Richard Lawler

While Apple Intelligence has reached the EU -- and, according to some, devices where it had already been declined -- the company hasn’t launched its AI features in China yet. A report by The Information on Tuesday indicates it could be getting closer, saying that after evaluating models from Tencent, ByteDance, Alibaba, and DeepSeek, Apple has submitted some features co-developed with Alibaba for approval by Chinese regulators.

Originally scheduled to go on sale in spring 2024, the SS version of Chevy’s Blazer EV is finally close to shipping amid rumors the gas-powered Blazer is going away. Orders are now open for the vehicle that promises 615hp in Wide Open Watts mode and a 3.4 second 0 - 60 time.

A report from Wired looks at attempts to plug AI technology into the General Services Administration (along with other departments). According to one source, DOGE’s push is for using AI tools “to analyze huge swaths of contract and procurement data” with a custom GSAi chatbot.

CNN reports on a former SpaceX intern being set up in the Energy Department’s systems by Chris Wright:

Sega’s quarterly earnings revealed that after two delays, this year’s Football Manager isn’t coming: “Whilst many areas of the game have hit our targets, the overarching player experience and interface is not where we need it to be.”

Said a law professor quoted by The Washington Post in an article about government officials raising internal legal objections to the actions of Elon Musk’s DOGE team. These messages have surfaced from departments like USAID, the Treasury, GSA, OPM, and others:

While discussing Q3 2025 earnings results, EA CEO Andrew Wilson laid out the future of Apex Legends for investors six years after its surprise launch. With “tens of millions” of regular players, there’s a significant update planned once the new Battlefield launches (it’s due out before April 2026), but that’s not all:

After a few delays, Universal and Blumhouse’s sequel to their $180 million grossing viral hit about a best-friend-AI-bot-gone-bad is scheduled to premiere on June 27th, 2025. Now the first teaser trailer has dropped on the night of the Grammy Awards with an assist from Chappell Roan’s song “Femininomenon.”