35 – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026
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Jay Peters

Jay Peters

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    Netflix’s “cloud-first games strategy” is one of its focuses for 2026.

    Netflix, in its Q4 shareholder letter, says that early results for its cloud-streamed TV games launched last year are “encouraging.” It’s going to expand the lineup in 2026 with games like its new FIFA football sim. (No mention of new games available on mobile.)

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    Hitman World of Assassination is getting cross-progression.

    The game is playable on “more than 10 different platforms,” according to IO Interactive, so having cross-progression could be nice if you want to play the game on whatever device is most convenient to you. The feature will go live on February 3rd.

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    Bridge blocking.

    Bridgy Fed, the open social web bridging tool, now lets users subscribe to fediverse domain blocklists to make it easier to mass block accounts. “When you add blocks or blocklists to your account on either side of the bridge, we maintain and sync those within Bridgy Fed,” according to a blog post.

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    Jay Peters
    Live-action Universal films are coming to Netflix “much sooner than expected.”

    Originally, the live-action movies were going to come to Netflix starting in 2027, but What’s on Netflix reports that they’re appearing starting this year, beginning with Megan 2.0 on January 26th. The films still stream on Peacock first before jumping to Netflix.

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    More Ball x Pit.

    The Regal Update, the first of three free updates in 2026 for the very good Ball x Pit, will be out on January 26th, adding two new characters, eight new balls, and more. Seems like a great excuse to return to the pit.

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    Nothing teases something.

    Seems like a new logo. I like the dot matrix one better, but what do you think?

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    Jay Peters
    Back to the dojo.

    After disbanding the team behind its Dojo supercomputer project last year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the company is “restarting work” on Dojo3 now that “the AI5 chip design is in good shape.” Tesla is also recruiting people to work on the project.