Mozilla dev’s “Stack Overflow for agents” targets a key weakness in coding AI
There are major problems to be solved before it can be adopted, though.
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Samuel Axon
Senior Editor
samuel.axon@meincmagazine.com
Samuel Axon is the editorial lead for tech and gaming coverage at Ars Technica. He covers AI, software development, gaming, entertainment, and mixed reality. He has been writing about gaming and technology for nearly two decades at Engadget, PC World, Mashable, Vice, Polygon, Wired, and others. He previously ran a marketing and PR agency in the gaming industry, led editorial for the TV network CBS, and worked on social media marketing strategy for Samsung Mobile at the creative agency SPCSHP. He also is an independent software and game developer for iOS, Windows, and other platforms, and he is a graduate of DePaul University, where he studied interactive media and software development.
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Meta decides not to kill Horizon Worlds VR after all
VR will be on life support while mobile remains the focus, though.
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Remembering the 30-year-old computer game that introduced me to Star Wars
Looking back at Dash Rendar, 3DFX cards, and a pivotal moment for Star Wars.
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Meta acquires Moltbook, the AI agent social network
The viral social network project was created with OpenClaw.
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OpenAI introduces GPT-5.4 with more knowledge-work capability
Updates come amid user blowback over the company’s Pentagon deal.
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After a rocky six years, Sony cancels future single-player PC game releases
Titles like Ghost of Yotei will remain exclusive to Sony’s hardware.
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Perplexity announces “Computer,” an AI agent that assigns work to other AI agents
It’s also a buttoned-down, ostensibly safer take on the OpenClaw concept.
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Meta’s flagship metaverse service leaves VR behind
The company asserts it will continue to make VR headsets, though.
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It took two years, but Google released a YouTube app on Vision Pro
App arrives months after Google requested takedowns of third-party options.
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With GPT-5.3-Codex, OpenAI pitches Codex for more than just writing code
The emphasis is on “mid-turn steering and frequent progress updates.”
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Xcode 26.3 adds support for Claude, Codex, and other agentic tools via MCP
With Model Context Protocol (MCP), this works with more than Codex/Claude, too.
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OpenAI picks up pace against Claude Code with new Codex desktop app
The macOS app does everything the CLI, IDE, and web interfaces do.
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Why Civilization VII is the way it is, and how its devs plan to win critics back
Firaxis’ Ed Beach and Dennis Shirk talk major overhauls in “Test of Time” update.
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Apple’s AirTag 2 is easier to find thanks to new chip
This is the first major upgrade since Apple introduced AirTags five years ago.
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Report: Apple plans to launch AI-powered wearable pin device as soon as 2027
Apple, OpenAI, Meta, and more are all racing toward AI hardware products.
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Why adding modern controls to 1996’s Tomb Raider simply doesn’t work
For our C:\ArsGames series, we look at the controls conundrum of early 3D.
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Civilization VII is headed to iPhone and iPad with “Arcade Edition”
Apple’s platforms are also getting Retrocade, a library of classic arcade games.
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Anthropic launches Cowork, a Claude Code-like for general computing
Users can give Claude access to a folder and tell it what to do for them.
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Even Linus Torvalds is trying his hand at vibe coding (but just a little)
“But then I cut out the middle man—me.”
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OpenAI reorganizes some teams to build audio-based AI hardware products
Voice has lagged in adoption behind screens. OpenAI wants to change that.
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In the ’90s, Wing Commander: Privateer made me realize what kind of games I love
Most things Privateer did have been done better, but it’s still a classic.
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Call of Duty co-creator and Battlefield lead Vince Zampella dies in car crash
He had worked on Medal of Honor, Call of Duty, Titanfall, and Battlefield.
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For the lazy techie: These are Ars staff’s last-minute holiday gift picks
Two wireless mice, two external hard drives, and a partridge in a pear tree.
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Runway claims its GWM-1 “world models” can stay coherent for minutes at a time
Runway joins a competitive field alongside Google, Nvidia, and others.
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Revisiting Jill of the Jungle, the last game Tim Sweeney designed
DOS platformers didn’t have a reputation for being fun, but this one is a blast.
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Vision Pro M5 review: It’s time for Apple to make some tough choices
A state of the union from someone who actually sort of uses the thing.
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Anthropic introduces cheaper, more powerful, more efficient Opus 4.5 model
Longer chats address a long-standing criticism of Claude.
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Return to the year 2000 with classic multiplayer DOS games in your browser
There are fan-made browser versions of Red Alert, Unreal Tournament, and more.
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Microsoft makes Zork I, II, and III open source under MIT License
Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office worked with Jason Scott to do it.
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“We’re in an LLM bubble,” Hugging Face CEO says—but not an AI one
The risks of AI investment in manufacturing and other areas are less clear.
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With a new company, Jeff Bezos will become a CEO again
He stepped down at Amazon in 2021 and doesn’t hold a CEO title at Blue Origin.
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Well-received big-budget Alien Earth TV series gets a second season
Production will move from Thailand to London, suggesting a new setting.
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Cursor introduces its coding model alongside multi-agent interface
The vibe-coding IDE put an emphasis on speed with Composer.
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With new acquisition, OpenAI signals plans to integrate deeper into the OS
The acquired firm was working on a tool to control macOS directly with AI.
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Claude Code gets a web version—but it’s the new sandboxing that really matters
Sandboxing lessens hassle, but fire-and-forget agentic tools still pose risks.
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Roberta Williams’ The Colonel’s Bequest was a different type of adventure game
What if point-and-click games weren’t about the puzzles?
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