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Lawrence Bonk @ Engadget · 03/25/2026 12:10 EDT

Spotify is testing a tool to help real artists deal with AI slop on their profiles

Low-quality, mass-produced AI songs have been flooding music streaming platforms like Spotify for a couple of years now. This is annoying, but relatively easy for fans to avoid. However, it leads to real problems for artists. There's so much slop coming in that some gets falsely attributed to actual musicians on these platforms. This messes with brand identity and audience retention, but Spotify is testing a new tool to help... Read more

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Lawrence Bonk @ Engadget · 03/25/2026 12:00 EDT

Sony's upcoming Bravia 3 II is a mid-range LED TV available in sizes up to 100 inches

Sony just revealed the upcoming Bravia 3 II mid-range LED TV. It'll be available in sizes all the way up to 100 inches, for those in need of a home theater centerpiece. It's considered a mid-range device, but is still outfitted with plenty of tech typically reserved for the company's high-end displays. First of all, these TVs ship with Sony's XR processor. This grants access to the company's proprietary Clear... Read more

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Billy Steele @ Engadget · 03/25/2026 12:00 EDT

Sony adds the Bravia Theater Bar 5 and Bar 7 to its soundbar lineup

Sony already has a robust collection of soundbars in its Bravia Theater lineup. Today, the company is adding two more, as well as new rear speakers and three new subwoofers. The Bar 7 will sit in Sony’s premium tier, alongside the existing (and larger) Bar 8 and Bar 9 models, while the Bar 5 will offer a more compact and more affordable solution just below the current Bar 6.The Bravia... Read more

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Mariella Moon @ Engadget · 03/25/2026 11:31 EDT

X is changing its revenue-sharing policy to deter users pretending to be Americans

X is updating its revenue-sharing incentives to give more weight to engagement from a user’s home region, Nikita Bier, the company’s Head of Product has announced. Bier said the change in policy was to “encourage content that resonates with people in [the user’s] country, in neighboring countries and people who speak [their] language.”  Bier continued that while X appreciates everyone’s opinion on US politics, the company is hoping the new... Read more

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Kris Holt @ Engadget · 03/25/2026 10:47 EDT

Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang and Sergey Brin join Trump's tech advisory panel

The leaders of several major tech companies will offer the White House their opinions on tech and science policy as part of an advisory council. Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, Michael Dell and Larry Ellison — the CEOs of Meta, NVIDIA, Dell and Oracle, respectively — are joining the panel alongside Google co-founder Sergey Brin and AMD CEO Lisa Su. Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, who has donated to super PACs that... Read more

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Matt Tate @ Engadget · 03/25/2026 10:30 EDT

Stephen Colbert is writing a new Lord of the Rings movie

It’s been quite a while since we visited Middle-Earth on the big screen (anime prequels aside), but it looks like Lord of the Rings fans have plenty to look forward to in the coming years. We already knew that Andy Serkis’ The Hunt for Gollum was in the works — and by all accounts is progressing nicely — but another Rings-related film is in development too, and it’s being co-written... Read more

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Igor Bonifacic @ Engadget · 03/25/2026 10:25 EDT

Anthropic releases safer Claude Code 'auto mode' to avoid mass file deletions and other AI snafus

Anthropic has begun previewing "auto mode" inside of Claude Code. The company describes the new feature as a middle path between the app's default behavior, which sees Claude request approval for every file write and bash command, and the "dangerously-skip-premissions" command some coders use to make the chatbot function more autonomously. With auto mode enabled, a classifier system guides Claude, giving it permission to carry out actions it deems safe,... Read more

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Daniel Cooper @ Engadget · 03/25/2026 09:00 EDT

Ring adds 4K to its battery-powered video doorbells

Ring has today announced a spec bump to its battery-powered video doorbells for all those folks who can’t wire their units to power. The flagship Battery Doorbell Pro (2nd gen) gets 4K video, with 10x zoom and the promise of far longer time between recharges than the previous model. At the same time, it’s bringing 2K imaging to its lower-end battery doorbells, the Battery Doorbell Plus and Battery Doorbell (2nd... Read more

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Steve Dent @ Engadget · 03/25/2026 08:18 EDT

Sennheiser's owners want to sell its consumer headphone business

Hearing aid company Sonova has put its Sennheiser consumer audio division on the auction block less than five years after acquiring it, the company announced on Reddit. "Today Sonova announced they intend to divest the business and will focus on Hearing Care," Sonova wrote, adding it intends to find "the right new owner." Sennheiser's consumer audio division mainly manufactures high-end headphones like the HD 400, HD 500, HD 600 and... Read more

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Sam Rutherford @ Engadget · 03/25/2026 08:00 EDT

Samsung Galaxy A37 and A57 hands-on: The cheaper phone might be a winner

Late last year, Samsung launched its newest generation of affordable A-series phones, starting with the entry-level A17. Following the arrival of the flagship Galaxy S26 line, the company has returned to flesh out the rest of its midrange portfolio. The more affordable Galaxy A37 and Galaxy A57 sport some interesting upgrades, even when compared to some of their pricier siblings.Core specs and featuresBefore we dive into my hands-on impressions, I... Read more

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Mariella Moon @ Engadget · 03/25/2026 07:53 EDT

Apple introduces age verification for iCloud accounts in the UK

Apple has introduced more than just new features, like an AI playlist generator, with iOS 26.4 in the UK. The company now requires users in the region to verify their ages and to prove they’re 18 years old or above before they can access “certain services or features, or take certain actions on their account.” Users can verify their ages in Settings by linking a credit card to their account... Read more

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Daniel Cooper @ Engadget · 03/25/2026 06:04 EDT

Sony and Honda kill its Afeela EVs

Sony Honda Mobility, the automotive venture from two of Japan’s most storied companies, has swung the axe on its EV project. In a statement, it said it would “discontinue the development and launch” of the Afeela 1 and 2, its long-in-development electric cars. The company added it would review its “business direction,” and announce its future plans “at the earliest possible opportunity.” Which, if we’re honest, probably means the whole... Read more

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Mariella Moon @ Engadget · 03/25/2026 05:07 EDT

X is changing its revenue-sharing policy to deter users pretending to be Americans

X is updating its revenue-sharing incentives to give more weight to engagement from a user’s home region, Nikita Bier, the company’s Head of Product has announced. Bier said the change in policy was to “encourage content that resonates with people in [the user’s] country, in neighboring countries and people who speak [their] language.” Bier continued that while X appreciates everyone’s opinion on US politics, the company is hoping the new... Read more

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Karissa Bell @ Engadget · 03/24/2026 19:24 EDT

Meta is letting creators fill their Reels with shopping links

It's about to get a lot easier for creators on Facebook and Instagram to push products to their followers. Meta will now allow creators to include clickable shopping links for products directly in their Reels.Brand partnerships and affiliate links, in which creators earn a portion of sales generated by their recommendations, are central to how creators earn money from Facebook and Instagram. But Meta has limited the ways in which... Read more

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Karissa Bell @ Engadget · 03/24/2026 18:42 EDT

Jury rules against Meta, orders $375 million fine in major child safety trial

A jury in New Mexico has found Meta liable for violating the state's consumer protection laws in a high-profile civil trial over child exploitation and other safety issues. One day after closing arguments in the weeks-long trial concluded, the jury ruled against Meta on every count and ordered the company to pay $375 million. The case was brought by New Mexico's attorney general in 2023 and centered around allegations that... Read more

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Ian Carlos Campbell @ Engadget · 03/24/2026 17:56 EDT

Sony is reportedly shutting down Dark Outlaw Games, run by former Call of Duty director

Sony is shutting down Dark Outlaw Games, a first-party game studio led by former Call of Duty producer Jason Blundell, Bloomberg's Jason Schreier reports. Before leading Dark Outlaw Games, Blundell was the head of Deviation Games, which was an independent studio, but also happened to be developing a PlayStation game before it shut down, Schreier says.Dark Outlaw Games had yet to announce what it was working on, but considering Blundell's... Read more

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Anna Washenko @ Engadget · 03/24/2026 17:41 EDT

Baltimore sues xAI over Grok deepfakes

Grok has already taken extensive heat after the AI chatbot's image generation tool was used to create an estimated 3 million sexualized images over 11 days, including 23,000 of minors, according to the Center for Countering Digital Hate. Regulators around the world have limited access or launched investigations into the platform's potentially illegal and nonconsensual image generation. The US government hasn't made any moves against xAI or its platform at... Read more

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Igor Bonifacic @ Engadget · 03/24/2026 17:10 EDT

OpenAI is shutting down its Sora video generation app

OpenAI is shutting down its Sora video generation app. "We're saying goodbye to Sora," the company wrote in a X post published Tuesday afternoon. For now, OpenAI has yet to say when the app and its related API service would become unavailable. Instead, promising to share those details at a later date.   "We've decided to discontinue Sora in the consumer app and API. As we focus and compute demand grows,... Read more

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Anna Washenko @ Engadget · 03/24/2026 16:28 EDT

Apple could give Siri a standalone app and an 'Ask Siri' button in iOS 27

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has been sharing every incremental update about what Apple's long-awaited Siri overhaul will and won't include. His latest article claims that the AI assistant will have a standalone app and will introduce an "Ask Siri" feature that could mark a decidedly different direction in how users will interact with the platform. Gurman reports that Siri is being designed to leverage personal data from messages, emails and notes... Read more

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Ian Carlos Campbell @ Engadget · 03/24/2026 15:54 EDT

Zoox is bringing its robotaxi to new cities and expanding coverage in Las Vegas and San Francisco

Zoox has announced plans to bring its robotaxi to Austin, Texas and Miami, Florida for the first time, along with offering expanded service in San Francisco and Las Vegas. The company formally launched its robotaxi service in September 2025, and shared earlier in March that it would begin testing in Dallas and Phoenix.A "Zoox retrofitted testing fleet" has been operating in Austin and Miami since 2024, but offering rides with... Read more

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