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Fortnite is back in Google’s Android app store
Fortnite players on Android devices in the US can once again download the game directly from the Google Play Store, not long after it returned to Apple's App Store in May. Its return comes five years after it was removed from Google's app store as Epic Games pushed back against Apple and Google's app store […]
Kim Kardashian Joins ‘Fortnite’s Icon Series Roster This Weekend
Epic Games announced that beginning this weekend, Kim Kardashian would be the latest big name joining the roster of celebrities who have had the honor of having skins in Fortnite.
The Game Awards are losing their luster
It's Game Awards season, y'all. That special time of the year when we gather together to celebrate video games and the people who make them… by watching expensive commercials briefly punctuated by the odd awards speech or musical performance. For better or worse, The Game Awards is the biggest night on the video game event […]
Adobe sees a bright future as AI bet pays off
Entrenching generative AI into Adobe's creative software ecosystem is paying off, according to the company's latest earnings. While its share price has fallen by more than 37 percent this year at the time of writing, Adobe is reporting a bump in annual profits driven by record revenue of $23.77 billion for 2025 - an 11 […]
Donald Trump reminds the entire world he has no idea what 6G means
When business leaders spout buzzwords like "AI," "8K" and "5G," sometimes in the same sentence, we often get a sneaking suspicion they don't know what they mean! With President Donald Trump, there's no need to wonder: he clearly has no idea. "What does [6G] do? Give you a little bit deeper view into somebody's skin?" […]
Trump could introduce ‘mandatory’ social media reviews for travelers
The Trump administration could soon require tourists from dozens of nations to hand over their social media handles before entering the country. Under a proposal from US Customs and Border Protection, the agency would make social media history from the past five years a "mandatory" part of the screening process, as reported earlier by The […]
Operation Bluebird wants to reclaim Twitter’s ‘abandoned’ trademarks for a new social network
A startup called Operation Bluebird is trying to reclaim Twitter's branding, as reported earlier by Ars Technica and Reuters. Last week, Operation Bluebird filed a petition that asks the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to cancel X Corp.'s ownership of the "Twitter" and "Tweet" trademarks, claiming they've been "abandoned" by the Elon Musk-owned company. […]
The scramble to launch data centers into space is heating up
A startup developing technologies to harness solar power in space is throwing its hat in with big tech companies attempting to build out data centers that orbit Earth. The US-based company, Aetherflux, announced on Tuesday that it plans to launch its first data center satellite in early 2027 - the first piece of a larger […]
‘Call of Duty’ No Longer Getting Back-To-Back Releases Following ‘Black Ops 7’s Disappointing Launch
Activision ditches back-to-back COD releases, vows to deliver 'unprecedented' support for Black Ops 7 after poor launch.
Nocs Unveils “Braque,” A Sculptural Stereo System Rooted in Cubist Geometry
SummaryNocs debuted Braque, an active stereo system named after Cubist artist Georges Braque, with a stacked, two-cube architectural designThe system pairs a hand-cut steel cube (made in Sweden) with a plywood speaker cube (assembled in Estonia)It features dual Celestion FTX0820 coaxial drivers and Hypex FA122 amplifier modulesNocs has announced the launch of Braque, a new active stereo system that marries sculptural design with precision audio engineering. Developed at Studio D A and engineered at the Nocs Lab, the system takes its name from Georges Braque, the Cubist master who explored geometry, duality, and the reduction of form.The aesthetic centerpiece of the system is its stacked architecture: two cubes working as a single instrument. This stable, symmetrical structure is formed by ...
Aurora will have ‘hundreds’ of driverless trucks on the road by the end of 2026, CEO says
It's been a year of progress and delays for Aurora, the Pittsburgh-based autonomous trucking company founded by Chris Urmson. After promising to launch commercial driverless truck operations in 2024, the company was forced to push the start date until April 2025. A few weeks later, however, it was forced to put safety drivers back in […]
A pay-to-scrape AI licensing standard is now official
An open licensing standard that aims to make AI companies pay for the content they vacuum up across the web is now an official specification. Really Simple Licensing 1.0 - or RSL for short - gives publishers the ability to dictate licensing and compensation rules to the web crawlers that visit their sites. The RSL […]
