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Startups pitch and debate AI at Disrupt’s second day in San Francisco
TechCrunch Disrupt’s second day is taking place at San Francisco’s Moscone West, with a programme focused on startups, artificial intelligence and investment. The event brings founders, investors and technology leaders together to explore new products, hear pitches and make connections. The Expo Hall is open from 8am to 5pm Pacific time and features more than…
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Tiny11 puts Windows 11 on a diet without the PowerShell workout
Tiny11 Builder now offers a preview desktop app for creating slimmer Windows 11 installation images, making the process more accessible to people who do not know PowerShell. It removes bundled apps and selected system components to produce a smaller ISO, but the resulting installations are not supported by Microsoft and can lose useful features. The…
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LG adds DTS:X and Google Cast to its Sound Suite home theater system
LG is adding DTS:X and Google Cast support to its premium Sound Suite home theatre system, responding to customer feedback. The changes broaden the system’s audio and streaming options, while new Wi-Fi support and dual subwoofers give owners more ways to configure it. The H7 soundbar, the system’s centrepiece, gains DTS:X for compatible content and…
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“This non-profit will be the ‘voice of the gamers’” – Former Disco Elysium devs break new ground with player- and developer-owned studio structure
Former Disco Elysium developers at Summer Eternal are giving players a formal role in the studio’s governance through a non-profit organisation that owns a share of the company. The model is intended to let the community raise concerns and influence discussion about game development, making it an unusual experiment in shared ownership. The Players Non-Profit…
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WhatsApp adds a guest option for joining calls without an account
WhatsApp is adding guest calling, allowing people without an account to join calls through a browser. The feature could make it easier to include occasional users, while the host retains control over who joins. Guests can join one-to-one or group calls only after accepting an invitation and being approved by the host. They cannot start…
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Epic’s Pivot to AI-Driven Game Development Is Somehow Much Worse Than You May Realise
Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney says the company is moving towards “AI first” production, prompting criticism over generative AI’s role in game development. The change could reach far beyond Epic because its Unreal Engine is widely used, potentially influencing how many other studios build games. Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier says Epic’s plan includes adding AI…
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Mike Flanagan’s Carrie adaptation reframes Stephen King’s horror story
Mike Flanagan’s television adaptation of Stephen King’s *Carrie* opens with a fractured timeline, moving between Carrie’s first days at school and interviews with survivors of a later tragedy. The structure presents Carrie as a vulnerable, isolated child with emerging paranormal abilities and suggests she may remain a sympathetic figure, making the series’ take on the…
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Minister says closer EU trade links could outweigh separate trade deals
Douglas Alexander said the UK could gain more from much closer trade ties with the EU than from retaining the freedom to negotiate separate trade deals. His comments suggest a shift in the government’s argument about EU relations, as Prime Minister Andy Burnham has called for serious dialogue that includes possible re-entry. Speaking from a…
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Cisco and Nvidia develop 12.8Tbps optical modules for AI data centres
Cisco and Nvidia are collaborating on an ultra-dense optical pluggable called USFP, designed to carry far more data through a single port in AI data centres. If adopted, it could reduce the number of fibre bundles needed to connect GPUs and networking equipment as clusters grow. Cisco’s specification allows up to 32 lanes of 400…
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Former ZA/UM developers announce politically charged RPG Red Rooster
Summer Eternal, a studio formed by former ZA/UM developers, has announced Red Rooster, a politically minded role-playing game that it says is not intended as a successor to Disco Elysium. The team describes it as an “incendiary” RPG combining rich world-building with physics-driven interaction in a science-fiction-tinged alternate history. Players take the role of Redrick…