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Save $150 on our favorite Ooni pizza oven, plus the rest of this week’s best tech deals

Save $150 on our favorite Ooni pizza oven, plus the rest of this week’s best tech deals

As we did last Friday and the Friday before that (and shall continue to do until the internet turns itself off), we have rounded up the best deals we spotted this week and put them in one convenient location. These are the tech gadgets we have used, reviewed and recommend that happen to be seeing worthwhile discounts at the moment. This week, a bunch of Apple gear went on sale, some of it new, some of it older, such as the 2024 MacBook Air with the M3 chip for $250 off and the 2021 9th generation iPad for $100 under…
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Warner Bros. sends Cartoon Network’s website to the digital graveyard

Warner Bros. sends Cartoon Network’s website to the digital graveyard

Warner Bros. Discovery has pulled Cartoon Network’s entire website from the web, which means that you can no longer access free episodes and other interactive content. Instead, visitors to CartoonNetwork.com are redirected to , Variety reported.The Cartoon Network website offered full, free episodes and clips of some of its most popular shows including Adventure Time, The Amazing World of Gumball, Teen Titans GO! and Steven Universe. Now if you need a quick fix of those shows, you’ll have to get on Max, pay for them on another digital streaming service or dig up a copy from your stash of old…
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Nicolás Maduro bans X in Venezuela for 10 days amid Elon Musk dispute

Nicolás Maduro bans X in Venezuela for 10 days amid Elon Musk dispute

Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro has blocked in the country after claiming that the platform's owner had incited hatred and "violated" his own social network's rules. "Shame on Dictator Maduro," , who that the incumbent president had committed "major election fraud."Maduro, who also argued that his rivals were using the platform to stoke political unrest, said he greenlit a proposal by the national telecoms authority to "remove the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, from circulation in Venezuela for 10 days." That's according to the , which said its reporters in the country were unable to access X after the…
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TikTok will make it easier to identify movies and TV shows that users are clipping

TikTok will make it easier to identify movies and TV shows that users are clipping

One of the more annoying aspects of (and Instagram and X) culture is when a user shares a contextless but captivating clip from a movie or a TV show. Oftentimes, they won't state or upfront, prompting viewers to ask in the comments in an engagement-boosting trick. TikTok is stepping in to with a new feature called TikTok Spotlight.When the platform's tech detects an applicable clip, it will add an anchor link to a landing page with more details about the show or movie. The page will include a synopsis, cast info and official accounts, as well as other TikToks linked…
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TikTok and Pinterest team up with Amazon for in-app shopping

TikTok and Pinterest team up with Amazon for in-app shopping

Amazon has struck new deals that will give people the option to shop without having to leave TikTok or Pinterest, according to The Information. Users will be able to purchase items from the Amazon ads the pop up within either platform. Typically, clicking on an ad would take a buyer to Amazon's interface, but this deal will let them check out from within TikTok or Pinterest using the payment method and shipping address saved on their Amazon account.The Information says it has seen screenshots of the ads, which show more information than usual, including items' prices, their estimated shipping times…
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Engadget Podcast: The Google search monopoly + ‘Industry’ creator interview

Engadget Podcast: The Google search monopoly + ‘Industry’ creator interview

Google is officially a monopoly, according to a US court. But what does that really mean? This week, Devindra and Senior Editor Karissa Bell dive into the landmark Google antitrust case to explore how it could affect the future of search. Google claims it's simply delivering the best product, but clearly the court thinks otherwise. Also, we chat about X/Twitter's desperate lawsuit against advertisers who boycotted the social network.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 sure to email us or drop a note in…
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Intel is bringing GPUs to cars

Intel is bringing GPUs to cars

Intel has unveiled a discrete GPU for cars, the Arc A760A, designed to bring the "triple-A gaming experience" from home over to your car, the company announced. No automotive partners were revealed, but vehicles with the new chips will go on sale as soon as 2025.With car buyers increasingly focused on in-vehicle entertainment above all else, the chips are designed to "unlock a new era of AI-powered cockpit experiences," according to Intel's press release.The GPUs will allow voice, camera and gesture recognition to make it easy to control up to "seven high-definition screens rendering 3D graphics and six-in vehicle cameras…
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Turkey has blocked Roblox over child exploitation reports

Turkey has blocked Roblox over child exploitation reports

Just five days after blocking Instagram, Turkey has banned Roblox over reports of inappropriate sexual content perceived as exploiting children, Türkiye Today reported. An official from the Türkiye Directorate of Communications also cited "promotion of homosexuality" and incentives for children via the game's Robux virtual currency as reasons for the ban.The regulator also said that monitoring content on Roblox is a significant challenge. The countrywide restrictions were imposed following an investigation by the chief public prosecutor's office.Last week, Instagram was blocked in in the country following a dispute over Hamas-related content on the platform. Turkey’s head of communications stated in…
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Vampire Survivors hits PS4 and PS5 on August 29

Vampire Survivors hits PS4 and PS5 on August 29

As developer Poncle , Vampire Survivors is making its way to PlayStation this summer and now there's a firm release date. Many people's pick for the best game of 2022 is coming to PS4 and PS5 . All of the paid expansions will be available on launch day as well.PlayStation was the last remaining major platform for the all-conquering, vampire-less game to land on. After coming out of early access on PC and Mac in October 2022, it the following month and then (an ad-free version earlier this month). The Switch port . The only place that's really left to…
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UK opens antitrust investigation into Amazon over its ties to AI startup Anthropic

UK opens antitrust investigation into Amazon over its ties to AI startup Anthropic

The UK’s antitrust regulator is into Amazon and its ties with AI startup Anthropic. This comes after Amazon completed a $4 billion investment into the company. For the uninitiated, Anthropic is the organization .The investigation will decide whether the aforementioned $4 billion investment qualifies as a merger under current regulations set forth by the country’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA.) If it’s officially considered a merger, the investigation will then look into whether or not it will harm competition in the country. The investigators have 40 working days to come to a decision.Amazon has previously stated the investment does not…
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