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The Sims 4 Royalty & Legacy Expansion Pack gameplay trailer: everything we learned

A gameplay trailer for The Sims 4 Royalty & Legacy Expansion Pack revealed details about what players can expect from the game's new nobility system.

The US BOP releases Caroline Ellison, the former FTX executive and ex-girlfriend of Sam Bankman-Fried, after about 14 months; she had a two-year sentence (Business Insider)

Business Insider:
The US BOP releases Caroline Ellison, the former FTX executive and ex-girlfriend of Sam Bankman-Fried, after about 14 months; she had a two-year sentence  —  - Caroline Ellison, the exec involved in the FTX scandal, has been released from federal custody.  — The former Alameda Research CEO …

Maul: Shadow Lord trailer might be teasing Star Wars’ coolest Sith

Darth Maul is back with a new release trailer revealing Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord will be debuting on April 6.

Inside the turmoil at Thinking Machines; sources say Meta discussed buying TML, and CTO Barret Zoph had been in talks since October 2025 about an OpenAI return (New York Times)

New York Times:
Inside the turmoil at Thinking Machines; sources say Meta discussed buying TML, and CTO Barret Zoph had been in talks since October 2025 about an OpenAI return  —  Defections, secret conversations, deal talks that fizzled and a battle for control: The turmoil at Thinking Machines Lab …

Free TV startup Telly only had 35,000 units in people’s homes last fall

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. When free TV startup Telly came out of stealth in 2023, it did so with big promises: Company executives told the media at the time that Telly would ship 500,000 […]