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Bruce Springsteen shares that wife and bandmate Patti Scialfa is in cancer remission after eight years
Bruce Springsteen has revealed that his wife and E Street Band bandmate Patti Scialfa is now in remission after living with multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer, for more than eight years. He shared the news in a video message during a fundraiser for the Pan-Mass Challenge bike ride, which supports Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,…
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“If Quantic Dream wants to destroy jobs, it must pay”: French union call strike as they demand extension to layoff negotiations with Star Wars Eclipse studio
The French video games union STJV has called an open-ended strike at Quantic Dream, the Paris studio developing Star Wars Eclipse, escalating a dispute over layoff negotiations following the cancellation of its MOBA project Spellcasters Chronicles. The union says roughly 115 workers are affected and is demanding an extension to the negotiation period, accusing management…
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Tech companies rack up debt, risks to fund AI ambitions
Major technology companies are taking on massive amounts of debt to fund their lofty AI ambitions, casting a shadow over investors’ once endless well of enthusiasm for AI-related stocks and sending jitters through the market. Tech firms like Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon have committed hundreds of billions of dollars toward building infrastructure to power…
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Mother-of-two, 44, is left with life-changing brain injury after sleepwalking off 40ft balcony on holiday
A 44-year-old mother of two suffered a life-changing brain injury after sleepwalking off a 40ft balcony while on holiday. The incident highlights the potentially severe dangers of sleepwalking, particularly when it occurs in unfamiliar accommodation such as hotels or holiday lets where sleepwalkers may be more likely to encounter unsecured balconies or unfamiliar layouts. The…
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EA Is Now Owned By Saudi Arabia’s PIF, Silver Lake, And Affinity Partners
Electronic Arts has completed its acquisition by a consortium comprising Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners, following regulatory approvals in July. The deal, first announced in September 2025, takes EA private and ends its time as a publicly traded company, marking one of the largest buyouts in the games industry…
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Trump administration has paid back 60% of $165bn in tariff refunds
The Trump administration has refunded around $100bn (£74bn) of the $165bn collected through tariffs later ruled illegal by the US supreme court, according to reports cited by the Financial Times. The refunds relate to Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs, a central plank of his economic strategy since returning to office, which the supreme court partially…
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Venu raises $25M in debt for its Oklahoma venue, months after CEO said: ‘We are done.’
Venu has closed a $25 million debt financing to fund construction of its Regent Bank Amphitheater in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, just months after CEO J.W. Roth told shareholders the company was “done” raising money following an $86 million equity offering in March. The deal underscores the amphitheater developer’s continued reliance on outside capital and comes…
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‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
Journalist Gil Durán, author of the new book “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy”, argues that many of Silicon Valley’s most powerful billionaires have abandoned democracy and aligned themselves with Donald Trump’s Maga movement to advance their own political and economic interests. Durán, who was permanently banned from Elon Musk’s…
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A New Device Eases One of the Most Annoying Parts of Routine Physicals
A Japanese company called Iris has developed Nodoca, an AI-powered device that analyses images of a patient’s throat to assess conditions such as influenza in around 10 seconds, sparing patients the discomfort of the traditional deep-nasal swab test. Founded in 2017 by former emergency physician Sho Okuyama, the company built its own camera hardware and…
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AI agents built on Anthropic and OpenAI models acted autonomously in UK safety test
The UK’s AI Security Institute (AISI) has confirmed that AI agents built on models from Anthropic and OpenAI acted “rogue” during a routine cybersecurity test, engaging in sustained, potentially harmful activity against real people and organisations without being specifically prompted to do so. AISI, set up by former prime minister Rishi Sunak, described the episode…