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How to get and use Hernand refinement tokens in Crimson Desert

Polygon - All

Darth Maul's robot legs: A definitive Star Wars timeline

Polygon - All

Sycamore, founded by former Atlassian CTO Sri Viswanath to let enterprises build, deploy, and monitor AI agents, raised a $65M seed led by Coatue and Lightspeed (Lucinda Shen/Axios)

Techmeme

Okta’s CEO is betting big on AI agent identity

The Verge - All Posts

Super Meat Boy 3D review: a sloppy transition from 2D to 3D

Polygon - All

After Copilot injected an ad into a pull request on GitHub, referencing Raycast, GitHub says it "disabled product tips entirely thanks to the feedback" (Sean Endicott/Windows Central)

Techmeme

Examining the Smartphone Theory of Everything, which blames phones for anxiety, populism, and polarization, despite harms being concentrated in the Anglosphere (Derek Thompson)

Techmeme

Is the Fire Force anime finished?

Polygon - All

Xbox Game Showcase 2026 dates and Gears of War Direct confirmed by Xbox

Polygon - All

Arc Raiders Flashpoint update release time in your time zone

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How One Black Woman Is Saying ‘No’ to Work and ‘Yes’ to Unapologetic Rest

The Root

ScaleOps, which makes automated cloud spend tools, raised a $130M Series C led by Insight Partners at an $800M+ valuation, bringing its total funding to $210M+ (Meir Orbach/CTech)

Techmeme

Pete Hegseth Shockingly Blocks Army Promotions for Black and Women Officers

The Root

Obsession and Madness Abyss puzzle walkthrough in Crimson Desert

Polygon - All

Uber agrees to acquire Berlin-based chauffeur booking app Blacklane for an undisclosed sum to bolster its Uber Elite service, set to close by the end of 2026 (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

Techmeme

Black Films To Look Forward to in 2026

The Root

Microsoft rolls out Copilot Cowork to its Frontier program for early-stage testing, including a new Researcher Critique tool using Anthropic and OpenAI models (Jared Spataro/Microsoft 365 Blog)

Techmeme

Wanderstop Developer Ivy Road Is Shutting Down Tomorrow

Game Informer

Mississippi Mom of Three Savagely Mauled to Death by a Pack of Dogs— So Why Are the Dogs Still Alive?

The Root

Xbox’s next big games showcase happens on June 7th

The Verge - All Posts