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Lawrence Bonk @ Engadget · 09/30/2024 11:20 EDT

DirecTV to acquire rival Dish Network for $1, subject to regulatory approval

It’s always beautiful when two lonely corporations find one another. DirecTV has reached an agreement to acquire Dish Network, according to reporting by The New York Times. This would create a global behemoth in the satellite TV space. It would also provide some financial armor for the struggling Dish Network. The company’s in debt to the tune of billions of dollars because, well, satellite TV isn’t exactly a growth industry... Read more ›

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Kris Holt @ Engadget · 09/30/2024 10:46 EDT

The USB-C Apple Pencil is cheaper than ever in this early Prime Day deal

There are bargains aplenty to be had in the lead up to the October edition of Prime Day. Many are even bringing the prices of certain products down to record lows. Case in point: the USB-C Apple Pencil is cheaper than it’s ever been right now. You can snap one up for $69, which is $10 off and matches the lowest price we’ve seen to date for it. Apple debuted... Read more ›

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Valentina Palladino @ Engadget · 09/30/2024 10:39 EDT

Amazon Prime Day 2024: The best deals to shop ahead of the October Big Deal Days sale

Now that we know the Amazon Prime Big Deal Days event is coming up soon, it’s time to start thinking about what you may want to snag at a discount during the sale. Some may shudder at the thought of holiday shopping already, but if you pay the $139 annual fee for Prime, these sale events are a great time to stock up on essentials and cross things off your... Read more ›

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Jeremy Gan @ Engadget · 09/30/2024 10:28 EDT

Epic is suing Google and Samsung for making it too hard to download Fortnite

Some users may know that Epic Games, the developer of Fortnite, has had its own app store for a while now, the Epic Games Store. The company also won an antitrust lawsuit against Google last December that found Google held an illegal monopoly on app distribution and in-app billing services for Android devices. Despite that win, it seems that Epic’s court war has only begun. Epic Games is now suing... Read more ›

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Sarah Fielding @ Engadget · 09/30/2024 10:00 EDT

Football Manager 25 is out on November 26

Football Manager 25 is finally on its way, with Sports Interactive confirming the news and announcing a release date. The game will arrive for PC, Mac, Xbox and PS5 on November 26, just in time for some Thanksgiving gameplay. At the same time, FM25 Mobile is launching exclusively on Netflix, while FM25 Touch should come to Nintendo Switch on December 3. FM25 comes with two big updates: a switch to... Read more ›

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Steve Dent @ Engadget · 09/30/2024 09:00 EDT

AMD's latest updates address 9000X desktop CPU performance issues

After arriving two weeks late, AMD's Ryzen 9000-series desktop processors disappointed some buyers and reviewers due to lackluster performance. Now, the company has addressed those issues with several new updates.  The biggest speed brake for Ryzen 9000 desktop CPUs was the lack of Windows 11 branch prediction optimizations. For relief, you needed to either wait for Windows 11 24H2 (currently in the release preview channel), or add the optional KB5041587... Read more ›

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Steve Dent @ Engadget · 09/30/2024 08:15 EDT

Tesla's Full Self-Driving is now available for some Cybertrucks

Buyers that paid at least $93,990 to be among the first to own (and beta test) Tesla's Cybertruck are finally getting a key, promised feature: Full Self-Driving (FSD). Several people on the Cybertruck Owners Club forum — including an Angeleno who posted a video — say that it has finally arrived in early access to select users, Electrek reported.  After Tesla promised that FSD would arrive to Cybertrucks in September,... Read more ›

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Sarah Fielding @ Engadget · 09/30/2024 07:45 EDT

The UK says goodbye to coal production

The UK's last coal plant will sigh out its final pollutants Monday before shutting down for good and officially ending the country's century and a half of coal production. Nottinghamshire's Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant was the last of its kind following Britain's 2015 commitment to close all coal power plants by 2025. Ratcliffe was originally scheduled to shut down in 2022 but stayed open after Russia invaded Ukraine and Europe entered a... Read more ›

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Mat Smith @ Engadget · 09/30/2024 07:22 EDT

The Morning After: Apple’s rumored smart display may arrive next year

Remember those rumors of an Apple smart display suspended on a robot arm? According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is planning to debut the first device as soon as 2025, alongside a new operating system called homeOS. It could be a device with a robotic arm or a simpler HomePod-with-screen affair. Gurman elaborated on this, claiming two versions are in the works: a low-end display for the basics, like FaceTime... Read more ›

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Billy Steele @ Engadget · 09/30/2024 05:00 EDT

The best soundbars to boost your TV audio in 2024

The built-in speakers in most TVs aren’t enough to fill your living room with immersive sound that adequately showcases the finer details of movies and TV shows. Thankfully, you don't have to splurge for a five-speaker (or more) surround-sound system to improve your audio experience. In most cases, a single soundbar and maybe a subwoofer can often drastically improve the quality of Dolby Atmos content. To assist with your home... Read more ›

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Amy Skorheim @ Engadget · 09/30/2024 03:01 EDT

The best live TV streaming services to cut cable in 2024

Compared to most cable plans, live TV streaming subscriptions continue to be more affordable — though the gap is narrowing. Since we first published this guide over a year ago, every paid plan we cover (except Sling) has raised its base price. Still, streaming is great for cord-cutters as it doesn’t come with a contract and the only equipment required is an internet connection and your smart TV (or a... Read more ›

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Engadget @ Engadget · 09/29/2024 20:30 EDT

What we’re listening to: Harlequin (or Gaga 6.5), Rack and more

In What We're Listening To, Engadget writers and editors discuss some of the recent music releases we've had on repeat. This installment has everything from jazz standards to The Jesus Lizard. Lady Gaga - Harlequin I wasn’t even a minute into Harlequin before I had the realization, Oh, I am going to become so annoying in my love for this. Unfortunately for everyone in my life (and doubly so because... Read more ›

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Anna Washenko @ Engadget · 09/29/2024 18:08 EDT

California Gov. Newsom vetoes bill SB 1047 that aims to prevent AI disasters

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed bill SB 1047, which aims to prevent bad actors from using AI to cause "critical harm" to humans. The California state assembly passed the legislation by a margin of 41-9 on August 28, but several organizations including the Chamber of Commerce had urged Newsom to veto the bill. In his veto message on Sept. 29, Newsom said the bill is "well-intentioned" but "does not... Read more ›

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Cheyenne MacDonald @ Engadget · 09/29/2024 17:24 EDT

Apple’s rumored smart display may arrive in 2025 running new homeOS

Apple is planning to debut a new operating system called homeOS with its long-rumored smart displays, the first of which is expected to arrive as soon as 2025, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Reports of a HomePod-like device with a display have been swirling for over a year, and Gurman said just this summer that Apple is working on a tabletop smart display equipped with a robotic arm that can... Read more ›

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Cheyenne MacDonald @ Engadget · 09/29/2024 14:46 EDT

Spotify is up and running again after a brief outage

Spotify should be working normally again now after a few hours of service issues. The Spotify Status account posted on X Sunday afternoon to say, “Everything’s looking much better now!” Earlier in the day, it confirmed that it had been experiencing problems following users' reports that the app and web player were acting up. Spotify users on social media reported a variety of issues, from songs repeatedly pausing on them... Read more ›

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Valentina Palladino @ Engadget · 09/29/2024 13:15 EDT

Amazon Prime Day 2024: The best deals to shop ahead of the October Big Deal Days sale

Amazon Prime Big Deal Days is back this year, returning on October 8 and 9. The “fall Prime Day” of sorts has served as the online retailer’s unofficial kickoff to the holiday shopping season for the past few years. We expect most of the deals to be Prime exclusives, meaning you must be an active Prime subscriber to get the discounts. There are always a couple of deals available for... Read more ›

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Cheyenne MacDonald @ Engadget · 09/29/2024 12:41 EDT

Spotify confirms it’s having service issues and is working on a fix

It’s not just you — Spotify has confirmed it’s experiencing problems that have made the app and web player temporarily unusable for some people starting late Sunday morning. “We’re aware of some issues right now and are checking them out!” the Spotify Status account posted on X. We’re aware of some issues right now and are checking them out!— Spotify Status (@SpotifyStatus) September 29, 2024 Developing... This article originally appeared... Read more ›

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Cheyenne MacDonald @ Engadget · 09/29/2024 11:17 EDT

YouTube blocks songs from artists including Adele and Green Day amid licensing negotiations

Songs from popular artists have begun to disappear from YouTube as the platform’s deal with the performing rights organization SESAC (Society of European Stage Authors and Composers) approaches its expiration date. As reported by Variety, certain songs by Adele, Green Day, Bob Dylan, R.E.M., Burna Boy and other artists have been blocked in the US, though their entire catalogs aren’t necessarily affected. Videos that have been pulled, like Adele’s “Rolling... Read more ›

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Cheyenne MacDonald @ Engadget 2 place · 09/28/2024 18:05 EDT

The team behind the upcoming Minecraft movie shared a new clip during Minecraft Live that expands on the brief crafting moment we saw in the polarizing first teaser. The scene comes in the middle of a discussion between Mojang creative director Torfi Frans Olafsson and A Minecraft Movie director Jared Hess, at 4:51. The segment also gives us our first look at the movie’s interpretation of a Minecraft bee, which... Read more ›

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Cheyenne MacDonald @ Engadget 3 place · 09/28/2024 15:55 EDT

Judge rejects Apple’s last-minute request for a deadline extension in Epic case

Apple tried at the last second to get out of producing a trove of documents by Monday as it was ordered to in its ongoing dispute with Epic, and Magistrate Judge Thomas Hixson is not having it. In early August, the company was given a deadline of September 30 to produce documents relating to the changes it made to its App Store rules this year, which was its attempt to... Read more ›

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