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Resident Evil Requiem devs enlisted a task force of women to ensure Leon was hot enough

Resident Evil Requiem features an older, more mature version of Leon Kennedy, and Capcom knew just who to ask to ensure he aged like fine wine

The weirdest headphones at CES will launch on Kickstarter next month

There's never a shortage of weird tech debuting at CES every year. A new company called Tomorrow Doesn't Matter, or TDM, announced a peculiar pair of headphones at the show earlier this month with a feature no one has tried before. The Neo headphones can be rolled up like a hedgehog which turns them into […]

Sources: Microsoft is focusing on fixing the core issues of Windows 11 over the coming months after persistent bugs, ads, and bloatware eroded user trust (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge:
Sources: Microsoft is focusing on fixing the core issues of Windows 11 over the coming months after persistent bugs, ads, and bloatware eroded user trust  —  Engineers are now focusing on performance, reliability, and the overall Windows experience. … Windows is in a weird spot.

Sources: Amazon is in talks to invest up to $50B in OpenAI, which is seeking up to $100B in new capital, a round that could value it at as much as $830B (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Amazon is in talks to invest up to $50B in OpenAI, which is seeking up to $100B in new capital, a round that could value it at as much as $830B  —  CEO Andy Jassy is leading the e-commerce giant's negotiations with the startup  —  Amazon.com is in talks to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI …

Grubhub plans to remove delivery and service fees on restaurant orders over $50 starting Feb. 2; Grubhub's US market share fell to ~4% in 2025 from 10% in 2023 (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
Grubhub plans to remove delivery and service fees on restaurant orders over $50 starting Feb. 2; Grubhub's US market share fell to ~4% in 2025 from 10% in 2023  —  Grubhub is removing delivery and service fees on all restaurant orders above $50, the latest move by the newly private food-delivery app …