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Thursday, October 15
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Microsoft trades size for comfort with its new pad, which makes the real question who actually needs a controller that fits in a pocket.
The Xbox Nano Controller measures five inches, weighs 100 grams and costs $50, making it the smallest gamepad Microsoft has offered.
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Wednesday, October 14
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With Intelligent UI, ChatGPT moves past plain text, which changes every request that used to end in a long block of paragraphs.
ChatGPT now answers with charts, buttons and forms instead of plain text, through GPT-6 and a new interface called Intelligent UI.
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20:45?
The pricing makes clear who Nvidia's new laptop platform is for: professionals with large budgets, not mainstream buyers.
RTX Spark laptops cost up to $7,000. The Surface Laptop Ultra starts at $2,599, and Call of Duty won't arrive until 2027.
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Radio has always lived inside the car in GTA. GTA 6 breaks that link and turns music and talk into something you carry with you.
GTA 6 is the first in the series to play music on foot: your character can listen to radio and on-demand podcasts through headphones.
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20:45?
The launch shows how hard it has become to judge an Xbox game when much of its audience plays through a subscription instead of buying a copy.
Gears of War: E-Day sold an estimated 230,000 copies in week one, while 1.7 million people played it through Xbox Game Pass.
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20:44?
The series returns after twelve years without a new entry, and anyone who plays the demo now keeps their save when they buy.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse launches October 15, 2026, and progress from the demo, which is out now, carries over to the full game.
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19:52?
Meta finally competes at the top of the AI model rankings, but the cost of each task shows what catching up takes.
Meta's Muse Wonder Full ranks among the top three AI models, but its cost per task has nearly tripled.
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A Disney project is being rebuilt so AI does more of the work, and Epic's CEO frames the shift as a matter of company survival.
Epic Games has reportedly delayed its Star Wars and Marvel crossover shooter so the game can be built using more AI.
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The tax-free holding period for crypto is set to end for new purchases, and the debate in the Bundestag now reaches gold as well.
Bitcoin bought in Germany from 2027 would face a flat 25 percent capital gains tax, as the crypto holding period is set to end.
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16:03?
Decompilation and emulation used to be fan territory. Now a platform holder is testing the same tools to bring its back catalog to new screens.
Xbox Labs aims to make improved versions of older-generation Xbox games playable in web browsers. Microsoft announced it on October 13, 2026.
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Wednesday, October 7
2 articles17:45?
Apple apparently isn't building its smart home alone. Bringing in a hardware partner shows how the company plans the launch.
Apple reportedly worked with LG on a doorbell, a lock, a thermostat and cameras for its Home Hub. Neither company has confirmed it.
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09:06?
Three subscriptions become one after Paramount's Warner takeover. Fewer apps are certain. The price is not.
After Paramount's takeover of Warner, HBO Max, Paramount+ and Discovery+ are set to merge into a single streaming service.
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