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Game Awards 2025: All Game of the Year nominees and predictions

We break down the current contenders for GOTY 2025, including Hades 2, Silksong, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and Death Stranding 2

Google Photos’ new video editor makes it more like Capcut

The Google Photos app on Android and iOS is getting a video editing overhaul with a redesigned editor, templates for highlight reels, and options for adding custom text overlays and music to individual videos. Highlight reels, which automatically cut together a video featuring selected photos and videos, were already part of Google Photos, but now […]

Sources: OpenAI has become more guarded about publishing research on AI's economic harms, prompting at least two economic research staffers to leave (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)

Maxwell Zeff / Wired:
Sources: OpenAI has become more guarded about publishing research on AI's economic harms, prompting at least two economic research staffers to leave  —  Four sources close to the situation claim OpenAI has become hesitant to publish research on the negative impact of AI.

Data center construction moratorium is gaining steam

More than 230 groups including Food & Water Watch, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Greenpeace are demanding a pause on the construction of any new data centers in the US until stronger regulations are in place to prevent soaring electricity rates, water use, and pollution. "The rapid, largely unregulated rise of data centers to fuel […]

How to remote trade in Pokémon Go

In order to remote trade in Pokémon Go, you'll need to be Forever Friends with the person you want to trade with. We explain how in our guide.