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The best smartwatches for 2025 Apr 04, 2025

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No, the Apple Watch isn't your only smartwatch option. Google, Garmin and others have good devices.

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YouTube is updating the Shorts video editor, ChatGPT Plus is now free for college students, and the world’s smallest pacemake Apr 04, 2025

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YouTube is updating the Shorts video editor to make it a better alternative to TikTok, ChatGPT Plus is now free for college students until the end of May, and the world’s smallest pacemaker is injectable and powered by light. It’s Friday, April 4th and this is your morning roundup of tech news from Engadget.

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TikTok's ban deadline is coming. So what happens next? Apr 03, 2025

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April 5th is likely to pass without consequences.

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Claude’s new Learning mode prompts students to answer questions on their own, the EPL will speed up offside calls with optical tracking tech, and Framework's 2-in-1 touchscreen laptop available for preorder soon Apr 03, 2025

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Claude’s new Learning mode will prompt students to answer questions on their own, The English Premier League will speed up offside calls with optical tracking tech starting next week, and you can pre-order Framework's entry-level 2-in-1 touchscreen laptop on April 9. It’s Thursday, April 3rd and this is your morning roundup of tech news from Engadget.

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Amazon’s new cinema plan is perfect… for the ‘80s Apr 02, 2025

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It aims to release 14 theatrical movies a year.

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TikTok's ban deadline is looming, the NSC added Gmail to its list of bad decisions, and a federal judge struck down Arkansas' social media age verification law Apr 02, 2025

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TikTok's ban deadline is looming. What happens next?, the National Security Council added Gmail to its list of bad decisions, and an Arkansas social media age verification law was blocked by a federal Judge. It’s Wednesday, April 2nd and this is your morning roundup of tech news from Engadget.

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Movie studios have been making serious money from AI slop on YouTube Apr 01, 2025

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They cashed in on all of those horrible fake movie trailers.

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British authors want Meta to answer for alleged copyright infringement, ChatGPT gained one million new users in an hour yesterday, and Substack updated its app to make it even more like TikTok Apr 01, 2025

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British authors want Meta to answer for alleged copyright infringement, ChatGPT gained one million new users in an hour yesterday, and Substack updated its app to make it even more like TikTok. It’s Tuesday, April 1st and this is your morning roundup of tech news from Engadget.

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Latest Webb telescope image shows a cosmic phenomenon called an 'Einstein ring' Mar 31, 2025

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This is what it looks like when light from one galaxy is bent around the mass of another.

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Apple's revamped Health app may have a built-in AI doctor, Apple is reportedly on track to launch the M5 iPad Pro and MacBook Pro later this year, and Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro is now available to free users Mar 31, 2025

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Apple may be developing a revamped Health app with a built-in AI doctor, Apple is reportedly on track to launch the M5 iPad Pro and MacBook Pro later this year, and Google’s new experimental AI model, Gemini 2.5 Pro, is now available to free users too. It’s Monday, March 31st and this is your morning roundup of tech news from Engadget.

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