Month: June 2025
Video Games Weekly: The one that happened while the Waymos burned
Welcome to Video Games Weekly on Engadget. Expect a new story every Monday, broken into two parts. The first is a space for short essays and ramblings about video game trends and related topics from me, Jess Conditt, a reporter who's covered the industry for more than 13 years. The…
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The Top New Features in Apple’s iOS 26 and iPadOS 26
Liquid Glass, iPad multitasking, and call screening—take a look at Apple’s latest features coming to your iPhone and iPad later this year. Source
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Watch out – your DVR box could be targeted by one of the nastiest botnets around
Kaspersky warns multiple DVR devices are being targeted with malware The malware assimilates the devices into a botnet, granting DDoS and proxy capabilities The victims are scattered all over the world, and there seems to be no patch If you are using TBK DVR-4104, DVR-4216, or any digital video recording…
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Apple’s Liquid Glass is Windows Vista done well
It's hard to look at Apple's new "Liquid Glass" aesthetic and not think about Windows Vista, Microsoft's much-maligned OS which also touted transparencies and glass-like effects as a bold new vision for computing. You can see the similarities between Apple's UI and Vista's "Windows Aero" design language everywhere, from the…
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Ninja Gaiden 4’s gory combat hides a goofy center
Ninja Gaiden 4 was one of several games that Xbox showed off in its games showcase over the weekend. And during its Summer Game Fest-adjacent in-person preview event, I got the chance to play it for myself. I’ve never played Ninja Gaiden before and was skeptical that the game’s generic…
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Android 16 is out, complete with live notification updates and new camera features
Google has released Android 16 to the masses, as it's now available for compatible handsets. The company says new devices will come preloaded with the OS in "the coming months." The update includes several notable features. The biggest one might be live updates in notifications. This means that stuff like…
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