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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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10:50

SCOTUS let Mississippi's social media...

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2025/08/15

The Supreme Court has decided not to weigh in on one of the many state-level age-verification laws currently being reviewed across the country. Today, the top court chose not to intervene on legislation from Mississippi about checking the ages of social media users, denying an application to vacate stay from NetChoice. Also, Intel has had some recent struggles in delivering results for its shareholders, but the company could soon be answering to an additional boss. The current administration is

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5:53

Match Group will pay $14 million to settle claims of...

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2025/08/14

The FTC launched this complaint against the Tinder and Hinge parent company in 2019.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:19

OpenAI and Sam Altman may be creating a startup rival...

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2025/08/14

Sam Altman is preparing to co-found a new company funded by OpenAI that will go up against Elon Musk's Neuralink, The Financial Post reported. The startup, called Merge Labs, will use AI for its brain-computer interface and compete directly with Neuralink, along with other nascent companies in the field like Precision Neuroscience and Synchron. In other news, Apple is still hard at work on becoming a relevant player in AI. The latest missive from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg suggests that Apple is

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5:47

Oura rolls out new features for pregnancy and...

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2025/08/13

It will help you track your vital signs during both processes.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:14

Apple says the App Store is 'fair and free of bias'...

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2025/08/13

Apple has denied Elon Musk's accusation that it's favoring OpenAI in its App Store rankings and making it impossible for other AI companies to reach the top. In a statement sent to Bloomberg, Apple said the App Store is "designed to be fair and free of bias." In other news, Google is officially rolling out Preferred Sources, which lets you curate search results. The feature allows you to pick specific or "preferred" sources, like a certain blog or news outlet, and see them more prominently when you

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5:01

AOL's dial-up internet still exists, but not for much...

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2025/08/12

The company announced that it would discontinue dial-up service on September 30th.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:20

AI summaries can downplay medical issues for female...

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2025/08/12

The latest example of bias permeating artificial intelligence comes from the medical field. A new study surveyed real case notes from 617 adult social care workers in the UK and found that when large language models summarized the notes, they were more likely to omit language such as "disabled," "unable" or "complex" when the patient was tagged as female, which could lead to women receiving insufficient or inaccurate medical care. In other news, President Trump no longer thinks Intel's CEO should

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6:26

DJI repurposed its drones' obstacle detection tech...

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2025/08/11

DJI's ROMO robot vacuums are releasing in China first and overseas markets in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:51

NVIDIA may give the US government a cut of its...

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2025/08/11

The debate over whether AI chipmakers should be allowed to sell their products to China has taken an unusual turn. The US government has reportedly given NVIDIA and Advanced Micro Devices permission to make the sales but for one big catch: 15 percent of the sales. In other news, AOL said it will discontinue its dial-up service on September 30, officially marking the end of an era in Internet history. It may come as a shock to most that AOL still runs its dial-up Internet service, but some thousands

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5:59

Instagram adds a new friends map feature that sure...

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2025/08/08

The update also finally adds reposting features, as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:56

The FCC will review EAS, Wild headset prototypes...

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2025/08/08

The Federal Communications Commission is planning a review of the US emergency alert systems. The announcement of this plan notes that the infrastructure underlying the EAS — which includes radio, television, satellite and cable systems — is 31 years old, while the framework underpinning the Wireless mobile device alert is 13 years old. Also, Meta previewed some of its latest virtual reality prototypes this week, with concepts that are compelling on the specs and long on the design. The company

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6:45

OpenAI is giving ChatGPT Enterprise to the executive...

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2025/08/07

Over 2 million civilian workers at dozens of agencies will have access for at least one year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:31

Apple will invest another $100 billion to avoid...

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2025/08/07

Apple plans to invest an additional $100 billion in the US, the company announced on Wednesday. The investment follows President Trump's announcement yesterday that he would impose a 100 percent tariff on chip imports, with an exemption for any companies "building in the United States." In other news, Google Search head Liz Reid penned a blog post that puts quite a different spin on things. The Google VP claims traffic from search to websites is "relatively stable" and that click quality has

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6:09

Illinois is the first state to ban AI therapists

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2025/08/06

The new law may test the Trump administration's will to disallow state-level regulations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:13

Grok's image and video generator now has an NSFW...

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2025/08/06

Elon Musk’s chatbot is seldom out of the news. When it isn’t vomiting antisemetic rhetoric or fixating on conspiracy theories without invitation, it’s inviting you to romance its anime-inspired AI companions. Grok’s NSFW credentials now extend to xAI’s new image and video generator. In other news, AI startup Eleven Labs just announced a service called Eleven Music, which generates fake songs that are cleared for commercial use. It's a prompt-based affair, so it can create just about anything users

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5:36

NASA's latest mission to the ISS features a bacterial...

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2025/08/05

Four crew members are joined by several strains of disease-causing bacteria for their journey to the ISS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:51

Perplexity is allegedly scraping websites it's not...

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2025/08/05

Web crawlers deployed by Perplexity to scrape websites are allegedly skirting restrictions, according to a new report from Cloudflare. Specifically, the report claims that the company's bots appear to be "stealth crawling" sites by disguising their identity to get around robots.txt files and firewalls. In other news, the Lunar Trailblazer mission to the moon officially ended on July 31, but it wasn't a complete journey. NASA said that its teams lost contact with the satellite shortly after its

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4:48

Uber Eats is stuffing AI slop into your meal

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2025/08/04

In better news, merchants can now live-chat with customers too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:53

Apple reportedly has a 'stripped-down' AI chatbot on...

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2025/08/04

Apple reportedly has a 'stripped-down' AI chatbot on the way to compete with ChatGPT,’ X has to prove it wasn't negligent when removing CSAM from its site, and the PS6 may have triple the performance as the PS5 for the same price. It's Monday, August 4th and here’s a quick look at tech in the news this morning from Engadget. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:02

Spotify's lax privacy means anyone can see the Vice...

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2025/08/01

Plus, Brilliant Labs launches its second-generation smart glasses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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