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The Justice Department said in a filing that Google will have to break up its network of myriad, overlapping businesses and services, upholding the previous administrations proposal. The DOJ reiterated Google will have to sell the Chrome browser saying, last year, that selling off Chrome will permanently stop Googles control of this critical search access point and allow rival search engines the ability to access the browser that for many users is a gateway to the internet. Google is likely to file its own alternate remedies, of course. In a December filing, the company said the Justice Departments original remedies went overboard and reflected an interventionist agenda. But Google is huge, and the DOJ is trying to grasp how its parts intermingle and make it less monopolistic. It dropped a Biden-era proposal requiring Google to sell AI startup stakes. Instead, Google must now notify officials before making AI investments. Early 2025 reports say Google has thrown another billion dollars at Anthropic. The company gave funds to both Trumps presidential campaign and his inauguration so it might be frustrated its donations arent working. Mat Smith Get this delivered directly to your inbox. Subscribe right here! The biggest tech stories you missed Elon Musk says a massive cyberattack is to blame for X being down The Last of Us season two promises a lot more action alongside devastating drama Everything announced at MWC 2025: Samsung, Nothing, Lenovo, Xiaomi and more tech news Watch the predictably cinematic 10-minute trailer for Death Stranding 2 My feels! Engadget Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is coming to PlayStation 5 on June 26. At SXSW, creator Hideo Kojima and his Kojima Productions dropped a 10-minute trailer. The trailer reveals Death Stranding 2 takes place 11 months after the creation of the United Cities of America. As previous glimpses have shown, there are familiar Hollywood faces, new stars, new creepy adversaries and AOT-style giants to fell. Continue reading. Apples smarter, more personal Siri gets delayed further New features are taking longer to complete than expected. Apple is delaying its updated version of Siri that understands personal context and can act inside apps, according to a statement published at Daring Fireball. The company says upgraded Siri features will roll out in the coming year. Yeah, a little vague. A revamped, more powerful Siri was a core part of Apples original pitch for Apple Intelligence. Way back when the company first detailed its plans, it claimed Siri would not only understand whats happening on your phone but also be able to take action in apps for you. It teased some agentic features, as teased by Amazons upgraded Alexa and even Rabbits AI assistant R1, which is only just warming up to delivering on those capabilities. Continue reading. iPad Air M3 review It's a modest update that's still easy to recommend. Engadget The iPad Air once again hits the sweet spot in Apples tablet lineup, offering a lot of additional features over the basic iPad while keeping the price down. Its the most affordable large-screen iPad, the chip is powerful and its better in every way to the base iPad. Continue reading. Would you rent a PS5? Sony is using a third-party partner to offer leased consoles in the UK. Were over four years into the current generation of consoles (which is probably past the halfway point), but perhaps not everyone has a PS5. Sony has teamed up with a leasing company called Raylo to offer a PS5 rental service in the UK via the countrys PlayStation Direct website. Leases for the PS5 Digital Edition, the version with a disc drive and the PS5 Pro are available on 12-, 24- or 36-month agreements or a rolling monthly contract. The longer a term you lock in, the lower the monthly price. A 36month agreement for a PS5 Digital Edition costs 11 (around $14) per month. A rolling contract for the PS5 Pro, however, will run you a whopping 35.59 (nearly $46) per month. At the end of that, youd return the console, but hey, youd be primed for the PS6 launch, possibly? Continue reading. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/general/the-morning-after-engadget-newsletter-111535558.html?src=rss
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Bluesky continues to beef up its video capabilities. The apps latest update adds support for uploads of up to 3 minutes, a notable expansion from its previous limit of one minute. The change should give video creators on Bluesky much more flexibility in what they can post. It will also likely be appreciated by fans of Flashes, the new Bluesky-based photo and video app. The update also brings some much needed inbox-management tools to Bluesky DMs, with the addition of a new requests section for incoming messages from users you dont know. Youll also now be able to reject incoming chats, which should help reduce the number of spammy DMs that have been flooding many users inboxes in recent weeks. The latest Bluesky update rolled out as CEO Jay Graber appeared onstage at SXSW for a keynote about the growing decentralized social media platform, which has just under 33 million users. Graber, who was wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with a Latin slogan mundus sine caesaribus (a world without Caesars) an apparent play on Mark Zuckerbergs affinity for Roman Empire-inspired attire spoke about why Bluesky is billionaire-proof compared with other apps. Zuckerberg's shirt translates to "All Zuck or all nothing." Graber's says "A world with no Caesars." Screenshot via X If a billionaire came in and bought Bluesky or took it over, or I decided tomorrow to change things in a way that people really didn't like, then they could fork off and go on to another application, she said. That openness guarantees that there's always the ability to move to a new alternative, still using the same network. There's much less tolerance in the ecosystem for a very heavy-handed change. She also opened up about how Bluesky is thinking about its business model and generative AI. On the business side, she once again said the company is exploring subscriptions as well as paid developer services for those who build experiences on top of Bluesky. In a similar vein, she also said the company was considering how it could eventually turn some of its features, like moderation services or custom feeds, into a marketplace where the company may get a cut of potential transactions. When it comes to large language models, she said the company was working with some partners on developing a framework for user consent, for how they want their data to be used for generative AI.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/social-media/bluesky-adds-3-minute-video-uploads-and-inbox-management-features-220317950.html?src=rss
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It took a few years of dealing with poorly optimized handheld PCs, but Windows Central reports Microsoft may finally be working on an Xbox handheld. The company could announce an Xbox-branded portable device as early as this year, though it sounds like it won't come from Microsoft directly. Instead, the company is partnering with a PC maker already working in the gaming space to build a handheld, Windows Central writes. The device, codenamed "Keenan," will feature Xbox design elements, an "official Xbox guide button" and will likely run Windows 11. Given the clunky experience of navigating Windows on the handhelds you can buy today, the real hope is that Xbox's take will include a launcher or new way of using the desktop OS that's fit for a controller instead of a mouse. The big advantage SteamOS has over Windows is that you never have to interact with a desktop environment if you don't want to. These rumored plans might line up with what Microsoft's VP of "Next Generation" Jason Ronald shared at an AMD and Lenovo event from CES 2025 called "The Future of Gaming Handhelds." According to The Verge, Ronald said that Microsoft wants to bring "the best of Xbox and Windows together." The company hopes to simplify Windows and make it using it more console-like for handhelds. "I think well have a lot more to share later this year," Ronald said. Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming, has expressed interest in handheld devices before and said the company was experimenting with prototypes. It seems like at least for now, though, Microsoft is borrowing Valve's approach and making a handheld-friendly version of its operating system available for other PC makers to use. That doesn't mean there won't be a first-party handheld in the future. Windows Central's report mentions that there's a successor to the Xbox Series X, new internet-connected controllers and an official Xbox gaming handheld, all tentatively slated for 2027.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/xbox/the-first-xbox-handheld-might-not-come-from-microsoft-220043843.html?src=rss
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