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Review: Granblue Fantasy: Relink – Endless Ragnarok (Switch 2) – A Deep, Addictive RPG With A So-So Story
Nintendo Life has published a review of Granblue Fantasy: Relink – Endless Ragnarok, a Switch 2 port of Cygames’ 2024 console spinoff of its long-running Granblue Fantasy mobile RPG, refreshed with a new expansion. The reviewer is broadly positive, describing it as a deep, addictive action RPG that suits the portable hardware well thanks to…
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Aussie slams ‘sneaky’ tactic from telco after it hiked its prices in line with a bigger data quota
The article says an Australian mobile customer criticised Vodafone for what they saw as a “sneaky” price rise, after the company increased the cost of a plan while also boosting the included data allowance. The complaint appears to be that customers who did not want or need extra data were still asked to pay more,…
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Koei Tecmo Wanted Pokémon Pokopia To Be The Very Best (Selling) Pokémon Spin-Off
It’s already sold over four million copies. The social sim Pokémon Pokopia has been a surprise hit for the Switch 2, but it apparently wasn’t forecast by Koei Tecmo to be as successful as it’s been in terms of sales. Company president and CEO Hisashi Koinuma recently spoke to Famitsu about the game, claiming “there…
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Oregon’s Attorney General withdraws effort to delay Paramount and Warner Bros. merger
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield has abandoned his attempt to delay Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, dropping the civil investigative demand he had filed to obtain documents about the deal. He had also asked a state circuit court judge to postpone the merger’s closing by 60 days so his office could review the records.…
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Conor McGregor returns after five years to face Max Holloway at UFC 329
American cable and streaming publication Variety published a guide on how to watch UFC 329, an event headlined by the return of Conor McGregor to the octagon after five years away. The card centred on a welterweight main event rematch between the Irish fighter McGregor (22-6-0) and American Max Holloway (27-9-0), who first met back…
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Philips offers free replacements after update bricked smart lighting hubs
Philips has confirmed that a firmware update released in June bricked a small number of its Hue Bridge Pro smart lighting hubs, and it is offering free replacements to all affected owners regardless of warranty status. The gesture matters because the Bridge Pro is a relatively pricey central hub for many users’ smart home setups,…
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Phoebe Gates’ business co-founder bragged about creating fake male assistant prior to fraud allegations
Phoebe Gates, the daughter of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, is reported to be facing scrutiny over her business venture after allegations of fraud emerged. According to the report, her co-founder, Sophia Kianni, had previously boasted about having invented a fictitious male assistant, a claim highlighted in the context of the wider fraud allegations now surrounding…
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OpenAI’s head of safety is reportedly leaving as part of company reorganization
OpenAI’s head of safety systems, Johannes Heidecke, is reportedly leaving the company as part of a wider restructuring of its safety and research teams, according to a report by Wired. Heidecke, who joined OpenAI in 2021, informed staff of his departure in an internal memo. The move matters because it signals a shift in how…
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FL Studio head Constantin Koehncke turns to Reddit for feedback and fun
The Verge has published a “Weekend Questionnaire” interview with Constantin Koehncke, CEO of Image Line, the company behind the popular digital audio workstation FL Studio (once known as Fruity Loops). The piece highlights how Koehncke stays close to his user base, checking the FL Studio forums and Reddit every day, and it matters as a…
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Bluesky has an official CEO again
Bluesky has confirmed Toni Schneider as its permanent chief executive, four months after he took the role on an interim basis. Schneider had stepped in after Jay Graber, who had led the decentralised social media platform since 2021, announced in March 2026 that she was standing down. The move gives the open-source platform settled leadership…