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The Artemis II astronauts are back after a 10-day journey around the moon

The Orion capsule carrying the Artemis II astronauts has successfully splashed down off the coast of San Diego at 8:07PM Eastern time on April 10. It signals the conclusion of Artemis II’s 10-day journey around the moon, which is meant to be a test flight for a future mission that would bring humanity back to the lunar surface. The Orion crew module carrying the mission’s astronauts separated from the service module at 7:33 PM. While the service module was designed to burn up in the Earth’

www.engadget.comApr 10, 2026 11:38 PM

Epic is reportedly building an extraction shooter for Disney

Besides a wealth of Fortnite skins based on Disney IP, it hasn't really been clear what the entertainment company has gotten in return for its $1.5 billion investment in Epic from 2024. That could change this November, Bloomberg reports , when Epic releases a Disney-themed extraction shooter. The game is one of three Disney projects the publisher is currently working on, and is reportedly expected to be Epic's comeback after the company laid off 1,000 employees in March due to a

www.engadget.comApr 10, 2026 7:29 PM

The FAA is encouraging gamers to get jobs in air traffic control

Sick! The Federal Aviation Administration is targeting gamers in its most recent job advertisement for air traffic controllers. The administration's annual hiring window opens at 12AM ET on April 17, and considering the ongoing shortage of air traffic controllers, it's calling this a period of "supercharged hiring." Rad! The FAA's YouTube video draws parallels between gaming and directing air traffic, and notes that the average salary for the role after three years is $15

www.engadget.comApr 10, 2026 7:03 PM

A man allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's house

A 20-year-old man was arrested by the San Francisco Police Department after allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's house, The New York Times reports . In a statement shared on X , SFPD wrote that it responded to a request for a fire investigation in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco around 7:12 AM ET / 4:12AM PT. "At the scene, officers learned that an unknown male subject threw an incendiary destructive device at a home, causing a fire at an exterior g

www.engadget.comApr 10, 2026 5:04 PM

20-year-old man arrested for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman’s house

San Francisco police have arrested a 20-year-old man suspected of throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's Russian Hill house early Friday morning, The San Francisco Standard reports. The incident was caught on surveillance cameras shortly before 7AM ET. Later that morning, someone matching the suspect's description was seen making threats outside OpenAI's […]

www.theverge.comby Stevie BonifieldApr 10, 2026 4:16 PM

Estonia is the rare EU country opposing child social media bans

As child social media bans spread across Europe and beyond, Estonia isn't having it. On Friday, the country's education minister said the bans won't "actually solve problems," while warning that the kids will find a way regardless. Although companies like Meta would love for you to believe it’s a fairy tale , social media addiction is associated with tangible negative repercussions for children. Studies show that its harms range from depression and anxiety to sleep de

www.engadget.comApr 10, 2026 3:46 PM

National Robotics Week — Latest Physical AI Research, Breakthroughs and Resources

This National Robotics Week, NVIDIA is highlighting the breakthroughs that are bringing AI into the physical world — as well as the growing wave of robots transforming industries, from agricultural and manufacturing to energy and beyond. Advancements in robot learning, simulation and foundation models are accelerating development, enabling robots to move from training in virtual […]

blogs.nvidia.comApr 10, 2026 3:40 PM

Garmin may be working on a Whoop competitor

Whoop, the makers of a screen-free fitness tracker of the same name, could soon have some competition. Fitbit teased its take on a Whoop-style band with the help of Steph Curry at the end of March, and based on a trademark filing spotted by Gadgets & Wearables , Garmin appears to be working on its own band that tracks similar health metrics. This new Garmin wearable, called "CIRQA" in the trademark filing submitted in February, is designed to measure "the body's physical parameters and

www.engadget.comApr 10, 2026 3:18 PM

Microsoft finally lets Windows 11 testers unlock experimental features without ViVeTool

Microsoft is finally allowing Windows 11 testers to get access to experimental features without having to download a third-party app like ViVeTool. The changes are part of making the Windows Insider Program (WIP) less confusing, with Dev and Canary testing rings simplified into a new Experimental Channel alongside a refresh of the existing Beta Channel. […]

www.theverge.comby Tom WarrenApr 10, 2026 2:00 PM

Amazon Luna ends support for third-party subscriptions and game purchases

Amazon is ending support for third-party integrations on its Luna cloud gaming service. The most immediate changes mean that it's no longer possible to buy Ubisoft+ and Jackbox Games subscriptions or standalone games through Luna.  Amazon will automatically any cancel active subscriptions bought through Luna at the end of customers' next billing cycle. If you have a Ubisoft+ subscription that you bought directly from Ubisoft instead, you’ll still be able to access games on that service

www.engadget.comApr 10, 2026 1:13 PM

French government says au revoir Windows, bienvenue Linux

America's Big Tech companies may soon learn that saddling up with Donald Trump doesn't tend to work out in the end . As the president sows chaos and distrust around the globe while taking aim at EU tech regulations, Europe is looking for ways to adopt its own alternatives. The latest example is France, which said it's dropping Microsoft Windows in favor of Linux. On Wednesday, France said ( via TechCrunch ) it plans to move its workstations from Windows to the open-source Linux. It's

www.engadget.comApr 10, 2026 12:54 PM

Google adds E2E encryption to Gmail for iOS and Android enterprise users

Google has announced that end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for Gmail on Android and iOS is now rolling out for its enterprise users. Emails that require E2EE in Workspace can be composed and read within the Gmail app, so eligible users won’t need additional apps or portals. The new feature expands Google’s client-side encryption (CSE) offering, a little more than a year after E2EE was introduced to Gmail on the web. According to a Google blog post , any encrypted message sent to a recipient w

www.engadget.comApr 10, 2026 12:53 PM

Google has reportedly started to add Polymarket data to News results

Google News has begun showing Polymarket bets and odds alongside actual stories, according to a report by Futurism . These look to appear as large blocks that include links to numerous ways for people to lose their money. Bets tend to appear in the "For you" section of Google News, which is supposed to be tailored to a person's particular interests. Futurism notes that the platform actually placed a Polymarket bet as the top news result when inquiring about the price of Bitcoin. T

www.engadget.comApr 10, 2026 12:17 PM

Congress can finally close a mass surveillance loophole — but will they?

A warrantless wiretapping authority that has facilitated surveillance for decades is up for renewal in Congress. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), last reauthorized in 2024, is set to expire on April 20th. A bipartisan coalition of progressive Democrats and members of the hard-right Freedom Caucus say it's long overdue for reform. […]

www.theverge.comby Gaby Del ValleApr 10, 2026 11:45 AM

How to watch the Artemis II landing

After its history-making trip around the Moon, NASA's Artemis II mission is set to return to Earth later today. The Orion spacecraft carrying astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen is scheduled to splash down off the coast of San Diego at approximately 8:07PM ET. NASA will stream the landing on YouTube and its NASA+ website , as will Netflix and HBO Max . The official broadcast will begin at 6:30PM ET.   After leaving Earth on NASA's super

www.engadget.comApr 10, 2026 10:53 AM

Sony Bravia Theater Bar 5 review: A basic TV sound booster

Not everyone needs a $1,000 soundbar . It’s easy to argue the sonic superiority of those flagship models from Samsung, Sonos and Sony, but for some people a simple boost to their TV speakers can provide a world of difference. As part of its 2026 soundbar lineup, Sony debuted the Bravia Theater Bar 5 : a $350 entry-level model that covers the basics and comes with a wireless subwoofer in the box. The real question here is how many features are you willing to live without.  The go

www.engadget.comApr 10, 2026 10:00 AM

YouTube Premium’s US pricing is going up

Another day, another subscription price hike, this time for YouTube Premium. Every plan for YouTube’s ad-free tier is going up, and depending on which one you have, you could be paying as much as $4 per month more. As reported by 9to5Google , YouTube has started emailing subscribers about the price changes, rather than announcing them publicly, and some Reddit users have posted screenshots of the emails they’ve received. The emails say that the increases will kick in during the June 2

www.engadget.comApr 10, 2026 9:21 AM

Microsoft starts removing unnecessary Copilot buttons in Windows 11

Microsoft has rolled out a Notepad update for Windows Insiders that removes the Copilot branding and icon from within the app, Windows Central has reported. The old Copilot menu has been replaced with “writing tools,” but it’s worth noting that the tools are still powered by AI and are pretty much identical to the selection found in the old menu. Microsoft has just replaced the Copilot button with a pen icon. In addition, the company has removed mentions of AI in the Settings menu and has p

www.engadget.comApr 10, 2026 8:03 AM

The Morning After: Amazon pledges its satellite internet starts this year

Amazon’s satellite-based internet service, Leo, will enter service by mid-2026 , so says company CEO Andy Jassy. Writing in his annual letter, Jassy claimed Leo would offer download speeds of up to 1Gbps, far more than what Starlink presently offers. Sadly, Amazon declined to offer any more details about what that mid-2026 service would look like. But given select partners have already been kicking Leo’s tyres for a while, we can only hope. The mega-retailer is making some grand promises, inc

www.engadget.comApr 10, 2026 7:15 AM

Google removes Doki Doki Literature Club! from the Play Store

Google has removed popular psychological horror game Doki Doki Literature Club! from the Play Store. According to Dan Salvato, who led its development team, and publisher Serenity Forge, Google told them the visual novel was removed because it violated its Terms of Service in its depiction of sensitive themes. The game is “widely celebrated for portraying mental health in a way that meaningfully connects deeply with players around the world,” they said in their announcement. Its free ve

www.engadget.comApr 10, 2026 4:06 AM

OpenAI has a new $100 ChatGPT Pro plan to better match up with Claude

OpenAI has closed a yawning gap in its ChatGPT subscription pricing with a new $100 per month Pro plan that slots between the $20 per month Plus plan and $200 per month Pro plan. Offering five times more Codex than the $20 option, it appears designed to challenge Anthropic's $100 per month Claude option. "Compared with Claude Code, Codex delivers more coding capacity per dollar across paid tiers," an OpenAI spokesperson told TechCrunch .  So what's the difference be

www.engadget.comApr 10, 2026 2:27 AM

Apple is closing three US stores, including the first to unionize

Apple is closing three of its retail stores this summer, including its first location to unionize. The tech company said it plans to permanently close Apple Store in Trumbull, CT, Escondito, CA, and Towson, MD. The Apple Store location in Towson, was the first where unionized workers and Apple reached a contract agreement back in 2024.  MacRumors published a statement from Apple confirming the closures. The company credited noting "the departure of several retailers and declinin

www.engadget.comApr 9, 2026 6:59 PM

The Metal Gear Solid movie is back on, with Final Destination: Bloodlines directors in charge

A film adaptation of Metal Gear Solid is in the works again, this time from filmmakers Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein, the directors of Final Destination: Bloodlines , according to The Hollywood Reporter . The duo are reviving the project at Columbia Pictures as part of a new first-look deal with Sony, the latest attempt in what's been multiple decades of work to turn the blockbuster stealth game into a blockbuster film. "Metal Gear Solid was nothing short of a groundbreaking

www.engadget.comApr 9, 2026 5:49 PM

A maverick hacker got Mac OS X running on a Wii

You may already know that emulators can run Wii games on a Mac . But one developer has flipped the script. Bryan Keller now has an ancient version of the Mac's operating system running on Nintendo's 2006 game console (via Kottke ). Why? Because they said it couldn't be done. The developer first had the idea in 2013 while a sophomore in college. However, they found renewed motivation five years ago when Redditor u/CussdomTidder posted , "There is a zero percent chance of th

www.engadget.comApr 9, 2026 4:08 PM

Instagram comments can now be edited (within 15 minutes)

Meta is giving users the ability to edit Instagram comments they leave on posts, though only within a 15 minute window after they're posted. The setup is similar to how the social app handles editing messages, an option it first added in 2024 , 11 years after direct messaging was introduced to Instagram in 2013 . You're only able to edit comments you left with your own account, and the process of actually doing so is easy. Just tap on the word "Edit" under your comment to

www.engadget.comApr 9, 2026 3:50 PM

Jazzy stealth-action game Thick as Thieves hits PC on May 20

Thick as Thieves , the magical heist game from a crew of stealth legends at OtherSide Entertainment, is coming to Steam on May 20. OtherSide and publisher Megabit Entertainment announced the release date in a new gameplay trailer during today's Triple-i Initiative showcase (which was packed with cool indie games , as always). OtherSide was founded by Thief and System Shock 2 veteran Paul Neurath in 2013, and Deus Ex creator Warren Spector joined in 2016. These are two of the

www.engadget.comApr 9, 2026 3:33 PM

Netflix adds three Jackbox games to its TV app

Netflix has added a heavy hitter in party activities to its gaming lineup. The streamer announced that Jackbox Party Essentials is joining the Netflix Party Games collection. This move makes three of the popular Jackbox group games available for free to Netflix subscribers: Fibbage 4 , Quiplash 3 and Drawful 2 . Each one supports up to eight players.  Netflix has been refocusing its interactive strategy to highlight family-friendly and party games. The company has even offered tie

www.engadget.comApr 9, 2026 3:02 PM

Another Don't Starve game is on the way

Developer Klei Entertainment has announced a follow-up to Don't Starve that adds a new sense of depth to the popular survival game. And that's in a literal sense: Don't Starve Elsewhere translates the game's resource gathering and sanity management to a world with three-dimensional terrain at different elevations, a first for the traditionally flat series. Don't Starve Elsewhere doesn't quite seem like the Super Mario 64 to Don't Starve 's Super Mario

www.engadget.comApr 9, 2026 2:44 PM

Mountain climbing sim Cairn is getting free DLC this summer

The hit mountain climbing simulation Cairn is getting a series of free DLC drops, under the banner On the Trail . The first will be released this summer and it's called Deep Water . The DLC introduces three new climbing areas and plenty of "fresh challenges." There's also a new avatar, as players can now climb as Aava or the game's original sidekick Marco. As the name suggests, there's some new water-based mechanics here. It looks like players will

www.engadget.comApr 9, 2026 2:29 PM

Co-op pirate survival game Windrose hits PC in early access on April 14

Windrose was a hit in a recent Steam Next Fest event, with more than 850,000 people checking out the demo. More than 1.5 million people have wishlisted the pirate survival-adventure title on Steam as well. So, it’s safe to say this game has some wind in its sails, and it’ll be arriving very soon. During Thursday’s Triple-i Initiative showcase , developer Windrose Crew revealed that it’s charted a course for an early access release on Steam , the Epic Games Store and Stove on April 14 for

www.engadget.comApr 9, 2026 1:58 PM

Tesla may be working on a smaller and cheaper electric SUV

Tesla may be shifting strategy once again. Reuters reported that the company is working on a smaller and less expensive electric SUV. This would be a brand new vehicle rather than a variant of the existing Model 3 or Model Y, according to the publication's sources. The new EV would allegedly be about 14 feet long, shorter than the 15.7-foot Model Y. Reuters didn't have details about whether this would be an autonomous vehicle or a traditional one, but one source reportedly said tha

www.engadget.comApr 9, 2026 1:52 PM

Razer just released some new gaming earbuds with low latency and fast switching between devices

Razer just released the Hammerhead V3 HyperSpeed gaming earbuds , another entry in the recently-crowded field of gaming earbuds . These have been designed for low latency, which is a necessity when playing video games. To that end, the earbuds integrate with Razer's proprietary HyperSpeed 2.4GHz streaming platform, which allows for "gaming-grade lag-free" audio. This works with plenty of devices, including smartphones, tablets, PCs, the Steam Deck, the PS5 and more. The earbuds can also

www.engadget.comApr 9, 2026 1:29 PM

Indie game Neverway will launch this October, just in time for spooky season

Indie game studio Coldblood announced today that its debut project Neverway has been given a release window of October 2026. Billed as "nightmarish life-sim RPG," this is going right to the top of my spooky season game queue. It has a cozy-sounding premise, with protagonist Fiona starting a new life on an island, but things take a surreal turn when she becomes the immortal herald for a dead god. She'll be building relationships and making friends one minute and coping with psycho

www.engadget.comApr 9, 2026 1:00 PM

1000xResist devs reveal their wild-looking second game about convincing an AI it's not human

Developer Sunset Visitor just revealed its follow-up to the fantastic 1000xResist . It's called Prove You're Human and looks to wade in similar sci-fi waters as the team's first title. Just like 10000xResist , the new game is a narrative adventure set in the far future. Prove You're Human tasks players with convincing an AI product that its not alive, but there's a rub. The protagonist is a digital clone of a person, so they aren't human either. This will no-dou

www.engadget.comApr 9, 2026 12:46 PM

Amazon's satellite internet service is scheduled for mid-2026 availability

Amazon Leo (formerly Project Kuiper ) will launch mid-2026, according to Andy Jassy. On Wednesday, the Amazon CEO dropped the news in his annual letter to shareholders. The company says Leo will support download speeds up to 1 Gbps. By comparison, Starlink’s download speeds typically range between 45 and 280 Mbps. Jassy didn't specify whether the mid-2026 launch date will include consumer availability. (An Amazon spokesperson told Engadget that the company doesn’t have more detail to add r

www.engadget.comApr 9, 2026 12:40 PM

Rhythm Heaven Groove comes to Switch on July 2

A large chunk of Nintendo’s 2026 plans remain a mystery (that is, unless you take the insiders and leakers at their word ), but we have been waiting on release dates for a couple of previously announced first-party titles, including Rhythm Heaven Groove , which officially arrives July 2. Seemingly announced first on the Nintendo Today! app before making its way to the company’s various social channels, the first new entry in the Rhythm Heaven series in more than a decade is technically lau

www.engadget.comApr 9, 2026 11:57 AM

Roku will stream Savannah Bananas games, along with the entire Banana Ball Championship League

The Banana Ball World Tour is coming to Roku. The platform has signed a deal to stream free content from the Banana Ball Championship League. This, of course, includes Savannah Bananas games. If that last paragraph didn't make a lick of sense to you, here's a primer. The Savannah Bananas are a wacky baseball team, playing something called Banana Ball. The team has been called the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball, and that's a fairly apt name. Players dress in funny costumes, step into ridi

www.engadget.comApr 9, 2026 11:33 AM

Google introduces AI-generated avatars to YouTube Shorts

A new feature that lets you create an AI avatar with your likeness is now live on YouTube. First announced in a blog post earlier this year, avatars are designed to be used in Shorts (provided you still allow them to show up), allowing you to insert yourself into video content in a way that YouTube deems to be safe and secure. YouTube’s approach to combatting the AI sloppification of the internet and the proliferation of deepfakes appears to be adding more and more AI features to i

www.engadget.comApr 9, 2026 10:02 AM

Spotify now lets you turn off all video

Sometimes, you just want your dang music streaming app to play music. Spotify, which has increasingly incorporated video features through the years, is finally giving us the option to turn that mess off. Behold: universal video toggles. Spotify's video settings control several areas. First, the old Canvas toggle ( videos on the Now Playing screen ) is still there. But now you'll find two additional switches alongside it. One lets you control whether the app plays music videos. The oth

www.engadget.comApr 9, 2026 9:00 AM

JBL Live 780NC and 680NC review: Great leaps, greater missteps

JBL introduced two new headphones to its Live series lineup and both are fighting to live up to expectations. Don’t get me wrong, the JBL Live 780NC and 680NC are both a solid set of cans, but in a sea of noise-cancelling headphones, one of them definitely has more appeal. The biggest differences between these two headphones are the over-ear and on-ear cups, and surprisingly, their audio quality. Let’s get into what does and doesn’t make them so special. Design and comfort

www.engadget.comApr 9, 2026 8:00 AM

OpenAI 'pauses' its Stargate UK data center plan

OpenAI is putting the brakes on Stargate UK, according to Politico and Bloomberg . That’s the company’s AI infrastructure project with NVIDIA that’s meant to help the UK build out its sovereign computing capabilities. The company announced Stargate UK back in September, but it launched a strategic partnership with the UK government months before that. Stargate UK would enable the government to run top AI models locally from data centers inside the region, “particularly for specialist

www.engadget.comApr 9, 2026 7:56 AM

Google bakes NotebookLM, its research tool, into Gemini

Google has fully integrated NotebookLM , its AI-powered research tool, into the Gemini app. The company launched a standalone NotebookLM app last year, but as it said in its announcement, “keeping track of everything can be a challenge.” It added NotebookLM as a source in the Gemini app last year, but now you can create notebooks right inside the chatbot. You can now find the option to create a new notebook in Gemini’s side panel and then select “Add sources” that the tool can use, such as

www.engadget.comApr 9, 2026 6:18 AM

Dyson just announced its first-ever handheld fan, with a motor that spins up to 65,000 RPM

Dyson just announced its first-ever handheld fan, the HushJet Mini Cool. As the name suggests, it uses the company's proprietary HushJet air projection system. This tech first showed up on an air purifier that we found to be exceptionally quiet . Dyson promises the fan can deliver focused airflow of up to 25m/s, which works out to 55mph. The brushless motor spins up to 65,000 RPM. This thing looks like a legitimate cooling system, despite its size. It also weighs just 7.5 ounces. 

www.engadget.comApr 8, 2026 8:01 PM

You'll have one more chance to buy Samsung's pricey Galaxy Z TriFold this Friday

If you missed your chance to pay Samsung $2,900 for a phone earlier this year, we have great news for you. Android Police reported that what may be the final shipment of the Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold will be arriving in the US on April 10. The unique foldable was discontinued a mere three months after it first went on sale, and it seems like Samsung is clearing out whatever inventory it has left. So if you have a spare $3,000 that you're just desperate to get rid of, bookmark the TriFold'

www.engadget.comApr 8, 2026 6:52 PM

DoorDash and Wing are expanding their drone delivery partnership to Atlanta

DoorDash and Wing have announced a new partnership that will allow users in metro Atlanta to have food delivered by drone. Besides working with DoorDash in select regions of Virginia, North Carolina and Texas, Wing, Alphabet's drone delivery subsidiary, also recently expanded its agreement to make deliveries for Walmart . Eligible customers near Tanger Outlets Locust Grove will be able to order food for drone delivery and receive it in "as little as 20 minutes," according to D

www.engadget.comApr 8, 2026 4:11 PM

You'll soon be able to hide games from your Xbox achievements list

Microsoft is testing giving users more control over what games appear in their Xbox achievements and tweaking how achievements look when they're earned. The changes are being introduced via the company's free-to-join Xbox Insiders program , and will presumably roll out to all Xbox owners at some point in the future. Coming later in April, select Xbox Insiders will be able to hide games from their achievement list, whether they've completed them or not. Hidden games will still cou

www.engadget.comApr 8, 2026 2:47 PM

How to watch the Triple-i Initiative showcase on April 9

The latest Triple-i Initiative Showcase is nearly upon us, as the indie-focused event returns for its third consecutive year on Thursday, April 9 at 12PM ET / 9AM PT. We’re being promised announcements for 40 games, including eight world premieres, so it’s well worth tuning in if you like your indies. You’ll be able to watch the stream on The Triple-i Initiative YouTube channel, as well as Twitch , bilibili , niconico and on Steam . Co-streaming partners IGN and Gamespot will

www.engadget.comApr 8, 2026 1:03 PM

Meta's Muse Spark model brings reasoning capabilities to the Meta AI app

Following the icy reception to Llama 4 , Meta is releasing the first in a new family of AI systems built by its recently formed Superintelligence team. The company is kicking off its new Muse era with Spark , a lightweight model geared toward consumer use. In the future, Meta plans to offer more capable versions of Muse, but for now, it's clear the company wants to nail the basics.  To that point, many of Spark's capabilities are table stakes for a new model in 2026. For instance

www.engadget.comApr 8, 2026 12:14 PM

Greece will ban all kids under 15 from using social media

Greece will ban children under the age 15 from using social media starting next year. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made the announcement in a video posted to TikTok , in which he referenced anxiety, sleep problems and addictive design features as reasons for the ban. Greece has been proactive in its approach to tackling excessive screen time for children, having already banned mobile phones in schools in 2024. While the PM chose not to name any platforms, he said he was concerned abou

www.engadget.comApr 8, 2026 11:48 AM

The Nintendo Switch 2 version of 007 First Light is delayed until later this summer

Nintendo Switch 2 owners will have to wait a bit longer to check out IO Interactive's stab at a James Bond game on the console. The Hitman developer has delayed that version of 007 First Light until later this summer. The game is still slated to hit PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC on May 27, which itself is a delay from the previous March release date. "We're excited to see players discovering James Bond's reimagined origin story," IOI wrote on X . "[We] are looki

www.engadget.comApr 8, 2026 11:15 AM

No Man’s Sky now has Pokémon-style creature battles

The free No Man’s Sky updates are still flowing. With the latest one, dubbed Xeno Arena , Hello Games has added a completely original feature. Players have long been able to adopt wild animals as companions . But now these can be deployed in simulated, turn-based battles against rival teams. As you win more battles, you’ll increase your reputation and perhaps be invited to take on more difficult opponents.  Among other things, the creatures can launch powerful attacks, use healing ab

www.engadget.comApr 8, 2026 10:20 AM

GoPro to lay off over 20 percent of staff by the end of 2026

GoPro will cut 23 percent of its global workforce by the end of this year, as the action camera pioneer looks to reverse its fortunes in a competitive market. 145 employees will be laid off, with the restructuring process commencing in the second quarter of 2026, the San Mateo company said in a Form 8-K filing. At the end of the first quarter, GoPro’s total number of employees stood at 631, and it expects the cuts to cost it between $11.5 million and $15 million. These charges include hono

www.engadget.comApr 8, 2026 9:19 AM

Forza Horizon 6 gives would-be racers another gorgeous open world to explore

I've played a couple of hours of Forza Horizon 6 , and so far I've enjoyed it in much the same way as its predecessor: by exploring and taking in the sumptuous world Playground Games has crafted. The preview build I played on my Xbox Series X was limited in terms of available activities — it was basically the game's prologue — but I was able to explore almost all of the open world.  The on-rails intro takes you through some of the Japanese countryside and past landmarks like

www.engadget.comApr 8, 2026 9:00 AM

Fender Elie review: Handsome speaker/amp hybrids with excellent clarity

A new company needs to make a strong first impression . For Fender Audio , a new outfit owned by the legendary Fender Musical Instruments Corporation but operated by Riffsound, that introduction comes in the form of two speakers and a set of headphones . The Elie 6 ($300) and Elie 12 ($400) are portable Bluetooth speakers with sophisticated designs and unique features, offering similar functionality in two different sizes. These devices are essentially speaker/amplifier hybrids, since they bo

www.engadget.comApr 8, 2026 8:30 AM

From RTX to Spark: NVIDIA Accelerates Gemma 4 for Local Agentic AI

Open models are driving a new wave of on-device AI, extending innovation beyond the cloud to everyday devices. As these models advance, their value increasingly depends on access to local, real-time context that can turn meaningful insights into action.  Designed for this shift, Google’s latest additions to the Gemma 4 family introduce a class of small, fast and omni-capable models built for efficient local execution across a wide range […]

blogs.nvidia.comApr 2, 2026 12:15 PM

Efficiency at Scale: NVIDIA, Energy Leaders Accelerating Power‑Flexible AI Factories to Fortify the Grid

CERAWeek — dubbed the Davos of energy — is where policymakers, producers, technologists and financiers gather to discuss how the world powers itself next.  NVIDIA and Emerald AI unveiled at the conference last week a new way forward — treating AI factories not as static power loads but as flexible, intelligent grid assets. This collaboration […]

blogs.nvidia.comMar 31, 2026 11:00 AM

Advancing Open Source AI, NVIDIA Donates Dynamic Resource Allocation Driver for GPUs to Kubernetes Community

Artificial intelligence has rapidly emerged as one of the most critical workloads in modern computing. For the vast majority of enterprises, this workload runs on Kubernetes, an open source platform that automates the deployment, scaling and management of containerized applications. To help the global developer community manage high-performance AI infrastructure with greater transparency and efficiency, […]

blogs.nvidia.comMar 24, 2026 4:00 AM

How Autonomous AI Agents Become Secure by Design With NVIDIA OpenShell

Autonomous agents mark a new inflection point in AI. Systems are no longer limited to generating responses or reasoning through tasks. They can take action: Agents can read files, use tools, write and run code, and execute workflows across enterprise systems, all while expanding their own capabilities.  Application-layer risk grows exponentially when agents continuously improve […]

blogs.nvidia.comMar 23, 2026 11:00 AM

NVIDIA, Telecom Leaders Build AI Grids to Optimize Inference on Distributed Networks

As AI‑native applications scale to more users, agents and devices, the telecommunications network is becoming the next frontier for distributing AI.  At NVIDIA GTC 2026, leading operators in the U.S. and Asia showed that this shift is underway, announcing AI grids — geographically distributed and interconnected AI infrastructure — using their network footprint to power […]

blogs.nvidia.comMar 17, 2026 1:00 PM

Railway secures $100 million to challenge AWS with AI-native cloud infrastructure

Railway , a San Francisco-based cloud platform that has quietly amassed two million developers without spending a dollar on marketing, announced Thursday that it raised $100 million in a Series B funding round, as surging demand for artificial intelligence applications exposes the limitations of legacy cloud infrastructure. TQ Ventures led the round, with participation from FPV Ventures , Redpoint , and Unusual Ventures . The investment values Railway as one of the most significant infrast

venturebeat.comby [email protected] (Michael Nuñez)Jan 22, 2026 9:00 AM

Claude Code costs up to $200 a month. Goose does the same thing for free.

The artificial intelligence coding revolution comes with a catch: it's expensive. Claude Code , Anthropic's terminal-based AI agent that can write, debug, and deploy code autonomously, has captured the imagination of software developers worldwide. But its pricing — ranging from $20 to $200 per month depending on usage — has sparked a growing rebellion among the very programmers it aims to serve. Now, a free alternative is gaining traction. Goose , an open-source AI agent develope

venturebeat.comby [email protected] (Michael Nuñez)Jan 19, 2026 9:00 AM

Listen Labs raises $69M after viral billboard hiring stunt to scale AI customer interviews

Alfred Wahlforss was running out of options. His startup, Listen Labs , needed to hire over 100 engineers, but competing against Mark Zuckerberg's $100 million offers seemed impossible. So he spent $5,000 — a fifth of his marketing budget — on a billboard in San Francisco displaying what looked like gibberish: five strings of random numbers. The numbers were actually AI tokens. Decoded, they led to a coding challenge: build an algorithm to act as a digital bouncer at Berghain, the Ber

venturebeat.comby [email protected] (Michael Nuñez)Jan 16, 2026 9:01 AM

Salesforce rolls out new Slackbot AI agent as it battles Microsoft and Google in workplace AI

Salesforce on Tuesday launched an entirely rebuilt version of Slackbot , the company's workplace assistant, transforming it from a simple notification tool into what executives describe as a fully powered AI agent capable of searching enterprise data, drafting documents, and taking action on behalf of employees. The new Slackbot, now generally available to Business+ and Enterprise+ customers, is Salesforce's most aggressive move yet to position Slack at the center of the emergin

venturebeat.comby [email protected] (Michael Nuñez)Jan 13, 2026 8:00 AM

Anthropic launches Cowork, a Claude Desktop agent that works in your files — no coding required

Anthropic released Cowork on Monday, a new AI agent capability that extends the power of its wildly successful Claude Code tool to non-technical users — and according to company insiders, the team built the entire feature in approximately a week and a half, largely using Claude Code itself. The launch marks a major inflection point in the race to deliver practical AI agents to mainstream users, positioning Anthropic to compete not just with OpenAI and Google in conversational AI, but w

venturebeat.comby [email protected] (Michael Nuñez)Jan 12, 2026 6:30 AM

Nous Research's NousCoder-14B is an open-source coding model landing right in the Claude Code moment

Nous Research , the open-source artificial intelligence startup backed by crypto venture firm Paradigm , released a new competitive programming model on Monday that it says matches or exceeds several larger proprietary systems — trained in just four days using 48 of Nvidia's latest B200 graphics processors . The model, called NousCoder-14B , is another entry in a crowded field of AI coding assistants, but arrives at a particularly charged moment: Claude Code , the agentic programming t

venturebeat.comby [email protected] (Michael Nuñez)Jan 7, 2026 3:00 PM

The creator of Claude Code just revealed his workflow, and developers are losing their minds

When the creator of the world's most advanced coding agent speaks, Silicon Valley doesn't just listen — it takes notes. For the past week, the engineering community has been dissecting a thread on X from Boris Cherny , the creator and head of Claude Code at Anthropic . What began as a casual sharing of his personal terminal setup has spiraled into a viral manifesto on the future of software development, with industry insiders calling it a watershed moment for the startup. &qu

venturebeat.comby [email protected] (Michael Nuñez)Jan 5, 2026 2:45 AM