A coalition of 12 state attorneys general is filing a lawsuit to block the merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), alleging that the deal would harm movie theaters, basic cable distributors, and audiences.
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Quick question: Do you want AI to be so well trained, it could help husbands (or wives, for that matter) plan the perfect murder of their spouses?
Just as a gut reaction, that feels like a no for me. I wouldn’t even think it was a particularly hard question.
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A more robust smartwatch than its Wear OS rivals.
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RATING : 8.2 / 10
A lot of companies are happy to shrug off concerns about battery life in favor of aesthetics and vibes. Not Oppo, which equipped the Watch X3 with a cell nearly twice as big as the one found in Samsung's Galaxy Watch 8. But a long life is nothing if you can't enjoy things along the way, and it's here that the X3 comes into its own as one of the best Wear OS 6 devices going. It's got a few flaws, and I'm not entirely sold on its fitness tracking bona fides, but I'd happily use it as my daily driver.
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Know where to place your router and how to position its antennas should get you better coverage.
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More than three years after ChatGPT’s launch brought generative AI into the mainstream, OpenAI is broadening its focus beyond individual users to families.
OpenAI is hiring a dedicated product manager in San Francisco to build experiences for families, caregivers, and older adults across its products. The role calls for experience building products for parents and families, and other trust-sensitive consumer experiences, according to the job posting.
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A roundup of recent reviews published by Engadget.
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From a major new piece of gaming hardware to the latest smart ring, our latest batch of reviews once again runs the gamut of product categories. We've also conducted in-depth testing of HP's new ultraportable laptop, a Samsung speaker and an excellent new Alienware OLED display. Read on for the details on any of those items you might've missed, and prepare for a new slate of reviews coming soon to Engadget.
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Your photos don't have to go home, but they can't stay here.
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Those who've been Samsung Galaxy owners for long enough will no doubt have experienced a pop-up or prompt on their device encouraging users to back up their photos and videos to Microsoft OneDrive. Samsung sits in a unique position within the modern computing ecosystem. Its most popular devices run Google's Android operating system, but it also makes a healthy number of Windows PCs. It therefore has strong ties with both companies, but that integration with OneDrive is coming undone in the near future.
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“You won’t know until you do and then it is too late.”
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There are so many rad and important games coming out from smaller studios all the time, and the Engadget Indie Pitch is here to highlight some that you simply must see.
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The European Commission says Meta’s current mitigation measures can’t prevent social media addiction.
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The European Commission says Meta did implement addictive designs for Instagram and Facebook, and it is in violation of the bloc's Digital Services Act. It started investigating the company over addiction and safety concern for minors in May 2024, focusing on features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications and the apps' highly personalized recommendation systems. Now, the commission has released its preliminary findings, wherein it said that the company "did not adequately assess the risks of its addictive design on the physical and mental wellbeing of users, including minors and vulnerable adults."
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The company said it wanted to be carbon negative by 2030.
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Microsoft's carbon emissions grew 25 percent year over year in 2025, the company has revealed in its 2026 environmental sustainability report. The report covers the company's 2025 fiscal year and measures its progress against its 2020 baseline. Microsoft says this growth in emissions is mostly caused by the expansion of its investments in AI data center infrastructure.
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