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Emma Roth

PUBG developer is making Palworld mobile amid Nintendo lawsuit

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Palworld developer Pocketpair may be facing a lawsuit from Nintendo, but that’s not stopping it from pursuing a mobile version of the game. On Wednesday, Krafton — the publisher behind PUBG: Battlegrounds — announced that it acquired the license for Palworld and will optimize it for mobile gaming, as reported earlier by Polygon.

According to a translated version of the post, Krafton says it aims to “faithfully reinterpret” Palworld’s “main fun elements...

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Richard Lawler

A Bank of America outage is showing blanked-out account balances

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First, it was Spotify, then Verizon, then PlayStation, and now it’s apparently Bank of America’s turn to have an outage this week. Some customers have reported problems accessing their bank accounts on Wednesday, with the balances showing $0 or “—-” instead of what should be there.

Reports spiked just before 1PM ET on Downdetector, with posts across X and Reddit from people reporting that their account balances don’t show...

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Antonio G. Di Benedetto

Zelda’s new solo adventure on the Nintendo Switch is already on a small sale

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Zelda’s first time out as a playable character in the lands of Hyrule launched less than a week ago, but you can already get her new game with a modest discount. The physical cartridge version of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is on sale at Woot for $51.99 ($8 off) through October 4th (or until it sells out, which happened briefly before an unexpected restock).

Echoes of Wisdom is quite different from your typical Legend of Zelda...

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Sheena Vasani

The Garmin Lily 2 Active watch finally adds GPS and buttons

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Today, Garmin announced the Lily 2 Active, a sportier version of the fashion-forward Garmin Lily 2. For $50 more, you get buttons and built-in GPS, which addresses some of our main complaints with the original Lily 2.

Built-in GPS is a particularly welcome update, as it means you can now accurately track outdoor activities like running and cycling without needing a smartphone. The wearable’s pair of side buttons are a nice touch, too, given the Lily 2’s touch...

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Gaby Del Valle

The feds still can’t get into Eric Adams’ phone

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who was indicted last week on charges including fraud, bribery, and soliciting donations from foreign nationals, told federal investigators he forgot his phone password before handing it over, according to charging documents. That was almost a year ago, and investigators still can’t get into the phone, prosecutors said Wednesday.

During a federal court hearing, prosecutor Hagan Scotten said the FBI’s inability to...

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Umar Shakir

Tesla’s cheapest Model 3 is no longer available

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Tesla is no longer selling the sub-$40,000 rear-wheel drive Standard Range version of the Model 3 that has been in the company’s lineup since 2023. The most affordable trim is now the Model 3 RWD Long Range that starts at $42,490. The change was first pointed out by Electrek and comes as Tesla announces a year-over-year increase of vehicle deliveries in its third quarter of 2024.

Tesla has slashed — and raised — prices numerous times over the past few years as it...

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Patrick Kingsley, Eric Schmitt and Ronen Bergman

After Iran’s Missile Attack, Israel May Be Ready to Risk All-Out War

Israel seems ready to respond in a much more forceful and public way with Iran after Tehran launched its second massive missile attack on Israel this year, analysts and officials say.

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Alan Feuer and Charlie Savage

Judge Unseals New Evidence in Federal Election Case Against Trump

Judge Tanya Chutkan made public portions of a filing by prosecutors setting out their argument for why the case should go forward despite the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity.

Fast Company

Sadiya Kherani

TSLA troubles: Tesla stock falls 4% after deliveries disappoint—but the robotaxi could be coming soon

Elon Musk’s EV company delivered fewer cars in Q3 than Wall Street expected, but Tesla is planning an event to reveal the designs of its robotaxi later this month.

On Wednesday, Tesla announced its third-quarter (Q3) productions, deliveries, and deployments report, causing stocks to fall more than 4% as of this writing.

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The Conversation

Trump and Harris haven’t set clean energy plans yet. It’s out of their control anyway

Whatever policies the next president sets, domestic energy trends will depend largely on market forces.

Although Vice President Kamala Harris touts clean energy and Donald Trump makes misleading assertions and false claims about it, neither candidate has set forth a comprehensive energy plan. Even if they do, a gridlocked Congress would be unlikely to pass it.

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The Conversation

Afrofuturism is thriving in Philly. Here are 5 artists that you need to know

One of the greatest avant-garde jazz musicians of the 20th century, Sun Ra is also an Afrofuturist icon.

From the creation of the Liberty Bell in the 1750s to the world-famous Philadelphia Sound soul music of the 1960s and ’70s, artistic innovation has long been a staple in Philly history. Today, the city’s thriving Afrofuturist scene is continuing this legacy.

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Associated Press

Digital tools help companies retain hourly workers, WorkJam CEO says

WorkJam CEO and co-founder Steve Kramer recently spoke with The Associated Press about how companies can better retain hourly workers.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the resetting of the economy that followed it made hourly workers more aware of their value. Some experts think employers should expect to field demands for flexible hours and other workplace incentives even as the labor market weakens.

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Reuters

Big Oil paid over $42 billion to foreign governments in 2023

The disclosures from Exxon Mobil, Chevron Corp, and ConocoPhillips were required this year for the first time ever under a new Securities and Exchange Commission requirement.

The three largest U.S. energy exploration companies paid more than $42 billion to foreign governments last year, about eight times more than what they paid in the United States, according to regulatory filings.

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I Can Guess Your Receiving Love Language (The One You Crave) Based On Your European Food Choices

Gift-giving as a love language is so misunderstood.

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Mashable

How to connect your iPhone to a satellite to send messages

A cell phone can feel like a Swiss Army knife of the 21st century — until you lose cellular or data service. Then it becomes a so-called brick that you obsessively pick up, hoping to see that WiFi or cell signal has returned.

Whether you've lost connectivity because of an unexpected outage, natural disaster, or you're in a remote location, newer generation iPhones running iOS 18 the ability to tap into satellite service.

iPhone owners can now send non-emergency messages via iMessage and...

Mashable

Gen Z is shopping more on Snapchat than TikTok or Instagram, study shows

If it feels like every time you log onto social media you're being marketed to, there's good reason — you are, and that's because it works.

According to a new report from research firm EMARKETER, "high shares of shoppers" across the board are buying content from creators on all platforms.

The people most influenced by creators to shop are young people, particularly Gen Z shoppers, while the people least likely are baby boomers. The platform that influences creator-driven shopping the most is...

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Dana Goldstein

Vance and Walz Embrace Cheaper Child Care in a Rare Moment of Agreement in the Campaign

Both vice-presidential candidates say the government should spend more on child care, a rare point of agreement. But there are still major differences in how they talk about families and gender roles.

Fast Company

Hunter Schwarz

Of course there was a Diet Mountain Dew ad during the vice presidential debate

Red, blue, and radioactive green.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Senator JD Vance of Ohio are both Midwesterners running for the same job.

Fast Company

Reuters

China invested over $100 billion overseas in cleantech since 2023

‘The investments from Chinese private companies are largely driven by the need to circumvent trade barriers.’

Chinese firms’ overseas investments in clean energy technology projects have exceeded $100 billion since the start of 2023 as they aim to avoid tariffs in the U.S. and elsewhere, Australian research group Climate Energy Finance (CEF) said on Wednesday.

Fast Company

Jennifer Mattson

JD Vance didn’t like being fact-checked on the spot, so the CBS debate moderators cut the mics

Tuesday’s VP debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz was, for the most part, a civil exchange focused on policy. But one contentious moment stood out.

Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate between Republican nominee JD Vance and Democratic nominee Tim Walz was, for the most part, a civil exchange, focused on policy—especially when compared to last month’s presidential debate.

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