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Doom: The Dark Ages lead says claims that id Software has been “gutted” by layoffs are “not true,” and its engine team is “very much alive and well”
Hugo Martin, creative director on Doom: The Dark Ages, has pushed back on claims that id Software has been “gutted” by layoffs, insisting reports of the studio’s decline are inaccurate. He said the team’s engine division, responsible for the id Tech engine that powers Doom and other Bethesda titles, remains “very much alive and well”…
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Mick Jagger Talks Olivia Rodrigo, AI Music
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards discussed Olivia Rodrigo’s move into rock music and shared their views on artificial intelligence in songwriting, in separate interviews with Billboard timed to the release of the Rolling Stones’ new album, Foreign Tongues. The comments matter as prominent legacy musicians increasingly weigh in on how AI is reshaping music creation,…
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Netflix Says Part Of Its Games Business Is Up 600%, But It’s Still Early Days
Netflix says its games division is showing early signs of growth, particularly in cloud-based television games and children’s mobile titles. The results matter because they suggest the streaming company’s gaming strategy may be gaining traction after earlier uncertainty, although Netflix stresses that the business remains small and experimental relative to its wider content spending. The…
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EU defangs a key pillar of its climate policy to allow more pollution
The European Commission has unveiled a revised Emissions Trading System (ETS) that significantly weakens the EU’s flagship carbon-pricing mechanism, allowing industry to continue emitting greenhouse gases well into the 2040s instead of reaching zero by 2039 as originally planned. The move, likely to be seen as a concession to industry amid economic and geopolitical pressures,…
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Lorde Continues AI Criticism By Calling Out New Spotify Feature
It’s always a great day when your favorite pop stars call out rubbish technology, and Lorde is on a roll. Last week, Lorde voiced her disdain for the “fucked up” Ray-Ban Meta AI Glasses at Madrid’s Mad Cool Festival. Now, she’s coming for Spotify’s new About The Song feature that summarizes a song’s context and…
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Why busy Sheffield neighbourhood road is closing for five months as company issues update
The supplied article text does not contain the reported details, as it only displays a message asking readers to enable JavaScript and cookies. Based on the title alone, a busy road in a Sheffield neighbourhood is expected to close for five months, with the responsible company explaining the reason to residents. The available information does…
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Xreal XBX a01+ review: Astoundingly bright, lightweight AR glasses for $299
Xreal has launched the XBX a01+, a $299 pair of augmented reality glasses that Engadget calls the best budget AR eyewear yet. The glasses undercut Xreal’s own premium One AR model, which costs $599, while retaining much of what makes that flagship desirable, offering a genuine step up in accessibility for people curious about AR…
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Epic Games integrates AI voices into 36 Fortnite characters
Epic Games has added AI-generated voices and personas to 36 existing Fortnite characters, including Agent Jones and The Imagined, for use in the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN). The voices, powered by Google’s Gemini AI, let island creators incorporate these recognisable characters as interactive, speaking NPCs, extending the “conversations” system Epic first unveiled in April.…