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Press review · Monday, 19 October 2026 · as of 02:53 UTC
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xda-developers.com
Windows 11 is warning people that Defender Antivirus has been turned off, but don't worry, says Microsoft
It might be a false alarm.
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videogameschronicle.com
Project Helix will be a ‘family of devices,’ Xbox CEO confirms | VGC
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma says Project Helix will focus on affordability…
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tomshardware.com
Massive 12TB Steam leak reveals decades of unreleased games — archived files include unseen Half-Life 2: Episode 3 builds and assets
Where does this rank on the nothing ever happens scale?
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forbes.com
iPhone Fold Price: Apple Expert Warns Of Additional Costs
iPhone Fold buyers will face a very high screen replacement or repair cost, alongside an expensive Touch ID repair should the phone need it, according to an Apple expert.
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blog.playstation.com
A new look at Fable’s style-weaving combat
Watch an action-packed, uninterrupted gameplay demo as the Hero journeys to the Underwall.
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nintendoeverything.com
Bandai Namco Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch sale live with Ace Combat 7, Tales of Arise, and more at new low prices
A new Bandai Namco publisher sale is live on the Nintendo eShop, with various Switch 2 and Switch games discounted such as Ace Combat 7 and Tales of Arise. These titles are at new low prices. However, they’re far from the only games on sale. Dragon Ball, Digimon, Pac-Man, and many other titles / franchises are represented. Below is the...
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ilfoglio.it
Ethical paradoxes of AI: it will not be a machine that increasingly resembles humans, but the exact opposite
Machines can already outperform humans in many cognitive functions, but the crucial question remains: can they truly experience what they process? It is the difference between intelligence and consciousness that is now redefining the boundaries of what it means to be human
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thegamer.com
Recent Steam Leak Reveals Major Details For Cancelled Valve Games
Portal, Left 4 Dead, Half-Life Episode 3, and More.
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linuxiac.com
California’s Age Verification Bill Passes with Linux Exemption Intact
California lawmakers have approved AB 1856, requiring age signals from covered operating systems while keeping its open-source carve-out intact.
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nintendolife.com
Bandai Namco Is Bringing My Hero Academia: All's Justice To Switch 2
Update: Performance & resolution revealed
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kotaku.com
Xbox Not Ready To Say If The Elder Scrolls 6 Will Be Exclusive
Microsoft's gaming division was tight-lipped at Gamescom
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foxbusiness.com
Venezuela says Trump's historic oil deal targets 1.5M barrels per day, could generate $200B
Venezuela's Delcy Rodriguez says the 25-year oil deal with President Donald Trump targets 1.5 million barrels per day across 17 strategic oilfields initially.
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gameinformer.com
Mega Man: Dual Override Preview: Mega Man's Dual Override Mode
Mega Man: Dual Override (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2) Preview: We played Mega Man: Dual Override and talked to its team about why its not called
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theguardian.com
Iceland appears to have rejected EU accession talks in referendum, reports say
The no camp looks to have prevailed, holding 52.5% of votes with only a few left to be counted, says public broadcaster
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androidauthority.com
Samsung isn’t just copying Apple anymore — it is Apple
Samsung has long taken inspiration from Apple. But that inspiration has morphed into something bigger in recent years.
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Nepal-Tibet death toll rises amid new flood fears and race to free group trapped in tunnel
Combined toll of at least 750 dead and more than 3,000 people missing in Nepal and Tibet after devastating flood
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windowslatest.com
"We're aware," Microsoft on Windows 11 KB5120998 breaking the mouse cursor
Windows 11's biggest update KB 5120998 is breaking mouse cursors, Microsoft admits the issue, and confirms it's investigating.
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apnews.com
Nepal warns of more possible floods as communities grapple with devastation
Authorities in Nepal are warning of possible fresh flooding and urged residents in flood-affected districts to remain on high alert after water levels rose in the Bhotekoshi River.
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mp1st.com
Rumor: Sony Reportedly Reconsidering Delaying Digital-Only Plans Due to Xbox Pushing for "100% Physical" Strategy for Xbox
Sony is reportedly thinking of delaying its digital-only plans, as Microsoft is said to be pushing for 100% physical regarding Project Helix.
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techspot.com
Cloudflare freed up 100TB of RAM behind its 1.1.1.1 DNS without adding a single server
The optimization work was centered on Big Pineapple, Cloudflare's DNS caching platform behind the popular 1.1.1.1 resolver, DNS Firewall, and several other DNS services they offer. In...
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detroitnews.com
Apple TV raises prices without offering an ad tier, testing how much viewers will pay
Apple TV, the streaming service known for series like “Ted Lasso” and “Severance,” is raising its prices, effective immediately.
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gematsu.com
TARAE: The Unbound Gamescom 2026 ‘Gameplay Preview’ trailer
Publisher KRAFTON and developer Boundary have announced released a five-minute gameplay preview trailer for newly announced Eastern fantasy top-down action RPG TARAE: The Unbound, a top-down action…
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nbcsports.com
Bills will replace grass field at new stadium before home opener
Large divots were a problem during the preseason.
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theverge.com
Vicariously hike the Appalachian in the gorgeous A Trail Tale
A Trail Tale is an interactive trail journal inspired by Sierra point-and-click adventures and Oregon Trail.
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notebookcheck.net
Pixel 11's Tensor G6 and Pixel 10's Tensor G5 still fall behind in performance per watt, testing shows
Geekerwan's first efficiency test of the Tensor G6 and G5 shows that both trail the Snapdragon 8 Elite and Apple's A-series chips in CPU and GPU performance per watt, while the Kirin 9030 Pro matches the Tensor chips despite being manufactured on a much older process node.
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cnet.com
Apple Might Skip the iPhone 18 This Year. Is the iPhone 17 Still Worth It? - CNET
Ahead of Apple's Sept. 9 launch event, I retested the iPhone 17 to see if it can retain the “best iPhone for most people” title for another six months.
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bbc.com
Gamescom 2026: Classic remakes and new worlds at gaming's biggest showcase
The BBC's Laura Cress gets a first look at the biggest games in Cologne from Witcher 3 to Alien: Isolation 2.
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wistv.com
Officer killed, another injured in Columbia shooting; SLED investigating
SLED is investigating an officer-involved shooting near a park on Hazelwood Road that took the life of an officer and injured another.
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androidauthority.com
Samsung doesn't care about the Galaxy S27, and the leaked renders prove it
The leaked Galaxy S27 looks almost unchanged again, and I'm starting to think Samsung is deliberately saving its best ideas for the Ultra.
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nintendoeverything.com
Sonic Team head talks possibility of Sonic Mania 2
There’s no sign of Sonic Mania 2 happening anytime soon, but Sonic Team head Takazhi Iizuka has left the door open to the possibility. Believe it or not, Sonic Mania is coming close to its tenth anniversary. The title launched in 2017 and many fans had hoped that we’d get a sequel. Sonic Mania was definitely a success for SEGA,...
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cbsnews.com
Trump cannot deport students for criticizing Israel, federal judge rules
The judge delivered a victory for Stanford University's student newspaper, which said some international students were afraid to speak out because of the deportation threat.
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rockstarintel.com
GTA 6 Launch Could Cost the US Economy Over $1 Billion - RockstarINTEL
GTA 6 is shaping up to cost the United States’ economy more than $1 billion on launch day according to a new report. With any popular video game, there’s always a joke (some some actual action) that fans will lie about being ill to take the day off for release day. Some even use PTO
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ign.com
Dragon’s Dogma 2’s Dark Arisen Expansion Adds a Whole New Loot Grind, but It’s the Smart Winter Environments That Have Me Excited To Return to Capcom’s Weird RPG
Dragon's Dogma 2's Dark Arisen expansion adds a whole new region with clever winter weather effects, an old-but-new loot grind, and... a dragon that vomits zombies. We're so back.
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He thought he had a sinus infection. An urgent care found something wrong with his heart.
Marc Gaudisosi thought his symptoms were caused by a sinus infection. Then an urgent care told him to go to the hospital.
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9to5mac.com
Apple will be launching its first pair of smart glasses next year: Here's what's coming - 9to5Mac
As soon as next year, Apple will be debuting its first pair of AI-powered smart glasses. They’ll integrate Visual Intelligence...
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gamerant.com
New Official Nintendo 64 Game Launches to Strong 4.9/5 Reviews
A new game officially releases on original Nintendo 64 hardware and also receives strong reviews from players.
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gematsu.com
Sony Music Entertainment Japan and GungHo Online Entertainment to form capital and business alliance
Sony Music Entertainment Japan will acquire a 23.29 percent stake in Puzzle & Dragons developer GungHo Online Entertainment via an off-market bilateral transaction from major shareholder SON Fi…
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nypost.com
Worthless TV streaming services are robbing us blind — cancel them now
TV streaming services, which were once cool and shrewd ways of cutting the expensive cable cord, now do little more than maniacally jack up their cost to infuriate their customers.
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creativebloq.com
The new CD Projekt Red logo just sparked the weirdest backlash graphic design has ever seen
This bird just got angrier – and the brand's critics fans too.
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After GTA 6: Extended Look Showed Rockstar's Game Running at 30fps, Tech Experts Say a 60fps Console Version Is 'Extremely Unlikely' and 'Genuinely Challenging' Even on PC
Getting Rockstar's hugely ambitious GTA 6 running at 60fps on current consoles will be "extremely unlikely", the tech experts at Digital Foundry have said, after analysis of footage from the Grand Theft Auto 6: Extended Look.
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gamerant.com
Brand-New Pokemon Pokopia Code Takes You to Special Cloud Island
The Pokemon Company gives away a brand-new Pokemon Pokopia Cloud Island code inspired by the franchise's biggest event of the year.
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9to5google.com
Google’s hyper-personalized ‘Dreambeans’ feed is now free to test
After previously requiring a subscription, Dreambeans is now available for free Google Accounts in the US to test.
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gamefile.news
Facing lawsuit, Sony argues it’s already obvious that digital games aren’t owned by consumers
Plus: Microsoft, in a separate suit, talks PC gaming and how its store is “much smaller” than Steam
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thehackernews.com
Attackers Chain Two PaperCut Flaws to Execute Code Without Authentication
Attackers chain two PaperCut NG and MF flaws for unauthenticated remote code execution, with limited exploitation seen in two environments.
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videogameschronicle.com
INTERVIEW: Mega Man Dual Override devs discuss Proto Man’s return, and lessons from Mega Man 11 | VGC
Capcom developers discuss the next mainline game…
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techcrunch.com
Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging a "brazen campaign" of intellectual property theft | TechCrunch
This latest lawsuit is particularly broad and homes in on accusations of illegal piracy.
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musicbusinessworldwide.com
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell sue Anthropic in multi-billion dollar lawsuit
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music have joined forces to sue Anthropic, home of Claude, over what the publishers call “one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history.”
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nintendoeverything.com
Capcom explains why Mega Man: Dual Override isn't called Mega Man 12
Capcom has spoken about the title behind Mega Man: Dual Override, including the reason why it won’t be called Mega Man 12. All of the mainline entries in the core series have had a number. Prior to this project, Capcom shipped Mega Man 11. We were interested to find out why the tradition wasn’t carried forward. Nintendo Everything was recently...
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Android 17 Adds OS-Wide ECH to Hide Website Visits From Network Providers
Android 17 adds OS-wide ECH, local network permissions, default certificate transparency, and carrier-controlled 2G blocking.
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iPhone 18 Pro: Two new features I’m excited to upgrade for - 9to5Mac
Apple will unveil the iPhone 18 Pro on September 9, but rumors have already leaked a lot of what to...