Talking to AI agents is one thing — what about when they talk to each other? New startup BAND debuts 'universal orchestrator'

For the past eighteen months, the corporate world has been obsessed with the "builder" phase of the generative AI revolution. Enterprises have raced to deploy autonomous agents to handle eve [...]

Private Internet Access VPN review: Both more and less than a budget VPN

I came into this review thinking of Private Internet Access (PIA) as one of the better VPNs. It's in the Kape Technologies portfolio, along with the top-tier ExpressVPN and the generally reliable [...]

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, [...]

Is The Velvet Sundown an AI-generated band?

The Velvet Sundown is raising suspicions of being an AI-generated band, with no online presence, bad lyrics, and odd promo images. [...]

Spotify’s latest breakout band The Velvet Sundown appears to be AI-generated – and fans aren’t happy

New Spotify sensation The Velvet Sundown appears to be an entirely AI-generated band, even down to their album covers and music [...]

Meta Ray-Ban Display review: Chunky frames with impressive abilities

I've been wearing the $800 Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses daily for ten days and I'm still a bit conflicted. On one hand, I'm still not entirely comfortable with how they look. I've [...]

The best mesh Wi-Fi systems of 2025

Have you ever found yourself wandering around your home, phone in hand, trying to find that one spot where the Wi-Fi actually works? If your internet slows to a crawl in certain rooms or drops out ent [...]

A viral band on Spotify is probably AI — but there’s no label to tell you

AI slop songs are flooding Spotify — and the latest hit is by an indie rock band called The Velvet Sundown. The track’s success has intensified the ongoing debate on whether or not music streaming [...]

What we listened to in 2025

If streaming services’ year-in-review campaigns have shown us anything, it’s that we’ve spent a staggering amount of time drowning out the hum of everyday life with music, podcasts and audio ser [...]