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Three years after being caught off guard by ChatGPT, Gemini appears to have everything it needs to take down OpenAI and everyone else.
Michael O’Leary, on the radio show Newstalk, was asked about Elon Musk calling his reasoning for not installing Starlink on Ryanair airplanes “misinformed.“
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Nia DaCosta’s 28 Years Later sequel turns the franchise on its head with a story about spirituality in the end times.
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New US dietary guidelines promote more protein and beef tallow, potentially moving Americans further away from a low-carbon diet.


Ahead of Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe’s Japanese theatrical debut on January 30th, Bandai Namco Filmworks has announced that SZA’s “Snooze” has been selected as the movie’s opening theme.
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At a hearing on kids’ screen time, lawmakers debated a federal fund for school internet services. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) accused the Biden administration of using funds to help students get online with little supervision. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) said rather than “threatening” school funds, Congress should pass privacy protections.
The solution is using Bluesky, of course. Naturally, a user with a blue check next to their name told Grok to put a bikini on the butterfly and the AI did — which seems like an even stronger advertisement for Bluesky than the one Bluesky itself posted.
Now that Cozy Grove developer Spry Fox is independent again following a split from Netflix, co-founder David Edery has detailed some of the work that’s going into continuing development on the studio’s ambitious MMO Spirit Crossing, including pay cuts for leadership. “I’d much rather give up my salary and the security of a big company job than be doing anything else right now,” he says of working on the game.
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As part of a multiyear agreement, Sony Picture Entertainment films will stream on Netflix worldwide following their “full theatrical and home entertainment runs.” The deal is worth more than $7 billion, Deadline reports. Netflix already has Pay-1 rights in the US and other select territories.




The retro-inspired RPG hits iOS and Android on April 7th. I enjoyed the game when I played it on my Steam Deck in 2023, and it’s been steadily updated since, including with a free DLC.




That’s George R.R. Martin, in a big profile published by The Hollywood Reporter. Relatable.
The piece also details new work being done on a potential Game of Thrones sequel series featuring Jon Snow; Arya Stark might be in it, too. But that show is in “very early development,” THR says.
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In my continued search for controllers that have more features than Nintendo’s Switch 2 Pro, but a lower price, I’ve updated our best Switch 2 controllers buying guide with the $60 GuliKit TT Pro that has adjustable tension TMR sticks and Mobapad’s $50 Switch 2 Pro copycat, the Chitu 2.
Following Guillermo del Toro’s opus last year, a very different take on Frankenstein is on the way. Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, this version sees Jessie Buckley play the reanimated corpse of a murdered woman in 1930s Chicago. It looks fun, and the trailer makes very appropriate use of Florence + the Machine. The Bride hits theaters on March 4th.




First announced during Gamescom 2025, GuliKit’s TT Pro and TT Max are finally out and slightly more expensive than expected at $70.58 and $82.34, respectively, but discounted to $59.99 and $69.99 at launch. Both feature anti-drift TMR joysticks with adjustable stiffness in a symmetrical layout, Hall effect triggers, and come with a Hyperlink 2 USB wireless adapter.
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Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott (R-SC) made a last minute decision to postpone a vote on the Clarity Act, which would determine which federal agency could regulate crypto. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong came out against the latest version of the bill one day before the scheduled vote.
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As Donald Trump steps up his attacks on Minneapolis, even threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act, Governor Walz is encouraging documentation. He delivered a primetime address on Wednesday evening in which he told citizens to pull out their phones and record ICE agents whenever they see them:
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