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You can now restrict Instagram Lives to Close Friends
22 Jun

You can now restrict Instagram Lives to Close Friends

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is rolling out another way for users to engage with a smaller group of friends and followers starting today. Close Friends on does what it says on the tin: you’ll be able to limit the viewership of livestreams to just your list of Close Friends. Up to three other people will be able to join your more-intimate broadcasts.This could help users plan trips, collaborate on homework or simply catch up, Instagram suggests. The update will also give influencers an option for hosting livestreams for a private (and perhaps paid-up) audience., users have been able to limit the reach of posts…
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Starliner astronauts’ return trip has been pushed back even further
22 Jun

Starliner astronauts’ return trip has been pushed back even further

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Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who flew on the much-delayed first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner craft, won’t be coming home from the International Space Station until sometime next month, well past their originally planned return date of June 14. announced last night that it's pushing the date of their return trip back even further in order to allow for more reviews into problems that arose with Starliner during its flight, and to avoid conflicts with upcoming spacewalks. As of now, there’s no date set for the flight back to Earth.Starliner launched on June 5 and delivered Wilmore and…
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How to stream video to your TV using a VPN
22 Jun

How to stream video to your TV using a VPN

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Thanks to the convoluted nature of geography-based licensing among the major studios, streaming services with international reach can have much more comprehensive selections of TV shows and movies in a different country. That’s why savvy viewers have long used VPNs – virtual private networks – to expand their options. Change your location from the US to the UK and, voila, you suddenly have access to Friends and The Office on Netflix again.That’s great if you’re watching on a phone, tablet or PC, where installing and activating a VPN is as generally as simple as visiting the device’s app store. But…
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AI companies are reportedly still scraping websites despite protocols meant to block them
22 Jun

AI companies are reportedly still scraping websites despite protocols meant to block them

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Perplexity, a company that describes its product as "a free AI search engine," has been under fire over the past few days. Shortly after Forbes accused it of stealing its story and republishing it across multiple platforms, Wired reported that Perplexity has been ignoring the Robots Exclusion Protocol, or robots.txt, and has been scraping its website and other Condé Nast publications. Technology website The Shortcut also accused the company of scraping its articles. Now, Reuters has reported that Perplexity isn't the only AI company that's bypassing robots.txt files and scraping websites to get content that's then used to train their…
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The Morning After: How small claims court became Meta’s customer service hotline
22 Jun

The Morning After: How small claims court became Meta’s customer service hotline

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Did you know Meta has a customer services department? If you have a problem with Facebook, Instagram and the rest, you might find it hard to get some of that service. Instead, people have been taking Meta to small claims court to get some kind of response to their complaints. Engadget spoke with five individuals who have sued Meta in small claims court over the last two years. In three cases, the plaintiffs were able to restore access to at least one lost account, but all eventually got the attention of Meta’s legal team.The company has argued that it is…
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Engadget Podcast: Surface Pro and Laptop Copilot+ Q&A
22 Jun

Engadget Podcast: Surface Pro and Laptop Copilot+ Q&A

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It's been a quiet week of news, but we've been feverishly testing Microsoft's new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop Copilot+ AI PCs. In this episode, Devindra and Sam will answer your questions about Microsoft’s new hardware, and we'll deliver some of our first impressions. It turns out Microsoft may have finally gotten Windows on Arm support right! And some of the Copilot+ AI features are actually useful, surprisingly enough. But we'll have to wait a few months to test out the controversial Recall feature, which was pulled from the Copilot+ launch.Listen below or subscribe on your podcast app of choice.…
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A four-pack of Apple AirTags has dropped to $80
22 Jun

A four-pack of Apple AirTags has dropped to $80

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The Apple AirTag is our pick for the best Bluetooth tracker for iPhone users and there’s some good news if you’ve been waiting for a solid deal before picking up a few of them. A four-pack of AirTags is currently on sale. You can snap up the bundle for $80. That’s a discount of $19 and it’s just $5 or so more than the lowest price we’ve ever seen for the four-pack.AppleThe Apple AirTag is our favorite Bluetooth tracker for iPhones, and now there's a solid deal on a four-pack. $80 at AmazonOne great thing about AirTags is that they’re…
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The best budget earbuds around are on sale for $49
22 Jun

The best budget earbuds around are on sale for $49

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makes our pick for the in the form of the Soundcore Space A40. That model is now an even more enticing proposition, as has it dropped to an all-time-low price. You can pick up the now for $40. The earbuds usually cost $80, so you're saving $31.AnkerOur favorite budget earbuds are now even more enticing as they've dropped to their lowest price ever. $49 at AmazonGiven that the Space A40 boasts features you'd find in earbuds that are twice as expensive, we already felt that they offered great value, so this is a pretty solid deal. The earbuds are light,…
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MSI Claw A1M review: A touch late and bit too pricey
22 Jun

MSI Claw A1M review: A touch late and bit too pricey

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One of my favorite PC trends has been the explosion of . Even after big names like ASUS and Lenovo entered the market last year with the and , more manufacturers continue to join the fray. But with the Claw A1M, MSI is taking the road less traveled by opting for an Intel chip instead of something from AMD. And that has made all the difference, even if many of those changes are not for the better.Design and display - Straightforward but effectiveWhile MSI may have zagged with the Claw’s processor, its design is incredibly familiar. That’s because aside from…
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The new Apple Pencil Pro gets its first discount, plus the rest of the week’s best tech deals
22 Jun

The new Apple Pencil Pro gets its first discount, plus the rest of the week’s best tech deals

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As we do each Friday, we've gathered up the best deals on tech we could find. In the audio department, we spotted sale prices on some of our recommended earbuds from Anker and Beats. Discounts on Apple gear include all-time low prices on the 15-inch 2024 MacBook Air laptop, the new Apple Pencil Pro stylus and the (Product) RED Apple Watch. For your home, you can snag a deal on our favorite mesh Wi-Fi system and charging docks from both Anker and Belkin. And if all this talk of shopping has you thinking about your finances, you may want to…
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