2025-01-18

Perplexity AI has reportedly submitted an 11th-hour bid to save TikTok in the US

Just one day before TikTok is expected to shut down in the US, startup Perplexity AI has submitted a bid to TikTok’s parent company ByteDance proposing a merger that would allow it to continue opera [...]

2025-01-17

Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban

The Supreme Court has sided with the Biden Administration on a law that could ban TikTok in the coming days. In a unanimous ruling, the court upheld the law, writing in an unsigned opinion that " [...]

2025-01-17

Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg want you to know they're still friends and definitely not mad at each other

On Thursday, The New York Times published a lengthy story about the rise in power of Stephen Miller, a longtime loyalist of Donald Trump known for his hardline views on immigration. Normally, a story [...]

2025-01-17

Engadget Podcast: The TikTok ban, Zuck's lost soul and Nintendo's Switch 2 reveal

So it looks like the TikTok ban may actually be happening, barring a last-minute Supreme Court decision. In this episode, Senior Writer Karissa Bell joins Devindra and Ben to discuss the potential fin [...]

2025-01-17

Mark Zuckerberg Turns His Back on the Media

The Meta CEO is abandoning his commitment to the truth in favor of a Trump-style playbook. [...]

2025-01-17

As TikTok Ban Looms, Instagram Reels Introduces a New Way to Interact With Friends

TikTok refugees making their way over to the Meta platform should know about this update. [...]

2025-01-17

Digital twins of cities to expand under plans from new Dutch startup Scenexus

A startup called Scenexus has unveiled plans to build digital twins of cities around the world. A spin-off from Dutch research organisation TNO, Scenexus launched this week with a new platform for urb [...]

2025-01-17

Bitkraft Ventures hires Anuj Tandon to kick off game investments in India

Anuj Tandon has joined Bitkraft Ventures, a seed-stage investor for interactive media and games, as partner focused on the fast-growing Indian game market. [...]

2025-01-17

Sony axes two more live service games

Sony has canceled two more live-service games, one from its remake and remaster studio Bluepoint and another from Days Gone developer Bend Studio in Oregon, the company confirmed to Bloomberg. Neither [...]