Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, is creating its own version of ChatGPT. That appears to be the case, at least, from Musk’s tweets on X late Friday evening teasing the AI model xAI has been quietly developing. Called Grok — a name xAI trademarked recently […]
Month: November 2023
Ubisoft partners with Safe in Our World on anti-toxicity playbook
Ubisoft and Safe in Our World have partnered on the Good Game Playbook, which helps players combat toxicity in games communities.
Swedish fintech Klarna dodges a strike after reaching agreement with workers
Fintech giant Klarna has reached an agreement with workers that were set to strike next week, the company told TechCrunch today. Klarna employees were planning to strike next week in the fintech’s home country of Sweden, as reported by tech.eu. The dispute was reportedly over […]
Top News Roundup: Global Challenges and Political Shuffles
Today’s headlines reflect the ongoing struggle against climate change with UNECA highlighting its threat to Africa’s development. In political arenas, an Irish MEP warns against EU-China decoupling, while the UNCTAD…
Xsolla defends itself after being called out by Ukraine for ties to Russia
Game payments firm Xsolla has defended itself for its reduced presence in Russia after a Ukraine government minister called the company out for its ties to Russia. Last week, Ukraine’s Mykhailo Fedorov, minister of digital transformation, asked gaming companies such as Epic Games, Valve and […]
Black Friday 2023: The best early deals from Amazon, Target, Best Buy and more
With each passing year, the phrase “Black Friday” becomes more of a misnomer. What was once a day of post-Thanksgiving special offers has become a month of sales promotions from retailers across the web. It’s happening again in 2023: Target and Best Buy are already […]
The best gaming headsets for 2023
Most of the time, the best gaming headset isn’t a “gaming headset” at all. Although these devices are often thought of as a distinct niche within the wider headphone market, they’re ultimately still headphones. And while it’s certainly not impossible to get a gaming headset […]
Engadget Podcast: Apple’s spooky M3 MacBook Pros and iMac
Apple’s M3 chip is here, and the company is wasting no time shoving it into new computers. This week, we dive into the new M3-equipped MacBook Pros and iMac, which offer some notable upgrades over the M2 and M1 models. Also, we find time to […]
Why Mozilla is betting on a decentralized social networking future
Consumers are hungry for a new way of social networking, where trust and safety are paramount and power isn’t centralized with a Big Tech CEO in charge…or at least that’s what Mozilla believes. The mission-driven tech company behind the Firefox browser, Pocket reader, and other […]
Meta and Amazon settle UK antitrust probes over use of third-party data to benefit marketplaces
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today announced that it has accepted proposals from Facebook’s parent Meta and Amazon to limit how they use data gathered from their respective marketplaces to benefit their own products and bottom lines. The CMA has been probing both […]