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Highguard's 5v5 mode is so good that it should become a permanent mode

Highguard's new 5v5 mode may be 'experimental,' but here's why it's more fun than the game's standard 3v3 mode

Meta gives $65M to two super PACs to elect California state candidates, regardless of party, whom it views as supportive of the AI and tech industry (Christine Mui/Politico)

Christine Mui / Politico:
Meta gives $65M to two super PACs to elect California state candidates, regardless of party, whom it views as supportive of the AI and tech industry  —  Federal lobbying budgets for Big Tech hit record highs this year.  But with federal AI regulation stalled in Washington …

Mario leads band to Grammy Award win over Cynthia Erivo

The 8-Bit Big Band won a Grammy award for its jazz medley of tracks from Super Mario games.

Former Windows 8 boss recruited Epstein to help negotiate his messy Microsoft exit

Emails between former Windows boss Steven Sinofsky and Jeffrey Epstein, published by the Justice Department on Friday, appear to show that Sinofsky constantly sought Epstein's advice as he negotiated his surprise exit from Microsoft in November 2012, forwarding emails to him in nearly real time as talks progressed. Sinofsky also appears to have paid Epstein […]

OpenAI launches a Codex app for macOS, designed to serve as a command center for managing AI agents, and says Codex usage has nearly doubled since mid-December (David Gewirtz/ZDNET)

David Gewirtz / ZDNET:
OpenAI launches a Codex app for macOS, designed to serve as a command center for managing AI agents, and says Codex usage has nearly doubled since mid-December  —  ZDNET's key takeaways  — OpenAI launches a Mac-only Codex app as an agent command center.