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 Nintendo announced the latest Switch 2 games Thursday, along with a new Monster Hunter expected next year. ​Read More  Culture Latest ​Culture, Culture / Video Games, Leveling Up 

 A new website claims to know the Spotify listening habits of Trump officials, tech leaders—even journalists. Attorney general Pam Bondi allegedly jams out to Nelly’s “Hot in Herre.” ​Read More  Culture Latest ​Culture, Culture / Music, Record Scratch 

 As industry groups decry censorship, players are flooding Visa and Mastercard with complaints and sharing the titles of delisted NSFW games to support developers. ​Read More  Culture Latest ​Culture, Culture / Video Games, Game Over 

 Private investigator influencers are staking out suspected cheaters and vetting dates for their clients, posting the tea for their followers. But there’s a dark side to morality-based surveillance. ​Read More  Culture Latest ​Culture, Culture / Digital Culture, High Stakes 

 Virtual anime streamers are selling out live venues, singing at pro sports games, and launching record labels, with fans showering them with presents and suspending disbelief in service of the bit. ​Read More  Culture Latest ​Culture, Culture / Music, Fantastic Reality 

 The White House says the show is “fourth-rate” after it showed Trump with “tiny” genitals. The controversy comes just as the FCC has greenlit Paramount’s merger with Skydance and promised to end DEI. ​Read More  Culture Latest ​Culture, Culture / TV, M'kay 

 A conservative group is targeting payment processors as “a weapon” to get adult games deindexed in storefronts. Even games that have nothing to do with sex or abuse have been caught in the dragnet. ​Read More  Culture Latest ​Culture, Culture / Video Games, Takedown 

 WIRED stopped by the new Tesla Diner in Hollywood to try a $17 hotdog, watch a humanoid robot serve popcorn, and talk to people who still stan Elon Musk. ​Read More  Culture Latest ​Culture, Culture / Culture News, Lost In Space 

 Pokémon Friends, available now, is a daily puzzle game that lets players untangle yarn to make prizes. ​Read More  Culture Latest ​Culture, Culture / Video Games, Brain Teaser