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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Wednesday, December 9th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. After a disappointing unveiling earlier this year, Microsoft put the brakes on plans to make Halo Infinite a launch title for the new Xbox consoles and focused on adding much-needed visual polish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Tuesday, December 8th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. A few months after Baidu's robotaxi service arrived in Beijing, the company has received the first permits to run driverless vehicle tests in the city. China's capital granted Baidu Apollo permission to deploy five such vehicles on public roads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Monday, December 7th. I’m Imran Sheikh, and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. China’s official digital currency is now usable in a meaningful way... more or less. Reuters Reports that JD.com now accepts digital yuan for some purchases at its site, making it the first online platform to take the virtual money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Friday, December 4th. I’m Imran Sheikh, and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Facebook over its hiring practices for foreign workers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Thursday, December 3rd. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. Thanks to an FCC filing earlier this week, we know Samsung’s next true wireless earbuds are very likely called Galaxy Buds Pro. And thanks to noteworthy leaker Evan Blass, we now have our first look at what's reportedly the unannounced buds and their charging case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Wednesday, December 2nd. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. If you want to watch the occasional video while listening to tunes on Amazon Music Unlimited, now you can. As highlighted by Android Police, the service has started streaming music videos — though you’ll need to be a paying subscriber to access them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Tuesday, December 1st. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. From Sojourner to the much bigger Curiosity, robotic rovers tend to come in all shapes and sizes. But few will go down as adorable as the European Space Agency’s new ExoMy rover. Better yet, this one you can make yourself with the help of a 3D printer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Monday, November 30th. I’m Imran Sheikh, and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. Hackers are fond of hijacking email accounts, and one of them may have obtained a motherlode of potential targets. ZDNet and Gizmodo report that a hacker is selling claimed access to “hundreds” of C-suite executives’ Microsoft-based email accounts, including CEOs, vice presidents and directors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Wednesday, November 25th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki received a letter on Tuesday from four Democratic senators expressing “deep concern” over the spread of election misinformation on Google’s video platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Tuesday, November 24th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. If you've ever fancied yourself as a poet but don't quite have the lyrical and rhythmic skills one might require, Google's Verse by Verse tool can help you to craft the most delectable verse. The company's latest experiment with AI-driven poetry offers suggestions in the style of America’s most renowned wordsmiths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Monday, November 23rd. I’m Imran Sheikh, and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. You might have an easier time deciding on a Google Assistant smart display this Black Friday. Lenovo’s Smart Clock is on sale now at Best Buy for $35, an all-time low and less than half its original $80 asking price. You can get it for the same price at Walmart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Friday, November 20th. I’m Imran Sheikh and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. Mere weeks before Adobe’s planned end of support date for Flash, the Internet Archive has come in to save everyone’s favorite mid-aughts plugin and the creative content that came out of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Thursday, November 19th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. The Apple Silicon version of Google Chrome is once again available to download. On Tuesday, you could briefly download it before Google pulled the release later in the day due to a bug that caused the browser to crash. You can download the new and hopefully stable release from the Chrome download page. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Wednesday, November 18th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. Several days ago, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency — a section of the Department of Homeland Security that, among other things, works on election security — issued a statement saying “The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Tuesday, November 17th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. Zoom has added some more tools to help users tackle trolls. Hosts and co-hosts can pause meetings while they deal with someone who's being disruptive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Monday, November 16th. I’m Imran Sheikh, and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. Google is facing yet another fine for allegedly abusing its search ad clout, although the financial punishment this time is less serious than its implications. Arab News reports that Turkey’s Competition Board has given Google six months to change its ad strategy after determining that the company abused its internet dominance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Friday, November 13th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. A little more than a week after the election, Twitter is giving some additional insight into the effectiveness of its efforts to curb the spread of election misinformation. Between October 27, and November 11, the company labeled about 300,000 tweets for “disputed and potentially misleading” content. That accounts for about . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Thursday, November 12th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. Conversations with your Amazon-brand digital assistant could soon be far less stilted. Following the introduction of the natural conversation feature in September, Amazon announced on Tuesday that Alexa can now infer a user’s “latent goals” based on what the person is asking it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Wednesday, November 11th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. You don’t have to look far to find a capable MIDI controller in 2020, but most aren’t as small as the Noise Machine. The diminutive device measures in at 2.1 x 2.3 x 0.4 inches, making it compact enough to fit inside of a jean pocket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Tuesday, November 10th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. A Philadelphia landscaping business carved out its place in history over the weekend after a Trump campaign press conference was held there. President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani and other campaign supporters spoke to the press outside Four Seasons Total Landscaping just as all the networks called the presidential race for Joe Biden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Monday, November 9th. I’m Imran Sheikh, and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. Apple’s AirPods Pro finally appear to have cracked the $199 price barrier. Amazon is selling the true wireless earbuds for $194, an all-time low and well below the official $250 sticker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Friday, November 6th. I’m Imran Sheikh, and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. Facebook has taken down a viral group with hundreds of thousands of members after “worrying calls for violence” and efforts to organize offline events in states where votes are still being counted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Thursday, November 5th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. For much of Wednesday, Facebook and Instagram have been displaying a notice at the top of their apps reminding US users that the winner of the 2020 election has yet to be decided (via TechCrunch). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Wednesday, November 4th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. After a three year run, the latest chapter in the Jason Voorhees story is coming to something of an end (via IGN). Publisher Gun Media says it will release one final update for Friday the 13th: The Game before shutting the multiplayer slasher fest’s dedicated servers down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, good afternoon from Engadget! It's Tuesday, November 3rd. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s what’s happening in the world of technology. In the aftermath of the Lafayette Square protests in June, police in Washington DC used facial recognition technology to identify a protestor who had allegedly punched an officer in the face. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices