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The best gaming keyboards of 2024
29 Jun

The best gaming keyboards of 2024

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The best gaming keyboards can bring a greater sense of comfort and control to your PC play time, whether you’re luxuriating with a lengthy RPG or sweating through an online shooter. While they don’t always feel as premium for typing as a good custom mechanical keyboard, they’re usually a nice upgrade over a typical membrane model. To help those looking to upgrade, I’ve spent more time researching gaming keyboards than any person reasonably should, testing dozens of well-reviewed options along the way. Whether you want something mini, analog, wireless or just plain cheap, these are the best I’ve found.What to…
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Meta’s Oversight Board made just 53 decisions in 2023
29 Jun

Meta’s Oversight Board made just 53 decisions in 2023

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The Oversight Board has published its latest looking at its influence on Meta and ability to shift the policies that govern Facebook and Instagram. The board says that in 2023 it received 398,597 appeals, the vast majority of which came from Facebook users. But it took on only a tiny fraction of those cases, issuing a total of 53 decisions.The board suggests, however, that the cases it selects can have an outsize impact on Meta’s users. For example, it credits its work for influencing improvements to Meta’s strike system and the “account status” feature that helps users check if their…
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Google uses AI to add 110 new languages to Translate
29 Jun

Google uses AI to add 110 new languages to Translate

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While Google Translate is far from perfect, it's still a helpful way to gain information or engage in conversation. Now, that option is expanding as Google uses AI to give Translate 110 new languages, such as Cantonese, Punjabi (Shahmukhi) and NKo. About a quarter of the languages come from Africa and Google claims that all the new ones together represent 614 million speakers — about eight percent of the global population.Google credits its LLM, PaLM 2, as "a key piece to the puzzle, helping Translate more efficiently learn languages that are closely related to each other, including languages close to…
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Get a Blink Outdoor 4 system with a Blink Mini 2 for $50 in an early Prime Day deal
29 Jun

Get a Blink Outdoor 4 system with a Blink Mini 2 for $50 in an early Prime Day deal

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Prime Day isn't until next month but Amazon is already discounting a lot of great items for Prime members. The latest steal comes courtesy of a 64 percent discount on the Blink Outdoor 4 and Blink Mini 2 bundle. It normally costs $140 for the duo but, right now, you can pick them up for $50.BlinkThe combination of the Blink Outdoor 4 and the Blink Mini 2 keeps you covered inside and outside your home. We named the Outdoor 4 one of the best smart home gadgets for 2024. The wireless device offers two-way audio, Alexa integration and 1080HD video.…
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Samsung Unpacked 2024: Galaxy Z Fold 6, Watch Ultra, Galaxy Ring and everything else to expect
29 Jun

Samsung Unpacked 2024: Galaxy Z Fold 6, Watch Ultra, Galaxy Ring and everything else to expect

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The summer is usually a quiet time for tech news but Samsung is about to shake things up a bit. The next Samsung Unpacked event is set for July 10. It will take place in Paris at 3PM local time, which is 9AM ET.The company released its Galaxy S24 devices earlier this year after its first Unpacked of 2024, so it’s highly unlikely that we’ll see new versions of the traditional smartphone format here (perhaps save for Olympics-branded models given Samsung's sponsorship of that event). However, there’s a decent chance that Samsung will show off its latest set of foldables.…
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Time strikes a deal to funnel 101 years of journalism into OpenAI’s gaping maw
29 Jun

Time strikes a deal to funnel 101 years of journalism into OpenAI’s gaping maw

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Time has a growing number of publications to sign a licensing deal with . The creator will legally be able to train its large language models on 101 years worth of the storied publication's journalism, as first reported.OpenAI will also have access to real-time content from Time, with the apparent aim of answering user queries about breaking news. In return, OpenAI will cite Time and link back to source material on the publication's website.Perhaps Time will get a monetary kickback too, like other publishers that have with a ragged cap in hand and an eye on one a new revenue…
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Images of unannounced Samsung watches and earbuds appear to have leaked
29 Jun

Images of unannounced Samsung watches and earbuds appear to have leaked

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Samsung has an , with plenty of hardware announcements expected. A reliable leaker, however, of many of the big hitters, including the Galaxy Watch 7, Galaxy Watch Ultra, Galaxy Buds 3 and Galaxy Buds 3 Pro. It’s like Christmas for Samsung fans!First, a caveat. These are leaked images obtained by Evan Blass and published on his Substack . Blass has a very good track record with this kind of thing, but of course, nothing will be certain until Samsung itself confirms it. (Disclosure, Blass was a contributor and editor for Engadget from 2005 until 2008.) Evan BlassThere are glorious images…
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The Morning After: What to expect at Samsung’s Unpacked 2024 event
28 Jun

The Morning After: What to expect at Samsung’s Unpacked 2024 event

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Samsung's latest Unpacked event will kick off on July 10th. The company has already released its latest flagship phones this year, unveiling the S24 family. But now it’s time for its spinoff smartphones: the foldables. That and the long-teased Galaxy Ring. The tiny wearable is slated to arrive “in or around August,” so it would be more of a surprise if the device didn’t appear at Unpacked. The ring will measure heart rate, movement and breathing to help track your sleep.I’m expecting the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6 to appear, although with minor tweaks that might…
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Engadget Podcast: Motorola’s 2024 Razrs make a compelling case for foldables
28 Jun

Engadget Podcast: Motorola’s 2024 Razrs make a compelling case for foldables

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Motorola is still trying to reclaim the glory of its original Razr phone with its latest foldables. The new Razr and Razr+ are more stylish than the previous models, and at $700 and $1,000 respectively, they're surprisingly affordable for devices with massive folding OLED screens. In other news, we chat about Wikileaks' founder Julian Assange being freed from prison, Rabbit's massive security hole in the R1 AI gadget, and a horrific Sora AI commercial from Toys "R" Us.Listen below or subscribe on your podcast app of choice. If you've got suggestions or topics you'd like covered on the show, be…
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Microsoft reveals further emails compromised by Russian hack
28 Jun

Microsoft reveals further emails compromised by Russian hack

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An attack on Microsoft by Russian hackers had further implications than initially reported. The tech giant is notifying additional individuals that emails between them and Microsoft were accessed, Bloomberg reports. A group known as Midnight Blizzard or Nobelium orchestrated this attack, along with the 2020 SolarWinds hack. The US government has previously linked Midnight Blizzard to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.Microsoft previously informed some individuals that their emails were viewed, but the company is now sharing specifics. "This week we are continuing notifications to customers who corresponded with Microsoft corporate email accounts that were exfiltrated by the Midnight Blizzard threat…
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