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The studio behind the show said on social media this week that a season two is coming, and it’s already in production. Delicious in Dungeon's first season just wrapped up on Netflix, where it was released on a weekly schedule.
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In the Playdate game Penrose, your past has come back to haunt you
Are you more than your past? This seems to be the question at the heart of 'Penrose', a short but impactful psychological horror game for Playdate by Liza Olson. It's available to sideload or play on the Playdate Simulator.
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NASA’s 47-year-old Voyager 1 probe is back in action after months of technical issues
NASA engineers have managed to get the long-running Voyager 1 space probe fully back in working order after some seven months of technical difficulties. In November 2023, the spacecraft started sending back unreadable data.
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Apple reportedly has plans for a thinner iPhone, MacBook Pro and Apple Watch
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple is planning to release a slew of slimmed-down products, including a thinner MacBook Pro, Apple Watch and iPhone. It follows earlier reports of a slimmer iPhone coming with the iPhone 17 in 2025.
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The Lollipop Chainsaw remaster comes out on September 25
Dragami Games announced this week that its remastered version of the game, 'Lollipop Chainsaw RePop', comes out on September 25 for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and Steam.
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One of Stephen King’s best recent novels is being made into a show for MGM+
MGM+ has ordered an eight-episode series based on Stephen King’s 2019 novel, The Institute, Deadline reported this week. Production starts later this year in Nova Scotia.
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Cybertruck buyers say they’ve been told deliveries are paused due windshield wiper problems
Tesla hasn’t publicly confirmed any such problems, but commenters on the Cybertruck Owners Club forum and Reddit said they were notified that deliveries have been halted and their pickup dates were pushed back a week
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US military reportedly used social media to spread anti-vax propaganda in the Philippines
The US military used fake social media accounts to spread propaganda that was designed to discredit China’s COVID-19 vaccine in the Philippines during the height of the pandemic, according to a bombshell report from Reuters.
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Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday review: What legend?
Doctor Who's first season races to its conclusion with "The Legend of Ruby Sunday."
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Until Dawn's original actors will not star in its film adaptation
PlayStation Productions and Screen Gems have announced the cast for the upcoming movie adaptation of the interactive horror game Until Dawn.
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One of the biggest games on Steam right now is… a clickable banana
One of the biggest games on Steam right now is called Banana. It’s essentially a clicker game, but with a monetary twist.
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Metaphor: ReFantazio feels like a JRPG free from restraint and sanity
Atlus' giant fantasy RPG 'Metaphor: ReFantazio' has been a long time in the making. After rolling through a demo at Summer Game Fest last weekend, I’m dying to play it.
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The Google Pixel Tablet with charging speaker dock is $130 off right now
The Google Pixel Tablet with charging speaker dock is $130 off right now. That’s a discount of more than 25 percent.
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Apple's MacBook Air M3 hits a new low, plus the rest of the week's best tech deals
This week's best tech deals include several discounts on the M3 MacBook Air, the Beats Solo 4 for $130, the Amazon Echo Buds for $35 and more.
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Amazon Prime Day 2024: Deals to shop ahead of Prime Day and everything we know about the sale in July
Here's everything you need to know about Amazon Prime Day 2024, including when the shopping event will take place, the deals we expect and more.
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Picsart and Getty are making an AI image generator entirely trained on licensed content
Picsart and Getty are making an AI image generator entirely trained on licensed content. The manufactured pictures will have full commercial rights.
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What is RCS and how is it different from SMS and iMessage?
This week, Apple announced it would offer RCS support starting in 2024. Here's what that means for the future of chat between iOS and Android devices.
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If Clearview AI scanned your face, you may get equity in the company
Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI has just agreed to an unusual settlement to a class action lawsuit,.
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Engadget Podcast: The fallout from Apple’s WWDC 2024 and Summer Game Fest
This week has felt like a month worth of news, now that we've wrapped up Apple's WWDC 2024 and Summer Game Fest in LA.