Split Fiction doesn’t need to be original when the co-op play is this good

Split Fiction, the new game from It Takes Two developer Hazelight Studios, doesnñ€™t do anything particularly new. The game is a straightforward co-op adventure that strings together disparate sci-fi and fantasy games like links on a chain. If you bundled together the sci-fi and fantasy sections as separate entities, they wouldnñ€™t form a cohesive experience … Read more

The team behind Shredder’s Revenge and Streets of Rage 4 is making a fantasy beat ’em up

Dotemu, the studio and publisher best-known for retro revivals like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge and Streets of Rage 4, has announced its next game — and this time it’s a brand-new property. Called Absolum, and it’s a fantasy beat ‘em up with roguelike elements; it’s being described as a “rogue ‘em up.” Dotemu … Read more

Crypto Market Maker Portofino Technologies Has Big Plans For 2025

Portofino Technologies, a Switzerland-based crypto market making firm, has big plans for 2025, the company’s CEO Leonard Lancia told CoinDesk in an exclusive interview. The crypto market maker is exploring opening new offices in both New York and Singapore, Lancia said. The firm is regulated in the U.K., Switzerland and the British Virgin Islands, and … Read more

Can We Trust AI? SingularityNET and Privado ID Say Yes with New Registry

Why should we trust AI agents? You’re chatting with a virtual assistant, relying on an autonomous vehicle, or entrusting an AI to handle sensitive data. Artificial intelligence is weaving itself into the fabric of our daily lives, but a nagging question lingers—how do we know these systems are safe, reliable, and worthy of our trust? … Read more

CFPB staff and leaders clash about whether they’re allowed to work

Demonstrators protest against cuts to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) by US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative. | Image: AFP via Getty Images Leadership and staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) are clashing in court over whether the Trump administration is seeking to wind down the agency and if … Read more

On a quest to revive the woolly mammoth, Colossal Biosciences has created a woolly mouse

Colossal Biosciences, known for its outlandish goal to resurrect the woolly mammoth by 2028, is claiming steady progress. It’s evidence: Genetically engineering mice to have mammoth-like fur. To engineer the woolly mouse, the company’s scientists found mouse versions of mammoth genes and then used CRISPR to edit mice embryos, Dr. Beth Shapiro, chief science officer … Read more