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Nintendo Direct September 2026: The biggest news and trailers
Nintendo has now completed its September 2026 double-header of showcases, following Tuesday’s Zelda-focused presentation, which confirmed a 5th November release date for the Switch 2 remake of Ocarina of Time, with a roughly 45-minute Nintendo Direct on Wednesday. The Direct was a relatively low-key affair centred on Switch 2 titles due this winter, but it…
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Cryptocrook ringleader, 22, who met crew on Minecraft admits role in $245M heist
Malone Lam, a 22-year-old Singaporean national living in Miami, has pleaded guilty in the US to racketeering conspiracy for leading a cybercrime ring that stole and laundered hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency from wealthy victims. Lam recruited some of the group’s earliest members after meeting them while playing Minecraft online, and the case…
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‘I thought a devil was about to appear from the smoke’: Jerry Hsu’s best photograph
In this instalment of the Guardian’s “best photograph” series, American skateboarder-turned-photographer Jerry Hsu discusses an eerie image of black smoke rising from a street grate in downtown Los Angeles, taken around 2011-2012 shortly after he relocated to the city. He describes the moment as unexpectedly cinematic, as though something demonic might emerge from the cloud,…
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‘No expense spared’: Inside the luxury death plane that killed beloved company boss and his daughter – as air crash investigators launch probe into ageing aircraft’s service records
An ageing but luxuriously refitted Beechcraft A36 Bonanza crashed into a paddock at Chambers Flat, near Logan, south of Brisbane, on Monday, killing company boss Ian Campbell, 56, and his 23-year-old daughter Hannah. The pair had been airborne for just eight minutes after taking off from Archerfield Airport, with witnesses reporting thick smoke pouring from…
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The War on Drugs Return with “Who’s That,” First New Studio Recording in Four Years: Stream
The War on Drugs have released “Who’s That,” their first new studio recording since 2022, accompanied by a music video directed by Max Flick. The track, written and produced by frontman Adam Granduciel at his studio in Southern California, sees him confront emotional imbalance and depression, notably through the refrain “It’s only my depression, baby,”…
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Sequoia doubles down on Cymphony as AI agents create new enterprise security risks
Sequoia Capital has led a $25 million Series A funding round for Cymphony, a New York- and Tel Aviv-based startup building security tools to manage the risks posed by AI agents operating inside enterprises. The investment, part of a $30 million total raise that values the two-year-old company at over $100 million, reflects growing concern…
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JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon to warn UK chancellor against bank tax hike
Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JP Morgan, is due to meet the new chancellor John Healey to argue against raising taxes on banks in the upcoming budget, warning it could damage UK investment and jobs. The meeting, set for Wednesday, comes as speculation grows that Healey may introduce a windfall tax on banks and oil…
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WeChat worm could pwn a friend before they even answered the call
Security researchers at Calif have uncovered and helped patch a zero-click vulnerability in WeChat that allowed a malicious call from a trusted contact to hijack a user’s account without them even answering the phone. The flaw, dubbed WeWorm, stemmed from a memory corruption bug in WeChat’s VoIP stack and is described as the first zero-click…
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Channel 4 to cut 340 jobs by the end of the year in major shake-up
Channel 4 has announced it will cut 340 jobs by the end of the year, reducing its workforce by around 28%, as part of a strategic overhaul of the broadcaster. Chief executive Priya Dogra described the move as the “first phase” of a transformation intended to make the organisation “the right shape and size” and…
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White House pulls Tetris-style ‘Build The Wall’ game after copyright concern
The White House has removed a Tetris-style browser game called “Build The Wall” from its website, after The Tetris Company objected to the unauthorised use of its game’s likeness. In the game, players stacked falling blocks to construct a border wall to “protect the border”; the firm said on 4 September it was “not involved…