Google has delayed killing third-party cookies from Chrome (again) … Manhattan's DA wants to know why YouTube is pushing 'ghost gun' tutorials to kids … and Threads has 150 million monthly users. It's Thursday, April 25th and this is Engadget News.
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Yesterday
Meta's Oversight Board is fine with leaving manipulated content on Facebook, Qualcomm revealed the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chip, and FoloToy's AI teddy bear is back on sale following its brief foray into BDSM
-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, ... Show More
9m 7s
Nov 25
Anthropic's Opus 4.5 model is here to conquer Microsoft Excel, Trump's Genesis Mission aims to build a centralized AI platform, and OpenAI can't use the term 'Cameo' in Sora
-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. ... Show More
8m 38s
Aug 2024
Google: Breaking Laws and Killing Chromecasts
A lot happened this week! First, Marques, Andrew, and David talk about NVIDIA scraping YouTube videos before jumping into a new iOS feature that lets you get rid of ads on websites. Then, it's all about Google. David goes over the new Google TV and Nest thermostat before talking ... Show More
1h 27m
Nov 2024
Google might have to sell Chrome!
This week, Marques, Andrew, and David talk about a bunch of Google news including the DOJ possibly forcing it to sell off Chrome. But first, they go over some EV news and talk about the Jaguar rebrand that's taken the internet by storm. After that, they go over some ChromeOS rumo ... Show More
1h 18m
Apr 2025
Recall returns, Everybody Wants Chrome, YouTube AI Overviews + more!
Timestamps: 0:00 Watch Andor or ur not my friend 0:08 Windows Recall re-rolls out 2:04 Yahoo, Perplexity want Chrome 3:44 New YouTube UI, AI Overviews 4:48 DeleteMe! 5:23 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:28 Gigabyte responds to gel issues 6:02 Switch 2 preorders were a mess 6:42 Facebook 'spam ... Show More
8m 45s