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The update, available in the public beta branch, makes numerous reworks, tweaks, and fixes, and so far hasn't sparked nearly the level of backlash the last one got.

The faux interview "was produced with Claude, Copilot, and edited by humans."

HarperCollins is tapping into AI to bring some of its book franchises to life. Specifically, the publisher is teaming up with Toonstar, an AI animation studio, to turn them into digital shows. The first project will be an adaptation of Lisa Greenwald’s “Friendship List” series, which will also be joined by a graphic novel. You’d be forgiven for being unaware of Toonstar, a studio that received some buzzy early on for simplifying typically complex animation pipelines with AI, but has mostly remai...

Homeworld and Deserts of Kharak are worth the price of admission on their own.

Jason Blundell, a former creative lead on Activision Blizzard's Call of Duty: Black Ops series, has announced that he's formed a new development studio called Magic Fractal Studios. Blundell announced the studio on a livestream with former Dark Outlaw Games coworker JC Farmer, a little over a week after the previous studio was closed by Sony. Little is known about Magic Fractal beyond its logo and social media accounts. Dark Outlaw Games was similarly mysterious, and closed before it could even ...

The Skyblivion development team put out a new call for help earlier this week, and it led some (including me) to wonder if another delay is coming.

If you're going to force me to talk to the computer, it better be smarter than this.

Apple today provided public beta testers with the first releases of upcoming iOS 26.5, iPadOS 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, watchOS 26.5, and tvOS 26.5 updates for testing purposes. The public betas come four days after Apple provided the betas to developers, though Apple seeded updated iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 betas to developers earlier today. After signing up for beta testing on Apple's beta site, public beta testers can download the updates using the Software Update section of the Settings app on ...

Cutthroat capitalism sure does bring out the best in humanity. Take, for example, Elon Musk. He reportedly set a condition for banks, law firms, auditors and advisors who want to work on the SpaceX IPO. They're required to subscribe to the bastion of nonconsensual deepfakes and occasional Hitler praise known as Grok. Surely the best and brightest banks our nation has to offer would refuse such a pay-to-play demand, right? Well, no. The New York Times reports that some of them have agreed to spen...

Today marks the 16th anniversary of when Apple released the first-generation iPad. After Steve Jobs announced the ‌iPad‌ on January 27, 2010, it launched a few months later on April 3, 2010. Apple's original ‌iPad‌ looked like a larger version of the iPhone, featuring thick bezels, a 9.7-inch multitouch display with a 1,024 x 768 resolution, a Home Button, and a 30-pin dock connector. The ‌iPad‌ was the first device that Apple released with a custom-designed chip, the Apple A4. The concept of a ...

The docs are from what may be the company's most famous lawsuit.

We have a variety of Xbox Game Pass recommendations to save you from endlessly searching for something new to play.

Repair site iFixit today shared a teardown of Apple's new AirPods Max 2 headphones, and as expected, there are few changes. iFixit says the ‌AirPods Max 2‌ are "basically the same" as the original AirPods Max headphones that came out in 2020. A comparison of the internal components of the ‌AirPods Max 2‌ and the USB-C AirPods Max indicate the headphones are identical, and opening them up requires the same steps. The only difference is the updated H2 chips inside each earcup. Apple hasn't address...

58 years ago, 2001: A Space Odyssey hit screens. Read SFX legend Douglas Trumbull on the movie's original "crap script" and 20-foot-tall green aliens.

On their way around the Moon, the Artemis II crew had time to snap some terrific pictures of our blue planet. NASA has begun sharing the images, including the one above, which shows a striking view of Earth through the Orion capsule's window. Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman overcame the crew’s problems with Microsoft Outlook and the toilet to capture the photos. He took the above pic after the craft completed its translunar injection burn on April 2. Meanwhile, this second photo trades clever ...

Comparisons are inevitable, but Liquid Swords founder Christofer Sundberg sees his rough-and-tumble crime sim as a more of a side game than a GTA competitor.

Saw Gerrera from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story gets a prequel to the prequel story thanks to new one-shot books from Marvel Comics.

Take-Two, the owner of Grand Theft Auto developer Rockstar Games, has seemingly laid off the head of its AI division, Luke Dicken, and several staff members working under him. "​​It’s truly disappointing that I have to share with you that my time with T2 — and that of my team — has come to an end," Dicken shared in a LinkedIn post spotted by Game Developer.  When asked to confirm the layoffs in its AI division, Take-Two declined to comment. Dicken writes that his team was "developing cutting edg...

Try out the renovate-'em-up's original incarnation before the remaster comes out.

Apple is now selling M4 iPad Pro models in its online store for refurbished products, allowing customers to purchase like-new models at a discounted price. There are both 11-inch and 13-inch options available, in multiple storage configurations. Apple is offering Wi-Fi and Cellular refurbished models, and silver and black color options. Pricing on the 11-inch M4 ‌iPad Pro‌ starts at $759, down from the original $999 price. The 13-inch model is priced starting at $1,019, down from the original $1...

Disney's adaptation will bring the '90s YA sci-fi series to the screen for the first time since 1998 with a new take on the Animorphs.

The premiere of Reincarnated as a Slime season 4 brings back the series' trademark cozy charm for an isekai adventure steeped in politics.

Apple today seeded revised first betas of upcoming iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming four days after Apple seeded the initial betas. Registered developers can download the betas from the Settings app on the iPhone or iPad by going to the General section and selecting Software Update. It's not clear why Apple has seeded new beta updates, but there may be a bug fix that couldn't wait for the second beta. iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 do not in...

Mega Crit co-founder Casey Yano discusses the reception to the Steam review bombing, new modes, characters, and controversial cards like Snakebite

Pizza Movie is delivered to Hulu, Alien: Romulus hatches on HBO Max, Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 lands on Peacock, and more

Between booster boxes and the Draft Night set, there are some great savings to be found on Magic: The Gathering's upcoming Secrets of Strixhaven set.

The Best of Humble: Fight 4 Your Friends Game Bundle is live with some interesting multiplayer action games you can grab for a reasonable price

If you often find yourself adding a track to an Apple Music playlist, going back, and then adding it to other playlists, iOS 26.4 includes an option that could save you bags of time: You can now select multiple playlists when adding a song. Previously, tapping Add to Playlist would take you to a list of your playlists, and you could only pick one at a time. In iOS 26.4, there's a new multi-select option that lets you check off as many playlists as you like in one go. Here's how it works. In the ...

Undead Labs announces that State of Decay 3 is going into alpha and players can sign up for early access to the Xbox and PC zombie survival game.

Amid Microsoft's hacking and slashing of its Xbox division, you wouldn't be crazy for thinking State of Decay 3 was dead. After all, the title was announced nearly six years ago, and, well, we haven't heard much since. But the survival game is still in the pipeline, and developer Undead Labs will hold a series of playtests beginning in May. In the announcement, franchise co-creator Brant Fitzgerald emphasized the role of community input in the game's continued development. "We've read your feedb...

Spoilers a-plenty, obviously. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has a lot of easter eggs. Too many, in our opinion. In fact, we'd go so far as to say that the whole film is essentially propped up by constant hits of nostalgic dopamine. But that's not to say that the easter eggs themselves are bad – far from it. So, here we're going to go through ten of our very favourite cameos and nods to the iconic and enduring Super Mario series. These are just a tiny fraction of all the callbacks and nods in the ...

Another excuse to play more Echo Point Nova? How could I refuse?

Long-awaited zombie survival game State of Decay 3 is hosting a series of alpha playtests, and you can sign up now if you want to take part.

Sky Dust is an ambitious sci-fi action game with gameplay influences like Cyberpunk 2077, Hyper Light Drifter, and Dark Souls

The Trump administration's labor board has ordered Amazon to recognize and bargain with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union, which represents workers at a warehouse in Staten Island. This is just the latest chapter in a multiyear standoff between Staten Island warehouse workers and Amazon, according to a report by The Washington Post. The union has been trying to bring Amazon to the bargaining table for years to negotiate pay, benefits and workplace safety. The labor board's proclam...