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To tackle what’s been called the plastic “epidemic,” the UN spun up a committee in 2022 tasked with brokering a legally binding global agreement. This ambitious treaty between UN member states was to address the full life cycle of plastics, from production to disposal: In short, define what counts as plastic pollution and curb the … Read more

The official Pokémon TV YouTube channel is continuing its summer movie watch party with another classic: Pokémon the Movie 2000. The entire movie is available to watch now for free, for a limited time. It follows Pokémon: The First Movie, which was temporarily released on the channel in July, and next up will be Pokémon … Read more

We’re nearly five years out from the release of the original PlayStation 5 and rumors of Sony’s next-gen console are starting to bubble up to the surface. In a YouTube video from Moore’s Law is Dead, the leaker shares extensive information about the PlayStation 6’s possible specs, starting price and release timing. It’s always important … Read more

BioShock fans will have to wait even longer to find out if we’re going to Rapture, Columbia or a brand new city since the next game in the franchise may be headed back to the drawing board. According to a report from Bloomberg, the latest BioShock game that’s being developed by Cloud Chamber failed a … Read more

Apple has fallen far behind in the competitive market of AI-powered chatbots, but it may have a plan for an in-house option that aligns with the company’s “not first, but best” philosophy. According to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, Apple created a team called “Answers, Knowledge and Information” earlier this year that’s tasked with developing a “stripped-down … Read more

Darksiders 4 is officially coming. During the THQ Nordic Digital Showcase on Friday, we got a glimpse at the next game in the hack and slash action-adventure franchise, alongside trailers for roughly a dozen other games that are in the works, including Reanimal and The Eternal Life of Goldman. It’s been a while since we’ve … Read more

Scientists are sending several strains of disease-causing bacteria to the International Space Station as part of the Crew-11 mission. This experiment isn’t the plot to some cheesy horror film, but a scientific investigation from the Sheba Medical Center in Israel and the US-based company Space Tango with the goal of better understanding how bacteria spread … Read more

X isn’t off the hook yet when it comes to a significant legal case about child sex abuse content on its platform. On Friday, a circuit judge from the US Court of Appeals ruled that X Corp. has to again face claims that it was negligent in taking down child sex abuse content and didn’t … Read more

YouTube has started testing a new collaboration feature, similar to Instagram’s and TikTok’s. A Google employee explained on YouTube Help that it will allow creators to add collaborators to a video so that they can be recommended to each other’s audiences. The test is only available to a small group of creators for now, but … Read more

Whew, it’s been a crazy few weeks for us at Engadget. School may still be out, but there’s no summer break for the steady stream of new gadgets coming across our desks. I’ll forgive you if you missed a review or two over the last few weeks — we’ve been busy. Here’s a quick rundown … Read more