Mariella Moon has been a night editor for Engadget since 2013, covering everything from consumer technology and video games to strange little robots that could operate on the human body from the inside one day. She has a special affinity for space, its technologies and its mysteries, though, and has interviewed astronauts for Engadget. Mariella's work has previously appeared in other publications, including Popular Science, Entrepreneur, TechCrunch, USA Today and PCMag.
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Tesla settles long-running racial discrimination court battle with former worker
Owen Diaz was originally awarded $137 million in damages, but the appeals that followed had lowered the amount significantly. The terms of his settlement with Tesla are confidential.
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The PS5 Pro is reportedly coming this holiday season
Sony reportedly sent documentation for the PS5 Pro's specs to third-party developers, and the company could release the console by the end of 2024.
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Twitch is ending its pandemic-era Prime Video watch parties
Twitch is removing the Prime Video Watch Party feature from its online streaming platform on April 2, almost four years after it became available to all of its users.
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Pornhub says adios to Texas
Pornhub is now inaccessible in Texas after the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled that the state can start enforcing its age verification regulations for porn websites.
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Whoops! Amazon served costly ads for products people couldn't actually buy
An Amazon sold said he was charged up to $300,000 for ads served to customers who can't even purchase his items.
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Japan's Space One rocket launch attempt ends in a fiery explosion
Space One launched a rocket earlier in hopes of becoming the first private entity in Japan to put a satellite in orbit, but its rocket (named Kairos) exploded seconds after lift off.
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OpenAI says Elon Musk's lawsuit allegations are 'incoherent'
OpenAI says it never had an agreement not to turn into a for-profit entity with Elon Musk.
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Activision's union, with 600 members, is now the biggest one in video games
600 Activision quality assurance workers voted to unionize.
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Refurbished Sonos Era 300 speakers are $90 off in a rare deal
Sonos is selling refurbished units of the Era 300 for $359, or $91 less than retail.
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Google fires engineer who protested at a company-sponsored Israeli tech conference
"I'm a Google software engineer and I refuse to build technology that powers genocide or surveillance!" The engineer shouted as such, interrupting a speech by Barak Regev, Google Israel's managing director, during an Israeli tech event in New York.
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Overwatch 2 will let you dress your heroes as Cowboy Bebop characters
Blizzard is launching an Overwatch 2 collaboration with legendary anime Cowboy Bebop on March 12.
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The New York Times is cracking down on Wordle clones
The New York Times has been sending out DMCA takedown notices to Wordle-like games, and the latest one could take out over a thousand knock offs.
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SpaceX lawsuit claims repeated instances of gender discrimination and basic safeguarding failures
A lawsuit filed by a SpaceX employee paints a picture of a company that has serious gender discrimination problems.
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Microsoft is holding a Surface and Windows AI event on March 21
Microsoft is holding an event on March 21 that will focus on its upcoming generative AI features.
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Post-apocalyptic city builder Frostpunk 2 arrives on July 25
11 Bit Studios has announced at the Xbox Partners Showcase that Frostpunk 2 will be available for Windows PCs and on the PC Game Pass service starting on July 25.
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FDA approves the first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first continuous glucose monitor (CGM) people can buy without a prescription.
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OpenAI says Elon Musk wanted it to merge with Tesla to create a for-profit entity
OpenAi responded to Elon Musk's lawsuit by publishing old emails from 2015 to 2018 when he was still involved in its operations.
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Microsoft accuses the New York Times of doom-mongering in OpenAI lawsuit
Microsoft has filed a motion seeking to dismiss key parts of a lawsuit The New York Times filed against the company and Open AI, accusing them of copyright infringement.
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Google updates the first-gen Pixel Watch with health monitoring features
Smartwatches running Wear OS 3 and above are getting public transit directions, thanks to Google's March updates. First-gen Pixel Watches are also getting the second gen's health monitoring features.
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Waymo gets approval to deploy its robotaxi service in Los Angeles
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has given Waymo permission to expand its robotaxi operations to Los Angeles and more locations in the San Francisco Peninsula despite opposition from local groups and government agencies.