YouTube Shorts Adds Playback Speed Control and Cleaner Viewing
The update addresses two long-standing user complaints about Shorts-no speed control and cluttered overlays-while also changing the like/dislike interaction model.
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Yumi Kawai Dyes Hair Pink for First Time Since High School in Vogue Japan Cover
The cover signals Kawai's continued rise as a fashion and acting figure ahead of her lead role in the 2028 NHK morning drama 'Hon no Mokichi.'
Magmix
TikTok Pinky Time Trend Lacks Evidence, Expert Says
The trend's popularity shows how appealing, simple health advice can spread on social media even when the science behind it is thin.
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PalVerse Deformed Figure Line Adds Frieren, Fern, and Four Others
The PalVerse brand extends its deformed figure concept to one of the most popular recent fantasy anime, offering collectors a complete set of the main party.
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Super Survival Summer! Bundle Packs 10 Survival Games on Steam
The bundle groups major survival titles into a single discounted package, making it easier for players to acquire multiple games from the genre at once.
Game Spark
Discord Analytics Tool Comcom Analytics Gets Major AI Update After Business Transfer
The update marks abc's first significant product move since acquiring comcom Analytics, shifting to an AI-driven model and positioning the tool as a broader community data platform for Web3, gaming, and corporate use.
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UCSD Lab's JetSpec Method Speeds Up AI by Up to 9.64x
JetSpec claims to solve waste problems in both autoregressive and block-diffusion speculative decoding, reaching over 1000 tokens per second on an NVIDIA B200 with Qwen3-8B.
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Director Hiroshi Maeda on Why the Reiwa 'Fist of the North Star' Uses 3DCG
The director's frank explanation reveals that the 3DCG choice was a practical necessity to preserve the original's visual density, not a stylistic gimmick, and that the production deliberately mixes 2D and 3D to balance fidelity and expression.
Magmix
Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes DLC Character Zohar Revealed at EVO 2026
Zohar is the first new DLC character announced for Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes since launch, extending the game's post-release support into summer 2026.
4Gamer.net
New Trailer for Super Real Mahjong Venus Returns Shows Tohno Mizuki Stripping Scene
The trailer confirms the second heroine model overhaul for the upcoming strip mahjong title, following Fujiwara Aya's update earlier in June.
Game Spark
Amazon Prime Members Get Four Free PC Games Including Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch
The giveaway bundles a critically praised tactical roguelite with three other distinct titles, offering Prime subscribers a no-cost entry to a game that normally sells for 2,800 yen.
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Shigure Ui (9 Years Old) Gets a 1/7 Scale Figure Under Her Own Supervision
The figure is the first physical collectible of Shigure Ui's younger self designed under her direct supervision, with a bonus expression part exclusive to Furyu's own store.
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Premium Bandai Opens Orders for Godzilla-Fied MetalGarurumon Figure
The figure brings a cross-franchise design from a limited LCD toy into a premium collectible line, giving the Godzilla-Digimon collaboration a large-scale physical release.
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SpaceX Plans 'Starpipe' Natural Gas Pipeline to Fuel Starship Launches
SpaceX is moving into natural gas infrastructure-typically an energy-sector domain-to control its supply chain and enable the high launch cadence required for its satellite deployment plans.
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Valve Quietly Removes 60FPS Claim From Steam Machine Description
The revision signals that Valve is walking back a performance guarantee after early benchmarks showed the hardware could not consistently hit 60FPS at 4K.
Game Spark
Guilty Gear Strive DLC Character Robo-Ky Launches July 2
Robo-Ky's return to the series as a playable character in Strive, with a redesigned moveset that retains his signature eccentricity, marks a fan-favorite addition that had been hinted at for nearly a year.
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LTT Labs Measures Button Press Force Across Major Game Controllers
The data shows a clear gap in button actuation force between controllers, with Sony's premium controller requiring notably more pressure than Nintendo's latest, which could affect player comfort and fatigue over long sessions.
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Bootlegger's Bar, a Cocktail-Making Incremental Puzzle, Launches on Steam
The release adds a deck-building and incremental progression layer to the bartending puzzle genre, with a demo letting players test the loop before buying.
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Melty Blood: Type Lumina and Actress Again Current Code Get Steam Summer Sale Bundle
The bundle packages the modern and classic versions of the Melty Blood fighting game series at a combined discount, making both titles accessible during the Steam Summer Sale.
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Cleaner Company Playtest Begins on Steam
The playtest gives an early look at a niche blend of cleaning simulation and survival horror, a combination that sets it apart from typical co-op sims.
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Sega Releases Hatsune Miku × Cinnamoroll Mofutto Ver. Prize Figure
The figure extends the ongoing Hatsune Miku × Cinnamoroll collaboration line with a new prize-grade sculpt focused on soft, fluffy aesthetics.
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Sakana AI CEO David Ha Outlines a Japan-Specific AI Strategy
Sakana AI is betting that a business-to-business model, built around routing between models and human-in-the-loop decision-making, is the viable path for a Japanese AI startup rather than trying to out-build US frontier labs.
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Super Mario Galaxy Movie Drops to #5, Kiki's 4K Remaster Debuts at #6 in Japan
The box office chart shows a mix of holdovers and a new 4K restoration, with the Detective Conan film crossing 13 billion yen cumulative.
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Turret and Girl Gets Large Update With New Stage, Crisis Levels, and 10 Legendary Weapons
The update significantly expands the endgame loop by layering 32 new difficulty challenges with stage-specific modifiers and rewarding high-risk play with exclusive currency, while the new legendary weapons and shop rebalance give players more tools to tackle them.
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