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Jay Peters

Jay Peters

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    The final major patch for Baldur’s Gate 3 is here.

    Patch 8 adds crossplay, photo mode, 12 new subclasses, and more, and you can read the extensive patch notes on Larian Studios’ website. The studio also released a fun animated short about the update.

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    Jay Peters
    Canada’s Switch 2 preorders might go live on April 23rd.

    That’s according to billbil-kun, who digs up unannounced information about games.

    Nintendo delayed its planned April 9th preorders to “align with the timing” of the also-delayed US preorders.

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    Jay Peters
    Tariff uncertainty continues.

    Semiconductor tariffs could be on the way, The New York Times reports:

    Federal notices put online Monday afternoon said the administration had initiated national security investigations into imports of chips and pharmaceuticals. Mr. Trump has suggested that those investigations could result in tariffs.

    And a group of five US businesses argued in a lawsuit reported on by CNN that the Trump administration’s tariffs should be declared illegal.

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    Jay Peters
    OpenAI might finally get better model names soon.

    “By this summer,” according to CEO Sam Altman. Any name would be better than “GPT-4o.”

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    Jay Peters
    It sure looks like Nvidia is about to announce its more affordable RTX 5060 Ti GPUs.

    Just look at VideoCardz’s homepage right now.

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    Jay Peters
    The FTC is opening a public inquiry into competition regulations.

    Specifically, “into the impact of federal regulations on competition, with the goal of identifying and reducing anticompetitive regulatory barriers,” according to a press release. Members of the public can submit comment about how “federal regulations can harm competition in the American economy.”

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    Jay Peters
    “Mission accomplished.”

    Semafor wrote about efforts from President Trump’s circle to encourage him to have a tougher spine against Meta’s lobbying efforts. One person, Mike Davis, seemed to hint about an Oval Office meeting last week on X.

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    Jay Peters
    Apple Ads.

    The company has rebranded its Search Ads team to Apple Ads, 9to5Mac reports. “Our ad offerings have grown beyond search,” Apple says in a post. “So we’ve decided to change our name.”

    Apple has ads in many parts of the App Store, including the Today tab.