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Military working dogs charge into places the rest of us would flee. So, I understand why anyone would want to breed tougher, healthier dogs for the job. Warhound, a new startup from Colossal Biosciences co-founder Ben Lamm and Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey, has stepped out of stealth with $200 million to clone and gene-edit working dogs for American troops, police departments, and emergency services (via TechCrunch). A really great perspective from a journalist who was actually part of the working dog program on various problems that have existed for decades and how WARHOUND can help solve these problems while also…

Halloween is around the corner. As you’re buying overpriced candy, deciding which version of the Joker to dress up as, and debating between watching Obsession and Backrooms over a cup of cider, it’s the perfect time to replay old horror games or dive into new ones. 2026 has a solid roster of choices for the latter thanks to releases like Resident Evil Requiem, Paranormasight: The Mermaid’s Curse, and Silent Hill: Townfall, but Tenebris Somnia shouldn’t be overlooked if you’re looking for a cool indie throwback.Part retro-inspired adventure game, part live-action indie horror film, you’ll uncover the mystery of a nightmare-induced…

Grainy night photos are the flaw no phone launch ever seems to fix, so a potential solution that starts with a 3D printer got my attention. Researchers at Singapore’s University of Technology and Design, along with partners in China and Japan, have 3D-printed tiny structures called color routers. Think of them as microscopic traffic directors for light. Instead of filtering light and throwing much of it away, they guide red, green and blue light to the right spots on a sensor (via Nature Communications). How does a color router beat a camera filter? Almost every camera sensor sits behind a…

Epic Games has just announced the 2026 Epic AI MegaJam, which is looking to see how much game development can be squeezed into a very short window. This is running from November 12 through November 15. Participants can work alone or in teams of up to five people, build in Unreal Engine or Unreal Editor for Fortnite, and bring along “as many AI agents as you want.” Epic explicitly encourages coding agents, AI-generated assets, audio tools, writing tools, and other AI systems. The official event page literally says “Vibe your way to $50k.” Epic is putting real money behind vibe…

Please allow the first sentence here to warn you that this interview discusses a portion of Control Resonant that takes place near the end of the game and is arguably the most unexpected and surprising sequence. I encourage you to experience it without spoilers. So if you haven’t beaten the game yet, please do, and then come back to this page.However, if you have beaten the game, or curiosity has driven you to learn what game has been redacted from the headline and why (it’s the 1995 Super Nintendo RPG, EarthBound, by the way), then please read on.FULL SPOILERS AHEADIn…

AI can describe a picture, identify objects, and answer questions about what a camera sees. But when a blind user needs a quick answer, getting an entire spoken essay about the scene isn’t exactly helpful. Researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) have found that AI-powered visual assistance can leave blind users doing too much work to get the information they actually need. The study, titled Say It My Way: Exploring Control in Conversational Visual Question Answering with Blind Users, examined how people interact with Be My AI, an AI-powered feature of the Be My Eyes app. The researchers found…

Full-frame cameras tend to be chunky beasts, but Sigma wants to prove that big imaging doesn’t need a big body. Enter the Sigma FP2, the successor to its tiny, boxy fp mirrorless camera. It keeps the same modular design but packs in some serious upgrades, including a 24.5-megapixel partially stacked full-frame sensor, improved autofocus, 6K video recording, and 70GB of built-in storage. Sigma calls it the world’s smallest full-frame camera, and while it might be tiny, the same cannot be said for its price tag. Sigma FP2 brings faster shooting and 6K video The FP2’s 24.5-megapixel partially stacked full-frame sensor…

In 2008, Kojima Productions released what was billed as the swan song for Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear series: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. The game had the staggering task of tying up decades of storytelling by bringing together Solid Snake, Ocelot, Otacon, Raiden, and many more characters for one explosive finale. The adventure centers on a rapidly aging Solid Snake racing against the clock to stop his twin and nemesis, Liquid Snake, one last time. Of course, there are far more bizarre shenanigans at play. Guns of the Patriots was acclaimed for its storytelling, cinematic presentation, and evolution…

Samsung has kept us waiting for years for a bigger Ultra battery, but a change may finally be on the horizon. The Korean giant appears to have finalized the battery hardware, with details for the Galaxy S27 Pro and Galaxy S27 Ultra now showing up in South Korea’s safety records. Before that, China’s 3C records spotted the batteries (via GSMArena). What do the certification records actually show? Less than you’d hope. Korea’s product-safety database, Safety Korea, lists two batteries labeled EB-BS958DBY and EB-BS957CBY. Both are manufactured by China-based Zhuhai CosMX Power Jinwan. While the images in the records show the…

EA shut down legendary RPG developer BioWare this week, canceling its in-development fifth Mass Effect game as a result. Despite the closure, Amazon Prime’s upcoming Mass Effect streaming series will proceed as planned, according to a report by IGN.Amazon began developing a Mass Effect series in 2024. At the time, Mass Effect series executive producer Mike Gamble confirmed the show isn’t a retelling of the video games, saying, “The show will explore a brand-new story within the universe’s timeline, and will be set after the original trilogy. It won’t be a retread of Commander Shepard’s story – because after all……