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Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Opera GX is getting even more customizable.

The gaming-focused web browser is rolling out a new design and more responsive UI engine, which allows users to customize opacity, blur, focus modes, and more.

The update also makes it easier to see which tabs are running video calls, adds AI upscaling for images and video, and a forced dark mode that can be applied to all web pages.

Here’s what the new UI looks like on desktop and mobile.
Here’s what the new UI looks like on desktop and mobile.
Image: Opera
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
SpaceX says its 6th Starship flight test ‘delivered.’

The Starship vehicle successfully reignited a single Raptor engine while in space before splashing down in the Indian Ocean, writes SpaceX.

Unlike the 5th flight test, this one didn’t include a tower catch for the booster, as “automated health checks of critical hardware on the launch and catch tower triggered an abort of the catch attempt,” and it diverted to the Gulf of Mexico.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Comcast is reportedly going through with a plan to spin off its cable business.

MSNBC, CNBC, USA, Oxygen, E! and more will be spun out, The Wall Street Journal reports. Comcast will keep Bravo, Peacock, and NBC. The plan, which Comcast had already signaled it was considering, will apparently be announced tomorrow.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Bluesky now has more than 20 million users.

CEO Jay Graber, who was on Decoder earlier this year, marked the occasion with a thread of 20 fun facts, like this one:

Adi Robertson
Adi Robertson
Social media, the card game.

Couldn’t get enough of Trust & Safety Tycoon? Cocreator and Bluesky board member Mike Masnick is crowdfunding a card game, inspired by Touring, about growing a social network while running your competition into the ground. It’s called One Billion Users, and if I ever end up playing, I’m totally nabbing the “Hellsite” card.

Image: Mike Masnick
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Bad day for tax software companies.

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-leads of the “Department of Government Efficiency”, have apparently discussed making a mobile app for free tax filing, reports The Washington Post, and that sent Intuit and H&R Block shares down, according to CNBC.

Wonder what Intuit’s CEO thinks about the news.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Trump will be at today’s Starship test.

The launch is happening in Boca Chica, Texas and is scheduled for 5PM ET. SpaceX’s stream for the launch is live now.