2025-02-28

Engadget Podcast: iPhone 16e review and Amazon's AI-powered Alexa+

The keyword for the iPhone 16e seems to be "compromise." In this episode, Devindra chats with Cherlynn about her iPhone 16e review and try to figure out who this phone is actually for. Also, [...]

2025-02-28

Why Is Social Media Urging People Not to Buy Anything for 24 Hours Friday?

A group calling itself the People's Union USA is calling for one-day economic blackout on Feb. 28. [...]

2025-02-28

AMD's $549 Radeon 9070 and $599 9070 XT are gunning for NVIDIA's mid-range throne

AMD's decision to start off with mid-range RDNA 4 GPUs now seems prescient. NVIDIA's high-end RTX 5090 and 5080 are already selling well beyond their absurdly high prices, if you can find an [...]

2025-02-28

German defence ministry asks startup to build hypersonic spaceplane

Germany’s armed forces have commissioned Bremen-based startup Polaris to develop a two-stage, fully reusable hypersonic space plane — and given the team just three years to build it.  Dubbed Auro [...]

2025-02-28

What is that economic blackout youre seeing all over Instagram?

Here's what you need to know about the economic blackout being encouraged across social media. The 24-hour boycott is spearheaded by the People's Union USA. [...]

2025-02-27

Major breach hits employee screening firm - 3.3 million affected as hackers steal DISA data

Hackers seem to have stolen payment information and Social Security numbers. [...]

2025-02-27

TikTok's revamped desktop version lets you livestream games in landscape view

As TikTok's fate in the US sits in limbo, the ByteDance-owned company figured now's as good a time as any to spruce up the platform's (previously lackluster) desktop experience. New fea [...]

2025-02-27

Twitch will open some monetization tools to even first-time streamers

At some point in 2025, Twitch plans to offer monetization tools like subscriptions and Bits for all streamers, according to an open letter from Twitch CEO Dan Clancy. Monetizing Twitch streams previou [...]

2025-02-27

Worried About Boosting Your Protein? Experts Say You Already Have Enough

Don't fall into the social media "protein goals" trap. Here's what you should focus on instead. [...]