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Pebble cuts 25 percent of its staff It's not easy being an indie smartwatch maker in a sea of tech giants. Pebble CEO Eric Migicovsky has revealed to Tech Insider that his company is cutting 40 jobs, or 25 percent of its workforce, this week. [Read more...] This headset puts a microphone right in your ear canal It's been a while since I've cared about advances in Bluetooth headsets, and I would guess that I'm not alone. [Read more...] Toyota's Prius Prime plug-in hybrid touts 120MPGe Toyota's Prius line has lost some of its luster in recent years. While it's still synonymous with hybrid cars, its plug-in hybrid model is facing stiff competition that has an edge in terms of pure electric range. [Read more...] The massively multiplayer online role-playing orgy I never had . [Read more...] Microsoft's Tay is an AI chat bot with 'zero chill' Got some time to kill? Microsoft wants you to kick back and chat with Tay, an artificial intelligence that's supposedly super hip and down with the kids. [Read more...] FBI leans on forensic software maker to crack terrorist iPhone When the Department of Justice and FBI said they'd found another way to infiltrate San Bernardino terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook's iPhone 5c without asking Apple to weaken its security, they raised a big question: just who was this "third party" they were talking about? We might have a good idea after today. [Read more...] Intel is officially slowing down the pace of CPU releases To make consumers crave its next generation of CPUs, Intel has produced chips on a yearly tick-tock cycle for the last decade. [Read more...] Copyright © 2015 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Engadget 410 Townsend St., Suite 450 San Francisco, CA 94107 Follow Engadget You are receiving this email because you opted in at engadget.com. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe from this newsletter.