consumer tech
NEVER SETTLE, NEVER LAUNCH: ONEPLUS ABANDONS THE WEST
The flagship killer is quitting Europe and North America, handing customers to Oppo and its software to ColorOS.
business
APPLE RECLAIMS THE CROWN AS NVIDIA'S $5TN REIGN WOBBLES
Apple overtook Nvidia during Friday trading and is closing on $5tn, even as Nvidia nicked the close. The momentum, for now, is Apple's.
ai
ROBLOX BUILD TURNS A PHONE INTO A GAMES STUDIO. BRACE FOR THE FLOOD
Roblox is putting game creation on phones and wrapping it in AI. Its discovery systems are promising to sort out the mess afterwards.
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A brutal morning for live-service veterans and a smart dodge for arcade racers. Xbox gutted the entire senior team behind Elder Scrolls Online, including the studio head and game director, in a round of over 200 cuts. Hot Wheels Infinite Rush pulled its launch up two weeks to September 10, wisely escaping a stacked release window.
gaming
XBOX'S 3,200-JOB CULL TAKES OUT ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE'S STUDIO
The studio head, producer and game director are gone, along with over 200 of the MMO's team.
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HOT WHEELS: INFINITE RUSH JUMPS TWO WEEKS CLEAR OF THE SEPTEMBER PILE-UP
Milestone's toy racer jumps from 24th September to the 10th, dodging Silent Hill: Townfall and Control Resonant.
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consumer tech
GOOGLE'S AI MODE SHOPS FOR YOU NOW. THE OPEN WEB WASN'T CONSULTED
AI Mode reaches into YouTube Music, Instacart and Canva to run errands, after a year of quietly absorbing your Gmail and calendar.
ai
META AI WILL NOW GRASS ON TEENS TO THEIR PARENTS, AND THATS A GOOD THING.
Opt-in alerts fire when Meta AI detects a teen discussing suicide or self-harm, with every flag read by a human first.
ai
TSMC'S $100BN ARIZONA BET: THE 2NM TEST BEGINS
The chip giant adds another $100bn to its US pledge, taking the total to $265bn and setting up a decade-long test of American fab ambitions.
ai
1PASSWORD HANDS CLAUDE THE KEYS, THEN BLINDFOLDS IT
Claude can sign in to your accounts and finish multi-step tasks while the passwords and MFA codes never reach the model.
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consumer tech
GOOGLE FLOGS PIXEL 10 PRO AT $699 AS PIXEL 11 LOOMS
The 128GB Obsidian model is $300 off at Amazon, a bigger cut than Prime Day offered. The reason for the generosity is August 12.
consumer tech
APPLE'S 'FREE' AIRPODS ARRIVE SUSPICIOUSLY ON TIME AFTER A PRICE HIKE
Apple's US Back to School promotion begins within days, just after it raised prices on every Mac and iPad. The maths is worth doing.
consumer tech
BRUSSELS WANTS KIDS OFF THE FEED. GOOD LUCK VERIFYING THEIR AGE
Expert panel wants under-13s off social media unless supervised, and platforms forced to prove their products are safe first.
business
RYAN COHEN'S GAMESTOP PIVOT: GAMES ARE 18% OF REVENUE AND FALLING
GTA6 goes digital-only, Sony ends physical discs, and GameStop's CEO says that's fine because the company now sells toys.
Ready Player One?
gaming
BETHESDA'S ROADMAP: FALLOUT 5 IS BARELY STARTED, ELDER SCROLLS 6 STILL YEARS AWAY
The studio confirms a raft of Fallout projects, remasters, and a 2027 anniversary event, but the next mainline game is a decade-long wait.
gaming
BLACK OPS' $40 NOSTALGIA TAX IS OUTSELLING GTA 6
Low resolutions, missing modes and a two-day wait for crossplay. A pair of ageing favourites is still outselling GTA 6 on the store.
gaming
SPLATOON RAIDERS: THE CARTRIDGE NOW COSTS MORE THAN THE DOWNLOAD
Nintendo's Switch 2 price experiment means the physical copy of the new Splatoon costs $10 more, and only Walmart is playing along.
gaming
PIRATES 1, ASSASSINS 0: UBISOFT'S FUTURE IS THE PAST
The decade-old pirate re-release moved 3m in a week, double the new game's opening-day players. Ubisoft's safest bet is the past.
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- - 01NEVER SETTLE, NEVER LAUNCH: ONEPLUS ABANDONS THE WEST
- - 02FIDJI SIMO DEPARTS OPENAI DUE TO CHRONIC ILLNESS
- - 03TSMC'S $100BN ARIZONA BET: THE 2NM TEST BEGINS
- - 04META AI WILL NOW GRASS ON TEENS TO THEIR PARENTS, AND THATS A GOOD THING.
- - 05ROBLOX BUILD TURNS A PHONE INTO A GAMES STUDIO. BRACE FOR THE FLOOD
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