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Java’s biggest language change in a decade is finally landing. It took 197,000 lines of code.

Project Valhalla’s value classes are heading to JDK 28, a 197,000-line change that rewrites how Java handles object identity. Oracle software engineer Lois Foltan has confirmed that Java Enhancement ...
GameSpot

Minecraft Adding One Of Its Biggest Collabs Yet: Bluey

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Minecraft has welcomed all manner of licensed crossover packs over ...
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Minecraft puts its Java multiplayer test on hold: "The experience wasn't what we wanted"

The first Minecraft 26.2 pre-release is here for Java Edition, but there's some bad news if you've been taking advantage of the sandbox game's new peer-to-peer multiplayer, which was implemented in a ...
Neowin

Minecraft Java Edition is getting peer-to-peer multiplayer support from Mojang

Mojang is currently working on the next major Minecraft content update, Chaos Cubed, and that means public testing is ongoing via the snapshot system. The latest update to the Minecraft Java Edition ...
PCGamesN

Minecraft Java Edition will finally let you party up with your pals, without the need for mods

Minecraft's Java Edition has long been the go-to for PC players, owing to how moddable it is in comparison to its Bedrock counterpart. However, getting a clean multiplayer experience has long ...
MarketWatch

Gold posts its biggest 2-month drop ever. How its price could still double over the next 5 years.

Gold prices cemented their worst two-month decline on record on Thursday, based on the price of heavily traded futures contracts. But prices for the precious metal could still nearly double in the ...
WFMY News2

'Biggest mess Rural Hall has ever seen' | Residents voice concerns about data center at town hall meeting

RURAL HALL, N.C. — More than 100 residents packed Rural Hall's town hall meeting on Wednesday night to voice opposition to a proposed AI data center that would sit directly across the street from Town ...
Men's Journal

‘A Minecraft Movie’ Was Just Dethroned as 2025’s Biggest Hit

‘Zootopia 2’ has taken the No. 1 spot on the domestic box office charts from the video game adaptation. 'Zootopia 2' surpassed 'A Minecraft Movie' as 2025’s top domestic box office hit. After 13 ...
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'A Minecraft Movie' Was Just Dethroned as 2025's Biggest Hit

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘Obsession’ Art Director Calls for Industry Reform After Getting Paid Less Than $7,000 as Film Nears $175 Million “Unlike Anything ...
TechSpot

Minecraft Java Edition is finally moving from OpenGL to multi-threaded Vulkan

Looking ahead: The first official visual upgrade in Minecraft's 16-year history was released last June for Bedrock Edition players. However, the original Java version has a long road ahead of it ...
NPR

Amazon dethrones Walmart as the world's biggest company by sales

In a slow-motion race of two behemoths, Amazon has officially displaced Walmart as the world's biggest company by sales. For the first time, Walmart on Thursday reported lower annual sales than Amazon ...