Technology News for Thursday 13th November 2025

1. New Details Revealed for Relaxing Life Simulation Game Pokémon Pokopia

BELLEVUE, Wash. – Nov. 13, 2025 – Today, the Pokémon Company group revealed an in-depth look at Pokémon Pokopia – a relaxing life simulation game releasing on March 5, 2026, for Nintendo Switch 2 – via a new trailer on the official Pokémon YouTube ...

2. Is Taking a Cold Shower Good for You?

Cold-water exposure is hot right now. From influencers touting the mental-health benefits of cold showers to professional athletes swearing by ice baths for recovery, it's become a bonafide wellness trend. Advocates claim it can sharpen focus, ...

3. 5 Things to Know Before Using an AI Browser

OpenAI says that the data retrieved from the attached website varies. “In general, the model is smart about what it's looking for,” says Pranav Vishnu, the product lead for Atlas. If you're browsing something visual, the AI model might retrieve the image ...

4. Google's Gemini AI gets into the holiday shopping spirit

Three smartphone screens showing Google Shopping price tracking and purchase features for a Birch Lane Ivar. Google announced a sweeping update to its shopping tools that uses Gemini-powered "agentic AI." Photo: Courtesy ...

5. PC gaming giant Valve unveils new console to rival Xbox and PlayStation

The Steam Machine is a home console designed to allow gamers to play PC games on their TV - though it can also be used as a computer. It is a spiritual sequel to the 2014 device of ...

6. I Tested the OnePlus 15 and Its Massive 7300-mAh Battery Deserves a Medal

The OnePlus 15 does have a flagship cost to go along with those specs, with a $900 starting price for the 12GB RAM and 256GB storage option and $1,000 for 16GB and 512GB of storage. That's $100 above ...

7. Apple of my AI: the changes coming for online dating

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. As dating apps lose users, they are turning to artificial intelligence for help. The technology may help people find matches, but it could also make romance feel less human.

8. On the Calculation of Volume, Book III by Solvej Balle — a masterful meditation on time

Volume II left readers on a cliffhanger, with Tara in a café waiting to meet a man called Henry Dale, a Norwegian sociologist who is stuck in the same day. Volume III, translated by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell, picks up where the ...

9. Scholars Thought This Ancient Silver Goblet Told One Myth for 50 Years. Is It Actually Telling Another Story?

Do the illustrations on a 4,000-year-old silver goblet tell a Babylonian creation myth? Scholars have thought so for the last five decades, ever since the artifact was first unearthed. Now, new research on the rare object offers a fresh claim about its ...

10. Google DeepMind is using Gemini to train agents inside Goat Simulator 3

Google DeepMind has built a new video-game-playing agent called SIMA 2 that can navigate and solve problems in a wide range of 3D virtual worlds. The company claims it's a big step toward more general-purpose agents and better real-world robots.

11. What are the tells ChatGPT wrote something? We analyzed its style

The Post analyzed 328,744 publicly shared messages from the chatbot in English to find patterns in how it uses language. Tap left to return. Go ...

12. Review: OnePlus 15

Fantastic performance. Doesn't get too warm while gaming. Two-day battery life. Super-fast charging. Sharp, responsive OLED screen. Robust water resistance. Decently reliable cameras.