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Source: The Verge It’s not every day you see a tech executive lightly dunk on their competitors, but this week, Netflix’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos was feeling a little bold. In an interview with Variety, Sarandos touched on the Max versus HBO name change, sized up Prime Video as a competitor, and expressed confusion over Apple…
Source: Venture Beat King’s Candy Crush All Stars tournament is back for its fifth consecutive year with a $1 million prize pool. Read Full Article
Source: The Verge Tesla has issued a recall for 46,096 Cybertrucks in the US to fix a fault that was causing the steel trim on some vehicles to come loose or fly off while driving. The recall applies to every Cybertruck manufactured between November 13th, 2023, and February 27th, 2025, according to the report filed…
Source: Venture Beat Saga Origins, the publishing arm of the Saga Protocol dedicated to empowering game-makers, debuted AI-powered gaming experiences as part of its Sidekick showcase at GDC 2025. Through newly-announced partnerships with Super Company, OV Entertainment, Didimo and Northern Lights Entertainment, Saga unveiled revolutionary AI-driven characters, dynamic storytelling and in-game economies that evolve based…
Source: The Verge When asked what they do for work, creative couple Jessie Char and Maxwell Neely-Cohen should probably just say “yes.” True professional multihyphenates, Char’s gig history includes stints as a UI/UX designer, conference organizer, concert cellist, and Apple Genius; Neely-Cohen is a novelist, ballet dancer, and coeditor of the experimental literary journal The…
Source: Venture Beat Diga Labs, an innovator in the gaming and blockchain space, announced a strategic partnership with E4C, a metaverse game world by Ambrus Studio. Read Full Article
Source: The Verge Avian influenza is “evolving in ways we haven’t seen before,” says Martha Nelson, a computational biologist and staff scientist researching pathogen evolution at the National Institutes of Health — one of many scientists who have been monitoring the global H5N1 outbreak. Bird flu “is adapting to mammals, and it continues to show…
Source: The Verge YouTube is looking into an issue causing “lower than usual video quality” on iOS, desktop, and smart TVs. The platform says the apparent bug could make YouTube videos and shorts stream at 144p or 360p even with a strong internet connection. Over the past week or so, many users on Reddit have…
Source: The Verge Discord is bringing third-party ads to its mobile platform. The gaming-focused voice and chat app announced that a mobile pilot for Video Quests — ads that allow Discord users to earn rewards like avatar decorations and in-game items by watching a video — will launch in June 2025, after rolling out on…
Source: The Verge The space science community has long prided itself on its ability to inspire and move people of all backgrounds, but President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders demanding the end of diversity programs have thrown that optimism into chaos. In response, NASA has suspended funding for diversity and outreach programs, paused the meetings…
