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Reporting on the tools, runtimes, engines, and production systems behind AI-generated games.

A child-facing game app protected by a large shield while an auditor checks age, parent, and data controls.

Technology Jul 20, 2026

Child-safety badges for U.S. and Korean apps: who qualifies and what they cost

A practical guide to COPPA Safe Harbor seals, Korean privacy certifications, app-store labels, school procurement marks, eligibility rules, published fees, and the claims each badge cannot support.

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A phone with a wireframe obstacle course sends modular level pieces along a glowing path to a desktop monitor showing the finished playable scene.

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Technology Jul 17, 2026

Roblox Build starts game creation on mobile and continues in Studio

Roblox will test basic game creation inside its mobile app in New Zealand on July 28, and creators can continue mobile drafts in Studio.

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A Scratch-style block coding workspace faces an unfinished path toward text scripting cards labeled Python, Lua, and Luau.

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Technology Jul 7, 2026

After Scratch, the next step is still missing

Scratch makes rules visible, but the path from block coding into Python, Lua, Luau, or game-engine scripting still lacks a usable middle layer.

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Original editorial illustration of four keyboard controllers sending input streams into a shared AI simulation cube with abstract vehicles and synchronized view panels.

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Technology Jul 7, 2026

MIRA brings a playable multiplayer world model to the browser

General Intuition and Kyutai, working with Epic Games, released a browser demo where four players steer a shared AI-generated match in real time.

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A SkillWeaver algorithm diagram showing a user task, decomposition, skill retrieval, SAD feedback, composition, and a small execution skill set.

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Technology Jul 6, 2026

Alibaba Cloud's SkillWeaver shows why AI agents need better skill routing

Alibaba Cloud researcher Xueping Gao frames agent skills as a routing problem: split complex requests, retrieve the right tools, and keep the model context small.

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A classroom-style coding desk with prompt, build, test, and fix steps around a small playable app window.

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Technology Jul 6, 2026

U.S. kids are learning AI coding as a test-and-fix skill

American K-12 AI coding lessons are moving beyond prompt tricks: students are being asked to build small apps, run them, question the output, and repair what AI gets wrong.

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Mark Zuckerberg speaking at Facebook's F8 developer conference in front of a blue stage background.

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Technology Jul 6, 2026

Meta Pocket brings prompt-made mini apps to a social feed

Meta describes Pocket as a place to make AI-generated gizmos: small playable experiences built from prompts, posted to a feed, remixed, and shaped by phone inputs.

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A ChatGPT coding prompt with a JavaScript answer.

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Technology Jul 2, 2026

Solo AI-native startups are settling on agents, app builders, and managed backends

One-person AI-native companies are combining coding agents, prompt-to-app builders, Supabase-style backends, model-routing SDKs, and managed operations tools to ship more with less staff.

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Technology Jul 2, 2026

AI agent memory is moving beyond RAG

Memora, Zep, Mem0, NEMORI, LangMem, GraphRAG, and long-context models show why persistent memory is becoming infrastructure for AI agents and generated-game tools.

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Podcast studio microphones and headphones on a recording table.

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Technology Jun 29, 2026

Naavik's StoReel interview shows why game studios should watch AI microdramas

Naavik's conversation with StoReel co-CEO Angela Yu connects AI microdramas to product questions game teams also face: rapid production, paid viewing, creator tools, character interaction, and retention testing.

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