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If you need more AI in your life, Anthropic's Claude chatbot is now an Android app, UK antitrust officials are now investigating Microsoft's hiring of Inflection AI staff, and Verizon faces a lawsuit after record labels say it profits from piracy. It's Wednesday, July 17th and this is Engadget News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The idea for the new stillsuit came from Frank Herbert's Dune novels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A group leaked confidential data from Disney Slack channels, Elon Musk confirms the Tesla Robotaxi event has been delayed to October, and YouTube Music's latest features include 'hum to search' and AI-generated conversational radio. It's Tuesday, July 16th and this is Engadget News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A second study looks into the sorry state of privacy policies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

OpenAI whistleblowers call for an SEC probe into NDAs, senators introduce a bill to protect artists from unauthorized AI use, and a new spacesuit design borrowed from Frank Herbert's Dune novels. It's Monday, July 15th and this is Engadget News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Keep on top of your assignments with these affordable essentials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Redbox is filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy instead of Chapter 11 because payroll obligations were higher than its earnings, Joby Aviation completed a 523-mile test flight of a hydrogen-powered air taxi, and YouTube Shorts gets Instagram's 'Add yours' prompt stickers. It's Friday, July 12th and this is Engadget News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The company said it reached a goal of sourcing all its power from clean energy sources in the past year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Most subscription services manipulate customers with 'dark patterns', Is Amazon ‘distorting the truth’ in its clean-energy claim, and Severance season two will hit Apple TV+ in January. It's Thursday, July 11th and this is Engadget News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The iPhone is getting these features five years after Android. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

US officials announced the takedown of an AI-powered Russian bot farm, Apple blog TUAW returns as an AI content farm, and a British boarding school will make students use boring old Nokia phones. It's Wednesday, July 10th and this is Engadget News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The move might stem the wave of generative AI legally (and illegally) crawling for content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hackers reverse-engineered Ticketmaster’s barcode system, Microsoft Notepad just got spellcheck in the year 2024, and Agatha All Along finally comes to Disney+ on September 18. It's Tuesday, July 9th and this is Engadget News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The country’s Digital Agency has scrapped all but one of its outdated systems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NASCAR unveiled its first electric race car prototype, YouTube upgraded its 'erase song' tool to remove copyrighted music only, and Nike is killing the app for its futuristic Adapt BB sneakers. It's Monday, July 8th and this is Engadget News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Three miles of I-94 will have special sensors and communication equipment to track cars and help drivers with special alerts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cloudflare is taking a stand against AI website scrapers, Artists criticize Apple's lack of transparency around Apple Intelligence data, and Your next webcam could be a Game Boy Camera. It's Thursday, July 4th and this is Engadget News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

YouTube will give the video owner 48 hours to act on the complaint. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Texas age-verification law for pornography websites is going to the Supreme Court, Google’s greenhouse gas emissions climbed nearly 50 percent in five years due to AI, and Michigan is building the nation’s first smart highway. It's Wednesday, July 3rd and this is Engadget News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s one of the world’s biggest Al semiconductor hubs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

YouTube quietly added a new policy last month that lets you request the removal of AI-generated content featuring your likeness; Google is investing in a Taiwanese solar company with plans to build a 1 gigawatt pipeline of sustainable energy in the region; the new Lovestruck expansion pack for The Sims 4 gives the decade-old sequel a shot of life by turning it into a full-fledged dating sim — incl...

It’s part of an initiative to test how well moondust would work as a lunar building material. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The owner of Redbox has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Extreme E is now Extreme H, a hydrogen-powered racing series starting 2025, and the AI prison of the future is just an Outer Limits episode. It's Monday, July 1st and this is Engadget News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The nation's oldest nonprofit newsroom is suing OpenAI and Microsoft, Paramount's strategy of purposeful digital rot doesn't even make sense, and YouTube reportedly wants to pay record labels to use their songs for AI training. It's Friday, June 28th and this is Engadget News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"The company is being paid $843 million to a build a rocket to ""deorbit"" the space station." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices