Mat Smith heads up Engadget’s daily newsletter from London, UK. He has worked at Engadget for over a decade and has covered console gaming, flagship smartphones, the Apple Watch and fitness tech that promises to make him faster or stronger. He’s currently learning how to backflip. Mat has previously written for The Guardian, The Times (UK) and the BBC, and speaks fluent Japanese. He sings the praises of his Instant Pot and makes regular kitchen gadget purchases that he usually regrets.
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The Morning After: Microsoft’s OpenAI partnership was born from Google AI envy
The biggest news stories this morning: TikTok might be trying to circumvent Apple’s in-app purchase rules, Batman: Arkham Shadow is the first big exclusive VR game for the Quest 3, Rabbit denies claims its R1 virtual assistant is a glorified Android app.
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The Morning After: Our verdict on the Beats Solo 4 headphones
The biggest news stories this morning: What to expect from Apple’s Let Loose iPad event, The excellent and customizable Arc Browser is now fully available on Windows, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao sentenced to four months in prison
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The Instax mini 99 could pass for a real Fujifilm camera
With a matte black finish, the Insta mini 99 looks more professional than most of its predecessors. While there are no hybrid digital camera features, it delivers far more versatility than pretty much any other instant camera.
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The Morning After: Meta is offering popular Threads users thousands of dollars in bonuses
The biggest news stories this morning: The DJI Mini 4K is a $299 drone for beginners, OpenAI will train its AI models on the Financial Times’ journalism, Gadgets that make great Mother’s Day gifts.
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The DJI Mini 4K is a $299 drone aimed at beginners
The Mini 4K is priced substantially less than its Mini Pro iterations, and it’s actually only $20 more than the non-4K Mini 2 SE.
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The Morning After: How many Vision Pro headsets has Apple sold?
The biggest news stories this morning: Apple’s OLED iPad Pro may pack an M4 chip and AI tricks, Dell XPS 13 and XPS 14 review, Playing Fire Emblem Engage on easy mode got me back into gaming.
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The Morning After: Apple announces an iPad event for May 7
The biggest news stories this morning: Adobe’s new upscaling tech uses AI to sharpen video, BlizzCon 2024 is canceled, The world’s biggest 3D printer can make a house in under 80 hours.
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The Morning After: Testing the Rabbit R1's AI assistant skills
The biggest news stories this morning: TikTok Lite axes ‘addictive as cigarettes’ reward-to-watch feature, Joe Biden signs the bill that could ban TikTok, JetBlue’s in-flight entertainment system just got a watch party feature.
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The Morning After: Senate passes the bill that could ban TikTok
The biggest news stories this morning: X, for some reason, has a TV app now, The best travel gear for graduates, Adobe Photoshop’s latest beta makes AI-generated images from simple text prompts.
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The Morning After: Meta teases a limited-edition Quest headset inspired by Xbox
The biggest news stories this morning: Grindr sued for allegedly sharing users’ HIV status and other info with ad companies, What we watched: Bluey’s joyful finales, Amazon halts drone deliveries in California, but kicks off tests in Phoenix
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The Morning After: House votes in favor of bill that could ban TikTok
The biggest news stories this morning: The best Mario Kart racer, according to science, Apple’s next innovation: The calculator? Engadget Podcast: PlayStation 5 Pro rumors and a look back at the Playdate.
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The Morning After: The bill to ban TikTok is barreling ahead.
The biggest news stories this morning include US vs China in the form of TikTok vs WhatsApp, and did you know Taylor Swift has a new album out?
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The Morning After: Boston Dynamics’ bi-ped Atlas robot is going into retirement
The biggest news stories this morning: NASA confirms its space trash pierced Florida man’s roof, A Netflix true crime documentary may have used AI-generated images of a real person, Insta360’s X4 camera is the first 8K 360-degree video.
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Insta360’s X4 captures 8K 360-degree video
Insta360's new action camera improves on 2022's X3 in every way, with substantial battery improvements, higher-resolution video and even more tricks.
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The Morning After: Samsung is, once again, shipping the most phones in the world
The biggest news stories this morning: Threads is testing real-time search results Tesla is reportedly laying off more than 10 percent of its workforce, Keanu Reeves’ latest iconic role is Shadow the Hedgehog.
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The Morning After: Meta crams its AI chatbot into your Instagram DMs
The biggest news stories this morning: Our favorite Sony wireless earbuds are on sale for a record-low price, Interstellar is coming back to theaters in September for its 10-year anniversary, Playdate revisited: Two years later.
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The Morning After: Our verdict on the Humane AI Pin
The biggest news stories this morning: Repair your iPhones with used components, The best laptops, Taylor Swift’s music is back on TikTok.
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The Morning After: Amazon stops paying bonuses to Alexa developers
The biggest news stories this morning: The Fallout TV series is V.A.T.S. (a very awesome TV show), Physicist Peter Higgs, who predicted 'the God particle', has died at 94, US bill proposes AI companies list what copyrighted materials they use.
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The Morning After: Drones that can charge on power lines
The biggest news stories this morning: Congress looks into blocking piracy sites in the US, Starlink terminals are reportedly being used by Russian forces in Ukraine, Apple Vision Pro, two months later.
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The Morning After: Tesla settles lawsuit over fatal Model X crash
The biggest news stories this morning: Google’s long-awaited Find My Device network launches today, Nintendo’s Wii U and 3DS online servers are gone, Play Tekken, get free Chipotle.