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Star Trek: Lower Decks bows out on business as usual
Star Trek: Lower Decks is back for its fifth, and for now final, season. Here's why you should watch it.
Daniel Cooper10.19.2024
DJI challenges its 'Chinese military company' Pentagon designation in court
DJI has sued the Pentagon to challenge its designation as a "Chinese military company."
Mariella Moon10.19.2024
Spider-Man 2 will crawl onto PCs in January
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is getting a PC release on Steam and the Epic Games Store in January of 2025.
Danny Gallagher10.18.2024
Google wants to put the consequences of its Epic antitrust ruling on pause during appeal
Google is asking the court to put a pause on the proposed changes to the Play Store that would open it to competitors as it appeals the decision on the Epic antitrust lawsuit ruling.
Mariella Moon10.18.2024
Penguin Random House amends its copyright rules to protect authors from AI
The world's biggest publisher is taking steps to protect its books and authors from AI infringement.
Danny Gallagher10.18.2024
Turns out Redbox's derelict kiosks are a big red security risk
Redbox kiosk machines may still have some of its customers' private information on its machines even though they've been taken out of operation.
Danny Gallagher10.18.2024
Nightdive Studios revives a cult classic 3DO game from 1996
Nightdive Studios, who updated System Shock, is reviving the cult classic FPS Killing Time. The updated Killing Time: Resurrected is based on the original 3D0 title.
Lawrence Bonk10.18.2024
Google NotebookLM adds improved audio overviews and background listening feature
Google adds new features to NotebookLM, including improved audio overviews. The AI-enhanced note-taking software is also getting a version focused on commercial use.
Lawrence Bonk10.18.2024
Samsung and LG OLED TVs are close to all-time lows, plus the rest of the week's best tech deals
This week's best tech deals include LG and Samsung OLED TVs, a few first-party Nintendo Switch games and Anker power banks, among other gadgets we recommend.
Jeff Dunn10.18.2024
Canon EOS R5 II review: Canon’s most powerful camera yet puts Sony on notice
Move over Sony, Canon is trying to take the lead in bleeding-edge tech for mirrorless cameras.
Steve Dent10.18.2024
Qualcomm axes its Windows on ARM PC dev kit
Qualcomm axes its Windows on ARM PC dev kit. The company said it did not meet its usual standard of excellence, so orders will be refunded.
Lawrence Bonk10.18.2024
Tesla's FSD is under federal investigation after four reduced-visibility crashes
Federal investigators are looking into Tesla crashes in which the Full Self-Driving (FSD) feature was engaged in low-visibility conditions. A pedestrian was struck and killed by a Model Y in one of the incidents.
Kris Holt10.18.2024
The US Treasury is using AI (a vehicle for fraud) to detect fraud
The IRS is also using AI for its operations.
Sarah Fielding10.18.2024
You can now add songs to Spotify straight from Instagram posts
Instagram has launched a Spotify integration that makes it easy to add songs you hear on its app to your music streaming library.
Mariella Moon10.18.2024
Engadget Podcast: Why we're intrigued by the Kindle Colorsoft
This week Amazon announced the Kindle Colorsoft, its first color E Ink e-reader.
Devindra Hardawar10.18.2024
The Morning After: YouTube is testing a new subscription option that could remove most ads
The biggest news stories this morning: A $105,000 robot arm nobody needs can cook a delicious lunch, A new trailer for the Dune: Prophecy series just dropped, Amazon is rebooting its live-action adaptation of God of War.
Mat Smith10.18.2024
Amazon's new basic streamer is the $35 Fire TV Stick HD
Amazon has rebranded the Fire TV Stick and has shaved a few dollars off its pricing.
Mariella Moon10.18.2024
How to use a VPN on Fire TV for streaming
Amazon's line of Fire TV streamers include excellent on-board support for VPNs, opening a wider world of viewing options.
Aaron Kim10.18.2024
The 10 best sleep apps and gadgets for a better night's sleep in 2024
We've tried a number of tech gadgets to see if they can help us sleep better, and these are the ones that actually worked.
Amy Skorheim10.18.2024
X updates its privacy policy to allow third parties to train AI models with its data
X is updating its privacy policy with new language that allows it to provide users’ data to third-party “collaborators” in order to train AI models.
Karissa Bell10.17.2024