Intel is cutting tens of thousands of employees, cutting investment around the world, and moving away from entire businesses too. After shutting down its automotive chipmaking business and spinning out its RealSense computer vision business, it’s now spinning out its networking business too, reports CRN, with Reuters and TechCrunch corroborating. Intel’s also selling off its majority stake in Altera, and finished off selling its flash memory business this year.

The changes include organizing recommendations into “one convenient section” and a “fully personalized” categories tab, according to Valve. You can try it now by joining the Steam Client Beta.

California Senator Alex Padilla granted the Internet Archive federal depository status, allowing it to more easily access and share government documents with the public.

The RCS Universal Profile 3.1 adds an “upgrade to audio messaging capabilities,” including support for the xHE-AAC audio codec that enables “highly efficient compression and decompression of shared audio content,” the GSMA says. This means that “whether users are sending voice notes, ambient sound clips, or have audio-based chatbot interactions, they can now expect clearer, more natural playback.”

The left-leaning nonprofit watchdog has been a frequent target of Elon Musk and other Republicans for its reporting on the right wing media ecosystem. Its legal battles have left the group with mounting bills, concerns for staff safety, and hesitant donors, The New York Times reports.

The new age ratings, initially announced earlier this year, now include Age 4 plus, 9 plus, 13 plus, 16 plus, and 18 plus. “Ratings for all apps and games on the App Store have been automatically updated to align with this new system and will be reflected on Apple devices” running the new betas, Apple says.

The company is making the change starting in October “in response to the EU’s incoming Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising (TTPA) regulation, which introduces significant operational challenges and legal uncertainties,” according to a blog post.

A Wolfenstein show is in development, reports Variety, and sounds like it could be based on MachineGames’ fantastic games that actually told stories rather than starting from scratch. Both MachineGames’ studio director Jerk Gustafsson and the showrunners of Fallout (which got the games right) Lisa Joy and Jonah Nolan are attached. Showrunner here is Patrick Somerville; the show’s not official yet.

I reported yesterday that OpenAI is preparing to release GPT-5 in early August, and now references to a new GPT-5-powered “Smart Mode” have reportedly appeared in Copilot. Alexey Shavanov discovered code changes in Copilot that point toward a new smart option that uses GPT-5 to “think quickly or deeply.” Microsoft refused to comment on this alleged GPT-5 appearance.