Reddit is back up after a 30-minute outage
Reddit is back up after an outage took the site out for half an hour this afternoon. The site appears to have been down across the board, apart from a blank homepage that didn’t contain or point to any...
View ArticleRugrats: Adventures in Gameland crawls out of its playpen on September 10
There are a ton of Rugrats games from early CD-ROM games to the Nintendo 64 but there’s never really been one that truly stood out on its own. The MIX Games, Wallride and Limited Run Games may have...
View ArticleTelegram CEO Pavel Durov has been charged and released from police custody
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has been formally charged by French prosecutors and is barred from leaving the country amid their investigation into the Russian billionaire. Durov was officially charged...
View ArticleESPN's Where to Watch offers a TV and streaming guide to sports viewing
ESPN launched a feature called Where to Watch in its app and website. This guide is a list of all the sporting events happening on a given day and, fittingly, where you can watch them. The resource...
View ArticleYelp files antitrust lawsuit against Google
Yelp has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. As CNN reports, the move caps off years of animosity between the two companies, with Yelp alleging that Google has leveraged its control over online...
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The best power banks and portable chargers for every device in 2024
This power bank guide was one of the first projects I took on after joining Engadget in 2022. Over the past two years, there’s nearly always been a portable charger silently refilling a phone or tablet...
View ArticleThe best robot vacuum for 2024
Looking to keep your home clean without having to vacuum and mop every day, pick up dirt, the dinner your child threw on the floor or your furry friend’s endless pet hair? Join the club. Smart home...
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The Morning After: GameStop’s retro gaming pivot
GameStop has announced it’s launching a group of retro game retail locations, which will stock physical consoles, discs and cartridges from classic Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox and Sega platforms. The...
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LG debuts its ThinQ ON smart home hub that comes with an AI voice assistant
LG has introduced a smart home hub called ThinQ ON that has the technology to control not just LG-branded appliances but also other smart home devices. It comes with a built-in speaker that gives you a...
View ArticleMeta will open up Horizon Worlds access to preteens
When I was a preteen, social media was just getting going, so there weren't many restrictions in place regarding access. Now, regulations — and the consequences of not having them — are everywhere,...
View ArticleMeta's Oversight Board looks into anti-trans posts that the company won't remove
Meta's Oversight Board is looking at two anti-transgender posts shared in 2024 that were reported multiple times for hate speech, bullying and harassment. The first is a video shared on Facebook that...
View ArticleMeta says Llama's usage grew tremendously due to the power of open source
Meta has published an update on how its Llama large language models are performing, and they're apparently doing so well that they're now "approaching 350 million downloads to date." That's 10 times...
View ArticleNetflix’s Wallace and Gromit movie features a ‘smart gnome’ robot in a teaser...
Netflix and the BBC have released an all-too-brief look at Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. A clip from the stop-motion animated movie features Wallace proudly revealing his latest invention,...
View ArticleThis Labor Day sale discounts Apple's MagSafe charging pad to just $29
The Labor Day discounts are coming in hot. Here’s one for Apple’s fantastic MagSafe charging pad. It’s usually $39, but this Amazon sale brings it down to $29. That’s a savings of 26 percent and close...
View ArticleEU officials believe Telegram lied about user numbers to skirt regulation
Not only is Telegram CEO Pavel Durov facing criminal charges in France, the company he founded could be in hot water with the European Union as well. EU officials are looking into whether the platform...
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These robots move through the magic of mushrooms
Researchers at Cornell University tapped into fungal mycelia to power a pair of proof-of-concept robots. Mycelia, the underground fungal network that can sprout mushrooms as its above-ground fruit, can...
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It sure seems like the PS5 Pro will be announced in the next few weeks
The PS5 Pro will be announced in mid-September and will likely hit store shelves sometime during the holiday season, according to insider information published by VGC. The information was brought forth...
View ArticleThe Alan Wake and Control universe may expand to film and TV
The Oldest House could be coming to a big screen near you. TV and film adaptations of Control and Alan Wake may be on the way after Remedy Entertainment struck a deal with Annapurna Pictures. Annapurna...
View ArticleApple Sports is ready for some football with new game tracking updates
If you’re the kind of pro or college football fan who wishes they could time travel so they can watch every game as they happen, Apple Sports may be able to help. The iPhone sports app can’t break the...
View ArticleX labeled an unflattering NPR story about Donald Trump as ‘unsafe’
X briefly discouraged users from viewing a link to an NPR story about Donald Trump's recent visit to Arlington National Cemetery, raising questions about whether the Elon Musk-owned platform is putting...
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