SG game studio opens pre-registration for mobile 8-ball pool game
The game will offer advanced physics for realistic gameplay, competitive leaderboards, and an in-game marketplace.
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Meta wants you to be on your phone during special showings of M3GAN
Horror entertainment specialist Blumhouse is running special screenings of its movie M3GAN where audiences will be encouraged to use their smartphones. Yes, flying in the face of all the warnings and announcements to not interrupt the experience for other viewers, Blumhouse is with Meta to deliver special content during screenings of M3GAN. During these ,…
Adobe is building AI agents for Photoshop and Premiere Pro
Adobe Photoshop’s agentic AI, or what the company calls its “creative agent,” will be presented in a new floating Actions panel that will recommend context-aware edits after analyzing your photo. For instance, it will be able to suggest removing people standing in the background or creating a greater depth of field by blurring everything behind…
Report: HR leaders say they feel pressured to enforce RTO policies
HR teams are often tasked with implementing RTO policies, but 81% of those leaders say they believe mandates are actually ineffective, according to a new report. Return-to-office mandates have been unpopular among all kinds of employees, whether they work for the private sector or federal government. Despite vocal discontent, companies have generally pressed on with…
More good news for New York startups: Lerer Hippeau raised another $200M
New York’s A-list venture capital seed fund, Lerer Hippeau, announced it closed a ninth $200 million fund on Wednesday. That’s a step up from its eighth fund, which closed at $140 million, it said. With the new fund, Lerer Hippeau has $1.4 billion of assets under management. Since its inception in 2010, Lerer Hippeau has…
JD.com launches retail platform Joybuy in London
Joybuy offers products like daily essentials, beauty items, and electronics with various delivery options.
Xbox’s big summer showcase is set for June 8 at 1PM ET
There’s a big Xbox showcase event . This is happening the same weekend as , which begins on June 6. Xbox has typically held these kinds of live presentations alongside Summer Game Fest ever since E3 to live with other discontinued industry conferences. We don’t know what will be shown at the annual Xbox Games…
Trump triples tariffs on low value packages from China and Hong Kong
Donald Trump is making it even more expensive for US consumers to shop online from Chinese retailers like Temu and Shein. In an executive order amendment published Tuesday night, Trump raised the tariff rate for packages valued under $800 entering the US from China and Hong Kong that previously were exempt. The increase essentially triples…
The wonder and controversy of bringing back the dire wolf from extinction | Colossal Biosciences interview
As soon as Colossal Biosciences declared that it brought the dire wolf back from extinction, everyone felt a sense of wonder.Read More
Rising seas are destroying North Carolina homes. This high schooler designed a solution
A 9th grader’s resilient home design could withstand coastal erosion. During his family’s annual summer vacations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, high schooler Ajith Varikuti began to notice something concerning. Homes on the narrow line of barrier islands that Varikuti had grown up visiting from his hometown Charlotte were no longer there. “I started seeing…