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The 4 best budget laptops for 2025 Feb 21, 2025

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Get a great machine for cheap with our top-rated picks for budget laptops all costing $1,000 or less.

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ChatGPT's weekly active users at 400m, Visual Intelligence coming to iPhone 15 Pro owners, and Twitch capping storage Feb 21, 2025

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ChatGPT reaches 400 million weekly active users, an iOS update will give iPhone 15 Pro owners Visual Intelligence, and Twitch streamers' uploads and highlights can no longer exceed 100 hours. It's Friday, February 21st and this is Engadget News.

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Microsoft trained an AI model on a game no one played Feb 20, 2025

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Muse could one day help the company with game prototyping and preservation.

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Italian media groups filed a criminal complaint over the WhatsApp hack, EV truck maker Nikola called it quits, and The BBC Radiophonic Workshop's archive is now available Feb 20, 2025

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Italian media groups filed a criminal complaint over the WhatsApp hack, EV truck maker Nikola has finally called it quits, and The BBC Radiophonic Workshop's archive is now available to sample. It's Thursday, February 20th and this is Engadget News.

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Spotify could offer its long-awaited HiFi audio tier later this year Feb 19, 2025

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It's been four years since the company confirmed that it was working on lossless audio streaming.

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Meta scheduled a genAI conference called LlamaCon, Humane's AI pins will stop working soon, and Spotify's HiFi audio tier may be on the way Feb 19, 2025

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Meta just scheduled a generative AI conference called LlamaCon, All of Humane's AI pins will stop working in 10 days, and Spotify could offer its long-awaited HiFi audio tier later this year. It's Wednesday, February 19th and this is Engadget News.

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South Korea pauses downloads of DeepSeek AI over privacy concerns Feb 18, 2025

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The AI giant is willing to cooperate with South Korean authorities to resume downloads there.

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Reddit says paid subreddits are coming this year, Meta is reportedly working on humanoid robots, and X blocked users from sharing links to Signal Feb 18, 2025

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Reddit says paid subreddits are coming this year, Meta is reportedly working on humanoid robots that help with chores, and X blocked users from sharing links to Signal. It's Tuesday, February 18th and this is Engadget News

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The Guardian is the latest news organization to partner with OpenAI Feb 17, 2025

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Reporting from the newspaper will appear in ChatGPT.

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Major publishers sue AI startup Cohere over copyright infringement Feb 14, 2025

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The Canadian company is currently worth $5 billion.

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