Sherwood News investigated. I’m personally a little doubtful, but the listing Sherwood News found does look close to what’s in the office.

The US government told Nvidia on April 9th that the company would need a license to export its H20 AI chip to China, Reuters and CNBC report.

Bethesda is now selling chunks of the original servers that brought you The Elder Scrolls Online in 2014, as Kotaku spotted. Dubbed “The Elder Scrolls Online 10-year Anniversary Server Keepsake,” these are sticks of RAM encased, along with a zinc alloy commemorative plate, in wood-framed shadowboxes.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Mark Zuckerberg called FTC chair Andrew Ferguson and initially offered $450 million before upping the offer to settle to $1 billion. Ferguson apparently wouldn’t initially settle for “anything less than $18 billion and a consent decree” before the FTC upped its counter to $30 billion, per the report. The Journal also notes that President Trump “at various points appeared more open to striking a deal ” and asked “questions about how a settlement would work.”

Acer announced four new gaming laptops for its entry-level Nitro line, each configurable with Nvidia RTX 5060 or 5070 Ti GPUs, but none of them have US pricing or availability. Likely due to tariff uncertainty, Acer’s press release says, “US availability and pricing to be announced closer to local availability.”

Niantic announced the job cuts after it sold its gaming business to the Saudi Arabia-owned developer Scopely last month. But now we know how many employees may be affected, as a California WARN notice filed in March (but spotted now by Game Developer) indicates that Niantic will lay off 68 employees in the state on May 20th, 2025.

That’s according to a release from the company about a filing with the SEC, which says:

Depending on your age, there’s a good chance Microsoft Paint was your first introduction to creating digital art. The app’s capabilities have improved over the years, but Drought’s new MS Paint Mirror captures the charm of the limited toolset included in the Windows 95 version — just supersized and a lot easier to use.

A video I made, The real reasons Apple won’t put macOS on the iPad, is nominated for a Webby! We’re currently in second place with only two days left to vote, and we could use your help.

After launching the Ultimate 2 controller last February with TMR joysticks and support for Windows and Android devices, 8BitDo has released a new version compatible with the Switch.

While GTA V (and GTA V Enhanced on PC) is available, again, on Game Pass as of today, Xbox announced that 2022’s Call of Duty game will join the library in a couple of weeks. A reboot of 2009’s Modern Warfare 2, and predecessor to 2023’s Modern Warfare III reboot, it will include the “...globe-trotting single-player campaign, immersive multiplayer combat, and an evolved Special Ops game mode.”

Available for preorder today for $59.99 and shipping on May 1st, 2025, Lego has announced a 700-piece buildable version of the iconic Star Wars logo created by graphic designer Suzy Rice.

Patch 8 adds crossplay, photo mode, 12 new subclasses, and more, and you can read the extensive patch notes on Larian Studios’ website. The studio also released a fun animated short about the update.

According to an NPR report, “Members of the DOGE team asked that their activities not be logged on the system and then appeared to try to cover their tracks behind them, turning off monitoring tools and manually deleting records of their access — evasive behavior that several cybersecurity experts interviewed by NPR compared to what criminal or state-sponsored hackers might do.”

That’s according to billbil-kun, who digs up unannounced information about games.