Katsuhiro Harada is leaving Bandai Namco after 30 years

Katsuhiro Harada is departing Bandai Namco at the end of 2025. He announced the news both with a farewell note shared on X and, in possibly the coolest exit ever, with an hour-long DJ mix. Harada's 30-year career has most closely been involved with …

An AI copycat of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard went unnoticed on Spotify for weeks

Despite making some moves to address the proliferation of AI-generated audio on its platform, Spotify failed to catch a copycat making imitations of music by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. The long-running experimental rock band from Australia, h…

Forget the ‘Knights of the Old Republic’ Remake, There Might Be a ‘KOTOR II’ Remake Too

The *other* One of the Best 'Star Wars' Games of All Time was planned to get the remake treatment—but whether it still is remains to be seen.

See the Skies at Their Most Magical With the Best Aurora Photos of 2025

Missed the auroras? These photographers have got you covered.

‘StableChain’ Launch Shows How Far Crypto Has Strayed From Bitcoin’s Original Promise

The centralization will continue until morale improves.

It’s Code Red Week for OpenAI

POV: Death by Volcanic Eruption

A USGS webcam captured harrowing footage of Hawaii’s Kīlauea erupting over the weekend. It didn't survive.

Here’s the Best Look at Google’s XR Glasses We’ve Gotten Yet

Take a look at Project Aura's computing puck.

Google and Apple partner on better Android-iPhone switching

Google and Apple have long existed as polar opposites, each ruling over their tech kingdoms with little interest in cooperation. But the latest build of Android's Canary operating system hints at an unusual instance of collaboration between the bran…

Tesla’s Holiday Update Lets You Put Grok in Charge of Mapping Out Directions

Tesla announced several new features for its cars in its 2025 Holiday Update today.

Before ‘Avengers’, Simu Liu’s Brain Has Been Hacked in ‘The Copenhagen Test’

It's not 'Doomsday' or 'Shang Chi 2,' but Liu will soon kick ass on a a Peacock sci-fi show with Melissa Barrera.

Even Minor Video Call Glitches Could Cost You a Job—or Your Freedom

Researchers found that minor connection issues during face-to-face video calls negatively impacted interpersonal judgments, with significant implications in contexts such as telehealth visits, remote interviews, and virtual parole hearings.

TikTok announces shared feed and collections features

TikTok just announced a couple of updates that that should make the app a bit more social. There's something called Shared Feed, which is exactly what it sounds like. It's a feed that friends and family can watch together, though at different times.…

Paramount makes a $108 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

Paramount has been none too pleased about Netflix striking an $82.7 billion deal to buy much of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Now, Paramount is making a hostile takeover bid for WBD. It's making its pitch directly to WBD shareholders with an all-cas…

How to watch Rivian's Autonomy and AI day and what to expect

Rivian is about to give the public and its investors another taste of its future with an event focused on autonomy and AI on December 11. The company's Autonomy and AI day starts at 12PM ET. You can watch the event via the Rivian website. We'll be l…

Ron DeSantis Proposes AI Bill of Rights as Trump Says He’ll Kill State AI Laws

A MAGA rift?

‘The War Between the Land and the Sea’ Is Off to a Soggy Start

The real war in the new 'Doctor Who' spinoff isn't between the Sea Devils and humanity, but between the show's bold ideas and a wildly uneven tone.

ICEBlock Sues Trump Admin Over Pressuring Apple for App Store Removal

ICEBlock developer Joshua Aaron claims that the removal is a suppression of free speech

Meta will let Facebook and Instagram users in the EU share less data

Meta will soon allow Facebook and Instagram users in the European Union to choose to share less data and see less personalized ads on the platform, the European Commission announced. The change will begin to roll out in January, according to the reg…

Analogue is weaponizing your nostalgia with these translucent versions of its 3D console

Analogue just announced new colorways for its recently-launched Analogue 3D console. The appropriately-named Funtastic limited-edition consoles are heavily inspired by Nintendo's translucent N64 models from the late 1990s. Analogue even borrowed the…

Elon Musk’s Optimus Robot Collapses in a Hilariously Suspicious Way

Musk says he's going to make 1 million robots per year by 2030.