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On the ongoing collapse of the United States and US science and engineering: Trump has terminated several members of the independent National Science Board https://www.engadget.com/science/trump-has-terminated-several-m…

Trump has terminated several members of the independent National Science Board
The Trump administration sent letters to several members of the National Science Board, informing them that their positions were "terminated, effective...

Meta releases Forum, a Reddit-like standalone app for Facebook Groups, with a feed showing Group conversations and an AI-powered "Ask" feature, on iOS (Mariella Moon/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/2179165/meta-forum-groups-app/

Meta quietly released a new Reddit-like app called Forum - Engadget
Meta is testing a new dedicated app for Facebook Groups called Forum.

Spotify launches a "Verified by Spotify" badge for podcasts to help "authenticate creator identity", after releasing it for music in April (Lawrence Bonk/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/2176567/spotify-i

Spotify Is Launching Verification Badges For Podcasts To Help Listeners Avoid AI Slop
The platform recently did something similar for music.

AMD says its Mac Mini-sized Ryzen AI Halo PC starts at $3,999 with Ryzen AI Max 300 chips, for pre-order in June, and unveils AI Max 400 chips, available in Q3 (Devindra Hardawar/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/2177687/amd-price

AMD prices its Ryzen AI Halo PC at $3,999, unveils Ryzen AI Max 400 chips - Engadget
AMD is taking a direct shot at NVIDIA's DGX Spark with its $3,999 Ryzen AI Halo PC.

Kickstarter retracts stricter rules on mature content after creator backlash, and says it adopted the tougher rules because of its payment processor Stripe (Mariella Moon/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/2177414/kickstarter-mature-content-policy-stripe/

Kickstarter Rolls Back Its Mature Content Policy After Outcry
Kickstarter is going back to its previous rules around mature content after creators criticized the new policy it introduced last week.

X quietly limits users who didn't pay for verification to "50 original posts and 200 replies per day", down from 2,400 posts per day (Jackson Chen/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/2175771/x-free-accounts-limited-to-50-posts-and-200-…

X Accounts Are Limited To 50 Posts And 200 Replies A Day Unless They Pay For A Blue Checkmark
Free X accounts have been hit with major restrictions.

Google updates Project Genie, its interactive world builder, with Street View integration, and expands access to the tool to AI Ultra subscribers globally (Jessica Conditt/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/2176797/project-g

Project Genie Adds Google Street View Integration And Goes Live For Global AI Ultra Users
Ground your snow-globe worlds in real-world locations from Google Maps.

X quietly limits users who didn't pay for verification to "50 original posts and 200 replies per day", down from 2,400 posts per day (Jackson Chen/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/2175771/x-free-accounts-limited-to-50-posts-and-200-…

X Accounts Are Limited To 50 Posts And 200 Replies A Day Unless They Pay For A Blue Checkmark
Free X accounts have been hit with major restrictions.

Motorola Razr Fold review: good performance and screen, great battery life, sharp camera, and native stylus support, but heavier than Z Fold 7 and lackluster AI (Sam Rutherford/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/2172439/motorola-razr-fold-review/

Motorola Razr Fold review: A worthy rival to Google and Samsung - Engadget
It even has native stylus support, which Samsung dropped on the Galaxy Z Fold 7.

A US judge grants an injunction to makers of the banned "ICE Sightings - Chicagoland" Facebook group and Eyes Up mobile app, who say DHS and DOJ violated the 1A (Cheyenne MacDonald/Engadget)
https://www.eng…

Judge sides with creators of banned ICE trackers who allege DHS and DOJ violated their First Amendment rights
The Trump administration coerced platforms into removing ICE monitoring projects such as ICE Sightings - Chicagoland and the Eyes Up app, the lawsuit alleges...