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Shark's self-emptying robot vacuum is 50 percent off
engadget.com...The vacuum works with the Shark app or through your Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa.... ...-- you may want to consider investing in a robot model to do it for you....

Google found to have violated order to save chat evidence in Epic antitrust case
engadget.com...San Francisco US District Judge James Donato said the tech giant "adopted a "don't ask, don't tell" policy for keeping messages, at the expense of... ...to Bloomberg and CNBC.... ...In a statement, a Google spokesperson said the company has worked with Epic and investigators over the years and has handed over millions of documents... ...In a separate filing by the Department of Justice over the same complaint, the agency explained that the tech giant's internal chatroom, which is...

Lucid Motors is laying off 1,300 workers to reduce expenses
engadget.com...The luxury electric vehicle maker has notified (PDF) the US Securities and Exchange Commission in a filing that it's reducing its current workforce... ...By the end of this week, 1,300 people who work for Lucid Motors will have known that they're going to lose their jobs.... ...Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson told employees in a memo that the job cuts will affect both employees and contractors.... ...As Reuters previously reported, price cuts by Tesla and the availability of affordable EVs from traditional automakers had lessened demand for vehicles...

Lenovo has shut down its Legion gaming phone business
engadget.com...Now, the company is exiting the gaming phone business completely, it told Android Authority.... ..."Lenovo is discontinuing its Android-based Legion mobile gaming phones as part of a wider business transformation and gaming portfolio consolidation... ...With Lenovo out, that leaves just ASUS with its ROG gaming smartphone lineup, along with the Nubia Red Magic and Xiaomi's Black Shark -- though the... ...Lenovo's gaming smartphone woes likely sprung from the fact that it failed to establish the Legion brand outside of China....

Dolphin is releasing its Gamecube and Wii emulator on Steam
engadget.com...Dolphin is already available for free, but launching on Steam could make using the emulator more straightforward on devices like the Steam Deck,... ...One of them is about to be a lot easier to find: Dolphin, a popular emulator that runs most GameCube and Wii titles, will be launching on Steam later... ...That doesn't mean downloading Dolphin from the Steam store will give you instant access to classic Nintendo games, however.... ...That's probably why the Dolphin Steam page is reluctant to even identify what, exactly, it does -- instead choosing to say it plays "classics from...

'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" season 2 premieres June 15th
engadget.com...You now know when you can continue following the adventures of Captain Christopher Pike.... ...Paramount+ has revealed that the second season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will premiere June 15th, with new episodes appearing each Thursday... ...While Paramount+ is now popular for more than Star Trek, the sci-fi franchise remain one of the service's main attractions.... ...The second season of kids" animated series Star Trek: Prodigy is now slated to debut this winter....

Microsoft to reportedly focus on security and AI in next version of Windows
engadget.com...Microsoft is working on a new "modern" version of Windows with better security and faster updates, according to Windows Central.... ...CorePC would aim for many of the same goals as the scrapped Windows Core OS (including the also canceled Windows 10X), which Microsoft billed as... ...The company is also reportedly working on a version of CorePC to rival Apple Silicon, which the iPhone maker began shipping in new Macs more than... ...Finally, Microsoft is (unsurprisingly) baking AI into the new project....

Amazon begins flagging "frequently returned" products
engadget.com...Amazon has begun displaying a warning about frequently returned items as the company tightens its belt in response to shaky finances and an uncertain... ...However, it doesn't appear visible to everyone (my Amazon account doesn't show it when viewing the record player and dresses that The Information... ...In December, the National Retail Foundation (NRF) reported that online return rates rose to 18 percent in 2020 -- when customers tallied $428 billion... ...spokesperson Betsy Harden confirmed to The Information this week....

Google searches now provide more context and viewpoints for news stories
engadget.com...Google already provides some context around search results to help you understand the news, and now it's adding more tools to make sure you see the... ...Google is rolling out the author info worldwide in English, and you'll also find it in the Perspectives carousel.... ...An "About this author" feature tucked inside "About this result" will show creators" backgrounds and encourage the use of trustworthy sources....

Lockheed Martin is building a Moon-to-Earth satellite communications network
engadget.com...The company has created a spinoff devoted to lunar infrastructure, Crescent Space, whose first project is a Moon-to-Earth satellite network.... ...If humanity is going to have a long-term presence on the Moon, it's going to need reliable communications -- and Lockheed Martin thinks it can provide... ...CEO Joe Landon (formerly a Lockheed Martin Space VP) claims Crescent is "well positioned" to support NASA's Artemis Moon landings and other exploratory... ...Crescent could help Lockheed Martin profit from that rush without disrupting its existing businesses....