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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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Vibe coding through the GPT-5 mess

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

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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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Klarna reports Q2 revenue up 25% YoY to $823M and net loss up 194% YoY to $53M, as it prepares for a second attempt at a US IPO, after pausing plans in April (Akila Quinio/Financial Times)

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This big stick solved my smart garden connectivity problems

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Sources: some investors seek to replace N26's co-CEOs after German financial regulator Bafin identified new deficiencies in the digital bank's internal controls (Bloomberg)

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SoftBank-owned PayPay files for a US listing; sources: PayPay aims to raise $2B+ at a $10B+ valuation, and the listing could happen by the end of the year (David Keohane/Financial Times)

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Meta's standalone Meta AI app, launched in April 2025, offers an uneven experience, hallucinating and not personalizing replies despite access to Meta accounts (Bloomberg)

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The Pixel 10 Pro Fold’s full specs may have just leaked

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An interview with Sam Altman on spending billions on AI infrastructure, wanting Chrome if it's really for sale, AI models saturating the chat use case, and more (Ina Fried/Axios)

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Avatar: The Last Airbender fans are going to have a huge 2026

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How Google's Jigsaw and pollster Scott Rasmussen plan to use AI to survey Americans on political views to find common ground ahead of the US' 250th anniversary (Richard Nieva/Forbes)

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Meta's strong Q2 shows it has learned it must give investors short-term results to get permission for long-term investments, such as its AI ambitions (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

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