Nintendo’s designers strove for ‘elegance’ when remaking Ocarina of Time

The Ocarina of Time remake on the Switch 2 smashes together the past and present. The game retains much of the original N64 experience while updating it with modern graphics and gameplay that make it feel contemporary. But the mingling of time periods also extends to the development team. While Ocarina’s remake was led by […]

Bluesky Gets a Midterms Bump, Ships Pronouns-in-Bios Feature

Bluesky is feeling itself right now, but it says the pronouns-in-bios thing is a coincidence.

X says its updated web app is way faster

X is introducing a new version of its web app that it says is much faster than before, and it’s now rolling out the updated app “one country at a time” for signed-in users. “Open a profile on X.com over a slow connection,” principal engineer Yagiz Nizipli said in a blog post about the changes. […]

‘VisionQuest’ Unveils the Man Behind the Curtain

In the series’ penultimate episode, Vision finally addresses his identity crisis.

The Iron Age King Who Lured Rome Into Britain Was Actually a Woman, Archaeologists Say

Verica of the Atrebates persuaded Claudius to send his troops to Britain, which remained under Roman control for hundreds of years.

Ice Age Artists Left 280 Engravings in This Spanish Cave. Visitors Walked Right Past Them

To be fair, the cave was really dark, and there was a good amount of tourist graffiti.

The First AI Slop Election Is Over. The Slop Isn’t Going Anywhere.

Republicans and their allies spent $169 million in AI-generated ads this election season, according to one research group.

Marvel Studios Is Seemingly Searching for Its New Wolverine

The role will reportedly only be a cameo in 2028’s ‘X-Men,’ but it will get bigger from there.

Snap has more than 30 million paid subscribers across Snapchat+ and other plans

Power users seem more than willing to pay for AI-powered effects.

Qualcomm is betting big on data centers as smartphone sales sink

With smartphone sales tanking by around 20 percent compared to 2025, Qualcomm is looking to data centers to help boost its bottom line. During its Q4 2026 earnings call, the company laid out its plans to make a splash in the AI data center business, through partnerships with companies like Amazon and Meta announced earlier […]