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Final Fantasy dips back into the SNES golden era with Resonance
Final Fantasy in glorious HD-2D.
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Final Fantasy in glorious HD-2D.
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$800 now buys you a follow-me drone instead of an FPV flight experience.
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Nintendo Switch Sports Resort is quietly one of the console’s most important games.
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The co-CEO has “complained internally for months that Americans were spending less time watching Netflix and that the service was short on new hit shows,” according to a big story from The Wall Street Journal. Also in the report: apparently just 3.5 percent of subscribers play its games every month, which is below the company’s 2026 goals. [Link: Netflix, America’s Dominant Streaming Service, Has Hit a Wall | https://www.wsj.com/business/media/netflix-americas-dominant-streaming-service-has-hit-a-wall-13660401 | The Wall Street Journal]
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According to 9to5Mac, the latest HomePod 27.2 beta adds Sound Glow support on the second-gen HomePod and first-gen HomePod Mini. Apple announced the feature with the HomePod Mini 2 last week, and says it can sync the HomePod’s LEDs colors to match album art or Apple’s ambient soundscapes. [Link: Your HomePod has a colorful new party trick: how to enable Sound Glow | https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/19/homepod-sound-glow-colorful-light/ | 9to5Mac]
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> I understand the concerns. After all, I am attempting to assemble a living human being from dead human tissue and bring it to life with electricity, which isn’t generally considered something a person does after carefully considering the possible consequences. > But what am I supposed to do—stop? [Link: Won’t Someone Please Stop Me, Dr. Frankenstein, from Building the Creature? | https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wont-someone-please-stop-me-dr-frankenstein-from-building-the-creature | McSweeney's Internet Tendency]
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It’s Apple’s second October event.
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The request from political appointees at the Department of Homeland Security to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency was never fulfilled, ProPublica found, but staffers were shocked at the directive not to report flaws back to the voting machine company. It demonstrates why state officials’ trust in CISA has eroded. [Link: This Cybersecurity Agency Is Supposed to Protect U.S. Elections. Officials Fear It’s Been Compromised by Trump. | https://www.propublica.org/article/cisa-election-security-donald-trump | ProPublica]
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The AI agents infiltrated more than 100 websites.
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But the issue is still open for the taking.
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Unfortunately, its rough edges make the $10,995 asking price feel a bit extravagant.
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Nathan Fielder’s three-hour documentary about Elizabeth Holmes raked in $15 million in its opening weekend. That’s double expectations and enough to place it in second place at the box office this weekend, behind only Street Fighter. What’s more, it’s the largest opening for a non-music or concert documentary since 2004’s Fahrenheit 9/11. [Link: ‘You Can See Everything’ Stuns With $15 Million Debut | https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/you-can-see-everything-box-office-nathan-fielder-elizabeth-holmes-huge-start-1236915640/ | Variety]