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The metaverse is on its last legs as VR is eclipsed by AI. But that's not the only thing that went wrong for Meta's VR ambitions.

Update: 15:40, 19/1: A Rockstar representative has confirmed that its Edinburgh studio is "open and operational" after the fire brigade was called to its offices this morning.

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Adrian Chmielarz co-founded the Warsaw-based studio People Can Fly back in 2002, working on titles like Painkiller, Bulletstorm, and Gears of War: Judgment. Then in 2012 he co-founded The Astronauts, which went on to release The Vanishing of Ethan Carter in 2014.

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TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield 2023 winner, BioticsAI, announced on Monday that it has received FDA clearance for its AI software that helps detect fetal abnormalities in ultrasound images. 

Can you still buy a DJI drone in the US? (Yes.) Will you be able to buy future drones? (Maybe.) Here are the current DJI dos and don’ts.

Indie developer Oxalis Games is changing direction on upcoming cosy RPG, Moonfrost, ditching web3 and NFTs.

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Former Assassin's Creed franchise lead Marc-Alexis Côté has filed a lawsuit against Ubisoft for CAD $1.3 million, citing "constructive dismissal."

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Your pod coffee maker can get gross over time. Here’s how to clean it up.

Mark Darrah, a BioWare veteran who worked at the studio for 24 years, has defended the developer's decision to move into multiplayer games with Anthem.

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All my Gen Z friends want to ditch their smartphones. It’s cool. They’re cool. But there’s more at stake than they think.

From surveys of the pre-Sputnik skies to analysis of interstellar visitors, scientists are rethinking how and where to look for physical traces of alien technology.

PC giant Valve has amended its AI disclosure policy on Steam, now requiring developers to only say if they are using the technology in certain instances.

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A research team has successfully imaged a nova in high resolution—and the images suggest that the nova was not a single, impulsive explosion.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was awarded Game of the Year at the 15th Annual New York Game Awards last night.

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As Europe’s long-standing alliance with the US falters, its push to become a self-sufficient AI superpower has become more urgent.

Sequoia Capital is reportedly joining a blockbuster funding round for Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude, according to the Financial Times. It’s a move sure to turn heads in Silicon Valley. Why? Because venture capital firms have historically avoided backing competing companies in the same sector, preferring to place their bets on a single winner. […]

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Threads’ daily mobile usage has quietly surpassed X as Meta leans on cross-promotion, creator tools and fast feature rollouts — even as X faces fresh controversies

Now, the startup is turning its attention to building the business, fundraising and striking commercial deals.

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