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MLB’s virtual ballpark returns in September Sep 04, 2024

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Like Second Life for baseball fans, it includes a real-time virtual broadcast and live chat.

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Elon Musk's Starlink will comply with the Brazil X ban after all, DTS' AI-powered system makes dialog sound clearer, and DraftKings slapped with a fine for online slots that paid zilch Sep 04, 2024

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Elon Musk's Starlink will comply with the Brazil X ban after all, DTS built an AI-powered system to make dialog sound clearer, and DraftKings got slapped with a fine for online slots that paid zilch. It's Wednesday, September 4th and this is Engadget News.

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ChatGPT has doubled its weekly active users to 200 million Sep 03, 2024

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It's more good news in an already big year for OpenAI.

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Starlink refusing to comply with Brazil's X ban, Starliner’s mystery sound solved, and Ticketmaster's dynamic pricing model under fire in the UK Sep 03, 2024

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Starlink is refusing to comply with Brazil's X ban, the origin of Starliner’s mystery sound has been solved, and the UK government will investigate Ticketmaster's dynamic pricing model after Oasis chaos. It's Tuesday, September 3rd and this is Engadget News.

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Now there’s a creepy, sonar-like sound coming through one of Starliner’s speakers Sep 02, 2024

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Astronaut Butch Wilmore radioed Mission Control on Saturday for help figuring out the source of a pulsing noise.

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Boeing's Starliner coming back without a crew, Apple plans to drop USB-A ports, and the sad story of Arrival's failed electric delivery van Sep 02, 2024

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Boeing's Starliner is coming back without a crew on September 6, Apple plans to drop USB-A ports with the M4 Mac mini, and an Arrival electric van prototype went up for sale on eBay as the sad story of the failed electric delivery van maker just got a little bit sadder. It's Monday, September 2nd and this is Engadget News.

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These robots move through the magic of mushrooms Aug 30, 2024

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The fungus-powered machines could lead to future crop-tending robots that sense subtle chemical reactions.

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OpenAI and Anthropic will share their models with the US AI Safety Institute ... and more news Aug 30, 2024

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OpenAI and Anthropic will share their models with the US AI Safety Institute, Nintendo can't repair your New 3DS because it ran out of parts, and Apple Sports is ready for some football with new game tracking updates. It's Friday, August 30th and this is Engadget News.

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Gemini will soon generate AI images of people again with the upgraded Imagen 3 Aug 29, 2024

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The chatbot’s Gems, user-created chatbots with custom instructions, also begin rolling out this week.

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Yelp's antitrust lawsuit against Google, Telegram's Pavel Durov can't leave France, and X's Grok directing election queries to Vote.gov Aug 29, 2024

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Yelp filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has been charged and released but he can’t leave France any time soon, and X's Grok chatbot now directs election queries to Vote.gov. It's Thursday, August 29th and this is Engadget News.

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