FOX on Tech

Tesla’s long-awaited autonomous future just hit the pavement—and ran straight into a regulatory roadblock.

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PAX is heading back to the Lone Star State as ReedPop and Penny Arcade officially announce PAX Unplugged Houston, set to debut at the George R. Brown Convention Center in June 2027 with a pure focus on board games, tabletop RPGs, and card games. Meanwhile, the White House launches an official browser-based retro gaming portal featuring MAGA-themed spins on arcade classics—including Rio Run, Build the Wall, and Flappy Bill—designed to highlight administration policies from border security to Trump Accounts and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s MAHA initiative.

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Rockstar Games' extended 26-minute gameplay preview for Grand Theft Auto VI has silenced early skeptics, pulling in over 15 million views on YouTube alone alongside massive viewership on Netflix and creator reaction streams. While some critics labeled the open-world sandbox as "more of the same," unprecedented audience demand is proving otherwise. We break down the explosive cultural impact, the viral gameplay showcasing Vice City's criminal underworld, and how rampant hype has triggered widespread PlayStation 5 Pro hardware shortages—pushing secondary market auction prices north of $2,000.

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OpenAI has announced its next major frontier model, GPT-6, code-named "Astra," heralding it as a generational leap in artificial intelligence and touting human-level AGI reasoning capabilities.

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Adobe says you can now order changes via platforms like Photoshop or Premiere using messages from colleagues in Slack.

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Self-driving taxi services are becoming more widely available, as Waymo rolls out service in three new cities and Tesla prepares to launch the Cybercab.

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Rockstar Games has officially released 26 minutes of extended gameplay for Grand Theft Auto VI, giving players an in-depth look at dual protagonists Jason and Lucia navigating crime, romance, and high-octane missions across the neon-lit streets of Vice City and the state of Leonida. Meanwhile, the Esports World Cup 2026 in Paris concludes with history made as Chinese organization AG.AL dethrones Team Falcons to capture the $7 million Club Championship crown, propelled by Gwendal "Gwen" Duparc's win in Trackmania. Plus, we break down Team Spirit's Counter-Strike 2 grand final comeback led by Donk, and Duo squad BIG's clutch Fortnite Reload championship victory.

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As the Summer of Gaming concludes on FOX on Games, Week 4 takes a hard look at the legendary software that changed how we play forever. We explore id Software's Doom inventing the modern deathmatch, the birth of the MMORPG with Ultima Online, and how Call of Duty and World of Warcraft captured global audiences. Plus, we examine how Quake dragged the industry into true 3D graphics and laid the groundwork for modern esports.

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A new web site has launched under the Twitter brand, but the developers say they're looking to make a number of changes and they want people to pay to join in testing the site.

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U.S.-based users are now finding advertisements in Apple maps, as the company pledges it will still respect users' privacy.

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