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Jay Peters

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    Google Vids users are getting ‘select’ Gemini AI features that used to be paid for free.

    With just a Gmail account, you’ll be able to “use AI-generated voiceovers, instantly clean up recordings with transcript trimming to remove silences and filler words, or give your visuals some pop with built-in AI image editing,” according to a blog post.

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    Apple loses another notable industrial designer.

    Abidur Chowdhury, who worked on the iPhone Air and introduced it during Apple’s September event, has reportedly left for an AI startup. Even though the phone hasn’t sold well, “his exit is unrelated to the debut of the phone, which has seen its design praised despite underwhelming sales,” according to Bloomberg.

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    Finally: display-off downloads for Steam Deck.

    After launching it in beta earlier this month, Valve has officially launched a new feature that lets you keep downloading games even when you turn the display off. I’ve wanted something like this since I first got a Steam Deck more than three years ago.

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    Hytale returns.

    After Riot Games closed down the studio behind the Minecraft-like Hytale earlier this year, the team behind the game has acquired it back from Riot, rehired developers, and is vowing to fund it for “the next 10 years” as an independent studio.

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    It’s Expedition 33 vs. the world.

    The Game Awards’ Game of the Year nominees are out: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, Hades II, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. Expedition 33 got 12 nominations, the most “in TGA history.“

    The show takes place on December 11th.

    The Steam Machine feels like the TV gaming PC I’ve always wanted

    I’ve been looking for a better way to play Steam games on my TV, and the Steam Machine checks all my boxes.

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    A Primer.

    Nintendo shared an overview video today for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, which comes out on December 4th on Switch and Switch 2. A lot of it looks like classic Metroid Prime, but the chatty companions worry me (and I’m not the only one).