This website was first launched on March 2, 2004. It includes YouTube, iPhone, Uber, Tesla cars, Spotify and more. is older. It’s even about a month older than the word “podcast.”
to mark 20 years of Engadget, we take a longer look at how the tech industry has changed over the past two decades. First: flow.
We were going to start with a letter from the editor, but two weeks ago, Engadget’s parent company laid off many editors, writers, and videographers from our small team, including our editor-in-chief, Dana Wollman.
As Aaron Souppouris says in his introduction to the series, it’s not “business as usual,” but we’re committed to moving Engadget forward. What started as a grassroots tech blog has now evolved into a media organization “dedicated to breaking news, non-BS trading advice, and highlighting tech stories on the subject.”
Oh, and we have podcast.
– Matt Smith
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Rarely has the meta been in such hot water.
Axios, a site known for its political analysis (and extensive use of bullet points), has joined the ranks of pundits wondering about Mark Zuckerberg’s PR strategy. Meta CEO, they claim (like the previous headline) is “having a PR moment”. Should anyone praise the PR strategy of a giant company that is reliably accused of ensuring various mass-scale damages? Even if this PR strategy works – it doesn’t.
No spring event?
In Bloomberg‘s Power On newsletter, Mark Gurman says that Apple plans to announce several new products very soon in a series of “online videos and marketing campaigns.” If so, it’s been two years since Apple held a spring event. This year could be especially busy: Along with the iPad Pro update and the new 12.9-inch iPad Air, Gurman reports that Apple plans to introduce new Apple Pencils and Magic Keyboards. (Probably with USB-C.) It’s also expected to release the M3 MacBook Air in 13- and 15-inch models.
Despite the fact that the company ceased operations in February.
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has given Waymo permission to expand its robotaxi operations to Los Angeles and more locations on the San Francisco Peninsula, despite opposition from local groups and state agencies. In its ruling, the CPUC acknowledged receiving letters of objection to Waymo’s expansion from the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, the San Francisco County Transportation Authority and the San Francisco Taxi Workers Alliance.
The agency suspended Waymo’s expansion efforts for up to 120 days in February after two robot taxis collided with a rear-facing truck. Waymo spokeswoman Julia Ilina made a statement about this Wired that the company will take an “incremental approach” when deploying the service in LA.
