Engadget Podcast: How Apple keeps redefining personal computing at 50
For a 50-year-old company, Apple remains pretty hip and nimble. This week, Devindra and Senior Reporter Igor Bonifacic dive into Apple's big birthday, the state of the company today and what the next 50 years could bring. It remains one of the few PC companies that’s still firmly committed to the id
OpenAI buys TBPN, Silicon Valley’s favourite tech talk show, in its first media acquisition
The daily live show, hosted by former founders John Coogan and Jordi Hays, will sit inside OpenAI’s strategy organisation and report to chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane. Terms were not disclosed. OpenAI says TBPN will keep its editorial independence. OpenAI has acquired TBPN, the Technology
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is a black hole of entertainment
I realized something was genuinely wrong with The Super Mario Galaxy Movie about 30 minutes in: I hadn't laughed even once. My audience of around 15 people, including a few families, was dead silent as well. The guy sitting behind me, a Nintendo fan decked out in Mario gear, was so bored he fell asl
Italian rehabilitation robotics startup Wearable Robotics raises €5M to expand its arm exoskeleton
The Pisa-based Sant’Anna spin-off has deployed its ALEX RS bilateral upper-limb exoskeleton across 20 countries since founding in 2014. CDP Venture Capital led the Series A, with SIMEST providing international expansion funding through Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Wearable Robotics, an Itali
How Flipboard's new Surf app lets you merge social feeds, YouTube, and RSS to escape the algorithm - finally
At last, I can use one app to find my favorite podcasts, channels, publications, and more.
Trump labor board tells Amazon to negotiate with Staten Island warehouse union
The Trump administration's labor board has ordered Amazon to recognize and bargain with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union, which represents workers at a warehouse in Staten Island. This is just the latest chapter in a multiyear standoff between Staten Island warehouse workers and Amaz
Penemue raises €1.7M to scale AI hate speech detection
The German startup detects online hate, digital violence, and disinformation across 89 languages in real time, and works with public prosecutors and police alongside commercial clients. Investors were not disclosed. Penemue, the Freiburg-based TrustTech startup developing AI to detect and counter on
Much like the game’s zombies, State of Decay 3 is somehow still alive
Amid Microsoft's hacking and slashing of its Xbox division, you wouldn't be crazy for thinking State of Decay 3 was dead. After all, the title was announced nearly six years ago, and, well, we haven't heard much since. But the survival game is still in the pipeline, and developer Undead Labs will ho
IREX Launches Smarter, Faster Fire and Smoke AI Detection to Protect Communities and Critical Infrastructure
[Washington, DC – April 2, 2026] – IREX, a global pioneer in ethical AI and intelligent video analytics deployed across 10+ countries and over 300,000 cameras, announced a major update to its FireTrack smoke and fire detection module. The update doesn’t require any additional hardware and broadens F
Take-Two laid off the head its AI division and an undisclosed number of staff
Take-Two, the owner of Grand Theft Auto developer Rockstar Games, has seemingly laid off the head of its AI division, Luke Dicken, and several staff members working under him. "It’s truly disappointing that I have to share with you that my time with T2 — and that of my team — has come to an end,"
Tencent is building an enterprise empire on top of an Austrian developer’s open-source lobster
Tencent Holdings has launched ClawPro, an enterprise AI agent management platform built on OpenClaw, the open-source framework that has become the fastest-growing project in GitHub’s history and the unlikely centrepiece of a national technology craze in China. The tool, released in public beta by Te
Windows 11 Home vs. Windows 11 Pro: I found the differences that truly matter
Windows 11 Pro offers more control - but is it worth the added cost? Here's how to make the right choice for you.
March Madness 2026: How to watch the Final Four
Let’s face it: your bracket was probably busted a long time ago. The 2026 NCAA basketball tournaments, affectionately known as March Madness, is ending soon. The Final Four for both the men’s and women’s tournaments starts this weekend. Both the men’s and women’s tournaments are available to stream
Anthropic just paid $400 million for a startup with fewer than 10 people
Anthropic has acquired Coefficient Bio, a stealth biotech AI startup founded barely eight months ago, in an all-stock deal worth just over $400 million. The acquisition brings a team of fewer than 10 people, nearly all former Genentech computational biology researchers, into Anthropic’s healthcare a
Your TV may be tracking your viewing data - here's how to stop it (beyond disabling ACR)
Smart TVs are designed to monitor your content and serve ads across every input. Here are some ways to shut down that tracking and regain control.
How NinjaOne went from scrappy startup to $5B challenger in the race to unify IT operations
Sal Sferlazza has a habit of building companies that get acquired. Before NinjaOne, the serial founder sold four startups in succession: a gaming studio to NCSoft, a data-protection firm to SonicWall, a network management company to Quest Software, and a file-sync service to eFolder. Each one solved
The Artemis II crew snapped some mesmerizing photos of Earth
On their way around the Moon, the Artemis II crew had time to snap some terrific pictures of our blue planet. NASA has begun sharing the images, including the one above, which shows a striking view of Earth through the Orion capsule's window. Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman overcame the crew’s pro
Tesla reclaims the quarterly EV crown from BYD, but the numbers tell a more complicated story
Tesla delivered 358,023 battery electric vehicles in the first quarter of 2026, edging past BYD’s 310,389 pure electric sales to reclaim the global quarterly BEV lead it surrendered across all of 2025. The margin, roughly 48,000 units, was enough for the headline. What it was not enough to do was si
Banks working on the SpaceX IPO reportedly have to subscribe to Grok
Cutthroat capitalism sure does bring out the best in humanity. Take, for example, Elon Musk. He reportedly set a condition for banks, law firms, auditors and advisors who want to work on the SpaceX IPO. They're required to subscribe to the bastion of nonconsensual deepfakes and occasional Hitler pra
I've worn the Oura Ring and Apple Watch for years: Here's which of two is more essential
Deciding between Oura's smart ring and an Apple Watch? I wear both of them daily, and here's which one gets priority.