Unity will start charging developers each time their game is installed (www.engadget.com)
This cute pink blob could lead to realistic robot skin (www.engadget.com)
Someone apparently hacked 50 Cent’s accounts to peddle a memecoin and made off with millions (www.engadget.com)
Canadian judge rules the thumbs up emoji counts as a contract agreement (www.engadget.com)
Here’s a video of Doom running on gut bacteria, proving you really can play the game on anything (www.engadget.com)
An MIT biotech researcher has been able to run the iconic computer game Doom using actual gut bacteria. Lauren Ramlan didn’t get the game going on a digital simulation of bacteria, but turned actual bacteria into pixels to display the 30-year-old FPS, as reported by Rock Paper Shotgun....
23andMe frantically changed its terms of service to prevent hacked customers from suing (www.engadget.com)
A food delivery robot's footage led to a criminal conviction in LA - Serve Robotics handed footage over to the LAPD after two people attempted to steal one of its bots (www.engadget.com)
A food delivery robot’s footage led to a criminal conviction in LA - Serve Robotics handed footage over to the LAPD after two people attempted to steal one of its bots::Serve Robotics, a partner of Uber Eats, provided LAPD with footage from one of its robots after an attempted theft. The robot was able to get away on its own.
'Breakthrough' geothermal tech produces 3.5 megawatts of carbon-free power | Fervo Energy's Nevada site is slated to power Google data centers. (www.engadget.com)
‘Breakthrough’ geothermal tech produces 3.5 megawatts of carbon-free power | Fervo Energy’s Nevada site is slated to power Google data centers.::An energy company called Fervo says it has achieved a breakthrough in geothermal technology.
An email typo has reportedly sent millions of US military messages to Mali (www.engadget.com)
‘This risk is real and could be exploited by adversaries of the US,’ warned the Dutch whistleblower who discovered them.
Meta faces a $100,000 daily fine if it doesn't fix privacy issues in Norway | 'It is so clear that this is illegal that we need to intervene now and immediately.' (www.engadget.com)
Meta faces a $100,000 daily fine if it doesn’t fix privacy issues in Norway | ‘It is so clear that this is illegal that we need to intervene now and immediately.’::Meta’s practice of tracking Instagram and Facebook users violates their privacy, Norway’s data protection regulator said…
OpenAI says it stopped multiple covert influence operations that abused its AI models (www.engadget.com)
Caesars reportedly paid millions to stop hackers releasing its data (www.engadget.com)
It’s the second Las Vegas casino group to be attacked this week.
Microsoft to unbundle Teams in Europe in bid to avoid EU antitrust fine (www.engadget.com)
Music publishers accuse Spotify of 'bait-and-switch subscription scheme' (www.engadget.com)
Netflix jacks up the price of its premium plan to $23 a month (www.engadget.com)
Netflix jacks up the price of its premium plan to $23 a month::Netflix raised prices on two of its subscriber tiers today during its earnings report.
The web version of Threads is finally here | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
if you’ve been impatiently refreshing threads.net in your browser waiting for Thread son the web to be available, you should check again as access seems to have been greatly expanded..
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ breaks into song | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
The musical episode doesn't disappoint..
Sega of America workers overwhelmingly vote to unionize (www.engadget.com)
They say AEGIS-CWA is the 'largest multi-department union of organized workers in the entire gaming industry
Uber is locking New York drivers out of its apps and blaming a city pay rule (www.engadget.com)
Honda built a powered chair to zoom around theme parks while wearing an AR headset. (www.engadget.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/16368424...
The EU opens a wide-ranging probe into TikTok (www.engadget.com)
Everything announced at today's Apple event: iPhone 15, USB-C, Apple Watch Series 9 and more (www.engadget.com)
Say USB-C five times fast....
Microsoft is holding a 'special event' on September 21st (www.engadget.com)
Marvel's visual effects workers vote to unionize (www.engadget.com)
Marvel’s visual effects workers vote to unionize::Marvel’s visual effects employees have voted in favor of joining a union in their fight for better pay, overtime compensation, more benefits and better treatment…
Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub sue New York City over $18 minimum-wage law (www.engadget.com)
When faced with the prospects of actually paying workers a far wage, these companies are doing everything they can to prevent it. Says a lot about their priorities.
