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Games have the power to connect people across the world in enjoyment and teamwork, but they can also create a space ripe for toxic speech and hatred. Activision is attempting to minimize the latter, announcing a new collaboration with Modulate, a company using technology to identify these issues, for direct voice chat moderation in Call of Duty. 

Modulate's AI system, ToxMod, attempts to identify

“We have to keep it cool,” Jonny (Kiah McKirnan) insists in this clip from Jennifer Reeder’s new horror film Perpetrator. That request is difficult for the kid she’s with—because as you can clearly see, there’s something very weird about Jonny’s suddenly shape-shifting face.

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• The Department of Labor proposed a new rule that would update who's eligible for overtime.
• Currently, workers making under about $36,000 can get extra pay for extra hours.
• Under the new proposal, that threshold would rise to $55,000, benefiting millions of

As we slide down into September, Apple hype is reaching its peak. Now that Apple has announced its “Wonderlust” event will take place Sept. 12, aficionados already have a vague idea what the next iPhone’s default wallpaper will look like.

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Sony is raising the price of its PlayStation Plus subscription next month. The service’s annual Essential plan will go from $60 to $80, the Extra plan from $100 to $135, and the Premium plan from $120 to $160. The new pricing goes into effect starting September 6th.

If you’re currently subscribed to PlayStation Plus, Sony says the price

• A Ukrainian presidential advisor warned that Prigozhin's death shows Putin won't negotiate.
• Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a plane crash last week, confirmed by Russia. 
• Mykhailo Podolyak said Putin

• Zelenskyy "bombed" his first Oval Office meeting with Joe Biden, according to a new book.
• Ukraine's president's "absurd analysis" of NATO "pissed Biden off," Franklin Foer writes.
• The book says that even Zelenskyy's most

• The key to a comfortable retirement may be saving $100 a week starting at 25.
• Doing so could amount to over $1 million by 65, a new report found.
• Student-loan-payment resumption means millions of Americans may be unable to save for retirement.

Putting aside a couple hundred dollars a month for retirement starting at 25 — just a few years after many Americans graduate from

The Chandrayaan-3 rover is the first to leave its track marks on the Moon’s south pole, and the six-wheeled explorer has made a breakthrough discovery that could have major implications for establishing a future lunar habitat.

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Yes, we’ve had Detective Pikachu, and Netflix is about to get into the TV business of Pocket Monstering with Pokémon Concierge, but another new TV adventure is on the way for the iconic gaming franchise—although not exactly ni the form of adaptation.

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