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Gone are the days of defeating your rival naughty words in the Nintendo Switch ports of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
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Gone are the days of defeating your rival naughty words in the Nintendo Switch ports of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Skydance's merger agreement is now official. On Friday, the two companies announced plans to merge into a massive media company that will fold WBD's studio, linear channels, streaming service, and gaming segment into Paramount. Though WBD initially signed onto an

President Donald Trump’s sudden order comes after the Defense Department pressured Anthropic to drop restrictions on how its AI can be used by the military.

More classic Pokémon games could potentially join the Switch's library

On Friday afternoon, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, accusing Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, of attempting to "STRONG-ARM" the Pentagon and directing federal agencies to "IMMEDIATELY CEASE" use of its products. At issue is Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's refusal of an updated agreement w

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Last year, a former PlayStation executive theorized FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki was interested in remaking the game himself.

Bluepoint Games reportedly pitched a Bloodborne Remake to Sony last year, which could have gone through if FromSoftware hadn't shut it down.

The designers behind some of the best RPGs ever made have spent almost 30 years primarily making Mario sports games. That's got to stop.

The Roku Ultra isn't just speedier, it also offers some advanced features that some viewers will find really handy.

After suggesting a version of AMD's FSR 4 could be ported to the PS5 Pro last year, it looks like Sony is finally rolling out an update with the upscaling tech in March. Mark Cerny, the lead architect of the PS4, PS5 and PS5 Pro, shared via a blog post that the PS5 Pro will be updated with a new ver

Microsoft is rolling out new Windows 11 Insider Preview builds that improve security and performance during batch file or CMD script execution.
Hundreds of employees at Google and OpenAI have signed an open letter urging their companies to stand with Anthropic in its standoff with the Pentagon over military applications for AI tools like Claude. The letter, titled “We Will Not Be Divided,” calls on the leadership of both companies to “put a

The ‘Final Puzzle’ is stumping even those who have been playing the game pre-launch

In his lawsuit against OpenAI, Musk touted xAI safety compared with ChatGPT. A few months later, xAI's Grok flooded X with non-consensual nude images.

Cities want to stop kids from getting hurt. A lawmaker thinks warning them away from legal gray-area “e-motos” could help.

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The HTC U24 Pro may not be gold, but its design is otherwise awfully similar to the Trump phone’s. | Image: HTC Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts, and have stopped getting a response. This

Trump admin "incompetence continues to cause chaos in our skies," Duckworth says.

Samsung's newly launched Galaxy Buds 4 and Galaxy Buds 4 Pro both have support for ultra-high quality or UHQ audio. Audiophiles will also be pleased that they have support for 24-bit Hi-Fi as well. These are specific features that don't work with all devices …

Anthropic and the Pentagon are clashing over AI use in autonomous weapons and surveillance, raising high-stakes questions about national security, corporate control, and who sets the rules for military AI.

It's only been around a month since Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves began their second season, and you can already save some money on the full package.To coincide with the release of Nightmare Geese, SNK is putting ...

Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi are big business, and some Big Tech employees are testing boundaries by making trades based on insider knowledge.

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, is getting a new acting director, as reported by ABC, less than a year after Madhu Gottumukkala took charge of the agency as deputy director and acting director in May 2025. CISA's e