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06 Mar

OpenAI says Elon Musk wanted it to merge with Tesla to create a for-profit entity

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Elon Musk, who sued OpenAI for violating its non-profit mission and chasing profits, allegedly wanted the organization to merge with Tesla when it was starting to plan its transition into a for-profit entity in order to accomplish its goals. Well, either that or get full control of the company, OpenAI said in a blog post. The organization responded to Musk's…

06 Mar

TikTok to creators: make longer videos, get paid

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Last year TikTok rolled out a new monetization system for streamers called the Creativity Program to encourage longer videos that allow it to sell more ads. Now, the company is rolling the scheme out widely with a new name, the Creator Rewards Program, that only pays for videos longer than one minute. "The Creator Rewards Program will continue rewarding high-quality, original…

06 Mar

Mini’s first electric Countryman has a wild interior that’s not to be missed

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Mini has promised to go all electric by 2030, a date that seemed pretty far off back in 2021 but right now is starting to sound not that far off at all. While the company's prior battery-powered efforts have been great, it's going to take something more serious and more practical to convert the masses to the wonders of electrification.That…

06 Mar

Nothing Phone 2a review: A budget phone that’s packed with personality

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Nothing says its latest device – the Phone 2a – is a mid-range handset. And just going by its specs, which include a 6.5-inch 120Hz OLED screen, up to 12GB of RAM and a big 5,000 mAh battery, that seems right. But starting at $349, it’s positioned more like a budget offering which makes it even more appealing. That’s because…

05 Mar

MLB The Show 24 features women ballplayers for the first time

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This year’s edition of MLB The Show is just a couple of weeks away, and Sony's San Diego Studio has shed more light on what to expect. For the first time in the series, you’ll be able to create and play as women ballplayers in the Road to the Show mode.In Road to the Show: Women Pave Their Way, there…

05 Mar

Max will start cracking down on password sharing this year

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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) plans to join Netflix and Disney in preventing Max users from sharing their passwords with friends and family who don't live in the primary household. According to The Wrap, the company's CEO and president of global streaming and games JB Perrette said at a conference that the account sharing crackdown will start later this year ahead…

05 Mar

Microsoft is ending support for Android apps on Windows

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Microsoft is pulling the plug on Android apps for Windows. The company said it’s ending support for Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA), the underlying component behind the Amazon Appstore (and other Android apps) in Windows 11. Microsoft told Engadget it was responding to “evolving customer needs.”Microsoft first said in 2021 that Windows 11 would be able to run Android apps.…

05 Mar

Lawmakers have a new plan to force ByteDance to sell TikTok

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A group of lawmakers have introduced a new bill that would force ByteDance to sell TikTok in order for the app to remain available in the United States. The “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act” would prohibit US app stores and web hosting services from distributing TikTok unless it divested from parent company ByteDance.The bill is the latest…

05 Mar

Facebook, Instagram and Threads are back online after a two-hour outage

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Meta says it has resolved an issue that prevented people from accessing services such as Facebook, Instagram and Threads. The problem appears to have started at around 10AM ET, with outage reports for the services (and WhatsApp) spiking on Down Detector at that time.Facebook booted several members of the Engadget team back to the site's login screen and left them…

05 Mar

Microsoft may debut its first ‘AI PCs’ later this month

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Microsoft will reveal the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 on March 21, according to a report. This isn't likely to just be a matter of a hardware refresh, however. Microsoft is expected to call these systems its first AI PCs, as Windows Central notes.The devices are set to be equipped with new Intel Core Ultra or Qualcomm Snapdragon…