Engadget Podcast: James Webb’s eye in the stars, Microsoft buys Activision
Now that the James Webb Space Telescope is safely on the way to its orbital home, Cherlynn and Devindra chat about why it’s so important with Space.com editor-in-chief Tariq Malik, as well as science...
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German Bionic's connected exoskeleton helps workers lift smarter
We’re still quite a ways away from wielding proper Power Loaders but advances in exosuit technology are rapidly changing how people perform physical tasks in their daily lives — some designed to help...
View ArticleSamsung's 1TB T7 Touch SSD is $50 off at Amazon
Samsung's handy T7 Touch portable SSD is cheaper right now than it was during the holiday shopping season just a couple of months ago. The 1TB black model is down to a new low of $140, which is $50 off...
View ArticleDeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman leaves Google
Mustafa Suleyman, a co-founder of artificial intelligence research company DeepMind, has left Google to join venture capital firm Greylock Partners. Suleyman has brought to an end an eight-year run at...
View Article'The Legend Of Zelda: Majora’s Mask' joins Nintendo Switch Online in February
Soon after adding Banjo-Kazooie to Switch Online's Expansion Pack, Nintendo is preparing to bring another classic game to the service. In February, The Legend Of Zelda: Majora’s Mask will join the...
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iRobot's Roomba j7+ is $250 off, plus the rest of the week's best tech deals
A bunch of new tech sales cropped up at the start of the week for things like robot vacuums, game controllers and more, and many of them are still around today. A trio of iRobot devices remain...
View ArticleLeak offers a glimpse at Microsoft's canceled Andromeda OS for dual-screen...
Before Microsoft announced the Surface Duo in 2019, the company spent several years working on an operating system codenamed Andromeda. It was envisioned as a reboot of Windows Phone with an emphasis...
View ArticleA group of Activision Blizzard workers is unionizing
Call of Duty: Warzone quality assurance workers at Activision Blizzard studio Raven Software have announced plans to unionize with the Communication Workers of America (CWA). They have asked the...
View ArticleGodzilla is headed to Apple TV+ in the MonsterVerse’s first live-action series
Legendary Pictures has been trying to make the MonsterVerse a thing for a while now, and following Godzilla and King Kong’s return to the movie theaters back in 2014, kaiju are now heading to the small...
View ArticleCourt orders persistent 'Roblox' troll to stay off the platform
A court in California has ordered Benjamin Robert Simon to pay $150,000 in damages to the creator of Roblox, reports Polygon. Roblox Corporation sued Simon in November, accusing the YouTuber of...
View ArticleGoogle files motion to dismiss four charges in antitrust lawsuit
Google has filed a motion to dismiss most of an ad tech-focused antitrust lawsuit brought forward by a group of state attorneys general. It has requested that a federal court dismiss four of the six...
View ArticleThe latest 'Star Trek: Picard' season two trailer teases a time-traveling...
The wait is over. Following a first-look trailer back in June of last year, ViacomCBS has finally released a new clip from Star Trek: Picard. And there’s a lot to unpack here. Through the machinations...
View ArticleTwitter's security leads are leaving the company
New Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal is continuing to revamp the company's leadership. After removing the chiefs of engineering and design last month, Agrawal is bringing in new leaders for the security...
View ArticleMeta and Snap sued by mother over alleged role in her daughter's suicide
In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. Crisis Text Line can be reached by texting HOME to 741741 (US), 686868 (Canada), or 85258 (UK). Wikipedia maintains a list of...
View ArticleSwitch versions of 'Life is Strange' remaster and 'Dying Light 2' have been...
Nintendo Switch owners will have to wait or look elsewhere if they want to play two of February’s more notable new releases. In separate announcements, Square Enix and Techland shared they’re delaying...
View ArticleRobinhood opens cryptocurrency wallet to beta testers
Back in September, Robinhood announced plans to test a cryptocurrency wallet within its app. At the time, the company said it would open the beta to a small number of people before expanding...
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'We Met in Virtual Reality’ finds love in the metaverse
Mark Zuckerberg's vision of a sanitized, hypercapitalist metaverse will likely never be as compelling or idiosyncratic as VRChat, the virtual reality community that's been home to anime fans, Furries...
View ArticleUS labor board says Amazon illegally fired union organizer in New York
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has determined that Amazon illegally fired former worker Daequan Smith for trying to unionize its warehouses in Staten Island, New York. Smith, who was one of...
View ArticleRecommended Reading: Speaking Simlish
Sul SulTwenty Thousand HertzThis podcast chronicles the fascinating story of how Simlish, the language spoken by characters in the popular game franchise The Sims, was created. And not only the how,...
View ArticleVi from ‘League of Legends’ arrives in ‘Fortnite’
Fans of Riot’s Arcane have a long wait ahead of them before season two of the animated series arrives. In the meantime, you can at least play a few matches of Fortnite with a new character from the...
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