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Plex starts paywalling remote streaming to TVs, beginning with its Roku app
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (151+ words) Here's some bad news for folks who've been using Plex to stream stuff from a buddy's personal media server to their TV for free for years. As it pledged to do earlier this year when it bumped up the. .. You…...
You Tube Premium adds high-quality audio and 4x playback for i OS, Android and desktop
7+ mon, 3+ day ago (285+ words) Google is expanding access to You Tube Premium features like faster playback speeds and high-quality audio to more types of devices. Most people subscribe to You Tube Premium to remove ads from You Tube. .. You Tube Premium adds high-quality audio…...
Instagram adds inbox management tools for creators and big accounts
8+ mon, 17+ hour ago (216+ words) It's available to all users with more than 100, 000 followers. Big-time creators on Instagram just got a bit of welcome news. The platform is introducing inbox management tools to make it easier for influencers to wade through endless messages and requests....
It's no longer free to use Claude through third-party tools like Open Claw
3+ week, 4+ day ago (355+ words) Engadget Most of Claude's workload may come from simple user questions, but there are those who use the AI chatbot through Open Claw, a free and open-source AI assistant from the same developer as Moltbook. Unlike more general AI solutions,…...
You Tube's picture-in-picture mode is rolling out to all users worldwide
2+ hour, 49+ min ago (162+ words) Mariella has been writing news on various tech-and-science-related topics for Engadget since 2013. Her work for Engadget has been syndicated on Entrepreneur, Tech Crunch, and Yahoo News. You Tube's picture-in-picture mode is rolling out to all users worldwide You Tube's picture-in-picture…...
Threads adds new dedicated feed for fediverse content
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (315+ words) Meta's Threads is deepening its integration with the fediverse, a collection of decentralized social media platforms that includes Mastodon. Starting today, users who have enabled sharing to the. .. Threads adds new dedicated feed for fediverse content Users can now search…...
Mastodon was hit by a 'major' DDo S attack that briefly took down parts of the service
1+ week, 2+ day ago (555+ words) Engadget Mastodon was hit by a DDo S says after Bluesky was also targeted. Mastodon seems to be recovering after a Distributed Denial of Service (DDo S) attack that took down its primary mastodon. social instance. As Tech Crunch notes, the…...
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is working on AI agents for personal and business use
12+ hour, 49+ min ago (345+ words) Karissa has been reporting on social media and the wider tech industry for more than a decade. Prior to joining Engadget, she was a senior reporter at Mashable, where she spent six years covering social media and the app economy…...
Vine reboot app Divine arrives with a ban on AI slop
18+ hour, 59+ min ago (322+ words) Remember Vine? The short-form video app from back when people were sharing creative things just for fun and not primarily to maximize engagement and make more money? It's back, thanks in large part to Jack Dorsey, who was chairman of…...
Gemini can now generate files, including Microsoft Word and La Te X documents
15+ hour, 54+ min ago (297+ words) Engadget Gemini can now generate files, including Microsoft Word and La Te X documents Gemini is getting a bit more useful today. Google has begun rolling out an update that gives its chatbot the ability to generate files directly from…...