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Sony Music buys UK podcast network Somethin’ Else | Engadget Sony’s Music Entertainment division has acquired independent UK podcast network Somethin’ Else, the company announced on Wednesday. Sony didn’t disclose the financial terms of the deal, but said the Somethin’ Else management team, including founder Jez Nelson, will help the company expand its global podcast…
Google apps will be available on Honor phones again after Huawei split | Engadget Now it’s no longer subject to the same restrictions as former parent company Huawei, Honor can once again include Google apps on its phones. The company revealed it can pre-install the apps on its new Honor 50 and Honor 50 Pro,…
How the rising popularity of EVs could lead to a resurgence of drum brakes | Engadget Drum brakes are an OG technology that have been around almost as long as cars have. First developed in 1899, this style of brake can be found on some of the very first automotive prototypes built by the likes…
You can now rent the kid-friendly Moxie robot for $149 a month | Engadget I found a lot to like about Embodied’s Moxie robot, a companion that can help kids play and learn. It had fluid animation and some genuinely interesting conversational technology. But it also cost $1,500, along with a $40 to $60 monthly…
Fallout fans are making a mod that takes the series to post-apocalyptic London | Engadget With Bethesda hard at work on Starfield, a new single-player Fallout game is likely years away. But fans of the series have something else they can look forward to in the meantime outside of more Fallout 76 DLC. Just as…
‘Luca’ lets Pixar’s house style finally shine | Engadget The following contains spoilers for the first act of ‘Luca.’ For its first decade of making feature films, there was a saying that Pixar chose its projects around things they wanted to try animating. A Bug’s Life featured plants, Monsters Inc. had a lot of fur,…
Facebook’s latest AI doesn’t just detect deep fakes, it knows where they came from | Engadget Even Deep Tom Cruise thinks this latest generation of digitally fabricated faces have walked out of the uncanny valley and siddled right on up to photorealism. While the possibilities for entertainment using this tech are boundless, deep fake videos…
Apple reportedly trialed plans for a primary care service on its own employees Nicole Wetsman Apple took over a health clinic to test plans for a primary care service with its own employees, The Wall Street Journal reported. But efforts reportedly stalled as employees questioned the integrity of data collected through the services. Tech companies…
‘GTA Online’ will shut down on PS3 and Xbox 360 on December 16th | Engadget It’s almost the end of the line for those who’ve been causing havoc in Los Santos with their friends on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Rockstar Games says it will shut down the Grand Theft Auto Online servers for those…
Facebook will let group admins ‘slow down’ toxic conversations | Engadget Facebook is trying to make it easier for group moderators to prevent toxic conversations. The social network introduced a new tool that will allow moderators to restrict comments on posts in an effort to “slow down” conversations. With the change, group admins can limit…