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Includes some general changes. In August, Nintendo launched a new 'My Mario' campaign in Japan designed for parents and their children. This included an interactive app called Hello, Mario! for the Switch and smart devices. Although this app is a bit different to Nintendo's usual offerings, it seems it will still receive the same type of support - with the company today rolling out Version 1.0.2. Here's a translation of the official patch notes from Nintendo's website:

The designer who introduced the iPhone Air at Apple's September event left the company, reports Bloomberg. Abidur Chowdhury recently departed Apple to join an AI startup, a move that apparently "made waves" internally because he was a rising star on the design team. Chowdhury worked on the ‌iPhone Air‌, and he described its feature set in a two-minute presentation in September. His departure was not related to the ‌iPhone Air‌ or the disappointing sales of the device. Chowdhury joined Apple's in...

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Apple appears to be gearing up to add car key support to select Cadillac vehicles, based on backend code found by MacRumors. Cadillac is now on an internal Apple list of vehicles that offer car key integration. Apple has supported NFC-based digital keys in the Wallet app since 2022, and vehicle manufacturers have been adopting the feature since then. Digital keys allow users to lock, unlock, and start their vehicles with an iPhone or Apple Watch using NFC. At WWDC 2025, Apple confirmed that 13 v...

A pre-trial brief filed by former Unknown Worlds bosses says Krafton CEO Changham Kim was worried about losing his job for overpaying for the studio.

Apple provided developers with the third beta of an upcoming iOS 26.2 update, and there are still new features that are being added with each beta that we get. We've rounded up all of the changes that Apple made in beta 3. AirDrop Apple added new AirDrop functionality, providing a way for two people to share files temporarily without having to add one another as contacts. iOS 26.2 includes an option to generate a one-time AirDrop code, which can then be shared with someone who is not in your con...

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Productivity setups are a personal thing. Some people swear by to-do lists and apps, some people like scheduling and planners. For those in the latter camp, Google has made a minor but valuable addition to the Workspace suite. Going forward, you'll be able to block off segments of time in Google Calendar for working on specific tasks. You can add descriptions and set your preferences for that task in regard to do not disturb and visibility settings. It's a nice step up from scheduling meetings w...

I really don't think it's appreciated how much of a powerhouse Analgesic Productions are. Comprising just two developers, Melos Han-Tani and Marina Kittaka, their work always manages to present new takes on established genres, or games that have become genres. There's both Anodyne 1 and 2: Return To Dust, which borrows from various Zeldas in fresh ways, Sephonie, an involved and conscious take on the 3D platformer, and now Angeline Era, a nonlinear action-adventure game inspired by the early Ys ...

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Across quantum physics, digital biology and climate research, the world’s researchers are harnessing a universal scientific instrument to chart new frontiers of discovery: accelerated computing. At this week’s SC25 conference in St. Louis, Missouri, NVIDIA announced that over 80 new scientific systems powered by the NVIDIA accelerated computing platform have been unveiled around the globe Read Article

At SC25, NVIDIA unveiled advances across NVIDIA BlueField DPUs, next-generation networking, quantum computing, national research, AI physics and more — as accelerated systems drive the next chapter in AI supercomputing. NVIDIA also highlighted storage innovations powered by the NVIDIA BlueField-4 data processing unit, part of the full-stack BlueField platform that accelerates gigascale AI infrastructure. More Read Article

To power future technologies including liquid-cooled data centers, high-resolution digital displays and long-lasting batteries, scientists are searching for novel chemicals and materials optimized for factors like energy use, durability and efficacy. New NVIDIA-accelerated data processing pipelines and AI microservices unveiled at the SC25 conference in St. Louis are advancing chemistry and material science to support Read Article

NVIDIA Apollo — a family of open models for accelerating industrial and computational engineering — was introduced today at the SC25 conference in St. Louis. Accelerated by NVIDIA AI infrastructure, the new AI physics models will enable developers to integrate real-time capabilities into their simulation software across a broad range of industries. The NVIDIA Apollo Read Article

Following signs of new Side Button functionality in the iOS 26.2 beta 3 update, Apple developer documentation has confirmed that assigning a third-party voice assistant to the Side Button will be a feature available to iPhone users in Japan. Developers are able to set up an App Intents framework that will allow voice-based conversational apps to be launched directly from the Side Button in Japan. Right now, a long press on the Side Button activates Siri, and there is no option to change that. Ja...

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In the initial version of iOS 26, Apple removed Slide Over and Split View multitasking in favor of a new window-based multitasking system. A replacement for Split View was available in an added tiled mode, but Slide Over was entirely gone. iPad users missed Slide Over, so Apple brought basic Slide Over functionality back in iPadOS 26.1. In the latest beta of iOS 26.2, Apple is further tweaking Slide Over to make it work more like it did in iPadOS 18. As long as you have at least one app open on ...

The mystery of Darth Vader has fascinated fans for nearly 50 years. But as Master of Evil shows, there's still plenty more to uncover.

Right, here's your prescribed dose of actual nice news in the games industry for the week. Hytale is back from the dead! Despite a decade's worth of development, the game was canned with Hypixel Studios forced to completely shutter. Hypixel founder Simon Collins-Laflamme did say he wanted to talk to previous owner Riot about re-acquiring Hytale, and as it turns out, that's exactly what he did!

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Magic: The Gathering’s Avatar crossover set won’t get a wider release until later this week, but one cheap green card has already exploded in value.

Console gaming isn't going anywhere, but consoles? That's a different matter.

Game publisher Paradox Interactive has split with Colossal Order, the studio behind Cities: Skylines II. Colossal Order, which also made the original Cities: Skylines back in 2015, will move on to something new after completing a few last updates. The intellectual property will remain with Paradox, which said today that work on Cities: Skylines II will be moved to Iceflake Studios. The Finland-based internal team will be responsible for all development, including future content updates and the l...

Creators on Facebook and Instagram have long griped about accounts that lift their videos without permission. Now, Meta is rolling out a new tool that allows creators to more easily track when their videos have been reposted by others. The company introduced a new tool for creators called "content protection," which can automatically detect when a creator's original reel is reposted, either fully or partially, on Facebook or Instagram. Creators who are enrolled will be able to see which accounts...

Set in Oakmont, a post WWI metropolis infested with creeping Lovecraftian horrors, The Sinking City Remastered is going cheap right now.

It's been a while since Yoko Taro has made a game, hasn't it? That last public (key word here) thing he worked on was a mobile game about how Sega controls pretty much everything called 404 Game Re:set in 2023 (it shut down in 2024). Before that was a trio of Voice of Cards games in 2021/22, and before that the Nier Replicant not-quite-a-remake and also now defunct mobile game Nier Reincarnation. In terms of the big thing that everyone wants, a non-gacha Nier game, things have been very quiet, b...

With iOS 26.2 beta 3, Apple appears to be laying the groundwork for a future option allowing iPhone users in the EU to choose a different default voice assistant than Siri. Right now, a press and hold gesture on the Side Button only activates ‌Siri‌, but there are multiple references to new Side Button behavior in the beta. The wording suggests that the ‌iPhone‌ will permit users to choose a different app to activate through the Side Button, though this is likely to be limited to people in the E...

Simon Collins-Laflamme says he's already rehired more than 30 Hytale developers, and more are coming.

Apple has announced it will be opening an all-new store at the Livat Centre shopping mall in Beijing, China on Saturday, December 6, at 10 a.m. local time. Opened in 2014, the Livat Centre is one of the most popular shopping malls in Beijing. The mall has a Scandinavian design and is anchored by IKEA, as a result of being owned by Sweden's Ingka Group, the world's largest IKEA franchisee. To celebrate the store's upcoming opening, Apple has shared a special wallpaper for the iPhone, iPad, and Ma...

How far will Disney go to avoid making actual live-action versions of their cartoons? The new Moana trailer is here.

Xbox is hosting a partner showcase event on November 20 at 1PM ET. It'll be available for streaming on the platform's official YouTube page and Twitch page. We don't know how long this stream will run for, but previous Partner Preview events have lasted around 25 to 30 minutes. As indicated by the name, this stream will highlight third-party publishers. Xbox called out companies like THQ Nordic, Tencent and IO Interactive in the press release that announced the event. We do know some games that'...

Tesla has secured a ruling to strip a 2017 lawsuit claiming a racist work environment of its class-action status, as reported by Reuters. California Superior Court Judge Peter Borkon, appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2021, ruled that the lawsuit could not proceed with class-action status because the plaintiffs' attorneys had failed to find 200 class members willing to testify. The judge said he could not assume that the experiences of a select group of workers could be applied to the entire cla...