Feargus Urquhart, head of Obsidian Entertainment, reflects on development times and disappointing sales figures for fantasy RPG Avowed.

Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
Bedrock, which aims to automate heavy construction equipment like excavators, raised $270M led by CapitalG and the Valor Atreides AI Fund at a $1.75B valuation  —  The year-old company, founded by veterans of the autonomous vehicle business Waymo, is seeking to automate excavators and other building equipment.

Walk the rows of the farmers market in a small, nondescript Texas town about an hour away from Austin, and you might stumble across something unexpected: In between booths selling fresh, local pickles and pies, there's a table piled high with generic-looking streaming boxes, promising free access to NFL games, UFC fights, and any cable […]

Nintendo gamers may never get the chance to play Gearbox Software's latest game, Borderlands 4, on the Nintendo Switch 2.

Anthropic:
Anthropic says “Claude will remain ad-free”, its users “won't see ‘sponsored’ links adjacent to” conversations, and responses won't be influenced by advertisers  —  There are many good places for advertising.  A conversation with Claude is not one of them.