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Pokémon Legends: Z-A’s cutesy Mega Dragonite might be darker than you realize

Polygon - All

The UK plans to ban public sector and key infrastructure orgs from paying ransoms to ransomware attackers, require others to notify the UK if they plan to pay (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

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Sources: dozens of xAI staff voiced concerns over a program granting xAI "perpetual" access to data like their "likeness" for training; several did not consent (Grace Kay/Business Insider)

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Survey of 900 US Google users: of ~69K searches, 18% gave AI Overviews; on those searches users clicked a result link 8% of the time, vs. 15% with no AI summary (Pew Research Center)

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Amazon is acquiring Bee, which sells a $50 device that resembles a Fitbit, is always listening, transcribes conversations, and serves up daily AI summaries (Emma Roth/The Verge)

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Nintendo needs to start showing Pokémon Legends: Z-A for the original Switch again

Polygon - All

Why I love my little round Dell USB-C mobile adapter

The Verge - All Posts

Apple brings its online retail store to Saudi Arabia

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Source: OpenAI's $40B round announced in March is reopening on July 28; SoftBank's commitment could be cut to $10B if OpenAI does not restructure by end of 2025 (Lauren Goode/Wired)

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Apple Intelligence tries summarizing news again after botching BBC stories

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Netflix and Apple are backing away from great games

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K-Pop Demon Hunters exploded on Netflix — and now it’s a fanfic legend

Polygon - All

How Israel Bonds Became a Local Campaign Litmus Test

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GoPro’s refreshed Max 360 action camera is down to an all-time low price

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Splitgate 2 ‘unlaunches,’ studio to cut staff ahead of 2026 rerelease

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Amazon buys Bee AI wearable that listens to everything you say

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Poseidon, an AI-focused decentralized data layer built on the Story protocol, raised a $15M seed led by a16z (Daniel Kuhn/The Block)

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The Financial Times Reports the UK Is Backing Down From Its Demand for Apple to Grant It an iCloud Encryption Backdoor

Daring Fireball

OneXSugar: Playing with the first dual-screen transforming handheld

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There’s a Ren & Stimpy void in the world that the creator of Bullet Time intends to fill

Polygon - All