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  1. Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls dev apologises for PC "gameplay and performance issues"Eurogamer
  2. Making sense of the panic over Chinese AITechCrunch
  3. Apple is banking on privacy to set its smart glasses apartThe Verge
  4. Maya Jama On Future As ‘Love Island UK’ Host & Rumors She’s Replacing Emma Willis As ‘The Voice UK’ Season 15 HostDeadline
  5. Gracie Abrams Scores First No. 1 on Albums Chart With ‘Daughter From Hell’Variety
  6. Morgan Wallen, Garth Brooks, Taylor Swift & More Artists With Most Weeks at No. 1 on Top Country Albums Chart: Full ListBillboard
  7. Berlin Pride attack suspect shot and killed during police operationBBC World
  8. Usher Stops Steamy Onstage Encounter After Fan Appears Uncomfortable at Nashville ShowBillboard
  9. Watch Oliver Tree’s ‘Celebration of Life’ Memorial ServiceRolling Stone
  10. Capcom Producer Says Resident Evil Remakes Enable Original Games Like PragmataKotaku

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Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls dev apologises for PC "gameplay and performance issues"

The open beta for Marvel T&omacrkon: Fighting Souls is finally here, and it seems PC players are struggling with a host of issues unique to the PC port, prompting developer Arc System Works to issue an apology and troubleshooting guidelines over the weekend. Read more

Why it matters: Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls dev apologises for PC... may set a new standard for the genre.

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Making sense of the panic over Chinese AI

On the latest episode of Equity, we discussed why Moonshot AI's Kimi seemed to panic Silicon Valley and Wall Street.

Bottom line from TechCrunch: this is one to watch for the industry.

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Apple is banking on privacy to set its smart glasses apart

According to Mark Gurman, Apple is planning to reveal its first smart glasses at WWDC next June, with an expectation that they'll launch by the end of 2027. Part of the hold-up may be around the company's efforts to get its privacy features and messaging in order. Smart glasse...

Why it matters: Apple is banking on privacy to set its... reshapes the tech landscape.

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Maya Jama On Future As ‘Love Island UK’ Host & Rumors She’s Replacing Emma Willis As ‘The Voice UK’ Season 15 Host

Maya Jama is a multifaceted personality as the host of Love Island UK and is set to star in Netflix’s The Gentleman Season 2. As Jama expands her talents into other areas, there have been rumors that she is looking to step away from the ITV2 dating series. “I never know,” Jama...

Why it matters: Maya Jama On Future As ‘Love Island UK’... reflects evolving audience tastes.

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Gracie Abrams Scores First No. 1 on Albums Chart With ‘Daughter From Hell’

Gracie Abrams has earned her first No 1 on the Billboard 200 with her third album “Daughter From Hell,” bowing atop the chart with 124,000 equivalent album units. The singer-songwriter announced the album back in May, along with the release of its first single “Hit the Wall.” ...

Bottom line from Variety: this may set a new benchmark for the genre.

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Twisted laser light distinguishes mirror-image molecules by their fragment counts

Many molecules exist in two mirror-image forms—like left and right hands—that look identical but can behave very differently, especially in biological systems and pharmaceuticals. Distinguishing between these enantiomers (also called chiral molecules) is a longstanding challen...

Phys.org reports: Twisted laser light distinguishes mirror-image molecules by their... — this adds a piece to a much larger puzzle.

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‘Hadestown: The Musical’ Sings With $9.7M Debut, No. 4 Spot, ‘Motor City’ Powers Up As Indies Fuel Top Ten – Specialty Box Office

Bleecker Street’s Hadestown: The Musical swept to the second biggest opening for a live show capture since Hamilton, pushing $9.7 million in a terrific debut on 1,949 screens. Due to “extraordinary response and demand,” the distributor said its new event cinema label Crosswalk...

Deadline reports: ‘Hadestown: The Musical’ Sings With $9.7M Debut, No.... — this may set a new benchmark for the genre.

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Apple’s AI glasses to be unveiled at WWDC27: report

Apple’s long-awaited AI smart glasses, expected to launch late next year, finally have an expected reveal date.

The big picture: Apple’s AI glasses to be unveiled at WWDC27:... — is one to watch for the industry.

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The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the border

The government is prosecuting US citizen Sam Tunick for allegedly providing authorities with a "duress password" that wiped his phone when they tried to seize it at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport on January 24th, 2025. Federal agents detained Tunick at the airport, alleg...

Why it matters: The US is charging an American citizen for... reshapes the tech landscape.

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Nintendo pre-order updates – July 26, 2026 – LEGO Donkey Kong arcade, Hasbro Zelda toys, more

Below are the latest Nintendo products that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers for the week of July 26, 2026: United States Switch 2 Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – July 30 – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop  Truxton Extreme Thunder Mast...

Nintendo Everything reports: Nintendo pre-order updates – July 26, 2026 –... — this is generating hype in the community.

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How to get YouTube Music's best audio quality

If you don't mind using more data, make these changes to step up your listening experience in the YouTube Music app.

Why it matters: How to get YouTube Music's best audio quality is one to watch for the industry.

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"Sony had the strictest social media guidelines they've ever seen issued," says former first-party dev about physical disc backlash

Sony has reportedly issued its strictest-ever social media guidelines to staff at its first-party studios following the backlash to its physical media announcement. Read more

The big picture: "Sony had the strictest social media guidelines they've... — reflects the evolution of interactive entertainment.

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Universal Responds To Online Leak Of ‘The Odyssey’ With Takedown Protocols

Christopher Nolan has taken pains to urge fans to see The Odyssey in Imax if they want the best experience. After all, his film was shot entirely in that format to optimize the moviegoing experience. Imagine the director’s chagrin, then, when a high-quality version of the film...

Why it matters: Universal Responds To Online Leak Of ‘The Odyssey’... may set a new benchmark for the genre.

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James Cameron tried to warn us: ‘Skynet Day’ is now shorthand for OpenAI’s agent going rogue and hacking into a startup

In what OpenAI said was the first-ever incident of its kind, an advanced AI model escaped its “sandbox” to the internet and used stolen credentials to break into the servers of Hugging Face.

Fortune reports: James Cameron tried to warn us: ‘Skynet Day’... — this hints at where the money is moving.

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When a teenager makes the 'stupid choice,' their brain is working exactly as designed

When an adult refuses to let an injustice pass—stands up to a bully or asserts their rights—we call it principle. When a 15-year-old retaliates to an insult thrown in a school corridor, risking detention, we call it a failure to think ahead. It's easy to ascribe this to a not-...

Bottom line from Phys.org: this could lead to real-world breakthroughs.

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Gamma-ray pulsations reveal extreme 3.2-millisecond pulsar 3,900 light-years away

By analyzing the data from NASA's Fermi gamma-ray space telescope, Chinese astronomers have investigated a recently identified millisecond pulsar known as PSR J0435+3233. As a result, they found that the pulsar exhibits gamma-ray pulsations. The discovery was detailed in a pap...

Phys.org reports: Gamma-ray pulsations reveal extreme 3.2-millisecond pulsar 3,900 light-years... — this advances our understanding of the world.

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Tom Holland: Some of My Movies Are ‘S–t’ and You ‘Shouldn’t’ Watch Them

Tom Holland is having a great time doing the press circuit for both “The Odyssey” and “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” because he’s fond of the movies. That hasn’t always been the case. On the July 22 episode of Dish Podcast, Holland spoke with hosts Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartne...

The big picture: Tom Holland: Some of My Movies Are ‘S–t’... — may set a new benchmark for the genre.

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Black Forest Labs Releases FLUX 3: A Multimodal Flow Model for Image, Video, Audio and Robot Action Prediction

Black Forest Labs (BFL) has released FLUX 3, a multimodal foundation model that learns from images, videos and audio inside a single architecture. It is also the first FLUX model to ship video, audio and action prediction from one set of weights. The Black Forest Labs (BFL) re...

MarkTechPost reports: Black Forest Labs Releases FLUX 3: A Multimodal... — this pushes the boundary of what machines can do.

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Ukraine’s attack on an Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea could signal a new battlefront as U.S. seeks to form ‘a ring of economic and military pressure’

"In any case, what is clear is that Iran’s war is becoming increasingly intertwined with two other conflicts: the Saudi-Houthi confrontation and the Russia-Ukraine war."

The big picture: Ukraine’s attack on an Iranian ship in the... — signals changing business strategies.

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Tiny Habits face “the emotional aftermath of an intense breakup” on intimate new single ‘Belt Loop’

The track sees the trio embracing a more “playful” and “grown-up” side The post Tiny Habits face “the emotional aftermath of an intense breakup” on intimate new single ‘Belt Loop’ appeared first on NME.

NME reports: Tiny Habits face “the emotional aftermath of an... — this reflects the changing sound of the industry.

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‘Transformers: The Movie’ Getting Fall Theatrical Re-Release From Hasbro & Fathom – Comic-Con

The 1986 animated Transformers: The Movie is getting a 4K theatrical re-release from Fathom Entertainment in partnership with Hasbro on Sept. 17. The Nelson Shin directed movie featured the voices of the late Orson Welles, Robert Stack, and Leonard Nimoy respectively in the ro...

Bottom line from Deadline: this signals where Hollywood is headed.

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‘Attack on Paradise’ Review: Under Siege From Both Criminals and Cops, a Hero Battles Upward in a Zesty High-Rise Actioner

Saïd Boumazoughe gets a “created by” credit just below director Bob Colaers at the end of “Attack on Paradise,” amplifying the fact that this project is very much the Belgian-Moroccan star’s realized personal fantasy of an action vehicle. That translates into something a lot l...

The big picture: ‘Attack on Paradise’ Review: Under Siege From Both... — signals where Hollywood is headed.

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‘Black Panther’ Actor Winston Duke Reveals What He Told David Jonsson About Taking On The Iconic Role

At San Diego Comic-Con this weekend, director Ryan Coogler took the stage to announce that not only will Black Panther 3 hit theaters on December 15, 2028, but David Jonsson will play T’Challa’s grown son who was introduced at the end of Wakanda Forever. Jonsson had a role in ...

Why it matters: ‘Black Panther’ Actor Winston Duke Reveals What He... signals where Hollywood is headed.

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Gay Romance Podcast ‘Drive Thru Magic’ Casts Daniel J. Kim and Danielle Kennedy, Sets September Release Date (EXCLUSIVE)

Daniel J. Kim (“Cobra Kai”) and Danielle Kennedy (“The ’Burbs”) have joined the cast of “Drive Thru Magic,” the upcoming scripted fiction podcast from actor, writer and director Briggon Snow (“The Bright Sessions”). The project is produced by Atypical Artists and executive pro...

Variety reports: Gay Romance Podcast ‘Drive Thru Magic’ Casts Daniel... — this reflects evolving audience tastes.

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‘No Rest for the Wicked’ Review: A Supernatural Gay Love Story in a 19th-Century Backwater

The yearning separations of seafaring life have generated many a romantic ghost story, and while it largely takes place on terra firma, the Danish “No Rest for the Wicked” provides an honorable addition to that roster. Kaspar Kalle’s assured debut feature, drawn from an 1884 s...

The big picture: ‘No Rest for the Wicked’ Review: A Supernatural... — signals where Hollywood is headed.

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Trace molecules emerge as chemical 'keystones' that steer life's communities

In nature, the rarest ingredient can be the one that holds everything together. In a new article published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Dr. Erika C. Freeman of the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) in Berlin argues that a handful of scarce...

Phys.org reports: Trace molecules emerge as chemical 'keystones' that steer... — this could lead to real-world breakthroughs.

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‘Pinocchio: Unstrung’ Review: Killer Puppetry Is the Best Thing About This Killer Puppet Slasher

British indie director Rhys Frake-Waterfield gained a measure of notoriety for his 2023 film “Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey,” at best an amusing sketch idea that could hardly support a feature-length horror movie, let alone a very slapdash sequel. But it wasn’t memorably ba...

Why it matters: ‘Pinocchio: Unstrung’ Review: Killer Puppetry Is the Best... may set a new benchmark for the genre.

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Box Office: ‘The Odyssey’ Soars to $639 Million Globally After Two Weekends, Including $140 Million in Imax

Christopher Nolan’s star-studded adaptation of “The Odyssey” has surpassed $600 million globally after just two weekends of release. The big-budget take on Homer’s 3,000-year-old epic, led by Matt Damon as the Greek king Odysseus, has generated $639.6 million worldwide, includ...

The big picture: Box Office: ‘The Odyssey’ Soars to $639 Million... — reflects evolving audience tastes.

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‘The Odyssey’ Holds Strong Worldwide, Cume Near $640M; ‘Toy Story 5’ Third Pic YTD To Cross $1B WW – Global Box Office Update

Refresh for updates…Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is just laying siege and holding the box office fort at the domestic box office, but worldwide. OMG, the second global weekend was $215.3M, a -18% dip from the Universal pic’s opening which was $263.7M WW. Of that global tota...

The big picture: ‘The Odyssey’ Holds Strong Worldwide, Cume Near $640M;... — may set a new benchmark for the genre.

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Completed Fan-Made Portal Remake Stuck In Limbo As Valve Goes Silent

Portal: Alive & Kicking kicking had Valve’s blessing and even access to Portal 2’s source code, but that same arrangement now has the team sitting on their hands

Why it matters: Completed Fan-Made Portal Remake Stuck In Limbo As... reflects the evolution of interactive entertainment.

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‘Am I Supposed to be a Comedian?’: Donald Trump’s Bizarre White House Correspondent’s Dinner Speech Had Few Laughing

Even by the standards to which we’ve all, by now, become accustomed, President Donald Trump’s performance at Friday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner was bizarre. And the fact of it — from the style of his halting delivery to the substance of his vindictive message to...

Bottom line from Variety: this is generating industry buzz.

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A quantum heat engine that simultaneously provides work and refrigeration

The laws of thermodynamics state that heat naturally flows from hotter systems or regions to colder systems or regions until a state of thermal equilibrium is reached. This simple principle underpins the operation of numerous technologies, ranging from refrigerators to power p...

The big picture: A quantum heat engine that simultaneously provides work... — adds a piece to a much larger puzzle.

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Kacey Musgraves cancels three US tour dates without explanation

The affected shows include the 'Middle Of Nowhere' tour's original opening night in Chicago next month The post Kacey Musgraves cancels three US tour dates without explanation appeared first on NME.

NME reports: Kacey Musgraves cancels three US tour dates without... — this taps into a cultural moment.

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TechCrunch Mobility: Uber bets on its former CEO

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

Bottom line from TechCrunch: this may redefine how we interact with devices.

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Nintendo maintenance schedule – July 26, 2026 – lots of games downtime incoming

Nintendo has released its maintenance schedule for the week of July 26, 2026. The previously announced Nintendo Switch Online maintenance for next month is still on the docket. On top of that though, a new session has been added. Maintenance is kicking off in a few hours for a...

Why it matters: Nintendo maintenance schedule – July 26, 2026 –... could shake up the gaming landscape.

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‘The Odyssey’ Leaked on X: High-Quality Bootleg Seen by Millions in Hours Before Takedown

“The Odyssey” leaks have begun, as a high-quality bootleg of the film reached millions of people on X thanks to a viral tweet on July 25. At 2:25 p.m. PT, a post on X reading “Someone uploaded ‘The Odyssey’ full movie on X. Can you believe it?” amplified a message from a now-s...

The big picture: ‘The Odyssey’ Leaked on X: High-Quality Bootleg Seen... — may set a new benchmark for the genre.

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Carrie is just trying to make a friend in the new trailer

Mike Flanagan's latest Stephen King adaptation, Carrie (this will be his fourth), is slated to make its debut on Amazon Prime on October 7th. The new trailer dropped at Comic-Con 2026 and doesn't contain many surprises. If you're familiar with Carrie at all, it hits all the ex...

The Verge reports: Carrie is just trying to make a friend... — this could change how developers build software.

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Cursor's agent swarm suggests cheaper models can handle most coding when frontier models plan the work

Cursor asked its upgraded agent swarm and its predecessor to rebuild SQLite in Rust using only the documentation, with no source code or internet access. Every configuration of the new system, which separates planners from workers, eventually scored 100 percent on the test sui...

Why it matters: Cursor's agent swarm suggests cheaper models can handle... could accelerate the AI arms race.

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‘Rick and Morty’ Spinoff ‘President Curtis’ Plays It Safe, but Keeps the Sci-Fi Franchise Cruising: TV Review

“They spin off so fast,” Morty (Harry Belden) sighs of the latest visitors to the garage he shares with his grandfather Rick (Ian Cardoni). “I give it 10 episodes,” Rick replies. The scene is an obligatory, efficient passing of the baton from the characters’ namesake show “Ric...

Bottom line from Variety: this signals where Hollywood is headed.

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You can get three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for almost half off

Subscribing to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on a recurring basis has been tough to justify recently, even after Microsoft reduced the monthly cost from $29.99 to $22.99. But you can get a better deal on a three-month subscription (valued at $69) by grabbing a digital code at Eneba ...

The Verge reports: You can get three months of Xbox Game... — this may redefine how we interact with devices.

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‘The Odyssey’s $87M Second Weekend A Record For Christopher Nolan, Besting ‘Dark Knight’ – Sunday Box Office Update

SUNDAY AM WRITETHRU: Universal’s The Odyssey remained muscular after a near $26M Friday and $34.6M Saturday, posting Christopher Nolan’s best second weekend ever at the domestic box office with $87M. That’s also, as we told you before the weekend got underway, the best second ...

The big picture: ‘The Odyssey’s $87M Second Weekend A Record For... — may set a new benchmark for the genre.

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Marvel announces Ryan Gosling as Ghost Rider, a new Black Panther, and more

While perhaps less dramatic than in years past, Marvel nonetheless had some big reveals lined up for Comic-Con. The highest profile was certainly the announcement that Ryan Gosling would be joining the MCU as Ghost Rider, with the Shawn Levy-directed (Deadpool & Wolverine) sta...

Why it matters: Marvel announces Ryan Gosling as Ghost Rider, a... may redefine how we interact with devices.

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Open-source 3D-printed portable MRI machine built for under $70,000 — DIY medical equipment costs less than 7% of a full-sized MRI machine’s $1.1 million starting price

This open-source project uses 3D printing to build the core of a portable MRI machine, although it still has a lower resolution compared to multi-million-dollar full-sized machines. One tech expert suggested that an AI model be trained on high-field MRI data or the physics of ...

Why it matters: Open-source 3D-printed portable MRI machine built for under... may redefine how we interact with devices.

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DNA vacuum captures animal traces from air to map Danish wildlife

Researchers have developed a DNA vacuum that can suck genetic traces from animals out of the air and reveal which animals live in an area. In two new studies, the researchers collected air samples in three natural areas in Denmark and showed that the method can be used to map ...

Why it matters: DNA vacuum captures animal traces from air to... challenges existing scientific assumptions.

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Guy Tudor, Whose Art Brought Obscure Birds to Life, Dies at 91

A self-taught ornithologist, he won a MacArthur fellowship for his precise, resplendent illustrations that appeared in definitive field guides to tropical songbirds.

Bottom line from NY Times Science: this challenges existing scientific assumptions.

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GitHub, PyPI add time-based defenses against supply chain attacks

GitHub and PyPI (Python Package Index) have introduced a time-based mechanism in the Dependabot dependency management tool to protect against supply-chain attacks and to limit their impact. [...]

Why it matters: GitHub, PyPI add time-based defenses against supply chain... underscores the cost of weak defenses.

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How AI wealth could be distributed to all Americans

AI riches are already concentrated among a handful of powerful companies, but there are plenty of new, some radical, ideas about how to spread the wealth.

CNBC reports: How AI wealth could be distributed to all... — this reflects a broader economic trend.

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Japanese Nintendo eShop releases for July 30, 2026

Nintendo has updated the Japanese Switch and Switch 2 release schedule on eShop for the week of July 30, 2026. Various new titles are on the way, highlighted by Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, Village in the Shade, and more. Here’s a look at the upcoming di...

The big picture: Japanese Nintendo eShop releases for July 30, 2026 — could shake up the gaming landscape.

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Paul Andrews, Founder of the Woodstock of U.F.O.s, Dies at 77

An annual convention in the California desert offered a safe space for believers to discuss extraterrestrial encounters, crop circles and other paranormal phenomena.

NY Times Science reports: Paul Andrews, Founder of the Woodstock of U.F.O.s,... — this advances our understanding of the world.

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Darlene Love Is 85. She’s Not Even Thinking About Retirement

The vocalist behind some of Phil Spector's greatest songs is plotting a residency, working on a documentary, and trying to put together an all-star holiday show

Why it matters: Darlene Love Is 85. She’s Not Even Thinking... shows where the music business is headed.

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The best way to save giant sequoias may be more fire

Giant sequoias are built to withstand ordinary fires, but recent extreme wildfires killed thousands of trees that had survived for centuries or even millennia. A new analysis of about 26,400 sequoias found that trees in areas treated with prescribed burns were nearly four time...

The big picture: The best way to save giant sequoias may... — challenges existing scientific assumptions.

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Your AI calorie-tracking app may be off by 345 calories

Popular AI-powered food apps may make calorie counting easier, but they may also leave out a surprisingly large part of the meal. Four apps underestimated calories and fat by about one-third when tested against carefully prepared meals. High-fat ketogenic dishes appeared to ca...

Bottom line from ScienceDaily: this could lead to real-world breakthroughs.

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Sparks Announce First-Ever Live Album, Live on The Moon

The band's first official live recording captures a career-spanning set from the Taruntius Crater. Sparks Announce First-Ever Live Album, Live on The Moon Chris Coplan

Bottom line from Consequence of Sound: this shows where the music business is headed.

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Angola's oldest burials, including its only known ancient cremation, uncovered at a 15th-century site doomed by a dam

As the construction of a hydroelectric dam loomed, archaeologists raced to uncover Angola's earliest dated burials and its only known cremation at a 15th-century settlement before it vanished beneath the water.

Why it matters: Angola's oldest burials, including its only known ancient... advances our understanding of the world.

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The Galaxy Z Fold 8 is Samsung preparing for battle, but is it enough?

There was a bit of an undertone present in Samsung’s latest Unpacked keynote. Not one of progress or triumph, but what felt a bit like fear. After seven years, the foldable market is about to enter uncharted territory and, frankly, I’m not sure Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 series...

Why it matters: The Galaxy Z Fold 8 is Samsung preparing... signals a shift in how we use technology.

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CRISPR makes prostate cancer vulnerable to immunotherapy

Scientists used CRISPR to make prostate cancer cells easier for the immune system to detect and destroy. The experimental treatment dramatically improved the effects of immunotherapy in mice and may offer hope for other hard-to-treat tumors.

ScienceDaily reports: CRISPR makes prostate cancer vulnerable to immunotherapy — this adds a piece to a much larger puzzle.

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Minecraft system requirements raised for the first time in 17 years — Microsoft now recommends 16GB of RAM and a 2020s or newer CPU to run the Java Edition

Microsoft is increasing the minimum and recommended system requirements for Minecraft for the first time, 17 years after it launched. Although the system upgrade is quite reasonable and the hardware falls squarely within the most popular components in the most recent Steam Har...

Bottom line from Tom's Hardware: this may redefine how we interact with devices.

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3D-printed F-14 Tomcat uses an FPGA recreation of the ‘world’s first microprocessor' — CADC’s MP944 chip controls the fighter’s swing-wing system, among other things

An FPGA and embedded systems expert has recreated the US Navy’s F-14 Tomcat’s Central Air Data Computer (CADC) in an FPGA. It is demonstrated in a scale 3D printed model aircraft

Why it matters: 3D-printed F-14 Tomcat uses an FPGA recreation of... may redefine how we interact with devices.

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Famitsu review scores – July 26, 2026 – Splatoon Raiders and more

The latest Famitsu review scores for the week of July 26, 2026 are as follows: Splatoon Raiders – 9/9/9/8 Gurei – 8/8/8/9 Kimi ni Madoi, Kimi ni Oboreru – 9/8/8/8 Village in the Shade – 8/8/8/8 Bluey’s Quest for the Gold Pen – 7/7/8/7 Paw Patrol: Dino World – 5/7/8/7 For previ...

Bottom line from Nintendo Everything: this signals what players want next.

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Marvel Finally Brings the X-Men’s Most Feared Villains to the MCU in Doomsday

Marvel Studios packed its big presentation with even more multiversal chaos at SDCC this weekend, adding a Ryan Gosling Ghost Rider solo movie to its upcoming slate and bringing the cast of Avengers: Doomsday to the stage, even taking a little time out to reject Ryan Reynolds’...

The big picture: Marvel Finally Brings the X-Men’s Most Feared Villains... — reflects shifting cultural trends.

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The vertical video takeover is here

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on all things vertical video, follow David Pierce. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes on Sunday at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started For a...

Bottom line from The Verge: this could change how developers build software.

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Why losing the wrong fat can trigger diabetes

Scientists discovered that damaged fat cells can become inflamed, lose their ability to store lipids, and eventually vanish, disrupting the body’s metabolism. The findings show that diabetes can result not only from excess fat, but also from losing the healthy fat tissue the b...

The big picture: Why losing the wrong fat can trigger diabetes — could lead to real-world breakthroughs.

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Avengers: Doomsday – Doctor Doom’s Tony Stark Connection and Past Revealed

Marvel rocked up at Hall H during San Diego Comic-Con this weekend with a number of interesting reveals, including a new Ghost Rider movie starring Ryan Gosling and a new Black Panther for Ryan Coogler’s upcoming threequel. The studio also wowed the crowd with new footage from...

Den of Geek reports: Avengers: Doomsday – Doctor Doom’s Tony Stark Connection... — this signals changes in media consumption.

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The Sunday Papers

Sundays are for sobbingly lifting exactly one boulder from the groaning dreampile that is my backlog. Good news, Vacuity, cpt_freakout and the rest – I'm trying out your precious, precious Troubleshooter game. I hear it's a hundred hours long, so please do not take this as a p...

The big picture: The Sunday Papers — signals what players want next.

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KwaiKAT Team Releases KAT-Coder-V2.5: An Agentic Coding Model Trained on 100,000+ Verifiable Repository Environments

The KwaiKAT Team at Kuaishou has published the KAT-Coder-V2.5 technical report, arguing that agentic coding capability is bottlenecked by training infrastructure rather than model scale. AutoBuilder raised environment construction success from 16.5% to 57.2%, producing over 10...

Bottom line from MarkTechPost: this marks a new chapter in AI development.

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The Best Motorola Phones, From Razr to Moto G (2026)

Motorola phones may seem old-school, but their reasonable prices, colorful designs, and simple software make them good, wallet-friendly Android smartphones.

Bottom line from Wired: this could change how developers build software.

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Watch Rick Astley join Blossoms for ‘Joke About Divorce’ at Tramlines

The singer also provides backing vocals on the studio version of the band’s new single The post Watch Rick Astley join Blossoms for ‘Joke About Divorce’ at Tramlines appeared first on NME.

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