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Audacity's new look is finally here, along with its largest feature update in years

staff@engadget.com (Max Miller) — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 23:50:08 +0000

The popular free audio editor gets a colorful dark mode and granular editing tools.

What Is The Best Waterproof Rating For Bluetooth Speakers?

staff@engadget.com (Jack Peachey) — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 23:00:00 +0000

There's nothing like lounging by the pool, listening to your favorite tunes. But is your Bluetooth speaker waterproof enough to handle a simple splash of water?

OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra is 'the most intelligent and aligned model in the world'

staff@engadget.com (Ian Carlos Campbell) — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 22:58:12 +0000

The new frontier model is particularly competent at agentic, computer-use tasks.

Netflix has ordered a live-action adaptation of D&D's Ravenloft

staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 22:35:24 +0000

Alfonso Cuarón will executive produce the dark fantasy vampire story based on the popular D&D campaign setting.

Ugreen's new smart home ecosystem is built around local AI hubs

staff@engadget.com (Max Miller) — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Ugreen has three new hubs that run your smart home with local AI rather than the cloud. The top model runs on Nvidia's Jetson Thor platform and costs $20,000.

SpaceXAI apologizes for outage that affected Grok and other 'compute partners'

staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 21:52:34 +0000

Several AI companies experienced issues at around the same time.

The Apple Vision Pro was used for a successful hip surgery

staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 21:14:11 +0000

Stryker says its SportSuite Vision software for the headset received De Novo authorization from the FDA in July.

Google's new AI weather model uses live satellite data for higher-resolution forecasts

staff@engadget.com (Ian Carlos Campbell) — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:56:03 +0000

WeatherNext 3 is also supposed to be much better at predicting precipitation.

Utah won't enforce VPN age-verification law until legal challenge resolves

staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:45:15 +0000

The state was the first to target VPN usage in the wake of age verification laws, but an ongoing court case has put things on ice.

Epic Games brings cross-platform voice chat to Fortnite and its services

staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:10:00 +0000

Game and yap from across Epic's ecosystem.

Beyerdynamic's new Aventho Y headphones last up to 90 hours per charge

staff@engadget.com (Lawrence Bonk) — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:49:59 +0000

This is especially noteworthy, as the cans cost just $150.

Xbox is introducing time limits to game streaming

staff@engadget.com (Ian Carlos Campbell) — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Anything but your console or PC can be an Xbox for 5-15 hours a month.

Apple has been sued for $2.7 billion over App Tracking Transparency rules

staff@engadget.com (Kris Holt) — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:10:00 +0000

A lawsuit claims the policy was stricter on third-party developers than Apple itself.

Pre-orders for Sony's GTA 6-themed DualSense controllers will open on September 10

staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:01:05 +0000

At $85, the hardware only costs a little bit more than the game.

TikTok introduces voice comments and simplified polls

staff@engadget.com (Lawrence Bonk) — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:29:50 +0000

It's also letting people upload multiple photos at once when reacting to a post.

Anthropic automatically signs out Claude users to protect them from hackers

staff@engadget.com (Luke James) — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:39:18 +0000

Infostealer malware apparently had harvested active Claude login sessions from users' PCs.

Motorola just introduced another Razr that's covered in Swarovski crystals

staff@engadget.com (Lawrence Bonk) — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:10:30 +0000

The latest crystal-covered Razr phone is here.

Until Dawn 2 launches January 28

staff@engadget.com (Matt Tate) — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:02:07 +0000

The interactive slasher Until Dawn 2 takes place on a tropical island and stars 'Stranger Things' actor Dacre Montgomery.

Google rolls out AI-powered voice capabilities for Gmail, Docs and Keep

staff@engadget.com (Mariella Moon) — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Google makes its suite of voice tools available for Gmail, Docs and Live - at least if you're a paying customer.

NVIDIA's PAIR lets you use idle PCs for AI computing tasks

staff@engadget.com (Mariella Moon) — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000

NVIDIA's PAIR is a free, open-source tool that can distribute AI workloads across idle computers.