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Anyone else feel like half the time their phone rings these days it's spam? Sometimes there's an alert before you even pick up, but other times it takes being in the call to know. Well, Google is now making it easier to do the latter, adding in-call scam detection to the Pixel Watch. The new AI-powered feature gives a loud beep at the start of the call and every couple minutes afterward. It will give a notification, beep and vibration in cases where a scam is very likely. You can dismiss the notification from the watch if you know it's not a scam. Try it out by turning on scam detection in settings. There's a few caveats, as the in-call scam detection works only on the Pixel watch 2 or 3. They also need to be connected by Bluetooth to a Pixel 9 or newer phone. It's also only available right now in the US and for English-language calls. Google first introduced the feature to select phones in beta last November. It's now available on the Pixel 9 and newer devices, but this addition lets you see the notification without ever taking out your phone. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/wearables/google-brings-in-call-scam-notifications-to-pixel-watches-120008825.html?src=rss
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Timing is everything. Hours after I published our Friday newsletter, debating the price of Nintendos new console, the company announced it would delay US pre-orders for the Switch 2 as it wrestled with a new set of tariffs introduced by President Trump. Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the US will not start April 9, 2025, in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions, Nintendo told Engadget. It added that the console is still set to launch on June 5, however. Last week, the Trump administration announced a set of new tariffs on a swath of countries, including Japan (Nintendos base of operations), China and Vietnam. Those last two countries, where Nintendo manufactures much of its hardware, will be subject to import duties of 54 percent and 46 percent. Nintendo said the Switch 2 would cost $450 at launch and weve discussed the rises enough but theres no word yet on whether that price will get readjusted, or whether the company will just distribute fewer consoles to the US. Its not the only one reassessing things in the wake of the recent tariffs. Jaguar Land Rover is pausing shipments to the US. Vehicle imports face a 25 percent tariff, and the company told the AP it was taking some short-term actions including a shipment pause in April, as we develop our mid- to longer-term plans. Relatively smaller companies are also figuring things out: Framework, best known for its modular, repairable laptop series, announced it was also suspending US sales for some of its laptops. Mat Smith Get Engadget's newsletter delivered direct to your inbox. Subscribe right here! The biggest stories you might have missed Only Tom Cruise can save us from AI in latest Mission Impossible trailer Nintendo says the Switch 2 Joy-Con controllers dont have Hall effect thumbsticks The Last of Us season two review: Amplified action and crushing drama Its been six years since I played Silksong, and Im OK waiting a little longer Eufys new robot mowers use smart vision to trim your grass No GPS needed. Engadget Ankers lifestyle brand, Eufy, is expanding from its successful move into robot vacuums and going outdoors. The company has been sharing details of its first two robot mowers for a few months, but now the pricey robo-gardeners are on sale: The Eufy E15 ($1,599) can cover up to 800 square meters (sqm) and the E18 ($1,999) can handle 1,200 sqm, and theyre available to order today from Eufy and Amazon. Weve been testing them, and were impressed. Theyre also surprisingly quiet. Read on for our full verdict. Continue reading. Amazons new AI feature will buy stuff for you Brands still need websites in the Amazon app for it to work. Amazons latest AI-powered feature to make you buy more things is called Buy for Me, where the company can make purchases for you from other websites. The feature is built into the Amazon app. When you search for an item from a particular brand, you may see results labeled Shop brand sites directly, separate from your usual results. Amazon will purchase the item for you, using agentic AI, a type of AI that doesnt need human intervention, to provide your name, address and payment details for the checkout process. Amazon says its not getting a cut from these sales, at least at this experimental stage, but there must be something in it for Amazon. Continue reading. Miso from space Its apparently nuttier than terrestrial miso. Jimmy Day In a study published in the journal iScience, researchers from the US and Denmark say they were able to make decent-tasting miso on the International Space Station but the flavor and smell was different from similar miso made on Earth. The team suggests the findings reflect a sort of space terroir, playing off the term used in relation to wine grapes to describe unique, location-specific flavor characteristics. There are some features of the space environment in low earth orbit in particular microgravity and increased radiation that could have impacts on how microbes grow and metabolize and thus how fermentation works, co-lead author Joshua D. Evans of Technical University of Denmark said in a press release. Continue reading. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/general/the-morning-after-engadget-newsletter-111618899.html?src=rss
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Meta is bringing its teen accounts to Facebook and Messenger. Like on Instagram, the company will begin automatically moving younger teens to the new accounts, which come with mandatory parental control features and restrictions on who they can message and interact with. The company first introduced the feature on Instagram last fall and now has 54 million teens with the more locked-down accounts. (Instagram requires teens between the ages of 13 and 15 to use a teen account and has in-app tools meant to catch those lying about their ages.) Teen accounts on Facebook and Messenger will operate similarly. Teens wont be able to interact with unknown contacts or change certain privacy settings unless a parent approves the action. Parents will also be able to monitor their childs screen time metrics and friends list. Meta is also adding new safety features to teen accounts on Instagram. With the change, teens under 16 will need parental permission to start a live broadcast. The app will also prevent younger teens from turning off nudity protection the feature that automatically blurs images in direct messages that contain suspected nudity unless they get parental approval. Those may seem like obvious safeguards (they are) but they at least show that Meta is closing obvious gaps in its teen-focused safety features. The company has come under intense scrutiny over the effect its apps, particularly Instagram, have on teens in recent years. Dozens of states are currently suing Meta over alleged harms to younger users.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/social-media/meta-brings-teen-accounts-to-facebook-and-messenger-100042497.html?src=rss
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