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Meta pushes scraping terms to 20 November after backlash
Meta has delayed its new business terms from 30 October to 20 November after news publishers and UK and EU regulators objected to its crawling clause.
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Upcoming desk
Suki Marr covers the Upcoming desk, with 20 stories on films, games and devices before they arrive, most of them pinned to a date. Pieces run from Dune: Part Three's 18 December release to Pokémon Legends: Z-A's Switch 2 bundle, Googlebook's Australian launch, and Microsoft's Windows and Surface event on 7 October.
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Phantom Blade Zero launch trailer lands before 29 October
S-GAME's Phantom Blade Zero launch trailer is out. The wuxia action game hits PS5 and PC on 29 October, with physical PS5 copies due in 2027.
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Idris Elba sinks under the sea in Above the Below trailer
Lionsgate's first trailer for Above the Below traps Idris Elba's astronauts under the ocean. The survival thriller opens in US cinemas on 4 December.
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Disney hires most of Character.AI's staff in bankruptcy deal
Disney is paying US$20 million for a licence to Character.AI's tech and about US$180 million over three years for the staff it hired.
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Stranger Than Heaven trailer starts Act 1 in 1915 Kokura
Sega's first story trailer for Stranger Than Heaven follows Makoto Daito from a ship to Kokura in 1915. The game launches on 15 January 2027.
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Schwab and JPMorgan join sites locking out AI agents
Schwab's CEO says AI agents like Meta's Muse won't get into client accounts, joining JPMorgan, Amazon, Delta and Yelp. The Verge tallied it on 17 October.
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The Mummy: Book of the Dead sets Fraser return for 2027
Universal has titled Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz's fourth Mummy film The Mummy: Book of the Dead. It opens in cinemas on 15 October 2027.
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iPhone Duo sells out, Apple shipping slips to 25 January
Apple's US$1,999 iPhone Duo sold out within 30 minutes of pre-orders opening on 16 October. New Apple US store orders won't ship until 25 January 2027.
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Meta's Muse Spark Open runs on Apple Mac Studios via MLX
Meta's 816 billion parameter open model runs on two or four M5 Ultra Mac Studios using Apple's MLX. No cloud needed, but the hardware bill is steep.
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Arizona Sunshine leaves VR on 21 January 2027
Vertigo Games has dated its third-person Arizona Sunshine remake for PS5, Xbox, Switch 2 and PC, with a playable dog and split-screen co-op.
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Gerwig's Narnia trailer locks theatres for 12 February
Greta Gerwig's Narnia: The Magician's Nephew trailer is out. IMAX sneaks start 10 February, theatres open 12 February and Netflix follows on 2 April.