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Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition briefly dropped to an eye-catching 75% discount on the Nintendo Switch 2 eShop, triggering a buying frenzy across the U.S. CD Projekt Red has now confirmed the steep price cut was submitted in error, but players who purchased the RPG at the reduced price will keep their copies. The unexpected sale appeared on December 22, when Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition

A former Rockstar Games developer has revealed that Grand Theft Auto almost left the United States for a Tokyo setting, before the idea quietly fell apart. The revelation adds new context to long-running fan debates about whether the GTA series could ever work outside America. According to Obbe Vermeij, a former technical director at Rockstar, the studio explored several international locations over the years.

Zoox, Amazon’s autonomous vehicle company, has issued a voluntary software recall in the U.S. after safety concerns about lane crossings near intersections. Regulators said affected vehicles could cross a yellow center line or stop in the path of oncoming traffic, raising crash risk. What the recall covers The recall covers 332 Zoox vehicles, including robotaxis and test vehicles operating in the United States. Zoox

ServiceNow has announced plans to acquire cybersecurity firm Armis in a cash deal valued at approximately $7.75 billion, marking the company’s largest acquisition to date. The move comes as enterprises face growing security risks driven by artificial intelligence, automation, and expanding attack surfaces. The transaction positions ServiceNow to significantly expand its security portfolio as organizations struggle to manage threats across IT systems, operational technology,

Bloober Team has officially announced a new horror game in development that will launch exclusively on the Nintendo Switch 2. The reveal positions the project as one of the earlier third-party exclusives tied directly to Nintendo’s next console. The studio confirmed the project is a completely new intellectual property and has no connection to Silent Hill, Layers of Fear, Observer, or any prior Bloober

Xbox Cloud Gaming is now available on select Amazon Fire TV devices, expanding Microsoft’s cloud gaming push beyond consoles, PCs, and mobile devices. The new app lets you play games directly on your TV without owning an Xbox console. You only need a compatible Fire TV device, a Bluetooth controller, and an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription. Supported Fire TV models At launch, Xbox

An activist pirate collective claims it scraped Spotify’s catalogue on a huge scale, raising fresh questions about copyright enforcement, scraping defenses, and AI training data. Spotify confirmed unauthorized scraping activity and says it disabled the accounts involved. Anna’s Archive, a group known for running large shadow libraries, describes the project as a “preservation archive” for music. Rights holders and security researchers say the effort

Aflac has confirmed a data breach that exposed sensitive personal and health information tied to about 22.6 million people. The company says it found the unauthorized access on June 12, 2025, and contained it within hours. Aflac says the incident did not involve ransomware and did not disrupt core services like underwriting, claims processing, or customer support. The company first disclosed the breach publicly

The rapid growth and competition in the AI industry are leading to the expansion of AI data centers. This is reshaping electricity markets and pushing utilities to keep older fossil-fuel power plants online longer than planned. Surging demand from AI workloads now outpaces grid upgrades, which creates new reliability risks during peak hours. AI demand is overwhelming existing power grids AI data centers need

Vince Zampella, the Call of Duty co-creator and co-founder of Respawn Entertainment, has died following a single-car accident in Los Angeles. He was 55 years old at the time of his death, according to local authorities and media reports. Zampella was a defining figure in modern video game development, with a career that reshaped first-person shooters and live-service multiplayer games. His work influenced some

Lego Batman: Legacy Of The Dark Knight is set to arrive next year across Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, with preorders now live for both standard and Deluxe editions. The new entry blends classic Lego charm with modern action systems, while the Deluxe Edition offers early access and post-launch content. The upcoming release positions itself as a tribute to multiple

The Nintendo Switch 2 Mario Kart World bundle is once again available at a $50 discount, dropping the price to $450 at select major retailers. The deal has resurfaced during the holiday shopping window, and multiple reports suggest this may be one of the final opportunities to buy the bundle at a reduced price. According to recent retail sourcing, Nintendo has stopped producing the

PC makers are warning customers to expect higher prices and tighter memory configurations as the RAM shortage worsens and looks set to last into 2026. Manufacturers say AI server demand is pulling memory supply away from consumer devices, which pushes costs higher across mainstream PC builds. Memory supply tightens as AI demand surges The shortage comes from a long-term shift in how memory makers

Samsung and LG have unveiled early previews of Micro RGB TV technology, positioning it as the next major evolution in premium televisions beyond OLED. Both companies presented prototype displays that focus on higher brightness, improved efficiency, and longer panel lifespan. A new direction for self-emissive displays Micro RGB TVs use self-emissive red, green, and blue subpixels, rather than relying on white OLED layers and

YouTube is back online after a major global outage briefly knocked the video platform offline for tens of thousands of users worldwide. The disruption triggered widespread errors, prevented videos from loading, and caused a sharp spike in outage reports across multiple regions. The incident unfolded on Friday, when users in the US, UK, Canada, India, and several other markets began reporting problems accessing YouTube.

Sony Honda Mobility says its upcoming EVs will support PlayStation Remote Play, which lets you stream games from a PS5 or PS4 to the car’s built-in screens. The feature is set to debut on the Afeela 1, aiming to turn charging stops and parked downtime into a console-style gaming session. PlayStation gaming comes to the car The in-car feature uses PlayStation Remote Play to

Google has pushed back the full rollout of its Gemini AI assistant on Android, delaying the replacement of Google Assistant until 2026. The company says the extra time will help it deliver a more reliable experience as it transitions users. Gemini will not fully replace Assistant until 2026 Google had aimed to complete the transition from Google Assistant to Gemini by the end of

OpenAI has rolled out new personalization options in ChatGPT that give users direct control over how the AI sounds during conversations. The update introduces tone controls that let users adjust the assistant’s warmth and enthusiasm, aiming to make interactions feel more natural and better suited to different use cases. The new controls appear in ChatGPT’s Personalization settings and apply across conversations, removing the need

Microsoft is testing a new version of Copilot in Microsoft Edge Canary with access to files, emails, and contacts from connected Google and Microsoft services. In testing, Copilot inside the Edge sidebar fetched files from Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive, showed recent emails from Gmail and Microsoft Outlook, and surfaced contact information across connected accounts. All of this happens directly inside the Copilot sidebar

New reporting and fresh rumor cycles suggest Nintendo may expand Switch 2 cartridge options beyond the current 64GB format, which could lower manufacturing costs for publishers. That matters because many third-party games ship as Game-Key Cards, which require a download even though buyers get a physical product. The latest spark came after a publisher suggested smaller cartridge sizes existed, then walked the claim back