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, [...]

Research roundup: Tattooed tardigrades and splash-free urinals

Also: The first live footage of a colossal baby squid; digitally unfolding an early medieval manuscript. [...]

Amazon and Chobani adopt Strella's AI interviews for customer research as fast-growing startup raises $14M

One year after emerging from stealth, Strella has raised $14 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered customer research platform, the company announced Thursday. The round, led by Bessemer [...]

Alembic melted GPUs chasing causal A.I. — now it's running one of the fastest supercomputers in the world

Alembic Technologies has raised $145 million in Series B and growth funding at a valuation 13 times higher than its previous round, betting that the next competitive advantage in artificial intelligen [...]

What’s going on with Donut Lab?

In January, a Finnish-Estonian startup proclaimed it had developed a truly solid state battery, a holy grail for the technology industry. Donut Labs’ cell wasn’t just solid state, however. It clai [...]

Microsoft launches 3 new AI models in direct shot at OpenAI and Google

Microsoft on Wednesday launched three new foundational AI models it built entirely in-house — a state-of-the-art speech transcription system, a voice generation engine, and an upgraded image creator [...]

Sony is actually remastering Days Gone before Bloodborne

Sony is giving Days Gone the remaster treatment. Nestled in Sony's latest State of Play event, the company announced that Days Gone Remastered is coming to PlayStation 5 and PC on April 25, 2025, [...]

Adam Scott Sympathizes With Your Agonizing Severance Season 2 Wait

io9 talked to the star of the hit Apple TV+ series ahead of its January 17 return. [...]

Orbital AI data centers could work, but they might ruin Earth in the process

At the start of the month, Elon Musk announced that two of his companies — SpaceX and xAI  — were merging, and would jointly launch a constellation of 1 million satellites to operate as orbital d [...]