Skate's developer is laying off staff before the game leaves early access

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Full Circle, the developer behind the new Skate game, has announced that it is restructuring and laying off staff. It's not yet clear how many roles will be impacted by the changes, but the restructuring is happening less than six months after skate. launched in early access on September 15, 2025.

"We’re reshaping Full Circle to better support skate.’s long-term future," Full Circle says. "These

Shield AI says its Hivemind AI pilot just flew a drone vying to become a future Air Force uncrewed wingman

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A grey and blue aircraft flies against a clear blue sky.
Hivemind flew Anduril's YFQ-44A aircraft for the first time in a test over the Mojave Desert.

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  • Shield AI's Hivemind AI program piloted Anduril's YFQ-44A uncrewed aircraft for the first time.
  • Hivemind was selected earlier to provide autonomy for the Air Force's drone wingmen.
  • The Air Force program is building uncrewed aircraft designed to fly with crewed fighter jets.

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Best Samsung Galaxy S26 cases

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The next Assassin's Creed game loses its creative director

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Ubisoft's shakeups continue unabated. The creative director of the next Assassin's Creed game, codenamed Hexe, has left the company. The departure of Clint Hocking, a 20-year veteran of the company over two stints, was reportedly announced in a staff meeting this week.

Hocking's resume at Ubisoft included serving as creative director on Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Far Cry 2 and Watch Dogs: Legion

Canadian government demands safety changes from OpenAI

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Canadian officials summoned leaders from OpenAI to Ottawa this week to address safety concerns about ChatGPT. The crux of the government concerns was that OpenAI did not notify authorities when it banned the account of a user who allegedly committed a mass shooting in British Columbia earlier this month. 

"The message that we delivered, in no uncertain terms, was that we have ‌an expectation that

Xbox consoles now support 1440p streaming

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Microsoft has announced that its rolling out support for streaming games at 1440p on Xbox consoles. Game streaming is a key benefit of paying for a Game Pass subscription, and as of 2025, now also includes games players own that aren't part of the larger Game Pass library.

The higher bitrate streaming option will let subscribers with an Xbox Series X or S, Xbox One X or Xbox One play their games at