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Palworld developer Pocketpair called Palworld: More Than Just Pals. This looks to be a dating sim with horror elements in which you can romance the various Pals from the original game. The gameplay description suggests it’s set at a mysterious school, and players can not only fall in love with these creatures, but also “dismantle and eat them.” The original …

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a branch of Iran’s armed forces, has threatened to target US tech companies’ operations in the Middle East. It told employees of 18 companies — including Apple, Google, Meta and NVIDIA — “to leave their workplaces immediately to save their lives,” as CBS News reported. Those living close to the companies’ facilities in the …

TikTok has quietly added a secret emoji game that you can access in your DMs. The goal of the game is simple: use your finger to bounce as high as you can by hopping across alligators. Avoid the skeleton alligators, and be careful — broken alligators disappear after just one landing, so you need to quickly bounce to the one …

Sweden-based caller ID app Truecaller said Tuesday that it has hit the milestone of 500 million monthly active users on its platform. The company said that it also crossed the mark of 150 million users outside India, its biggest market with over 350 million monthly users. The company said that it added 50 million users in 2025, and its user …

Basketball player Stephen Curry has long collaborated with Google, and last year took on the role of “Performance Advisor” at the company as part of a multi-year partnership. It appears the first product of this union is “coming soon,” based on a video posted to Curry’s Instagram account. The 15-second clip shows shots of Curry playing with a basketball, and …

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is once more turning its lens on Microsoft. The tech company will be the focus of an investigation by the regulator to see if it can be assigned strategic market status (SMS). The CMA already has “a major concern” with Microsoft’s alleged limiting of competition in the cloud space via productivity software like Word …

Rec Room, once hailed as a promising giant in the social gaming world, announced Monday it would be shutting down its platform on June 1.  If you’re a fan of the platform or have ever spent time creating or exploring in its virtual worlds, this news probably hits hard. Over the years, Rec Room attracted more than 150 million players, …

Meta has agreed to “substantially reduce” its use of the PG-13 ratings system in relation to its Teen Accounts on Instagram starting April 15. Last year, the Motion Picture Association objected to Meta directly referencing its movie content rating, which cautions parents against letting their pre-teens engage with certain media. In a cease-and-desist letter seen by  at the time, the …

Meta’s Dexter Station office in Seattle. (Meta Photo) Another round of layoffs at Meta will affect 168 employees in Washington state, according to a filing from the state Employment Security Department. The cuts are part of a broader reduction impacting hundreds of Meta workers around the U.S. “Teams across Meta regularly restructure or implement changes to ensure they’re in the …

Amazon’s latest upgrade to Alexa+, its next-generation AI assistant, allows you to order food from popular delivery services Uber Eats and Grubhub in a conversational manner, just as if you were chatting with a waiter at a restaurant or placing an order at a drive-thru, according to Amazon. The aim of this new Alexa+ feature is to create a more …