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Will Shanklin @ Engadget 1 place · today 16:19 EDT

Texas Instruments made a new flagship graphing calculator: the TI-84 Evo

Texas Instruments graphing calculators have helped many a student with algebra, pre-calculus and upside-down anatomical slang. Now, the company is back with an upgrade for the modern world, the TI-84 Evo. The new device lets you get your math on with a faster processor, a new icon-based home screen and a redesigned keypad.TI is marketing it as something akin to the Light Phone of calculators. Unlike calculator apps on phones... Read more

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Ian Carlos Campbell @ Engadget 2 place · today 15:41 EDT

iOS 27 will reportedly come with new AI-powered photo editing tools

Apple reportedly plans to fix bugs and expand the capabilities of Apple Intelligence with the release of iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27 year, and it seems like tweaks to the company's AI could go beyond a more functional version of its Siri assistant. Bloomberg reports that this year's software updates will also include new AI-powered photo editing tools that will let users change things like the background and... Read more

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Igor Bonifacic @ Engadget 3 place · today 14:00 EDT

NVIDIA starts offering a 12GB version of the 5070 for laptops

NVIDIA is releasing a new variant of its 5070 GPU for laptops. Nestled in a blog post about the latest version of its Game Ready Drivers, the company notes its partners will soon start selling 5070 laptops with 12GB of VRAM, alongside the 8GB model that NVIDIA has offered since the launch of the 50-series.  "Demand for GeForce RTX remains strong, and memory supply is contrastrained. In order to maximize... Read more

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Matt Tate @ Engadget · today 13:06 EDT

Games Done Quick will host its first ever event in Europe

Games Done Quick, the charity video game speedrunning series, is making its European debut in a live event at Germany’s Gamescom this summer. GDQ’s marathon event will run for the duration of the three-day show in Cologne, starting August 28-30, and will feature popular runners and an on-site live audience. The event will be broadcast on Twitch and YouTube, with programming kicking off at 4am ET (one for all you... Read more

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Will Shanklin @ Engadget · today 12:27 EDT

Snapchat is rolling out sponsored AI agents

It was only a matter of time before they found a way to use AI agents as corporate shills. On Tuesday, Snapchat rolled out AI Sponsored Snaps, a "new way for brands to show up in Chat through AI agents." Or, put another way, it's conversational advertising. (Yay?)AI Sponsored Snaps will appear in the app's Chat tab (with a light gray "Ad" notation next to the brand name). After opening... Read more

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Mariella Moon @ Engadget · today 12:00 EDT

Google Translate uses AI to help you practice pronunciation

Google is celebrating Translate’s 20th birthday by launching pronunciation practice, which the company says is one of the most requested features for the product. The feature is only rolling out on Android at the moment for English, Spanish and Hindi in the US and India. If it’s available for you, you’ll see a button at the bottom of the app that says “Practice,” which gives you the option to either... Read more

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Lawrence Bonk @ Engadget · today 11:52 EDT

Google and the Pentagon sign classified deal to give the Department of Defense unfettered access to its AI models

Google has signed a deal that allows the US Department of Defense to use its AI models for "any lawful government purpose." This is according to a report by The Information, which also notes that the full details of the contract are classified. An anonymous source within the company has suggested that the two entities have agreed that the search giant's AI tech shouldn't be used for domestic mass surveillance... Read more

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Kris Holt @ Engadget · today 11:28 EDT

The FTC says Americans lost at least $2.1 billion to social media scams in 2025

Americans lost at least $2.1 billion in 2025 to scams that originated on social media, according to the Federal Trade Commission. That figure marks an eightfold increase since 2020.The FTC said Americans reported losing $1.1 billion last year to investment scams that started on social media. These often began with a post or ad offering a program that claimed to help people learn how to invest. More than 40 percent... Read more

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Daniel Cooper @ Engadget · today 11:03 EDT

Ted Lasso’s fourth season starts August 5

It turns out you can go back again, especially if you win a pile of awards, mint a crop of stars and turn a potentially obscure sitcom into Apple’s biggest hit. The iPhone maker has today announced Ted Lasso season four will debut August 5, with new episodes arriving every Wednesday through October 7. This time out, Ted and Beard have returned to Richmond to take over coaching its women’s... Read more

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Matt Tate @ Engadget · today 11:02 EDT

Trump administration is paying more companies to abandon offshore wind projects

The Trump Administration has signed deals with two major energy companies to abandon their respective offshore wind farms, with both firms agreeing to invest in oil and gas projects instead. The separate agreements were detailed in a press release from the Interior Department, which named Bluepoint Wind and Golden State Wind as the companies that have voluntarily agreed to end their current leases for a combined $885 million. Both firms... Read more

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Lawrence Bonk @ Engadget · 04/27/2026 14:41 EDT

Images of Samsung's rumored smart glasses have leaked

Images and details about Samsung's upcoming smart glasses have leaked, according to a report by Android Headlines. We knew these were coming at some point, but we now have what could be actual photos and they look pretty nifty. The glasses are reportedly being developed under the codename "Jinju" and could cost anywhere from $380 to $500. These are the first smart glasses from Samsung and look to offer a... Read more

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Jackson Chen @ Engadget · 04/27/2026 14:02 EDT

Joby Aviation is demoing 10-minute air taxi flights from JFK to Manhattan for a week

Joby Aviation is kicking off 10 days of electric air taxi demo flights in New York City. Before you try to book one to bypass the city's awful traffic, Joby's aircrafts aren't taking customers yet. Instead, the company is trialing the air taxis in "real flight routes and real environments," as indicated in its press release. With the first point-to-point flight of its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft... Read more

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Lawrence Bonk @ Engadget · 04/27/2026 13:09 EDT

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returns for its penultimate season on July 23

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returns for its fourth season via Paramount Plus on July 23. The ten episodes air weekly until September 24. This is actually the second-to-last batch of episodes, as the show was recently renewed for a fifth and final season. The streamer has dropped a trailer for season four and it looks promising. The tone looks slightly darker when compared to season three, which was maligned... Read more

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Jessica Conditt @ Engadget · 04/27/2026 13:00 EDT

Valve Steam Controller review: A gamepad in search of a console

Don’t mistake the Steam Controller for a PC controller. Even though its main function is to play PC games, Valve’s new gamepad communicates with Steam, and only Steam. This is not a general controller for your PC, Android or iOS devices, and it’s certainly not compatible with any console on the market today, unless you count the handheld Steam Deck. In order to play a game with the Steam Controller,... Read more

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Jessica Conditt @ Engadget · 04/27/2026 13:00 EDT

Valve's Steam Controller costs $99 and arrives May 4

Valve's Steam Controller will hit the market on Monday, May 4, for a going price of $99 in the United States. The Steam Controller does precisely what it says: It communicates with anything running Steam or the Steam Link app, so this includes PCs, Macs, mobile devices and the Steam Deck.  Eventually, the Steam Controller will connect to the new Steam Machine console and Steam Frame VR headset, but neither... Read more

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Kris Holt @ Engadget · 04/27/2026 12:29 EDT

A Star Wars expansion is coming to PowerWash Simulator 2

There's something deeply relaxing about chucking on a solid pair of headphones, listening to some good music and cleaning muck off structures and vehicles. Not in real life, though. Heavens, no. PowerWash Simulator 2 lets you do that without having to deal with any actual muck — as long as you're regularly cleaning your keyboard or controller, anyway.You'll soon be able to carry out powerwashing jobs in six more locations,... Read more

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Jackson Chen @ Engadget · 04/27/2026 12:28 EDT

OpenAI breaks out of exclusivity agreements in its partnership with Microsoft

OpenAI is opening up its partnership with Microsoft in the latest amendment to the major multi-year collaboration between the tech giants. The latest changes allow OpenAI to offer its latest AI models to other companies and through other cloud providers, stripping Microsoft of its exclusivity rights. In a joint announcement posted on OpenAI and Microsoft's websites, Microsoft will still be OpenAI's primary cloud partner with the latest products shipping first... Read more

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Jackson Chen @ Engadget · 04/27/2026 10:40 EDT

Spotify is now a fitness app too

In its quest to become an all-in-one app, Spotify is now breaking into the fitness app world by offering "guided workout experiences" and on-demand Peloton classes. Premium subscribers will get access to Peloton's library of more than 1,400 classes in the app, while both Free and Premium can browse curated playlists (they're listed under the genre "fitness.") Spotify Spotify said the classes are primarily in English, but there are some... Read more

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Kris Holt @ Engadget · 04/27/2026 10:28 EDT

Oprah brings her podcast to Amazon's streaming services

Amazon has brought another high-profile podcasting name into its fold after agreeing to a multiyear licensing deal with Oprah Winfrey. Her podcast will expand to two episodes a week starting in July and it will be available across the likes of Prime Video, Amazon Music, Fire TV channels and Audible. New episodes will still hit YouTube and other podcast platforms, according to Variety.Winfrey will stick to the same format she's... Read more

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Devindra Hardawar @ Engadget · 04/27/2026 09:52 EDT

The sequel to the iconic emulator ZSNES is called Super ZSNES, of course

Somehow, ZSNES has returned after laying dormant for 20 years. The developers of the iconic Super Nintendo emulator, which originally debuted in 1997 for DOS (something I distinctly remember trying to install on my ancient Intel 486 Packard Bell), are back with a sequel release dubbed Super ZSNES. And really, what else would they call it? Developers zsKnight and Demo say that Super ZSNES has been rewritten from scratch with... Read more

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Steve Dent @ Engadget · 04/27/2026 07:22 EDT

Ford's Mustang Cobra Jet sets a new EV quarter mile record at 6.87 seconds

Ford Racing's Mustang Cobra Jet 2200 just ran a quarter mile in 6.87 seconds at 221 mph at an NHRA event in Charlotte, setting a new world record for an EV. The run smashed Ford's own previous EV record of 7.62 seconds, set by the Cobra Jet 1800 last September, by an impressive 0.75 seconds.   As the name suggests, Ford's Cobra Jet 2200 puts a massive 2,200 horsepower to the... Read more

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Jackson Chen @ Engadget · 04/26/2026 16:03 EDT

Forced Windows updates can now be paused forever

No more getting caught by a forced Windows 11 update while you're in the middle of a meeting or a match. Microsoft announced some major changes coming to Windows Update on its blog, including the ability to indefinitely pause Windows updates, 35 days at a time. To give users more control, Windows Update introduced the option to extend update pauses as much as users want. Once you opted to pause... Read more

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Jackson Chen @ Engadget · 04/26/2026 14:21 EDT

Canadian premier wants to ban social media and AI chatbots for kids in Manitoba

Manitoba could be the first province in Canada to establish a social media ban for kids, but the proposal's details aren't very clear yet. The province's premier, Wab Kinew, announced during a fundraiser event on Saturday and on X that Manitoba would put in place a ban for social media and AI chatbots for its youth. "They're doing these very awful things to kids all in the name of a... Read more

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Jackson Chen @ Engadget · 04/26/2026 13:04 EDT

Trump has terminated several members of the independent National Science Board

As reported by several outlets, the Trump administration dismissed members of the National Science Board (NSB), which is tasked with establishing policies for the National Science Foundation. It's not clear how many members have been dismissed. According to screenshots share with The Washington Post, board members received a message that their position was "terminated, effective immediately. The NSB establishes policies for the National Science Foundation (NSF), the independent US agency... Read more

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Jackson Chen @ Engadget · 04/25/2026 19:30 EDT

BYD's next all-electric hypercar is a convertible that's coming to Europe first

BYD may be known for its affordable all-electric cars, but that doesn't mean it won't dabble in the occasional hypercar under one of its subsidiary brands. Through its Denza subbrand, BYD unveiled the Denza Z, a hypercar that can push out more than 1,000 horsepower with an all-electric motor, at the Beijing Auto Show. According to CarNewsChina, the Denza A can hit 0 to 60 mph in less than two... Read more

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Jackson Chen @ Engadget · 04/25/2026 18:14 EDT

OpenAI's Sam Altman apologizes for not reporting ChatGPT account of Tumbler Ridge suspect to police

Two months following the deadly shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, OpenAI's Sam Altman has formally apologized for not informing police of the alarming ChatGPT conversations seen with the suspect's account. Before the incident, OpenAI banned the account belonging to the alleged shooter, Jesse Van Rootselaar, for violating its usage policy due to potential for real-world violence. "I am deeply sorry that we did not alert law enforcement to the... Read more

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Engadget 3 place · 04/25/2026 12:00 EDT

NASA's initial takeaways from the Artemis II mission, and more science stories

Now that Artemis II is all wrapped up, NASA has begun its post-game performance analyses of all the systems that worked together to get four astronauts safely to the moon and back earlier this month. In addition to taking humans farther than ever before, Artemis II served as a crucial test flight for upcoming crewed missions that are planned for as soon as 2027 and 2028, the latter being NASA's... Read more

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Cheyenne MacDonald @ Engadget · 04/25/2026 11:00 EDT

What to read this weekend: Monsters in the Archives dives deep into Stephen King's early works

Need something new for your reading list? Here are two titles we think are worth checking out. This week, we read Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King and the first issue of the Image Comics miniseries, Corpse Knight.  This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/what-to-read-this-weekend-monsters-in-the-archives-dives-deep-into-stephen-kings-early-works-150000954.html?src=rss Read more

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Mariella Moon @ Engadget · 04/25/2026 10:44 EDT

Tesla is giving away one year free Supercharging with Model 3 Premium and Performance purchases

Tesla completely ended its free lifetime Supercharging offer way back in 2018, but it has given customers the perk for certain promotions since then. It brought back free Supercharging for Model S and X a couple of times in 2019, for instance. The automaker’s latest offer is for new purchases for a Model 3 Premium or Performance vehicle in North America. On its website, Tesla has announced that it’s including... Read more

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Engadget · 04/25/2026 08:00 EDT

Engadget review recap: DJI Osmo Pocket 4, Recteq X-Fire Pro and Alienware 27 QD-OLED

Engadget’s hottest review roundup truly has it all this week: a new pocket cam, a 2-in-1 smart grill, a pair of drones and a pricey skinny vac. And that’s before we even get to the highly capable gaming display that will only set you back $350. Read on to catch up on the reviews you might’ve missed over the last two weeks as we prepare for another slate of big... Read more

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