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Tulsi Gabbard breaks down in tears during update on husband’s tragic cancer diagnosis
US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard became visibly emotional while giving a public update on her husband’s cancer diagnosis, breaking down in tears as she spoke. The moment underscored the personal toll the illness has taken on the senior Trump administration official even as she continues to carry out her official duties. Gabbard did…
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GitHub says commits have doubled in the last four months
GitHub has confirmed that a surge in coding activity, much of it driven by AI tools, caused “capacity failures” that led to a lengthy outage across several of its services on Monday. The company said a critical infrastructure component in its Central US data centre failed to scale as traffic hit a new peak, rather…
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Mortal Shell 2’s first balance patch makes its in-game economy a lot more lenient and nerfs some enemies and bosses for a smoother ride
Mortal Shell 2 developer Cold Symmetry has released the Soulslike’s first balance patch on the day of launch, easing the in-game economy and toning down some enemies and bosses for a gentler experience. The update responds to early player feedback, adjusting resource costs and drop rates so progression feels less punishing without overhauling the core…
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Google Discover is getting an AI chatbot-tuned feed
Google is rolling out a new AI-powered customisation tool for its Discover feed, allowing users to describe in natural language what content they want to see. The feature, arriving in the Google app “in the coming days,” uses a chatbot-style interface to let users state their preferences, which the system will then remember and apply…
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Go updates may delight diehard gophers but displease AI overlords
Go’s maintainers released version 1.27 on Wednesday, bringing a major expansion of generics to now cover methods, not just functions and data types. Generics let developers write code that works across different data types without duplicating logic for each one (integers, strings, floats and so on), and the update is being welcomed by many programmers…
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“Steam is a monopoly with very few precedents,” says dev of game inexplicably flagged as adult-only by Valve: “As a developer, I’m completely at their whim”
A games developer has criticised Valve’s control over Steam after their game was reportedly classified as adult-only without a clear explanation. The developer argues that Steam’s dominant position leaves creators with little practical ability to challenge its decisions, raising wider concerns about platform power and moderation transparency. The game’s adult-only label could severely restrict its…
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Ok, can we actually cool data centers with our pee?
A tongue-in-cheek Liquid Death and Garage Beer marketing campaign fronted by former NFL star Jason Kelce jokingly urges people to donate urine to cool AI data centres, which consume vast quantities of water to stop servers overheating. While the campaign is a comedic stunt, water industry experts told TechCrunch that it inadvertently points to a…
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Riot to cease 2XKO development in December 2026
Riot Games has confirmed it will end active development of 2XKO, its League of Legends-based tag team fighting game, from December 2026, though servers will stay online and offline play will continue for now. The studio said too few players had stuck with the game long enough to make continued investment sustainable, despite a dedicated…
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Even after Elden Ring exploded, Hidetaka Miyazaki says FromSoftware doesn’t make games for anyone: “The motivation is that this is a game I want to see exist”
FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki has said the studio’s approach to game design remains unchanged despite the runaway commercial and critical success of Elden Ring, insisting the team still creates games driven by personal creative vision rather than by trying to please a particular audience. The comment reaffirms FromSoftware’s long-standing reputation for uncompromising, difficulty-focused design even…
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I’m a decade-plus FromSoftware sicko, and these are my 5 takeaways from the first Duskbloods gameplay
The supplied article text does not contain any actual content from PC Gamer’s piece on Duskbloods — it consists entirely of website navigation, membership sign-up prompts and newsletter subscription boilerplate. No details about the game, its gameplay reveal, or the author’s five takeaways were included in the text provided. As a result, a genuine summary…