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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Robot vacuums are some of the pricier smart home gadgets you can get, which is why waiting until a sale like Amazon Prime Day is a smart shopping move. October Prime Day is a particularly good time to check out the deals because they’re typically the same (or close to) what we’ll see during Black Friday and Cyber Monday. For this year’s October Prime Day, robot vacuums, combo vacuum-and-mop machines... Read more ›
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Following 11 months of testing, Mastodon is releasing one of its biggest updates of the year. In a blog post attributed to CEO and founder Eugen Rochko, the non-profit detailed its 4.3 release on Tuesday, promising improvements for nearly every part of the social media experience. Perhaps most significantly, Mastodon has overhauled how notifications work. To start, the platform will now group boosts and favorites together so that users aren’t... Read more ›
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A research company published a damning report about Roblox on Tuesday, accusing the company of inflating its active user counts and enabling predatory behavior on the platform. Although Hindenburg Research has a somewhat notorious reputation, the report at least raises questions about the platform’s safety and viability. First, Hindenburg Research is known for taking deep dives into public companies’ practices, finding sketchy behavior and publishing it. However, as noted by... Read more ›
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Anker makes some of our favorite charging gear and mobile accessories, and it’s almost guaranteed that you’ll be able to find good discounts on the company’s products during an event like October Prime Day. Whether you’ve been on the hunt for a docking station for your laptop, want a new magnetic wireless charger for your next trip or just need another charging cable to replace the last one you misplaced,... Read more ›
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The October Prime Day sale at Amazon kicked off with some excellent deals on TVs and there’s one in particular we wanted to call out: The Frame. Prime Day deals have brought Samsung’s set down to a new record low for the 55-inch model with an included set of bezels. The bundle is currently $978 after a huge, $668 price cut. If you’ve been thinking about a TV that looks... Read more ›
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Artificial intelligence is expected to have an impact on the upcoming US election in November. States have been trying to protect against misinformation by passing laws that require political advertisements to disclose when they have used generative AI. Twenty states now have rules on the books, and according to new research, voters have a negative reaction to seeing those disclaimers. That seems like a pretty fair response: If a politician... Read more ›
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Amazon's October Prime Day sale kicked off today, bringing a wide range of discounts on gadgets and gear we recommend. We have a roundup with all of the offers worth your attention, but if you're specifically looking to grab a new laptop, one of the event's best Apple deals cuts the entry-level M2 MacBook Air down to $749. That's $50 below the notebook's usual street price in recent months, $250... Read more ›
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Uber has come up with a relatively low-cost way of getting to and from a New York City airport: a shuttle bus. Starting today, the company is offering rides between LaGuardia Airport and transit hubs in Manhattan for $18 a pop. For the first month of the service, Uber is offering half-price rides for $9, The Wall Street Journal reports. This would be far cheaper than a cab for a... Read more ›
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The October version of Prime Day has arrived, but some of the best deals are already selling out. Case in point: both variants of the PS5 Slim have dropped by $50, but at least one of them is not currently available at Amazon. Thankfully, rival retailers are picking up the slack. To back up: The PlayStation 5 is still a hot commodity nearly four years after its debut. While the... Read more ›
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Now that October Prime Day is here, we're finally seeing the full extent of the deals Amazon has in store. Luckily for any Lego maniacs, those discounts apply to many brick and minifigure-filled sets. Yes, it's early to think about holiday shopping, but these kits make amazing presents — for the young and full-grown adults alike. Because we are Engadget, we're focusing on Lego sets from the Super Mario, Star... Read more ›
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If you're in the market for a new Android phone, take note: Samsung has discounted the majority of its Galaxy S24 lineup as part of Amazon's latest October Prime Day sale. The deals bring the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra down to $998, which is 23 percent off the jumbo-sized phone's list price and about $100 off its street price on Amazon in recent months. If the premium path isn't your... Read more ›
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Pour one out for the Surface Duo 2. As Windows Central points out, Microsoft has pushed out what will almost certainly go down as the device’s final software update, a security patch, ahead of its October 21 end-of-support date. When Microsoft debuted the Surface Duo 2 in October 2021, the company pledged to provide three years of software updates for the foldable. Since then, the company has released just one... Read more ›
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Fourteen states have just filed lawsuits against TikTok that claim the social media platform damages the mental health of young users and collects their data without consent. Each lawsuit was filed individually. The suits, which are led by the attorneys general of New York and California, say the platform violated the law by “falsely claiming its platform is safe for young people.” The lawsuits spotlight what the plaintiffs call “addictive”... Read more ›
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The deals are flying fast and furious this Prime Day, and there's plenty to be had from within Amazon's own ecosystem. Right now, you can snag three months of an Audible Premium Plus subscription for just a dollar a month. It's not quite as good a discount as it was earlier this year (free!), but three bucks for three months still ain't bad if you missed that window. This deal... Read more ›
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The Vegas Loop, underground tunnels built by Elon Musk’s Boring Company that snake underneath Sin City, hasn’t been the traffic or even technological game changer the company promised it would become. It was supposed to be a futuristic, autonomous people mover that looked like public transit from the Tron universe. Instead, Las Vegas just got a bunch of underground tunnels where people are transported by ordinary Tesla vehicles that didn’t... Read more ›
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As any photographer knows; the good equipment isn’t cheap. That’s why sales like Amazon’s Prime Day are always worth checking out. It’s also a great time to snap up something for people on your gift list who like to capture the world in snapshots, video or soaring drone footage. This year, we’ve found deals on many of the brands we’ve tested and recommend, such as Canon, Sony and FujiFilm, as... Read more ›
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European Union residents will have a new place to turn to settle disputes with Facebook, TikTok and YouTube. A new Appeals Centre, certified by Irish regulators, will soon begin accepting complaints about content moderation decisions. The concept is similar to Meta’s Oversight Board, which weighs in on content moderation decisions across Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Meta has long suggested that other social media companies should use its Oversight Board, though... Read more ›
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Big-ticket tech items get most of the attention during any Amazon Prime Day sale. But here, we’re checking out the smaller supporting characters that make our headlining gear work better — like chargers, storage cards, cables, batteries and the like. Many of the deals we’ve found on the gear we’ve tested and recommend are currently going for less than $50, so we’ve rounded them up here, separated by price point.... Read more ›
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While you can often find discounts on Echo speakers, Fire tablets, Kindles and other Amazon devices throughout the year, October Prime Day is one of the best times of the year to buy them. Amazon usually discounts most of its gadgets for members-only, Prime Day sale events, and those sale prices are typically only rivaled by Black Friday deals. For this year’s October Prime Day, you’ll find most of Amazon’s... Read more ›
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Hearst has become the latest major US publisher to sign an agreement to license its content to ChatGPT creator OpenAI. As part of a partnership announced on Tuesday, content from more than 60 Hearst-owned publications will appear in ChatGPT and other OpenAI products. Some of the publisher’s more notable properties include Esquire, Cosmopolitan and Elle. It also owns newspapers like the San Francisco Chronicle. When Hearst content appears in ChatGPT,... Read more ›
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