TikTok gamifies mindfulness with 'well-being missions'

TikTok’s latest answer to its addictiveness is gamified mindfulness tools. The app’s new Well-being Missions let you earn badges for completing challenges related to balanced digital habits. To be [...]

Google I/O 2025 recap: AI updates, Android XR, Google Beam and everything else announced at the annual keynote

Today is one of the most important days on the tech calendar as Google kicked off its I/O developer event with its annual keynote. As ever, the company had many updates for a wide range of products to [...]

Google’s new Deep Research and Deep Research Max agents can search the web and your private data

Google on Monday unveiled the most significant upgrade to its autonomous research agent capabilities since the product's debut, launching two new agents — Deep Research and Deep Research Max †[...]

Discord launches a virtual currency

Going on a quest to gather orbs sounds like a magical journey. Images of old-school Sierra adventure games come to mind. Well, bad news. In this case, it's a virtual currency earned by being a ca [...]

Discord says 1st year of Quests generated 70 campaigns and millions of gamer rewards

Discord announced that its first year of Quests generated 70 campaigns with advertising partners and millions of rewards that kept gamers engaged. Speaking at the ad-focused IAB Playfronts event, Pete [...]

OpenAI reportedly ditches its "side quests" strategy to focus on coding tools and business customers

OpenAI now believes its strategy of shipping as many products as possible at once left the company exposed. A major strategic shift is supposed to get things back on track.<br /> The article Ope [...]

10 Pixels in, the purpose of a Google-made smartphone remains the same

Google didn't need to make its own smartphone. Even though the company spent several years having other manufacturers build phones it could slap its "Nexus" branding on, selling hardwar [...]

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 review: An original hit RPG

It’s rare for a turn-based RPG to excite the editorial team beyond Engadget’s usual core RPG fans. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has many excited, however. Maybe it’s the dreamy Belle Époque aest [...]

How to watch the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw live today

The 2026 FIFA World Cup draw is this Friday. (Hector Vivas - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)<br /> <br /> <br /> Hector Vivas - FIFA via Getty Images<br /> <br /> <b [...]