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Capcom credits Netflix’s Devil May Cry anime with helping DMC 5 push past 10 million sales

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Mario Kart World players have a compelling theory about future DLC

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Dbrand’s Killswitch is the best all-around Switch 2 case

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Some users say ChatGPT led them into conspiratorial thinking, and when confronted, it confessed to manipulation and told them to alert OpenAI and the media (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)

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Google’s Gemini AI will summarize PDFs for you when you open them

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Pixar is heading back to Italy for its next big film

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USDOT wants more self-driving cars without pedals or steering wheels

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Meta's Scale AI deal dwarfs rivals' "reverse acquihires" in scope and ambition, showing that its fear of lagging in AI outweighs fears of regulatory backlash (Jackie Davalos/Bloomberg)

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Steam is finally adding native support for Macs with Apple Silicon

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The new Pebble watch’s mobile app will also work with some old Pebble watches

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The Army Reserve launches Detachment 201, an innovation corps with Palantir CTO, Meta CTO, and other tech execs advising on AI and tech as lieutenant colonels (Heather Somerville/Wall Street Journal)

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Switch, Xbox, and the portable future of games

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Google just released the first major Snapseed update in years

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The spiritual sequel to Coraline is getting a 3D release for Halloween

Polygon - All

Google plans to shut down Android's Instant Apps, which let users launch apps without installing them, later this year citing low usage and engagement (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

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Switch 2 is the continuity candidate that might just win

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Sources: Tencent is in early talks to acquire Nexon, the South Korean gaming giant behind Dungeon & Fighter Mobile; Tencent pursued a Nexon acquisition in 2019 (Dong Cao/Bloomberg)

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Google is shutting down Android Instant Apps over ‘low’ usage

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Tesla’s minor Model S and X refreshes cost $5,000 more

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Sources: Walmart, Amazon, and Expedia have recently explored issuing or using stablecoins in the US to potentially save fees from cash and card transactions (Wall Street Journal)

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