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‘Slow-cial’ app Roost forces you to slow down to the speed of a carrier pigeon
This developer didn’t expect his side project to grow to 300,000 users, but people love Roost because it’s an alternative to an always-on, fast-paced online culture.
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Xbox Kills Obsidian’s Avowed Sequel In The Wake Of Layoffs – Report
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Elon Musk says X will send DMs when posts you’ve engaged with are corrected
X plans to send users direct messages when posts they’ve liked, replied to, or reposted receive Community Notes, an update aimed at addressing criticism that the platform’s crowdsourced fact-checking system often arrives too late to curb misinformation.
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Fresh Fallout role-playing game reportedly under way at Obsidian as Avowed sequel is scrapped
A new Bloomberg report claims that Obsidian Entertainment, the Microsoft-owned studio behind Fallout: New Vegas, has begun work on a fresh Fallout role-playing game as part of a wider restructuring. The shift comes at a cost, however, with a planned Avowed sequel and other unannounced projects reportedly cancelled and around a quarter of the studio’s…
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Tyler Robinson’s lawyers fight DNA found on towel wrapping rifle in Charlie Kirk murder: Live updates
Lawyers for Tyler Robinson, the 23-year-old accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk, are contesting DNA evidence at pre-trial hearings in Utah. The evidence — presented by prosecutors seeking to establish probable cause to send Robinson to trial — allegedly links him to a towel wrapped around the suspected murder weapon, making the hearings a…
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Meta wants its AI glasses to seem less creepy. Its AI strategy says otherwise.
Meta is attempting to soften the “creepy” reputation of its AI glasses by rolling out an update that disables the camera if the LED recording indicator has been tampered with. The change responds to concerns that the devices—promoted as fashionable accessories by figures such as Kylie Jenner—can be misused as covert surveillance tools, particularly against…
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Google updates Android Bench with new LLMs, but Gemini still lags behind
Google has released a significant update to Android Bench, its benchmark for measuring how well large language models handle Android app development tasks. The update adds eight new models and switches to a more accessible testing framework, but the headline finding is that Google’s own Gemini models continue to trail rivals from OpenAI and Anthropic.…
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Marvel Rivals’ Season 9 update will affect 80% of its roster as NetEase throws balance out the window for a more ‘fun’ approach to the game
To hell with it all, I’ll take a crack at the balancing.
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Well, at least one good thing’s come out of Destiny 2’s demise: lob tomatoes at ex-Bungie CEO Pete Parsons’ car collection in this fan-made boss battler
Following the end of Destiny 2’s development and heavy layoffs at developer Bungie, fans have created a satirical browser game targeting the studio’s former CEO, Pete Parsons. The game casts players against Parsons and his collection of classic cars, tapping into long-running anger over reports that he spent large sums on vehicles around the same…
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Capcom Producer Remains Coy On A Potential ‘Super Street Fighter 6’ Update
Street Fighter 6 producer Shuhei Matsumoto has declined to confirm whether Capcom is planning a major “Super” or “Ultra” update for the fighting game, which is now more than three years old. Speaking to Respec, he stressed that Capcom always intended the game to be enjoyed for “at least 10 years”, pointing to a healthy…