According to Forbes, Sandfall’s RPG ‘Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’ is the overwhelming favorite to win Game of the Year at The Game Awards on December 11. The game has a record 12 nominations and betting markets give it 94% odds to take the top prize.
Princeton Digital Group is accelerating construction on its large data center campus in Johor, Malaysia. The move comes as the company secures billions in financing to fuel its expansion across the fast-growing Asia Pacific region.
Natasha Lyonne is launching an AI film company, Asteria Film Co., using the Moonvalley model. She says the AI-generated “actress” Tilly Norwood is a fear tactic, and creatives need to engage with the tech, not avoid it.
According to a rumor, Microsoft might be trying to bring official Xbox 360 backwards compatibility to Windows PCs and handhelds. The company has teased big plans for the Xbox brand’s 25th anniversary in 2026. But it’s all very speculative for now.
The Trump administration is pushing forward with an executive order to limit state AI regulations. AI Czar David Sacks is trying to quell concerns, insisting it won’t override local control on data centers or child safety laws.
Malaysia’s state of Johor has formally launched the 7,300-acre Ibrahim Technopolis (IBTEC), designed as Asia’s largest innovation sandbox. Part of a new special economic zone with Singapore, it aims to create over 20,000 jobs and has already secured over $7 billion in data center investments.
The Linux kernel is flipping a switch for better storage performance. In version 6.19, per-CPU BIO caching will be enabled by default, a move that showed a nice speed bump in early tests.
The U.S. is reportedly preparing to lift export restrictions on Nvidia’s H200 AI chip for the Chinese market. This follows a thaw in relations and could add over $15 billion to Nvidia’s revenue. But the company faces cooling investor enthusiasm and rising competition on all sides.
The upcoming Mesa 26.0 graphics driver stack is packing some serious upgrades for Linux users. It’s bringing initial support for Qualcomm’s newest Adreno Gen 8 graphics and has finalized OpenGL mesh shader support for AMD Radeon hardware.
Major law firms like Kirkland & Ellis and Latham & Watkins faced pressure to make deals with the new Trump administration in early 2025. Meanwhile, they’re racing to build AI tools powered by their own secret data to stay ahead.
