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New Senate bill empowers victims of deepfake porn. CrowdStrike blames faulty testing software, and drones as first responders in Arizona Jul 25, 2024

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The Senate passed a bill empowering victims of intimate deep fakes, CrowdStrike blamed a bug for the worldwide outage on faulty testing software, and Police in Arizona will start using drones as first responders. It's Thursday, July 25th and this is Engadget News.

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GM shelves the autonomous Cruise Origin shuttle van Jul 24, 2024

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The Cruise team will focus on the next-gen Chevy Bolt.

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Llama 3.1 released by Meta, Netflix hired former Epic Games exec, and Russia-linked hackers targeted industrial controllers in Ukraine Jul 24, 2024

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Llama 3.1 is Meta's latest salvo in the battle for AI dominance, Netflix hired a former Epic Games exec as its new President of Games, and Russia-linked hackers cut the heat to Ukrainian buildings in the winter. It's Wednesday, July 24th and this is Engadget News.

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Another 'missing link' black hole discovered near the center of the galaxy Jul 23, 2024

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The intermediate-link black hole is believed to be a seed for supermassive black holes that formed just after the Big Bang.

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Delta Airlines is still affected by the Crowdstrike outage, Google isn’t killing third-party cookies in Chrome, and Condé Nast accused Perplexity of plagiarism Jul 23, 2024

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The CrowdStrike outage is still affecting Delta Airlines, Google isn’t killing third-party cookies in Chrome after all, and Condé Nast accused AI search startup Perplexity of plagiarism. It's Tuesday, July 23rd and this is Engadget News.

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Boeing and NASA engineers have wrapped up ground tests on the Starliner thruster Jul 22, 2024

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Now they just have tons of data to review before the crew can come home.

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8.5 million devices affected by Crowdstrike's disastrous update, Rivian opened its first Charging Outpost, and Bethesda Game Studios unionized Jul 22, 2024

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Outage caused by CrowdStrike’s disastrous update affected 8.5 million devices, Rivian opened its first Charging Outpost, it’s a crunchy not-gas station near Yosemite, and the workers at Bethesda Game Studios have fully unionized. It's Monday, July 22nd and this is Engadget News.

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Meta gives researchers access to Instagram data for teen mental health study Jul 19, 2024

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The study is part of a new pilot program with The Center for Open Science.

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Faulty cybersecurity update takes out major companies worldwide, Proton Mail has an AI assistant, and NASA scraps VIPER Jul 19, 2024

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A faulty cybersecurity update took out banks, airlines and other major companies worldwide, Proton Mail now has a privacy-focused AI writing assistant, and NASA scraps its VIPER project that aimed to look for ice on the moon. It's Friday, July 19th and this is Engadget News.

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The European Space Agency will follow a skyscraper-sized asteroid as it flies past Earth Jul 18, 2024

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The Apophis asteroid will reach within 20,000 miles on Earth in April 2029.

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