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Elon Musk is trying to merge two of his companies as he claims they will produce 20,000 Optimus humanoid robots by the end of next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From festive mobile dress-ups to profound, emotional storytelling around grief and karma, developers across the industry are elevating Halloween beyond simple jump scares. Host Eammonn Dignam breaks down the spooky season lineup: Pokémon GO Spooky Showcase: Pikachu wearing a witch hat and cape, top-hat Zubat, and a dapper bow-wearing Sinistea take over wild encounters, field research, and 1-Star Raids. Halloween: The Game Free Map Drop: IllFonic expands its asymmetrical multiplayer slasher with a free countryside farm map homage inspired by Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, complete with new civilian survivors and movie-accurate Michael Myers cosmetics. Souls of Bombarica: Developer Streetlamp Games combines environmental possession puzzles with Hindu mythology, casting players as a poltergeist serving Yamadharma Raja to protect innocent humans from malicious entities. Dancing with Ghosts: Legendary ToeJam & Earl creator Greg Johnson and his wife Sirena channel grief, recovery, and

Host Eammonn Dignam concludes our three-part special series Beyond the Controller: The World Warriors by exploring the broader roster of Capcom's Street Fighter universe. We break down arcade icons Zangief and E. Honda, revealing the wrestling roots and button-mashing mechanics that defined 1990s competitive gaming. Then, we uncover the tragic backstory behind Dhalsim's skull necklace, Vega's sadistic obsession with beauty and blood in Shadaloo, and how parody character Dan Hibiki was connected directly to Gouken's dojo and Sagat's missing eye. In-Episode Links & Resources: Main Podcast Page: https://radio.foxnews.com/podcast/fox-on-games/ Best Place to Start: Missed parts one and two covering Ryu, Sagat, M. Bison, and Akuma? Catch up on our narrative archive here: https://megaphone.link/FOXM9094923257 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram has been hit with a $25 billion fine for numerous privacy violations related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal during the 2016 presidential election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple is expected to announce a new MacBook with a touchscreen at the upcoming "Pro and Tell" event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mark Zuckerberg is laying out an optimistic future for artificial intelligence and taking shots at rivals like Anthropic who are warning about dangers of the technology and the importance of regulation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Trump administration is moving to establish the nation's first comprehensive safety standards for autonomous vehicles, after a string of driverless incidents raised concerns about public safety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One artificial intelligence company says it's looking to help teenagers manage the college application process, starting with four year schools but later expanding to technical colleges and trade schools among other career paths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anthropic's Claude artificial intelligence model recently tried to submit a fake murder tip to Philadelphia police, but the tip was flagged as spam before it actually reached the crime center inbox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The world's richest man and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX is throwing his wealth behind GOP candidates, donating hundreds of millions of dollars in the midterm elections as Republicans fight to maintain control of Congress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amid mounting public backlash from Americans against data centers, artificial intelligence companies are now claiming that China is fueling the opposition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York has temporarily paused the construction of new hyperscale data centers used to power artificial intelligence, while Maine has picked a different path. It comes amid growing backlash to the electricity and water usage by the large facilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Elon Musk's SpaceX is licensing spectrum formerly owned by Nextel to build a satellite phone carrier to compete with companies like Verizon and T-Mobile. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Halloween events take over competitive multiplayer and open-world sandboxes. Marvel Rivals rolls out Halloween skins and an 18v18 Annihilation battleground at Alchemax Headquarters, while Blizzard's Overwatch debuts its vampiric Support hero Doctrine, escort map Watchpoint: Grímsvötn, a Solo Leveling anime crossover, and role reworks for Sombra and Roadhog. Plus, Rockstar Games kicks off spooky festivities across Red Dead Online with 4x rewards on "Strange Tales of the West" telegram missions, alongside the likely final Los Santos Halloween showcase in GTA Online featuring shotgun-wielding Slashers and the return of the Ghosts Exposed paranormal hunt. In-Episode Links & Resources: Main Podcast Page: https://radio.foxnews.com/podcast/fox-on-games/ Best Place to Start: New to our seasonal gaming coverage and hero-shooter breakdowns? Catch up on our foundational analysis here: https://megaphone.link/FOXM9094923257 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In part one of the three-part special series Beyond the Controller: The World Warriors, host Eammonn Dignam explores the narrative lore behind Capcom's legendary fighting game franchise, Street Fighter. We trace the origins from the 1987 arcade original—featuring Ryu, Ken, Master Gouken, and the brutal pneumatic-button arcade cabinet—to Ryu's climactic battle in Thailand, where succumbing to the dark Satsui no Hado left Sagat with his iconic chest scar. Then, we dive into Street Fighter II, uncovering M. Bison's criminal syndicate Shadaloo, his volatile Psycho Power, and the intersecting vengeance quests of Chun-Li and Guile as they converge on the Second World Warrior Tournament ahead of Hollywood's upcoming live-action cinematic reboot. In-Episode Links & Resources: Main Podcast Page: https://radio.foxnews.com/podcast/fox-on-games/ Best Place to Start: New to our video game lore and franchise retrospectives? Catch up on our foundational coverage here: https://megaphone.link/FOXM9094923257

In a bid to achieve more precise timekeeping, researchers in Vienna and Beijing have switched on nuclear clocks that work by measuring the movements of subatomic particles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple is joining with South Korean company LG to produce products like a smart doorbell and security cameras, in a bid to compete with Google and Amazon in the smart home market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Officials at one government agency are calling on autonomous vehicle companies like Waymo to address what they say is a recent trend of interference or ignoring first responders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An artificial intelligence giant unveiled a national security framework to offer transparency into how the company approaches collaboration with the government, as well as national security uses of their technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today marks 15 years since the passing of visionary Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died from pancreatic cancer. Jobs brought the company back from bankruptcy right before the turn of the millennium as it shifted to releasing iconic consumer-focused products like the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices