Influencer Burnout Is on the Rise. A New Mental Health Service Wants to Help

As influencers are becoming more vocal about burnout, stress, dopamine addiction, and body image issues, a new therapy service is launching to cater to their unique career struggles. [...]

Engadget Podcast: Surface Pro 12-inch and a chat with (Google) X’s Astro Teller

This week we're diving into the new 12-inch Surface Pro, which, alongside the 13-inch Surface Laptop, is a foray into smaller Surface hardware. You can thank Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Plus chi [...]

Mafia: The Old Country Won't Be Open World and Will Cost $50

The next installment in the Mafia series won't take a huge time commitment or break the bank. [...]

This Wicked, Underrated '90s Horror Movie on Tubi Is Required Halloween Viewing

Commentary: This turn-of-the-century ghost story is an update of a classic that features an impressive cast, gruesome effects and a sly wit that keeps everything feeling fun. [...]

Scientists find lead really can be turned into gold (with help from the Large Hadron Collider)

One of the ultimate goals of medieval alchemy has been realized, but only for a fraction of a second. Scientists with the European Organization for Nuclear Research, better known as CERN, were able to [...]

Mistral AI just released a text-to-speech model it says beats ElevenLabs — and it's giving away the weights for free

The enterprise voice AI market is in the middle of a land grab. ElevenLabs and IBM announced a collaboration just this week to bring premium voice capabilities into IBM's watsonx Orchestrate plat [...]

It's outright war for the Iron Throne in House of the Dragon S3 teaser

"The king has abdicated his throne. A new line is coming. A new line of unsullied kings." [...]

Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI ‘Expert Review’ Feature

The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—without their consent. [...]

Your Favorite Porn Stars Are Sick of Being Censored. But They’re Not Going Away

We spent the Pornhub Awards with some of the site’s biggest stars to talk censorship, making money, and the popularity of trans porn—all while the site is blocked in more than a third of US states [...]