Engadget : Economy

Indonesia has suspended TikTok’s operational registration status in the country, alleging that the social media platform did not fully co-operate with a request to share its data during nationwide protests in August.

Engadget : Style, Technology

It’s getting increasingly difficult to say smart rings are just a niche inside the broader world of wearable technology.

Engadget : Sports

You don't have to worry about losing access to Sunday Night Football and NBCUniversal's other sports offerings and shows on YouTube TV over the next few years. The broadcaster has reached a multi-year agreement with Google to keep its programs on the streaming service after they were almost pulled by the end of the companies' original deal.

Engadget : Style

If I covered everything announced at Amazon’s fall hardware event, it would take a while, and I would be repeating the hard work of my colleague Kris Holt. Check out his report for all the new Echo speakers, new Alexa tricks, more Nest Cameras and, yes, more Kindles — AKA the only Amazon hardware I’m usually interested in.

Engadget : Style

This week, EA announced that it plans to go private as part of a massive $55 billion sale, a move that will likely have huge implications for the gaming landscape. In this episode, Devindra and Engadget's Sam Rutherford chat about what this deal really means (and why it includes a Saudi Arabian investment fund), and also dive into the messy state of Xbox. Is the ROG Ally Xbox X already a failure at $1,000?

Engadget : Business, Politics

Apple has removed ICEBlock, the app which allowed users to put a pin on a map to show where ICE agents have recently been spotted, from the App Store. It has also pulled other apps that served a similar purpose.

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Fitness tech appears to be having a strange spat. Earlier this week, Strava filed a lawsuit alleging that Garmin infringed on its patents for two features related to tracking exercise routes: segments and heatmaps. It's also claiming that Garmin violated a Master Cooperation Agreement by developing its own heat map feature.

Engadget : Technology

A court in the Netherlands has ordered Meta to change Facebook and Instagram's timelines, after finding that the element ran afoul of the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA). As reported by Reuters, the Dutch court said that the company needs to provide users with simpler options — namely ones that don't rely on an algorithm.