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Stevie Bonifield

Stevie Bonifield

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    Spry Fox’s cozy MMO ‘Spirit Crossing’ is crossing over from Netflix to Steam.

    The mobile version of the Cozy Grove-inspired life sim MMO, currently in alpha playtesting, will continue to be available through Netflix, but now there’s also a PC version coming in 2026. Its Steam page arrives less than a week after Netflix sold Spry Fox back to the studio’s original owners.

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    Blink cameras can now tell you what they’re seeing with video descriptions.

    The feature uses AI to give you more detailed motion notifications, like describing people the camera or doorbell detects, much like the AI video descriptions Ring cameras got earlier this year.

    Video descriptions are launching as an early access beta feature and require a paid Blink subscription.

    A screenshot of an AI video description in a notification for a Blink camera
    Image: Blink
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    Stevie Bonifield
    You’ll soon be able to work out with your favorite K-Pop music in Apple Fitness Plus.

    It’s part of an expansion to Apple’s workout service coming on December 15th that will not only add K-Pop as an option in the workout music genres (the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack is probably a good choice), but it’s also bringing new digital dubs of Fitness Plus videos in Spanish, German, and Japanese.

    Apple Fitness Plus will also be available in 28 new markets, including Chile, Hong Kong, India, the Netherlands, and more.

    An image of an iPhone with the Apple Fitness Plus music genre options on screen
    Image: Apple
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    Stevie Bonifield
    The new “slim” PC version of Helldivers 2 won’t tank your performance.

    Last week, Arrowhead Game Studios announced that they are drastically reducing the file size of the PC version of Helldivers 2, bringing it down to just 23GB (from 154GB).

    Testing by Digital Foundry shows that this “slim” version doesn’t have any noticeable performance drawbacks. Even on an HDD, it only took 6.3 seconds longer to load into a tutorial compared to the original version.