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16 Aug

Texas Instruments awarded $1.6 billion in CHIPS Act funding for domestic silicon production

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Texas Instruments is the latest recipient of CHIPS Act funds. The 2022 law, signed by President Biden to boost domestic silicon production in the face of increasing Chinese chip imports, will award TI $1.6 billion in grants. The company will also receive $3 billion in loans and tax credits that could amount to $6 to $8 billion.The effort is expected…

16 Aug

Meta puts Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas VR on ice

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Here’s some bad news for those longing to run over civilians in a monster truck while in virtual reality. The VR-focused remake of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is “on hold indefinitely,” according to reporting by IGN.This refresh was announced three years ago and was originally to be a Quest 2 title. Here we are, deep in the lifecycle of…

16 Aug

Take $150 off a set of Sony noise-canceling headphones, plus the rest of the week’s best tech deals

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The ASUS ROG Ally is down to $500 at Best Buy, which is a $150 discount and a new all-time low for the config with AMD's Z1 Extreme chip. This deal comes with a heavy caveat: ASUS recently released the ROG Ally X, an upgraded model with better battery life, more RAM and storage, improved ergonomics, an extra USB-C port…

16 Aug

The Plucky Squire expertly transforms old ideas into something new

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It feels like The Plucky Squire has been popping up at game events forever. It first came onto my radar during one of publisher Devolver Digital’s bizarre showcases in 2022, and was instantly appealing. Yesterday, Devolver announced it would be coming out in just over a month, on September 17. After playing through a few hours of the game over…

16 Aug

Fortnite returns to iOS in the EU as the Epic Games Store debuts on mobile

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It's a big day for Epic Games. Not only has the company rolled out the latest season of Fortnite, it has achieved a long-held ambition by bringing the Epic Games Store to mobile devices. The app marketplace is now available on iOS in the European Union (after the bloc required Apple to allow third-party app stores on iPhone and iPad)…

16 Aug

FBI says Iranian hackers are targeting both presidential campaigns

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A phishing campaign that the FBI believes is linked to Iran has been targeting members of the Trump and Harris camps as they seek to be elected as the president of the United States later this year. While the bad actors have reportedly been trying to spear-phish several advisers of the Biden-Harris and Trump campaigns, The Washington Post specifically named…

16 Aug

Margrethe Vestager, Big Tech’s European nemesis, reportedly steps down later this year

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Margrethe Vestager, the European Union's commissioner for competition, won't be back for a third term and will be stepping down this year. According to the Financial Times, the Danish government will be nominating a different candidate as EU commissioner after Vestager's political party didn't do well in the previous election. Vestager is known for being one of Europe's top antitrust…

16 Aug

The Morning After: Congress asks Zuckerberg why drug dealers are advertising on Facebook and Instagram

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Congress can’t get enough of the Meta boss. Nineteen members of Congress are now pressing Mark Zuckerberg to explain why Meta has allowed ads for cocaine, ecstasy and other drugs on both Facebook and Instagram. It comes after the Tech Transparency Project (TTP) used Meta’s ad library to find 450 Instagram and Facebook ads that included “photos of prescription drug…

16 Aug

Our favorite ThermoWorks instant-read thermometer is on sale for $79 right now

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The ThermoWorks Thermapen One instant-read food thermometer is on sale for $79, which is $30 off and nearly a record-low price. This is an Engadget exclusive so act quickly if you wanna snag one before the sale goes up in smoke on August 22. The typical price, after all, is a whopping $109.Amazon and other retail outlets are filled with…

16 Aug

Engadget Podcast: Pixel 9 Pro Fold hands-on thoughts

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Is the second time the charm for Google's foldable? In this episode, Devindra chats with Senior Writer Sam Rutherford about his hands-on impressions of the new Pixel 9 Pro Fold. It has bigger screens and a sleeker design than its predecessor, but how does it compare to the other foldables out there? And why isn't it called the Pixel Fold…