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A new season starts for Overwatch 2 next week, but one of the special modes we'll be getting in the near future is a throwback to the past. For a limited time during season 14, there will be a 6v6 role queue mode, bringing back the original game's composition of two tanks, two damage and two support. This mode will be available from December 17 through January 6.

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Spotify pulled the rug out from developers last week, announcing sudden changes to its API policies just before Thanksgiving that cut new apps and apps in development off from access to the platform’s data.

As of November 27th, the day Spotify revealed the changes, new “Web API use cases” will lose access to certain kinds of music data, accor


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OpenAI has entered into its first major defense partnership, a deal that could see the AI giant making its way into the Pentagon.

The joint venture was recently announced by billion-dollar Anduril Industries, a defense startup owned by Oculus VR co-founder Palmer Lucky that sells sentry towers, communications jammers, military drones, and autonomous submarines. The "strategic partnership" will




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Pope Francis received the first fully electric Popemobile.
  • Pope Francis received the first all-electric popemobile from Mercedes-Benz.
  • The G 580 model has a classic white exterior and a swiveling adjustable seat in the rear center.
  • The Vatican recently announced plans to transition to a fully-electric fleet by 2030

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Two of Boeing's 737 Max jets crashed in 2018 and 2019, killing 346 people.
  • A judge rejected Boeing's plea deal with US prosecutors over 737 Max crashes.
  • The deal involved Boeing pleading guilty to fraud and paying a $243.6 million fine.
  • Boeing previously agreed to a $2.5 billion settlement with the Department of Justice in 2021.

A federal judge on Thursday rejected a


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Gearheads, rejoice! Forza Motorsport for PC is getting a graphics update on Monday that adds a new realistic lighting system to the game. Nvidia announced that Ray-Traced Global Illumination (RTGI) will be part of the PC-only upgrade for Turn 10’s driving simulator.

RTGI simulates how light interacts with surfaces in a virtual environment to create more realistic looking images. The upgrade for Fo


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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
  • OpenAI released the full version of its o1 reasoning model on Thursday.
  • It says the o1 model, initially previewed in September, is now multimodal, faster, and more precise.
  • It was released as part of OpenAI's 12-day product and demo launch, dubbed "shipmas."

On Thursday, OpenAI released the full version of its hot new reasoning model as part of the


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Dana Bull is a real-estate agent, investor, and consultant.
  • Real-estate agent Dana Bull advises submitting home offers two days before Christmas.
  • In general, buyers are distracted during the holidays, so it can be a good time to score a deal.
  • Another good window of opportunity is the Fourth of July weekend.

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Nadav Shoval was ousted as CEO of OpenWeb.
  • OpenWeb's board ousted the company's founder and CEO, Nadav Shoval, earlier this year.
  • In his first interview since his removal, he said his situation is a cautionary tale for other founders.
  • A legal battle between Shoval and OpenWeb is ongoing in an Israeli court.

Nadav Shoval says the conflict that culminated in his dramatic ouster from OpenWeb, the


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There are some things that I don't need to know, like how much money I've spent on iced oat milk lattes or the sheer number of pens I’ve purchased this year — and how many of them are already lost. (Where do they all go?) And yet, apps keep finding new ways to quantify our lives, presenting us with data we never asked for.

Enter "Your Year in Asana," a feature that turns your 2024 work habits into



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On the first day of launches, OpenAI gave to thee: ChatGPT Pro for hefty fees.

The new ChatGPT Pro subscription tier, available now, costs $200 a month.

On Thursday, OpenAI announced the new subscription tier as part of its "12 Days of OpenAI" extravaganza. ChatGPT Pro comes with unlimited access to its models, GPT-4o, Advanced Voice Mode, and the full version of o1 which is out of preview as of


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