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British auto show Top Gear will return in May to BBC Two and BBC America, and the network just released a trailer to give UK and US audiences a taste of what’s to come. The show will be different from previous seasons without longtime former Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond. Those three have since signed a three-year deal with Amazon to create another car show.

Instead, the new season of Top Gear features former Friends actor Matt LeBlanc, who had previously appeared on Top Gear as the fastest “Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.” LeBlanc’s presence will probably help the show gain broader appeal in the US, and the actor is a noted Formula 1 fan. He likely won’t be out of place.

Other presenters will include Chris Evans, Sabine Schmitz, Formula 1 commentator Eddie Jordan, and Rory Reid. In the trailer, we see racing driver Jenson Button behind the wheel of a lime green McLaren 675LT, Chris Harris in a yellow Ferrari F12, and LeBlanc in what appears to be an Ariel Nomad.

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Back in September, Eddy Cue introduced Disney Infinity for Apple TV live on stage. Now, the game isn't even supported on the hardware anymore.

Just a few months ago, the unveiling of a new Apple TV box seemed to finally address those seemingly perpetual rumors (and analyst desires) for Apple to make a serious, iOS-style play to shake up the home game console market. Today, the Apple TV's chances of having a serious impact on the market for TV-based games seems remote at best.

The strongest sign yet of Apple TV's gaming struggles comes from Disney Interactive, which revealed in a forum post earlier this month that it was dropping support for the Apple TV version of Disney Infinity 3.0 (which launched alongside Apple TV in November). That means that any new Disney Infinity figures released from here on out simply won't work with the Apple TV version of the game.

"The team is currently focusing on the traditional gaming platforms," a moderator wrote. "We are always evaluating and making changes, but there are currently no plans for further updates to the Apple TV version of the game."

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SAN FRANCISCO—Microsoft bought Xamarin, the popular C#-and-.NET-on-iOS-and-Android, last month. At its Build developer conference today, the company announced the first big step for its new acquisition: Xamarin is now included in every Visual Studio version.

This announcement means that every Visual Studio, from the free Community edition right up to the Enterprise edition, now has access to the Xamarin tooling so that developers can build applications for Android and iOS (though iOS development continues to need access to an OS X machine) using the .NET and C# tools they love.

There are no restrictions to this inclusion, either. As an independent company, Xamarin did have a free version to give developers a taste of what it offered, but the product was historically restricted to only support small executables, with anything larger requiring a paid license. That's not the case today; even Visual Studio 2015 Community has no size or other restrictions. Some enterprise-oriented Xamarin features are still restricted, and developers will need a Visual Studio Enterprise subscription to use these.