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The Surveillance Debate: Transparency or Invasion of Privacy?
Tech figures like Peter Diamandis echo Larry Ellison's views on surveillance, but is it really a step toward a better society?
Ethan Brooks
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Gaming
Quantic Dream Workers: Star Wars Eclipse Can't Ship Without 115 Laid-Off Devs
Striking developers at Quantic Dream say the planned layoffs of 115 staff make it impossible to finish Star Wars Eclipse.
Tech
The Hidden Costs of Apple's AI Pricing Strategy
Tim Cook's recent comments on price increases reflect mounting costs in the tech industry, prompting scrutiny over consumer impact and Apple's record profits.
Tech
Nadella Bets on a 33-Year-Old Exec to Fix Copilot
Fortune reports that Satya Nadella is leaning on 33-year-old Jacob Andreou, now running Microsoft Copilot, to pull the company's flagship AI assistant ahead after a slow start.
Gaming
Faker Talks MSI 2026 Meta, Mindset and Advice for Neon
Ahead of his fifth straight Mid-Season Invitational, T1's Faker broke down an opened-up mid-lane meta, owned his own inconsistency, and shared a piece of advice for Valorant pro Neon.
Gaming
Ludwig Shuts Down 'Made Up' EVO Street Fighter Drama
After a clip from his EVO 2026 exhibition with Tyler1 went viral, Ludwig dismissed the backlash as fabricated Twitter drama from a 'sloptuber'.
Gaming
Ibai Llanos Hails 'Ecuadorian Miracle' at the World Cup
Streamer Ibai Llanos erupted live on stream as Ecuador stunned Germany at the 2026 World Cup, branding the result 'the Ecuadorian miracle'.
Tech
Michael Dell Becomes World's Fifth-Richest on AI Boom
A 225% surge in Dell stock has pushed Michael Dell's fortune to roughly $216 billion, vaulting him to fifth on the global rich list as demand for AI servers explodes.
Tech
PewDiePie's Odysseus Turns Local AI Into a Real Workspace
Odysseus, the free self-hosted AI workspace built by Felix 'PewDiePie' Kjellberg, has blown past 76,000 GitHub stars within a month, pitching a simple idea: own your AI instead of renting it.
Gaming
s1mple Hit With One-Year Ban by Ukrainian Esports Federation
The Ukrainian Esports Federation barred s1mple from its sanctioned events until June 2027 over teaming with a Russian player, and the CS2 icon fired back at the ruling.
Tech
Pony Ma's Tencent Tests DeepSeek-Powered 'Dayuan' AI Agent
Tencent, led by Pony Ma, has begun rolling out Dayuan, a DeepSeek V4-powered AI agent for its WeCom workplace app, as it races Alibaba and ByteDance in enterprise AI.
Tech
Masayoshi Son Rejects Musk's Plan for Data Centers in Space
SoftBank's Masayoshi Son waved off Elon Musk's vision of orbital AI data centers, insisting the race will be won by whoever builds computing power on Earth first.