives more money than they spent in federal income tax, a new study reports.
Read MoreA new book, Battle for the Bird tells the story of how Dorsey saved Twitter in 2015 and how his actions – or often, lack thereof— led to Musk's acquisition and, ultimately, Twitter's death.
Read MoreA lawsuit filed by a SpaceX employee paints a picture of a company that has serious gender discrimination problems.
Read MoreThere's more fallout from the DMA, and the first over-the-counter CGM in the US.
Read MoreOpenAi responded to Elon Musk's lawsuit by publishing old emails from 2015 to 2018 when he was still involved in its operations.
Read MoreA group of former Twitter executives, including former CEO Parag Agrawal, are suing Elon Musk and X over millions of dollars in unpaid severance benefits.
Read MoreAmazon's Kindle Paperwhite is currently being sold at a discount, dropping the 16GB version down to $130 from its usual price of $150 for the ad-supported model. A version without lock screen ads is on sale for $20 off too.
Read MoreThe Levoit Core 400S smart air purifier is 14 percent off in a deal on Amazon, bringing the price down to $190 from its usual $220. It's compatible with Alexa and Google Assistant, and has a simple touch display with easy controls and at-a-glance information.
Read MoreThis week's best tech deals include all-time lows on the Apple MacBook Air M3, a four-pack of Apple AirTags for $75 and the Meta Quest 2 VR headset for $199, among others.
Read MoreA four-pack of Apple AirTags trackers has dropped to a record low of $75 at Amazon.
Read MoreThe Apple MacBook Air with an M3 chip is on sale for an all-time low of $999 at Amazon and B&H. Several other configurations of the laptop are also discounted.
Read MoreSamsung's latest Galaxy S24 smartphones have dropped to record low prices. The S24 Ultra and S24+ are both $150 off.
Read MoreSeveral portable JBL Bluetooth speakers are currently on sale. The JBL Charge 5 has dropped by $50, while the Xtreme 3 is 34 percent off.
Read MoreThe new Google Pixel 8 is on sale for $470 at Woot.
Read MoreBreville's Smart Ovens are discounted 20 percent right now on Amazon.
Read MoreWhereas you only have a few iPad options, there are dozens of Android tablets to choose from. We tested a number of them and these are our favorites.
Read MoreThe Amazon Big Spring Sale 2024 ended on March 25. Here are the best tech deals that are still live.
Read MoreA bundle combining an Echo Show 8 smart display and a smart bulb is now just $100.
Read MorePrime members can get two Switch-ready SanDisk microSD cards for $25 in the Amazon Spring Sale. Each card is 128GB, totaling 256GB of storage.
Read MoreAmazon's Big Spring Sale is almost over but there are still deals to shop, like a discount on the second generation Apple Watch SE.
Read MoreThe Amazon Big Spring Sale 2024 will run from March 20 through March 25. Here's are the best tech deals we could find.
Read MoreHere are the best Apple deals available during Amazon's Big Spring Sale, including discounts on the AirPods Pro, MacBook Air and Apple Pencil.
Read MoreRoborock robot vacuums are up to 49 percent off during Amazon's Big Spring Sale. This includes the flagship S8+ robot vacuum, which is $700 instead of $1,000.
Read MoreThe Amazon Big Spring Sale is here — these are the best tech deals under $50 that you can get right now.
Read MoreA few of our recommended accessories from Logitech are on sale during the Big Spring Sale at Amazon.
Read MoreA new deal has dropped the Meta Quest 2 VR headset down to $199 at several retailers, its lowest price to date.
Read MoreAmazon's Big Spring Sale offers the TP-Link Deco XE75 AXE5400 three-pack for a 12 percent discount.
Read MoreThe Amazon Big Spring Sale 2024 will run from March 20 through March 25. Here's are the best tech deals we could find.
Read MoreApple's second-gen AirPods Pro are 28 percent off in Amazon's Big Spring Sale. The $180 price tag is a new all-time low for the earbuds.
Read MoreThe biggest news stories this morning: Watch the first human Neuralink patient control a computer, ??Glassdoor reportedly attaches real names to anonymous accounts, Peacock's 2024 Paris Olympics coverage includes enhanced multiview options.
Read MoreAmazon's Echo Buds are on sale for their lowest price yet. You can get the retailer's AirPods alternatives today for a mere $35. One of Engadget's picks for best budget wireless earbuds, the Echo Buds have a clear, detailed and balanced sound profile, built-in Alexa support and five hours of battery life.
Read MoreThe Anker Soundcore Space A40 tops our guide to the best budget wireless earbuds, and right now Amazon has the pair on sale for a new low of $49.
Read MoreAmazon's Big Spring Sale has slashed prices on some of our favorite cordless vacuums from Tineco. The headliner is the Tineco Pure One S15, Engadget's runner-up pick for the best cordless vacuum.
Read MoreA few Amazon Fire TV Streaming sticks are on sale for up to 40 percent off as part of Amazon's Big Spring Sale.
Read MoreOur top pick for an air purifier is $30 off with an on-page coupon for Amazon's spring sale.
Read MoreAmazon's Big Spring Sale is on and products like the fifth-generation Echo Dot are discounted.
Read MoreA four-pack of the Tile Pro tracker is down to the best price we've seen this year for Amazon's Spring Sale.
Read MoreThe second-generation Apple Pencil is on sale for $50 off in a deal on Amazon. It's compatible with the iPad mini (sixth generation), iPad Air (fourth generation and later), the 12.9-inch iPad Pro from the third generation on, and all 11-inch iPad pro models.
Read MoreThe Jabra Elite 8 Active wireless earbuds are 20 percent off for the Amazon Big Spring Sale.
Read MoreAmazon's Big Spring Sale brings discounts on Samsung's SmartTag2 and other Galaxy devices.
Read MoreThe Amazon Big Spring Sale has brought a number of discounts on Anker charging gear. You can pick up power banks, wireless chargers and more for as low as $40.
Read MoreThe Google Pixel Tablet is back on sale for an all-time low of $399 at several retailers.
Read MoreAmazon is running a sale on its Blink security cameras as part of its Big Spring Sale.
Read MoreA Shark self-emptying robot vacuum is currently $300 off for the Amazon Big Spring Sale.
Read MoreAmazon's Big Spring Sale is approaching and the Google Pixel Buds Pro are currently on sale.
Read MoreHere are the best Amazon Spring sale early deals we could find, including discounts on headphones, smart speakers, thermostats and more tech.
Read MoreGoogle's Pixel 7a smartphone is on sale for $374 right now ahead of Amazon's Big Spring Sale. That's 25 percent off and the best price we've seen.
Read MoreBest Buy is selling the M1 MacBook Air for just $650, which is a record low price for Apple's laptop. This beats the previous record low by $100.
Read MoreThe Bose QuietComfort Ultra earbuds are now $250 via Amazon. This is a discount of 17 percent, as the regular price is $300.
Read MoreSome Google Nest products are on sale at Amazon, including several cameras. The Google Nest Thermostat has dropped from $130 to $100.
Read MoreThe biggest news stories this morning: No more Pornhub for Texas, The Steam spring sale is here to raid your wallet, Google I/O 2024 takes place on May 14.
Read MoreThe Steam spring sale is now live. You can save on the likes of Starfield, Palworld, Baldur's Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077 and Lethal Company.
Read More8BitDo's nostalgic Retro Mechanical Keyboard is on sale for an all-time low price today. Usually, it's $100, but you can grab the Nintendo-inspired keyboard for $84.99 right now from Amazon.
Read MoreAnker USB-C chargers are up to 43 percent off, with prices ranging from $16 to $68. This is an Amazon sale on a large number of Anker products.
Read MoreSolo Stove's Pi Prime pizza oven is $50 off as part of a sitewide sale to celebrate Pi Day. This brings the price down to $300.
Read MoreThe new Sonos Move 2 and other speakers are 20 percent off right now as part of a sitewide sale on select products. This sale is to celebrate March Madness.
Read MoreSamsung's Galaxy Tab S9 is on sale for $680, which is a discount of $120. This is a record low price for one of our favorite tablets.
Read MoreAmazon is running a sale on Garmin's Forerunner 55 GPS running watch. The device is 25 percent off, dropping to an all-time low of $150.
Read MoreOur top pick for wireless headphones are currently on sale for $72 off at Amazon.
Read MoreYou can get the Elgato Stream Deck MK.2 for $20 off its sticker price right now.
Read MoreThe Anova Precision Cooker Nano sous vide machine is on sale for just $60. This is a record low price for the cooking gadget.
Read MoreA bundle of the PlayStation 5 and Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is currently $50 off. The discount applies to both the digital and standard editions of the console.
Read MoreAmazon is running a sale on Apple's second-generation AirPods Pro. The earbuds are now available for $190, down from $249.
Read MoreThe Dyson V15 Detect cordless stick vacuum is $180 off in a one-day-only sale from QVC. The V15 Detect has an LED light on the cleaning head to illuminate dust, and offers powerful suction that's optimized for the task at hand.
Read MoreMario Day, otherwise called MAR10 Day or just March 10, is upon us. To celebrate Nintendo's iconic plumber, retailers are offering a number of deals on Switch consoles and games.
Read MoreSonos is selling refurbished units of the Era 300 for $359, or $91 less than retail.
Read MoreThis week, we found sales on gear from Sonos, Samsung, Blink, Xbox, Nintendo and more.
Read MoreIf you're in the market for a new MacBook, don't sleep on the new 15-inch Air.
Read MoreThe iRobot Roomba 694 is back on sale for $180, which is a savings of $95. This isn't the lowest price ever for our favorite budget-friendly robot vacuum, but it's close.
Read MoreA new sale has dropped the Lightning version of the Backbone One iPhone game controller to $70, which is a 30 percent discount.
Read MoreXbox's new special edition Dream Vapor controller is down to its lowest price yet.
Read MoreThe Nebula Solar portable projector made by Anker is now 46 percent off the current list price and down to $250.
Read MoreThe Beats Studio Buds + are back on sale for a record low price. The earbuds can be yours for $130 as they've been discounted as part of a broader Beats sale.
Read MoreSamsung's 32-inch M80C smart monitor is $300 off right now, bringing the price down to $400 from $700. This is a record-low price for the 2023 display.
Read MoreThe Marshall Middleton, a four-pound, 50-watt portable Bluetooth speaker, is cheaper than ever right now.
Read MoreA number of Samsung microSD cards we like are back on sale, including the 512GB Samsung Evo Select for an all-time low of $25.
Read MoreApple's last MacBook Air is one of the best ultraportables ever made. And now, thanks to the M3, it's a lot cheaper.
Read MoreApple's Magic Keyboard for iPad is 40 percent off right now via Amazon. That brings the price down to $180, which is a savings of around $120.
Read MoreSamsung's Galaxy S24 smartphones are up to $150 at Amazon and Best Buy after new sales.
Read MoreA five-pack of the Blink Outdoor 4 security camera has dropped to a record low price for Prime members.
Read MoreApple just revealed the 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air laptops with the M3 chipset. Here's how you can order the new machines, which start at $1,099.
Read MoreYou can get two Sonos Era 100 smart speakers for $88 off the normal price in a deal on Woot. It's almost as low as last year's Black Friday price.
Read MoreThe new Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max is on sale for a record low of $40. That's a discount of $20 or 33 percent.
Read MoreThis week's best tech deals include a PS5 bundle for $450, the Apple AirPods Pro for $189 and a bunch of discounts on Anker accessories.
Read MoreSony's flagship A6700 finally arrived last year with a feature list that's worth the wait.
Read MoreChina has introduced guidelines that bar the the use of US processors from AMD and Intel in government computers and servers.
Read MoreThe biggest news stories this morning: YouTube lays out new rules for realistic AI-generated videos, Hackers gave pro players cheats during Apex Legends competition, Apple wants to bring Google's Gemini AI to iPhones.
Read MoreIf you're not interested in a midrange smartphone but don't want to pay flagship prices either, Qualcomm has a possible solution.
Read MoreIntel smashed through another speed record with the announcement of the forthcoming Core i9-14900K CPU. The desktop processor reaches 6.2GHz without overclocking.
Read MoreHere's a step-by-step guide to clean and organize your PC, and free it from clutter, from experts at Engadget.
Read MoreActivision is reportedly in the midst of investigating a hacking campaign that's stealing log-in credentials from people playing its games.
Read MoreAT&T says 7.6 million current customers were affected by a recent leak in which sensitive data was released on the dark web, along with 65.4 million former account holders. As first reported by TechCrunch, the company has reset the passcodes of affected accounts.
Read MoreTikTok, already fighting a proposed law that could lead to a ban of the app in the United States, may soon also find itself in the crosshairs of the Federal Trade Commission.
Read MoreA team of university security researchers has found a chip-level exploit in Apple Silicon Macs. The group says the flaw can bypass the computer's encryption and access its security keys, exposing the Mac's private data to hackers.
Read MoreThe House of Representatives approved a measure targeting data brokers' ability to sell Americans' personal data to "adversary" countries.
Read MoreUsers have reported that Glassdoor is adding their names and other information to their profile — despite never consenting.
Read MoreA man has been jailed for 66 weeks after becoming the first person convicted of cyberflashing in England and Wales. The act was banned in both countries in January.
Read MoreThe North American Finals of Apex Legends have been postponed after hackers introduced cheats during gameplay.
Read MoreGoogle says it has updated Chrome to offer better protection against malicious websites. With the Safe Browsing mode enabled, Chrome will check URLs in real-time without disclosing which sites you visit to Google's servers.
Read MoreThe US Copyright Office (USCO) and the Patent and Trademark Office have published a report on the legal framework around NFTs. They say current laws are sufficient to deal with IP issues, but "trademark infringement and misuse is prevalent on NFT marketplaces."
Read MoreAirbnb has released new privacy policies that forbid the placement of any cameras inside rental properties. The new rules also limit outdoor camera use.
Read MoreRussian state-sponsored hackers keep trying to infiltrate Microsoft. They've targeted the company's source code and related internal systems.
Read MoreIn an indictment that was unsealed in a federal California court, prosecutors accused Linwei Ding, a 38-year-old Chinese national who started working at Google in 2019, of uploading trade secrets from his Google-issued laptop to personal cloud storage accounts.
Read MoreJack Teixeira , the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking classified defense secrets on Discord, has pled guilty. The 22-year-old withdrew his not-guilty plea on Monday, trading the guilty admission for up to around 16 years in prison.
Read MoreThe biggest news stories this morning: Dell XPS 16 laptop review, The best DACs for Apple Music Lossless, UK government wants to use AI to cut civil service jobs.
Read MoreAt the 2024 New York International Auto Show, Polestar revealed that it's next car will feature a starting price of $56,300. That said, one thing you won't get for that money is a rear window.
Read MoreThis week, it's all about cars and Lucy Liu in VR.
Read MoreIf you're in North America, a Tesla staff member will show you how the automaker's Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology works before you can take your car home, according to Bloomberg.
Read MoreDoorDash is partnering up with Wing to test a drone delivery feature. The pilot program started in Virginia and delivers menu items from fast food restaurant Wendy's.
Read MoreWe take a look at the latest version of BMW's Vision Neue Klasse X concept car.
Read MoreThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled the final pollution emissions standards for the auto industry on Wednesday. The regulations mandate that by 2032, most new passenger car and light truck sales in the US must be electric or hybrid.
Read MoreLotus' is late to the EV world, but it's bringing its DNA along for the ride.
Read MoreThe Cowboy Cross is the company's first "all-road" model, with thicker, bigger tires, seat suspension, inverted fork suspension and a substantially bigger battery for more extended trips—or simply fewer trips to the charger.
Read MoreRivian owners can now use Tesla Supercharger stations to juice up their electric vehicles. The company released a software update to allow the integration and will even be sending out free adapters to customers.
Read MoreFollowing a disastrous misadventure with EVs, Hertz's CEO Stephen Scherr is stepping down.
Read MoreUber and Lyft say they're ending services in Minneapolis over a city-mandated driver pay increase. The city council pushed through the measure to bring driver pay closer to the local minimum wage of $15.57 an hour.
Read MoreRivian's R2 reservations are off to a promising start. CEO RJ Scaringe said the automaker had taken more than 68,000 reservations for the SUV in less than 24 hours, suggesting a latent interest in innovative EV companies not helmed by Elon Musk.
Read MoreThe 2024 Chevy Blazer EV is once again available for purchase, complete with a price drop of around $6,000. The company halted sales of the vehicle last year after major software issues came to light.
Read MoreRivian announced that it's halting production of its $5 billion Georgia plant in order to save money.
Read MoreRivian has officially revealed the more efficient and budget-friendly R2 compact electric SUV. It starts at $47,000 and features a battery that gets 330 miles per charge.
Read MoreLook at today's Model S and you still see the car that was released in 2012. It's quicker and has more range, sure, but it is the same platform and basic design I reviewed over a decade ago.
Read MoreSpecs for the Rivian R2 leaked this week ahead of Thursday's unveiling. Source code on the automaker's website suggests the R2 will have up to a 330-mile range and a $47,000 starting price when it arrives in 2026.
Read MoreWhile Mini will offer the new Countryman with a gasoline-burning engine, the star of the lineup will be the new, $45,200, all-electric Countryman SE.
Read MoreThe California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has given Waymo permission to expand its robotaxi operations to Los Angeles and more locations in the San Francisco Peninsula despite opposition from local groups and government agencies.
Read MoreFisker has announced it will lay off 15 percent of its workforce — about 200 people. It's also searching for a production partner for future models.
Read MoreFisker will gradually ramp up production of the electric Ocean SUV, with plans to build around 42,400 units in 2023.
Read MoreLongtime Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada posted on X this weekend asking what the deal is with all the Waffle House requests he keeps getting from fans of the game. The 24/7 breakfast chain has become notorious for customer fights.
Read MoreGearbox Entertainment will soon have a new owner. Take-Two is buying the Borderlands creator for $460 million.
Read MoreThe MLB is releasing its Home Run Derby VR on the Meta Quest Store with 30 ballparks available to explore.
Read MoreWorkers at Sega of America, a division of Sega Sammy Holdings Inc., have officially ratified their union contract. This makes it one of the first major North American video-game companies to take this step.
Read MoreMarvel Rivals is a new Overwatch-like team shooter from Marvel Games and NetEase. The multiplayer title will let people play as characters like Black Panther and Spider-Man.
Read MoreNo Man's Sky is still getting major updates. Developer Hello Games' "Orbital" update, due Wednesday, adds procedurally generated space stations, a ship editor and a Guild system to the nearly eight-year-old space sim.
Read MoreCD Projekt Red is offering PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S players the chance to check out Cyberpunk 2077 for free over the Easter weekend. You'll be able to play up to five hours of the sprawling first-person RPG at no extra cost.
Read MoreSquare Enix has revealed that the fifth expansion for Final Fantasy XIV Online, Dawntrail, will arrive on July 2. There are a bunch of pre-order bonuses if you pre-order, including an early access period.
Read MoreStill Wakes the Deep for the PC (via Steam and Epic Games Store), the Xbox Series X|S and the PS5 will be available on June 18, 2024.
Read MoreWe've finally learned more details about the Marvel game that former Naughty Dog and Visceral Games writer and creative director Amy Hennig and her team are working on. The World War II-set Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra is coming next year, and a new story trailer sheds more light on what it's all about.
Read MoreGOG, the gaming storefront owned by CD Projekt, is getting into cloud gaming by teaming up with Amazon Luna.
Read MoreBlizzard just announced some major changes to Overwatch 2 that should please players. Starting with season 10, new heroes will automatically unlock upon launch.
Read MorePopular YouTuber Dunkey started a game publishing company called Bigmode and the first title releases on May 9. Animal Well is a Metroidvania platformer coming to the Switch, PC and PlayStation consoles.
Read MoreEmbracer Group has sold a major chunk of Saber Interactive in a deal that's said to be worth around $500 million overall. Along with improving the company's bottom line, Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors says the agreement will protect "many developer jobs under new independent ownership."
Read MorePaper Trail, the Netflix-published game that lets you fold the world around you, finally has a release date after multiple delays. The top-down puzzler is now scheduled to launch on May 21.
Read MoreGGWP is an AI moderation kit used by more than 25 studios, including thatgamecompany.
Read MoreThe JRPG-inspired indie game Sea of Stars is getting a three-player couch co-op mode, complete with independent traversal and combat. There's no release date.
Read MoreThis year's Summer Game Fest showcase now has a confirmed date. The two-hour stream of trailers, hype, announcements and game updates is set for Friday, June 7 at 5PM ET.
Read MoreNightdive Studios' remake of System Shock hits consoles on May 21. It'll be available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, after arriving for PCs last year.
Read MoreEpic Games has announced a new pricing structure for non-game developers to use its Unreal Engine. It'll cost these folks $1,850 per seat to use the software.
Read MoreMultiVersus, Warner Bros' take on Super Smash Bros., is returning on May 28. The platform fighter was in open beta for nearly a year before going offline last summer.
Read More600 Activision quality assurance workers voted to unionize.
Read MoreEpic Games has delayed the start of the new Fortnite season due to a technical issue. The latest season focuses on Greek gods.
Read MoreEvery scene in ULTROS is packed with detail and brilliant color. This is what surreal sci-fi looks like to Niklas Åkerblad, AKA El Huervo.
Read MoreThe operator of Steam has a habit of devouring developers and their games.
Read MoreBlizzard is launching an Overwatch 2 collaboration with legendary anime Cowboy Bebop on March 12.
Read MorePanic is holding a sitewide sale on Playdate titles, the first in the console's history. This sale is to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the online store.
Read MoreMicrosoft and Atlus said today that Persona 3 Reload's Expansion Pass will be available on March 12. It will include the story's final chapter DLC, Episode Aigis -The Answer-, which arrives in September.
Read MoreCapcom's Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess is coming out this year, according to today's Xbox Partner Showcase. The developer also dropped a new trailer for the single-player action RPG.
Read More11 Bit Studios has announced at the Xbox Partners Showcase that Frostpunk 2 will be available for Windows PCs and on the PC Game Pass service starting on July 25.
Read MoreRiffRaff Games has announced Sleight of Hand, a noir stealth game from Framed's creator. It should be available in 2025.
Read MoreNetflix has revealed when its subscribers can play Hades, widely hailed as one of the best game of all time, on iOS at no extra cost. Developer Supergiant Games spent over a year refining the touch controls and optimizing the roguelite for mobile ahead of the March 19 release.
Read MoreMLB The Show 24 will let you create and play as women ballplayers for the first time in the series. This year's edition will arrive on March 19.
Read MoreGoogle is releasing the Nano version of its Gemini AI for the Pixel 8 smartphone. This follows a roll out last year to the Pixel 8 Pro.
Read MoreThe New York Times reports that Israel's military intelligence has been using an experimental facial recognition program in Gaza that's misidentified civilians as having ties to Hamas.
Read MoreGoogle just announced that it's expanding the Circle to Search feature to include translating from one language to another. The search giant also revealed an AI-centric update to Maps.
Read MoreGoogle has a new version of Chrome for Windows laptops that run Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. The two companies say the Snapdragon version of Chrome shows "a dramatic performance improvement."
Read MoreFederal authorities in the US asked Google for the names, addresses, telephone numbers and user activity of the accounts that watched certain YouTube videos between January 1 and 8, 2023, according to unsealed court documents viewed by Forbes.
Read MoreGoogle expands Search Generative Experience's testing to include users who didn't opt in to see the experimental feature.
Read MoreGoogle just announced that it successfully used AI-enhanced technology to successfully predict floods along riverlines up to seven days in advance. The average timeline was five days in advance.
Read MoreIt'll soon be time to learn about what's next for the likes of Android, Pixel and Google's AI products. The company's I/O conference will take place on May 14.
Read MoreGemini, Google's AI chatbot, won't answer questions about questions about India's upcoming national elections, the company wrote in a blog post today. The restrictions are similar to the ones Google announced in December ahead of global elections in the US and the EU.
Read MorePer Google's release notes for Wallet this week, the app can now pull some movie tickets and boarding passes from users Gmail inboxes automatically. Once a confirmation email has shown up, the pass should be added to the user's Wallet.
Read More"I'm a Google software engineer and I refuse to build technology that powers genocide or surveillance!" The engineer shouted as such, interrupting a speech by Barak Regev, Google Israel's managing director, during an Israeli tech event in New York.
Read MoreGoogle has revealed that it will indeed charge developers even if they don't use the Play Store, just like Apple did with the App Store.
Read MoreAmid complaints about its search results declining in quality, Google is tweaking its algorithms to do a better job of weeding out spammy or automated content. The company says the ranking updates, arriving in May, will "keep the lowest-quality content out of search."
Read MoreThe EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) is officially in effect and Google just detailed exactly what the law means for the company. It outlined all of the changes being instituted as a result of the DMA.
Read MoreGoogle just rolled out next-gen call screening to some Pixel phone models. This tool employs Google Assistant to find out why the person on the other end initiated the call.
Read MoreSmartwatches running Wear OS 3 and above are getting public transit directions, thanks to Google's March updates. First-gen Pixel Watches are also getting the second gen's health monitoring features.
Read MoreAt this week's Game Developers Conference, Qualcomm tried to assure devs that most Windows titles will "just work" on laptops with its Snapdragon X Elite chipset thanks to emulation.
Read MoreMeta is failing to enforce its own rules against anti-trans hate speech on its platform, a new report from GLAAD warns.
Read MoreMeta is allowing users to limit political and social content from accounts they don't follow on Instagram and Threads.
Read MoreThe Mozilla Foundation and dozens of other research and advocacy groups are pushing back on Meta's decisions to shut down its research tool, CrowdTangle, later this year.
Read MoreMeta has offered a brief preview of how fediverse sharing works and what it might look like once more people have access to it.
Read MoreThreads is rolling out its "trending now" feature to all US users, Mark Zuckerberg said in a post.
Read MoreMeta is shutting down CrowdTangle in August. Reporters and researchers used the platform to investigate social media practices.
Read MoreFacebook tested the new system with Reels and noticed that watch times went up significantly. So it will roll it out to the main Facebook feed and Groups as well.
Read MoreMeta has revealed how third-party apps will be able to securely connect to Messenger and WhatsApp. The company has to open up its apps to a certain extent to comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act.
Read MoreA group of 41 state attorneys general are demanding that Meta step up its support services for users who have been victims of hacks and account takeovers.
Read MoreMeta is starting to bring the Threads API online, though it will still be some time before it's widely accessible to developers.
Read MoreMark Zuckerberg's recent PR blitz is neither out of character nor a sign of a freshly rehabbed image.
Read MoreIn early April, the Facebook News tab will start disappearing for users in the US and Australia. Meta will also stop paying Australian news organizations for their content, ending deals currently worth around $66 million.
Read MoreUS Congressional staff members can no longer use Microsoft's Copilot on their government-issued devices, according to Axios.
Read MoreMicrosoft's Copilot AI service is set to run locally on PCs, according to Intel.
Read MoreMicrosoft is bringing more Copilot features to Teams. The AI will be able to pull insights and information from both the meeting chat and a call transcript to give you a better sense of what your collaborators discussed.
Read MoreMicrosoft is bringing together its Windows experiences and its Windows devices teams to form one division, and it has appointed company veteran Pavan Davuluri with the task of leading it.
Read MoreMicrosoft has finally announced the long-awaited Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6, but consumers won't be able to buy them easily. They're geared entirely towards businesses and professional users.
Read MoreMicrosoft has a lone leader overseeing its consumer AI division for the first time. Google DeepMind cofounder Mustafa Suleyman is joining the company from rival Inflection AI, which will now transition into enterprise AI.
Read MoreMicrosoft is holding a live event on Thursday, March 21 at 12PM ET. You can stream it live and it's likely to focus on new Surface products and AI innovations.
Read MoreMicrosoft is planning to announce some news just ahead of Build. No prizes for guessing that it's all about the company's "AI vision."
Read MoreMicrosoft has been pushing Bing pop-up ads in Chrome on Windows 10 and 11. Windows Latest and The Verge reported on Friday about the ad, which says (in bold lettering) to users browsing the web in Chrome, "Chat with GPT-4 for free on Chrome! Get hundreds of daily chat turns with Bing Al."
Read MoreMicrosoft is holding a digital event on March 21. Among the expected announcements are Windows AI updates and new Surface devices, potentially the first to be branded as "AI PCs."
Read MoreMicrosoft has blocked certain prompts in Copilot after it emerged the AI was generating violent imagery based on them.
Read MoreMicrosoft highlighted some new and upcoming accessibility features at its Ability summit, which kicked off today.
Read MoreMicrosoft is holding an event on March 21 that will focus on its upcoming generative AI features.
Read MoreMicrosoft engineer Shane Jones previously raised concerns about the safety of the image generation platform DALL-E 3, citing it was easy to create disturbing pictures. Now, he's taken his concerns to the FTC.
Read MoreMicrosoft is pulling the plug on Android apps for Windows. The company is ending support for Windows Subsystem for Android, the underlying component behind the Amazon Appstore in Windows 11.
Read MoreMicrosoft may debut its first 'AI PCs' later this month. According to a report, the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 will support new AI functions that are slated to hit Windows 11 later this year.
Read MoreMicrosoft has filed a motion seeking to dismiss key parts of a lawsuit The New York Times filed against the company and Open AI, accusing them of copyright infringement.
Read MoreT-Mobile's annual deal for baseball fans is back. From Tuesday through Sunday, the carrier's customers can claim a free yearlong subscription to MLB.TV for live and on-demand streaming access to the entire Major League Baseball season.
Read MoreDisgraced former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was just sentenced to 25 years in prison in a New York court. He was convicted in November of fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Read MoreOregon's law is the first to prohibit "parts pairing," which prevents third-party repair services from using unauthorized components for replacement.
Read MoreIn the Power On newsletter this week, Mark Gurman writes that Sonos is planning a June release for its Roam 2 portable speaker. It's also reportedly working on a new app to pair with its devices, starting with the Roam 2 and upcoming headphones.
Read MoreThe LG CineBeam Q is now available for pre-order for $1,299 and will come with some extras and freebies if you make your purchase on or before April 7.
Read MoreGetty Images has flagged another photo captured by the Princess of Wales that was released back in 2022, featuring Queen Elizabeth II surrounded by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Read MoreDyson's latest robot vacuum, the 360 Vis Nav, is available in the US now for $1,199. Here's everything you need to know about the new robovac, plus how you can order it.
Read MoreOrganize your desk with these accessories and improve your WFH setup.
Read MoreStarbucks updated its FAQ on Friday to let members know that the Odyssey beta program is closing on March 31. Its Web3 rewards program gave members access to Starbucks NFTs, and had activities and mini-games tied to loyalty perks.
Read MoreEngadget is the original source of consumer technology news and reviews, reaching nearly 15 million loyal readers and over 6 million social followers around the world.
Read MoreThe FCC has raised the speeds required to describe internet service as "broadband" for the first time since 2015. The agency's annual high-speed internet assessment concluded that 100 Mbps downloads and 20 Mbps uploads will be the new standard.
Read MoreRecteq's latest two smart pellet grills cater to aspiring pitmasters who either need a lot of cooking space or are building a permanent outdoor kitchen.
Read MoreLeica has launched the SL3, a 60-MP model that looks nothing like its famous rangefinder cameras, offering a new phase-detect autofocus system, 8K video capability and more.
Read MoreNikon has purchased RED for an undisclosed sum and plans to move into the cinema camera market.
Read MoreThe Right To Repair Act passed the house and senate in Oregon. It's the first of its kind to ban parts pairing.
Read MoreThe biggest news stories this morning: Waymo gets approval to deploy its robotaxi service in Los Angeles, Dune 2 kicks butt (literally), This is what it looks like to reenter Earth's atmosphere from a space capsule's POV.
Read MoreThis week: Lenovo's concept laptop looks like a Star Trek prop, Nintendo steps up its fight against game piracy, The Barbie phone debuts at MWC 2024.
Read MoreThis Saturday, on March 2, 2024, Engadget turns 20. To mark the occasion, our team has prepared almost 20 articles about the tech industry over the past two decades, the products that truly made an impact and how tech has changed our lives.
Read MoreNintendo announced release dates for 'Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door' and 'Luigi's Mansion 2 HD.' They come out May 23 and June 27, respectively. Pre-orders are now available for both on the Nintendo Store for $60.
Read MoreLego and Nintendo today announced three new Super Mario themed sets that will come out this summer, along with a Mario Kart set that will drop in 2025. This year's new sets include the Bowser Express Train, King Boo's Haunted Mansion and Battle with Roy at Peach's Castle.
Read MoreThe biggest news stories this morning: Apple announces new MacBook Airs with M3 chips, Instagram finally lets you edit DMs, Steam defined the modern video game industry.
Read MoreTropic Haze, the popular Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator developer, appears to have agreed to settle Nintendo's lawsuit against it. Less than a week after Nintendo filed the lawsuit, a joint filing for a final judgment and permanent injunction says Tropic Haze has agreed to pay the Mario maker $2.4 million, along with other concessions.
Read MoreNVIDIA and Ubisoft have teamed up to bring the former's AI-enhanced NPCs to games. These NEO NPCs are designed to interact in real time with players, the environment and other NPCs.
Read MoreSteam has introduced Steam Families, a game-sharing and monitoring feature for parents and children.
Read MoreChildren of the Sun is a bullet-bending puzzle game set in a trippy world of cults and revenge, and it's due to hit Steam on April 9.
Read MoreGhost of Tsushima is coming to PC on May 16. Along with the Iki Island expansion and Legends co-op mulitplayer mode, features include real-time cinematics rendering for improved lip sync for Japanese audio.
Read MoreSteam's legacy is a vast and varied landscape of games serving millions of individual libraries, some thousands of titles deep — all of which can disappear with a snap if Valve decides to stop, sell or pivot.
Read MoreSony unveiled April's PlayStation Plus monthly games on Wednesday. The batch includes Immortals of Aveum, Minecraft Legends, Skul: The Hero Slayer and an Overwatch 2 skins-and-skips bundle.
Read MoreSony is expanding Game Help to include real gameplay as hints on select PlayStation 5 titles.
Read MoreSquare Enix has revealed that the second Final Fantasy XVI expansion, The Rising Tide, will arrive on April 18. A free update with quality-of-life improvements arrives on the same day.
Read MoreSony has reportedly halted production of the PS VR2 until it can clear a stockpile of unsold units. Sales of the headset appear to have slowed significantly since it debuted in February 2023.
Read MoreThe biggest news stories this morning: Starbucks stops wasting money on its coffee NFTs, The FCC just quadrupled the minimum download speeds of 'broadband', Disney+ screws UK Doctor Who fans with global release strategy.
Read MoreSony reportedly sent documentation for the PS5 Pro's specs to third-party developers, and the company could release the console by the end of 2024.
Read MoreOn Wednesday, Sony revealed the March catalog of free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers. Incoming titles include the Resident Evil 3 remake, Marvel's Midnight Suns and NBA 2K24. You can claim the games starting on Tuesday, March 19.
Read MoreSony is rolling out a new PlayStation 5 system update that makes your controller sound better, your screen sharing more immersive and your power indicator adjustable. System Update 9.00 is available in the public update pushed to PS5 owners on Wednesday.
Read MoreUbisoft+ Classics is now available as a standalone subscription on PlayStation consoles, though it's still included in PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium memberships. You can gain access to the entire library for $8 per month.
Read MoreAfter a break of more than 15 years, Visions of Mana is hoping to inject new life into the legendary RPG franchise.
Read MoreSennheiser's latest flagship earbuds retain the excellent sound quality the company is known for, and add some quality-of-life updates that are improvements over the previous model.
Read MoreCherlynn and Devindra chat with Engadget Senior Editor Karissa Bell around the latest TikTok drama.
Read MoreAlienware's 32-inch 4K QD-OLED is the pinnacle of gaming monitors, featuring rich colors, deep black levels and impressive contrast. Gameplay also looks silky smooth thanks to its class-leading 240Hz refresh rate.
Read MoreThe GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker imparts noticeable wood-fired flavor into meats, seafood and sides and offers a lot of handy features. It requires some extra steps grills don't, but you also don't have to venture outdoors to use it.
Read MoreStarting at $1,500 and with dimensions that aren't much bigger than a traditional clamshell, ASUS' Zenbook Duo is the first dual-screen laptop you'd actually want to buy.
Read MoreHyper Light Breaker is a hoverboard sim — and so much more.
Read MoreDespite changes to ANC and a few new features, the Accentum Plus isn't a significant upgrade over the regular Accentum that debuted last year.
Read MoreUnicorn Overlord feels like a spiritual successor to games like Ogre Battle 64 and it's quickly become an instant classic for tactics fans.
Read MoreThe Roomba Combo j9+ is the ideal robotic vacuum and mop. It can easily suck up dirt while also wiping down your floors, and now it's smart enough to refill its own water tank.
Read MoreApple's refreshed MacBook Air laptops are finally here, and they're toting shiny new M3 chips.
Read MoreThe biggest news stories this morning: Is the MacBook Air M3 any good, TikTok vs the US, and a look back at the Tesla Model S.
Read MoreApple's latest MacBook Air takes everything we loved about the M2 redesign -- a sleeker and lighter case -- and adds more power thanks to an M3 chip.
Read MorePacking a bright 120Hz OLED screen, great battery life and unique design, the Nothing Phone 2a proves that a good budget phone doesn't need to be boring.
Read MoreWhile it's a bit pricey, the Razer Blade 14 delivers almost everything you could want in a portable gaming laptop.
Read MoreThe biggest news stories this morning: England convicts its first cyberflasher, ASUS Zenbook Duo review, The best deals in Amazon's Big Spring Sale (no Prime sub needed)
Read MoreSamsung is running a new promotion that doles out a free 65-inch 4K TV when you pre-order one of its new 4K, 8K, OLED or Frame TVs for 2024.
Read MoreSamsung announced a full range of new TVs at its Unbox & Discover event. These include Neo QLED 8K models, Neo QLED 4K models and various OLED boxes.
Read MoreYou can now purchase Samsung's home theater gear from CES that doubles as art.
Read MoreScientists have created a blazing-fast scientific camera that shoots images at an encoding rate of 156.3 terahertz (THz) to individual pixels — equivalent to 156.3 trillion frames per second.
Read MoreThis week: The first human Neuralink patient controlling a computer with his thoughts, Dyson enters the US robot vacuum market with the 360 Vis Nav and Apple wants to bring Google's Gemini AI to iPhones
Read MoreNeuralink has shared a brief public demo of the brain-computer interface (BCI) in action with a human patient.
Read MoreGoogle's Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are both on sale ahead of Amazon's Big Spring Sale.
Read MoreIn this guide, Engadget will take you through how to declutter your iOS device, with tips on how to efficiently free up space on your iPhone or iPad and wrangle your notifications.
Read MoreMotorola has just unveiled two upcoming budget-friendly phones. The Moto G Power and Moto 5 5G range in price from $200 to $300.
Read MoreSamsung has launched its 2024 midrange phone lineup, which combines weaker specs and feature sets with more alluring prices than its flagship handsets. The Galaxy A55 and A35 have 6.6-inch Super AMOLED displays.
Read MoreLinkedIn is testing a new feed of TikTok-like vertical videos.
Read MoreInstagram is working on a feature called Blend, a private feed of Reels for two people. It's testing the option internally only for now.
Read MoreX is working on features that will allow admins of "Communities," the platform's tool for subreddit-like groups, to designate the spaces as containing "adult content."
Read MoreSnapchat has a new AI-powered perk for subscribers: Bitmoji versions of your pet
Read MoreYouTube announced that more than a quarter of channels in its Partner Program are now earning money from the short-form videos.
Read MorexAI's Grok chatbot, the Elon Musk-helmed company's answer to OpenAI's ChatGPT, will be available to X's Premium subscribers later this week.
Read MoreThe Oversight Board is urging Meta to change the way it moderates the word "shaheed," an Arabic term that has led to more takedowns than any other word or phrase on the company's platforms.
Read MoreGovernor Ron DeSantis of Florida just signed into law a bill that requires parental consent for kids under 16 to hold social media accounts. It also completely prevents children under 14 from joining these platforms.
Read MoreA judge has dismissed a lawsuit from X against the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a nonprofit that researches hate speech on the Elon Musk-owned platform.
Read MoreTikTok's "youth council" is now official, and they have already started meeting with the company, including CEO Shou Chew, the company announced.
Read MoreThreads is getting into live sports scores, starting with the NBA. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the initiative and said that other leagues will be coming soon.
Read MorePorn bots are pervasive across social media, despite platforms' best efforts to stamp them out. In order to avoid detection by moderation tools, the scammers behind them continually change their methods.
Read MoreTwo senators are asking the office of the Director of National Intelligence to declassify the contents of intelligence briefings about TikTok and ByteDance,
Read MoreAccording to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Bobby Kotick has expressed interest in purchasing TikTok, and approached others including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about the idea of partnering. A new bill has left TikTok's future in the US up in the air.
Read MoreWhatsApp has just made it easier to take note of more important messages from within a conversation.
Read MoreFediverse support in Meta Threads is up and running in beta. Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday that adult Threads users in eligible countries can turn on sharing to the fediverse — including Mastodon and other ActivityPub services.
Read MoreThe renewed support for banning or forcing a sale of TikTok doesn't seem to be tied to any newly uncovered information about TikTok, ByteDance or the Chinese Communist Party.
Read MoreReddit is now a publicly traded company, 19 years after it first went live. It aimed to raise around $631 million in its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.
Read MoreThreads has begun testing swipe gestures to help users improve the algorithm that populates the For You feed. The feature is currently only available to a limited number of people.
Read MoreApp researcher Nima Owji posted a series of screenshots on X this weekend showing some of the puzzle games LinkedIn is working on, and the company has since confirmed the plan to TechCrunch. There's no rollout date yet.
Read MoreThis week's stories: House passes bill that could ban TikTok, The real fight isn't Tyson vs. Paul — it's Netflix vs. its livestreaming infrastructure, Airbnb to hosts: please stop filming the guests.
Read MoreCherlynn and Devindra chat with Engadget Senior Editor Karissa Bell around the latest TikTok drama.
Read MoreTikTok began pushing new in-app messages to users asking them to "tell your Senator how important TikTok is to you" and to "ask them to vote not on the TikTok ban."
Read MoreThe biggest news stories this morning: Even cozy games can get toxic, From mono to mainstream: 20 years of Bluetooth audio, Musk kills Don Lemon's new X show before it began.
Read MoreShould the bill pass into law, it would force TikTok's parent company ByteDance, a Chinese corporation, to sell TikTok to a US company within six months, or be banned from US app stores and web hosting services.
Read MoreIn a new filing, the SEC accuses Elon Musk of trying to "misrepresent" the regulator's investigation into his Twitter takeover
Read MoreLemon said that X canceled his contract hours after he interviewed the platform's billionaire owner Elon Musk for the first episode of "The Don Lemon Show," which was scheduled to stream from this Monday.
Read MoreA bill that could force a sale or outright ban on TikTok passed the House just days after it was first introduced.
Read MoreBluesky, the open-source Twitter alternative, is about to start testing out one of its more ambitious ideas: allowing its users to run their own moderation services.
Read MoreDiscord just announced that it's releasing a development SDK for people to make games and apps that are directly embedded in chats. The software tool rolls out on March 18.
Read MoreX is launching a new app for watching long-form videos on Samsung TV and Amazon's Fire TV.
Read MoreTikTok's future is looking increasingly uncertain as President Joe Biden has now come out in support of the measure, one day after it cleared its first legislative hurdle in the House.
Read MoreX now allows verified organizations and Premium+ subscribers to publish long-form "Articles."
Read MoreTikTok has been alerting its millions of US users about the measure, which would force ByteDance to sell TikTok in order for the app to remain available in US app stores.
Read MoreTikTok is rolling out the Creator Rewards Program that only pays for videos longer than one minute.
Read MoreA group of lawmakers have introduced a new bill that would force ByteDance to sell TikTok in order for the app to remain available in the United States.
Read MoreMeta apps Facebook, Instagram, and Threads all experienced outages on Tuesday morning.
Read MoreX has, once again, quietly changed its rules around deadnaming and misgendering without an explanation.
Read MoreMeta just announced a software update for Instagram that finally lets users edit DMs within 15 minutes of being sent. There's also a new tool to pin three of your favorite conversations at the top of your DM feed.
Read MoreX has updated its abuse and harassment page in January, and it has added a new section that explains its new rule against intentionally using the wrong pronouns for a person or using a name they no longer go by.
Read MoreAccording to a report from Reuters, SpaceX has been contracted by the Department of Defense's National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to build a network of hundreds of low-orbiting spy satellites capable of operating as a swarm.
Read MoreA startup called Interlune — the founders of which include former Blue Origin top employees and an Apollo 17 astronaut — plan to send a harvester to the moon to collect material for the surface and extract helium-3 for use on Earth.
Read MoreSpaceX is set to conduct the third test launch of its Starship spacecraft. You can watch the attempt here.
Read MoreSpace One launched a rocket earlier in hopes of becoming the first private entity in Japan to put a satellite in orbit, but its rocket (named Kairos) exploded seconds after lift off.
Read MoreLuxury brand Coperni has created a small bag made of nanomaterial silica aerogel — previously used by NASA to collect comet dust.
Read MoreVarda Space Industries has shared incredible footage captured by a camera on its W-1 capsule during its reentry through Earth's atmosphere on February 21.
Read MoreJapan's SLIM lander and Intuitive Machines' Odysseus have both gone into a dormant state for the onset of lunar night. The teams will attempt to resume operations after the two-week period of darkness.
Read MoreThe biggest news stories this morning: Marvel Rivals is a new Overwatch-like team shooter, Oregon's Right to Repair bill is now a law, The White House lays out extensive AI guidelines for the federal government.
Read MoreIf you're out of the loop on all things Twitch, there's a trend going around of streamers projecting their gameplays on green-screened body parts, usually intimate ones like butts and breasts.
Read MoreHulu on Disney+ is officially coming out of beta, making it easy for subscribers to access content for both services.
Read MoreSpotify is testing educational video courses in the UK from creators like BBC Maestro.
Read MoreJoni Mitchell has quietly returned to Spotify, after quietly exiting the platform two years ago. This is happening just a few days after Neil Young put his music back on the streamer.
Read MoreSpotify has added a long-requested Miniplayer to its desktop app, giving you quick playback access while freeing you to focus on other things. The resizable floating window lets you control the audio, including changing tracks, picking playlists and tweaking the volume.
Read MoreWarner Bros. Discovery is continuing to rename HBO Max as just Max. The rebranding effort will reach Europe in May.
Read MoreThe days are ticking down until the 2024 Olympic Games start, and Peacock has revealed some of the features it will offer to help you catch all the action you want to see.
Read MoreNineteen years after Jawed Karim uploaded the very first YouTube video, the awkward, 19-second clip in front of San Diego Zoo's elephant enclosure is memorable today only because of what it represents.
Read MoreYouTube creators now have to disclose if a realistic-looking video "is made with altered or synthetic media, including generative AI." The label rules don't apply to "clearly unrealistic" content.
Read MoreNetflix is the new home of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. This year's prize is going to Kevin Hart and you'll be able to stream the ceremony in May.
Read MoreDoctor Who will now stream to suit US viewing hours, not the UK.
Read MoreTwitch is removing the Prime Video Watch Party feature from its online streaming platform on April 2, almost four years after it became available to all of its users.
Read MorePornhub is now inaccessible in Texas after the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled that the state can start enforcing its age verification regulations for porn websites.
Read MoreApple TV will stream all 14 of this weekend's MLS games for free. As such, you won't need an MLS Season Pass subscription to watch Lionel Messi's Inter Miami in action.
Read MoreYouTube is rolling out a redesign of its app on TVs, with an increased emphasis on shopping and the comment feed. The video feed also looks to be shrinking a bit.
Read MoreNew Netflix movie Atlas puts Jennifer Lopez inside a mech on a distant planet. Sadly, it's probably the closest we'll ever get to an actual Titanfall film.
Read MoreSpotify has announced that premium users in 11 countries will have access to music videos by artists like Ed Sheeran and Ice Spice.
Read MoreThe biggest news stories this morning: X rival Bluesky will let users run their own moderation services, The best mobile microphones for 2024 The US Government says IP infringement is all over NFT marketplaces.
Read MoreNeil Young is back on Spotify after boycotting the platform over two years ago.
Read MoreNetflix has announced its first live boxing event, a fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul. But the real battle will be to make sure it can handle (likely) millions of simultaneous livestreams.
Read MoreSpotify said on Thursday it will raise its subscription prices in France in response to a new tax designed to support the nation's music industry. CEO Daniel Ek wrote an open letter denouncing the tax, which France's government passed in December.
Read MoreTwitch is redesigning its mobile app for the first time since 2019. The company's CEO, Dan Clancy, wrote in an open letter on Wednesday that the discovery feed will be the app's new landing page.
Read MoreTidal is combining its two individual tiers into one option for $11 monthly. It aligns the brand with competitors like Apple Music and Spotify.
Read MoreMax will soon join Netflix and Disney in cracking down on account sharing.
Read MoreSpotify is now offering a subscription tier just for audiobooks. It costs $10 per month and includes the same 15 hours of listening time as a Premium plan.
Read MoreNo matter how convoluted and expensive streaming video services become, I'll always think: At least it's better than watching this thing over dial-up.
Read MoreApple will finally launch new iPads in early May, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Expected are a new iPad Pro with an OLED display and a faster iPad Air, including a 12.9-inch model for the first time in that lineup.
Read MoreConversing with your computer has been a dream of futurists and technologists for decades. But even after 20 years of development, chatbots still haven't caught on in the ways we were told they would.
Read MoreEngadget's impressions of VR game The Pirate Queen, as well as an interview with executive producers Lucy Liu and Eloise Singer.
Read MoreVizio just announced a new 86-inch 4K smart TV that costs under $999. It goes on sale April 29.
Read MoreGKIDS and Fathom Events have announced the lineup for Studio Ghibli Fest 2024. This year's run includes 14 films, starting with Spirited Away on April 27 and ending in December with My Neighbor Totoro.
Read MoreIn Stars Wars: The Acolyte, a Jedi Master and his former padawan reunite to investigate a series of crimes. Disney+ has released its official trailer to let you know what you can expect.
Read MoreBlack Mirror, the series that eerily foreshadowed our current tech dystopia, is set to return in 2025 for a seventh season.
Read MoreDespite combining for 32 nominations, Netflix and Apple TV+ were nearly shut out of of the 2024 Oscars, with Netflix winning a single award.
Read MoreShigeru Miyamoto announced on Mario Day that Nintendo and Illumination are working on another movie in the Super Mario Bros. franchise. It's set to come out April 3, 2026 in the US and other areas.
Read MoreAmazon has released the latest trailer for its live-action Fallout series. All episodes of the video game adaptation will hit Prime Video on April 11.
Read MoreDune Part 2 was worth the wait -- and it'll literally kick your butt.
Read MoreWith the version 1.6.0 update for Tamagotchi Uni that rolled out on March 19, Bandai opened the Tama Portal and introduced DLC called Tamaverse Tickets, which unlock new areas. The first two are Very Berry Land and the LoveMelo Concert.
Read MoreLike most other corners of the tech world, Google sees AI powering the next innovations in health technology. The company's annual The Check Up event revealed plans to expand Google Lens for better skin condition searches, add a personal health chatbot to the Fitbit app and use a version of its Gemini chatbot in the medical domain.
Read MoreAI-powered visual search features arrived to Ray-Ban's Meta sunglasses last year, and a new one in the latest beta looks quite useful.
Read MoreThe US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first continuous glucose monitor (CGM) people can buy without a prescription.
Read MoreSkullcandy just unveiled its new EcoBuds True Wireless earbuds, which are made with 65 percent recycled plastics. The earbuds cost $40 and can reverse charge from a smartphone.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, Shure unveiled its better-late-than-never entry into the creator-focused wireless consumer lapel mic space. The audio company's MoveMic system joins an increasingly crowded space alongside three tiers of Rode's Wireless Go system and two iterations of DJI's Mic.
Read MoreMicrosoft may be working on a white version of its current all-digital Xbox Series X console.
Read MoreMicrosoft is finally enabling keyboard and mouse support on some Xbox Cloud Gaming titles. Testers can now use the option for the likes of Fortnite, Halo Infinite and Sea of Thieves.
Read MoreToys for Bob — which developed 2018's Spyro Reignited Trilogy and was behind Crash Bandicoot 4, along with the Nintendo Switch port for the N. Sane Trilogy — reached a deal with Xbox for a new game, according to Windows Central.
Read MoreMicrosoft is deepening its ties with cloud gaming company Boosteroid. Beginning today, Xbox Game Pass subscribers with a Boosteroid membership can stream Game Pass titles along with supported titles purchased through the Microsoft Store on Windows.
Read MoreSquare Enix has finally revealed the proper release date for Final Fantasy 14 on Xbox Series X/S. It's coming to the consoles on March 21.
Read MoreMicrosoft is holding a showcase of third-party Xbox games on March 6 at 1PM ET. It will run for around 30 minutes and feature more than a dozen new trailers from publishers including Capcom, Nexon and EA.
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