X CEO Linda Yaccarino calls it quits less than 24 hours after the platform’s AI-powered chatbot Grok anoints itself ‘MechaHitler’ and starts posting antisemitic messages and graphic descriptions of sexual assault

Two years after taking the reins as CEO of Twitter—now known as X—Linda Yaccarino has announced that she is stepping down. While Yaccarino did not share a reason for her surprise resignation, it comes less than 24 hours after X’s AI-powered chatbot Grok posted messages including praise for Adolf Hitler and descriptions of violent rape….

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We’re all trapped in a prison of our own filth, which is why I’m eyeing this little arsenal of an electronics cleaning kit that’s on sale for less than $12

VICHYIE Keyboard Cleaning Kit | 20+ cleaning tools | Monolithic exterior | $14.89 $11.91 at Amazon (save $3) $14.89 $11.91 at Amazon (save $3)You might find some RTX 5060 Ti gaming PCs for a little cheaper than this, but probably not ones with such a powerhouse of a CPU and fast DDR5 RAM. Admittedly, that’s…

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Oblivion Remastered’s newest patch aims to smooth out difficulty bumps, improve performance, and fix wonky Khajiit tails

Bethesda has rolled out a new patch for Oblivion Remastered that promises numerous bug fixes and performance improvements, and also adds a little more flexibility to combat difficulty settings. The difficulty adjustment is neither a nerf to this nor a buff to that, but rather the addition of a new “Journeyman” setting that Bethesda hopes…

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Subnautica 2 reportedly delayed into 2026 just months before Krafton was due to pay a $250 million bonus to developer Unknown Worlds

Just a week after gutting the leadership of Subnautica 2 studio Unknown Worlds, a Bloomberg report says Krafton is going to delay the game’s early access release into 2026. The decision comes mere months before the PUBG publisher was slated to pay Unknown Worlds a $250 million bonus that developers say hinged on Subnautica 2’s…

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The anime horse girl who’s terrorizing gacha players in Umamusume is based on a real, chaotic racing horse who once instantly obliterated 12 billion yen in betting losses

If you’ve been on social media at all this week, there’s a good chance you’ve encountered the horse-crazed masses who’ve succumbed to the absurd siren call of Umamusume: Pretty Derby. It’s a gacha game about horse racing, except the horses are anime girls, and it’s got a pretty compelling spreadsheet simulator underneath all the gratuitous…

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Modder behind the ‘Swiss army knife of PC gaming’ deletes their 20 year-old Steam account with anti-Valve manifesto: ‘By the end of my bitter dealings with Valve… there was zero hope’

If you have, at any point, attempted to wrestle the PC version of Nier: Automata into submission, odds are you’ve downloaded and installed Special K, a graphics and performance enhancement suite that you can plug into all manner of games (both Niers, Elden Ring, Persona 4, and plenty else besides) to hopefully get them running…

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