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Finn Wolfhard is primarily known for his role as Mike Wheeler on Stranger Things, but with the popular Netflix show firmly behind him, he is now focused on his music career. But that doesn’t mean he is not performing and picking up smaller jobs that let him do fun, unexpected things like act out Lego Pokémon battle scenarios with Terry Crews. In promotion of the commercial and the new line of Lego Pokémon, we spoke with Wolfhard about his history with video games, Pokémon, Lego, and learned how video game music influences his own music.Game Informer: What’s your history with Pokémon?…

Remember when everyone said some things are better left analog? Well, digital dashboards are now making a pretty convincing case. According to NHTSA documents, Toyota is recalling 508,354 Camry Hybrids in the US after discovering that the digital instrument cluster can go blank and hide critical information. The issue affects certain 2025 and 2026 Camry models, although the fix is thankfully less dramatic: Toyota says a software update should sort it out. It’s more than just a blank screen The problem affects Camrys equipped with a 7-inch digital combination meter. Under certain conditions, the display may remain blank when the…

Chromebooks have long been associated with affordable, browser-first laptops. This time around though, Acer’s upcoming Googlebook 14 GP714-91N has surfaced through retailer listings and other databases, with configurations reportedly featuring Intel’s Core Ultra 7 355, up to 32GB RAM and a 2.8K OLED display. As reported by NotebookCheck, the GP714-91N is linked to Acer’s Moonstone Googlebook development. This is no ordinary Chromebook The hardware is what makes Acer’s Googlebook particularly interesting. A Core Ultra 7 355 and 32GB of memory suggest this isn’t being designed simply for browsing, streaming and basic productivity. The 2.8K 120Hz OLED display also puts it…

SpaceXAI and Cursor just released Grok Bot. It’s built around AI agents called Bots or “teammates,” if you will.  Designed to complete real work and only check in with you when something is in the final phase and needs your approval, Grok Bot is currently available in beta on Mac, iOS, Windows, and Linux. An Android version, as well as an enterprise version, are coming soon. Introducing Grok Bot, now in early beta.Bots are AI teammates that do real work for you. They sign in to your tools, use them just like you do, and come back with finished work.…

Onimusha is finally returning to the action space next month after a 20-year hiatus at developer-publisher Capcom. Though a lot of the series’ trademarks are returning, like an intense focus on swordplay action, hordes of demons, a samurai protagonist, and the Oni Gauntlet, there’s plenty of new, too. There’s an “open-town” section of Kyoto, which is where this early Edo-period adventure takes place; there’s historical Japanese samurai Miyamoto Musashi as the protagonist this time, using the likeness of the late Toshirō Mifune; and there is also a mysterious woman living inside Musashi’s Oni Gauntlet.That mysterious woman is named Shizuka, and despite her ethereal appearance,…

Bumble is changing one of the rules that has defined the dating app since its launch: either person in a match can now send the first message. The change is rolling out globally from today, giving men and women more flexibility over how a conversation begins. Bumble is also extending the time available to respond from 24 hours to 72 hours, which should make it less likely that a promising match disappears simply because someone was busy for a day. It is a notable shift for an app built around the idea that women should make the first move. Bumble…

Microsoft’s smartphone history could have looked very different. Years before the Surface Duo arrived, and before Microsoft’s Nokia acquisition reshaped its mobile ambitions — the company was rumored to be developing a Windows Phone entirely of its own. That phone never made it into stores, but we may finally know what it looked like. Newly published images, shared by a user on Discord and Telegram and first spotted by Windows Central, may have finally given us a look at that mysterious phone. The prototype reportedly dates back to 2013 or 2014 and may have been developed under the codename “Raven.”…

Marvel’s Wolverine, one of the biggest games of the year, comes out it a little over a month. Today we learned it’ll get the same treatment as PlayStation’s other beloved first-party IP and launch alongside a limited edition PS5 console and controller. A bundle with a PS5 digital edition (there’s no disc drive – more on that later), controller, and a game code for Marvel’s Wolverine will be available starting September 15, the same day as the game comes out. Check it out for yourself below. The console and controller feature a slashing design caused by Wolverine’s iconic claws, and the…

I’ve caught myself scrolling past an artist photo on Spotify assuming there was an actual human behind it, only to later find out I was wrong. That has been happening a lot lately. That guessing game is about to end.  Spotify is rolling out a new “AI Persona” badge, which is designed to flag artist profiles built around AI-generated identities (anything from the name, face, bio, and visual image) rather than real people. The label will go live across the app starting in mid-September. So how exactly will this badge work? Starting today, artists can voluntarily flag their profile with…

I still remember where I was when I heard that Firaxis was making a Marvel game. While the game I dreamt of – XCOM with the Marvel license – ended up differing pretty substantially from what we ultimately got with Marvel’s Midnight Suns, I still thoroughly enjoyed the unique deckbuilding and social mechanics layered on top of the turn-based tactics I had come to love about Firaxis. However, with many of the developers who created XCOM: Enemy Unknown, XCOM 2, and Marvel’s Midnight Suns departing Firaxis to form Bit Reactor, and that studio announcing its debut game to be a Star…