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Dust off your pickaxe because Mojang Studios and are building a new series of theme park style attractions called “Adventures Made Real” that will bring the world of Minecraft to life. Merlin Entertainments will create two permanent Minecraft theme park locations including one in the US and another in the UK with a plan to … Read more

The PlayStation Remote Player just got a whole lot more portable. A new system update releasing later Tuesday will allow players to use the Portal to cloud stream games, without needing to connect to a PlayStation 5. Up until this point, the Portal could only remotely play games from your PlayStation 5, and you usually … Read more

The Amazon eero Pro 6E mesh Wi-Fi router is currently discounted just ahead of Black Friday, and it’s a great choice for anyone looking to enhance their home network. You can grab the eero Pro 6E in a single pack for $159 down from its list price of $249, and a three-pack for $349 marked … Read more

But no story can be all good news. Auto industry officials argue that meeting that 2029 target will be really very hard. “That’s practically impossible with available technology,” John Bozzella, the president and CEO of the auto industry lobbying group the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, wrote earlier this year in a letter to Congress. The … Read more

Chroma, a startup building a new type of audiovisual entertainment for mobile devices, has been sold. The company, which had financial backing from Twitter and Medium co-founder Biz Stone as well as Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp, is headed to London-based audio technology company Bronze, an AI music startup. Founded by record producer Lex Dromgoole, who’s … Read more

xMEMS Labs unveiled its Sycamore micro-speaker components for smart watches, XR glasses and goggles as well as open-fit earbuds. These are all-silicon devices — just a millimeter thick — are made from the company’s Micro Electromechanical Systems (MEMS) technology, where the tiny mechanical structures are crafted out of silicon on semiconductor chips. They’ve been in the … Read more

OpenAI is paying the digital media company Dotdash Meredith at least $16 million per year to license its content, according to public financial documents reviewed by Adweek. We already knew about this burgeoning partnership, but we didn’t have a financial figure. Now we do. The actual payout could rise above $16 million per year, as … Read more

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands and Connections puzzles. The New York Times Crossword Puzzle is legendary. But if you don’t have that much time, the Mini Crossword is an entertaining substitute. The Mini Crossword is much easier … Read more

For as much of it as there is, Star Wars is a tricky endeavor to get right. The setting is malleable enough to tell a thousand stories and then some, a scope and variety that has been key to its endurance. But it’s also a series that has an intangible feeling that has to link it … Read more