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Genki’s new customizable controller has a big screen and adjustable buttons
After collaborating with 8BitDo on a gamepad two years ago, Genki launched the first controller the company designed from the ground up today. With an unorthodox design that positions its...
Trump’s strange obsession with steam-powered catapults
Sailors prepare to assist an F/A-18 Hornet jet for takeoff while steam billows from the catapult aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt in the South China Sea on April 10, 2018. | Ted Aljibe/AFP via Getty...
Google Discover is getting an AI chatbot-tuned feed
Google will soon allow you to customize your Discover feed by describing what you want to see. The new feature, rolling out to the Google app in the "coming days," will use AI to automatically tweak...
Google Discover is getting an AI chatbot-tuned feed
Google will soon allow you to customize your Discover feed by describing what you want to see. The new feature, rolling out to the Google app in the "coming days," will use AI to automatically tweak...
Sophie Cunningham and the WNBA culture wars
Indiana Fever players Caitlin Clark, left, and Sophie Cunningham, right, during a WNBA game against the Atlanta Dream on August 16, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia. | Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire...
The surprising way that America’s $40 trillion debt costs you
A sign displays the national debt at a bus stop in Washington, D.C. on August 20, 2026. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you...
Riot is ending development on its League of Legends fighting game
Riot Games is already winding down work on 2XKO, the free-to-play League of Legends fighting game, less than a year after its initial launch. Riot says "active development" will conclude at the end...
The Genesis GV90 blows the bloody doors off what’s possible in EV design
Genesis, Hyundai's luxury brand, just revealed its first full-size, three-row electric SUV for the US market, the GV90. And arguably it has some of the wildest designs and features in the auto...
Senators press TikTok on ‘sinister’ experiment that held back an algorithm safety feature
A teen who died by suicide was reportedly part of the test.
Meta’s app for creating generative AI minigames is now available in the US
It's called Pocket and is described as a "platform for making and sharing gizmos."