33 – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026
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    Bluesky says that Russian influence operators are hijacking accounts to share disinformation.

    Hijacked accounts include those of people who are “influential in their fields, though perhaps not famous,” like journalists and professors, according to The New York Times.

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    Crazy Taxi’s roof light just turned on for the first time in years.

    Sega’s official Crazy Taxi account on X just made its first post in six years: a brief video.

    The company confirmed in 2023 that reboots of Crazy Taxi and other classic franchises were in the works. Given this post, maybe Sega will officially reveal the new game at Summer Game Fest Live in June. Let’s hope The Offspring is still on the soundtrack.

    A screenshot of Sega’s new video on its Crazy Taxi X account.
    Image: Sega
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    Jay Peters
    AI storytelling game Hidden Door now lets users make their own universes to share.

    The new Atlas tool lets users “build a fully interactive world,” and to encourage people to use it, Hidden Door will pay the creators of worlds that meet its guidelines — 30 percent of the platform’s subscription revenue will go to creators.

    I tried Hidden Door last year, if you want to read more about it.

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    Oura has filed to go public.

    The smart ring maker has confidentially filed its Form S-1 ahead of an IPO, and it plans to potentially go public this year, Bloomberg reports. Oura also said Wednesday that it’s “on pace” to pass five million paid subscribers this quarter.

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    Spotify’s AI will be able to make an audiobook playlist for you.

    This summer, Spotify is launching its Prompted Playlist feature, which it is beta testing for music and podcasts, for audiobooks. The company says audiobooks listening hours on the platform are up 60 percent year over year.

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    Jay Peters
    Games on Ubisoft’s store are getting new accessibility tags.

    The tags, introduced as part of the cross-company Accessible Games Initiative effort, will initially show up on listings for four games, including Rayman Legends, Ubisoft says. The tags will be added to more games throughout 2026 “and beyond.”

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    Intuit is laying off around 3,000 employees.

    According to a memo seen by Reuters, Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi said that the cuts will help the company focus on bets like adding AI into its services. The cuts represent about 17 percent of Intuit’s staff.

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    What’s your score on the WSJ’s data center quiz?

    I’m ashamed to say I did poorly — only three out of 10 correct — but I’m glad I took it, it’s an interesting quiz. Heads up that it might be behind a paywall, though.

    Update: Noted the potential paywall.