Cruise's self-driving cabs are coming to Uber next year
General Motors’ robotaxi service Cruise has inked a multi-year deal with Uber. The deal will let Uber customers hail a Cruise self-driving taxi from their smartphone starting next year, according to...
View ArticleGoogle Essentials will house all Google services in a single Windows app
If you buy a new Hewlett-Packard laptop in the next few weeks, then you’ll notice a new app on the “Start” menu called Google Essentials. On Thursday, Google announced that the new app will bundle some...
View ArticleThe first 22 seasons of Pokémon will return to streaming
Get ready, trainers: the original Pokémon anime will soon be getting a new home. The Pokémon Company has partnered with Canadian company WildBrain to be the distributor for a single-IP free...
View ArticleDC's antitrust case against Amazon comes back to life
An appeals court has revived an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon filed by the Attorney General of Washington, DC more than three years ago. The online retailer must now face allegations that it...
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The best gaming handhelds for 2024
Handheld gaming systems are having a moment. While gaming on the go has been a thing since the Game Boy, the success of the Nintendo Switch and a string of ever-improving processors have brought an...
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The best smartphones to buy in 2024
You might have an idea of which smartphone you want to buy next. But there are more options than ever before that are solid — plenty of companies are making stellar handsets nowadays, at similar...
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The Morning After: Is Google’s Pixel 9 worth buying?
There’s a lot of power in the notion of the default: The obvious, sensible choice you won’t get picked on for making. Until now, the default choice for an Android flagship is whatever model of Galaxy...
View ArticleEngadget Podcast: Pixel 9 reviews and Gamescom 2024
This week, Devindra and Cherlynn dive into Engadget's reviews on Google's Pixel 9 and 9 Pro phones. Are they really a step up from last year's devices? And how do they compare to Samsung's latest?...
View ArticleThe best free games in 2024 that you can start playing today
Here’s one trick Sony and Microsoft don’t want you to know: You don’t have to spend $70 to play a good game. These days, courtesy of in-app payments and the ease of offering both a sample of a title...
View ArticleNASA will soon announce whether Starliner's astronauts are coming back on a...
On August 24, NASA will finally announce how Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, the astronauts that flew to the ISS aboard Boeing's Starliner, will be coming home. Earlier this month, the agency said it...
View ArticleChina claims to have already reached its 2030 clean energy goal
In some good news for the environment, China has reached a clean energy goal six years sooner than expected. In 2020, President Xi Jinping set a goal to have at least 1,200 gigawatts of clean energy...
View ArticleGet one year of 1Password for 25 percent off
Managing the multiple subscriptions and accounts that comprise online life, and the complexity grows exponentially if you're also looking out for family members' digital security. Enter password...
View ArticleiFixit put the landfill-bound Samsung Galaxy Ring through a CT scanner
iFixit took apart Samsung's Galaxy Ring, scrutinized its components and wrote its findings, which could make you think twice about buying the device. It warned that the Galaxy Ring is "100 percent...
View ArticleThe best laptop you can buy in 2024
The laptop buzzword of 2024 is "AI PC" — notebooks that have neural processing units (NPUs) for AI-related tasks. But while it's smart to be aware of those systems, there are far more important things...
View ArticleThe Sonos Labor Day sale discounts speakers and bundles by up to 20 percent
Sonos is holding a massive Labor Day sale that starts today, with discounts on speakers and bundles by up to 20 percent. The most notable deal is for the Era 100 smart speaker, which is on sale for...
View ArticleThe DOJ files an antitrust suit against a software company for allegedly...
The Department of Justice and eight states’ attorney generals filed an antitrust lawsuit against rental software company RealPage on Friday, accusing it of using algorithms to drive up rent prices...
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This startup wants to be the iTunes of AI content licensing
TollBit The 28-year-old founders of TollBit, a New York-based startup that is all of six months old, think we’re living in the “Napster days” of AI. Just like people of a certain generation downloaded...
View ArticleThe 9th-gen iPad is cheaper than ever at $199, plus the rest of this week's...
Even if you're not a student, you can still take advantage of the many back to school sales out there. As we do each Friday, we searched around to see if any of the tech we've previously covered and...
View ArticleMicrosoft will host a security conference after the CrowdStrike shutdown
Microsoft announced it will host a special conference in September to discuss the lessons and security measures the industry can take away from the CrowdStrike computer shutdown in July. The Windows...
View ArticleMeta has reportedly killed its Apple Vision Pro competitor
Meta has canceled its plans for a long-rumored mixed-reality headset that was intended to compete with the Apple Vision Pro, according to reporting by The Information. The company told employees at...
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