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16 Sep

Slack AI will generate transcripts and notes from huddles

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Salesforce has rolled out some new AI features for its business-focused Slack chat app designed to take over mundane chores like transcription.A key new feature is Slack AI huddle notes to "capture key takeaways and action items so users can focus on the work at hand," the company wrote. This looks like a more powerful version of a previous Slack…

16 Sep

Shogun and The Bear win big for Disney at the Emmys

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The second Emmys of 2024 have come and gone, with streamers once again winning big for some of our favorite television shows. Disney had a fantastic night, winning 60 awards across all its platforms, including Hulu and Disney+. Hulu's limited series Shogun led it to victory with 18 wins — 14 at the Creative Arts Emmys and four on Sunday.Shogun,…

16 Sep

Apple AirPods 4 review: Pro features for everyone

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With a big redesign to the “regular” AirPods, Apple delivers two new models. Sure, they have a similar look, and share a few features, but the biggest change from the third-gen version is the addition of active noise cancellation (ANC) for an added cost. The AirPods Pro with ANC ($179) option has more to offer in terms of conveniences, but…

16 Sep

Flappy Bird’s creator wants you to know he’s got nothing to do with the new version

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A decade ago, Flappy Bird became a sensation among smartphone users, with many of us spending far too long getting the little yellow guy to climb higher and higher along pipes. But, it didn't last long, with it soon pulled from app stores. Here at Engadget, we were excited by the news last week that Flappy Bird is coming back…

16 Sep

The Morning After: The AirPods Pro’s new hearing aid features are a big deal

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Folded between all the new hardware announcements, Apple surprised us last week with news of FDA-approved hearing aid features for the AirPods Pro. No new hardware needed — it’s all in software updates. In the last decade, we’ve seen several companies tackle hearing-aid technology, aided by the boom in wireless tech. Now, arguably the most influential company in consumer tech…

15 Sep

A plastic Apple Watch SE may still be happening, but not until next year

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Apple announced a bunch of new products at the It’s Glowtime event on Sept. 9, but the rumored Apple Watch SE with a plastic shell wasn’t among them. That doesn’t necessarily mean we won’t see it at some point, though. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who first reported that the company was developing an even cheaper version of the budget…

15 Sep

PS1 gem Tomba! is still a wild ride nearly 20 years later

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Every couple of years, a core childhood memory resurfaces and sends me hunting for a bizarre PlayStation game my brother and I obsessed over but never actually played in its entirety. The internet search goes like this: game on red-and-black PS1 demo disk featuring feral child with pink hair tackling pigs and trees that look like butts. The results tell…

15 Sep

The Polaris Dawn crew is back on Earth after a historic mission

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The Polaris Dawn crew safely returned to Earth early Sunday morning, bringing the historic privately funded mission to a close. The Dragon capsule carrying the mission’s four astronauts — Jared Isaacman, Scott “Kidd” Poteet, Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon — splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico around 3:30AM ET.On Thursday, Isaacman and Gillis completed the first commercial spacewalk, each…

15 Sep

Why the AirPods Pro’s new hearing aid features are a bigger deal than you think

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Apple's high-end earbuds will be able to be used a full-on hearing aids. (Apple)Could Apple really be teeing up a change that could save my elderly mother more than $1,500? That’s the promise of the company’s newly announced initiative to add true hearing aid functionality to the AirPods Pro — and why, with all due respect to the iPhone 16…

14 Sep

What to read this weekend: Cosmic horror sci-fi, and the quest to understand how life began

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New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention.The Night Guest by Hildur KnútsdóttirAnyone who lives with a difficult-to-diagnose chronic illness and has endured the demoralizing process of trying to get proper treatment can tell you it is, at times, a living nightmare. Advocating for yourself, fighting to be taken seriously; it’s something I’ve dealt with most of…