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UK Discord users have raised concerns about the company's new age verification processes, claiming that while it had originally promised that "video selfies submitted for facial age estimation will never leave a user's device", a change in service provider allegedly now suggests otherwise. Read more
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An experiment revealed that people cannot differentiate between audio signals sent through premium audio cables, wet mud, and a banana. Read more ›
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Airbnb plans to double down on artificial intelligence to improve its user experience for both guests and hosts. During a fourth-quarter earnings call, Airbnb's CEO, Brian Chesky, said the company is building an "AI-native experience" aimed at helping guests book trips, assisting hosts with their listings, and running the company more efficiently. According to Chesky, there's an AI search tool to help guests book trips that's live for a small... Read more ›
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If you've been nostalgic for some Cartoon Network classics like 'Kids Next Door' and 'Foster's,' Tubi's got you covered starting in March. Read more ›
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reportedly been asking tech companies for information on accounts posting anti-ICE sentiments. According to The New York Times, DHS has sent hundreds of administrative subpoenas to Google, Reddit, Discord and Meta over the past few months. Homeland Security asked the companies for names, email addresses, telephone numbers and any other identifying detail for accounts that have criticized the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement... Read more ›
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Four whistleblowers reveal the extent to which the Department of Homeland Security is pressuring social media companies to identify users critical of government policy. Read more ›
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Goldman Sach's Kathy Ruemmler, Paul Weiss's Brad Karp, and Prince Andrew's ex-wife Sarah Ferguson are just some of the people dealing with headaches. Read more ›
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To save a few bucks, someone ordered a used Ryzen 9 9900X3D worth $530 from Amazon but received a $150 Ryzen 9 3900X instead. The CPU had been replaced inside the box to deceive any inspection and was likely resold to the unlucky buyer, who ended up getting much less valuable silicon than they paid for. Read more ›
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1.5 million people have now viewed a slick 15-second video imagining Tom Cruise fighting Brad Pitt that was generated by ByteDance's new AI video generation tool Seedance 2.0. But while ByteDance gushes their tool "delivers cinematic output aligned with industry standards," the cinema industry isn't happy, reports the Los Angeles Times reports: Charles Rivkin, chief executive of the Motion Picture Assn., wrote in a statement that the company "should immediately... Read more ›
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Disney's given everyone more Muppets with 'The Muppet Show,' and people love it. But is there more on the horizon? Read more ›
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Automaker BMW has filed a patent for a new fastener which takes design cues from the its iconic segmented roundel logo. but it has been accused of creating this design for service and repair gatekeeping. Read more ›
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Doom scrolling is doomed, if the EU gets its way. From a report: The European Commission is for the first time tackling the addictiveness of social media in a fight against TikTok that may set new design standards for the world's most popular apps. Brussels has told the company to change several key features, including disabling infinite scrolling, setting strict screen time breaks and changing its recommender systems. The demand... Read more ›
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Georgia Tech has announced the finalists in its annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition. Every year, for the last 28 years, the school invites inventors from around the world to submit new instruments of their own design to compete for $10,000 in prizes. Past finalists have included founding members of Teenage Engineering, Artiphon, and Roli. And […] Read more ›
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The viewers have spoken, and Glitch has decided to continue 'Knights of Guinevere' with new episodes for the near future. Read more ›
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Lenovo seems to be pushing the boundaries of the small-form-factor gaming market with its fifth-generation Legion Y700. The 2026 iteration integrates artificial intelligence to solve two of the most persistent issues for mobile gamers: network latency and eye fatigue. The centerpiece of the new model is the “Super Internet 3.0” suite. This AI-driven connectivity engine is designed to stabilize pings in crowded network environments. More impressively, it introduces cross-platform synergy,... Read more ›
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BTC Ponzi scheme yields 20 years in prison for mastermind Read more ›
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 secured five awards at this week's Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences' (AIAS) DICE Awards (not to be confused with EA's Stockholm studio of the same name), including the coveted Game of the Year prize, while Sucker Punch's Ghost of Yotei secured three, including for Adventure Game of the Year. Read more Read more ›
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Apple has steadily expanded home screen customization on the iPhone over the past few years, and iOS 26 continues that trend with more visual control over app icons. Building on the changes introduced in iOS 18, the latest update lets you resize icons, remove app labels, apply system-wide color tints and make icons translucent using Apple’s new Liquid Glass design language.Most of these options live in one place: the Customize... Read more ›
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Few Democratic politicians have leaned into the fight against the Trump administration as aggressively as Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. While some blue-state leaders have tried to find a lane of compromise or quiet resistance, Pritzker has gone the other direction — signing laws to limit ICE operations in the state, creating the Illinois Accountability Commission […] Read more ›
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Russia still has many air defenses, and experience it gained against Ukraine actually makes them a bigger threat to NATO aircraft than before 2022. Read more ›
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Eurogamer.net
The Legacy of Kain franchise might be one of the most beloved cult franchises in gaming (for Millennial goths with an English degree, like myself, at least). The dark fantasy action-adventure series kicked off with Blood Omen back in 1996, and followed that up with Soul Reaver in 1999, before a three-year run of Soul Reaver 2, Blood Omen 2, and Legacy of Kain: Defiance rounded off the series for... Read more ›
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More Resident Evil remakes are happening. That's an inevitability after all the modern REmakes crossed the 10m copies sold mark. We're now getting close to RE4's third anniversary, and news on the next comeback could drop any moment now. If we pay attention to the ESRB website, Resident Evil 5 could be next in line. Read more Read more ›
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It's been a while since the last State of Play, which gave us our first proper look at Insomniac's brutal Wolverine game and started to nail down the final details on Saros, the new sci-fi roguelite from Housemarque. Now, we finally know when the next big stream from Sony is happening. Read more Read more ›
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There was a conspicuous absence during the Diablo anniversary 'spotlight' broadcast yesterday: no mention of a Switch 2 release for Diablo 4 or for Diablo 2: Resurrected. Read more Read more ›
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What a terrible day to be a God of War-like! You put on your fanciest bird suit for your big reveal, then a whole bunch of actual God of Wars come along and steal your thunder. But that's not to say Krafton's new open-world PlayStation 5 game Project Windless isn't intriguing. Read more Read more ›
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Sumptuous 2021 action-adventure Kena: Bridge of Spirits is getting a sequel, despite previous work from its developer suggesting otherwise, and it's coming to PlayStation 5 and PC later this year. Read more Read more ›
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And here we go again! Barely a month into 2026, developer Hello Games is back with another major update for No Man's Sky, kicking off its tenth anniversary year in style. Assuming your idea of style is trucking, hauling, and tossing stuff around with gravity guns. that is (it's certainly mine). Read more Read more ›
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Blizzard has said it's discussing a visual redesign for new Overwatch hero Anran following controversy about her look, which arose after she was revealed last week. Read more Read more ›
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Here's how the first few minutes of Romeo is a Dead Man go down: first, the entire cosmos floating in a fish tank to the ethereal strains of what eventually turns out to be Japanese rap (this is just the title screen). Next, a stop-motion animated intro over a glorious town of miniatures. Then! Cut to the interior of a police car; a zombie attack; our hero's gruesome death; a... Read more ›
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Peter Molyneux has had a divisive career. On the one hand, he's celebrated as the creator of the god game and for making classics like Populous, Dungeon Keeper, Black & White and Fable. Whereas on the other hand, he's been derided for overexaggerating promises related to mobile game Curiosity and crowdfunded game Godus, and for getting involved in NFTs with a game unironically called Legacy. Backlash pushed him away from... Read more ›
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