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Google’s new commerce framework cranks up the heat on ‘agentic shopping’

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Google’s new commerce framework cranks up the heat on ‘agentic shopping’

bashu January 11, 2026

To further push the limits of consumerism, Google has launched a new open standard for agentic commerce...

Arc Raiders has flourished despite AI backlash, but Embark says it won’t now “open the floodgates for all types of AI”

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Arc Raiders has flourished despite AI backlash, but Embark says it won’t now “open the floodgates for all types of AI”

bashu January 11, 2026

2025, particularly the tail end of it, seemed to be dominated by one topic when it came...

California’s governor plans to set aside $200 million for state EV tax credits

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California’s governor plans to set aside $200 million for state EV tax credits

bashu January 11, 2026

The loss of the federal EV tax credits may have been a huge blow to prospective buyers,...

Wing’s drone deliveries are coming to 150 more Walmarts

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Wing’s drone deliveries are coming to 150 more Walmarts

bashu January 11, 2026

Don’t be surprised if you see even more drones delivering groceries across the US since the Alphabet-owned...

Code Vein 2 doesn’t use generative AI because its dev values “art style” and the “cohesiveness” of its world

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Code Vein 2 doesn’t use generative AI because its dev values “art style” and the “cohesiveness” of its world

bashu January 11, 2026

Code Vein 2 is right around the corner, and it’s poised to deliver both a mechanical evolution...

Blending Battlefield and TABS, WW1 sandbox Rising Front just hit version 1.0 with the addition of playable tanks and cavalry

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Blending Battlefield and TABS, WW1 sandbox Rising Front just hit version 1.0 with the addition of playable tanks and cavalry

bashu January 11, 2026

If you took the intense, brutal conflicts of Battlefield 1 and fused them into the combat simulation...

Valve’s new Steam Deck update doesn’t promise much, but classic Call of Duty games could see some real performance gains

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Valve’s new Steam Deck update doesn’t promise much, but classic Call of Duty games could see some real performance gains

bashu January 11, 2026

Ever thought of reliving the early days of the Call of Duty boon by firing up the...

Hytale’s creative tools let you wedge a live animal into a wall, and the implications for player-made worlds are huge

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Hytale’s creative tools let you wedge a live animal into a wall, and the implications for player-made worlds are huge

bashu January 11, 2026

With just a couple of days to go before Hytale attempts to do what Riot Games couldn’t...

The Destiny 2 Portal is a disaster, and a 2016 GDC talk shows that Bungie already wrote off a similar idea a decade ago

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The Destiny 2 Portal is a disaster, and a 2016 GDC talk shows that Bungie already wrote off a similar idea a decade ago

bashu January 11, 2026

The Destiny 2 Portal was one of Bungie’s biggest recent gambles, and so far it’s largely been...

The Sunday Papers

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The Sunday Papers

bashu January 11, 2026

Sundays are for trying to work out what the hell we’re supposed to do when every videogame...

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