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Footage that appears to be gameplay from an unannounced remake of Atlus’ original Persona 1 surfaced online this week. A YouTube channel named P1REMAKE, created in 2010 and with only two prior uploads, posted a nearly two‑minute video that quickly spread to Reddit and other platforms. The clip shows modernized graphics, music and effects consistent with Atlus’ recent style, and includes character animations that mirror those used in the upcoming Persona 4 Revival, such as Eriko’s summoning move. Viewers [...]

OpenAI’s newest fundraising round has been trimmed from an earlier $30 billion target to $20 billion, according to the Financial Times. The round, led by investors from the United Arab Emirates, is expected to close at a figure lower than the revised target, with a retail tranche for high‑net‑worth individuals potentially filling the gap. The Wall Street Journal reports the company has secured $11 billion so far and encountered a “tepid” response from several large investors. Analysts link the softer [...]

Apple TV’s November lineup emphasizes original content, launching with the second season of Owen Wilson’s golf comedy “Stick” on Nov. 4 and closing with Chris Pratt‑headlined film “Way of the Warrior Kid” on Nov. 25. The month also adds Awkwafina’s culinary docuseries “The Unlikely Cook” (Nov. 6), the heist‑drama “12 12 12” starring Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan (Nov. 13), and the disability‑rights biopic “Being Heumann” (Nov. 13), directed by Oscar‑winning Sian Heder. Ongoing series receive finales, including “Brothers,” “Small Prophets,” and “Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin [...]

A federal judge denied xAI’s motion to dismiss the NAACP‑filed lawsuit alleging the SpaceX‑owned AI firm operated its Colossus data‑center turbines without required permits. The Southern Environmental Law Center, representing the NAACP, says at least 35 combustion turbines have been running at the Memphis‑area site in violation of the Clean Air Act. Judge Debra M. Brown ruled the plaintiffs have statutory standing and that the turbines are not “mobile sources” under Mississippi’s State Implementation Plan, allowing the [...]

Anthropic has updated its Claude AI assistant to block the creation of direct copies of existing video games. The new rule, added to Claude Code on Oct. 27 under the flag “tengu_heron_brook,” instructs the model to generate only original games, genre‑based concepts, or titles built from a user’s own assets, and to refuse requests that replicate a specific game even if renamed. The change follows a surge of AI‑generated “game clones” that flooded Steam during the recent Next [...]

The TechCrunch Founder Summit, presented by Fidelity Private Shares, will take place on November 4 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station, offering a full day of structured networking for founders and venture capitalists. Powered by Braindate, the event’s Networking Lounge lets participants pre‑schedule one‑on‑one and small‑group talks on specific topics, turning session insights into follow‑up conversations. Additional formats include topic‑driven roundtables, breakout panels that field audience questions, an Expo Hall for partner interactions, and a closing reception for informal [...]

EA’s Madrid office was vandalized with the phrase “Save Mass Effect” after the publisher announced the shutdown of BioWare and the cancellation of the Mass Effect: Universe project. The graffiti, captured by Reddit user Ok_Link9625, appears in two locations near the building’s entrance and on an exterior wall. The tags arrive amid a rapidly growing fan movement that began when EA placed the sci‑fi RPG series on indefinite hold earlier this month. A petition supporting the franchise [...]

Indie developer Michael Huang released Pumpkin Lights, a free macOS 14 Sonoma‑compatible menu‑bar utility that adds a ray‑traced, physics‑enabled jack‑o‑lantern (or hanging bulb) to toggle Light and Dark mode. Users can grow multiple pumpkin designs, choose from four color schemes, and customize the rope, glow and motion. Beyond mode switching, the app can launch a chosen app or website, keep the Mac awake, mute sound, execute a command, or trigger a Shortcut. The pumpkin reacts to clicks and pulls, allowing users [...]