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Riot is pulling voice chat from League of Legends 26.20

Turns out the party was short-lived. A mere two weeks after the announcement that the feature was coming to select regions in October's 26.20 patch, Riot's dev team posted on social media that the addition of voice chat…

Motorola's Android 17 rollout just got another expansion

In addition, more phones would be getting access to Motorola Qira, the brand's "single AI experience." Keep an eye out Naturally, if you own a Razr, Edge, or Signature device, you'll want to keep an eye out for this new…

Meta says Muse looks like OpenClaw because it was built that way

The head of product at Meta Superintelligence Labs was answering a fortnight of speculation about Meta’s new personal agent, and why it felt so familiar to anyone who had used the open source one. Sarah Perez reported…

What does anti-aliasing actually do to your PC games?

It used to be a flex to get a gaming machine and turn anti-aliasing to the max. If you could get 4x or 8x MSAA without making your game look like a slideshow, you were doing pretty well. These days, that basic graphics…

Apple weighs its first server since the Xserve, and as always, Nvidia may hold the key

A report by claims Apple is considering two configurations: one with two of its future M8 Ultra chips and a larger one with four, aimed at businesses that want to run AI inference on their own hardware rather than in a…

Heidi raises $340m and doubles its valuation to $900m

The money arrives in two parts. In its announcement , Heidi said Blackbird led a US$100m Series C that values the Melbourne company at US$900m. Phoenix Court, Point72 Private Investments and Headline also took part. That…

Huge data centres rise at 'China speed' to power its AI ambitions

Ulanqab, with its steppes and volcanoes, is an unlikely digital frontier. For years, it has been China's official "potato capital". But now its fields have also become construction sites for a slew of data centres, as…

Creative Assembly says Alien: Isolation 2's protagonist is a Yutani employee, which offers 'a new perspective to the franchise' — 'Weyland-Yutani is an English-Japanese speaking company, and the Japanese side doesn't really get explored that much'

Speaking to TechRadar Gaming at Gamescom, principal environment artist Archie Whitehead and principal UI artist Laura Mouther discussed what they're most excited for players to experience in the upcoming sequel…

Why are some songs grayed out on Apple Music (And how to fix it)

And when you take a look at the track listing, you may find some of your tracks are grayed out. What's happening? Often this is because your device is offline. Typically, you'll regain access once you get online again.…

Snorkel AI triples valuation to $3.5B as demand for AI training data booms

The new round, which was led by Insight Partners and S32, valued the seven-year-old startup at nearly triple the $1.3 billion valuation it garnered when it raised $100 million in a Series D 17 months ago. Existing…