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X-Men director can't wait for the MCU's take on Wolverine

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Appfigures: ChatGPT's app for iOS and Android hit $2B in global consumer spending, including $1.35B so far in 2025, up 673% YoY; Grok made ~$25.6M this year (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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KPop Demon Hunters 2 might not be a Netflix exclusive

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I tested a bunch of Switch 2 screen protectors, and these are the best

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The best deals on MacBooks right now

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Mike Novogratz's Galaxy says it has secured $1.4B in debt financing to expand its Helios data center in West Texas, aiming to boost AI and HPC capabilities (CoinDesk)

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The best Nintendo Switch controllers to buy right now

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All Trinacria locations in Mafia: The Old Country

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Where to find crow feather pieces in Grounded 2

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Opendoor CEO Carrie Wheeler steps down, with Shrisha Radhakrishna named president and interim CEO; OPEN closed up 4.28% (Norah Mulinda/Bloomberg)

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Battlefield 6 fans hate new Rush mode, think maps are way too small

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Sam Altman says ‘yes,’ AI is in a bubble

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Sam Altman says OpenAI "totally screwed up some things" on the GPT-5 rollout and confirms plans to fund a brain-computer interface startup to rival Neuralink (Alex Heath/The Verge)

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Pokémon Legends Z-A battles are thrilling in new preview on Switch 2

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For Legends: Z-A’s battle system, I rewired the Pokémon part of my brain

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Vibe coding through the GPT-5 mess

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Lucid reveals off-road version of Gravity SUV, which it has definitely sold more than 9 of

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GPT-5 failed the hype test

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I talked to Sam Altman about the GPT-5 launch fiasco

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CoreWeave's IPO lockup expires, letting holders of 80%+ of its Class A shares sell; its stock fell 33% in the two days after its Q2 earnings amid selloff fears (Carmen Reinicke/Bloomberg)

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