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Jay Peters

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    Could this X feature actually be useful?

    According to Elon Musk, the platform will be releasing a new feature for Community Notes that sends you a DM if “a post you interacted with is corrected.” I can see the potential utility, though you’re putting trust in the Community Note actually being correct. It’s also unclear when this may launch.

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    Jay Peters
    This week in the big AI data center buildout.

    AI data center projects are continuing to pop up across the US, with frequent opposition from locals concerned about their impact. Here are a few recent articles about the projects:

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    Jay Peters
    A cheaper Vision Pro might be even further out now — if it happens at all.

    Apple is suspending work on a display made in partnership with Samsung Display for an entry-level XR device, according to a machine translation of a report by The Elec (which we saw thanks to MacRumors). Seems like Apple is moving away from headsets in favor of glasses.

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    Jay Peters
    ZeniMax Media laid off 158 workers in Texas as part of this week’s Xbox cuts.

    96 of the layoffs were at the id Software office in Richardson, 40 of the layoffs were for remote workers that reported to that office, and 22 of the layoffs happened at the Bethesda Game Studios office in Austin, according to a WARN notice obtained by Game Developer.

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    Ever ending.

    Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis, an FFVII spinoff game on mobile and Steam, will reach end of service status on October 6th, Square Enix says. The company also shut down the short-lived FFVII mobile battle royale game back in 2023. At least there’s the final remake trilogy game to look forward to next year.

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    “Ah.”

    Today, from Summer Games Done Quick 2026, I’m recommending that you watch this race of Hey You, Pikachu! on the N64 — which, if you didn’t know, is a game where you talk to Pikachu with a microphone. It’s very silly.

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    Jay Peters
    Xbox reportedly laid off about 25 percent of Obsidian Entertainment’s staff.

    I missed this yesterday, reported by Kotaku. The studio will apparently keep working on Grounded 2 and DLC for The Outer Worlds 2, but “plans beyond that are up in the air,” Kotaku says.