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The Last of Us Gets Animated Background on PS5 as Naughty Dog Teases Announcements for TLOU Day 2026

Naughty Dog has released a free background on PlayStation 5 as it prepares to celebrate The Last of Us Day 2026. The studio behind Sony’s exclusive post-apocalyptic video game franchise took to social media to tease some of what it has planned for this year’s festivities. While September 26 is technically the day it’s chosen to serve as its Cordyceps-breakout holiday, Naughty Dog…
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CryptoNews

Waiting for a 30% Bitcoin Dip Backfired in 61% of Tested Cases

Bitcoin buyers in a test of 216 highs would have paid more after a 30% crash than at the earlier high in most cases. Successful waits brought a median 19% discount; failed waits, a median 76% premium. Key Takeaways Livingston tested buying after pullbacks from 216 bitcoin highs. A 30% decline took a median 134 days to arrive. In 61% of cases, the modeled purchase cost more than buying at the…
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CryptoNews

Kazakhstan Turns to Flare Gas to Power Crypto Mining Revival

Kazakhstan is working to entice crypto miners to take advantage of flared gas opportunities as part of a push to revive mining, which was severely hampered by power limitations imposed by an auction system designed to protect the country’s aging grid. Key…
AI & RoboticsNews

Can Muse overcome Meta’s trust issues?

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Meta’s new AI agent Muse took the spotlight at the company’s annual Connect event, where CEO Mark Zuckerberg made it clear that Facebook’s parent company plans to push AI features everywhere. On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I discussed Meta’s AI announcements…
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The powerful images of 20th-century American photographer Gordon Parks have been analyzed endlessly, but now it's the turn of the people he caught with his camera to have their say

Gordon Parks is one of the towering figures of 20th century American photography. Born in Kansas in 1912, he bought his first camera secondhand for $12.50, taught himself to use it, and worked his way from Farm Security Administration trainee to Life magazine’s first black staff photographer, a post he held for more than two decades. Known for capturing poverty, segregation and the civil…
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