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ZDNET’s key takeaways The Xiaomi Smart Band 9 sells for $55 on Amazon, but is discounted to $45 It’s a solid fitness tracker with great battery life that covers the basics in a slim form factor It might not fit everyone, and the entry-level tracking data lacks the deep, personalized insights you’ll find on more…
We’ve slept off our collective turkey coma and returned to the review lab here at Engadget. Our team may also be in full CES prep mode, but we’ve got a few more devices to get off or our desks before 2025 is over. Catch up on all of the reviews you might have missed over…
Welcome to our latest roundup of what’s going on in the indie game space. A bunch of titles that are arriving very late to make it into game of the year conversations debuted this week, and we learned some new details about upcoming projects, such as a release date for a rad-looking arena shooter called…
ZDNET’s key takeaways The AI-powered health coach and fitness planner subscriptions cost $80 annually or $10 a month. The software is deeply impressive, a great example of Google combining its stellar fitness trackers with phenomenal AI integrations. I’d love to see more tracking metrics for activity and fitness available in competing fitness plan apps. Follow…
After a bidding war that reportedly also involved Paramount, Comcast, Amazon, and Apple, on December 5th, Netflix struck a deal to buy Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion, buying the studio, HBO / HBO Max, Warner Games, and more, while leaving cable and sports assets, including CNN, TNT Sports, and the Discovery channels out. There are…
The debut game from Liquid Swords will arrive in early 2026, it was announced at today’s PC Gaming Show. Samson: A Tyndalston Story is billed as “a consequence-heavy noir action game” by its developer, and focuses on the eponymous Samson McCray, a man who’s got himself into serious debt in a city that doesn’t seem…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared a “code red” situation earlier this week, pushing staff to respond quickly to increased competition from Google and Anthropic. Sources familiar with OpenAI’s plans tell me that the company is planning its first response to Gemini 3 with its upcoming GPT-5.2 update. I understand GPT-5.2 is ready to be released,…
Everyone is doing it, so why not Wikipedia? Everyone’s favorite free online encyclopedia has decided to launch its own customized Year in Review feature on its mobile app. Of course, you’ll need the app installed and have been using it for the feature to be of much use. But clearly, the Wikimedia Foundation hopes this…
One of the easiest things to do during the holidays is spend too much money. It happens to many of us, even when we swear that things are going to be different this year. We want to help you stay true to your intentions to save money when possible, and we’re doing that with a…
Elon Musk’s social media platform X has been fined €120m (£105m) by the EU over its blue tick badges – despite US warnings about doing so. The European Commission said by allowing people to pay for a blue verified check mark on their profile, the platform “deceives users” because the firm is not “meaningfully verifying”…
