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Roblox will let people use AI to make games on their phone
Roblox is introducing “Build”, a mobile-first tool that lets users generate basic games from text prompts directly within its app, marking the company’s latest push to embed AI throughout its platform. The feature could make it far easier for anyone to create games, but critics worry it may worsen concerns about low-quality, AI-generated “slop” flooding…
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X cracks down on creators who steal content
X will use Grok AI to better detect stolen content, redirect payouts to original creators, and crack down on engagement bait.
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“When They Shut Down Broadway”: Chris Janson Brings Nashville to a Standstill as Thousands Pack the Streets
Country singer Chris Janson performed on Nashville’s Broadway on 14 July, drawing thousands of fans and prompting the city to close the street for his set as part of the opening of the CONNECT conference. For Janson, the moment carried particular weight, as he once slept in his car in the same area of downtown…
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Private parking firms apparently flouting the law and their own code of practice over tickets issued to drivers, says competition watchdog
The UK’s competition watchdog has raised concerns that private parking companies appear to be breaching the law and their own code of practice when issuing tickets to drivers. The findings point to widespread poor practice across the private parking sector, which has long faced criticism for aggressive enforcement tactics and unclear signage, and the intervention…
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New Lioness Season 3 trailer signals Taylor Sheridan is taking the Paramount+ series to new heights
The new “Lioness” season 3 trailer features terrifying drone swarm sequences as Zoe Saldaña faces enemies in the shadows ahead of its Aug. 2 premiere.
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Trump made $1.4bn from crypto in one year. Is Justin Sun the man who helped him do it?
Donald Trump earned at least $2.2bn in personal income last year, with $1.4bn of that coming from his crypto ventures, according to a Guardian analysis. The scale of this dwarfs historical presidential corruption scandals, such as the 1920s Teapot Dome affair, and has focused attention on Justin Sun, a Chinese crypto billionaire widely seen as…
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The team behind Windows NT sent ‘black cardboard coffins’ and fake dog poop to their rivals back in the 90s, because nerds
Former Windows NT chief architect Dave Cutler has recalled how his team sent black cardboard coffins containing fake dog mess to senior figures at rival technology firms in the 1990s. The episode illustrates the unusually combative, personal rivalry among major computing companies during the period when Windows NT was competing for influence. The coffins, about…
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GOG veterans thank Microsoft and Windows 11 for finding “spectacular ways” to break classic games they’re trying to preserve
The content fetched for this article only contains CSS/styling code — no actual article text came through, just the page’s stylesheet declarations repeated twice. I only have the headline to go on: it suggests GOG’s preservation team has criticised Microsoft/Windows 11 for introducing compatibility issues that break classic games they’re archiving. I don’t have enough…
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AI-powered travel agency Fora hits unicorn status, raises $60M
Fora, an AI-assisted travel agency, has raised $60 million in a Series D funding round that values the company at $1 billion, giving it unicorn status. The round was led by Forerunner and Tactile Ventures, with participation from existing backers Insight Partners and Thrive Capital, underscoring continued investor appetite for AI-augmented services in the travel…
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Google folds NotebookLM into Gemini with rebrand and cloud link
Google is renaming its AI-powered note-taking app NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook, part of a push to weave the tool more tightly into Gemini and Google Search. The app will keep operating as a standalone product but will gain broader reach, including future access through Search’s AI Mode chatbot feature, reflecting Google’s wider strategy of pulling…