In partnership with developers, game marketplace GOG (Good Old Games) has launched a new website called FreedomtoBuy.games that’ll let you download select “adult” games for free. GOG believes the website takes a stand “against the quiet erasure of creative works from digital shelves,” a response […]
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T-Mobile now officially owns UScellular
T-Mobile has sealed the deal on its UScellular acquisition. In exchange for $4.3 billion, T-Mobile gets UScellular’s customers, stores and 30 percent of its spectrum. If you’re a UScellular customer, you don’t have to do anything. “UScellular customers stay on their existing plans with no […]
OpenAI is removing ChatGPT conversations from Google
OpenAI has removed a feature that made shared ChatGPT conversations appear in search results. The “short-lived experiment” was based on the chatbot’s link creation option. After complaints, OpenAI’s chief information security officer, Dane Stuckey, said the company is working to remove the chats from search […]
Some goo.gl URLs will live to fight another day
Google’s shortened URLs are the horror movie monster of the Google Graveyard: They keep finding a way to stay alive. On Friday, the company said goo.gl links that don’t show the above warning will work for the foreseeable future. In 2018, Google cut off the […]
The original Nintendo Switch is about to get more expensive in the US
Nintendo has announced that the price of the original Nintendo Switch will change in the United States, citing “market conditions” as the reason for its decision. The new pricing will apply from August 3, and will affect the regular Switch, the Switch Lite and the […]
Nintendo raising original Switch console prices due to ‘market conditions’
Nintendo wouldn’t say what the “market conditions” were but likely reference President Trump’s tariffs, which are increasing costs for U.S. consumers.
U.S. Tariffs Spark Global Economic Row; Deadly Russian Strikes Intensify Crisis in Kyiv – 8/1/2025, 6:28:39 PM
The latest world news as of August 1, 2025, includes major developments such as new U.S. tariffs on dozens of countries, deadly Russian missile and drone attacks on Kyiv, and…
Visionary Theater Pioneer Robert Wilson Passes at 83, Leaves Legacy of Avant-Garde Innovation
Robert Wilson Expanded Our Sense of Theatrical Possibility Robert Wilson, who passed away on July 31, 2025, at the age of 83, was one of the most influential theater artists…
Google releases Olympiad medal-winning Gemini 2.5 ‘Deep Think’ AI publicly — but there’s a catch…
The Gemini 2.5 Deep Think released to users is not that same competition model, rather, a lower performing but apparently faster version.
Sex toy maker Lovense threatens legal action after fixing security flaws that exposed users’ data
The internet-connected sex toy maker said it fixed the vulnerabilities that exposed users’ private email addresses and accounts to takeovers, but said it was also planning to take legal action following the disclosure.