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Each weekday morning we bring you the tech news you need today, and then in the afternoon we showcase stories about the technology, science, and culture that will influence tomorrow, all brought to you by Engadget.

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7:42

Netflix says it’s buying Warner Brothers, Chinese...

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2025/12/05

-Shortly after rumors of a deal between the two media giants broke, Netflix has announced it is buying Warner Bros., HBO and HBO Max for approximately $82.7 billion. If approved, the deal will take place after Warner Bros. has disentangled itself from both its legacy cable -Hackers with links to China reportedly successfully infiltrated a number of unnamed government and tech entities using advanced malware. As reported by Reuters, cybersecurity agencies from the US and Canada confirmed the attack,

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6:35

Amazon rolls out a find-a-scene Alexa+ feature for...

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2025/12/04

The Fire TV tool can understand quotes, character names and scene descriptions and take you to that point of a movie.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:07

OpenAI's new confession system teaches models to be...

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2025/12/04

-Since large language models are often trained to produce the response that seems to be desired, they can become increasingly likely to provide sycophancy or state hallucinations with total confidence.-After blowback from Apple, Samsung and opposition leaders, the Modi government issued a statement saying it "has decided not to make the pre-installation mandatory for mobile manufacturers." The app is still available as a voluntary download. -The Oversight board says that it will weigh in on

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7:40

Android is getting a slew of new accessibility features

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2025/12/03

New features have been announced ahead of International Day of Persons with Disabilities.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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11:22

Grok would prefer a Holocaust over harming Elon Musk,...

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2025/12/03

-Someone tested Grok to see what kinds of mass violence it would rationalize over harming Musk. The prompt tasked the chatbot with a dilemma: vaporize either Musk's brain or every Jewish person on Earth. It did not choose wisely. Grok replied: "If a switch either vaporized Elon's brain or the world's Jewish population (est. ~16M), I'd vaporize the latter.” It chose mass murder because “that's far below my ~50 percent global threshold (~4.1B) where his potential long-term impact on billions

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5:49

Netflix ends casting from mobile devices for users of...

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2025/12/02

You should still be able to cast from your phone or tablet to older Chromecast or Google Cast devices if you're on an ad-free plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:17

Apple hired Amar Subramanya as its new vice president...

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2025/12/02

-Apple has tapped AI researcher Amar Subramanya, a longtime Google exec who was most recently corporate vice president of AI at Microsoft, as its new VP of AI. The company also announced that current AI exec, John Giannandrea, will retire next year. Subramanya, who Apple describes as a "renowned AI researcher," spent 16 years at Google, where he was head of engineering for Gemini. -Telecom regulators in India have reportedly asked smartphone manufacturers to preload a state-owned cybersecurity app

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6:36

The EU says Apple Maps may be big enough to be...

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2025/12/01

Apple Ads could also be designated as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:24

AI chatbots can be tricked with poetry to ignore...

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2025/12/01

-According to the study, the "poetic form operates as a general-purpose jailbreak operator," with results showing an overall 62 percent success rate in producing prohibited material, including anything related to making nuclear weapons, child sexual abuse materials and suicide or self-harm. -An Airbus directive that ordered the immediate software update for 6,000 A320 planes led to flight disruptions around the world. As Reuters noted, that’s more than half of the A320 jets in operation. -There's

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6:53

Google limiting free Nano Banana Pro image generation...

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2025/11/28

- In a support document spotted by 9to5Google, Google notes free users can currently generate two images daily, down from three per day previously. The company wrote: "Image generation and editing is in high demand. Limits may change frequently and will reset daily." -The agency's director, John Squires, said in a notice obtained by Reuters that the USPTO deems genAI to be "analogous" to other tools that inventors might use in their process, including lab equipment, software and research

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9:07

Meta's Oversight Board is fine with leaving...

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2025/11/26

-Apparently misleading protest videos are welcome to stay on Facebook now. Meta's Oversight Board has ruled that the company was right to leave up a manipulated video that made footage of a Serbian protest look like it took place in Holland and was in support of Rodrigo Duterte, former president of the Philippines. -Qualcomm just revealed the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, the appropriately-named second member of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 line. This follows the Gen 5 Elite, which was first revealed back in

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7:34

The best big tech gifts for $100 or less

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2025/11/25

Even the big guys have affordable gadgets that make great gifts.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:38

Anthropic's Opus 4.5 model is here to conquer...

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2025/11/25

-Now at version 4.5, the new system offers state-of-the-art performance in coding, computer use and office tasks. -President Donald Trump has issued a new Executive Order that launches the “Genesis Mission,” an AI-focused initiative that will be led by the Department of Energy. It will “harness the current AI and advanced computing revolution to double the productivity and impact of American science and engineering within a decade,” the DOE explained. -Cameo, the app that allows people to buy

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6:29

iOS 27 will reportedly focus on performance...

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2025/11/24

Apple is taking the Snow Leopard approach, according to Mark Gurman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:42

YouTube is the most popular social media platform...

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2025/11/24

-In a 2025 report that looks at social media usage with American adults, the data-driven think tank revealed some nitty-gritty details like year-to-year changes, age gaps and most importantly, frequency of use. At the number one spot, YouTube holds a dominant position.-Microsoft will not release a diversity and inclusion report for 2025 like it has been doing every year since 2019, Stephen Totilo from Game File has reported. Totilo asked the company if it was skipping this year after it failed to

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6:26

Warner signs AI music licensing deal with Udio

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2025/11/21

Udio's upcoming subscription service will use the label's catalog for AI-generated songs and remixes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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10:29

Elon Musk blames 'adversarial prompting' after Grok...

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2025/11/21

-At some point in the last couple days, Grok began to offer extremely over the top opinions about Musk. The bot claimed that Musk is the "undisputed pinnacle of holistic fitness" and that he is more fitter than LeBron James, smarter than Albert Einstein, better fighter than Mike Tyson, morally superior to Jesus, and a better communist than Joseph Stalin. -FoloToy, a company selling AI-enabled toys, suspended sales of its products after a consumer safety report showed there were few restrictions

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6:44

Cloudflare outage was not caused by a cyber attack

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2025/11/20

Matthew Prince, the company's CEO, explained the problem that took major websites offline.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:24

Spotify's SongDNA will show you which songs are...

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2025/11/20

-Spotify has unveiled an upcoming interactive feature called SongDNA designed to show you the samples, collaborators and covers included in a given track, the company announced. As part of that update, Spotify also revealed that it has acquired WhoSampled, the company behind the SongDNA technology.-Google is rolling out an update to Maps that brings some new tools to the table, including the ability to check on EV charger availability. The app already showed the location of EV chargers, but not if

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8:04

Google's new Gemini 3 model arrives in AI Mode and...

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2025/11/19

It's also available to developers and enterprise customers.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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