The 2024 Kindle Paperwhite is $25 off right now

I’m really not sure how but suddenly Christmas is only eight days away and the window to order presents online is getting really small. So, if, like me, you’ve procrastinated a bit this year (ok, every year) then it’s time to take action and buy those …

The Audi Q6 E-Tron is an OLED dream machine

Tim Stevens for Engadget
I've been on a bit of a quest to replace all the LCD panels in my life with OLED. I recently swapped an aging (and shattered) iPad Pro with a Samsung Galaxy Tab S9, which is much easier on the eyes when watching late-night…

Ireland fines Meta $263 million for 2018 View As data breach

It's an expensive day for Meta. First, Australia announced a $50 million AUD ($31.7 million USD) settlement with the company over the Cambridge Analytica scandal and now the Irish Data Protection Committee (IDPC) has issued Meta a €251 million ($26…

Cambridge Analytica scandal still lingering on as Meta settles with Australian users

The stench of Cambridge Analytica is still hovering over Facebook, as parent Meta just agreed to pay 311,000 Australian users AUD $50 million ($31.7 million) over the scandal. The settlement with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (O…

The Morning After: What to expect at CES 2025

The holidays haven’t even kicked off, but we’re already looking to next year when, almost immediately, some of the Engadget team will head to Las Vegas for tech’s biggest annual conference. The pitches from companies, both legit and unhinged, are alrea…

Waymo will start testing its driverless cars in Tokyo next year

Waymo will deploy its driverless cars in Japan and will test its technology in another country for the first time. According to CNBC, the company will begin testing its Jaguar I-PACE vehicles in Tokyo in early 2025 and expects to remain in the country …

Meta’s Threads has grown to 300 million users

Meta’s Threads app has now grown to 300 million users, with more than 100 million people using the service each day. Mark Zuckerberg announced the new milestone in a post on Threads, saying “Threads strong momentum continues.”
Zuckerberg has repeatedly…

TikTok asks the Supreme Court to delay upcoming ban

After a federal court last week denied TikTok’s request to delay a law that could ban the app in the United States, the company is now turning to the Supreme Court in an effort to buy time. The social media company has asked the court to temporarily bl…

Google’s new AI tool Whisk uses images as prompts

Google has yet another AI tool to add to the pile. Whisk is a Google Labs image generator that lets you use an existing image as your prompt. But its output only captures your starter image’s “essence” rather than recreating it with new details. So, it…

Instagram is adding a DM scheduling feature before everyone can schedule posts

Instagram is adding an option to schedule DMs. Social media expert Lindsey Gamble unearthed the feature, and Instagram confirmed to TechCrunch that it’s rolling out scheduled DMs to all users.
When you type a message, simply hold down the send but…