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Ivy Road Studios, the team behind last year’s well-received narrative shop simulator Wanderstop, is closing its doors tomorrow, March 31. The team announced the news this past Friday.The studio was founded by Davey Wreden, known as the creator of The Stanley Parable and The Beginner’s Guide. In a website post, the team explains that it was unable to secure funding for its next project, known as Engine Angel. Because of this, the studio must shut down. “It’s a particularly tough time for raising game funds, so while we weren’t necessarily surprised, we are disappointed that we won’t be able to…

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Apple’s Hide My Email feature has always been a pretty good quality-of-life privacy tool. iCloud+ subscribers can access randomly generated email addresses that forward messages to their real inbox. This helps users avoid any apps or websites from seeing their actual address. Apple also states that it doesn’t read the forwarded messages either. All of this makes it quite a handy tool that genuinely cuts down on spam, creating a distance between you and whatever sketchy service wants your email. But what it apparently does not do is hide your identity from law enforcement. What’s going on? According to court…

Earlier this month, Microsoft unveiled Copilot Cowork, which is based on Anthropic’s Claude Cowork. Now, the company has rolled out Copilot Cowork in early access through its Frontier program, alongside new upgrades to its Researcher tool that will help you plan, analyze, and make decisions at work. So what can Microsoft’s Copilot Cowork do for you? Copilot Cowork is an agentic AI tool built for handling long, multi-step tasks inside Microsoft 365. It can help you think through tasks, break down goals, and work alongside you like a colleague across documents and workflows. You describe the outcome you want, and…

Asus is trying to break into the custom keyboard space without going all in, and the ROG Strix Morph 96 Wireless is its latest attempt. First unveiled at CES 2026, the board targets enthusiasts with a mix of customization and out-of-the-box usability. What makes the Morph 96 Wireless interesting? At its core, the ROG Strix Morph 96 Wireless is a 96% mechanical keyboard that offers full-size functionality in a more compact footprint. It features a silicone gasket-mount design with foam damping that offers a softer typing feel and improved acoustics out of the box, putting it firmly in the enthusiast…

Last week, we learned the sad news that Epic Games would be laying off over 1,000 of its employees due to “downturn in Fortnite engagement” and a general decline in revenue. For the hundreds of now-former employees, it was devastating, but for Mike Prinke and his family, it was uniquely terrible: according to his wife, Prinke has a terminal illness, and losing employment means he also loses his life insurance. (Thanks to IGN, for bringing the story to our attention).According to his LinkedIn, Prinke worked at Epic Games since 2019 as a technical writer and programmer writer. In his role…

For all the noise around AI conquering chess, go, and now even coding, there is still a pretty glaring weakness hiding underneath those wins. AI is still pretty bad at handling a new video game it has never seen before. The core argument of a new paper by NYU talks about how these headline-grabbing milestones have painted a misleading picture of how close machines are to real general intelligence. Distinction really matters. Chess and Go are impressive achievements, but these are games with fixed rules and a structured environment, compared to the complex modern video games. NYU notes that AI…

Just as it’s starting to get warm outside in the United States, the games industry’s biggest players are getting ready for the busiest news season of the year. At the time of writing, Summer Game Fest is 67 days away, and Xbox has decided it’s time to unveil its plans for the month of June. The publisher will keep its typical time slot the Sunday after the main SGF showcase (despite technically not being a part of the SGF festivities), and announced the broader showcase will be followed up by a presentation focused entirely on Gears of War: E-Day. According to…

I’ve been a loyal CarPlay user for years, so this update feels long overdue. WhatsApp is finally working on a proper app for CarPlay, and it’s about time. Until now, all I could do was see notifications pop up on the dashboard, with zero real interaction beyond that. The catch is, it’s still in testing and only rolling out to iOS beta users for now. So yes, it’s coming — but we’re not quite there yet. Steering clear of full conversations The WhatsApp CarPlay beta is all about letting you stay connected without taking your focus off the wheel. Once…

Battery life has been one of the biggest bottlenecks in modern gadgets, from phones to wearables. Now, researchers have developed a new lithium-ion battery design that could dramatically change that without sacrificing durability. What’s so impressive about this new battery tech? Researchers at the University of Surrey have developed a new type of lithium-ion battery anode that can store significantly more energy than traditional designs. It builds on existing silicon-carbon battery technology, with the key improvement being how it uses silicon. While existing silicon-carbon batteries are far more energy-dense than conventional lithium-ion batteries, they come with a major drawback. The…