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Flesh and Blood’s Bright Lights expansion adds a mech suit built for breaking faces

Polygon - All

All the new video games launching in 2024

Polygon - All

Sources: Apple to increase its production in India over 5x to $40B in the next four to five years, and start making AirPods, in addition to iPhones, in 2024 (PTI)

Techmeme

EV maker Nio launches the Nio Phone in China with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset and 30+ car-specific features, including automatic parking, starting at ~$890 (Chethan Rao/Android Police)

Techmeme

Expend4bles director wants you to have as much fun watching the movie as he did making it

Polygon - All

The 22 Afrobeats Artists You Should Be Listening to Now

The Root

Fall TV Preview: Everything You Need to Know About the Biggest Series Premieres

The Root

Life looks peaceful in these pages from Demon Slayer’s official epilogue

Polygon - All

Sources: Meta plans to release AI chatbots with personalities, internally called Gen AI Personas, across its apps at this week's Connect, to attract young users (Wall Street Journal)

Techmeme

Johnny Cage can never die

Polygon - All

Family of Black Man Who Died From ‘Medieval Torture’ Receives Millions From the State of Virginia

The Root

Watch as NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission brings asteroid samples back to Earth

The Verge - All Posts

Review: Jesse L. Martin Charm’s Isn’t Enough to Save The Irrational From Procedural Predictability

The Root

People Capable To Be the Next Black President of the U.S.

The Root

A look at the role of pro gaming in Tencent's long-term strategy as China hosts the Hangzhou Asian Games, the first event where esports are eligible for medals (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg)

Techmeme

Trolling chatbots with made-up memes

AI Weirdness

Bonus: These memes do not exist

AI Weirdness

Apple’s new software is widgets all the way down

The Verge - All Posts

The bizarre new frontier for cell-cultivated meat: Lion burgers, tiger steaks, and mammoth meatballs

Vox - All

Courtney B. Vance in Heist 88 Is Our Black TV Pick of the Week

The Root