An Arrival electric van prototype goes up for sale on eBay
You can own a piece of electric vehicle history from one of the saddest stories in the industry to date. The British electric van maker Arrival was once valued in the billions and had a sweet deal to...
View ArticleComcast Xfinity customers can get a year of Perplexity Pro AI for free
If you have an account with Comcast Xfinity, then you also have a year-long subscription to the Perplexity Pro AI answer engine. Perplexity announced the special deal on Threads. Perplexity Pro differs...
View ArticleGoogle is rolling out more election-related safeguards in YouTube, search and AI
As the US speeds toward one of the most consequential elections in its 248-year history, Google is rolling out safeguards to ensure users get reliable information. In addition to the measures it...
View ArticleJudge denies Media Matters’ motion to dismiss X’s not-libel lawsuit
A Texas judge denied Media Matters for America’s request for a dismissal on Thursday allowing X’s lawsuit over alleged anti-semitic and racist content. The Verge reported that Northern District of...
View ArticleBrazil bans X for refusing to comply with Supreme Court order
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ordered the nation’s internet service providers to block the social media platform X. The New York Times reports that the order stems from owner...
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Seeking Mavis Beacon is a wild search for a lost tech icon
Note: This review was originally published during Sundance 2024. We're reposting it because Seeking Mavis Beacon is now out in theaters. With a healthy dose of heart and whimsy, the Sundance...
View ArticleBoeing's Starliner is coming back without a crew on September 6
The Starliner is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station and to make its way back to Earth at 6:04PM Eastern time on September 6 at the earliest. If the weather cooperates and the...
View ArticleEngadget review recap: The Pixel 9 phones are surprisingly great, in spite of...
Welcome back to another Engadget Review Recap (or as I prefer to call it, ERR). This is the second edition of a mostly bi-weekly series rounding up the reviews that our team has published, as well as...
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What to read this weekend: Rural horror infused with Chinese mythology, and...
New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention. Sacrificial Animals by Kailee Pedersen There’s something about the idea of coming home and reawakening dormant familial trauma...
View ArticleDragon's Dogma director Hideaki Itsuno says he’s leaving Capcom to start a...
Hideaki Itsuno, who directed the Dragon’s Dogma series and other major games for Capcom, announced on Saturday that he’s leaving the company. “From September, I will start developing a new game in a...
View ArticleNo, a video game spin-off of The Batman is not in the works, James Gunn says
If this week’s rumor about a video game set in the universe of 2022’s The Batman got your hopes up, I have some bad news: no such thing is in development at the moment. Responding to a question on...
View ArticleApple reportedly plans to drop USB-A ports with the M4 Mac mini and is...
Apple’s M4 Mac mini will boast a ton of ports, but not a single one of them will be USB-A, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. In the Power On newsletter, Gurman reports that Apple is ditching USB-A...
View ArticleNow there’s a creepy, sonar-like sound coming through one of Starliner’s...
Starliner is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station and make its return trip to Earth uncrewed in just a matter of days, but it apparently still has a few new mysteries left in it to...
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Electrolight is a short and sweet Playdate adventure game about branching out
Heart-warming little adventure games have really found a place to thrive in the Playdate. I picked up Electrolight this weekend while looking for something in the same vein as the bite-sized...
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The best monitors for every budget in 2024
There are tons of solid computer monitors available right now, which is great for anyone who needs a second screen for their home office setup or a special gaming monitor for their rig. Not to mention,...
View ArticleThe best password manager for 2024
In recent years, we saw all the ways password reuse can harm your security posture. The 23andMe attack comes to mind, but generally credential stuffing has been on the rise. Hackers can buy or find...
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The Morning After: A Tamagotchi made with real egg
It’s Labor Day, so tech news typically slows down. We’ve still got some intriguing headlines to share, though, like, er, a new Tamagotchi. Bandai’s newest digital pet is made with recycled eggshells....
View ArticleDisney cuts DirecTV customers' access to ABC, ESPN and more
ESPN's broadcast of the US Open was cut short for DirecTV users on Sunday after Disney issued a blackout midway through on all of its networks. It occurred after a 2019 deal expired without a new...
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Thank Goodness You’re Here is a vibrant, funny, unashamedly silly game
Thank Goodness You’re Here is here; a gravy-flavored palate cleanser from all the action-adventures, Souls-likes and Metroidvanias I’ve played the last few months. Published by Panic Inc., the same...
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NYT Connections bot uses AI to highlight each day’s top mistakes
Connections, the daily word game from The New York Times, isn’t exactly easy. In fact, the solve rate dips below 50 percent some days. To help highlight where players are going wrong, a new bot is...
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