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Jay Peters

Jay Peters

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    Samsung’s Tap to Transfer feature is starting to roll out.

    The Samsung Wallet feature lets you use NFC to send money from a debit card to other phones and cards. Samsung announced it earlier this month.

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    Jay Peters
    The Witcher 3 is getting cross-platform mods.

    “One more patch” is coming for the game, and it will add the feature, CD Projekt Red says. The mods will be available across PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X / S.

    The Witcher Universe

    [thewitcher.com]

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    Jay Peters
    Make it Nightreign.

    Next week’s Elden Ring Nightreign’s 1.02 patch will add improvements for solo runs, including an automatic revival once per main boss and an increase in the runes you get.

    Like my colleague Ash, I had fun with solo runs even though they were tough, so this should make them better.

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    Jay Peters
    Is it 2025?

    Google’s AI Overviews told Wired (and me, when I tried) that no, it is not 2025.

    A Google spokesperson said to Wired that the company is “actively working on an update to address this type of issue.”

    A screenshot of Google’s AI Overviews.
    Image: Google
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    Jay Peters
    Severance spinoffs, maybe.

    Ben Stiller tells Variety that there are “two specific ideas” that the Severance team has “talked about internally as possible spinoff ideas.” He says “they are nascent.”

    Stiller also says it would be great to “have a Severance video game.” I’m not exactly sure how that would work?

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    Jay Peters
    Trump’s tariffs have been temporarily reinstated.

    A federal appeals court has temporarily paused the Court of International Trade’s ruling yesterday that blocked the tariffs, CNBC reports.