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    Watch Jimmy Kimmel’s interview with James Talarico.

    Kimmel said he couldn’t air his interview with the Democratic Texas Senate candidate on TV after the FCC “threatened” him. Instead, you can watch it on the the Jimmy Kimmel Live YouTube channel:

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    Hit Broadway play ‘Oh, Mary!’ is coming to HBO Max next year.

    Fans of the dark comedy starring Cole Escola as Mrs. Lincoln won’t have to wait as long to stream it as Hamilton fans did. The version on HBO and HBO Max will be the filming of the July 28, 2026 performance at London’s Trafalgar Theatre. You might be able to see Oh, Mary! sooner in person, as its North American tour starts this month.

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    Hasbro disavows DHS Transformers posts.

    Posts from the official DHS account on X marked “Made with AI” show Optimus Prime with “ICE” and a DHS logo on him, along with the Transformers logo above “Age of Deportation.” Hasbro’s response says they were “done without permission” but didn’t mention any specific action to take them down.

    A Hasbro Instagram post reading: “Optimus Prime is a beloved character who represents humility, leadership, compassion and justice. Hasbro is aware of the recent posts using his likeness. These posts were done without permission and do not represent the Transformers brand or Hasbro.”
    Image: Hasbro
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    Prime Video’s ‘Shop the Scene’ feature finds Amazon products matching what’s on your screen.

    The new AI feature is supposed to help you track down stuff like your favorite character’s outfit, which could come in handy assuming it doesn’t just pull up random knockoffs. Amazon’s also making it easier to shop in the middle of your shows and movies with a new “Shop” tab in its X-Ray menu.

    Three screenshots of Amazon’s Shop the Scene feture
    Image: Amazon
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    The Dell XPS 13 is the latest laptop to get a $100 price hike.

    The XPS 13 now costs $699 for a base configuration with just 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. That price used to get you a configuration with 512GB of storage, but Dell’s now charging $799 for that one. It matches the pricing for Apple’s MacBook Neo, which also got a price hike earlier this year.

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    Ubisoft’s letting some Steam users skip its Connect app.

    In an update on Steam, Ubisoft said it’s testing a new tool that keeps game features like cross-play “without requiring the Ubisoft Connect PC launcher to be installed or launched.” It’s coming to Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown first, and will “roll out to more Ubisoft games on Steam in the future.”

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    Ubisoft Connect Services: a simpler launch experience on Steam

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