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Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've been playing. This week, Tom has a milestone first EA Sports FC match against his son, and respectfully destroys him; Marie plans out her seasonal planting in Stardew Valley; Will sees old FPS friends returning to play Battlefield 6; Kelsey feels the chokehold of Pokémon Legends: Z-A; and Bertie muses on the mutability of feelings about the survival crafting genre. Read more
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The designer who introduced the iPhone Air at Apple's September event left the company, reports Bloomberg. Abidur Chowdhury recently departed Apple to join an AI startup, a move that apparently "made waves" internally because he was a rising star on the design team. Chowdhury worked on the ‌iPhone Air‌, and he described its feature set in a two-minute presentation in September. His departure was not related to the ‌iPhone Air‌... Read more ›
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Current and former OpenAI employees have grown increasingly frustrated by the fact that the company hasn't allowed them to donate their equity to charity in years. But OpenAI has finally seemed to bow to pressure, sending out an email from the company's equity team stating that current and former employees with eligible shares will be […] Read more ›
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Thinking Machines Lab, the company co-founded by ex-OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, is in talks with potential investors to raise about $5 billion in the startup’s next round of funding, according to a person who spoke with Murati. That target would more than triple the capital the ... Read more ›
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"May I meet you?" is corny and awkward, but at least you're talking to strangers. Read more ›
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Apple provided developers with the third beta of an upcoming iOS 26.2 update, and there are still new features that are being added with each beta that we get. We've rounded up all of the changes that Apple made in beta 3. AirDrop Apple added new AirDrop functionality, providing a way for two people to share files temporarily without having to add one another as contacts. iOS 26.2 includes an... Read more ›
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fjo3 shares a report from TheWrap: There are already at least 175,000 AI-generated podcast episodes on platforms like Spotify and Apple. That's thanks to Inception Point AI, a startup with just eight employees cranking out 3,000 episodes a week covering everything from localized weather reports and pollen trackers to a detailed account of Charlie Kirk's assassination and its cultural impact, to a biography series on Anna Wintour. Its podcasting network... Read more ›
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The pre-installed service is used to recommend third-party apps for users to download. Read more ›
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A Trump administration pilot program aims for three nuclear startups to reach a key milestone by July 4, 2026. Valar Atomics says it's the first to do so—but it had some help. Read more ›
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'The Legend of Zelda' movie recently went into production, and Nintendo casually revealed the first live-action Zelda and Link. Read more ›
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His latest startup, Mill, sells a high-tech trash can that turns food scraps into sweet-smelling powder. Read more ›
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If you loved seeing Doctor Fate in 'Black Adam,' PIerce Brosnan sure thinks you'll be seeing him again soon. Read more ›
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Google filed a motion to dismiss a defamation lawsuit brought by anti-corporate diversity activist Robby Starbuck, who claimed Google’s AI falsely associated him with sexual assault allegations and a white nationalist. Starbuck’s claims against Google came after he filed a similar lawsuit against Meta, whose AI he claimed falsely asserted that he’d participated in the […] Read more ›
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Funding is going to construction-related projects at Air Force bases expected to house the B-21, as well as infrastructure for Sentinel. Read more ›
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John Santa Orta sold his home and moved into a build-to-rent townhouse. He feels like he owns a house, but without much of the responsibilities. Read more ›
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A dietitian shared how the 80/20 rule helps her eat enough protein and fiber with plenty of room for dessert. Read more ›
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NetChoice is suing Virginia to block a new law that limits kids under 16 to one hour of daily social media use unless parents approve more time, arguing the rule violates the First Amendment and introduces serious privacy risks through mandatory age-verification. The Verge reports: In addition to restricting access to legal speech, NetChoice alleges that Virginia's incoming law (SB 854) will require platforms to verify user ages in ways... Read more ›
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It's Valve time. The Bellevue-based firm is making three hardware announcements today, including a new Steam Machine mini PC that it claims is more than six times as powerful as the Steam Deck, a revised Steam Controller with more mainstream appeal, and the Steam Frame, a new standalone VR headset that marks the debut of SteamOS on ARM mobile chips. All three are due to arrive in early 2026. Read... Read more ›
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Valve has made a trio of hardware announcements today, including a standalone VR headset with unique tech for streaming games called Frame, a revised and more mainstream Steam Controller, and even a revival of the old Steam Machine concept: a tiny gaming PC that brings your Steam game library to your living room. Read more Read more ›
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Following the latest Switch 2 console update, Nintendo appears to have blocked third-party Switch 2 docks. Read more Read more ›
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Red Dead Redemption has been rated by the ESRB for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Switch 2, suggesting a remaster is very much on the way. Read more Read more ›
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Nintendo has finally shown the first official trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, its follow-up to the phenomenally successful The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Read more Read more ›
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Sony revealed its latest piece of hardware at tonight's State of Play event: a 27" Gaming Monitor that's coming only to the US and Japan. Read more Read more ›
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Tomas Sala is a solo developer known for aerial combat game The Falconeer and sea-town building game Bulwark - projects that are large and ambitious undertakings for one person. Using AI to offload some of that creative load could be an attractive proposition for someone like him. But of all the people I've spoken to about AI, Sala has some of the strongest remarks to make against it. Read more Read more ›
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Ubisoft has told Anno 117: Pax Romana fans that it will be replacing an AI-generated loading screen image, insisting it had "slipped through" and had only meant to be used as a placeholder. Read more Read more ›
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The term 'extraction shooter' is being used more and more as games like Escape from Tarkov and Arc Raiders command huge audiences. It is the popular genre of the moment. But the label is deeply flawed, according to former Bungie product manager Chris Sides, who worked on extraction shooter Marathon. Personally, he hates the term. Read more Read more ›
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Tech companies tend to be pretty cagey when talking about how their design processes. What did the esports team you consulted with change about this mouse? What other materials did you consider for this speaker driver? Normally, these kinds of questions don't result in satisfying answers, but Valve's engineers are refreshingly open. The Steam Machine? Oh yeah, we chose a fan big enough to cool the components and worked backwards... Read more ›
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