Video-game performers are tallying final votes on a three-year deal that delivers double-digit raises and strict rules on AI likeness usage—potentially ending an 11-month strike if ratified later tonight.

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Figma’s community launched its global World Tour today, streaming back-to-back talks from London to Karachi—spotlighting AI workflows, design leadership, and Figma’s latest prototype tools.

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At its New York Unpacked keynote, Samsung unveiled an 8-inch, thinner Galaxy Z Fold 7, a larger-battery Flip 7, and a Watch 8 trio—each powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite and loaded with new Galaxy AI features.

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A fresh GitHub MCP update adds a “delegate” command so devs can spin up Copilot coding agents to refactor files, write tests, or draft docs in the background—without leaving their IDE flow.

Q&A up-start Perplexity rolled out Comet, a desktop and mobile browser that bakes generative search, sidebar chat, and privacy-preserving summaries right into the address bar—no plug-ins required.

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Chip-giant Nvidia closed at a record valuation above $4 trillion, cementing its status as the first semiconductor firm to join the four-comma club—and underscoring Wall Street’s bet that AI compute is still in hyper-growth mode.

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Nintendo confirmed Metroid Prime 4: Beyond lands December 12 on Switch 2 and Switch, unveiling drop-in four-player co-op and a cinematic trailer that lit up today’s Treehouse Live stream.

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Pantone debuted Digital Twin Palettes that sync color data across print, web, and XR headsets in real time—no more surprise hues when assets jump between media.

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IBM announced Power11 systems sporting on-package AI accelerators that slash inference latency by 60 % versus Power10, targeting real-time fraud detection and supply-chain analytics workloads.

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GitHub rolled out CodeQL 3.0, adding nonstop taint-flow analysis that flags insecure object chains while you type. Early testers report 40 % faster scans and higher precision in spotting injection risks.