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Ninja games defined the best gaming trend in 2025

2025 was the year of the ninja, thanks to new Ninja Gaiden and Shinobi games, and the arrival of Assassin's Creed Shadows.

Google is letting some people change their @gmail address

If you've been saddled with some awful Gmail address you chose in high school (looking at you, LazySexyCool3030), help appears to be on the way. According to a Google account support page in Hindi the company is allowing some people to change their email address. According to the page (via Google Translate): If your Google […]

Clair Obscur, Avowed, and more games grappled with COVID's impact in 2025

Some of the year's biggest video games were developed during the height of the pandemic, and it shows

Oracle stock fell 30% this quarter, its steepest drop since Q3 2001, when it slid ~34%, amid skepticism about its ability to open more data centers for OpenAI (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Oracle stock fell 30% this quarter, its steepest drop since Q3 2001, when it slid ~34%, amid skepticism about its ability to open more data centers for OpenAI  —  Three months ago Oracle named Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia as its new CEOs.  They're off to a rough start.

The 10 best sci-fi and fantasy movies of 2025, ranked

Polygon ranks of the 10 best seasons of science fiction and fantasy television this year.