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Gregg Mayles, the director of Sea of Thieves and designer on Donkey Kong Country, has announced that he's left Rare. News of Mayles' exit was first reported in July 2025 during a rash of layoffs and game cancellations across Xbox Games Studios, but the short poem he shared on X today makes it official.
With a 36-year tenure at the studio, Mayles saw its transition from an exclusive Nintendo partner to a Microsoft subsidiary. He helped design games like Battletoads, created Banjo-Kazooie and when studio foun
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Netflix is poised to purchase Warner Bros.â studio and streaming business after being selected as the winner of the bidding war for the media giant. The two companies will now move forward into exclusive deal talks, TheWrap reports, likely including a $5 billion break-up fee in case regulators block the buyout. Netflix reportedly offered $30 [âŠ] Read more âș
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yuv, a British beauty technology company developing a smart hair colour lab system for salons and freelancers, today announced the close of its âŹ10 million ($12 million) Series A funding round. The round was led by Nineyards Equity, with participation from yuvâs Founder Francisco Gimenez, existing investor VNV Global, and a network of strategic angels. ... Read more âș
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Netflix is in exclusive talks to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery's film and TV studios and HBO Max streaming service, according to sources from Bloomberg and CNN. That suggests Netflix submitted a superior offer to rivals including Paramount Skydance Corp (owned by billionaire Larry Ellison) and Comcast, which owns NBCUniversal. The deal could be consummated within days and, if approved, would change the landscape of Hollywood and the streaming market. Warner... Read more âș
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CEO Steve Huffman said Reddit would scrap its r/popular default feed because it "gives the false impression of a singular Reddit culture." Read more âș
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At WIREDâs Big Interview event, the activist and organizer said he doesnât âthink the Chuck Schumers of the world understandâ whatâs coming for the party. Read more âș
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LinkedIn is ending its associate product manager program. Now, it will train new hires to code, design, and ship products as "full-stack builders." Read more âș
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Unlock up to 50% off, 40% off packages, and 25% off with top Groupon coupon codes. Explore coupons to save extra on travel getaways, holiday gifts, spa days, and event tickets. Read more âș
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It appears Meta's Horizon Worlds may literally and figuratively not have legs after all. Read more âș
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Bullish forecasts come despite recent investor jitters over tech spending and potential bubble in AI sector Read more âș
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Episode 6 of "Pluribus" reveals the horrifying secret that Carol uncovered in the Agri-Jet warehouse. It's certainly not pretty. Read more âș
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The Galaxy S26 series could have integrated magnets, but there might not be a shortage of official Qi2 chargers. Read more âș
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Full Self-Driving now allows drivers to text and drive in certain traffic conditions. Police advise against it. Read more âș
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For me, agriculture has never just been about yields; it has been about resilience. In my family, this meant keeping a horticultural business alive in wartime, or building one of the first tissue culture labs in Europe. Today, for me, it means asking: How can we take the most fragile, manual steps of plant propagation ... Read more âș
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Thirty years later, JavaScript is the glue that holds the interactive web together, warts and all. Read more âș
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The United States Inspector General report reviewing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's text messaging mess recommends a single change to keep classified material secure. Read more âș
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Fei-Fei Li said that this "extreme rhetoric" is filling tech discourse and misinforming people outside Silicon Valley. Read more âș
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New documents reveal how the USS Gettysburg shot down an F/A-18 and nearly hit a second one above the Red Sea last year. Read more âș
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Sahil Lavingia, previously a DOGE operative at the Department of Veterans Affairs, is now a career employee at the IRS. He said at WIRED's Big Interview event that he expects to work there 10 years. Read more âș
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Spot XRP ETFs have now attracted nearly $850 million in inflows since launching in mid-November â one of the strongest altcoin ETF starts on record â suggesting long-horizon capital continues to accumulate exposure. Read more âș
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Discord's first personalised end-of-year wrap up offers stats on your chatting and gaming habits. Here's how to view yours. Read more âș
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We finally have a release date for the early access build of Hytale. The fun starts on January 13. The game costs $20 and is available for PC players via Steam. Preorders go up on December 13. This is a true early access build, so don't go in expecting a polished experience. Developer Hypixel Studios says it's "still very much unfinished and will be buggy for a while" but that... Read more âș
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Telecom regulators in India have reportedly asked smartphone manufacturers to preload a state-owned cybersecurity app that cannot be deleted onto all new devices, and push the app to existing devices via a software update. Reuters reports that, according to a non-public government order sent to manufacturers, Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi and others were given 90 days to comply. The app in question is called Sanchar Saathi (meaning Communication Companion), and is... Read more âș
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Superhuman, the AI-powered mail app, is heading in a more agentic direction with its latest update. Its "write with AI" feature, which you could previously activate when drafting an email, now works across your inbox, calendar, and the web. This means it can now pull in information from other emails or research a topic online. The AI will think for as long as it needs before responding to a prompt... Read more âș
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Ireland's media regulator, CoimisiĂșn na MeĂĄn, has announced investigations into both TikTok and LinkedIn for possible violations of the European Union's Digital Services Act, Reuters reports. The investigations are focused on both platforms' illegal content reporting features, which might not meet the requirements of the DSA.The main issue appears to be how these platformsâ reporting tools are presented and implemented. Regulators found possible "deceptive interface designs" in the content reporting... Read more âș
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India will no longer require smartphone makers to preinstall the Sanchar Saathi "security" app. After blowback from Apple, Samsung and opposition leaders, the Modi government issued a statement saying it "has decided not to make the pre-installation mandatory for mobile manufacturers." The app is still available as a voluntary download.India's Ministry of Communications framed the U-turn as a result of strong voluntary adoption. The nation said 14 million users (around... Read more âș
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Amazon is rolling out a new Alexa+ feature on Fire TV that can take you to a specific moment in a given movie on Prime Video based on a natural language voice command. The company says that, when you describe a certain scene, quote or character action, Alexa+ can start playing that part of the film. The company previewed this feature at its Devices and Services event in September.According to... Read more âș
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Samsung has unveiled its newest smartphone, and it's the highly-anticipated Galaxy Z TriFold. During an interview in July, a Samsung exec confirmed that the company was working on a three-panel phone that it aimed to release by the end of the year. The company said it expects the phone to be available for purchase in Korea on December 12, with markets including China, Taiwan, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.... Read more âș
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Itâs not over yet. If you havenât grabbed something discounted in the Black Friday sales, donât worry, because plenty of them have been rebadged for Cyber Monday â the most â90s sounding day of the year. To celebrate, a petite edition of TMA. Weâve collected the best of the bunch still available at time of writing. This year, there are plenty of deals on streaming services and other subscriptions; we... Read more âș
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Zillow has dropped its climate risk score program just one year after it started, according to a report by TechCrunch. It has removed climate risk scores from over one million listings after real estate agents complained that the data was misleading and leading to lost sales. In their place, listings now feature a small link to data sourced from climate risk startup First Street, which is the organization that provided... Read more âș
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Cyber Monday 2025 has arrived, and if you havenât started your holiday shopping yet, nowâs the time. Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals have been basically in full-swing since early November, and now most of those have become the best Cyber Monday you can get. This is the time of year to look for not just gifts for the holidays, but also for things you need for yourself, be it... Read more âș
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