Bradley Beal’s time with the Phoenix Suns is over. Beal reached a buyout with the Suns on Wednesday, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania, ending his two-season run with the franchise. Beal is now expected to sign a two-year, $11 million deal with the Los Angeles Clippers. The deal will include a player option for the 2026-2027 season, which would make …
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ZeniMax Online devs will reportedly soon be hit by Microsoft layoffs
Just under two weeks ago, Microsoft announced it was laying off 9,000 employees across its workforce and revealed it had cancelled ZeniMax Online Studios’ new MMORPG codenamed Blackbird (along with Rare’s Everwild and the Perfect Dark reboot, with the latter’s development studio The Initiative shuttered). Now, a report suggests ZeniMax devs who worked on the game will soon be affected …
Read More »Apple Reportedly Taps Samsung Display for First Foldable iPhone Screens
As we saw earlier this year, Samsung Display knows folds. And apparently, that innovation has led them to a major win — producing crease-free displays for the iPhone’s first foldable cellphone in 2026. Samsung Display, which is an entirely separate company from Samsung itself, produces screens for many other companies. It will reportedly begin mass production of its flexible folding screens …
Read More »Laid off Candy Crush studio staff reportedly replaced by the AI tools they helped build
Microsoft’s extensive gaming portfolio was hit hard by sweeping earlier this month. The situation appears to have been particularly galling for staff at Candy Crush developer King who are reportedly set to be replaced by AI tools they worked on. Multiple anonymous sources have told that a number of narrative, UX, level design and user research staffers at King have …
Read More »Trey Smith, Chiefs Reportedly Agree to $94M Contract as Top-Paid Guard in NFL History
The Kansas City Chiefs are reportedly about to pay a steep price to keep one of their best offensive linemen. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported the reigning AFC champions are have agreed to a four-year, $94 million contract with Trey Smith that will make him the top-paid offensive guard in NFL history. Fox Sports’ Jordan Schultz first reported a deal was …
Read More »NBA Reportedly Doesn’t Have ‘Overwhelming Momentum’ For Expansion Amid Seattle Rumors
The NBA’s board of governors is set to meet in Las Vegas on Tuesday to discuss potential expansion, but there reportedly isn’t much optimism that a new franchise in Seattle, Las Vegas or another city will be announced soon. According to The Athletic’s David Aldridge and Mike Vorkunov, multiple sources said that “while Seattle remains a top candidate for a …
Read More »Candy Crush developer King reportedly replacing laid off staff with AI tools they helped to build
Candy Crush developer King is reportedly replacing laid off staff with AI tools they helped to build. At the start of the month, Microsoft announced around 9000 employees would be laid off. This included roughly 200 staff from King. Now, in a report from MobileGamer.biz, sources stated they’ve spent the last few years building and training AI tools, which will …
Read More »Pixel Watch 4 reportedly gets a battery boost and faster charging
According to a new report, Google’s Pixel Watch 4 will get a bigger battery and even faster charging, despite offering a similar overall package. To date, we’ve not heard a ton about the Pixel Watch 4 series. Renders surfaced back in April with the same design as the existing Pixel Watch 3, though a different charging setup than the existing …
Read More »Rumour: Major Third-Party Devs Reportedly Sitting On Multiple Switch 2 Announcements
Image: Nintendo Life As you’ve likely seen by now, there’s a new rumour from the latest Nate the Hate podcast about a Nintendo Direct potentially taking place some time after the launch of Donkey Kong Bananza. In the same episode, the YouTuber and podcaster has touched on the subject of future third-party support for the Switch 2, and how although …
Read More »Meta is reportedly using actual tents to build data centers
Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg are in a hurry to build their superintelligence tech. The company has been poaching AI researchers, while Zuckerberg announced on Monday that Meta is building a 5-gigawatt data center called Hyperion. The urgency is palpable. As SemiAnalysis reported last week and Business Insider noted, Meta is so eager to boost its computing power that it’s …
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