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An industry insider and journalist with a proven track record has speculated on a potential second delay for Grand Theft Auto 6, which could push its release date from May to October 2026. While Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has reassured fans that Rockstar is confident in Grand Theft Auto 6‘s new release date, reports continue to emerge from various …

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is making support for its Themed Icons feature mandatory by automatically generating themed icons for apps that don’t already provide one. This change addresses inconsistent home screens, as many developers currently opt out of providing a themed icon for branding or design reasons. To enforce this, Google updated its Play Store policy today, …

Team Cherry has detailed what’s planned for Hollow Knight: Silksong‘s second patch, but don’t expect any balance changes as with the first. “Where the first patch dealt mainly with critical issues,” the studio said in the patch notes, “this next one focuses on a few still remaining, while also cleaning up some bugs around specific tools”. This …

The date 9/16/25 represents a Pythagorean triple — that is, 32 +42 = 52. marekuliasz/iStockphoto/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption marekuliasz/iStockphoto/Getty Images Once a century, a very special day comes along. That day is today — 9/16/25. Pi Day (3/14) often comes with sweet treats; Square Root Day (4/4/16 or 5/5/25, for example) has a certain numerical rhyme. But the …

My colleagues didn’t believe me when I told them all my app icons looked slightly crooked after updating my iPhone 16 Pro to iOS 26 and getting Apple’s new Liquid Glass user interface. I told our staff reporter Kyle Barr—an all-round consumer tech guru, mind you—to look at my home screen and tell me that my icons were tilting slightly …

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Spotify is improving its experience for free users. The service will now let non-paid subscribers pick and play the song they want. These users will also be able to play a song shared by a friend or artist. Spotify has long been focused on improving the Premium experience. For example, Premium members recently started …

Roku Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways The first Roku TV projector is now available for purchase. Made by Aurzen, the Cube works indoors or outdoors for movie nights. The D1R Cube has 1080p HD and a 40-150 inch projection size Roku just announced its first projector, the Aurzen Roku TV Smart Projector …

The new Apple Watch lineup launches on Friday, and Woot has a well-timed sale on an assortment of Apple’s Solo Loop and Braided Solo Loop watchbands. Solo Loop bands are marked down to $14.99 ($34 off), while Braided Solo Loop bands are on sale for $29.99 ($69 off). These bands are also compatible with previous-generation Apple Watch models. If you’re …

Apple’s third-gen pro earbuds make a very strong case for upgrading. Alongside all those iPhones and Watches, Apple revealed the AirPods Pro 3, packing in major new features, like live translation and heart-rate sensing, all while tangibly boosting active noise cancellation (ANC). Those ANC upgrades? Ultra-low-noise microphones combine with advanced computational audio to silence even more noise, while new foam-infused …

At its Made on YouTube live event on Tuesday, the company unveiled new generative AI tools for Shorts creators. YouTube is bringing a custom version of Google’s text-to-video generative AI model, Veo 3, to Shorts, along with a new remixing tool, an “Edit with AI” feature, and more. The custom version of Veo 3, called Veo 3 Fast, generates outputs …