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AI labs wage a reputational knife fight at Davos

This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. The leaders of the three preeminent frontier AI labs spent this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, taking shots at each other like candidates in a […]

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Jessie Ware invites you to new era of “romance, real love, performance, celebration and pleasure” on new single ‘I Could Get Used To This’

She has not released a new album since 'That!Feels Good!' in 2023The post Jessie Ware invites you to new era of “romance, real love, performance, celebration and pleasure” on new single ‘I Could Get Used To This’ appeared first on NME.

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Tesla finally kills Autopilot in a bid to boost FSD subscriptions

Tesla scrapped its Autopilot driver assist feature that used to come standard in new vehicles, as it attempts to steer customers to its newly subscription-only Full Self-Driving (FSD) system. According to Electrek, the company removed Basic Autopilot as a standard feature from new Model 3 and Model Y vehicles in North America. That means in […]

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Watch Franz Ferdinand rip though cover of Amyl & The Sniffers’ ‘You Should Not Be Doing That’: “It’s a banger”

“It’s great when you see a band and everything they put out just seems to be even better than what they did before"The post Watch Franz Ferdinand rip though cover of Amyl & The Sniffers’ ‘You Should Not Be Doing That’: “It’s a banger” appeared first on NME.

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Surprise Super Mario Galaxy Movie Nintendo Direct Announced for This Weekend

Here's hoping you didn't have anything else planned for your weekend, as Nintendo has announced a surprise Super Mario Galaxy Movie Nintendo Direct for this coming Sunday.

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Sanctuary Board Game Review

Sanctuary offers a pleasing challenge with a couple of fresh ideas, and is worth your while if zoo management tickles your thematic fancy.

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Can Anyone Stop The Beauty's Ryan Murphy?

Can anyone stop Ryan Murphy? The multi-series producing powerhouse keeps making television like The Beauty… whether we like it or not.

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Holly Humberstone announces new album ‘Cruel World’ with confessional single ‘To Love Somebody’: “In order to feel extreme happiness, you have to know extreme sadness”

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Xbox Has Just Quietly Added Two Sims Classics To PC Game Pass

Via the EA Play program.We weren't expecting any Xbox Game Pass additions on the day of the Xbox Developer Direct except perhaps a shadow drop at the event itself (which didn't happen), but instead we ended up getting two surpr...

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'I Don't Like It. I Would Prefer That It Not Be Done' — Master Chief Actor Steve Downes Says Deceptive AI Reproductions of His Voice 'Cross a Line'

Steve Downes, the actor behind Master chief’s iconic voice, has said deceptive AI reproductions of his voice “cross a line that gets into an area I am uncomfortable with” — and he wants it to stop.

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Harry Styles says new album was inspired by seeing LCD Soundsystem live: “That’s how I want to feel when I’m on stage”

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Tesla discontinues Autopilot in bid to boost adoption of its Full Self-Driving software

The company is also currently facing a 30-day suspension of its manufacturing and dealer licenses in California for deceptive marketing about Autopilot's capabilities.

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On the 20th anniversary of Arctic Monkeys’ debut, revisit Alex Turner explaining ‘I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor’

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As BioWare Quietly Continues Building Mass Effect 5, Hiring Begins For a New Senior Role

BioWare is slowly beginning to build itself back up following the downsizing it experienced in the wake of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, with hiring now underway for a new senior role on Mass Effect 5.

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Forza Horizon 6's sprawling Japanese switchback spaghetti looks great, but I'm not sure I'll use its big blank settlement building valley

Playground Games offered the first in-depth look at Forza Horizon 6 during last night's Xbox Developer Direct, in addition to confirming its

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Loews Hotels & Co Announces Americana by Loews Hotels in Arlington, Texas

Loews Hotels & Co, a wholly owned subsidiary of Loews Corporation, and a branded owner, operator, and developer, today announces plans for Americana by Loews Hotels – Arlington, TX, its third hotel in Arlington, Texas’ Entertainment District, reinforcing the company’s long-term belief in the destination and its continued growth as a premier meetings, events, and entertainment hub.

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Chilli Jesson and Carlos O’Connell tell us about ‘Dead Dads Club’, fatherhood and losing a parent, and Fontaines D.C.’s 2026 plans

Bandleader Jesson – formerly of Palma Violets – and producer O’Connell tell NME about linking up, why Jesson “could not imagine doing it with anyone else”, and what's next for Fontaines The post Chilli Jesson and Carlos O’Connell tell us about ‘Dead Dads Club’, fatherhood and losing a parent, and Fontaines D.C.’s 2026 plans appeared first on NME.

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In Double Fine’s "pottery brawler" Kiln, you can skip the fights and just sculpt pots in peace

The surprise game reveal at last night’s Xbox Developer Direct was Kiln, a pottery-based multiplayer party brawler in the works at Double Fine.Combatants take the form of pots, vases, dishes, and urns, custom-sculpted and fired by players themselves, and will usually end up smashed into shards of tragic ceramic in the following online slapfights.Read more

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'I've Never Seen It in Games Before' — Fable Will Use a Storytelling Technique Borrowed From The Office

Remember those mockumentary-style interview sections in the original reveal trailer for Fable? Well, those will actually be in the game, and they’re inspired by an unlikely source — The Office.

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Ubisoft didn't cancel Beyond Good & Evil 2 because open world games are a "priority", but I suspect the real reason is more boring

Earlier this week, Ubisoft cancelled six games, delayed seven more, and closed three studios in Halifax, Canada and Stockholm, as part of efforts to "right-size" the ship under Commodore Tencent by chucking a lot of people and projects into the sea.I do not need to tell you that Beyond Good and Evil 2 was not one of the cancelled projects.Ubisoft's latest public reasoning for not abandoning BG&E2 is that it's an open world game, and their new corporate strategy is to focus on open world and live service games.

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Google won’t stop replacing our news headlines with terrible AI

In early December, I brought you the news that Google has begun replacing Verge headlines, and those of our competitors, with AI clickbait nonsense in its content feed. Google appeared to be backing away from the experiment, but now tells The Verge that its AI headlines in Google Discover are a feature, one that "performs […]

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Forza Horizon 6's Controversial Game Pass Upgrade Costs As Much As The Game Itself

Here in the UK at least.Forza Horizon 6 made a big splash at last night's Xbox Developer Direct, with an impressive showing that final...

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'This is a New Chapter' — Spider-Man: Brand New Day Features a 'Tonal Shift' From Tom Holland's First Trilogy

Tom Holland's return in Spider-Man: Brand New Day will feature a "tonal shift" from the actors' first trilogy, director Destin Daniel Cretton has said.

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Watch RAYE debut new ‘This Music May Contain Hope’ songs as she kicks off 2026 tour in Poland

Nine new songs were played live for the first time, and the set was split into two actsThe post Watch RAYE debut new ‘This Music May Contain Hope’ songs as she kicks off 2026 tour in Poland appeared first on NME.

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2025 U.S. Video Game Chart Rubber-Stamps Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Sales Struggle

Battlefield 6 ended 2025 as the best-selling game in the U.S., beating its first-person shooter rival Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, which ended down in fifth place. Black Ops 6 was 2024’s number one best-selling game in the U.S.

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Fable's evil landlords won't grow devil horns, as reboot ditches classic character morphing due to a lack of belief in objective arseholery

The character morphing system which has facilitated many a dickhead protagonist sprout devil horns and red eyes in the classic Fables isn't in Playground Games reboot, which is set to arrive this autumn.As to why they've opted not to bring back the chance to grow a halo or be beset by baldness due to your bastardry, the studio say it's a matter of opting for more regionally-focused reputation system and aiming to mirror "the subjectivity of morality that honestly we see in the world today".Read more

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Microsoft Paint can now make AI coloring books

Microsoft is giving its Paint and Notepad apps on Windows new AI capabilities for editing text and making digital illustrations. The updates are currently rolling out to Windows Insiders in the Windows 11 Canary and Dev channels, and include features that feel oddly niche or advanced for such simplified apps, such as AI text improvements […]

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Magic: The Gathering: Lorwyn Eclipsed is Out Today, Here's Where to Buy Everything From 2026's First Set

Lorwyn Eclipsed is Magic: The Gathering's first set of 2026, and it's out next week. Here's where to secure your preorders, and find the best price on boosters.

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Harry Styles says he needed to “fall in love with music all over again” after taking three years off

"I really need a strong why of why I would be making another album"The post Harry Styles says he needed to “fall in love with music all over again” after taking three years off appeared first on NME.

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What we know about the Chappell Roan x ‘Fortnite’ collab

The pop icon is finally heading to the hit gameThe post What we know about the Chappell Roan x ‘Fortnite’ collab appeared first on NME.

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