Engadget : Environment, Technology

Ever since since 2018, the United States Mint has issued special $1 coins every year to honor American innovation and the "pioneering efforts of individuals or groups." The Mint has just revealed the designs for 2026 $1 Innovation coins, and one of them features Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs.

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Pinterest is taking new steps to reduce the amount of AI slop its users are seeing. The service is adding settings that allow people to "dial down" AI-generated content in a number of categories that are "highly-prone" to such imagery, the company said in an update.

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ExpressVPN is one of the best VPNs on the market, with user-friendly apps, excellent speed test scores and a strong security record. In my ExpressVPN review, I found it to live up to its positive word of mouth, especially when unblocking foreign streaming sites. But no service is perfect, and my cup of VPN tea is not everybody's.

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The difference in emissions between plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and gas cars is merely 19 percent and not 75 percent as lab tests show, according to a report by a group of European transport and environment NGOs.

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In an embarrassing error, PayPal blockchain partner Paxos accidentally minted 300 trillion of the PYUSD token today. PayPal's stablecoin, which it debuted in 2023, is supposed to be redeemable at a 1:1 rate for US dollars.

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Google has released a new update to its Veo AI video generation model that should make it do a better job of sticking to prompts and converting images into videos.

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Heads up, indie game fans: 1000xResist will arrive on Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 on November 4. The title, which is already out for PC and Nintendo Switch, will also be available through Xbox Game Pass on the same date. The game is also adding more localization support, bringing Brazilian Portuguese, French and Korean languages, so more players around the world can experience the story.