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Terrence O'Brien

Terrence O'Brien

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    Welcome to Night Vale host Cecil Baldwin shares his tech pet peeves

    Just let the man watch movie credits in peace!

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    Marcia Lucas, the Oscar-winning editor of Star Wars and Taxi Driver, has died.

    Marcia, 80, was married to George Lucas from 1969 to 1983 and edited many of his early films, including American Graffiti and THX 1138. She also worked with Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese, earning multiple Academy Award nominations along the way.

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    Meta gives Oversight Board $13 million to keep it afloat through 2028.

    After reducing funding for the board earlier this year and reportedly planning additional cuts in 2027 and 2028, Platformer reports that Meta has committed $13 million in “top-up” money. That will keep the board operating through 2028, but doesn’t necessarily change plans to cut it off after that.

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    The White House is asking for $9 billion to buy AI chips for spies.

    The New York Times reports the CIA and the NSA lack the computing capacity to run the latest AI models. The White House has approved a request for $9 billion to buy cutting-edge chips and build infrastructure to support Nvidia’s Grace Blackwell superchip. But Congress needs to approve the funds.

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    14 years after being announced, Star Citizen hits $1 billion in funding.

    Announced over a decade ago in 2012, and still floundering in Early Access with no release date in sight, Star Citizen keeps raising money, somehow. According to the funding page, it has now officially crossed the $1 billion mark.

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    iOS 27 will support Google Cast and other AirPlay alternatives.

    According to Mark Gurman, the next version of iOS will have native support for third-party casting services to satisfy the requirements of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act. Users will be able to set AirPlay, Google, or something else as the default for beaming audio and video from their iPhones.

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    Rocket League is getting an upgrade to Unreal 6.

    The next version of Epic Games’ engine is still probably a year or two out, but an upgraded version of Rocket League just got teased at Paris Major. There’s no release date, but you can check out the clip below to see it in action.