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Jay Peters

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    Games Done Quick is raising money for Hurricane Helene disaster relief.

    Disaster Relief Done Quick, which will benefit the nonprofit Direct Relief, will kick off starting October 11th at 6PM ET and end on October 13th at 11:59PM ET. If you want to share a run, you can make a submission now.

    The event will be streamed on Twitch.

    Jay Peters
    Jay Peters
    Starlink is offering 30 days of free service in areas impacted by Hurricane Helene.

    The company has a guide on how to sign up on its website.

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    Jay Peters
    Is it October 24th yet?

    That’s when Windblown, the new roguelike from Dead Cells creators Motion Twin, launches in early access on Steam. I loved Dead Cells, so I can’t wait to check this out. There’s a demo coming on October 14th, and progress will carry over into the main game.

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    Jay Peters
    Here are the PC requirements for Civilization 7.

    Check ‘em out to see if your PC can run the game when it comes out on February 11th. Specs aren’t yet available for macOS and Linux.

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    Jay Peters
    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly isn’t planning to hire a new CTO anytime soon.

    At an all-hands meeting last week, Altman told employees the company is not looking to replace [Mira] Murati in the CTO role for now, according to a person familiar with the matter.

    Mira Murati announced last week that she was leaving OpenAI.

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    Jay Peters
    Apple made a potentially big change to sharing contacts with iOS 18.

    You’re now able to select individual contacts to share with an app, which could make building new social apps much more difficult, as The New York Times reports. You can still share your whole address book with an app, but you probably shouldn’t do that.

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    Jay Peters
    The panel’s done.

    I’ll be taking some meetings now and will hit the show floor later — hope to have more to share soon!