Some holiday misery for Apple: It will soon pause sales of its latest Apple Watches in the US due to an International Trade Commission (ITC) ban. The company will suspend sales online this week and at Apple retail locations after December 24. Ho ho ho. It’s all down to a patent dispute over the wearables’ … Read more
Meta’s Oversight Board has published its decision for its first-ever expedited review, which only took 12 days instead of weeks, focusing on content surrounding the Israel-Hamas war. The Board overturned the company’s original decision to remove two pieces of content from both sides of the conflict. Since it supported Meta’s subsequent move to restore the … Read more
Xfinity says a data breach likely led to attackers obtaining customers’ usernames and hashed passwords. Other personal information may have been exposed, such as names, contact information, the last four digits of social security numbers, dates of birth and secret questions and answers. The company added that its analysis of the attack is ongoing, which … Read more
On December 12, Rhysida, a ransomware group, announced it had taken 1.67 terabytes of data — over 1.3 million files — from Sony’s Insomniac Games and requested $2 million. Now, the one-week deadline for Insomniac Games to pay Rhysida has passed, and the group has made good on its threat to release the stolen information, … Read more
On top of fighting (and losing to) Epic Games over Play Store antitrust concerns, Google has been fighting a similar lawsuit filed by 36 states and the District of Columbia in 2021. A settlement for that suit was announced in September, but a judge still had to confirm the terms. Now, Google has announced that … Read more
TomTom just announced a “fully integrated, AI-powered conversational automotive assistant” which should start popping up in dashboard infotainment platforms in the near-ish future. The company has issued some bold claims for the AI, saying it’ll offer “more sophisticated voice interaction” and allow users to converse naturally to navigate, find stops along a route, control onboard … Read more
It may seem like blasphemy for an Engadget writer to diss touch controls, but as the demise of the MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar has proven, those aren’t always a good idea — especially on cars. As spotted by Autocar at Volkswagen City Studio in Copenhagen, the ID. 2all concept electric car now features a slightly updated … Read more
The battle between ‘Big Brother’ legends for $100,000 is on! Here’s who has been eliminated from ‘Big Brother Reindeer Games’ after four episodes. The battle between ‘Big Brother’ legends for $100,000 is on! Here’s who has been eliminated from ‘Big Brother Reindeer Games’ after four episodes.
The late ‘All in the Family’ co-creator died on December 5 just five months after celebrating his 101st birthday. The late ‘All in the Family’ co-creator died on December 5 just five months after celebrating his 101st birthday.
Just one week after the ‘Mama June: From Not to Hot’ alum’s daughter died after a battle with cancer, Anna’s ex reportedly sued her mother on December 17. Just one week after the ‘Mama June: From Not to Hot’ alum’s daughter died after a battle with cancer, Anna’s ex reportedly sued her mother on December … Read more