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Jay Peters

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    A fun Easter egg in Valve’s Half-Life 2 anniversary announcement:

    At the bottom of the page, there’s a gravity gun that you can pick up with your mouse — and actually use. Have fun!

    Half-Life 2 is getting a huge 20th anniversary updateHalf-Life 2 is getting a huge 20th anniversary update
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    Here’s iFixit’s teardown of the PS5 Pro.

    Based on the video, the inside of Sony’s most advanced PS5 looks pretty similar to the inside of the slim PS5. It’s still pretty cool to see, though — and the PS5 Pro at least has an easier way to access the CMOS battery.

    Check out our PS5 Pro review if you want to learn more about the console.

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    Jay Peters
    Google is reportedly prototyping a keyboard case for the next Pixel Tablet.

    That would solve a notable omission from Google’s first Pixel Tablet. But this next tablet might still be “many months away from launching,” Android Authority reports, so we might have to wait awhile for it.

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    Bluesky is having its “highest traffic day ever.”

    Rough timing for the outages today. After crossing 15 million users yesterday, the site is already past 16 million today.

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    Elon Musk reportedly had a meeting with Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations this week.

    According to The New York Times, the session between Musk and Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani was described by Iranian officials as “a discussion of how to defuse tensions between Iran and the United States.”

    Musk will co-lead the “Department of Government Efficiency” under president-elect Donald Trump’s administration.

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    Jay Peters
    ChatGPT’s Windows app is now available for everyone.

    The app launched last month, but was initially was only available for paid users. Now, all users can try it, OpenAI says.

    A promotional image of ChatGPT’s Windows app.
    Image: OpenAI
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    Stephen King is taking a stand.

    King, who might be partially responsible for the original $8 starting price for Elon Musk’s Twitter Blue (now X Premium), is leaving for Threads. Here’s his Threads profile.