The bug-battling game also boils the Pokémon formula down to its very essence.
Andrew Webster
Plus, in this week’s Installer: More ways to play Final Fantasy, an awesome set of smart Legos, and much more.
David Pierce
Allison Johnson
Thomas Ricker
Amazon’s Starlink competitor gets a much needed extension.
Jeff Bezos’ Leo service had an FCC deadline of July 30th to launch half of its planned 3,232-satellite constellation. To date it’s only launched 331. The waiver comes with conditions meant to incentivize Amazon to move quickly, which would be a lot easier if Bezos’ semi-reusable New Glenn rocket hadn’t exploded and destroyed its only launchpad.
It’s called N Plus Infinity Times Two and it’s launching in 2027.
Andrew Webster
The months ahead of GTA’s November launch are becoming increasingly crowded.
Andrew Webster
Square Enix has shared details about the third game in the FFVII trilogy.
Jay Peters
Remedy is exploring its supernatural universe from a brand-new perspective.
Kallie Plagge
Sean Hollister
AMD just reserved the right to disappoint handheld and Steam Machine gamers.
“I did not say it’s coming,” AMD VP David McAfee tells Tom’s Guide, regarding FSR 4.1 with INT8 for RDNA3 iGPUs. In plain English? The graphics boost in this video may not actually come to today’s AMD gaming portables, even though it clearly works and is coming to older desktop cards:
Jay Peters
PlatinumGames is making another TMNT game.
Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte as director of national intelligence has thrown a wrench in Republicans’ reauthorization plans.
Gaby Del Valle
Geoff Keighley’s big show was packed with news.
The Verge
Andrew Webster
TGI(SG)F.
What better way to spend a Friday night than with a deluge of video game trailers and reveals. Summer Game Fest Live kicks off at 5PM ET, and you can watch along live right here.
TC Sottek
How is the Figma CEO a runner-up to Elon Musk?
I’m blown away by this piece from The New York Times about executive compensation. We all know Elon is strapped to his own compensation rocket, but my eyes popped seeing Figma CEO Dylan Field’s comp in second place. Especially considering the stock is down more than 80% since going public. We’re truly just paying people based on vibes.
Jay Peters
Google follows Anthropic in signing a compute deal with SpaceX.
In a statement to TechCrunch, Google says that it’s a “short-term” agreement to help meet “surging customer demand for our agent platform, Gemini Enterprise, which has been even higher than we expected.”
Anthropic’s deal with SpaceX was announced in May.
Jay Peters
Minecraft Dungeons II could launch this September.
Perhaps this is a Summer Game Fest Live announcement that got pushed a little early; that event is set to kick off at 5PM ET. (We’ll be watching and covering the show, stay tuned!)
Image: Nintendo
Stevie Bonifield
T-Mobile is capping download speeds on its base home internet plan.
Hidden in the FAQ on the Home Internet plans page, T-Mobile details that the Rely plan will now have a maximum download speed of 354 mbps. All the other plans (and the prior version of Rely) lists no maximum speed, and instead offers a “typical” speed listing of 170 – 498 mbps.
The chaos at CBS is a grim portent for journalism media in the age of consolidation.
TC Sottek
Lauren Feiner
Sam Altman reportedly talked to the Trump administration about taking a stake in OpenAI.
The CEO pitched the idea as a way to bring economic benefits from AI to the public, according to NOTUS, which added that Altman first pitched the idea to President Donald Trump early last year.
Stevie Bonifield
Linux has had a lot going on this week.
Lauren Feiner
New York passes a bill that would bar AI chatbots from acting like companions to kids.
State lawmakers passed a bill that, if signed by Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, would restrict AI companies from letting teens use chatbots that suggest they’re human. It comes after some AI companies have faced lawsuits (some of which have settled) over allegations their chatbots coaxed teen users toward suicide or self-harm.
If you or anyone you know is considering self-harm or needs to talk, contact the following people who want to help: In the US, text or call 988. Outside the US, contact https://www.iasp.info/.
Andrew Liszewski
Wyze is recalling security cams because incorrect instructions could lead to battery punctures.
Using the wrong screws when attaching the camera to its solar panel could accidentally puncture the battery’s metal casing, according to the USCPSC. To date there have been 13 reports of batteries overheating while six exploded and caught fire. Wyze is offering full refunds, replacements, or gift cards to its online store.
Also, the wired Google Nest Doorbell is down to a good price, and you can get several 2K sports games on PC for $25.
Brad Bourque
On The Vergecast: Nvidia’s plan to reboot your PC, Apple’s smart glasses, and the first week of our new daily format.
David Pierce
Terrence O'Brien
One woman had her phone taken by CBP and is now suing to get it back.
Gaby Del Valle
Jay Peters
Paramount is making a unified games studio.
Paramount Games Studio puts all of Paramount and Skydance’s development teams under one brand. Weirdly, it will still be making two titles set in Disney universes: Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra and an untitled Star Wars game, Variety reports.
There will also be a new AAA title announced at Summer Game Fest Live later today.
Emma Roth
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman is leaving Microsoft’s board.
In an episode of his Possible podcast with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Hoffman says he wants to focus on Manas, the AI drug development startup he co-founded last year.
Richard Lawler
Audi reveals its hybrid Nuvolari supercar as a replacement for the R8.
Now that Audi has an F1 team, it apparently feels ready to put the supercar label on something for the first time. A press release says it will release 499 Nuvolaris starting in the first half of 2027.
They will combine an 800 hp V8 turbocharged engine in the middle with three electric motors that can produce up to 110 kW each, capable of pushing it to an estimated 350 km/h, or 217 mph, and 0 to 100 km/h in 2.6 seconds.
It could become the first ban of its kind in a state.
Lauren Feiner
TC Sottek
Mechanical Pencil is the new cross-section book.
If you grew up enjoying Stephen Biesty’s cross-sections like me, you’ll appreciate this brilliant project from Google engineer Bryan Macomber. The website breaks down mechanical objects, like the G2 retractable pen (my favorite), the PEZ dispenser, and the Zippo lighter. I can’t wait to see what comes next. (h/t to Kottke for spotting it.)
Mia Sato
Polymarket’s CMO sent thousands to influencers like Nick Shirley and Riley Gaines.
Polymarket’s chief marketing officer Matthew Modabber used his personal PayPal account to send at least $350,000 to content creators who hyped the prediction market platform, Politico reports. Shirley and others who were paid promoted Polymarket on X with no paid content disclosures. Influencer content is a huge part of prediction markets’ media strategy — often hiding in plain sight.
Stevie Bonifield
Amazon is picking up the pace of Leo satellites launches.
There are over 330 Leo satellites already in orbit, but the 36 planned for the next Arianespace mission is still smaller than the 48 satellites Amazon was planning to launch on a Blue Origin rocket that exploded during testing last week. This batch of satellites will launch from a spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on June 17th.
Image: Amazon
Emma Roth
Google has officially sunset its Pixel Studio app.
After removing some features from the AI image-maker in February, Google has shut down the app completely and directs users to Gemini instead, as reported by 9to5Google. Pixel Studio launched in 2024 alongside the Pixel 9.
A new campaign to promote American-grown cotton to consumers sounds nice — but is far more complicated than the administration is making it sound.
Mia Sato
Thomas Ricker
Peacock will stream all 104 World Cup matches in Dolby Vision, Atmos… and Spanish.
Telemundo’s live feed on Peacock will apparently be the first commercial deployment of the efficient Dolby AC-4 codec by a streaming platform, promising immersive stadium sound that shouldn’t overload the network. Peacock will also be streaming the World Cup in 4K and 1080p HDR, according to Dolby spokesperson Andrea Villarreal.
Update and correction: Peacock will stream the games in 4K and 1080p HDR, but won’t offer personalized audio controls as previously stated.
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Emma Roth
NYT report reveals how Meta, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube grabbed kids’ attention in school.
Snapchat sent phone alerts to adolescents during school hours, urging them to share what was going on in their classrooms.
Meta paid “teen ambassadors” to promote Instagram and hand out swag to their friends at school.
TikTok gave the National PTA millions of dollars, in part to throw school events about online safety and provide favorable comments to journalists.
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Meta remembers the Portal exists and turns it into an AI dev kit.
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