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The Google Search homepage adds a ‘plus’ menu - 9to5Google

After adding an AI Mode shortcut earlier this year, there’s now a ‘plus’ menu on the Google Search homepage.

Tearing Down Walmart’s $12 Keychain Camera - Hackaday

The Game Awards reveals that blew up on Steam - Substack

Clair Obscur's new Endless Tower bosses are providing quite the challenge for returning players - Polygon

Playing to Lorwyn, Part 2 - Magic: The Gathering

Mark discusses the mechanics of the Lorwyn block, their reception, and prepares the audience for Lorwyn Eclipsed.

GNOME bans AI-generated extensions - The Verge

The Gnome Shell Extensions store has banned AI-generated extensions after receiving an influx of messy vibe-coded submissions.

Tomb Raider Devs Explain Series Timeline, Lara Croft's New Voice, And Links Between Catalyst And Legacy Of Atlantis - Game Informer

A Q&A after the Game Awards shed some more light on Lara Croft's upcoming adventures.

Days after Larian's big The Game Awards announcement, 2017's Divinity: Original Sin 2 receives current gen upgrade for Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S - Eurogamer

Divinity: Original Sin 2 now has current gen versions available for Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.

AirPods Max 2 Likely to Offer These 10 New Features - MacRumors

Apple released the AirPods Max on December 15, 2020, meaning the over-ear headphones launched five years ago today. While the AirPods Max were...

Waze is testing support for showing traffic lights along your route - 9to5Google

Unlock the potential of a Wicked Brick case with these stunning Warhammer dioramas - Warhammer Community

Turn your empty case into a work of art.

I tested a 5K monitor that’s over $1,000 less than Apple’s Studio Display: It’s good enough - The Verge

If you don’t need the best-looking 5K monitor from a design perspective, but you want that crisp resolution, you can save big on this KTC model.

First Voyage raises $2.5M for its AI companion that helps you build habits - TechCrunch

Former Call of Duty dev Schofield laments the state of Activision and EA - GamesIndustry.biz

Everything New In The Arc Raiders Cold Snap Update - GameSpot

Mirelo raises $41M from Index and a16z to solve AI video’s silent problem - TechCrunch

Mirelo, a German startup that is building AI to add synced sound effects to videos, has raised a $41 million seed round led by Index Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.

Apple and Google will be asked to block nude photos unless user age is verified - 9to5Mac

A new report says that the British government will be asking Apple and Google to block the taking and sharing...

Fruity Loops Web! FL Studio arrives in a browser beta, with full compatibility - CDM Create Digital Music

Mark your calendar: in the year of our Lord 2025, FL Studio is the first "legacy" production software to arrive with a full Web version, complete with native FL plug-ins. Start projects in your browser, and complete them in FL desktop software. It's an instal…

Kernel Graphics Driver Changes Already Begin Lining Up For Linux 6.20~7.0 - Phoronix

Even before the Linux 6.19 merge window wrapped up this weekend with the Linux 6.19-rc1 release, there was already the first pull request to DRM-Next of the first batch of new material to be queued for Linux 6.19's successor.

Sapphire asks AMD for more freedom in partner GPU designs: “Let us go nuts” - VideoCardz.com

Sapphire wants more control over card designs, TOXIC GPUs may return  In an interview with Hardware Unboxed, Ed Crisler (NA PR Manager at Sapphire