Cruise lays off half its staff after GM sunsets robotaxi program

Autonomous vehicle company Cruise is laying off around half of its workforce, according to reporting by TechCrunch. The cuts even extend to the CEO and other top executives. This is part of a major re [...]

Why the Hantavirus Cruise Ship Outbreak Isn't Likely to Become a Global Crisis

While the outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic is concerning, the virus isn't easily transmitted through casual contact. [...]

Mission: Impossible should never have gone full sci-fi

The Mission: Impossible film franchise has always dabbled in the, well, impossible. We've seen Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt climb his way up the Burj Khalifa, have a motorcycle joust to prevent t [...]

All Your Hantavirus Questions, Answered by an Infectious Disease Expert

Here’s what you need to know, from why the cruise ship outbreak won’t spark the next pandemic to how hantavirus spreads. [...]

Moderna stock surges as hantavirus outbreak spotlights early vaccine work and flu data

The company confirmed early-stage hantavirus research as a WHO-confirmed outbreak grows, while flu vaccine data published in a top medical journal [...]

How Wet Weather in Argentina Helped Fuel the Cruise Ship Hantavirus Outbreak

Climate change is helping create conditions that are driving the rodent boom—dubbed a ratada—in Argentina. [...]

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, [...]

ByteDance promises to tighten up its new AI video generator after viral Cruise vs. Pitt clip

ByteDance released Seedance 2.0 less than a week ago and enraged artists everywhere with a viral clip AI-generated clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting. Unsurprisingly, the AI video-making tool h [...]

Starfield is coming to PS5 on April 7

Starfield is officially coming to PS5, with a launch date set for April 7. Preorders are open right now for both the digital and physical versions. It's long been rumored that Bethesda's sci [...]