DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- More Americans now turn to AI to understand politics. Vote Smart built Civic Sage to guide voters through its researchers' work, not replace it. Version 2.0 is now available alongside a redesigned votesmart.org and the new Key Votes Index. Together, they give voters more ways to investigate candidates and elected officials before November.
On the 5th of November of 2021, Brazil came to a halt. In a tragedy that would lead to national mourning, the country’s most popular singer, Marília Mendonça, died in a plane crash that also took the lives of four other people. Now, almost five years after the shocking accident, Mendonça’s life and career will be seen on screen in great depth and intimacy for the first time thanks to Prime Video’s “Marília Mendonça – Sentimento Louco,” which had its world premiere at the Rio Film Festival.
There was a time when open worlds made of flying islands really seemed like the New Hotness. I guess The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the obvious trendsetter, but my mind always returns to Bossa's ill-fated aerial MMO Worlds Adrift. I have fond memories of a preview session in which a developer and I tried to rebuild a wildly rolling airship in a hurricane. We failed, but a good time was had plummeting and dying.
Patricia is the former editor-in-chief of Kotaku, where she spent a decade writing and editing. Prior to that, she served as the Culture Editor at Polygon, and as a reporter at The Verge. Hernandez specializes in Pokémon TCG, Nintendo, and offbeat internet culture stories.
Meta announced Wednesday that it took action against 33.2 million pieces of child sexual exploitation content on Facebook and Instagram in the first half of 2026. At the same time, the company is rolling out new AI tools to find ads and accounts that may be used to secretly direct people to illegal child abuse material.
Austin Manchester is a writer and editor living in New York City. At Polygon, he covers gaming and entertainment news, reviews new video games, interviews behind-the-scenes talent, and more. He enjoys discovering hidden gems and sharing them with Polygon's audience. Previously, he was the gaming editor for AIPT Comics and has written for other outlets like XDA, How-To Geek, and The List.
We still don't have a PC launch date for Grand Theft Auto 6, or even official confirmation that it's ever going to come our way, even though we all know it is. But for one brief shining moment, fans on PC had hope that maybe they'd be able to backdoor their way into the cool kids club—that despite the absence of a PC version, they might be able to play it on November 19 anyway, without having to shell out for a new game console.
As well as reinventing the campaign, Fuse Games comes for online racing
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Star Wars: Galactic Racer reinvents single-player racing games with its roguelike-style, run-based campaign, in which the player progresses through randomized events and upgrades a specialized build through a mixture of planning and chance. This was clearly signaled in advance by developer Fuse Games, but that didn't stop it coming as a shock to the system. It's invigorating to play a racing game that doesn't conform to well-worn traditions, and one that's unafraid to dump you back to the start after a few ill-timed crashes.
USA Network‘s rebuild of a scripted series roster continues with the renewal of Anna Pigeon.
The cable outlet has picked up a second season of the show, which stars Tracy Spiridakos (Chicago PD) as a crime-solving national park ranger. The renewal for Anna Pigeon, which is based on a series of novels by Nevada Barr, comes two days before its Oct. 9 season finale.
4K webcams are a bit of a niche. They're often too high resolution for many bits of software, but not quite powerful enough to beat out a dedicated camera. However, as they've become cheaper, they've genuinely become worth buying over 1080p webcams of similar prices.
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