46 – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026
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Jay Peters

Jay Peters

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    Disney Plus is now available on Meta Quest VR headsets.

    Meta had already announced the streaming service was coming to its headsets, but now it’s here.

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    A baa-rand new Cult of the Lamb expansion is coming soon.

    Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven, a paid expansion for Cult of the Lamb, will launch on January 22nd for $16.99. You can learn all about what’s new in a gameplay overview released today.

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    We need to talk about your flair.

    On Threads, that is; Meta is testing “flair” labels for users in Communities that will show up on your posts to indicate what you like to talk about. Users who are “Community champions” can decide the flair options, Meta says.

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    Jay Peters
    Amazon offloads a MOBA to Ubisoft as part of its gaming pivot.

    Ubisoft has acquired March of Giants, a free-to-play MOBA that was previously developed by Amazon’s Montreal studio. Amazon’s VP of games positively mentioned March of Giants in an October memo announcing the company’s pivot away from MMOs, but Amazon is moving on from the game anyway.

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    Apple: “Pluribus is the most watched show in Apple TV history.”

    The company didn’t share specific numbers, but it still seems like a meaningful milestone. Guess I should watch it.

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    Jay Peters
    An update to Google’s Live with Search feature.

    The tool, which lets you have voice conversations in AI Mode in the Google app, now uses Google’s newest Gemini model for native audio, which means that responses are “more fluid and expressive than ever before,” the company says. You can hear an example in this video.

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    Jay Peters
    A look at Apple TV’s early 2026 lineup.

    New seasons of Hijack, The Last Thing He Told Me, Shrinking, and Monarch are all on the docket as well as the debut of the film Eternity. Personally, I’m anticipating Hijack the most; the first season was so dumb but also was way more gripping than I expected.