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Hunt the Ghosts in Mousebusters Odencat Inc.’s charming pixel art adventure Mousebusters has officially made its way to consoles, with the game now available on Nintendo Switch and Xbox family systems. To celebrate the launch, players on both platforms can grab the game at a discounted price during its first week. Blending spooky themes with adorable visuals, Mousebusters follows a protagonist who unexpectedly transforms into a mouse after moving into a mysterious apartment building.

Nook Inc. takes part in delicious new business venture. Baskin-Robbins Japan’s Dragon Quest promotion is down to its last few days, with the series’ Slime mascot set to shuffle off to Yoshinoya soon.

Microsoft will raise the prices of its Xbox consoles worldwide effective August 1, 2026. Under the new pricing, the 512GB model will increase by $100 and the 1TB model by $150. The 2TB model will be discontinued. Xbox console prices were previously raised by $20 to $70 in the U.S. last October.

Microsoft said on Thursday it will raise the price of its Xbox video game consoles worldwide by between $100 and $150 from 1 August, blaming soaring storage and memory costs driven by AI-related demand. Editor's note: Euro figures are approximate conversions based on today's exchange rate and do not reflect official pricing from the companies.

NEW! Call it the last frontier: Electric vehicle (EV) "startups" are the only place in which brands really get to play the game of "try and see what sticks." There's never-make-its like Lordstown Motors and hold-on-to-every-last-thread hopefuls like Lucid, and somewhere in the overlap of the venn diagram lands Polestar.

Markets SoftBank shares slipped over 12% on concerns of OpenAI IPO delay Tech stocks decline broadly, dragging Nikkei average down by nearly 4% SoftBank Group Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son. The Japanese tech conglomerate has made aggressive bets on the ChatGPT creator. (Photo by Kazuho Fujiwara) TOKYO -- Shares in SoftBank Group slipped over 12% on Friday morning as disappointed investors engaged in profit-taking after a report that OpenAI is considering postponing its market debut.

The New York Times Co. dropped its claim accusing OpenAI Inc. of contributing to ChatGPT users’ infringement of articles after the Supreme Court drastically raised the bar to hold platforms liable for their customers’ piracy.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at a working lunch during the G7 Summit. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The Trump administration has asked OpenAI to limit the release of its next model, GPT-5.6, to only a small set of government-approved partners before any wider release, citing security concerns.

Anyone planning to pick up a new Xbox console may want to do so sooner rather than later. Xbox has announced a worldwide console price increase that will take effect on 1 August 2026, while also confirming that its 2TB Xbox console will be discontinued. The announcement was made via Xbox Wire on Thursday (25 June). What’s the Xbox price increase in August? According to the announcement, The 512GBmodels will increase by US$100, while 1TB models will see a US$150 price increase.

(CNN) — The White House has requested OpenAI limit the release of its upcoming GPT 5.6 model to a small number of government-approved partners because of its advanced capabilities, a source familiar with the situation told CNN. The request comes after the administration placed an export control order on Anthropic, leading to the AI company pulling its latest most advanced models Mythos and Fable.