We explain the present so you can understand the future. Gaming, AI, hardware and the culture around them.
TODAY'S EDITION / FRONT PAGE
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READ THE STORYDESK / GAMING
01OPENCrimson Desert's first DLC adds sailing, underwater exploration, expanded housing and new stories. It launches in the US on October 15.
02OPENThe free Spec IV update arrives in two parts during October and December. Autumn Ring returns, while Family Mode targets newcomers.
03OPENWe finished it in about three and a half hours on an iPhone 13 Pro. Sharp touch controls, smart puzzles and brisk pacing make this more than a convenient port.
LIVE DOSSIER · GTA VI
Rockstar says little, the internet imagines plenty and we want to follow both. News, trailers, rumors, theories and everything turning this game into a phenomenon.
OPEN DOSSIERDESK / ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
01OPENGoogle keeps 3.7's promotional price, improves coding and agents, and reserves the cyber model for governments, infrastructure and software maintainers.
02OPENOpenAI reports large gains in coding, science and computer use. Early independent testing supports the agent improvements but finds a much smaller change in general intelligence.
03OPENThe incident happened during a cybersecurity test without the usual safeguards. Anthropic is pausing most new product work and hardening containment.