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    Think you’re good at spotting AI-made photos of people?

    Then put your skills to the test in the NYT’s quiz that asks you to pick if a photo is real or AI-generated.

    I got 6/10, how did you fare?

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    Jay Peters
    The newest Mission: Impossible — starring a villainous AI — is coming to Paramount Plus.

    You can stream Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning starting January 25th. The movie’s evil AI was ridiculous, I loved it. (Make sure to stick around to the end of the credits to hear its silly noise!)

    Also, Paramount dropped the “Part One” from the film’s original title. The former part two was recently pushed back from a June 2024 to a May 23rd, 2025 release date.

    A promotional poster for Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning.
    Image: Paramount
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    Jay Peters
    Apple employees get a nice Vision Pro discount.

    They’re eligible for 25 percent off the $3,499 headset, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, meaning the cost for Apple staffers is around $2,600 (though Gurman says that’s before “taxes and options.”)

    Gurman also says that executives Mike Rockwell and Alan Dye mentioned surgery and training as potential uses for the Vision Pro in an internal video. I’ve heard similar ideas somewhere else before...

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    Jay Peters
    Layoffs at the developer of Dead by Daylight.

    Behaviour Interactive cut around 45 jobs, according to Kotaku. The studio has confirmed that it did layoffs, saying that it let go less than three percent of the company.

    Kotaku has been compiling all of the video game layoffs that have already happened this year. Sadly, there have been a lot.

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    Jay Peters
    Here’s Fruit Ninja on the Vision Pro.

    In Super Fruit Ninja, you’ll use your hands to chop up fruit, according to a writeup on Apple’s website. I can see how it might be fun, but I don’t know if it will be $3,499 fun — especially when I can still just play Fruit Ninja on my phone.

    A screenshot from Super Fruit Ninja.
    A screenshot from Super Fruit Ninja.
    A screenshot from Super Fruit Ninja.
    1/3Image: Halfbrick Studios
    Jay Peters
    Jay Peters
    Starfield is about to get some nice fixes.

    Bethesda released a beta version of update 1.9.47.0 on Steam, and it adds “over a hundred fixes and adjustments,” according to a blog post. (Like improved widescreen support, if that’s your jam.)

    The update is set to launch broadly “in two weeks,” Bethesda says on X.

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    Jay Peters
    “Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 no longer include the blood oxygen feature.”

    Following yesterday’s news, that’s the text now shown at the top of Apple’s Series 9 and Ultra 2 websites.

    A screenshot of the Apple Watch Ultra 2 website. A banner at the top says “Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 no longer include the blood oxygen feature.”
    Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge
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    Jay Peters
    Another cool piece of Limited Run Games history.

    The company’s physical version of Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse was “was literally the last game produced on the US 3DS production line, with our cartridge order managing to get to Nintendo at the absolute last possible second,” CEO Josh Fairhurst says on X. The game is Limited Run’s final 3DS release.

    A post on X from Limited Run Games CEO Josh Fairhurst. It says: “This was literally the last game produced on the US 3DS production line, with our cartridge order managing to get to Nintendo at the absolute last possible second (we had to place it through Rising Star in order to make it happen).”
    You can see the post on X.
    Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge