iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 will include a revamped AI chatbot version of Siri with new capabilities, but Apple is also planning to introduce new Apple Intelligence features across the operating system, reports Bloomberg. Apple is testing an expanded version of Writing Tools that will do more rewriting and text generation than the current version. There is a "Write With Siri" toggle at the top of the keyboard, along with a "Help Me Write" option that comes up when Siri is activated while a text fie...
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The three week trial ended with less than two hours of deliberation.
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PlayStation Plus Essential, the cheapest tier of PlayStation Plus, is about to get a little more expensive, Sony announced.
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In preparation for the 2026 Worldwide Developers Conference that is set to begin on June 8, Apple today announced its finalists for the 2026 Apple Design Awards. Apple picks top apps and games annually, and announces winners at WWDC. The Apple Design Awards recognize apps with innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement in app and game design. Delight and Fun - Apps Blippo+ Metaballs Grug Delight and Fun - Games PowerWash Simulator Is This Seat Taken? Ball x Pit Inclusivity - Apps Guitar Wi...
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Zero Parades: For Dead Spies is the spiritual successor to Disco Elysium, and its opening few hours show it's offering something very special.
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Bring on the freebies. It may not be the Christmas Holidays yet, but No Gravity Games is back with a fresh line-up of daily free Switch games. The 'Pixel Chaos Giveaway' gets underway tomorrow (19th May) and will be sticking around until 24th May, with one No Gravity Games-published title going for free every 24 hours.
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Awesome portrayals of Cyclops in movies and games have made the X-Men character cool again ahead of his reappearance in Avengers: Doomsday
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Apple today provided a schedule for its 2026 Worldwide Developers Conference, which starts on June 8 and ends on June 12. Apple also sent out invites to members of the media who have been invited to attend an in-person keynote viewing at Apple Park. Both the invites and schedule confirm that the keynote will begin at the standard time, 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time or 1:00 p.m Eastern Time. Apple says the keynote event will be available to stream on Apple.com, the Apple TV app, and the Apple YouTube c...
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We need to talk, Sakaguchi-san. We don't know about you, but we're normally pretty good at spotting generative AI videos; mainly because they look like absolute crap. With this in mind, it feels particularly disappointing whenever we see someone we admire seemingly approve of AI-generated slop – even if it's just a brief, throwaway comment. Case in point, Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi took to X to express his delight at an AI video depicting what a remake of Final Fantasy VI might loo...
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Google's keynote on Tuesday will include a boatload of AI news and perhaps some Android XR updates.
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Best Buy's pre-order email made a GTA 6 trailer 3 seem imminent, but as May 18 progresses, fans are starting to lose hope.
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Sony has announced that PlayStation Plus prices are rising for new customers in "select" regions, but that if you're an existing subscriber, the price change does not apply - not unless the subscription lapses or changes. Or unless you are in Turkey or India.
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The iconic card Umezawa's Jitte has been unbanned in Modern for the first time in the format's history, but will it make an impact?
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With another wave incoming. We assumed that Marvel Cosmic Invasion might land some DLC at some point, and what do you know, here it is! Dotemu and Tribute Games have today released a surprise expansion for the superhero beat 'em up, adding two new fighters to the roster. Priced at $3.99, the DLC adds both Scott Summers' Cyclops and Ben Grimm's The Thing to the line-up of playable characters, both of whom come with their own unique movesets and dialogue.
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The case against Sony is similar to ones filed against Nintendo and Amazon.
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xAI promised workers the money in exchange for tax information to train Grok.
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Conduit Crystals are a late-game Subnautica 2 upgrade material that are necessary if you want to unlock the secrets of the alien plant.
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Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knights lists Arkham developer Rocksteady in its credits.
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The Apple Watch Ultra 4 could feature a complete redesign and blood pressure monitoring, according to DigiTimes. Apple will apparently add a new high blood pressure notification feature to the Apple Watch that uses the optical heart-rate sensor on the back of the device to analyze how blood vessels respond to each heartbeat, sending alerts when an abnormal pattern is detected. The feature is said to be under FDA review. It is not entirely clear how it differs from the Hypertension Notifications ...
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A level 27 chort appears when players kill a very specific group of cows in The Witcher 3, and 11 years on, it's still taking players by surprise.
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Kwan Perng was one of the main writers on celebrated Destiny 2 expansion The Final Shape and Guild Wars 2 expansion End of Dragons, and now they'll be the lead writer on CD Projekt Red's multiplayer Witcher spin-off Project Sirius.
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A caffeine dream. When I was a teenager, I landed my first-ever job as a barista at a busy chain coffee shop in the heart of New York. When I didn’t have my nose in the books at school, I’d spend hours making all manner of drinks for the city’s thirsty clientele. It was daunting work — customers expected to get their drinks fast, and the surplus of orders during the morning and midday rushes could get downright brutal. I’d emerge at the end of each shift, clothes and hands reeking of coffee grou...
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Volvo's upcoming mainstream EV SUV is available to order now.
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"We are an activist story that deals with these topics."
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Over 43,000 workers on Samsung's chip production facilities could be walking out for 18 days, if threatened strikes go ahead this week.
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The old icons that debuted five years ago had very little to visually differentiate them.
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I'm losing you, naked blue placeholder person with a tiny red blaster and tiny bare bottom standing on my arm! Wait, what was that? Oh no, I, purple-faced placeholder robo-person am being sucked out of an airlock, as is my partner, red-faced placeholder robo-person. Our bare bottoms will never survive in the lethal void of space! It's ok, though. Thanks to some quick thinking, we'll make it out of what appears to be an early-in-production cinematic from the first interation of the Star Wars: Kni...
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Developers Re-Logic are celebrating a huge 15 years of the side-scrolling survival crafting adventure game Terraria with it still going strong
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With up to $100 off Secretlab Titan Evo chairs and $129 off Magnus Pro desks, this is a great time to upgrade ahead of the long weekend.
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Genshin Impact's "Luna 7" (aka 6.6) patch launches at one time globally. Here's what time Genshin comes back from maintenance in your time zone.
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In Forza Horizon 6, you'll find parking lots called car meets where you can interact with other players, download their car designs and more.
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Grab dozens of free spins for cool skills (and even some machine plays) when you redeem new 8 Ball X codes in the Roblox pool game.
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Grab dozens of free spins for cool skills (and even some machine plays) when you redeem new 8 Ball X codes in the Roblox pool game.
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Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight releases this week on Friday 22nd May (tomorrow, 19th May, for Deluxe Edition owners), and a recurring talking point around the game has been how alike it feels to play as the celebrated Batman Arkham games developed by Rocksteady Studios. Turns out there's a good reason for that: Rocksteady helped make it.
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But what will it have to show? After putting together a staggering on-floor presence last year, Nintendo has announced that it'll be returning to Cologne this summer for Gamescom 2026. The news was shared by the Nintendo DE X account, confirming that the company will be in attendance throughout the whole event from 26th - 30th August. Naturally, there's no information on what games it'll have to show at the moment, but we'll be keeping an eye out over the coming weeks for more details.
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