August 2025

LinkedIn is introducing Mini Sudoku, the latest addition to our lineup of thinking-oriented games, available to play. This marks the first time Nikoli—the small Japanese puzzle magazine that created sudoku 41 years ago—has collaborated with a Western company. Together with Thomas Snyder, 3x World Sudoku Champion and LinkedIn’s own Puzzlemaster, we’ve brought this new, quickplay […]

At 4am ET, Aug 21, NFL Rivals goes down for maintenance and comes back in Year 3 mode. From Aug 21 to NFL Kickoff, it’s Training Camp features are live, but we’re still tuning. – – Why the Change? – We tore down the playbook and rebuilt it for fairness, fun, and a smoother start

Aspire.io, the leading word-of-mouth commerce platform, launches the first rollout within CreatorAds Suite, bringing the entire Meta Partnership Ads workflow—from usage rights to media buying to performance tracking—directly onto Aspire. Partnership Ads fueled by creator content is the most cost-efficient way for brands to run diverse, high-performing ads across the Meta ecosystem. – – It’s

Vox Media announced a new podcast in partnership with acclaimed journalist and Business Insider co-founder Henry Blodget. Each week on Solutions with Henry Blodget , he and his guests will tackle some of the most pressing challenges of modern life – from AI risk and climate change to burnout and the loneliness epidemic – with

The Gulf States Newsroom (GSN) announced it received a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) in support of its in-depth, award-winning reporting on issues confronting people across the Gulf South. The newsroom is a collaboration among public media organizations in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama, along with NPR, and is one of six regional newsrooms

Today, the LEGO Group and multi-award-winning Aardman Animations, stop motion masters and creators of the Wallace & Gromit franchise, have announced a new partnership, to help inspire young builders and encourage creative storytelling using stop motion inspired by the LEGO® brick. Both brands are committed to inspiring kids through creativity and play and are teaming

Among many issues, this Brief highlights both the challenges and opportunities Indigenous Peoples and the media face in navigating the digital age. Complementing to this Brief, a new video release features testimonies from Indigenous media practitioners, offering firsthand insights into their experiences and aspirations.� As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly embedded in our daily lives,

The 50th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will present the North American debut of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animated short The Girl Who Cried Pearls —the latest stop-motion marvel by the Montreal animation duo of Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, Oscar nominees for their acclaimed short Madame Tutli-Putli . Screening in the

Assassin’s Creed Origins’ Ptolemaic Egypt has no shortage of famous historical figures including Ptolemy XIII and Julius Caesar, but it’s the Ptolemaic dynasty’s most famous queen, Cleopatra, that’s the subject of a new exhibit at the Arab World Institute (IMA) in Paris. Running now until January 11, 2026, The Mystery of Cleopatra is the museum’s

You can do some nifty stuff with GameChat * and GameShare **, two new features exclusive to the Nintendo Switch™ 2 system. Get to know them better with a handful of games that pair great with each feature. Hang out in GameChat You can group up with up to 12 people to chat with. Share