Tim Cook’s last earnings call comes at momentous time for Apple with stock at record

Apple's CEO Tim Cook and John Ternus, Apple's next CEO, attend the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, July 9, 2026.

Yoshi-P is looking into ways to make FF14's 5 expansions and hundreds of hours less daunting for new players

Final Fantasy 14 may be an MMO, but it's certainly never sacrificed the series' talent for excellent storytelling. It's stuffed with incredible worldbuilding, a cherished cast of characters, and heart-wrenching story beats that'll get players shedding a tear from just hearing a few notes from a song that played during a cutscene.

How Perplexity Actually Picks Sources (I Read The Stream, Not The Answers)

I promised this one at the end of the ChatGPT teardown. I’ve since had to go back to ChatGPT again in a follow-up because it moved under me while the post was still fresh. Perplexity was next, so here it is.

The best mini-LED 1440p gaming monitor this year has dropped to its lowest price with $80 off

The memory crisis may be continuing to rage, and taking much of the internals of your PC with it, but gaming monitors have become some of the very best deals around.

Don Lemon Signs Podcasting Deal With Libsyn in Move to Grow Network (Exclusive)

Don Lemon has signed a three-year hosting and advertising deal with Libsyn for his podcast and affiliated shows. 

Per the agreement, Libsyn will host and monetize Lemon’s flagship audio and video podcast, The Don Lemon Show, as well as his companion shows, Lemon Live at 5, Hot Topics and Lemon Drop. With the deal in place, Lemon wants to soon bring more shows, hosted by other creators, into the network, with topics outside of politics, and broaden distribution to online platforms such as MSN or on FAST channels. 

Nike was once China's sneaker king. Here's why its sales have fallen 30%

Workers install a Nike logo lamp outside the Wukesong Arena in Beijing, Aug. 28, 2019.

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By all accounts, Nike's business in China should be firing on all cylinders.        

Xbox's new bet on advertising could shake up gaming — if players don't revolt

Xbox's new bet on advertising could shake up gaming — if players don't revolt

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Serve refreshments and spot demons in Night Plane, a PSX-style horror job sim about being a flight attendant in 1999

The seatbelt icon has been switched on so would you please stop levitating

There's been a glut of horror-themed job sims lately, from 2025's atrocious smileorama Hellmart to the recent multiplayer offering Shift At Midnight, in which you try not to endorse the existence of any doppelgangers by accidentally selling them groceries. It's been fun, but friends, we have now gone too far.

Silent Hill: Townfall's director finds it 'utterly terrifying to be the next one in the series' but is still confident fans will enjoy the experience

We're in the count down phase for Silent Hill: Townfall, and while we don't have a preview yet (you're going to have to wait until Gamescom), Screen Burn's director Jon McKellan and series producer Motoi Okamoto have been discussing that next instalment, what fans can expect from the foggy shores of St. Amelia, and what it's like following on from the incredible Silent Hill f.

Housing and healthcare need less red tape to lower costs, Colorado's Hickenlooper tells CNBC

Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper delivers a 20-minute campaign speech at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair August 10, 2019 in Des Moines, Iowa.

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