Nintendo grants itself the power to brick Switches with pirated games
Nintendo’s latest legal move to combat piracy may be super effective. According to a new change in the Nintendo User…
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The developers behind Overwatch have unionized
Activision Blizzard’s Overwatch team has formed a wall-to-wall union under the Communications Workers of America (CWA). The union, which has…
Mexico is suing Google over ‘Gulf of America’ name change for US users
The Mexican government has filed a lawsuit against Google for renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America…
Engadget review recap: Surface Pro, Rivian, Canon, Light Phone and more
I can’t blame you if you’ve been spending more time outside lately instead of reading gadget reviews. Spring has sprung,…
Spreadsheet puzzles, metatextual platformers and other new indie games worth checking out
Welcome to our first weekly roundup of indie game releases, news and trailers. It’s impossible to cover the indie scene…
Google will pay Texas $1.4 billion to settle data privacy violation lawsuits
Google has agreed to pay the state of Texas $1.375 billion to settle two lawsuits accusing the company of violating…
Why is Threads recommending these weird spammy posts from people looking for ‘friends’?
Threads users have long joked about the sometimes bizarre posts served up by its recommendation algorithm since the early days…
Trump plans to shut down the Consumer Product Safety Commission
In the latest blow to what was generally a functional government, President Donald Trump wants to eliminate the independent agency…
Microsoft Build 2025: What to expect from Copilot, Windows 11 and AI agents
While the company might be pulling back some of its investments in the infrastructure that makes it run, Microsoft remains,…
The Trump administration wants to photograph everyone leaving the US by car
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) wants eyes on everyone leaving the country by vehicle. Wired reported this week that…
