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After House of the Dragon's anticlimactic season 2 finale, the new season offers a shot at redemption by depicting Westeros' bloodiest naval battle.

"The final Title Update is coming". Ubisoft previously mentioned how it would be winding down support of Assassin's Creed Shadows, and this week, it's announced its "last content drop". On the Switch 2, this update is apparently 9.5GB in size. Unfortunately, not all of the content listed here is available in the Switch 2 version as it contains crossover content with the upcoming release Black Flag Resynced, arriving on other platforms next month.

Some well-known first-party Xbox studios are reportedly at risk of being closed down.

The biggest change in iOS 27 is Apple's total overhaul of Siri, with ‌Siri‌ turning into ‌Siri‌ AI. Apple delivered on the features originally promised at WWDC 2024 and added new capabilities that turn ‌Siri‌ into a viable competitor to chatbots like Claude and ChatGPT. ‌Siri‌ AI is available in the ‌iOS 27‌ beta, but everyone will get access this fall. Below, we walk through everything new you can expect from ‌Siri‌. Siri AI ‌Siri‌ AI is more knowledgeable, more capable, and unlike other chatbo...

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Apple is planning to unify the email domains used by Sign in with Apple and iCloud+ Hide My Email under a single private.icloud.com domain. Addresses generated for both features will be issued on the new domain, Apple says. Sign in with Apple addresses currently use the privaterelay.appleid.com domain, while ‌iCloud‌+ uses icloud.com. Later this summer, both will use the same private.icloud.com domain. Email addresses that use the legacy domains will continue to work and mail will be forwarded w...

Microsoft is currently moving to close several of its most acclaimed studios including Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and Compulsion Games.

Marvel has announced The Muppets Take the Marvel Universe, a crossover coming this September to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Muppet Show

Up, up and away! (Just try not to crash.)

Apple is teaming up with Nike for an Apple Card promotion that gives extra Daily Cash back. For the next month, ‌Apple Card‌ users can get 6% Daily Cash back when making a purchase with ‌Apple Card‌ using Apple Pay at a Nike retail store, the Nike website or Swoosh website, or Nike's apps. The ‌Apple Card‌ normally offers 3% cash back on Nike purchases, so the bonus is doubled during the promotion period (June 15 to July 15). ‌Apple Card‌ holders can get the 6% Daily Cash back on up to $500 in p...

Microsoft's "Xbox reset" is starting to sound more like a bulldozing.

Capcom is removing the DLC microtransactions that plagued Dragon's Dogma 2 at launch and led to negative Steam reviews.

Turok: Origins was one of the most fun things I played at last week's Summer Game Fest.

Studio closures are expected as Xbox's new leadership looks for a fresh start.

The Galaxy Book 6 Edge comes with 1TB of storage and 16GB of RAM, and it costs $2,100.

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Speedrunner Werster's world records in Pokémon Emerald's Battle Factory modes are in doubt

Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and many, many more artists have had their work fed into AI models.

We've got the Online Safety Act in the UK, and now we're about to have new rules "to protect children online" - although it mostly affects social media

Paizo has announced it will release 13 Omens: Preview Edition, a sneak peek of their upcoming horror TTRPG, in limited printings at Gen Con 2026.

The Lord of the Rings The Hunt for Gollum adds Anya Taylor-Joy to its cast. It will be released at the end of next year.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone on HBO will feature a fan favorite cut from the movies: Peeves the Poltergeist, played by Peter Serafinowicz.

Chase this week announced new perks for its Sapphire Preferred credit card, and one of them is a complimentary one-year Apple TV streaming subscription. To get the free year of Apple TV, which typically costs $12.99 per month in the U.S., you must activate the card by December 31, 2026. If you are already subscribed to Apple TV directly through Apple, the complimentary subscription from Chase will automatically supersede your paid subscription until it ends, at which point the paid subscription ...

The next season of Overwatch includes new hero Shion, new map Neon Junction, and a ton of skins and cosmetics. Here's a look at season 3's offerings.

Anthropic is being sued over Claude Max usage limits

Play a tricky new putt-putt hole every day.

It all comes down to big sound and big pictures.

Studio Ghibli fans will be able to purchase merchandise based on films like Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke.

A federal judge decided to dismiss an xAI lawsuit against OpenAI with prejudice.

The shutdown comes just a few days after a report claiming that major layoffs at Xbox were on the way.

Overwatch season 3 sees the introduction of Shion, formerly referred to as Hero 52. Here's when Overwatch season 3 starts in your time zone.

Empulse, a new Titanfall-inspired shooter from the makers of Splitgate, has a free demo as part of Steam Next Fest.

A little quiz inspired by Disclosure Day

Things are not going well at Xbox, as it loses its Head of Xbox Game Studios and reportedly plans to shut down Compulsion Games.

Apple's standard iPhone 18 model will launch in early 2027, based on comments from a partner in the company's supply chain that appear to corroborate rumors of a delayed spring release for the base model. Apple typically works on an annual smartphone launch cycle where it releases the entirety of its latest flagship iPhone series in the fall, usually around mid-September. That appears set to change this year, however. Multiple reports claim the base iPhone 18 model will be held over until spring...