California AG sends cease and desist to xAI over Grok’s explicit deepfakes
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has sent a cease and desist letter to xAI, days...
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Papers Please but with zombies, a farming-based shoot-’em-up and other new indie games worth checking out
Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. Several...
Lego’s latest educational kit seeks to teach AI as part of computer science, not to build a chatbot
Last week at CES, Lego introduced its new Smart Play system, with a tech-packed Smart...
OpenAI is bringing ads to ChatGPT
OpenAI plans to start testing ads inside of ChatGPT "in the coming weeks." In a...
Anthropic opens up its Claude Cowork feature to anyone with a $20 subscription
Claude Cowork, Anthropic's AI assistant for taking care of simple tasks on your computer, is...
CyberGhost VPN review: Despite its flaws, the value is hard to beat
CyberGhost is the middle child of the Kape Technologies VPN portfolio, but in quality, it's...
Google is appealing the ruling from its search antitrust case to avoid sharing data with rivals
Google has filed its appeal to the Department of Justice’s antitrust case that ended with...
X is fully online after going down for most of the morning
X seems to be working again after struggling with an outage that took the service...
Get up to 78 percent off ExpressVPN two-year plans
If you're looking to up your privacy game on the internet in the new year,...
The mother of one of Elon Musk’s children is suing xAI over nonconsensual deepfake images
Although X removed Grok’s ability to create nonconsensual digitally undressed images on the social platform,...
TikTok sued by former workers over alleged union-busting
You know things are messed up when a Big Tech company fights accusations of union-busting...
Engadget Podcast: Why did Apple choose Gemini for next-gen Siri?
Apple's next-gen Siri is still far off, but this week the company announced that it'll...
TikTok tightens age verification across Europe
TikTok is bolstering its age-verification measures across Europe. In the coming weeks, the platform will...
Bluesky’s ‘Live Now’ badge is available to everyone
After testing the feature in a limited beta, Bluesky is making its "Live Now" badge...
A $250 billion trade deal will see Taiwan bring more semiconductor production to the US
The US and Taiwan have signed an agreement that will see a multi-billion dollar investment...
Senate passes minibus bill funding NASA, rejecting Trump’s proposed cuts
After a tumultuous 2025 that saw it lose around 4,000 employees, NASA finally has an...
Ray’s Blocked Engadget Test Article
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Kathleen Kennedy steps down as Lucasfilm president, marking a new era for the Star Wars franchise
Kathleen Kennedy is stepping down as president of Lucasfilm. Although she will continue as a...
ASUS has stopped producing the NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti and 5060 Ti 16GB, saying they’ve reached ‘end of life’
YouTube channel Hardware Unboxed is reporting that ASUS has stopped producing the RTX 5070 Ti...
Amazon’s New World: Aeternum MMO will go offline January 31, 2027
Today, Amazon shared more details about the final chapter of its game New World: Aeternum....
Flaw in 17 Google Fast Pair audio devices could let hackers eavesdrop
Now would be a good time to update all your Bluetooth audio devices. On Thursday,...
How to claim Verizon’s $20 credit for Wednesday’s service outage
Verizon is offering a very small mea culpa after Wednesday's massive outage, which drew more...
ASUS has stopped producing the RTX 5070 Ti and 5060 Ti 16GB, saying they’ve reached ‘end of life’
YouTube channel Hardware Unboxed is reporting that NVIDIA has “effectively” discontinued the RTX 5070 Ti...
NBA League Pass subscriptions are up to 55 percent off right now
Basketball fans can save on NBA League Pass right now, which lets you catch a...