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    Snap reports 971 million monthly active users ahead of its Specs launch event on September 16th.

    That’s up from 932 million a year ago, according to Snap’s latest earnings report. The company also says its revenue is up 19 percent year-over-year, as it prepares to launch its $2,195 augmented-reality glasses next month.

    An image of Snap’s Specs AR glasses.
    An image of Snap’s Specs AR glasses.
    Image: Snap
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    Stevie Bonifield
    Amazon’s developing a Warhammer 40,000 animated series produced by Henry Cavill.

    According to Variety, the series will be a spin-off of Amazon’s 2024 Secret Level anthology series, which includes a Warhammer episode. It’s in development alongside the live-action Warhammer project Cavill’s also working on, and reportedly features the Deathwatch, “an elite group of Space Marines that specialize in hunting down alien threats.”

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    Stevie Bonifield
    You can play Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow natively on Android now.

    As spotted by Android Authority, the new, unofficial Gen1Recomp port for the trio of classic Pokémon games also lets you easily add mods, like one that updates the games with cool 3D voxel graphics. You’ll need to use your own game ROM, though.

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    Hank Green says his YouTube channel “may need to pause” after admitting to relying on AI for research.

    As Dexerto reports, Green says he wasn’t reading an AI prompt in a clip from a recent Ask Hank Anything video, but confessed that he’s been using AI “to locate papers and other resources for learning about topics.” In a Reddit post, he said he needs to “readjust” now.

    I need to come to terms with the fact that the level of dopamine I’ve been getting from interacting with LLMs...with doing more and more and more and more...is not healthy for me or good for the world. It is careless, and has disconnected me from where people are on this.

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    Stevie Bonifield
    Nothing’s rumored to shift its focus to AI accessories like a speaker and smartwatch.

    Android Authority points to a report from Smartprix that says Nothing’s “repositioning itself as an AI-first company,” with a slate of upcoming devices that includes AI-enabled earbuds and a smart speaker from its CMF brand. Nothing’s also reportedly planning to launch a new smartwatch and second-generation Nothing headphones.

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    Stevie Bonifield
    Roblox is planning new voice and video chat features.

    After announcing it’s shutting down Roblox Connect, Roblox said in its latest earnings report that it’s working on adding “integrated voice calls” and video chat, as alternatives to tools like Discord.

    Our roadmap includes a plan to provide users the option to video chat with friends or stream with their Roblox avatar. Because the calls will originate within the Roblox app and accompany users as they move between games, they deliver a safer, richer, more immersive connection than any off-platform alternative.

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    Stevie Bonifield
    Chrome for Android has custom new tab page backgrounds now.

    As spotted by 9to5Google, you can change the background to different colors and images, including uploading your own, and set the background to refresh everyday, like on the desktop version of Chrome. The new backgrounds are under “Customize new tab page” in Chrome’s three dots menu.

    A screenshot of new tab page customization options on Chrome for Android
    A screenshot of new tab page customization options on Chrome for Android
    1/2Image: Google