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Walmart starts its own Game Informer-style gaming site

The Verge - All Posts

Amy Klobuchar isn’t done with antitrust reform

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Sources: OpenAI is working to sever the nonprofit's control while compensating its board, possibly in the billions, and promised investors a two-year schedule (New York Times)

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Grammarly unveils a deal to buy collaborative tools startup Coda and bring on its co-founder and CEO Shishir Mehrotra as CEO; Coda had a $1.4B valuation in 2021 (Paayal Zaveri/Bloomberg)

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Kissing ghosts is hard work in the Helltaker dev’s new free game on Steam

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Discoveries

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Issues Adopting Swift Testing

Michael Tsai

The 10 best gifts for the cozy gamer in your life

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Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance being pulled from stores, bringing an end to a botched revival

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All Earth Sprite locations in Fortnite

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All specialist locations in Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 1

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Gemini, GTA, and the search for the next big thing

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Sources: Character.AI rival Talkie, one of the most-downloaded AI apps in the US and made by China's MiniMax, prepares an AI video feature to reignite growth (Juro Osawa/The Information)

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Nest Learning Thermostat review: pretty smart

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A New Social is a new non-profit that wants to help bridge platforms

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Concord’s Secret Level episode is the best trailer for the game

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The FTC is officially banning hidden junk fees from hotel and ticket prices

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UK-based BVNK, a stablecoin infra startup with ~$40M in annualized revenue, raised a $50M Series B led by Haun Ventures; a source said it values BVNK at ~$750M (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)

Techmeme

The best Studio Ghibli gifts for fans

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