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Appfigures: Sora's app downloads dropped 32% month-over-month in December and 45% in January to 1.2M; consumer spending on the app fell 32% MoM as of January (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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Everything is gambling now: the latest news on prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi

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Social media app UpScrolled hits #1 on Apple's US app store following allegations that TikTok suppresses anti-ICE videos; its founder says it crossed 1M users (Conor Murray/Forbes)

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Where to find potato bugs in Grounded 2

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OpenAI has hired 7+ employees from AI coding startup Cline, including Nik Pash, who left Cline after posting "imagine the smell" on X regarding an xAI hackathon (Kevin McLaughlin/The Information)

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How to get a Dawntrail (Phantom) relic weapon in FFXIV

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Roblox is removing Classic Heads and players are furious

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Roxxon causes trouble in Wonder Man and throughout MCU history

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Black Ops 7 Season 2 is massive, and it's bringing back Titanfall's most infamous weapon

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Apple acquires Q.ai, whose tech can analyze facial expressions and could enable non-verbal discussions with AI assistants; sources: the deal values Q.ai at ~$2B (Financial Times)

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Spotify’s new group chats share music with everyone in your circle

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Science Saru's The Ghost in the Shell receives first trailer and release date

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WoW 2026 roadmap features Labyrinths: massive new solo delves

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WoW housing trailer, Azeroth Interiors contest, and more detailed in State of Azeroth stream

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G2 bold move to reshape software discovery with major acquisition from Gartner

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Google launches Project Genie, which lets users create interactive worlds using Genie 3, Nano Banana Pro, and Gemini, for Google AI Ultra subscribers in the US (Jay Peters/The Verge)

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Everything in The Sims 4 Royalty & Legacy: Dynasty gameplay trailer

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The Oscar nominee Arco holds out hope for the post-post-apocalypse

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A coalition of music publishers, including UMG, filed a second lawsuit against Anthropic, seeking $3B over allegations of copyright infringement of 20k+ songs (Murray Stassen/Music Business Worldwide)

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