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    Here’s the scoop on why the Annapurna Interactive staff resigned.

    Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, who broke the original story, just published a detailed account of what went down. Settle in with some popcorn — it’s pretty wild.

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    Jay Peters
    X has reportedly requested to be able to return to Brazil.

    The company already said it would abide by Brazilian Supreme Court orders. Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the X ban on August 30th.

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    Jay Peters
    Fubo is getting multiview in beta on some Roku devices.

    You’ll be able to watch up to four Fubo channels simultaneously. “Additional” Roku devices are set to get the feature in the “coming weeks,” Fubo says.

    Fubo’s multiview is also available on Apple TV.

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    Jay Peters
    Apple might release iOS 18.0.1 soon.

    MacRumors logs show that Apple is testing the new update, which will probably just fix bugs. Some iOS 18 users have run into touchscreen responsiveness issues, so perhaps that’s one change for the rumored update.

    OpenAI CTO Mira Murati is leavingOpenAI CTO Mira Murati is leaving
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    Meta’s Connect keynote is done.

    The developer portion is over, and now the room is clearing out. Staffers are taking photos onstage and celebrating.

    Thanks for following along with us! Now go read our awesome posts!

    A photo of Meta’s Connect stage.
    Photo by Jay Peters / The Verge
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    Jay Peters
    Meta is launching new avatars on October 1st.

    And later in 2025, users will be able to generate a new avatar with an AI prompt.

    A photo from Connect of Meta’s new avatars.
    Photo by Jay Peters / The Verge
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    Jay Peters
    Meta is touting increased Horizon Worlds usage.

    5X usage growth in 2024, and the app is a top five Quest 3 app in terms of weekly users, the company says.

    Correction: Horizon Worlds is not a Quest 5 app.