Solid-state battery prototype boosts energy density by nearly 25 percent

Solid-state batteries have the potential to make EVs far more affordable and practical, but their commercial development has a record of false promises that would make Tesla's full self-driving blush. That means reporting on them is tricky, but we&…

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are suing Palworld creator Pocketpair

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair in Tokyo. Pocketpair is the Japanese video game developer behind Palworld, a game people have been describing as a Pokémon parody, featuring cute gun-toting mo…

X is temporarily back online for some people in Brazil

X is back online for many people in Brazil, more than two weeks after the service was blocked in the country. The change, though, isn’t because Brazil’s government has reversed its stance on the Elon Musk-owned platform. Instead, it seems that X has be…

Watch the Game Devs of Color Expo Direct livestream here at 4PM ET

The Game Devs of Color Expo 2024 kicks off on Wednesday. Now in its ninth year (and fourth as an all-virtual conference), the event celebrates and highlights the game industry’s creators of color. The event’s Direct livestream today will include over 3…

Neuralink says the FDA designated its Blindsight implant as a ‘breakthrough device’

Neuralink says the Food and Drug Administration has designated its experimental Blindsight implant as a “breakthrough device.” The company is developing the technology in an attempt to restore blind people’s sight.
Manufacturers who apply to the FDA’s …

Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey17 trailer is even crazier than the book

The film adaptation of the immensely popular sci-fi novel Mickey7 has been in the works for years, but now we finally have a trailer and it’s filled with surprises. For one thing, it’s now called Mickey17 and, well, fans of the book know exactly what t…

The Dead by Deadlight co-op shooter spinoff has been officially canceled

Update, September 18, 7PM ET: As first reported by Game Developer, Behaviour Interactive not only canceled Project T, it also closed Midwinter Entertainment, the studio which was working on the game. In a statement, the Canadian developer said "Th…

Lionsgate signs a deal with the devil (an AI startup)

Remember when the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and SAG-AFTRA went on strike for months, in great part to get protections against AI? Well, while they did get some stipulations in there, it’s not stopping AI from coming to Hollywood anyways. Lionsgate…

Apple confirms expanded language support for Apple Intelligence in 2025

The rollout of Apple Intelligence will be fairly slow-paced, with Apple gradually adding new features and support for more languages over the coming months. The company has now confirmed support for several more languages as Apple Intelligence will be …

Apple’s M3 iMac is down to a record-low price ahead of October Prime Day

While I’m a MacBook gal myself, the appeal of investing in an iMac has crossed my mind now and again — all that display space is just so enticing. One of the major reasons I’ve resisted is the price of getting a new iMac, but a record-low price is givi…