FL Studio 2026 turns its AI chatbot into your assistant engineer
FL Studio 2026 turns its AI chatbot into your assistant engineer

Last year, Image Line introduced Gopher for FL Studio, an AI chatbot that was basically a glorified instruction manual. You asked it how to do something, and it would serve up the relevant instructions. It’s the kind of thing I actually use AI for on a semi-regular basis. But in the new release, Gopher can […]

Of course Samantha Morton will be the best part of The Odyssey — this ‘devastating’ drama you can stream now proved why long before Christopher Nolan’s standing ovation

Samantha Morton’s performance as Circe in The Odyssey has the Christopher Nolan seal of approval — but there’s an obvious reason why we should have seen her brilliance coming.

Microsoft’s Xbox reset is pivoting Obsidian to make Fallout instead of Avowed
Microsoft’s Xbox reset is pivoting Obsidian to make Fallout instead of Avowed

As part of Microsoft’s big Xbox “reset,” which includes layoffs affecting 3,200 staffers, jettisoning studios, and shifting investments to focus on “higher priority projects,” Obsidian Entertainment is changing its plans. The studio, behind games like Grounded and The Outer Worlds, is starting work on a new Fallout title and has canceled “multiple projects,” including a […]

If Microsoft sold off Xbox, who would even buy it?
If Microsoft sold off Xbox, who would even buy it?

This week, Microsoft took a huge ax to its Xbox business. The company announced that it would be laying off 1,600 workers now, 1,600 more over the next fiscal year, and that it would be shedding four studios. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma hasn’t been shy about why she’s making such dramatic cuts, saying in a […]

Targeted by scammers, adult content creators are getting hacked government sites removed

Scammers are using adult creators’ names to poison trusted government and university websites, while copyright complaints are quietly pushing thousands of malicious pages out of Google.

The Steam Machine fits my TV, my desk, and my life
The Steam Machine fits my TV, my desk, and my life

For the last couple weeks, I’ve been in an extremely lucky position: I’ve been spending a lot of time playing games on Valve’s Steam Machine. We gave the Steam Machine a 6, and I don’t disagree with my colleague Sean Hollister’s review. But even though I already own a PS5 and an Xbox Series X, […]

Your Netflix homepage is about to look a lot more like YouTube

Netflix has struck licensing deals with several major publishers to bring short-form video from popular outlets directly to its homepage.

Of course viewers are giving up on Netflix shows
Of course viewers are giving up on Netflix shows

Even though Netflix is the world’s most popular paid streaming service, the company has been struggling to keep viewers watching its series after their first seasons. Beef – the streamer’s anthology about people locked in feuds – lost 70 percent of its viewership when it returned earlier this year. There seems to be some confusion […]

Netflix is about to host videos from BuzzFeed, Condé Nast, and other publishers
Netflix is about to host videos from BuzzFeed, Condé Nast, and other publishers

Starting on August 3rd, Netflix’s streaming library will include video content from dozens of digital media brands including BuzzFeed, Condé Nast, Hearst Magazines, People Inc, and Tastemade. As reported earlier by TechCrunch, the deal includes a mix of licensed past videos and new ongoing series that would have typically been published on YouTube or other […]