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Beyoncé teams up with Jay-Z on new B’Day-era remix
Beyoncé has released an extended four-track remix pack for “Morning Dew (Donk)”, featuring Jay-Z’s first new rap verse in nearly five years. The archival track, which dates back to her self-titled Beyoncé album era and was originally shared last month, now includes new production drawing on samples from Soulja Boy, the Isley Brothers and Sheck…
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As Gen Z reconsiders dating apps, Tinder’s IRL events expand to dozens more cities
Tinder is expanding its in-person “Events” feature, launched in Los Angeles in March, to dozens more cities as Gen Z users increasingly favour real-world encounters over swiping. Parent company Match Group revealed the plans during its second-quarter earnings call, framing it as part of a broader effort to reverse years of declining user numbers by…
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Marvel Rivals season 9.5 will finally address a growing issue with NetEase’s hero shooter
Marvel Rivals developer NetEase Games will overhaul how the hero shooter handles texture compression in the upcoming season 9.5 update, tackling the game’s steadily growing file size without any loss of visual quality. The change matters because storage space remains a persistent concern for live-service games, which tend to balloon in size as content is…
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EA has fixed a niche Battlefield 6 issue where some Nvidia GPUs were crashing while changing attachments or ‘playing on maps with large bodies of water’
It seems like it was linked to a recent Nvidia driver update.
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Game Freak pledges continued fixes after mixed reception to debut RPG
Game Freak has pledged to keep supporting Beast of Reincarnation, its first original IP in years, after the soulslike action RPG launched to a mixed reception from players and critics on 4 August 2026. Rather than moving on to other projects, the Pokémon developer said it would address player concerns through a series of post-launch…
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Sunbird relaunched its iMessage app for Android users after three years away
Sunbird Messaging has returned to the Google Play Store nearly three years after shutting down over security concerns, once again letting Android users tap into Apple’s iMessage system. The app promises “blue bubble” messaging with reactions and high-quality video support, addressing a long-standing annoyance for mixed Android-iPhone group chats, where Android participants can disrupt reactions…
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The games industry’s obsession with visual fidelity is costing them money and talent
The Guardian’s gaming columnist argues that the games industry’s decades-long pursuit of photorealistic graphics is proving financially unsustainable and creatively stifling, pointing to Xbox’s new head, Asha Sharma, highlighting Minecraft and Candy Crush Saga—not visually cutting-edge titles—as growth areas. The piece contends that soaring hardware costs, driven partly by AI-sector demand for graphics chips, combined…
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Game Freak Pledges ‘Continuous Updates’ for Beast of Reincarnation After Mixed Reception
It’s evolving. This week saw the release of Beast of Reincarnation, from publisher Fictions and developer Game Freak. While I quite like the action RPG despite it having a few rough edges, it seems the reception has generally been quite mixed, with critics and players divided on various aspects. Read the full article on pushsquare.com
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Major rule change for thousands of Aussie police officers after independent review
NSW Police has introduced a major overhaul of its body-worn camera rules following an independent review, affecting thousands of officers across the force. The changes come after scrutiny of how and when officers are required to activate their cameras during interactions with the public, aiming to improve accountability and transparency in policing. The revised policy…
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Lindsay Clancy’s bloody injuries are laid bare to jury in her children’s murder trial as medic says she was ‘critically ill’: Live updates
The seventh day of Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial in Massachusetts took place on Wednesday, with a physician’s assistant testifying about the severe injuries she sustained after killing her three young children in January 2023. Clancy, 35, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murdering Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan at the…