The Morning After: Nintendo Switch 2 US pre-orders (finally) open Thursday
The biggest news stories this morning: Bluesky is getting an official verification system, Blizzard explains hero bans in Overwatch 2, Using generative AI will ‘neither help nor harm the chances’ of Oscar nominations.

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- Scientists find rare evidence that Earth's crust is peeling
- Google's New Machine Learning Algorithm is A Weapon Against Fake Reviews - Michael A. Medeiros
- Nintendo shares a vintage SNES commercial starring Paul Rudd as he reprises the role for Switch 2 - Cheyenne MacDonald
- Enhancing Cloud Security: Overcoming Modern Threats with Advanced CSPM - Rob Wang
- Breaking: Oversight Committee Makes Criminal Referral of Andrew Cuomo to DOJ
- Massive Hit Supernatural Series Now Buried On Max - Jonathan Klotz

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- Decoding the Enigma of the Snowball Earth - Arya Chandran
- Gaps in flu treatment for high-risk adults found in multi-state study
- Trump Administration Starts Pulling Hundreds of Troops from Syria - Diana Zapata
- What To Avoid and What To Eat If You Have Endometriosis - Sherri Gordon
- PAUL GOTTFRIED: The Antidiscrimination Regime - Paul Gottfried
- Blue Ocean Games announces $30M fund to invest in indie games via game challenge - Dean Takahashi