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Jay Peters
Jay Peters
There’s a new Lord of the Rings game in the works from the developers of Kingdom Come: Deliverance.

Warhorse Studios is developing an “open-world Middle-Earth RPG” and a “new Kingdom Come adventure” The company says it will share more about both when “the time is right.”

A promotional image for Warhorse Studios about its new games. The text reads: “a new Kingdom Come adventure” and “an open world Middle-earth RPG”.
Image: Warhorse Studios
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
“You all have AI — actual intelligence.”

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak was a commencement speaker for Grand Valley State University a few weeks ago, and managed to mention AI without being booed or completely ruining the event.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
You can now print your Cairn ascent on a T-shirt.

It’s another way to remember your journey in what’s already a very memorable game.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
A game studio promoting an AI video contest is canceling the competition.

From Recreate Games, which was working on the contest for its multiplayer party game Party Animals:

Even though our original intention was to encourage more diverse forms of creative expression and lower the barrier to entry, allowing more players who love Party Animals to participate, we mistakenly tied “lowering the barrier” together with “using AI.” In doing so, we overlooked the potential offense and harm that the ongoing debate surrounding AI-generated content could cause to our players and the creator community.

Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Figma has a product design AI agent.

The new agent is initially available in Figma Design, and can be used to help with generated or editing design projects, and “automate busywork,” according to Figma’s announcement. This is the latest creative company to launch an AI assistant, following Canva and several examples from Adobe.

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
ADT is back in Blu.

Its new DIY security system, ADT Blu, revives the Blue by ADT name (the company’s last attempt at an off-the-shelf system) and uses the same hardware as ADT Plus (its self- or pro-installed system). But it’s DIY-only and can be bought on Amazon. The other difference? No Google Nest cameras. The system comes with new ADT cameras. Pricing for ADT Blue starts at $249.

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<em>ADT Blu kits range from $249 to $389 and require a monitoring plan. These include a standalone camera subscription at $9.99 per month, paid self-monitoring at $14.99, and professional monitoring at $24.99 to $34.99.</em>
<em>The base station is the same as in the ADT Plus system and features Thread and Z-Wave radios along with Wi-Fi, cellular, Bluetooth, and DECT UL.</em>
<em>The new cameras feature an indoor and outdoor model and range from $69-$109.</em>
<em>The cameras offer AI video features to deliver smart alerts.</em>
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ADT Blu kits range from $249 to $389 and require a monitoring plan. These include a standalone camera subscription at $9.99 per month, paid self-monitoring at $14.99, and professional monitoring at $24.99 to $34.99.
Image: ADT
Trump is waging a silent war on legal immigration

ICE raids are the most visible attack on undocumented communities, but Trump has quietly wielded bureaucracy on legal immigrants, too.

Gaby Del Valle
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
LinkedIn is cracking down on spammy AI-generated comments.

The platform began limiting the visibility of content deemed “generic or repetitive” earlier this year, and now it’s expanding this system to “low-effort” comments that may be AI-generated. That includes comments posted across LinkedIn using automation tools with “little or no human involvement,” as well as ones that “restate the original post without sharing anything new.”

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Now you can link your Hulu profile to Disney Plus.

You can bring over your Hulu watch history, watchlist, and recommendations to Disney Plus if you subscribe to both services. This comes as part of Disney’s plans to create a unified streaming app, though the company tells Variety it has “no current plans” to get rid of the Hulu app.

Image: Disney