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Source: Meta on Wednesday laid off around 700 employees in the Reality Labs unit, as well as some in recruiting, sales, and Facebook (Eli Tan/New York Times)

Techmeme

Disney’s big bets on the metaverse and AI slop aren’t going so well

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How to get the Frozen Anguish in Crimson Desert

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‘A List of Chain Restaurants Whose Names Contain Unusual Structures’

Daring Fireball

Nintendo says new first-party games exclusive to Switch 2 will have different prices for physical and digital versions in the US, beginning in May (Andy Robinson/Video Games Chronicle)

Techmeme

Harry Potter HBO reboot trailer rewinds the clock on Hogwarts

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ARC Prize Foundation unveils ARC-AGI-3, an AI benchmark with simple video-game-like scenarios designed to measure on-the-fly reasoning rather than memory recall (Mark Sullivan/Fast Company)

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Mario Kart World and more Nintendo Switch games are on sale at Woot

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Improved Analytics in App Store Connect

Daring Fireball

Woot is offering over 20 percent off Switch 2 controllers and games today

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Reddit says it will label automated accounts that provide a service to users and will require accounts suspected of being bots to verify they are human (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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Best gaming deals in Amazon's Big Spring Sale

Polygon - All

The best board games to buy in Amazon's Spring Sale

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Nintendo plans to price digital and physical Switch 2 games differently

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'Kiln repair at the Kilnden Workshop' quest walkthrough in Crimson Desert

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Epidemiologists Confirm First Airborne Transmission Of Mar-A-Lago Face

The Onion

Can you monitor a situation without monitors? The Polymarket sports bar tried

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Star Wars needs to fix the sequels the way it did the prequel trilogy

Polygon - All

The United States router ban, explained

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Two Steam games had a similar idea, but only one is a top seller

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