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Karissa Bell @ Engadget · 11/19/2024 09:39 EDT

Bluesky hits 20 million users

Bluesky has passed the 20 million user mark as the app continues its recent surge in growth. The decentralized service, which reached 15 million users less than a week ago, has just about tripled its user base in the last three months. Though it’s still far smaller than its rivals Threads and X, Bluesky’s current momentum is notable. The app has had several days over the last week where it... Read more ›

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Jeremy Gan @ Engadget · 10/21/2024 13:04 EDT

Alan Wake 2's upcoming PS5 Pro update will add a 4K ray-tracing mode

Today marks five days before Alan Wake 2’s first anniversary, and the developers at Remedy Entertainment have some great news for players. Firstly, those who plan to get the game on PS5 Pro will get to enjoy improved Quality and Performance modes. There will also be a free anniversary update promising many improvements and “cheats.” The team at Remedy dove deep into Alan Wake 2’s PS5 Pro improvements, but we’ll... Read more ›

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Lawrence Bonk @ Engadget · 10/21/2024 12:22 EDT

The critically acclaimed Neva will get a physical release next year

The indie platformer Neva, from the same developer that made the beloved Gris, is getting a physical edition. It comes out on March 14, 2025 for both the Nintendo Switch and the PS5. Preorders are available now in both standard and deluxe editions. The standard edition will get you the game and a box. The deluxe edition, however, also ships with a collector’s box, the original soundtrack on CD and... Read more ›

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Kris Holt @ Engadget · 10/21/2024 10:31 EDT

Vampire Survivors is getting a Castlevania expansion, but still no vampires

Vampire Survivors is one of the biggest gaming success stories of recent years and developer Poncle hasn’t taken its foot off the gas. It continues to ship updates and expansions, and the latest is a crossover that (almost) makes all the sense in the world. Poncle has revealed a DLC based on its biggest inspiration, Castlevania. The studio says it’s “an all-out celebration of Konami’s iconic franchise.” The largest paid... Read more ›

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Jeremy Gan @ Engadget · 10/21/2024 09:53 EDT

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition will only be sold in Korea and China

Samsung fans interested in the Galaxy Z Fold series may be curious about the the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition (SE), which is coming out on October 25, this Friday. However, this smartphone will only reach stores in Korea and China. The Galaxy Z Fold SE is 1.5mm thinner and three grams lighter than the Galaxy Z Fold 6, measuring 1.6mm thick and weighing 236 grams. The inner and outer... Read more ›

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Sarah Fielding @ Engadget · 10/21/2024 09:46 EDT

iOS 18.1 launches next week with Apple Intelligence and AirPods Pro hearing tests and aids

Apple iOS 18.1 is officially coming next week, bringing hearing aid software for the AirPods Pro 2 and Apple Intelligence across devices, multiple sources report, including The Wall Street Journal and Tech Crunch. The company previously released a beta version of the update in September. Here's what we know about iOS 18.1. Let's start with the hearing aids. Since late 2022, companies have been allowed to sell hearing aids over-the-counter.... Read more ›

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Steve Dent @ Engadget · 10/21/2024 09:00 EDT

Disney's Daredevil series lands March 4, 2025

It seems like forever ago that Netflix's Daredevil series was cancelled (it was 2018 to be exact), but the Hell's Kitchen superhero/lawyer is finally coming back. Marvel Studios announced that Daredevil: Born Again will arrive on Disney+ on March 4, 2025, a bit later than it promised back in 2022. The news was revealed during a New York Comic Con panel that featured returning stars Charlie Cox (Matt Murdock/Daredevil) and... Read more ›

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Sarah Fielding @ Engadget · 10/21/2024 08:30 EDT

Star Trek: Section 31 will premiere on January 25

It's been over half a decade since we first heard rumblings of a Section 31 spinoff, and now we finally have a release date. Star Trek: Section 31 will be exclusively available on Paramount+ starting Friday, January 25. The news came during a Star Trek universe panel at Comic Con over the weekend. The movie stars Michelle Yeoh as Emperor Philippa Georgiou, a role she played in Star Trek: Discovery.... Read more ›

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Steve Dent @ Engadget · 10/21/2024 08:00 EDT

Ford tells EV owners to stop using its free Tesla Supercharger adapters

After offering its customers free NACS adapters for Tesla's Superchargers, Ford is telling its customers to stop using them, according to a service bulletin spotted by InsideEVs. The reason cited is a "potential issue" that could reduce charging speeds over time and even cause charging port damage, the company wrote.  The automaker will send a replacement adapter "in the coming weeks" and requires customers to send back the existing adapter,... Read more ›

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Daniel Cooper @ Engadget · 10/21/2024 07:15 EDT

The Morning After: We test Canon’s new EOS R5 II

If you’re after a high-resolution mirrorless camera, most folks in the know will point you to the Sony’s A1. Canon, annoyed at not being everyone’s first choice, is fighting back with its new EOS R5 Mark II, a 45-megapixel mirrorless with plenty of bells and whistles. Engadget’s Steve Dent knows a thing or two about high-end cameras, and he’s spent the last few weeks using the $4,300 shooter. It isn’t... Read more ›

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Sarah Fielding @ Engadget · 10/21/2024 07:00 EDT

Alien: Romulus is coming to VHS

First, records came back into fashion, and now it could be (*checks notes*) VHS tapes. The last major movie put on VHS was A History of Violence in 2006, but Alien: Romulus, this year's addition to the Alien franchise, is being released as a limited edition VHS tape on December 3rd, The Verge reports. Its director, Fede Alvarez, announced the news at a Beyond Fest-partnered viewing. The Alien: Romulus VHS... Read more ›

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Cheyenne MacDonald @ Engadget · 10/20/2024 10:00 EDT

Spilled Mushrooms is my new Playdate card game addiction

Playing Spilled Mushrooms has been a humbling experience. There I was, thinking I’m good at both puzzles and card games, when I found myself briefly stumped on my very first “delivery” in this card puzzle game about gathering mushrooms. That’s what I get for underestimating a game with cute animals in the cover art. In Spilled Mushrooms, a Playdate game, you are a mushroom delivery-person who has messed up bigtime:... Read more ›

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Cherlynn Low @ Engadget · 10/20/2024 10:00 EDT

Engadget review recap: Budget-friendly gadgets that are good

It’s a slower October than usual in the tech industry, thanks mostly to Google and Microsoft having held their typical fall hardware announcements earlier this year. Still, we’ve seen a fair number of companies reveal new devices in the last two weeks, while Amazon’s October Prime Day raged on. Whether you were busy shopping or watching Elon Musk talk up robotaxis and cybervans, the Engadget team continued to review recently... Read more ›

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Daniel Cooper @ Engadget 2 place · 10/19/2024 16:00 EDT

Star Trek: Lower Decks bows out on business as usual

The following article discusses the fifth season of Star Trek: Lower Decks and older Treks. There’s no such thing as “dead” in Star Trek, the sprawling, perpetual opus that has thrived in spite of itself for almost sixty years. What started as a cornball space-ships and punch-fights show for atomic-age kids and their parents has become (gestures around) all this. So I’m not writing too much of an obituary for... Read more ›

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Mariella Moon @ Engadget 1 place · 10/19/2024 08:00 EDT

DJI challenges its 'Chinese military company' Pentagon designation in court

DJI has filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Defense over its addition to the Pentagon list that designates it as a "Chinese military company." In its filing, shared by The Verge, the company said it's challenging the designation because it's "neither owned nor controlled by the Chinese military." It described itself as the "largest privately owned seller of consumer and commercial drones," mostly used by first responders, fire... Read more ›

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Danny Gallagher @ Engadget 3 place · 10/18/2024 18:31 EDT

Spider-Man 2 will crawl onto PCs in January

It’s been over a year since Peter Parker and Miles Morales joined forces for their epic crossover adventure game on the Sony PlayStation 5. Now they are swinging their way to PCs early next year. Sony announced at New York Comic Con today that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is getting a PC release on January 30, 2025 on Steam and the Epic Games Store. The fans who got to hear the... Read more ›

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Mariella Moon @ Engadget · 10/18/2024 17:09 EDT

Google wants to put the consequences of its Epic antitrust ruling on pause during appeal

Update, October 18, 5PM ET: District Judge James Donato has granted an administrative stay. This effectively puts Donato's prior order, which was due to come into effect shortly, on pause until the 9th Circuit's resolves Google's stay motion. In a statement given to Engadget, a Google spokesperson said:  "We’re pleased with the District Court’s decision to temporarily pause the implementation of dangerous remedies demanded by Epic, as the Court of... Read more ›

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Danny Gallagher @ Engadget 2 place · 10/18/2024 17:04 EDT

Penguin Random House amends its copyright rules to protect authors from AI

Artificial intelligence makers have faced a mountain of criticism for borrowing from the work of others to train its models. Now the world’s largest publishing house is taking steps to ensure its authors don’t have their work plagiarized in the name of progress. The Bookseller reports that Penguin Random House Publishing changed the copyright page at the front of its books to address using any of its titles as a... Read more ›

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Danny Gallagher @ Engadget 3 place · 10/18/2024 15:22 EDT

Turns out Redbox's derelict kiosks are a big red security risk

It’s only been three months since the implosion of Redbox, but the company’s familiar red kiosks could become a security nightmare as they’re sold to the highest bidders. Gizmodo reports at least one owner of a defunct DVD and Blu-ray dispenser found a way to obtain customers’ private information from an encrypted file on the machine, which contained more than just one person’s penchant for the Trolls franchise. The database... Read more ›

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Lawrence Bonk @ Engadget · 10/18/2024 14:54 EDT

Nightdive Studios revives a cult classic 3DO game from 1996

Nightdive Studios has reimagined another cult classic game for modern audiences. Killing Time: Resurrected is a refresh of the 1996 3DO and PC original. For the uninitiated, the game was notable at the time for attempting to blend full-motion video (FMV) with a first-person shooter. It truly looked like nothing else when it was released during the heyday of Bill Clinton’s first term as president. Like most Nightdive remakes, Killing... Read more ›

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Lawrence Bonk @ Engadget · 10/18/2024 13:48 EDT

Google NotebookLM adds improved audio overviews and background listening feature

Google’s NotebookLM software just got some cool new features that primarily impact audio overviews. For the uninitiated, the platform’s Audio Overview tool uses AI to whip up an audio summary of a piece of content. It started with written content, but has since expanded to YouTube videos. So what’s new? Users can now input specific instructions before generating a “Deep Dive” overview. Google gives examples of tasking the software to... Read more ›

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