Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg:
Sources: Anthropic could start formal marketing for its IPO as soon as the week of November 9, putting it in line to begin trading before Thanksgiving — Anthropic PBC is seeking to go public as soon as the middle of November, according to people familiar with the matter …

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Sony launches Quick Spectral Super Resolution, a “new performance tier of AI upscaling” for the standard PS5 developed in collaboration with AMD — Sony's new Quick Spectral Super Resolution AI upscaling is coming first to Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yōtei.

Sophie Austin / Associated Press:
Gavin Newsom vetoes a CA bill banning secret recording with smart glasses in private places, saying its definition of wearable recording devices was too broad — California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation Wednesday that would have penalized Californians for using smart glasses …

1. Space Marine 2 gets a massive anniversary update warhammer-community.com
2. Saber showed a new mode and announced a class for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 - presented a roadmap of updates for 2026-2027 ixbt.games
3. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2’s third year kicks off today with the Anniversary Update! focus-entmt.com
4. Space Marine 2 Year 3 Roadmap Expands Endgame Warfare DLCompare.com
5. Space Marine 2 Anniversary Update 2 Version 15.0 Live on October 1 via Patch 1.015 MP1st

Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI says it “parted ways” with three researchers for violating its “handling sensitive” info policies; sources: they shared it with an AI safety organization — OpenAI has parted ways with three researchers for allegedly sharing confidential company information …

Tom Warren / The Verge:
Memo: Ryan Roslansky, who was promoted from LinkedIn CEO to the head of Office and Teams in 2025, is leaving, triggering another Microsoft executive reshuffle — Ryan Roslansky is leaving after nearly 18 years at LinkedIn and Microsoft. … After nearly 18 years at LinkedIn and Microsoft, Ryan Roslansky is leaving the company.

1. Hands-On With QSSR: AI-Driven Upscaling for the Standard PS5 Digital Foundry
2. AI upscaling is coming to PS5 blog.playstation.com
3. Sony brings AI graphics upscaling to the regular PS5 The Verge
4. Sony announces QSSR AI upscaling tech for base PS5 in Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yōtei Digital Foundry
5. Base PS5 Is Getting AI Upscaling Starting With Wolverine And Ghost Of Yotei To Make The Smallest Details Look Even Crisper Kotaku

Kevin McLaughlin / The Information:
Sources: Anthropic has taken the unusual step of ending customers' discounts, which typically reach ~15%, once they hit the usage limits, forcing renegotiations — Anthropic is flexing its muscle with enterprise customers by taking a hard line on discounts once those customers use up all the tokens they purchased.

1. Review: Ghost of Yotei: Complete Edition (PS5) - Atsu Shines in Story DLC, But Most Wanted Mode Steals the Show Push Square
2. Ghost of Yōtei’s New DLC Should Have Been in the Game from the Very Start Polygon.com
3. Preparing for Echoes of Sekigahara IGN
4. Ghost of Yotei Complete Edition Release Times, New Armor and Deluxe Items VICE
5. Ghost of Yōtei Most Wanted – The New Roguelike Mode Lives Up to Its Name MonsterVine

Stephen Nellis / Reuters:
Volantis, which aims to use vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, used in the iPhone's Face ID, to transmit data between AI and memory chips, raised $88M — San Francisco-based semiconductor startup Volantis on Thursday said it has raised $88 million in venture capital in an effort …

1. Apple TV just added a bunch of free classic movies, here’s everything new 9to5Mac
2. Apple TV Just Updated Its Selection of 'Bonus' Movies MacRumors
3. Watch yet more classic movies for free on Apple TV AppleInsider
4. The 5 Best 20-Movie Collections on Apple TV Right Now Collider
5. Apple TV app - Top Movies AP News

1. Control Resonant’s New Patch Misses A Much-Needed Addition Forbes
2. Imminent Control Resonant Updates To Add Unlimited "New Game++" and Photo Mode techpowerup.com
3. How Control Resonant’s art design and tech shaped its bosses, paranaturally-twisted Manhattan and more blog.playstation.com
4. If Only All Games Had Control Resonant's Assist Mode Engadget
5. Control Resonant Hides Its Best Part 15 Hours Into the Game Polygon.com

Time:
In a Q&A, Trump discusses Dario Amodei's views as differing much from “what is portrayed in the media”, meetings with AI leaders, “Super Intelligence”, and more — President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with TIME at the White House on Sept. 28.

1. One Of My Favorite Block Pushers Is Finally Coming To The Platform I Most Want To Play It On Kotaku
2. Oceanic Puzzle Adventure Game Isles of Sea & Sky Launches October 8 for Switch VGChartz
3. Puzzle adventure game Isles of Sea & Sky coming to Nintendo Switch next week Nintendo Everything
4. Oceanic Open World Puzzle Adventure "Isles of Sea and Sky" Hits Switch Oct. 8th, 2026 GoNintendo
5. Oceanic open-world puzzle adventure game Isles of Sea & Sky coming to Switch on October 8 Gematsu

Chris Metinko / Axios:
Miami-based Doxx.net, whose platform enables serverless P2P calling, messaging, and file transfers for humans and AI agents, raised a $38M Series A led by a16z — Doxx.net has raised a $38 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz as its private agentic defined networking platform launches into open beta …

1. Arc Raiders Is About To Go Nuclear On Cheaters: ‘No Warnings, No Second Chances’ Kotaku
2. An Update on Anti-Cheat ARC Raiders
3. Arc Raiders' is taking no prisoners when it comes to cheaters with permanent bans becoming the new normal: 'No warnings. No second chances' PC Gamer
4. ARC Raiders developers are beefing up their anti-cheat system ahead of the October update. GameGPU
5. Embark promises to get stricter with Arc Raiders bans as cheaters continue to plague the extraction shooter: "No warnings, no second chances" GamesRadar+

1. MacBook Pro With OLED Touch Screen Rumored to Launch in October or November MacRumors
2. MacBook Pro OLED Redesign Nears, M5 Pro Now $600 Off [2026] tech-insider.org
3. New MacBook Pro redesign gets exciting launch timing update 9to5Mac
4. Touch-screen OLED MacBook Pro expected in October or November AppleInsider
5. The First M7 Beast: Why Apple’s Rumored MacBook Ultra Changes Everything Geeky Gadgets

1. Ace Combat 8 developer apologises for Belkan War pre-order backlash, explains why it happened and vows to explore possible solutions Eurogamer.net
2. Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve review – brilliant aerial combat game fulfils the Top Gun fantasy theguardian.com
3. Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War’s modern port can’t be sold separately due to fighter jet licenses expiring, devs explain AUTOMATON
4. Ace Combat 8’s Stellar Multiplayer Reveals the Terrors of Live-Service Games Polygon.com
5. Ace Combat 8 Global Release Times Officially Announced IMDb

Adrian Diaconescu / PhoneArena:
Samsung quietly raises US prices for most of its Galaxy S26 lineup by $100 and the 1TB Galaxy S26 Ultra by $200; the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Z Flip 8 are unchanged — In line with recent rumors and expectations, the ultra-high-end Galaxy S26 trio has become more expensive than ever before in the US.

Reuters:
IPO prospectus: Broadcom agreed to lend Anthropic up to $42B via a convertible note that could help finance Anthropic's $125.2B, five-year TPU lease commitment — Anthropic's IPO prospectus documents extensive partnerships with a handful of big tech firms. One stands out: chip maker Broadcom (AVGO.O).

Cameron Faulkner / The Verge:
Amazon updates the Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and Kindle Colorsoft with new colors and up to 32GB of storage, and unveils a $35 Kindle Click page-turning remote — A wave of little changes, including new colors, the option of an aluminum case, and some neat accessories.

1. Reigns, Card Shark Dev Is Closing Down As Leads Go Independent Again: ‘I Still Have Things That I Can Say’ Kotaku
2. Reigns Developer Nerial Shuts Down After 13 Years Game Informer
3. Reigns and Card Shark developers Nerial are closing down, laying staff off while the founders go "back to our roots" Rock Paper Shotgun
4. Reigns and Card Shark developer Nerial closes after 13 years mobilegamer.biz
5. Reigns and Card Shark Developer Nerial is Shutting Down VGChartz

1. HP’s answer to the MacBook Neo is thinner, lighter, and comes with OLED The Verge
2. HP Brings Premium PC Experiences to More Consumers HP
3. HP’s MacBook Neo Competitor Might Cost You More Than You Think Gizmodo
4. MacBook Neo’s Next Competitor Is HP’s $700 OmniBook 5 CNET
5. HP's Omnibook 5 Features An OLED Screen And Costs $699 Engadget

1. Inside Gears of War: E-Day: How The Coalition and Epic Pushed Console Visuals To New Heights Digital Foundry
2. Gears of War: E-Day Review IGN
3. Gears of War: E-Day Performance Benchmark Review - 35 GPUs Tested techpowerup.com
4. How Gears of War: E-Day Solves the Series S Memory Issue by Tapping the SSD Digital Foundry
5. Gears of War E-Day is an uncharacteristically CPU-heavy Unreal Engine 5 game — benchmarking 25 CPUs from Intel and AMD and investigating ‘low core mode’ Tom's Hardware

Gabi Marques / Colossus:
A profile of Nubank founder David Vélez, who graduated from Stanford, worked at Sequoia, and moved to Brazil to start the bank in 2013, as Nubank enters the US — After facing down regulators, oligopolies, and corruption in Latin America, Nubank founder David Vélez faces his biggest challenge yet: the United States

1. Amazon introduces a completely redesigned Kindle family About Amazon
2. Amazon is launching colorful new Kindles — and a case with physical page-turn buttons The Verge
3. Kindle gets a clicker: Amazon unveils $35 page-turning remote and refreshes its e-reader lineup GeekWire
4. Amazon’s New Kindles Are Thinner, Lighter and More Colorful Bloomberg.com
5. I just tried Amazon’s 2026 Kindles, which finally address my biggest issues CNN

1. Microsoft Has A Mountain To Climb To Address Windows 11 Optimizations, But Newest 26H2 Update Tackles Memory Usage; 8GB RAM Systems Left Out Wccftech
2. How to get the Windows 11 2026 Update Windows Blog
3. Microsoft Launches Windows 11 26H2 Update techpowerup.com
4. Windows 11 version 27H2: Everything we know so far windowscentral.com
5. Microsoft enables Windows settings backup by default for orgs BleepingComputer

1. 007 First Light free DLC ‘Extended Operations’ now available Gematsu
2. 007 First Light Extended Operation DLC is Out Today, For Free, and Lets You Drive the Valhalla Again IGN
3. Insighful Look at 007 First Light's World, Characters, Concent & VFX 80 Level
4. 007 First Light Officially Reveals Everything Coming to Free DLC Expansion Polygon.com
5. 007 First Light’s Free Expansion Gives Bond A Driving License To Kill GameSpot

1. The iPhone 18 Pro is selling well in China for three reasons 9to5Mac
2. iPhone 18 Pro Series Sales Up 12% YoY in Launch Week in China as Apple Takes #1 Spot Counterpoint Research
3. iPhone 18 Pro Sales Jump in China Ahead of iPhone Duo Launch MacRumors
4. Sell family jewels for latest iPhone? In India, craze dials up debate South China Morning Post
5. Apple's 'underwhelming' iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max are selling like hotcakes in one (key) market PhoneArena

1. After complaints of over-brightness, a Witcher 3 Remastered patch addressing "various lighting adjustments" rolls out Eurogamer.net
2. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered Path Tracing & DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction Update Out Now NVIDIA
3. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered Review Update IGN
4. The Witcher 3 Remastered Tops 120,000 Concurrent Steam Players, Beating Its All-Time Record techpowerup.com
5. Injecting DLSS 5 Into The Witcher 3 Remastered Gives Geralt a Much-Needed Facelift, but Costs Up to 30% Performance Wccftech

Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware:
Micron filed a US lawsuit accusing Chinese memory maker YMTC of systematically poaching key engineers and then using the engineers' patents to sue Micron — Some of YMTC's patents can actually belong to Micron, the company alleges. … Micron this month filed a lawsuit …

1. Samsung has updated these Galaxy devices to Android 17 9to5google.com
2. 10 'One UI 9' Hacks Every Samsung Galaxy User Should Know lifehacker.com
3. Galaxy S24 series is getting a software update nobody asked for PhoneArena
4. Millions Of Galaxy S25 And S26 Phones Get New Samsung Features Today Forbes
5. How To Prepare Your Samsung Galaxy For The One UI 9 Update Engadget

1. Apple Stores Receive 'Do Not Open' Boxes Ahead of Smart Home Products Launch MacRumors
2. Apple Is Finally Ready to Enter Its Next Big Category: the Smart Home Bloomberg.com
3. Apple's smart hub shows its new view of the tech consumer — and its ambition Yahoo Finance
4. Apple’s HomePad smart home hub launching on Oct 13 with iMac G4 design – Bloomberg 9to5Mac
5. Apple’s home hub isn’t what you think it is Macworld

Anzar Mehraj / Reuters:
Armadin, started by Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia to build AI cybersecurity agents, raised a $255.5M Series B led by a16z and Accel at a $2.5B valuation — Armadin said on Thursday that it raised $255.5 million in a Series B funding round, which values the AI cybersecurity company at more than $2.5 billion.

1. PS5 emulation is suddenly making big strides on PC Ars Technica
2. Demon's Souls Remake Performance Reportedly Hits 40-50 FPS On PS5 Emulator 80 Level
3. PS5 Emulator SharpEmu Reaches Gameplay In 17 Games, 8 Run at 60 FPS techpowerup.com
4. Marvel's Wolverine reaches gameplay with KytyPS5 emulator — PS5 exclusive joins Ghost of Yotei in reaching gameplay, performance still in single digits Tom's Hardware
5. Astro Bot Runs Up to 5x Faster in Custom KyTyPS5 Fork, as Marvel’s Wolverine Goes In-Game Two Weeks After Launch Wccftech

1. Warhammer 40,000 – Balance Update: Chaos, the Imperium and Xenos Fight Back warhammer-community.com
2. Warhammer 40k: September Balance Update - Space Marines Get Upgraded Weapons & More Bell of Lost Souls
3. Warhammer 40,000 – Balance Update: Emboldened Astartes warhammer-community.com
4. Warhammer 40K: Ranking the Space Marine Codex Supplements Bell of Lost Souls
5. Games Workshop Releases Warhammer 40k Balance Update for Factions SuaraGarut.ID

1. Gears of War: E-Day ditches faux platinum achievement in favor of Xbox Mythic TrueAchievements
2. Gears of War: E-Day x Liquid Death – Unlock a Legendary Pose and More news.xbox.com
3. Gears of War: E-Day Mythic Achievement Provides Exclusive Legendary Character Skin Insider Gaming
4. Liquid Death Ties Energy Drink Promotion to Gears of War: E-Day TipRanks

1. Huawei made a whole camera to attach to its latest phone The Verge
2. Huawei unveils Mate 90 phones, leans on homegrown chip design to offset US curbs Reuters
3. Forget the iPhone 18 Pro Max and the Galaxy S27 Ultra. This phone has a 1-inch external camera PhoneArena
4. Huawei Mate 90 RS is a design showstopper and costs as much as the iPhone Duo Digital Trends
5. Huawei Launches an Entire Camera You Put On a Phone PetaPixel

1. As Xbox swings the axe, Gears of War: E-Day developers fear they'll be laid off straight after launch - and right before they'd be due their bonuses Eurogamer.net
2. Gears of War: E-Day Developers Expecting Layoffs After 'Crunching Hard' Through Final Months IGN
3. Gears of War: E-Day staff fear layoffs before Metacritic bonus payout tbreak.com
4. One of Gears of War E-Day’s collectibles is a letter from The Coalition thanking ‘those that are no longer with us’ Video Games Chronicle
5. Gears of War: E-Day Studio Fears Layoffs, Demoralized by Story Director’s Departure – Rumor GamingBolt

1. PSA: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Free Demo Is Now Live, With A Frame Rate Boost On Switch 2 Nintendo Life
2. Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse supports 60 FPS on Nintendo Switch 2 Nintendo Everything
3. Play Anticipated Konami PS5 Game for Free via PlayStation Store AOL.com
4. Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse — Release date, gameplay and the Belmonts’ return to Paris Sortir à Paris
5. New Castlevania is Already Available for Free - Belmont's Curse Demo Released ixbt.games

1. Casio’s Crystal G-Shock Is the Most Expensive Ever Made WIRED
2. Hands-On: G-SHOCK Reveals The MRG-D5000 “Blue Rose Project” In Sapphire Hodinkee
3. G-Shock Unveils the $80,000 USD MRG-D5000 Crafted Entirely in Blue Sapphire Hypebeast
4. A Dream Comes To Fruition: The G-Shock MRG-D5000 In Blue Sapphire fratellowatches.com
5. The MR-G at 30: From the First Metal G-Shock to the Blue Rose Project Revolution Watch

1. Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch update 23.0.1 out now, patch notes Nintendo Everything
2. Nintendo Switch Update 23.0.1 Fixes Software Launch Issue twistedvoxel.com
3. Nintendo Switch Update 23.0.1 Fixes Startup Delay [2026] shattered.io
4. Nintendo Switch OG, Switch 2 System Update 23.0.1 Released on October 1 MP1st
5. Nintendo Switch 2 System Update 23.0.1 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes Nintendo Life

1. Scalable decision-making for games of imperfect information Nature
2. With most information hidden, the game Stratego had stumped AI—until now Ars Technica
3. This game-playing AI is the new champ at Stratego MIT News
4. AI beats Stratego's greatest player, ending one of the last human strongholds in board games The Decoder

1. Resident Evil 5 and 6 Remakes Seemingly Confirmed by Capcom Exec techpowerup.com
2. 'We Have Been Gradually Preparing': Capcom Already Has a Plan for When Its Resident Evil Remakes Catch Up With Newer Games IGN
3. Resident Evil Requiem Producer “Explains” Game’s Title, Confusing Us More GameSpot
4. Resident Evil remakes are building to a "crossover" with the new games, producer says Yahoo
5. CAPCOM Quietly Greenlit Several Resident Evil Projects, But a Resident Evil 5 Remake Won’t Arrive for at Least 5 Years Wccftech

1. Russian state hackers use new RedFlick technique to push malware BleepingComputer
2. Russia’s Star Blizzard Ditches ClickFix to Widen Phishing Net Dark Reading
3. Russian FSB-linked hackers scale up phishing attacks against Ukraine supporters The Record from Recorded Future News
4. Star Blizzard refines phishing and malware delivery with the RedFlick technique Microsoft
5. Star Blizzard, Cloudflare CA, GPT-6.1 scuttled LinkedIn

1. This award-winning microscopy image used AI — igniting controversy in a prestigious competition Nature
2. Winner of Nikon microscopy photo contest faces criticism over AI usage CNN
3. Tiny image sparks big backlash in Nikon photo contest BBC
4. Nikon ‘Re-Reviewing’ Winner of Small World in Motion Contest After AI Accusation PetaPixel
5. Allegations of AI Use in Nikon Competition Spark Controversy the-scientist.com

1. Ubisoft renames Creative House 2, home of The Division, Ghost Recon and Splinter Cell, as Massive Entertainment GamesIndustry.biz
2. Ubisoft Unites Developers Of Splinter Cell The Division Ghost Recon And More Under Star Wars Outlaws Studio Massive Entertainment Kotaku
3. Ubisoft Adopts Massive Entertainment as Name of Studio Group Led by Christoph Hartmann Variety
4. Massive Entertainment Takes Charge of Ubisoft's Biggest IPs GameWatcher
5. Massive Entertainment: The Next Chapter Begins Ubisoft

1. The Galaxy S27 Ultra likely just broke one trend Samsung fans actually liked PhoneArena
2. The Galaxy S27 Ultra will be heavier, and that's actually the best leak I've heard PhoneArena
3. Galaxy S27 Ultra said to be heavier than Galaxy S26 Ultra - GSMArena.com news GSMArena.com
4. Galaxy S27 Ultra Release Date: Samsung To Drop 3x Camera It Shrank Twice Forbes
5. Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra camera mystery deepens as leakers clash over new render Android Authority

1. The AI Tamagotchis are coming The Verge
2. Can VR glasses save VR? The Verge
3. ‘Attempt to get kids hooked’: Meta’s new Muse Charm AI device sparks backlash Ynetnews
4. Meta’s VR Glasses Are What the Apple Vision Pro Should Have Been Bloomberg.com

1. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma insists "Xbox is not for sale" GamesIndustry.biz
2. “Xbox is not for sale” says Microsoft’s gaming chief The Verge
3. "Xbox is not for sale," says Sharma — why are people attached to this idea? windowscentral.com
4. 'Xbox Is Not for Sale' — Asha Sharma Denies Reports That Microsoft Is Considering Selling Its Gaming Business IGN
5. 'Xbox is not for sale,' CEO says amid layoffs and uncertainty Polygon.com

1. GTA 6: Everything the New Screenshots Tell Us IGN
2. Grand Theft Auto VI – Welcome to Leonida Game Informer
3. Rockstar officially reveals 3 big new GTA 6 gameplay details Polygon.com
4. GTA 6: Over 170 Animal Species, Dynamic Weather & More Confirmed 80 Level
5. 'GTA 6' updates: Everything new we learned this week Mashable

1. Apple Watch Series 12, Ultra 4 adding two new features soon 9to5Mac
2. Apple's Creepy New Siri Recap Feature Turns Every Apple Watch Into a Spy Device PCMag
3. How to turn off the ‘Always Listening’ feature on the Apple Watch Apple World Today
4. Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 Gain Two Audio Intelligence Features Gadget Review
5. Apple’s newest watches blur the lines between remembering and recording The Quinnipiac Chronicle

1. Dawn of War IV – Blood Ravens and Dark Angels team up in new trailer warhammer-community.com
2. Warhammer 40K: New ‘Dawn Of War IV’ Trailer – Dark Angels Land In Force Bell of Lost Souls
3. Today in Gaming News – September 30, 2026 Simulation Daily
4. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV's newest trailer shows off Space Marines windowscentral.com
5. Space Marines take the spotlight (again) in latest Dawn of War IV trailer htxt.co.za

1. Microsoft Jewel Comes to Mobile with XBOX Achievements and Game Pass Benefits news.xbox.com
2. Nerial, the developer of Reigns, is “entering hibernation mode.” The Verge
3. Microsoft Jewel is Now Available on Mobile With Xbox Achievements Thurrott.com
4. Microsoft Jewel Launches on Mobile With Xbox Achievements and Game Pass Perks Windows Report
5. Microsoft Jewel is now on mobile. The Verge

1. Halide 3.2 pro camera arrives with iPhone 18 Pro aperture feature and two new looks 9to5Mac
2. Final Cut Camera now supports variable aperture on iPhone 18 Pro and even more pro options with iOS 27 Apple
3. The Halide camera app now offers full control of the iPhone 18 Pro’s aperture The Verge
4. Apple Creator Studio and Final Cut Camera Get New Features MacRumors
5. Apple Creator Studio Adds Smarter Editing and New Creative Tools - AppleMagazine AppleMagazine

1. Google figures out how to watermark AI-designed proteins Ars Technica
2. Function-preserving watermarking of AI-generated proteins Nature
3. SynthID Bio: Watermarking methods for synthetic biology Google DeepMind
4. We’re introducing SynthID Bio, bringing our watermarking technology to synthetic biology. blog.google
5. Google DeepMind watermarks AI-generated protein as company chief AI scientist Demis Hassabis flags Biosecurity as urgent AI-era challenge The Times of India

1. Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick 4K ditches Android & sideloading for $59.99 9to5google.com
2. Amazon is selling the new 4K Fire TV Stick for 50% off (plus 10 more fab deals) Yahoo
3. Fire TV launches all-new, faster 4K stick and new remote design About Amazon
4. Amazon Debuts Faster Fire TV Stick 4K With Sleeker Remote Bloomberg.com
5. Amazon's New Fire TV Stick Remote Finally Adds A Useful Alexa Feature bgr.com

1. 'This Is Your Dreamcast Moment' — Former PlayStation Boss Offers New Xbox CEO Some Words of Advice IGN
2. Shawn Layden says the industry has become disconnected from its fanbase in Expansion Pass interview gamingtrend.com
3. Xbox News Skews Negative Because Xbox Keeps Making Mistakes IMDb
4. "An Xbox that's only good for launching Steam is like subsidizing Valve's cash register": Ground-zero Xbox veteran says Microsoft needs to pick a lane before Project Helix hits a wall GamesRadar+
5. No, Games Journalists Don't Have An Anti-Xbox Bias TheGamer

1. Dark clouds appear over 'Xbox Cloud Gaming' as it retires apps on some TVs — and the reasons are poorly explained windowscentral.com
2. Xbox’s Experiments With Cloud Gaming Seem To Be Collapsing Kotaku
3. XBOX Cloud Gaming Drops Support for 2020 Samsung TVs Windows Report
4. The Xbox Cloud Gaming Controller Is Dead, Apparently GameSpot
5. Xbox Cloud Gaming Is Moving to a Free Allowance With Paid Top-Ups TheXboxHub

1. World Of Warcraft: Forever Isn’t Even Out Yet, But It’s Already Dealing With A Gold Buying Scandal Kotaku
2. WoW: Forever Players Are Up In Arms Over Streamer Not Being Banned For Illegal Gold Yahoo Tech
3. WoW Forever RMT and GDKP Stance Made Crystal Clear by Blizzard Hotspawn
4. Blizzard Cracks Down on Gold Selling in World of Warcraft Forever — and Streamers Are in the Firing Line IGN Nordic
5. Blizzard is already cracking down on real-money trading in World of Warcraft Forever as devs take $200 worth of gold from alleged rule-breaker: "They left me with 9 silver" GamesRadar+

1. Attackers Abuse ChatGPT Custom GPTs to Deliver RAT via ClickFix Lures The Hacker News
2. Malicious Custom GPTs Turn ChatGPT Into RAT Delivery Lure Dark Reading
3. Hackers host fake ChatGPT model on its official website — but really it's just malware techradar.com
4. Attacks exploiting ChatGPT's 'Custom GPT' to lead to malware infections, using legitimate ChatGPT pages as entry points. GIGAZINE
5. 850+ fake ChatGPT ads on Google trick Windows users into installing malware Cybernews

1. ‘Deadlock’ Shatters Playercount Records After ‘City Never Sleeps’ Update Forbes
2. Deadlock City Never Sleeps Update Adds 6 New Heroes and Makes Numerous Map and UI Changes techpowerup.com
3. Massive Deadlock Update Gives Valve's MOBA Hero Shooter a Shot in the Arm IGN
4. Valve Rolls Out Huge Update for Hero Shooter Deadlock as Game Hits All-Time Peak Polygon.com
5. Valve’s still-developing multiplayer shooter Deadlock drops a massive update and sees a swell of player activity Massively Overpowered

1. Tinker, Bard, Illusionist - Blizzard seemingly surveying World of Warcraft: Forever players about never-before-seen classes to add to the game Eurogamer.net
2. World of Warcraft: Forever Class Deep Dives — Hunter and Druid Blizzard News
3. Alleged WoW: Forever Survey Teases 11 New Classes, Including Some Deep Cuts GameSpot
4. WoW Factor: Reacting to the rumors of new classes from the Blizzard survey Massively Overpowered
5. WoW: Forever’s New Race Doesn't Fit into World of Warcraft At All Polygon.com

1. End Of Abyss Commits A Metroidvania Cardinal Sin GameSpot
2. End of Abyss Review IGN
3. End of Abyss: Explore and Fight Through the Abyss’ Horror news.xbox.com
4. Resident Evil Meets Little Nightmares in Terrifying New Horror Game Polygon.com
5. End of Abyss Review (PS5) – Distilled Survival Horror PlayStation Universe

1. Galaxy S27 series pricing may not only increase, but cost more to upgrade storage 9to5google.com
2. Samsung Suddenly Jacks Up The Prices Of Galaxy S26 Phones Engadget
3. Samsung has officially increased the US Galaxy S26, S26 Plus, and S26 Ultra prices PhoneArena
4. Here's how the Galaxy S27 series prices will go up according to a new rumor - GSMArena.com news GSMArena.com
5. Samsung Raises Prices of Most Galaxy S26 Smartphones by $100 Bloomberg.com

1. Nintendo Reminds Everyone About The Other N64 Classic It Just Remade With A Free Update Kotaku
2. Gather the crew—a free update is taking off in Star Fox! – News – Nintendo Official Site nintendo.com
3. The latest free update for Star Fox adds three new missions Instant Gaming News
4. Star Fox Switch 2 Free Update Doubles Battle Stages, Adds Four-Player Online Tech Times
5. Star Fox 1.2.0: four-player split-screen and new stages virus.hr

1. Pokémon Legends: Z-A – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Mega Dimension Bundle Coming Soon pokemon.com
2. Pokemon Legends: Z-A - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, Pokemon Pokopia game and DLC bundles on the way Nintendo Everything
3. Pokemon Legends: Z-A Bundled With DLC on a Cartridge Siliconera
4. New Pokémon Legends Release Officially Confirmed screenrant.com
5. Nintendo reveals new physical release for Pokémon Legends: Z-A Polygon.com

1. Pokémon Pokopia Gets Spooky With A Limited-Time Halloween In-Game Event Nintendo Life
2. Gather Pumpkin Candy for Pumpkaboo in Pokémon Pokopia pokemon.com
3. Pokémon Pokopia's Halloween Event Will Have Players Collect Candy to Exchange for Spooky New Items and Habitats IGN
4. Pokemon Pokopia announces Halloween event, Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist to be added Nintendo Everything
5. Pokémon Pokopia Celebrates Its First Halloween with Themed Event Polygon.com

1. Samsung’s New SmartTag 3 Item Tracker Works With iPhones Gizmodo
2. Samsung Galaxy SmartTag3 Makes It Easier To Keep Track of What Matters news.samsung.com
3. Samsung’s new SmartTag is smaller, longer-lasting, and works with iPhones The Verge
4. Samsung’s Galaxy SmartTag 3 works with iPhones, but not Android Find Hub 9to5google.com
5. The Samsung Galaxy SmartTag 3's Special Feature Is Being A Pet Activity Monitor Engadget

1. The iPhone Duo Isn’t for Everyone. It Doesn’t Need to Be CNET
2. Apple’s Biggest Battleground for Foldable Phones Is China WSJ
3. Apple Will Sell 6 Million iPhone Duos in 2026, Counterpoint Says Bloomberg.com
4. Apple's $1,999 Foldable iPhone Is Reportedly Facing a Production Problem. Samsung Knows It Well inc.com
5. Apple announces when you can start the iPhone Duo pre-order process 9to5Mac

1. Samsung gives its two-year-old Galaxy Tab S Plus an overhaul The Verge
2. Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra Review: The Apex Android Tablet Engadget
3. Samsung reveals next-gen Galaxy Tab tablets and Smart Tag Mashable
4. Samsung Has a New Massive 14-Inch Tablet to Sell You Gizmodo
5. Samsung Debuts Galaxy Tab S12: Here Are My Hands-On First Impressions CNET

1. Halo: Combat Evolved is now playable for free in your browser, complete with 128-player multiplayer GAMINGbible
2. Halo: Combat Evolved Gets a Free Browser Port With Split-Screen Co-Op techpowerup.com
3. Halo: Combat Evolved Has Been Ported To Nintendo 3DS & Your Browser Retro Dodo
4. You can now play the original Halo in your browser with support for 128-player multiplayer TweakTown
5. AI game ports bring the original Halo to web browsers and other unexpected places windowscentral.com

1. Microsoft just launched native Linux container support on Windows 11 windowscentral.com
2. WSL containers is now generally available Windows Blog
3. Microsoft Announces General Availability Of WSLC: Linux Containers On Windows Phoronix
4. Microsoft is rolling out Linux container support to WSL BleepingComputer
5. Microsoft Releases WSL Containers for Windows 11 Thurrott.com

1. Cloudflare plans to issue quantum-safe TLS certificates Ars Technica
2. Building a certificate authority for the whole Internet Cloudflare Blog
3. Cloudflare announces public certificate authority and Cloudflare stock has a USD 321.85 target AD HOC NEWS
4. Cloudflare Builds Post-Quantum CA With Merkle Tree Certificates for Faster Quantum-Safe TLS CyberSecurityNews
5. Cloudflare Announces Public Certificate Authority for the Post-Quantum Web Dark Reading

1. Halo’s former creative director urges Activision to hire laid off Bungie, Halo Studios devs Video Games Chronicle
2. How Will Activision Handle Halo? The Franchise's Former Creative Director Gives 3 Possible Paths IGN
3. Former Halo Exec Outlines 'Three Paths' That Could Lead To Successful Games In The Future Pure Xbox
4. 19-Year Veteran Of Xbox Weighs In On The Future Of Halo: 'Hire Bungie, Halo Studios And Other Laid Off Folk Who Are Bursting With Talent' Kotaku
5. Microsoft CEO describes non-stop Xbox layoffs as 'streamlining' Game Developer

1. GTA 6 May Have a Difficult Time Getting a Game of the Year Nomination Due to Tight Release Window IGN
2. GTA 6 Probably Won’t Win Game of the Year And Here’s Why rockstarintel.com
3. GTA 6 Officially Won't Break Clair Obscur's Goty Record IMDb
4. GTA 6’s November release could cost Rockstar a shot at Game of the Year 2026 The Times of India

1. OpenAI takes on Microsoft with the launch of what feels a whole lot like ChatGPT's own office suite TechCrunch
2. ChatGPT maker wants to be the App Store for AI as safety concerns grow Yahoo Finance
3. Cognition’s Devin Can Now Tap a Subscription Many Founders Already Pay For inc.com
4. ChatGPT Space Is A Shared Hub For Work Projects And Personal AI Agents Engadget
5. OpenAI ChatGPT User Growth Hits 1.2 Billion, but the Enterprise Race Is Still Open remio