I’m a huge fan of PlayStation’s first-party offerings. They’ve come to embody the sort of cinematic adventures I’ve always looked for when sitting down with a controller in my hand, feeling like genuine blockbuster events meant to be savoured. But where in the past this brand of glossy storytelling felt like new ground being trodden, I can’t help but feel that recently it’s become…
Starbreeze Cancels Co-Op Dungeons & Dragons Game Project Baxter, Lays Off Developers, and Doubles Down on Payday
October 3, 2025
Starbreeze has canceled Project Baxter, its co-op Dungeons & Dragons game, laid off a significant portion of its development team, and announced plans to double down on its Payday franchise.
Project Baxter was announced in December 2023 as an Unreal Engine 5 D&D game…
Ripple Launches New UC Berkeley Center for Digital Assets
October 3, 2025
Ripple is donating $1.3 million worth of its Ripple USD (RLUSD) stablecoin to kick off funding for the new project.
Ripple, UC Berkeley Forge Alliance with New Digital Asset Research Hub
Imagine an average 1,000-acre Kansas farm capable of yielding roughly 40,000 bushels of…
Northern lights may be visible in these 12 US states tonight
October 3, 2025
Aurora watchers: don’t pack up your cameras just yet, as the northern lights may return for one last dazzling display tonight (Oct. 2) before conditions quiet down again over the weekend.
Over the past few nights, geomagnetic activity has repeatedly exceeded expectations, with a rather surprising G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm lighting up skies as far south as New York on Wednesday night…
Scientists have identified a lone planet with a ferocious appetite. Located in the Chamaeleon constellation roughly 620 light-years away, the rogue planet, named Cha 1107-7626, exists in the vast emptiness of space, far from the warmth of any star.
Rogue planets like this…
Saturn's moon Enceladus is shooting out organic molecules that could help create life
October 3, 2025
Complex organic molecules that form part of the chain of chemical reactions that can result in life’s building blocks have been found in the watery geysers of Enceladus, almost twenty years after the plumes were first sampled by NASA’s Cassini…
Allan Brooks never set out to reinvent mathematics. But after weeks spent talking with ChatGPT, the 47-year-old Canadian came to believe he had discovered a new form of math powerful enough to take down the internet.
Brooks – who had no history of mental illness or mathematical genius – spent 21 days in May spiraling deeper into the chatbot’s reassurances, a descent later…
AI search startup Perplexity is making its new Comet browser available to everyone in the world for free as it works to position the product against big browsers and search engines. For certain paid subscribers, the startup has also launched a new “background…
On Thursday, Andreessen Horowitz released its first AI Spending Report in partnership with the fintech firm Mercury. Using transaction data from Mercury, the report analyzes the top 50 AI-native application layer companies that startups are spending money on, similar to the…
Federal EV tax credits for new and used purchases and leases ended September 30, 2025, and we are now left to see how the market will respond. As of October 1, Rivian has updated lease prices for all trims of its R1 EVs – some are now less expensive, while others are more expensive. See how it all breaks down below.
As promised by the current administration, the $7,500 federal tax credit for…
