Reuters:
Sources: US semiconductor companies face worsening rare earth shortages, as shipments still rarely make it to the US despite an October 2025 detente with China  —  Suppliers to U.S. aerospace and semiconductor firms face worsening rare earth shortages, with two turning away some clients …

Reuters:

New York’s attorney general sued Valve, a video game developer whose franchises include Counter-Strike, Team Fortress and Dota, accusing it of promoting illegal gambling and threatening to addict children through its use of “loot boxes.” In a complaint filed on Wednesday in a state court in Manhattan, Attorney General Letitia James said Valve’s loot boxes amounted to “quintessential gambling,” violating the state’s constitution and penal law, with valuable items often hard to win and many items worth pennies.

TPC is paying homage the nostalgic pixel art of the original Red and Blue Game Boy titles. There are already multi hour Pokémon Center queues!

Charlie Fink / Forbes:
Viture, which ranked top in XR glasses shipments in the US in Q3 2025, per IDC, raised $100M, bringing its funding in the past six months to $200M  —  Viture has closed another $100 million financing round, bringing its total capital raised in the past six months to more than $200 million …

Everyone has regrets in life, but none are as tragic as mine. I’ll never forgive high school me for selling my Pokémon games.