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Get 40 percent off MasterClass subscriptions for the holiday season
If you want to learn a new skill in the new year or brush up on some skills you already have, MasterClass could be a good option for you. It's even more accessible now that the company is...
The Pluribus apocalypse gets a little quieter
Carlos-Manuel Vesga as Manousos. The theme of this week is isolation. That's always been a part of what makes Pluribus so unsettling, of course; in the show there are only a handful of human...
Will AI make research on humans… less human?
If you’re a human, there’s a very good chance you’ve been involved in human subjects research. Maybe you’ve participated in a clinical trial, completed a survey about your health habits, or took...
The Morning After: Tech’s biggest losers of 2025
Honestly, compiling the biggest losers for Engadget is more fun than talking up the winners. While we reviewed nothing as atrocious as those ill-fated AI assistant gadgets from 2024, AI companies...
My defense of a $40 cable paperweight – I’m sorry
Native Union’s Weighter managing one of up to three cables. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge Warning: I'm going to make an attempt to justify a $40 paperweight for cable management. I'm not sure...
3 theories that explain Trump’s collapsing support
President Donald Trump delivers remarks about his administration's economic agenda and its efforts to lower the cost of living during an event on December 9, 2025, in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania. |...
Why America gave up on economists
Key takeaways Economists used to have a sort of special status in US policymaking; they were the consummate technocratic experts. But over the past decade, both parties have increasingly been less...
Everything announced and all the winners at The Game Awards 2025
This year at The Game Awards, if your game wasn’t melodramatic, mechanically innovative, beautifully presented and aggressively French, it didn’t stand a chance. The Game Awards 2025 wrapped up on...
Housemarque's Saros is delayed to April 30
PlayStation had said on X that it would have news about Saros at The Game Awards, and unfortunately, fans excited for the new Housemarque project will need to wait a little longer to get their hands...
4:LOOP is a co-op shooter from the creator of Left 4 Dead and JJ Abrams' Bad Robot
The next game from Left 4 Dead designer Mike Booth is putting a sci-fi spin on his last game's co-op action, based on a trailer Booth and producer JJ Abrams shared at The Game Awards 2025. The...