Facebook built Instant Games as a cross-platform gaming experience that can run anywhere without the need to download anything extra. Taking the platform's nature into account, it seems pretty obvious that the social network plans to put it anywhere…

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Google has bragged about its Pixel 3 phones' custom Titan M security chip, but… what is it doing, exactly? The company is happy to explain. It posted a summary explaining the core of what Titan M does, and it's clear the part is at once a watchdo…

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Essential Products, the company behind the Essential Phone, has laid off around a third of its employees. The hardware and sales departments were reportedly hit hardest by the cuts.

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RED has been dribbling out details of its much-delayed Hydrogen One phone for a long time, but getting a proper summary of its features has been… difficult. Thankfully, director Phil Holland has stepped up to the plate. Now that the first pre-ord…

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You'll now be able to bring your music volume down to one percent (when ads start) without having to take out your phone, as Spotify has announced a new app for Google Wear OS. That's not to say there was never a Spotify app for Android wearables. A…

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There's a specific kind of frustration associated with crappy game-streaming services. It's all about the build-up — you find a game, whether it's something brand new or a long-lost childhood favorite, and boot it up. It takes forever to load. The t…

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Tumblr just fixed a flaw that could have revealed much more than bloggers were comfortable with sharing. A security researcher talking to the social site (which is owned by Engadget's parent brand Oath, and thus Verizon) discovered a security hole i…

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Twitter is making a couple of changes in regards to how it handles reported tweets. First, users have told Twitter that they don't necessarily want to see tweets that they've reported. So now, anytime you report a tweet, it will be hidden behind a no…

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Spotify's direct uploads for artists weren't as convenient as they seemed — there wasn't much point to using it when musicians typically want to upload to many services. The streaming giant is well aware of this, at least. The company has formed a…

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Movie producers have seemingly gone out of their way to kill Sean Bean in whatever role he plays, so it only makes sense that you could off him in a game, right? IO Interactive certainly thinks so — it has revealed that the first Elusive Target in…

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