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Tencent’s Last Sentinel Faces Major Reset
Tencent’s Last Sentinel appears to have been substantially reset after a troubled development cycle, but the company has stopped short of confirming that the game has been cancelled outright.
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EA Sports FC 27 Reworks Ultimate Team Progression
EA Sports FC 27 is reshaping Ultimate Team around permanent collecting, faster rewards and a slower power curve, aiming to make time spent playing feel more valuable than time spent in menus.
Hardware
SK hynix 3D DRAM Plans Target On-Device AI
SK hynix is pursuing a 3D DRAM-on-logic architecture for future on-device AI, but this should not be confused with TSMC’s separately reported WMCM packaging approach.
Hardware
AMD MI455X: 432GB HBM4 and 320 Billion Transistors
AMD’s Instinct MI455X pairs an unusually large 432GB HBM4 memory pool with a 320-billion-transistor design, signalling that rack-scale integration is now as important as accelerator specifications.
Society
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Opens to $927m Worldwide
Spider-Man: Brand New Day has opened to an estimated $927 million worldwide, making it the second-largest global debut in cinema history while falling just short of Avengers: Endgame in North America.
AI
EU AI Rules Make Everyday AI More Visible
The EU’s new AI transparency rules will make some automated encounters more visible, but their practical effect will depend on clear labels, technical standards and consistent enforcement.
Security
US Water Cyberattacks Raise Infrastructure Security Concerns
Cyber incidents affecting water utilities in multiple US states have renewed attention on the exposure of operational technology and the challenge of attributing attacks during geopolitical tension.
AI
Apple App Store Faces a New Wave of AI-Made Apps
Apple’s App Store is on course for an unusually large influx of new listings in 2026, but the headline figure says more about lower barriers to publishing than it does about the quality or usefulness of those apps.
Hardware
Microsoft Targets Better Windows 11 Memory Efficiency
Microsoft says it is reducing Windows 11’s baseline memory use and refining background behaviour, a potentially meaningful change for lower-memory PCs but one whose full impact will depend on wider rollout and independent testing.
Hardware
Radeon RX 9050 Trails RTX 5050 in Early Tests
Early third-party testing places AMD’s Radeon RX 9050 behind Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5050, but the result requires caution until broader, standardised reviews arrive.
Gaming
Thimbleweed Park 2 Confirmed for Early 2028
Ron Gilbert has confirmed that Thimbleweed Park 2 is in production, with the self-published point-and-click mystery aiming for an early 2028 release.
Gaming
Physical Games Increasingly Depend on Downloads
A new preservation-focused dataset highlights a real dependence on post-launch downloads, but its findings also show why “unplayable offline” and “not complete on disc” should not be treated as the same thing.