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Mercedes-Benz has filed a patent for a launch control system that reads traffic lights and automatically triggers a race-style start the moment green appears. It raises a fair question about where driver assistance ends and driver replacement begins, but for now it remains a patent, not a production feature.
Shifting gears, Peacock is redesigning its mobile app to lean heavily into vertical video, chasing what the streamer's own executives describe as winning one more hour per user per month. It's a candid admission that short-form, phone-native content is no longer just a social media habit but a full competitive battlefield for legacy streaming platforms.
And in gaming, The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time on Nintendo Switch two has sold five point two million copies, setting a launch sales record for the platform. Nintendo announced the milestone on November eleventh, and the numbers confirm what many suspected — nostalgia paired with modern hardware is a remarkably powerful commercial combination.
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