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Senior reporter for Engadget covering all things AI. Say hello at igor(dot)bonifacic(at)engadget(dot)com.

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Igor @igorbonifacic.bsky.social · Apr 24

I got the privilege to talk @jarmustard.bsky.social about her new @play.date game, Fulcrum Defender. Jay has been living with long Covid for the past few years, and she made this game to prove she could still do what she loves. Please send her all your love and well wishes.

Subset Games co-founder Jay Ma went through hell to make Fulcrum Defender

For the past few years, Subset Games co-founder Jay Ma has been sick with long Covid. She made her latest game, Fulcrum Defender, to prove she could still do what she loves.

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Igor @igorbonifacic.bsky.social · 13d

I guess you can boil the Art of the Deal down to one word: coercion.

Igor @igorbonifacic.bsky.social · 22d

With its new Lumo chatbot, Proton believes it can avoid the curse of Mozilla and so many other companies that have attempted to sell private alternatives to what big tech is offering. My latest for Engadget: www.engadget.com/with-lumo-pr...

With Lumo, Proton thinks it can carve a place at the AI table

Engadget spoke to Proton's Eamonn Maguire about the company's new Lumo chatbot.

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Igor @igorbonifacic.bsky.social · Sep 4

Well, I guess that’s the evening’s entertainment sorted 😄 #silksong

A Nintendo Switch OLED sits on a marble countertop with a pair of Sony WH-1000XM3 nearby. The icon for Hollow Knight: Silksong is at the front of the interface.

Igor @igorbonifacic.bsky.social · Sep 4

Happy Silksong release day to all who celebrate.

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Devindra Hardawar @devindra.bsky.social · Aug 29

This week on the @engadget.bsky.social Podcast, Apple scooper extraordinaire @markgurman.bsky.social joins @igorbonifacic.bsky.social and me to discuss why the super-thin iPhone Air might be disappointing www.engadget.com/mobile/smart...

Engadget Podcast: iPhone 17 event preview with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman

Now that Apple has scheduled its iPhone 17 event for September 9th, it's time to dive into everything we’re expecting.

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Igor @igorbonifacic.bsky.social · Aug 28

Ah, that’s too bad. I did buy it on Steam too. It just looks so good on the Switch’s OLED. Anyway, thanks for looking into that.

Igor @igorbonifacic.bsky.social · Aug 28

Appreciate it!

Igor @igorbonifacic.bsky.social · Aug 28

And, yeah, I'm running the latest version of the game.

Igor @igorbonifacic.bsky.social · Aug 28

The sound will stutter and distort during battles, particularly when a lot of enemies are involved. I'm playing on a Switch OLED, but Switch 2 owners have reported it too. See below:

1) www.reddit.com/r/arcogame/c...

2) www.reddit.com/r/Switch/com...

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Igor @igorbonifacic.bsky.social · Aug 28

Does the team plan to fix the sound stuttering bug on Switch? It really mars an otherwise great technical presentation 😔

Igor @igorbonifacic.bsky.social · Aug 28

It was a lot of fun to review the RX1R III, even if it left me wanting more. www.engadget.com/cameras/sony...

Sony RX1R III review: Waiting 10 years to be underwhelmed

The RX1R III is an incredible camera, capable of capturing stunning photos. However, for something Sony waited nearly a decade to update and is charging $5,100 for, the III feels like a missed opportu...

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Devindra Hardawar @devindra.bsky.social · Aug 28

Join us LIVE on the @engadget.bsky.social Podcast livestream, starting at 12P ET today! www.youtube.com/live/5XWjotJ... @igorbonifacic.bsky.social and I will be chatting with @markgurman.bsky.social about the latest iPhone 17 rumors, ahead of Apple's Sept. 9 event

iPhone 17 is coming! Bloomberg's Mark Gurman breaks down the rumors | Engadget Podcast

Now that Apple has scheduled its iPhone 17 event for September 9th, it's time to dive into everything expecting. In this episode, Devindra and Engadget's Igor Bonifacic chat with Bloomberg's Mark Gurm...

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Igor @igorbonifacic.bsky.social · Aug 19

Took a break from writing about AI to check out Absolum, which is shaping up to be rad. www.engadget.com/gaming/absol...

Absolum is awesome and I can't wait to play it on October 9

The fantasy beat-'em-up is shaping up to be something special.

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Igor @igorbonifacic.bsky.social · Aug 15

I had a lot of fun researching and writing this one. www.engadget.com/science/spac...

Why on Earth would NASA build a nuclear reactor on the Moon?

Building a nuclear reactor on the Moon is the not the ridiculous idea it might seem.

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Igor @igorbonifacic.bsky.social · Aug 7

Happy GPT-5 to all who celebrate. www.engadget.com/ai/gpt-5-is-...

GPT-5 is here and it's free for everyone

OpenAI has just released the long-awaited GPT-5, and you can start using it today, even if you're a free user.

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Igor @igorbonifacic.bsky.social · Aug 5

Plus, OpenAI has a new free model you can run on your computer. www.engadget.com/ai/openais-f...

OpenAI's first new open-weight LLMs in six years are here

For the first time since GPT-2 in 2019, OpenAI is releasing new open-weight, large language models.

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Igor @igorbonifacic.bsky.social · Aug 5

First, DeepMind has a new world model. It's essentially an AI system that can generate simulated environments. www.engadget.com/ai/google-de...

Google DeepMind's Genie 3 can dynamically alter the state of its simulated worlds

Google's DeepMind has just announced Genie 3, a new AI model that is capable of generating simulated environments for longer, more consistently and dynamically.

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Igor @igorbonifacic.bsky.social · Aug 5

Busy today with new announcements from both DeepMind and OpenAI. I got you covered for both. 🧵

Igor @igorbonifacic.bsky.social · Jul 28

New from me. I spoke to advocacy experts about Trump's AI Action Plan. I think the plan is much worse for consumers than people realize. www.engadget.com/ai/everyones...

Everyone's a loser in Trump's AI Action Plan

Trump's policy vision would put states, and tech companies themselves, in a position of "extraordinary regulatory uncertainty."

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Igor @igorbonifacic.bsky.social · Jul 18

😁 www.engadget.com/gaming/one-o...

One of my favorite Steam early access games is now available on Switch and PS5

After five years of development, The Wandering Village, one of Steam's coziest games is leaving Steam early access and making the jump to consoles.

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Igor @igorbonifacic.bsky.social · Jul 17

New from me. There's still so much uncertainty about NASA's budget even after recent appropriations committee meetings.

Trump's defunding of NASA would be catastrophic

"This is probably the most uncertain future NASA has faced, maybe since the end of Apollo."

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Igor @igorbonifacic.bsky.social · Jul 17

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Igor @igorbonifacic.bsky.social · Jul 10

New from me about Grok's very bad week, with insight from @solmg.bsky.social. www.engadget.com/ai/how-exact...

How exactly did Grok go full 'MechaHitler?'

After Grok took a hard turn toward antisemitic earlier this week, many are probably left wondering how something like that could even happen.

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Igor @igorbonifacic.bsky.social · Jul 2

All good. Thank you for replying either way.

Igor @igorbonifacic.bsky.social · Jul 2

If you're curious, I emailed Crunchyroll about this at 9:38AM this morning and again at noon. I still have yet to hear back from the company. No one's even reached out to me to contest anything said in the article. I've never seen anything like it.