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* Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot says Sony's plan to end physical game disc production won't have a major impact on the industry * Guillemot says there are pros and cons to the decision * He says, "I think it will not disturb the industry too much" Ubisoft
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Hugging Face is probably not a name you'd heard before this week, but you likely caught the big news about OpenAI's model escaping its sandbox and to launch a cyberattack on the company. In short, Hugging Face — which is kind of like the equivalent of GitHub
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* Prime Video and Netflix are planning new AI-generated homepages * Netflix revealed its 'GenPage' tests ahead of a new Prime Video report * Viewers aren't convinced that homepages are moving in the right direction You're about to see a lot more generative AI in your streaming
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Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images ByEdward Graham, Managing Editor, Nextgov/FCW July 24, 2026 11:25 AM ET The agreement merges Oracle's product and licensing services into one contract, which the Defense Department estimates will result in at least $441 million in savings. * Defense * Industry The Pentagon
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Amazon is folding its Luna cloud gaming platform directly into Prime Video, giving hundreds of millions of streaming subscribers instant access to playable games on their TVs and mobile devices. Can we get a free tier next? Previously, the company operated three largely disconnected divisions: Amazon Game Studios developing video
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AMD has officially unveiled the Zen 6 generation of Epyc server CPUs, codenamed Venice. Sporting a new socket and up to 256 Zen 6c cores, these new chips are going to be far faster than their predecessors, TechPowerUp reports. AMD even calls them the best CPUs for agentic AI, taking
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Many of us only open Meta’s original social media app to browse listings on Facebook Marketplace. Now, sellers are getting a new standalone app to help manage their listings, Meta announced on Friday. The app is called Seller, and it’s available now to download on iOS and Android.
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Google DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis has spent years convincing the world that artificial general intelligence will be one of humanity’s greatest achievements. His latest essay on X.com is no less gushing about AI in many ways: “This is a pivotal moment in human history. Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
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Cameron Faulkner is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware. He joined in 2018, and after a two-year stint at Polygon, he rejoined The Verge in May 2025. Most Chromebooks ship with only 8GB of RAM, which is enough for some people, but certainly not enough for me. Multitaskers who
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Tesla’s electronic door handles that have been linked to several deaths could lead to tougher safety rules for the entire auto industry. In a notice published today, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that complaints about Tesla’s mechanical door release don’t warrant a defect investigation. Instead,
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Attie, Bluesky’s AI assistant that lets you build custom social feeds without programming, is evolving into an open-ended research tool. The company this week said it’s added a new feature to the AI assistant, called Quests, that lets users ask it for information and news spreading across the
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Rivian has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government in an attempt to claw back a “full refund” on tariffs it paid under President Trump’s “Liberation Day” taxes, which the Supreme Court later ruled unconstitutional. The automaker joins a long line of companies seeking such refunds. In April,
