Internet & Social
Streamer Awards 2026: no women in the top race, xQc shut out
Five creators are fighting for the top prize, xQc got zero nominations, and fans have until Oct. 31 to vote before the Nov. 12 show.
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Gaming
PlayStation Plus Extra adds nine games in October, led by Mafia
Sony's October Game Catalog adds the latest Mafia, Horizon Forbidden West and seven more, with most arriving Oct. 20 and a second wave on Oct. 27.
Tech Business
CoreWeave stock slides as its bonds stoke AI bubble fears
Lenders now want up to 15% to hold CoreWeave's unsecured debt, turning the AI cloud company into the test case for how much borrowing the AI boom can carry.
Gaming
Assassin’s Creed Destiny: leaked clips show the lost China game
Prototype clips from a scrapped Tencent and Ubisoft project show a female assassin, a warlord boss fight and a spinning umbrella weapon set in 206 BCE.
Science & Space
Thwaites Glacier could add twice the sea level rise, study finds
A new model using satellite radar shows warm seawater pushing miles under Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier, doubling its expected sea level impact by 2100.
Phones & Gadgets
Pokemon Beats Pill: price, where to buy and what’s inside
Beats put Pikachu and Mimikyu on its Pill speaker for Pokemon's 30th anniversary. Here's the price, where it's sold, and whether it's any different underneath.
Science & Space
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 winners announced, top prize goes to elephant study
Federico Veronesi's black-and-white image of an elephant carrying a dead calf in Namibia won the grand title, and a smartphone shot by a young girl also took a prize.
Apps & Software
Apple HomeView ad divides viewers over kitchen screen use
The three-minute HomeView commercial swaps Apple's usual calm for yelling, lost keys and a secret boyfriend, and parents of teens say it nails real mornings.
Apps & Software
Google Play private apps let families share tools without fees
Adults can build an Android app in Google AI Studio and install it through a private corner of Google Play, with no $25 developer fee. Sharing with family comes later.
AI
Giraffe Bio wins $6.4M to tailor molecules for copper mining
The Latin American startup brews mine-specific flotation chemicals in bioreactors and says they can lift copper recovery by up to 5% at existing mines.
Tech Business
Broadcom Hock Tan’s casino metaphor raises who will fund AI next
Broadcom's boss says many AI investors don't know what they own and that money, not chips, may run out first. Elon Musk had a five-word reply.
Tech Business
Microsoft Azure leadership reorganization ties to Maia AI chips
Arun Ulag now oversees Azure's core business as Microsoft bets that its own Maia 300 chips will run Copilot from 2027, and reports point to cost cuts too.