Playdate is getting a third season of curated, surprise games, Panic announced today. We don’t know much beyond the fact that Season Three is officially happening, but Panic’s Head of Playdate Greg Maletic said in an announcement video that it will be here “in time for the holidays” this year. Considering we had to wait … Read more
Intel has unveiled its new Core Series 3 chips, the official title for its Wildcat Lake-codenamed series intended for mainstream and value-oriented laptops. Built using the same Intel 18A process as its Core Ultra Series 3 chips, they’re significantly more powerful than the previous generation and promise “exceptional battery life” and “boosted AI-ready performance.” Intel … Read more
Love ’em or hate ’em, no modern browser is complete without robust tab support, and so too would it seem Google’s AI Mode. Starting today, the company is rolling out an update to users in the US that makes the tool better at interacting and understanding tabs. To start, the next time you use AI … Read more
Last month, following reporting from The Wall Street Journal, OpenAI confirmed it was working on a desktop super app that would combine ChatGPT, its Codex coding agent and Atlas web browser into one cohesive experience. OpenAI is not releasing that application today. Instead, it’s pushing out a major update to Codex that significantly expands what … Read more
If the real world isn’t grim enough for you, Ukranian developer 4A Games has your back: Metro 2039 has been announced and is scheduled to arrive this winter. And based on the developer’s first look at the title, Metro 2039 looks to be an even darker affair than previous titles in the series. A tall … Read more
The former Virginia Lieutenant Governor was a father. Learn about his family here. The former Virginia Lieutenant Governor was a father. Learn about his family here.
Your Google Photos library could soon influence the kind of images you can generate with Gemini. After letting users personalize the AI assistant’s responses with data from Gmail, Search and YouTube, Google says it’s bringing that same “Personal Intelligence” to Nano Banana 2 to make it easier for users to create personalized images with the … Read more
Fairfax was accused of sexual assault by two women years before he died by suicide and allegedly shot his wife, Cerina. Fairfax was accused of sexual assault by two women years before he died by suicide and allegedly shot his wife, Cerina.
Bluesky is once again having a wobble. The platform says some of its systems are down and that it’s “investigating an incident with service in one of our reginos” (that’s Bluesky’s typo, not mine). The issue appears to have started at 1:42AM ET and was still persisting as of 11AM. According to Bluesky’s status page, … Read more
The open-source library and search engine Anna’s Archive has been ordered to pay Spotify and the three of the world’s largest music labels $322 million in damages after it claimed to have scraped the entirety of the streaming platform’s library of music. Spotify, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, sued Anna’s … Read more