2025-01-06

Swave, the startup building true holographic smart glasses, bags €27M

In the 1977 Star Wars film A New Hope, there’s an iconic scene where the beloved droid R2-D2 casts a beam of light to create a hologram of Princess Leia pleading for the help of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Sadl [...]

2025-01-05

The Video Game Industry Is Finally Getting Serious About Player Safety

Harassment, hate, and other social harms feel like an online inevitability, but developers are finally addressing their impact in a meaningful way. [...]

2025-01-04

Social Security January 2025: Your COLA-Boosted Check Is on the Way

We're officially in 2025, so expect your next Social Security check to reflect the COLA increase. [...]

2025-01-03

Meta sends its AI-generated profiles to hell where they belong

Meta has nuked a bunch of its AI-generated profiles from Facebook Instagram, the company confirmed, after the AI characters prompted widespread outrage and ridicule from users on social media.<br / [...]

2025-01-03

Utah lawsuit alleges TikTok knew minors were being exploited on livestreams

Streams on TikTok Live were used to exploit children, according to a newly unredacted lawsuit filed by Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes. The lawsuit says that TikTok was not only aware that TikTok Liv [...]

2025-01-03

Later acquires social influencer app Mavely for $250M

Later, an influencer marketing and social media management firm, is acquiring social influencer app Mavely for $250 million. [...]

2025-01-03

Utah AG Accuses TikTok of Knowing Minors Were Being Groomed on ‘Live’

The lawsuit also alleges TikTok Live facilitated money laundering, drugs sales, and terrorism. [...]

2025-01-03

CES 2025: The new tech we're expecting to see from Samsung, NVIDIA, LG and more in Las Vegas

Time to get into the habit of writing "2025" instead of 2024, and the year may have just begun, but the Engadget team is already working hard for CES 2025. This weekend, many from the Engadg [...]

2025-01-03

A Book App Used AI to 'Roast' Its Users. It Went Anti-Woke Instead

One year-end summary from Fable, a social app where people share what books the read, told the user “Don’t forget to surface for the occasional white author, OK?” [...]