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Logic1000 Announces New Album Confirmation! Feat. Christine And The Queens, Jam City, yunè pinku, Kučka, & More
The Australian-born, Berlin-based DJ and producer Samantha Poulter has been making music under the name Logic1000 for years. She has remixed people like Dua Lipa and Caribou, and she released her debut album Mother in 2024 and a celebrated installment in the DJ-Kicks mix series last year. Today, Logic1000 announces a new album called Confirmation!,…
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Stripe and Advent reportedly offered to buy PayPal for around $53.4B
Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have reportedly submitted a joint bid to acquire PayPal in a deal valued at approximately $53.4 billion. Reuters reports that the offer was submitted earlier this month and is backed by roughly $50 billion in committed bank financing. Under the proposal, Stripe and Advent would jointly own PayPal,…
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Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba’s Qwen AI
Apple Intelligence is headed to China after regulators approved Apple’s AI services through a partnership with Alibaba. The long-rumored deal will bring Alibaba’s Qwen AI models to Apple’s operating systems, marking a major expansion of the company’s generative AI platform into one of its most important markets.
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The Duskbloods’ promised playtest is happening next month on Switch 2, and it sure looks like getting in will be hard
The lack of news on The Duskbloods – finally ended by June’s Nintendo Direct announcement of a playtest – has kept the hype for FromSoftware’s next game at bay for now, but that could change as soon as next month, when players finally get a taste of what the studio has been cooking. Read more
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Elden Ring developer’s next game will be playable for first time next month
FromSoftware’s mysterious multiplayer-only game will be playable for the first time next month.
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Death Threats, Doxxing and AI: How Animator Jorge Gutiérrez Killed His Own Show in 36 Hours (EXCLUSIVE)
Jorge Gutiérrez thought he was being noble. The director of “The Book of Life” had watched generative AI quietly move into every animation studio in town, and he had a bad feeling about it. “There aren’t enough artists overseeing this stuff,” he thought. So when Amazon MGM Studios offered Gutiérrez the lead on “Punky Duck,” one of three series under its…
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PUBG Is Finally Fixing One Of Its Biggest New Player Hurdles
Like any live-service game that has been around for a while, PUBG: Battlegrounds has faced the challenge of attracting new players to a world that has grown and evolved over several years. To combat this, publisher Krafton Inc. has released a new update for the game that introduces a revamped onboarding experience, improved team communication,…
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FromSoftware finally wakes up, announces The Duskbloods closed network test for next month and says you can register next week
FromSoftware asks for “your understanding that bugs may occur during gameplay”
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FromSoftware opens The Duskbloods sign-ups ahead of next month’s test
FromSoftware has confirmed a closed network test for The Duskbloods, its upcoming multiplayer action RPG for Nintendo Switch 2, with sign-ups opening next week ahead of the test itself taking place next month. The announcement ends a lengthy quiet spell for the studio on the project, giving players their first proper chance to try the…
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Anthony Albanese’s brutal message to Australian workers as he defends his government’s AI response
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a new federal Office of AI and defended his government’s plan to regulate the technology while still encouraging investment. He argued that AI will reshape parts of the economy and workforce, so the government must set rules now rather than react later, with a focus on protecting jobs, copyright…