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New Diablo 4 book reveals an early look at the game's next expansion, Lord of Hatred

Polygon - All

Can AI responses be influenced? The SEO industry is trying

The Verge - All Posts

One line in Maul Shadow Lord reveals a mind-bending truth about Star Wars

Polygon - All

Jack Dorsey says Apple removed his Bluetooth P2P messaging app Bitchat, used during protests in five countries, from the App Store in China at the CAC's request (Stephen Katte/Cointelegraph)

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How Maul: Shadow Lord's coolest new Jedi was inspired by Obi-Wan Kenobi

Polygon - All

OpenAI unveils policy proposals for a world with superintelligence: higher taxes on capital gains, a public AI investment fund, bolstered safety nets, and more (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)

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Japan, driven by labor shortages, is increasingly adopting robotics and physical AI, with a hybrid model where startups innovate and corporations provide scale (Kate Park/TechCrunch)

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Netflix reveals Steel Ball Run's release schedule and return

Polygon - All

Salesforce gives Slackbot 30 new AI powers, and a strategy that looks a lot like Microsoft’s

The Next Web

Sources: Palo Alto Networks, Sophos, and others record an increase in demand for their ransom negotiators, as businesses seek help in talks with cybercriminals (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)

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Who is Rook Kast and the Shadow Collective in Star Wars: Maul — Shadow Lord?

Polygon - All

When does Star Wars: Maul — Shadow Lord take place? The timeline explained

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Star Wars Maul Shadow Lord review: A triumphant return for the best Sith

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Netflix debuts VOID, a vision language model that can erase objects from a scene and simulate how remaining objects would behave in the scene without them (Thomas Claburn/The Register)

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Indian IT giant Wipro agrees to acquire Mindsprint, the IT services arm of Singapore-based Olam, for $375M, and strikes an eight-year, $1B+ contract with Olam (Reuters)

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Docs: OpenAI and Anthropic have projected profitability to investors with and without training costs, and report inference costs exceeding half of their revenue (Wall Street Journal)

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Microsoft is updating devices from Windows 11 24H2 to version 25H2 with no way to fully opt out, and says an "intelligent" ML-based system handles the rollout (Kunal Khullar/Tom's Hardware)

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Faces of Death 2026 review: Eemake is smart, well-made, and not all that disturbing

Polygon - All

Sources: Sam Altman has excluded OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar from some key financial meetings; Friar began reporting to Fidji Simo, instead of Altman, in August 2025 (The Information)

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China, which dominates the global drone industry, has sharply tightened its drone use rules, as some users say they are hindering routine and lawful flights (Joy Dong/New York Times)

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