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The creator of Papers, Please wants developers to make weirder, more personal games

The Verge - All Posts

Surge pricing, the scourge of ridehailing, is evolving for the robotaxi era

The Verge - All Posts

The immigration fix hiding in plain sight

Vox - All

How Foxconn's $2.5B "Project Elephant" to build iPhones, its second-largest factory outside China, is fueling a real estate boom in a town outside Bengaluru (Ananya Bhattacharya/Rest of World)

Techmeme

The nightmarish problem with trying to make Trump obey court orders

Vox - All

Star Wars Zero Company, a turn-based game at the end of the Clone Wars, gets full reveal

Polygon - All

The new Star Wars strategy game launches in 2026

The Verge - All Posts

A profile of Bo Hines, a 29-year-old official in the Trump administration who has become the main liaison between the White House and the crypto industry (Fortune)

Techmeme

India's top IT firms, TCS, Infosys, and Wipro, are facing their steepest growth slowdown in years amid global economic uncertainty and geopolitical challenges (Manish Singh/India Dispatch)

Techmeme

Remember Eric B. & Rakim? The Legendary 80s Hip-Hop Duo Was Rocked By Betrayal

The Root

Sources: BOA, principally lobbying through trade associations, is pushing US lawmakers for rules favoring banks over tech companies in stablecoin issuance (The Block)

Techmeme

Garment workshops are closing across the "Shein village" in Panyu, China, after the US ended the de minimis exemption; Shein urges suppliers to shift to Vietnam (Kentaro Shiozaki/Nikkei Asia)

Techmeme

Star Wars Zero Company Details, First Screenshots Emerge From Star Wars Celebration Japan

Game Informer

API-based background check provider Checkr acquires income and employment verification startup Truework, which had raised $125M+ and was last valued at ~$480M (Ryan Lawler/Axios)

Techmeme

PE firm KKR agrees to acquire and take private Frankfurt-listed IT company Datagroup for about €450M in an all-cash deal expected to close in Q3 2025 (Emma-Victoria Farr/Reuters)

Techmeme

HR management company Paychex acquires Paycor, which provides HR and payroll management software, for $4.1B in an all-cash deal (PYMNTS.com)

Techmeme

The Trump administration's restrictions on AI chip exports by Nvidia, AMD, and Intel to China could help turn Huawei into a global chip-making powerhouse (Tripp Mickle/New York Times)

Techmeme

Jay-Z and Beyoncé Dropped From Diddy 'Freak Off' Lawsuit, Church Easter Egg Hunt Turns Tragic, Black Man in Wheelchair Viciously Attacked in NYC and Other Crime Stories From the Week

The Root

Do You Know The Tragic Story of Don Cornelius, The 'Soul Train' Creator and Host?

The Root

House Democrats: DOGE is building a ‘master database’ of Americans’ sensitive information

The Verge - All Posts