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DuckDuckGo has announced new voice chat capabilities for Duck.ai, the private AI chatbot platform it launched last March. The new feature lets users have real-time voice conversations with large language models (LLMs) through an encrypted relay connection. OpenAI provides the LLMs that power voice chats, but DuckDuckGo says that neither it nor OpenAI stores any audio after conversations end. "Voice chats in Duck.ai are private, anonymized by us, and never used to train the underlying AI," the co...

Spotify announced Tuesday that it hit 751 million total monthly active users (MAUs) for quarter-four of 2025. That record-high is an 11 percent jump from the year before and a significant bump from the third quarter's 713 million MAUs.  The quarterly earnings report also showed a 10 percent jump year-over-year in Premium subscribers, from 263 million to 290 million. Europe makes up the greatest number of the Swedish company's premium subscribers (36 percent), with North America coming second at ...

This is one of many scams made in tandem with AI tools right now.

But don't worry, he estimates only 200+ hours to "beat" it...

Similar, but with a big leap forward in reducing click latency.

There's a fresh February 2026 release of the popular community-maintained compatibility layer, with GE-Proton 10-30 available now

Apple and Google have agreed to a series of changes aimed at making their app stores fairer for developers, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced today. The concrete commitments come after the CMA found the two companies had a duopoly and designated them as having "strategic market status" in mobile platforms last October. The designation is not a finding of wrongdoing, but gives UK regulators new powers to demand specific changes to boost competition in the mobile market. U...

The House Judiciary Committee wants the US Department of Justice to turn over all its communications with both Apple and Google regarding the companies’ decisions to remove apps that shared information about sightings of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.  Several apps were removed from both Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store in October. Politico reported that Raskin has contacted Attorney General Pam Bondi.  “The coercion and censorship campaign, which ultimately targets th...

"The community was still screaming out for more, more, more."

Waymo has gotten a step closer to offering robotaxi rides to the public in Nashville, Tennessee. The company the city and making sure they can operate as fully autonomous rides before launching a paid service in the location. Waymo announced that it was planning to bring its robotaxis to Nashville in September 2025, with the intention opening up rides to the public sometime this year. The company has been testing its technology in Nashville since then, but it has yet say when it’ll start accepti...

To celebrate Chinese New Year, Black Myth: Wukong developer Game Science published a new video about Black Myth: Zhong Kui

Jean-Charles Gaudechon has been appointed as the new CEO of Remedy Entertainment, and his career history is worrying fans.

It's us against the arcs.

My PC would simply combust.

With a ground-breaking new analog click technology, including offering rapid trigger, Logitech's new gaming mouse isn't simple to assess.

Overwatch developer Blizzard has come under fire for Anran’s generic character design, but the team is already working on a change.

"The rules of the world and the vibe of the world, they were just brilliant and so unique."

Arc Raiders' Shared Watch event rewards you for teaming up and scrapping robots, and the Cold Snap map condition is back in rotation too.

Remedy Entertainment, best known for narrative-rich single player games like Control and Alan Wake 2, has got itself a new CEO. His name is Jean-Charles Gaudechon, a former EA executive and senior vice president of fantasy sports betting platform Sleeper.

Goats, camels, and bears, oh my!

“While technology has made it possible for people to quickly communicate with others who live oceans away, it also has made it easier for criminals to prey on innocent victims.”

Of course, if it won't boot because the CPU is fried, no amount of BIOS tweakery will help.

OpenAI's first Jony Ive-designed hardware device won't ship to customers until next year, new court filings show (via Wired). The motion stems from a trademark infringement lawsuit filed last year by audio device startup iyO. The company sued OpenAI after the latter acquired io, a startup founded by Apple's former design chief. OpenAI's original stated goal was to ship the ChatGPT-powered device before the end of 2026. But in the latest filing, the company said its first hardware device won't sh...

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The next 2D fighter from Arc System Works is Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls. Published by Sony, it's also set to launch on PC via Steam, so we're not counting it as a true PS5 exclusive. That said, it no doubt could become one of PlayStation's surprise hits when it finally drops, and the final details are promising an adequate offering of modes and characters.

Mewgenics is an enormous new roguelike with a lot of nuances to learn. Here's what you need to know to lead your cats to early victory.

Dragonite Quest Builders. Pokémon Pokopia might just be one of our most anticipated games of 2026. If you're in the same boat and you're lucky enough to be attending the Pokémon European International Championships in London this weekend, then boy, do we have good news for you! Attendees will be among the first in the world to go hands-on with the upcoming 'mon sim thanks to a surprise event demo. The demo will be exclusive to the EUIC event (now sold out), but it poses a good opportunity to see...

Embark Studios has listened to the community asking for a PvE mode by introducing Shared Watch, a new event that rewards defeating Arc enemies.

Apple's iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max have been runaway hits in China, but it has nothing to do with new AI or camera features – it's largely down to the color. The Cosmic Orange finish made available exclusively on Apple's high-end Pro models has been widely dubbed "Hermès orange" by Chinese consumers who associate the vivid hue with the French luxury brand's signature color. The Financial Times reports that videos showcasing the orange iPhones have gone viral on Chinese social media sinc...

2XKO, Riot's League of Legends fighting spin-off, is having its development team significantly cut back not long after release. Game Developer report a Riot spokesperson as stating the publishers have put plans in motion to lay off around 80 developers on the game, about half of the global team who've been working on it, with the potential for some of the affected workers to land in new posts at Riot.

The early squid catches the woomy. Last week, Nintendo released the ver. 11.0.1 update for Splatoon 3, addressing multiple bugs that cropped up with the beefy patch prior. This was business as usual, of course, but it turns out that the update accidentally included some adjustments that Nintendo was hoping to release further down the line. Whoops. As revealed in a new post on the Japanese Nintendo support page, the 11.0.1 update mistakenly tweaked the bullet splash ink coverage of the Rapid Blas...

Despite some missteps along the way and performance woes, we maintain Monster Hunter Wilds is a pretty good game. Complaints about difficulty and end-game content were addressed by Capcom in due course, but for anyone still a bit underwhelmed by the final offering, you only need to wait until the summer to see what's next.

As the possibility of a second Fallout 76 raid looms, Bethesda tells me why challenge is important and discusses new loadout options.

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