With Memorial day weekend kicking off the travel season, we’re seeing a lot of deals pop up on travel gadgets, from portable power banks to noise-canceling headphones. One of the best right now is Twelve South’s AirFly Pro 2 Bluetooth adapter, which lets you use your wireless headphones with in-flight entertainment systems so you can […]
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Google’s AI search is so broken it can ‘disregard’ what you’re looking for
Google's AI Overviews are running into an interesting problem right now. Earlier on Friday, if you searched for the term "disregard," the AI Overview section would include a response like what you'd see from a more traditional AI chatbot instead of the typical AI summary, as spotted on X. As you can see in the […]
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"If they turn off, they might not be able to turn them on again": The charming reason behind Dawn of War 4's excitable, dancing mech
If you watch the Dawn of War 4 trailer showing off the Adeptus Mechanicus faction, you might have spotted a mech that's practically dancing on the spot. The excitable little thing looks to be itching to get into the fight. It turns out, it's not channeling the spirit of a warmongering puppy, it's got to keep moving for very serious lore reasons.
"They can never stop," Dawn of War 4's creative director Jan Theysen tells me. "They're always moving and always walking because the Adeptus Mechanicus fear that if they turn off, they might not be able to turn them on again. So they just keep them moving all the time."
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Don't worry, GTA 6 is still planned for November, marketing push will begin this summer
I know, I know, whenever you see a GTA headline at the moment, you're expecting a new trailer, right? There is currently a huge swathe of the internet obsessed with the idea we're going to get GTA 6 price and its third trailer any day now. And you know what? It seems, maybe, there's some fire behind all that smoke. Overnight, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick allayed fears that that Grand Theft Auto 6 may not launch in November after all, and reiterated that the game's marketing push will begin this summer. Read more
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Destiny 2 is getting its final update in June, and the team reportedly face "significant" layoffs as soon as it's out the door
Bungie have announced that they are putting together the final update for Destiny 2, bringing to an end the live service shooters 12-year run. The game itself will continue to exist for players to replay the content that already exists but nothing new will be added.
Behind the announcement, as told to Bloomberg by their sources, is the news that Bungie face "significant" layoffs as soon as the update is out the door.
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Microsoft is letting Office users remove an annoying Copilot button
Microsoft is rolling out Office app updates next week that allow users to disable a floating Copilot button. The button appeared in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in recent weeks, and floats above the bottom right-hand section of spreadsheets or documents. It has angered many Excel users in particular, because it obstructs cells and you can't […]