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The Morning After: Microsoft’s Surface Pro Copilot+ is the best Surface tablet yet
27 Jun

The Morning After: Microsoft’s Surface Pro Copilot+ is the best Surface tablet yet

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Twelve years on, Microsoft has finally made an Arm-powered Surface tablet that doesn’t send our reviewers into a rage. The 2024 Surface Pro, or the Surface Pro Copilot+, is the fastest and most efficient Microsoft tablet we’ve seen, especially when paired with its Flex keyboard. The new OLED screen is great, and its NPU allows for powerful AI features. EngadgetHowever, those much-hyped AI features are far less compelling than the one-two punch of speed and solid battery life. (Take note: That’s most of what we want, laptop/tablet makers.) You can use Cocreator in Paint to generate AI images alongside text…
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The Morning After: Microsoft might be the latest company to violate antitrust laws
26 Jun

The Morning After: Microsoft might be the latest company to violate antitrust laws

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Nearly a year after the European Commission opened its investigation into Microsoft, the European Union’s executive body’s preliminary findings say the company violated antitrust laws by tying Microsoft Teams to its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 business suites. (Microsoft pulled Teams for users in the EU back in October.)This all kicked off in 2020 when Slack — rival work chat software similar to Teams — filed an antitrust complaint against Microsoft, claiming it broke the EU’s competition rules in bundling Teams.The European Commission said Microsoft “may have granted Teams a distribution advantage by not giving customers the choice whether or…
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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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20 Jun

The Morning After: Congress’ clean energy bill passes with major focus on nuclear

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The Senate has passed a sweeping bill that includes a lot of incentives for nuclear energy. The Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act passed in a vote, 88 to 2. The earlier version of the bill also garnered bipartisan support in the House of Representatives earlier this year.Those incentives will include financial awards for the first companies to upcycle recycled nuclear waste. The bill will change the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, streamlining the application and regulatory process for new reactors. Following the bill's passage, US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works chairman Tom Carper said…
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The Morning After: The biggest announcements from Nintendo Direct
19 Jun

The Morning After: The biggest announcements from Nintendo Direct

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Nintendo sidestepped sharing the spotlight with all the other gaming companies at Summer Game Fest last week, promising its own Direct later in June. And that happened yesterday, teasing a lot of new games with Nintendo favorites. Mario games, yes. Zelda games, yes, and even a new Metroid game, confirmed. (More on that below the fold).The funny thing is the new Zelda game is all about… Zelda. You play as the princess in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. It opens where most Zelda games finish, with Link defeating Ganon. But just as he frees Princess Zelda, our usual…
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The Morning After: Apple may be planning thinner iPhones, MacBooks and Watches
17 Jun

The Morning After: Apple may be planning thinner iPhones, MacBooks and Watches

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According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple’s mission to make its thinnest product ever won’t stop at the iPad Pro — the company also has plans for a skinnier Macbook Pro, Apple Watch and iPhone. Gurman says the slimmed-down iPhone — also rumored by The Information — could come as early as 2025, with the introduction of the iPhone 17 line.A thinner iPhone is likely to be more expensive than current generation devices, however. Remember 2017’s iPhone X, which ditched the home button but cost more? That, again.Meanwhile, on Engadget, we’ve got even more Summer Game Fest news. Did the show…
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Newsletter “What’s up devs ?” is born !
16 Jun

Newsletter “What’s up devs ?” is born !

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Hi devs, You may know that I publish a weekly French dev newsletter called "Quoi de neuf les devs ?". But today, I'm delighted to announce that its English version is born. It's called "What's up devs?" and it's in the same spirit as its French sister: to give you the latest development news every week. I'll try to keep the same rhythm as the French version, so I'll publish it every Friday. Occasionally, the newsletter may be published on Saturday, depending on how tired I am ;-) So I leave you with this newsletter, which I'm very proud to…
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The Morning After: Musk sued for sexual harassment
16 Jun

The Morning After: Musk sued for sexual harassment

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A . The suit comes in the wake of a blockbuster WSJ report that on Musk’s treatment of SpaceX employees. This same group penned an open letter in 2022 highlighting Musk’s behavior which, they say, caused them to be fired. They have also filed complaints against SpaceX with the NLRB, another government agency Musk is waging war against.— Dan CooperThe biggest stories you might have missed​​You can get these reports delivered daily direct to your inbox. Subscribe right here!Even Sam Altman bowed to Tim Cook.Apple may be coy about what it calls its machine-learning platforms, but it’s not as if…
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The Morning After: Microsoft pauses its creepy Recall AI feature
15 Jun

The Morning After: Microsoft pauses its creepy Recall AI feature

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Microsoft has belatedly cottoned on to the whole “using AI to watch someone’s screen might be a bit creepy” thing. . Instead, it will limit previews to just members of its Insider program to better focus on their feedback. We all know what that means, right? It’s just going to fade into the ether until everyone forgets it ever happened.— Daniel CooperThe biggest stories you might have missed​​You can get these reports delivered daily direct to your inbox. Subscribe right here!It’s a $200 cut-down version of the flagship. SamsungSamsung’s Galaxy FE lineup offers a lot of what’s available in its…
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The Morning After: Everything Apple announced at WWDC
11 Jun

The Morning After: Everything Apple announced at WWDC

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Apple’s annual developer shindig kicked off with its traditional keynote outlining all the new tricks its products will soon do. . Some highlights include a standalone Passwords app, better health metrics on the Watch and Apple Intelligence, its own spin on AI. There’s more to learn about, so keep reading to learn all the biggest stories from the show.— Dan CooperThe biggest stories you might have missed​​You can get these reports delivered daily direct to your inbox. Subscribe right here!A for Apple… A for Artificial… I get it! AppleApple has finally bowed to pressure, bringing AI to its devices in…
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