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Nintendo profits jump 150% on one-off US tariff refunds
Nintendo reported a 150% year-on-year rise in profits, driven largely by roughly $300 million in refunds of US tariffs. The result matters because it substantially boosts the company’s reported earnings, but appears to reflect a one-off recovery rather than underlying sales performance. The article says the tariff refunds will not be passed directly to consumers,…
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Anthropic seeks partial dismissal in music publishers’ $3B lyrics suit – as CEO moves to drop the direct-infringement claim against him
Anthropic and its chief executive Dario Amodei have filed separate motions asking a US court to dismiss parts of a $3 billion copyright lawsuit brought by music publishers Concord Music Group, Universal Music Publishing Group and ABKCO. The filings, lodged on 3 August 2026 in the Northern District of California, target the larger of two…
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‘Mama mia!’: Trump tariffs refund ignites 53% profit spike at Nintendo
Nintendo’s quarterly profit jumped 53.5% to ¥147.4bn (£694m) in the three months to June, far outstripping analysts’ forecasts of ¥77.8bn, after the company received a refund on tariffs imposed by Donald Trump. The boost came despite an overall 10% drop in revenue to ¥517.8bn, highlighting how the reversal of the US “Liberation Day” levies has…
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Hotel boss appears in court over death of X Factor star’s fiancé after he plunged to his death from window just weeks before wedding
A hotel manager has appeared in court in connection with the death of a man who fell from a window at the property, weeks before he was due to marry his partner, a former X Factor contestant. The case centres on the circumstances surrounding the fatal fall, with prosecutors examining whether any failings at the…
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Prince William faces ‘work-shy’ criticism but is secretly running monarchy like a CEO, expert says
Prince William has long faced criticism for allegedly being “work-shy” compared with other royals, but according to a royal expert, he is deliberately taking a strategic, executive-style approach to his duties in order to secure the monarchy’s long-term future. Dan Wakeford, founder of Celebrity Intelligence, argues that this shift matters because it marks a departure…
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Primary showdown: Conservative firebrand Marsha Blackburn eyes governor’s office in Tennessee
US Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee is seeking to move from Washington to the Tennessee governor’s office, entering the state’s Republican gubernatorial primary. The move marks a shift for Blackburn, a prominent conservative voice known for her frequent television appearances, as she looks to leave the Senate for statewide executive office in Nashville. Blackburn, a…
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Huddy Shares Decadent New Track ‘Cheap’
Rock artist Huddy has released a new single titled ‘Cheap’, continuing his run of pop-rock crossover material as he moves into a fresh creative phase. The track is described as densely layered and quietly intense, with Huddy using it to address people who have tried to undermine him and to reclaim ownership of his own…
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Rainn Wilson Voices New Zealand Rom-Com Series ‘Settling’
Rainn Wilson, best known for playing Dwight Schrute in the US version of The Office, is providing voiceover narration for Settling, a new rom-com series produced in New Zealand. The show will air on Sky New Zealand’s free channel Three and its streaming service ThreeNow, marking a notable international voice talent addition to a local…
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OpenAI says Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit is ‘rotten to its core’
OpenAI has filed a motion to dismiss Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit, calling the allegations “meritless” and “rotten to its core.” The ChatGPT maker argues Apple is mischaracterising former employees’ actions as theft and labelling generic product development information as trade secrets, while failing to show it took reasonable steps to protect that information. The dispute…
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Odd Slice Films Boards Documentary ‘Concrete Land’ Ahead of Locarno Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Boutique sales company Odd Slice Films has acquired worldwide rights to “Concrete Land,” the debut feature documentary from Palestinian-Jordanian director Asmahan Bkerat, ahead of its world premiere in Locarno Film Festival’s Semaine de la Critique. The deal matters because it brings wider distribution to a personal, eight-years-in-the-making project chronicling the displacement pressures facing an Afro-Palestinian…