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HYBE winds down AI voice company Supertone after investing nearly $35M
HYBE, the South Korean entertainment company behind BTS, is shutting down Supertone, the AI voice-synthesis firm it took majority control of in 2023, after ploughing in nearly $35 million (around KRW 49 billion) since 2021. Shareholders voted to dissolve the company and place it into liquidation at an extraordinary meeting on 15 July, with the…
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Cafe chain shuts down after 60 years as Labour’s tax hikes force another firm out of business
A cafe chain that had traded for around 60 years has closed for good, with the owners citing Labour’s recent tax increases as a decisive factor in the collapse. The closure adds to a growing list of long-running hospitality businesses that have shut down since the changes to employer National Insurance contributions and other cost…
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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 gets two new costumes inspired by Brand New Day and Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls
Insomniac Games has released an update for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 adding two new player costumes tied to other Spider-Man media releases. The Fresh Start suit is inspired by the forthcoming film Spider-Man: Brand New Day, while the second suit replicates the character’s look from Arc System Works’ Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, a tag-team fighting game.…
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Kid Bookie Shares Razor-Sharp New Track ‘H.A.T.E.
Kid Bookie has released a new track, ‘H.A.T.E.’, the latest preview of his forthcoming album ‘Cheaper Than Therapy II’. The song sees the artist return to his trap metal roots, delivering an intense, fast-paced track that reflects the aggressive side of the diverse project. He has described it as an anthem for embracing frustration, deliberately…
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Trump responds to Fauci diaries: ‘I grew tired of him’
Donald Trump said he had grown tired of Anthony Fauci after diaries kept by the former US infectious-disease adviser during the Covid-19 pandemic were released by Senator Rand Paul. The remarks revive a dispute over the Trump administration’s pandemic response and highlight the increasingly strained relationship between Trump and Fauci, who was a prominent member…
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Chip stocks slide on AI bubble fears as RBA flags sticky inflation and Air Force One gets new paint job
Global chip shares tumbled amid an AI stock sell-off, while Australia’s central bank warned inflation remains too high and a man was charged over an alleged tea-tin bribe; also, Biden scraps Trump’s Air Force One livery, Spider-Man wins raves, and folk singer Linda Perhacs’s fate emerges.
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Motorola launches Indigenous Collections app for language and cultural preservation
Motorola has launched a free Android app called Indigenous Collections, developed with members of the Rainy Lake Ojibwe community to document and preserve the Ojibwe language, along with associated stories, landmarks and family knowledge. The initiative matters because it offers a modern, accessible tool for safeguarding an indigenous language and cultural heritage that might otherwise…
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HALESTORM Shares Video Of LZZY HALE’s Entire Speech At Opening Of Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame’s ‘Women In Metal’ Exhibit
HALESTORM has released video footage of frontwoman Lzzy Hale’s full speech given at the opening of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s new exhibit, “Women In Metal: You Will Know My Name”. The exhibit celebrates pioneering female figures in the metal genre, highlighting artists who challenged expectations and helped bring the genre to wider…
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Recursive Superintelligence signs $410 compute deal with Amazon
Recursive Superintelligence, an AI startup focused on self-improving systems, has announced a $410 million multi-year compute deal with Amazon Web Services. The agreement provides the flexibility needed to scale up its research, which prioritises “self-improving” AI systems that automatically improve their own capabilities, an approach the company believes requires heavy computing resources rather than a…