Month: August 2026
Star Wars Zero Company is XCOM set in a galaxy far, far away, and even those unfamiliar with turn-based tactics games like me can easily get hooked by it
I’ve never played the wildly popular XCOM series, but despite my lack of experience with those games, when Bit Reactor, a studio founded by former Firaxis Games and XCOM veterans, announced its first project was a Star Wars game, I was keen to see what they had in store. Star…
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Why your Amazon order confirmation emails have become so unhelpful
Earlier this summer, Amazon customers began noticing that emails related to their online orders looked sparse: Order confirmation emails didn’t name specific items anymore, and instead listed only item categories. Complaints about the vague emails appear to have started in July; orders placed as recently as June contain thumbnails and…
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GuliKit’s new Switch controller features next-generation anti-drift thumbsticks
The TMR thumbsticks in the ES Max don’t feature a complete reimagining of the technology but measure stick movement in a slightly different way that improves performance. The traditional TMR tech uses a sensor to measure changes in the distance between it and a magnet that moves closer and farther…
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Wix launches Symphony – giving small businesses their own AI workforce
Wix launches Symphony, a standalone AI agent platform designed for SMBs AI agents work to understand your business, then complete essential tasks on your behalf Symphony comes with a built-in quality layer, helping ensure trust. Wix, one of the world’s biggest website builders, has today launched Symphony, a new platform…
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Bumble now lets either person send the first message after matching
The company previously teased it would change messaging in May. Source
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Joby flexes military muscle with $500 million defense acquisition
Joby Aviation announced it was acquiring Dayton, Ohio-based defense firm Resonant Sciences in a $500 million deal, in a bid by the electric aircraft company to expand further into the military industrial complex. Joby says it expects to finance the deal with $450 million in cash and $50 million in…
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