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Riot Games is laying off half of the 2XKO development team
- Anna Washenko
- Feb 9, 2026
Another day, another wave of gaming layoffs. Today it's Riot Games with the announcement that it's cutting jobs on its pair-based fighting game 2XKO....
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ChatGPT’s cheapest options now show you ads
- Stevie Bonifield
- Feb 9, 2026
ChatGPT users may soon start seeing ads in their chats as OpenAI announced on Monday that it's officially beginning to test ads on its AI platform. Th...
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DOJ may face investigation for pressuring Apple, Google to remove apps for tracking ICE agents
- Anna Washenko
- Feb 9, 2026
House Judiciary Committee member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has asked the US Department of Justice to turn over all its communications with both Apple and Go...
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FCC accused of withholding DOGE information ‘in bad faith’
- Lauren Feiner
- Feb 9, 2026
One year and nearly 2,000 pages of documents later, a group suing to uncover what the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was doing at the Fede...
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Riot is already cutting staff on its new fighting game
- Jay Peters
- Feb 9, 2026
Riot Games is already "reducing the size" of the team working on its recently-released free-to-play fighting game 2XKO, according to a post from execu...
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Toyota made a game engine
- Jay Peters
- Feb 9, 2026
Using a game engine in a "digital cockpit" can be useful for things like step-by-step 3D tutorials about a car, mapping the environment around your ca...
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Olympics 2026: How to watch, full schedule of events, and everything else you need to know about the Winter Games
- Danica Creahan,Liz Kocan
- Feb 9, 2026
The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics are coming up. (Mattia Ozbot/Getty Images) Mattia Ozbot via Getty Images The 2026 Winter Olympics ar...
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OpenAI starts testing ads in ChatGPT
- Kris Holt
- Feb 9, 2026
Users on ChatGPT's free and Go plans in the US may now start to see ads as OpenAI has started testing them in the chatbot. The company announced plans...
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Apple is killing the old HomeKit tomorrow
- Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
- Feb 9, 2026
If you haven't yet updated to the new Apple Home, your smart home devices may no longer work in the Home app on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch...
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Here's how to disable Ring's creepy Search Party feature
- Lawrence Bonk
- Feb 9, 2026
Ring aired a Super Bowl ad touting its Search Party feature that didn't quite get the intended buzz. Instead, the commercial scared the pants off of a...
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Get two years of NordVPN's Complete plan for 70 percent off
- Rob Webb
- Feb 9, 2026
NordVPN is having a big sale on its two-year plans right now. The Complete tier, for example is 70 percent off, bringing the price of 24 months down t...
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AI-generated ads dropped the ball at this year’s Super Bowl
- Charles Pulliam-Moore
- Feb 9, 2026
It feels like everyone who produced ad spots for this year's Super Bowl with gen AI failed in terms of making gen AI seem useful or like something wor...