They’re not turning the popular puzzler into a movie just yet, but The New York Times Games has partnered with Screenvision Media to turn games like Wordle and Spelling Bee into a pre-show experience, according to a report by Variety. A nationwide rollout is expected to start by Thanksgiving giving audiences something else to do before the trailers.
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Amanita Design’s cult classic point-and-click adventure Machinarium is getting a sequel, and it looks just as cryptic and charming as the original, which debuted 17 years ago. You can watch the debut trailer, but unfortunately there’s no word on when it will be launching.
A year after launching its first screen-free video camera inspired by the design of retro Super 8 film cameras from Kodak and Canon, Camp Snap is introducing three new color options for its $199 CS-8. Espresso, champagne, and rose versions are now available, in addition to the original black-and-silver model.
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As reported by BBC News, search terms like “reclaimed vintage”, “glamorous wide fit” and “Asos petite” appeared in the breached data. Asos says an “unauthorised party” accessed an Asos employee’s account by “impersonating a trusted contact,” The Guardian reports.
Earlier this week, alleged hackers sent a push notification to Asos users, warning they have “fully compromised” the UK-based clothing retailer.
As far as publicity stunts go, this is a pretty solid one. Performers dressed as Ryu and Ken battled inside an arcade cabinet, complete with oversized joysticks and buttons. Interestingly, it only has three buttons, rather than the traditional six, with one of them reminiscent of the pressure-sensitive buttons on the original Street Fighter.
The company announced the investment at the Science: A New Golden Age event in DC, but didn’t specify what shape the investments would take, only saying they were “valued at” $1 billion and would focus on “super intelligence” and quantum computing.
Over the next five years, NVIDIA will commit $1 billion to the advancement of super intelligence for science and quantum computing across the U.S. through support of the nation’s higher-education research institutions, investments in accelerating American quantum leadership and support for cloud service providers bolstering U.S. government mission needs.
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After online vigilantes doxxed the former Cornell student, someone called the police in Jane Doe’s hometown claiming there had been a shooting at her parents’ house, her attorney told CNN.
“Somebody could have been killed. This has gone too far.”
The extremely brutal horror film Talk to Me is being turned into an immersive series called I Let You In. It’s coming to Meta headsets and VR glasses, will shift the setting from Australia to “the ultimate party in Ibiza,” and is expected to release next spring.
The airline said it will install Starlink across its entire mainland fleet of 1,300-plus aircraft, up from a previous commitment of 500 planes. Installations will begin in early 2027 and use Starlink’s Performance Aero Terminal, which can deliver speeds of up to 1 gigabits per second. Meanwhile, SpaceX founder Elon Musk is predicting Delta Air Lines’ CEO will lose his job over his decision to go with Amazon’s Leo satellite internet.
The new Switch Sports installment is coming to the Switch 2 on October 22nd and is available for preorder now. But this is the clearest look we’ve gotten at gameplay of the new sports like skateboarding, boxing, archery, power cruising, prop plane flying, and — the weirdest one by far — thumb wrestling.











