Best Buy’s Geek Squad agents say they were hit by mass layoffs this week

Geek Squad agents have been flooding Reddit with images of their badges and posts about “going sleeper” after the company reportedly conducted mass layoffs this week. A former employee who spoke to

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OpenAI and Google reportedly used transcriptions of YouTube videos to train their AI models

OpenAI and Google trained their AI models on text transcribed from YouTube videos, potentially violating creators’ copyrights, according to The New York Times

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Apple officially allows retro game emulators on the App Store

In addition to updating its developer guidelines to allow music streaming apps to link to external website, Apple has also added new language that allows game emulators on the App Store. The updated

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iOS music apps in the EU can now send users to external websites for purchase

Apple will make it easier for you to pay for music purchases and subscriptions outside of its payment system, if you're living in a European Union country. As first noticed by 9to5Mac, the company has updated its

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Tesla will unveil a robotaxi on April 8, according to Musk

Tesla is introducing a robotaxi on August 8, Elon Musk has announced on X a few hours after Reuters published a report that the automaker is scrapping its plans to produce a low-cost EV. Reuters also said that Musk's directive was to "g

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Meta asks a judge to throw out an FTC antitrust case

Meta has asked a judge to dismiss a Federal Trade Commission antitrust case against the company before it goes to trial. Alongside 48 states and territori

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Tesla is reportedly focusing on robotaxis over its planned budget EV

Tesla has scrapped plans to make an affordable electric vehicle (EV), according to Reuters. CEO Elo

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Samsung is doubling its semiconductor investment in Texas to $44 billion

It looks like President Biden’s CHIPS Act is starting to pay off. Samsung is planning on doubling its investment in Texas,

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Solar Eclipse 2024: How to watch and record the total eclipse on Monday

On April 8, a solar eclipse will darken the skies. This is a rare astronomical event: The last North American total solar eclipse was on August 21, 2017, and there won't be another on visible on the continent until 2044. The path of totality — where the sun will be fully blocked by the moon — covers over 30 million people in the US, Canada and Mexico.

Those lucky folks may see the sun

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Annual Max subscriptions are still 40 percent off, plus the rest of this week's best tech deals

As another week winds to a close, it's time for Engadget's roundup of the best deals we spotted this week. There's no giant sale happening right now, but we still found a few decent discounts on some of our recommended tech, including 40 percent off a

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