Cheyenne MacDonald
Cheyenne is Engadget’s weekend editor and covers a little bit of everything. She’s particularly interested in emerging technology and niche gadgets, climate change, space, privacy, and internet culture. She’ll talk your ear off about Tamagotchis if you get her started. Cheyenne has reported on consumer technology and science since 2015, and was among the founding editors of Input (RIP). Offline, she’s kept busy by her menagerie of pets both real and virtual, but can otherwise be found watching indie horror movies, playing relentlessly difficult video games, or honing her skills as a wildlife rehabilitator.
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A plastic Apple Watch SE may still be happening, but not until next year
Apple announced a bunch of new products at the It’s Glowtime event on Sept. 9, but the rumored Apple Watch SE with a plastic shell wasn’t among them. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, we may still see it soon.
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PS1 gem Tomba! is still a wild ride nearly 20 years later
Tomba! Special Edition is now available digitally for PS5, Nintendo Switch and PC thanks to a rerelease from Limited Run Games.
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The Polaris Dawn crew is back on Earth after a historic mission
The Polaris Dawn crew safely returned to Earth Sunday morning.. The Dragon capsule carrying the mission’s four astronauts — Jared Isaacman, Scott “Kidd” Poteet, Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon — splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico around 3:30AM ET.
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8BitDo’s latest mod kit will make your old GameCube controller wireless and Switch compatible
A new, $26 solderless mod kit from 8BitDo can transform your old GameCube controller into a wireless Bluetooth device that works with Nintendo Switch and Android.
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What to read this weekend: Cosmic horror sci-fi, and the quest to understand how life began
Psychological and cosmic horror, plus the quest to understand how (and where) life happens.
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ESPN and other channels return to DirecTV as it finally reaches a deal with Disney
After a two-week blackout, ESPN and other Disney-owned channels are back on DirecTV. The Walt Disney Company and DirecTV announced Saturday that they are in the process of finalizing a new contract.
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Hollowbody fills the void left by PS2 survival horror games
Hollowbody is an homage to the PlayStation 2-era survival horror classics, but with a tech-noir spin.
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Polaris Dawn is finally headed to space for its groundbreaking civilian mission
A SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying the four private astronauts of the Polaris Dawn mission has launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida after a few weeks of delays.
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Perennial Order is a stunning 2D Soulslike filled with plant monsters that’ll kill you in one hit
Gardenfiend Games' Perennial Order is a 2D boss rush game that pulls inspiration from Dark Souls, Princess Mononoke and the art style of Magic: The Gathering. It's available now for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
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Genmoji and image-generation tools for iPhone reportedly delayed until iOS 18.2
Genmoji and the upcoming image-generation tool, Image Playground, will ship with iOS 18.2, which is slated for December, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
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There’s a Stranger Things Polly Pocket set, and its design is really clever
Mattel Creations’ latest Polly Pocket collab is a Stranger Things playset that houses the fictional town of Hawkins and the Upside Down in a compact shaped like a walkie-talkie.
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Over 1.4 million Ram 1500 trucks recalled to fix a bug in the anti-lock brake system
Stellantis, the parent company of Chrysler, has issued a recall for Ram 1500 trucks from 2019 and 2021-2024 due to a software problem in the anti-lock brake system.
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Electrolight is a short and sweet Playdate adventure game about branching out
Electrolight is a charming short adventure game in which you play as a gleam of light trying to find your way out of a computer to experience the world.
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A creepy, sonar-like sound coming through Starliner’s speaker posed a brief mystery on the ISS
On Saturday, astronaut Butch Wilmore alerted NASA’s Mission Control about an unexplained “strange noise” coming from a speaker in the spacecraft. An audio clip of the conversation was shared on a NASASpaceflight forum by meteorologist Rob Dale.
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Apple reportedly plans to drop USB-A ports with the M4 Mac mini and is working on a low-end Magic Keyboard
Apple’s M4 Mac mini will boast a ton of ports, but not a single one of them will be USB-A, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Apple is also reportedly working on a cheaper, pared down version of its Magic Keyboard
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No, a video game spin-off of The Batman is not in the works, James Gunn says
Responding to a question on Threads about whether Warner Bros. has a game in the works based on the Robert Pattinson-led film, DC Studios’ co-head James Gunn said, 'Sadly there is no truth to this whatsoever.'
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Dragon's Dogma director Hideaki Itsuno says he’s leaving Capcom to start a new project
Hideaki Itsuno, who directed the Dragon’s Dogma series and other major games for Capcom, announced on Saturday that he’s leaving the company.
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What to read this weekend: Rural horror infused with Chinese mythology, and the lush alien world of Convert
This week's reading recommendations include 'Sacrificial Animals' by Kailee Pedersen, 'Trash Talk' by Iris Gottlieb and the comic 'Convert' by John Arcudi and Savannah Finley.
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The best Playdate games for 2024
Here are some of the best games available on the Playdate Catalog. That includes puzzles, platformers, shoot ‘em ups, dungeon crawlers and high score chasers too strange to categorize.
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Blue Origin targets mid-October for New Glenn’s inaugural flight and launch of NASA’s Escapade Mars mission
Blue Origin’s New Glenn heavy-lift rocket and its Mars-bound NASA payload now have a tentative launch date. The company said on Friday that the inaugural flight will take place no earlier than October 13.