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Wes Davis
Wes Davis
A DA charged himself with murder, according to AI.

Google News surfaced a (now corrected) Hoodline article for TechDirt’s Mike Masnick with a headline reading, in part, “San Mateo County DA charged with murder,” and a tiny “AI” badge next to the author’s name.

The headline was false. A BlueSky user speculated that the AI chatbot being used had just poorly parsed a post from the DA’s office and hallucinated the news.

Ash Parrish
Ash Parrish
Dream RPG voice cast rotation.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 launches spring 2025 and is an action RPG that looks like if Persona’s turn-based combat got mashed together with high-quality visuals you’d see from Naughty Dog or Sony Santa Monica. But what’s really impressive is the newly revealed cast, boasting the voice talents of Ben Starr, Charlie Cox, and holy precious is that Andy Serkis??!! Whatever this game is, I’m in.

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
The EU deems X not “important” enough for DMA regulations.

While platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and the App Store deal with Digital Markets Act regulations put on powerful digital gatekeepers, the service formerly known as Twitter won’t have that problem:

Following a thorough assessment of all arguments, including input by relevant stakeholders, and after consulting the Digital Markets Advisory Committee, the Commission concluded that X does indeed not qualify as a gatekeeper in relation to its online social networking service, given that the investigation revealed that X is not an important gateway for business users to reach end users.

Wes Davis
Wes Davis
Google now sells screen protectors for Pixel Watches.

If you’re worried about damaging your Pixel Watch’s glass screen, Google now sells a Zagg “flexible polymer hybrid” screen protector, as 9to5Google spotted.

It works for all three generations of the watch, the glass of which held up poorly in Victoria Song’s Pixel Watch and Watch 2 reviews.

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Barbara Krasnoff
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Intel is laying off around 1,300 workers in Oregon.

The layoffs affect workers at all four of Intel’s Oregon campuses, according to a WARN notice posted online. The job cuts come as part of Intel’s broader layoffs that will impact more than 15,000 employees.

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Mia Sato