Amazon orders Robocop TV series as franchise heads to Prime Video
"I'd buy that for a dollar!"
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France just voted to ban kids under 15 from social media, but Australia's ban shows how hard that is to enforce
France plans to restrict VPNs to close that loophole, too
Overview: As social media algorithms come under increasing scrutiny, policies to ban children from services such as Facebook, X, YouTube, and Snapchat are gaining popularity across the globe. France has just become the latest country to pass such legislation – but data suggests the impact of Australia's earlier ban has been limited.
Fiat's new $15,000 mini EV is now on sale in the US, but it's not yet legal to drive
The Topolino has been zipping around European cities since 2023, it's about the size of a pickup bed
Samsung finally has its own credit card, seven years after Apple
The Galaxy Card offers 5% cash back on Samsung purchases, but just 1% on everything else
Fire departments are testing autonomous drones that fight wildfires before crews even arrive
Drones can traverse difficult terrain and prevent early-stage fires from spreading
What was the world's first digital and programmable robot?
It was stationed at General Motors and sold at a loss.
Marvel drops the first Avengers: Doomsday trailer, set to open against Dune: Part Three this December
Doctor Doom, the X-Men, and Steve Rogers return as Marvel tries to make superhero movies feel like events again
Highly anticipated: Marvel has released the first full trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, bringing together nearly every corner of its cinematic universe for what may be the studio's biggest test since Endgame. Robert Downey Jr. returns to the MCU as Doctor Doom, facing a lineup that includes the Avengers, the New Avengers from Thunderbolts, the Fantastic Four, Wakanda's heroes, and characters from Fox's original X-Men films.
A new coding contest challenges developers to fit an entire game onto a 1.44MB floppy disk
No single byte is going to be wasted
CD sales are up 16%, but half the buyers don't even own a CD player
Young buyers see physical media as collectibles
Indie Gaming's Next Big Wave Is Coming From Outside the West
The next great game could come from anywhere. Developers across Asia, Eastern Europe, and Oceania are turning local stories and fresh ideas into global hits that are reshaping the industry.
GameStop now makes more money from Pokemon cards than video games
GameStop's CEO says physical games are "totally irrelevant" to the company
GTA 6 hacker who was sentenced to life in a secure hospital is moved to prison ahead of retrial
His retrial is scheduled for the same month GTA 6 launches
The PS3 emulator that shouldn't exist can now play 75% of the console's game library
Easter egg: RPCS3 originally meant "Russian Personal Computer Station 3"
Netflix celebrates 10 years of Stranger Thing with a VHS-quality version of the first season
It's been 10 years since Stranger Things first turned our world Upside Down
This retro-style home phone lets kids call friends without apps, browsers, or social media
The $68 Wi-Fi device gives parents full control over who their children can call
George Lucas says rejecting AI is like choosing the horse and buggy over cars
The Star Wars creator says generative AI is inevitable progress
Boston Dynamics tests Spot as a delivery assistant that carries packages
A planned pilot would see Spot help deliver 200 packages per day
Ubisoft endured a review-bombing campaign, then made $1 million from Black Flag Resynced's controversial DLC
But it was still only 2.8% of the game's early Steam revenue
Repair shops are booming during heatwaves as people keep putting phones in fridges
Social media cooling tips are leaving phones with moisture damage
Facepalm: The UK and Europe are going through an unprecedented heatwave right now. It's causing a lot of problems, including devices that keep overheating as temperatures soar. To try to cool them down, some Brits have been placing them in their fridges and freezers, but the only thing this results in is more work for repair shops.
Christopher Nolan believes Gen Z will push back against generative AI and its growing influence
Nolan says younger generations are seeking more authentic experiences
China's courts say your digital game items are inheritable – Steam and The West disagree
A widow just won half of her late husband's $7,375 in-game weapon
UChicago Law bans laptops and phones for first-year students, mandates in-class exams starting this fall
The goal is to protect critical thinking skills as AI reshapes legal education
Sega's Virtua Racing hits PC and Xbox for the first time, with 8-player online
Thanks to one clever developer
Connecting the dots: Since its release way back in 1992, the legendary Sega Virtua Racing has been ported to a lot of machines, but Xbox and PC never made it onto the list. That has now changed. A developer going by Wanszai recently released an unofficial emulator, built to run the game and nothing else, for Windows, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
Steam just made $11 billion in the last 6 months, and most of it came from older games
Steam's record revenue reveals what actually keeps PC gamers loyal: infrastructure, not exclusives
Bottom line: Steam just posted its strongest half-year ever. In the first six months of 2026, it's estimated that games sold through the platform generated $11.1 billion in gross revenue, a record haul for the PC storefront. That figure is close to what Steam generated across all of 2021, a year boosted by pandemic lockdowns – also only 21% of that revenue comes from games released in 2026. The rest came from older titles in Steam's back catalog.
This GE Appliances plant couldn't keep workers until it built an app, like an Uber for factory work
More than 900 workers now choose their own hours, trading benefits and higher pay for total flexibility