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Sony patents AI-generated podcasts voiced by your favorite video game characters

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Grindr is testing Edge, a subscription tier with AI-powered personalized matches and insights, no ads, and more, with prices ranging from $80 to $220 per week (Henry Chandonnet/Business Insider)

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Varanasi director S.S. Rajamouli debunks AI claims: ‘It's a great assistant’

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Crypto.com launches prediction market platform OG ahead of the Super Bowl, following 40-fold WoW growth in its event contracts business over the past six months (Lydia Beyoud/Bloomberg)

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Y Combinator says it will let founders receive their customary funding allotment, typically ~$500K, in Circle-issued USDC, starting with the Spring 2026 cohort (Ben Weiss/Fortune)

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Gruve, which taps unused power and space from US data center providers for AI inference, raised a $50M Series A extension, taking its total funding to $87.5M (Geoff Weiss/Business Insider)

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You&#8217;ll Be Shocked at How Much These Black TV Actors <i>Really</i> Get Paid&#8230;

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Crunchyroll's failure to share Re:Zero season 4's new trailer frustrates global fans

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Claude Code was down, forcing developers to take a long coffee break

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Quentin Tarantino and Wolfenstein fans may have a new Nazi-killing outlet

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A profile of Sam Altman, who says "we basically have built AGI, or very close to it" before dialing back his claim to "a spiritual statement, not a literal one" (Richard Nieva/Forbes)

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After RRR, S.S. Rajamouli says he’s made his most epic — and personal — movie yet

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Apex Legends season 28 introduces Highguard-style repairable windows

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I didn’t expect to love Dyson’s PencilVac Fluffycones – but I did

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Apple’s tiny but mighty iPad Mini is $100 off in every storage configuration

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Why Some Wendy Williams Fans are Shading Sherri Shepherd Over Her Show Cancelation

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Epic reports third-party game revenue on the Epic Games Store up 57% YoY in 2025 to $400M, total spend up 6% to $1.16B, and total player hours down 14% to 6.65B (Jon Hicks/GamesIndustry.biz)

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Xbox Game Pass February 2026 games include Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and Madden NFL 26

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Millions of books died so Claude could live

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Orion, which has developed an AI platform meant to replace data loss prevention tools, raised a $32M Series A led by Norwest, bringing its total funding to $38M (Meir Orbach/CTech)

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