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    Recent developments span artificial intelligence adoption across industries, concerns over data security and fraud, regulatory responses to new technologies, and hardware innovations designed to support emerging applications. These stories matter because they directly impact how businesses operate, how safe our digital lives remain, and what skills and support workers need as technology evolves. As artificial intelligence becomes more prevalent and cybercriminals grow more sophisticated, understanding these trends helps readers navigate an increasingly complex technological landscape.

    • Stardew Valley Official Crochet Book Announced, Out January 2027

      Pre-orders are now available. Following the release of the Stardew Valley Cookbook, an official “Stardew Valley Crochet Book” has now been announced. It will be released on 26th January 2027, and pre-orders are now live. ConcernedApe has called on the expertise of crochet designer Megan Lapp and Cookbook writer Ryan Novak is also back. Read…

    • ‘A lot of red flags’: plans for New Zealand’s first datacentre spark concern as locals demand greater transparency

      Plans for New Zealand’s first AI datacentre, a NZ$3.5bn (US$2bn) facility to be built by Singapore-based company Datagrid in Makarewa, north of Invercargill, have prompted concern among local residents who are demanding greater transparency. Their worries centre on the centre’s substantial electricity and water consumption, potential noise and light pollution, and a sense that the…

    • OpenAI says GPT 5.6 is the ‘preferred model’ for Microsoft Copilot amid breakup chatter

      OpenAI has announced that its newly launched GPT 5.6 will be the “preferred model” powering Microsoft’s 365 Copilot, a move widely read as an attempt to dampen speculation that the two companies are drifting apart. The declaration, made during Thursday’s launch of the GPT 5.6 family, follows a Bloomberg report earlier in the week that…

    • Monica Dutton’s Brutal ‘Marshals’ Death Exposed a Major ‘Dutton Ranch’ Problem

      Collider examines a continuity problem in the Yellowstone franchise: the character Monica Dutton (played by Kelsey Asbille) has been entirely absent from the newly concluded first season of Dutton Ranch, despite her significance in the original series. Her omission follows her death in the spin-off Marshals, which centres on her husband Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes),…

    • Don’t want to invest in Elon Musk? Two new ETFs explicitly exclude him

      Fund provider Subversive Capital has registered two new exchange-traded funds explicitly designed to exclude companies associated with Elon Musk, tapping into negative sentiment towards the billionaire following his work with DOGE, his comments on X, and a gesture at Donald Trump’s inauguration that many likened to a Nazi salute. The move matters because avoiding Musk-linked…

    • How do you put a price tag on a legacy like id Software’s?

      This PC Gamer article is an opinion piece reflecting on the difficulty of valuing id Software’s legacy, the studio behind foundational titles that helped define the first-person shooter genre. The piece frames the question of how one attaches a monetary or cultural price to a developer whose historical influence on PC gaming is so significant.…

    • Hit Cyberpunk Sci-Fi Returns With First Major Release in 9 Years

      Prime Video has confirmed that Blade Runner 2099, the long-awaited television series set in the dystopian universe of the Blade Runner franchise, will receive its first major public showcase at San Diego Comic-Con later this month. The reveal marks the franchise’s first significant new release in nine years, following Blade Runner 2049 in 2017, and…

    • Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s No. 2 Executive, to Step Down to Focus on Recovery From Chronic Illness

      Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s second-most senior executive and CEO of artificial general intelligence deployment, is stepping down from her full-time role to concentrate on recovering from a chronic illness she has lived with for seven years. Announcing the move in a note on X on Thursday, Simo said a severe flare-up of the condition three months…

    • HyperMegaTech Super Pocket Rare Edition Review

      IGN has reviewed the HyperMegaTech Super Pocket Rare Edition, the seventh Super Pocket handheld from Blaze Entertainment and part of the wider Evercade ecosystem. The device uses the same hardware as earlier models but comes preloaded with 14 classic games developed by Rare, alongside a matching colour scheme, spanning the studio’s earliest 1983 British computer…

    • Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI’s AGI work due to illness

      Fidji Simo is stepping down from her full-time role leading OpenAI’s work on artificial general intelligence (AGI), moving instead to a position as a “part-time advisor,” she announced on X. The change follows her earlier decision in April to take medical leave shortly after assuming the AGI chief title, and matters because it marks the…