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New Saber Exec Moves to Reassure Fan Worried About Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3 Monetization, Ends Up Suggesting a 2028 Launch Window That May Even Include the KOTOR Remake
Steve Allison, who this week became Saber Interactive’s new Chief Business Officer, has reassured a worried fan that Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3 will not adopt aggressive microtransactions, but his response inadvertently revealed hints about the studio’s 2028 release slate. Allison, formerly of the Epic Games Store, was replying to concerns on Reddit that his…
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Roblox will let people use AI to make games on their phone
Roblox is introducing “Build”, a mobile-first tool that lets users generate basic games from text prompts directly within its app, marking the company’s latest push to embed AI throughout its platform. The feature could make it far easier for anyone to create games, but critics worry it may worsen concerns about low-quality, AI-generated “slop” flooding…
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AI-powered travel agency Fora hits unicorn status, raises $60M
Fora, an AI-assisted travel agency, has raised $60 million in a Series D funding round that values the company at $1 billion, giving it unicorn status. The round was led by Forerunner and Tactile Ventures, with participation from existing backers Insight Partners and Thrive Capital, underscoring continued investor appetite for AI-augmented services in the travel…
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Google folds NotebookLM into Gemini with rebrand and cloud link
Google is renaming its AI-powered note-taking app NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook, part of a push to weave the tool more tightly into Gemini and Google Search. The app will keep operating as a standalone product but will gain broader reach, including future access through Search’s AI Mode chatbot feature, reflecting Google’s wider strategy of pulling…
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Disney+ orders pilot to reboot The Mickey Mouse Club
Disney+ has ordered a pilot to reboot “The Mickey Mouse Club”, the variety show that launched the careers of stars including Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Ryan Gosling and Keri Russell. Deadline reported that the project comes from Fulwell Entertainment, the company behind Hulu’s “The Kardashians”, with filming taking place in Los Angeles, marking…
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Energy IPOs surge as investors hunt for ways to play AI boom
Companies coming to market are raising money at fastest pace this century.
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The Special PS5-Only Physical Revered Edition of Mortal Shell 2 Has Sold Out, and Fans Are Sending the News Sony’s Way as They Continue to Push for a U-Turn on Killing Discs
The special PS5-only physical Revered Edition of Mortal Shell 2 has sold out, its publisher has announced — and gamers are sending the news Sony’s way as they continue to push the company to reverse its decision to do away with discs.
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Period tracker Stardust shares users’ health data with analytics firm, says Mozilla research
Mozilla Foundation research has found that period-tracking app Stardust shares users’ sensitive health data with third-party analytics firm RudderStack, despite the app’s website stating “Your data is private. Period.” The finding is significant because Stardust markets itself as privacy-focused and previously claimed to use end-to-end encryption, a claim TechCrunch disproved in 2022 by analysing the…
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Roblox announce plans to let people AI generate basic games using text prompts stuck into a mobile app, but claim that won’t fill their homepage with AI slop
Roblox has announced a new AI tool called Build, which lets users on its mobile app generate basic games from text prompts, part of the company’s wider push to embed generative AI throughout its platform. Roblox says users will be able to type a simple description, such as a request for a “cozy adventure game…
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Musk’s xAI sues user who allegedly used Grok to create child sexual abuse material
Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has filed a lawsuit against a South Carolina man, alleging he misused its chatbot Grok to generate child sexual abuse material. The case, filed in federal court in Texas, is thought to be one of the first brought by an AI company against a user for allegedly exploiting its tool…