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Emma Roth
Emma Roth
OpenAI releases its framework for AI child safety policies.

The blueprint — created with the help of NCMEC and the Attorney General Alliance — is aimed at “modernizing laws” to address AI-generated CSAM, improving the reporting process, and building systems that interrupt exploitation attempts.

Tom Warren
Tom Warren
Microsoft brings back Windows Insider meetups.

Microsoft is in the middle of fixing Windows 11 and it wants to hear more from the people that regularly test its OS updates. Microsoft is bringing back Windows Insider meetups, starting with an event in New York City on April 21st. Members of the Windows Insider team will also be visiting Hyderabad, Taipei, San Francisco, and London in the coming weeks.

Tom Warren
Tom Warren
Xbox achievements are getting a visual refresh.

Microsoft is working on UI improvements to the Xbox dashboard that will also include a new look and feel for Xbox achievements. Xbox Insiders can now test the new achievements, which have updated icons and animations when you unlock a classic or rare achievement. The notifications will also match your custom color. You’ll also be able to hide achievements from your Xbox profile later this month.

Xbox achievements are getting updated icons and animations.
Xbox achievements are getting updated icons and animations.
Image: Microsoft
Tom Warren
Tom Warren
AMD’s new 9950X3D2 processor now has a price.

If you want one of the best AMD desktop processors for gaming, development, and creation then it’s going to set you back $899. That’s the price of AMD’s new Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, which is releasing on April 22nd. It has 16 cores, 208MB of total cache, and both chiplets have AMD’s 3D V-Cache. AMD is promising 5–10 percent performance gains over the 9950X3D in DaVinci Resolve and Blender.

Image: AMD
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Google Finance’s AI makeover is going global.

After launching across the US and India, Google is bringing its revamped Finance app to more than 100 countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Indonesia, Japan, and Mexico. Users in these countries can now interact with the app in their local language, as well as access a built-in Gemini chatbot, new charting tools, and an upgraded news feed.

Image: Google
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Unity will continue to support Meta’s VR headsets following an extension of their partnership.

Unity already powers the “majority” of the top-selling VR games on Meta’s platform, according to a statement from Unity’s COO.

The Miniature Wife was an exercise in visual trickery

VFX supervisor Ashley Bernes had to think big to make the show’s heroine feel small.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
For $4 you can make 8BitDo’s N64 controller look more like Nintendo’s.

You can now get the retro colored buttons featured on the classic grey version of the 8BitDo 64 controller for the other models. The company’s 8BitDo 64 Classic Button Set upgrade kit is available for preorder now for $3.99 and ships on May 15th. Installation doesn’t look too difficult.

A person holds the 8BitDo 64 controller with colorful retro buttons installed.
Screenshot: YouTube
Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
Valve may be developing a ‘SteamGPT’ for its own internal use.

Steam code screenshots posted by @gabefollower on X appear to show ‘SteamGPT’ and ‘SteamGPTSummary’ working on support-related tasks. Both seem to be internal tools used for things like task management or pulling account details, such as a player’s trust score and account age.

Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster
A slight Switch 2 delay.

IO Interactive’s take on James Bond is launching on May 27th, but not everywhere: today the developer announced that the Switch 2 version will be out “later this summer.”

007 First Light

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The vibes are off at OpenAI

OpenAI is juggling public controversies, strategy shifts, and increasing competition.

Hayden Field