Who makes money when AI reads the internet for us? (www.engadget.com)
Midjourney might ban Biden and Trump images this election season (www.engadget.com)
Ex-Apple engineer sentenced to six months in prison for stealing self-driving car tech (www.engadget.com)
Disney+ has started cracking down on password sharing in the US (www.engadget.com)
Disney+ started getting strict about password sharing in Canada last year, and now it’s expanding the restriction to the US. According to The Verge, the streaming service has been sending out emails to its subscribers in the country, notifying them about a change in its terms of service. Its service agreement now states that...
Google Search is losing its 'cached' web page feature (www.engadget.com)
One of Google Search’s oldest and best-known features, cache links, are being retired. Best known by the “Cached” button, those are a snapshot of a web page the last time Google indexed it. However, according to Google, they’re no longer required....
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....
Uber shuts down alcohol delivery service Drizly three years after its purchase (www.engadget.com)
Back in 2021, Uber purchased Drizly for $1.1 billion shortly after it reported that its food delivery segment kept its losses manageable during the pandemic. Three years later, the company is shutting down the US-based alcohol delivery service, Axios has reported. Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty, Uber’s SVP of delivery, told the...
The best of CES 2024 (www.engadget.com)
All the big tech layoffs of 2023 and 2024 (www.engadget.com)
TikTok pulled a hashtag-tracking feature researchers used to study the platform (www.engadget.com)
CES 2024: Live updates from Hyundai, Samsung, Kia and Sony's big shows (www.engadget.com)
Live coverage from CES Unveiled, the opening press event of CES 2024.
Samsung debuts the world's first transparent MicroLED screen at CES 2024 (www.engadget.com)
Tesla is recalling 1.62 million vehicles in China over autopilot safety controls (www.engadget.com)
Pornhub blocks Montana and North Carolina as their age verification laws take effect | The website says the states' ID requirement would put users' privacy at risk (www.engadget.com)
Pornhub blocks Montana and North Carolina as their age verification laws take effect | The website says the states’ ID requirement would put users’ privacy at risk::Montana and North Carolina are the latest to join the list of states with age verification laws for adult platforms.
Google will settle $5 billion lawsuit over tracking Incognito Chrome users (www.engadget.com)
Google will settle $5 billion lawsuit over tracking Incognito Chrome users::The biggest news stories this morning: Xiaomi says its EV can outperform Porsche and has more tech than Tesla, Apple is selling its contested Watch models again, Look at LG’s two-legged robot.
The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January - Sodium-ion batteries have lower density but are cheaper and perform better in cold weather (www.engadget.com)
The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January - Sodium-ion batteries have lower density but are cheaper and perform better in cold weather::JAC Motors, a Volkswagen-backed Chinese automaker, unveiled the first mass-produced EV with a sodium-ion battery through its new Yiwei brand. Although sodium-ion...
Apple reportedly faces pressure in India after sending out warnings of state-sponsored hacking (www.engadget.com)
The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January (www.engadget.com)
Twitch rescinds policy that allowed ‘artistic nudity’ / The decision comes two days after the company said it would allow some sexual content (www.engadget.com)
Twitch rescinds policy that allowed ‘artistic nudity’ / The decision comes two days after the company said it would allow some sexual content::Twitch has quickly taken back its policy update that gave users permission to post sexual content as long as it was labeled.
Alex Jones and his conspiracy theories are allowed back on X (www.engadget.com)
Alex Jones and his conspiracy theories are allowed back on X::Elon Musk created a poll on Saturday asking users to vote on whether Alex Jones should be reinstated. After the majority voted “Yes,” the conspiracy theorist best known for calling the Sandy Hook massacre a hoax was given his X account back.