Amazon begins rolling out AI-generated review summaries (www.engadget.com)
Unity will start charging developers each time their game is installed (www.engadget.com)
An Iowa school district is using AI to ban books (www.engadget.com)
Amazon is reportedly making employees relocate for return-to-office | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
Some Amazon employees will be forced to relocate to fulfill a company policy requiring three days per week of in-office work, according to sources speaking with Bloomberg.
Twitter says it couldn't tell people about rate limiting in advance | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
It seemed strange that Twitter posted this update on its business blog until the company mentioned that rate limiting has had a "minimal" effect on advertising. Many pointed out that limiting the number of tweets users could read per day would make it harder for advertisers to reach users and for Twitter to make money....
YouTubers can take training courses to remove warnings from their permanent record (www.engadget.com)
Canadian judge rules the thumbs up emoji counts as a contract agreement (www.engadget.com)
Caesars reportedly paid millions to stop hackers releasing its data (www.engadget.com)
It’s the second Las Vegas casino group to be attacked this week.
Water-soluble circuit boards could cut carbon footprints by 60 percent | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
German semiconductor maker Infineon Technologies AG announced that it’s producing a printed circuit board (PCB) that dissolves in water.
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ breaks into song | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
The musical episode doesn't disappoint..
'Breakthrough' geothermal tech produces 3.5 megawatts of carbon-free power | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
An energy company called Fervo says it has achieved a breakthrough in geothermal technology.
The web version of Threads is finally here | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
if you’ve been impatiently refreshing threads.net in your browser waiting for Thread son the web to be available, you should check again as access seems to have been greatly expanded..
X is slowing down links to websites Elon Musk has publicly feuded with | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
he website formerly known as Twitter seems to be interfering with links to The New York Times, Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads and Substack to make them load noticeably slower..
ASUS will manufacture and develop new Intel NUC mini PCs (www.engadget.com)
Meta whistleblower tells Senate the company 'cannot be trusted with our children' (www.engadget.com)
A pedestrian was pinned under a Cruise robotaxi after another car’s hit-and-run (www.engadget.com)
The woman is reportedly in critical condition....
Analogue's limited edition Pockets are delightful and frustrating (www.engadget.com)
The company's dedication to retro authenticity goes far beyond creating desirable gaming hardware....
Uber Eats will begin accepting food stamps for grocery deliveries in 2024 (www.engadget.com)
Starting next year, users will be able to pay for fresh groceries using their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from right within the Uber Eats app.
Microsoft to unbundle Teams in Europe in bid to avoid EU antitrust fine (www.engadget.com)
Microsoft is holding a 'special event' on September 21st (www.engadget.com)
Looks like the Xenomorph from Alien will be Dead by Daylight's next killer (www.engadget.com)
Netflix axes its $10 ‘Basic’ plan in the US and UK (www.engadget.com)
Google lays off contractors who unionized last month | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
Twitter sues four unknown entities for 'unlawful data scraping' | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
Elon Musk blamed scraping by these unknown entities for Twitter's decision to put a cap on how many tweets a user can see per day.