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Inference startup Infinity raises $15M from Touring Capital, OpenAI and Athropic researchers
AI infrastructure startup Infinity has raised $15 million at a $100 million valuation, with backing from Touring Capital, Principal VC, and researchers from OpenAI and Anthropic. The company is developing software designed to let AI chips run models more efficiently, aiming to break Nvidia’s grip on the market, which stems largely from its proprietary CUDA…
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Kevin Keegan dead at 75: Football legend passes away following battle with cancer as devastated family pay heartbreaking tribute to England icon
Football legend Kevin Keegan has died at the age of 75 following a battle with cancer, prompting an outpouring of tributes from across the sport. The former Liverpool, Hamburg, Southampton, Newcastle United and England forward was widely regarded as one of the most charismatic and influential figures in English football history, both as a player…
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Canceled Kingdom Hearts game leak sends fans into a frenzy
Footage claiming to be the leaked opening cinematic for the cancelled mobile game Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link has surfaced online, sparking intense speculation among Kingdom Hearts fans. The clip depicts scuba divers and jetpack-wearing warriors wielding Keyblades fighting a Heartless creature called a Darkside, before the setting shifts to a city resembling Quadratum, the location featured…
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You can now play SNES Doom with modern dual analogue controls thanks to Blueretro dev
A developer working on the BlueRetro wireless-controller adapter has enabled modern dual-analogue controls for Doom on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The change makes the 1995 SNES port more comfortable to play with contemporary gamepads, updating its controls without altering the original hardware or game. The project maps two analogue sticks to movement and aiming,…
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Spectacular ‘lost’ 17th century garden is revealed under parched grass sparked by Britain’s record-breaking heatwave
Record-breaking heat and prolonged dry weather across Britain have caused parched grass to reveal the outline of a “lost” 17th-century formal garden, as scorched lawns expose buried archaeological features that would normally stay hidden. The phenomenon, known as a parchmark or cropmark, occurs when vegetation above buried walls, paths and foundations dries out and dies…
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The Ultimate ’80s Toy Crossover Has Finally Arrived [Exclusive]
Nacelle and Oni Press are launching a Kickstarter for two new releases celebrating classic 1980s toy lines: The Art of The Toys That Made Us, a collection of behind-the-scenes artwork from the long-running Nacelle documentary series, and Nacelleverse: Year Zero, a collected edition of new comics based on cult toy properties. Collider has exclusively revealed…
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Felicia Day launched Kickstarter for The Guild 20th anniversary movie
Actor and web-series pioneer Felicia Day has launched a Kickstarter campaign to reunite the original cast of The Guild, her influential 2007 MMORPG-themed web series, for a 20th anniversary movie planned for 2027. She decided to self-fund the project after Hollywood producers approached her wanting a rebooted version with a younger cast, a proposal that…
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Dr. Jill Lepore on why AI backlash is vital for the future
In this Decoder podcast interview, Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel speaks with Harvard historian and New Yorker writer Dr Jill Lepore about her forthcoming book, The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State, out on 25 August. Lepore argues that society’s drive to measure and quantify everything, from data collection to AI-driven systems, is fundamentally dehumanising,…
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Utopai Studios Producing AI-Assisted Animated Movie ‘The Most Serious Fart’ by ‘Not Another Teen Movie’ Writer (EXCLUSIVE)
AI production company Utopai Studios is making an animated feature film based on “The Most Serious Fart,” a 2023 children’s book by “Not Another Teen Movie” screenwriter Mike Bender, illustrated by Chuck Dillon. Bender will write and direct the project, marking a notable case of a studio built primarily around AI-generated content taking on an…
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‘The Odyssey’: Ranking Every Performance in Christopher Nolan’s Film From Worst to Best
Variety has published a ranking of every major performance in Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” his $250 million, Imax 70mm adaptation of Homer’s epic about Odysseus’s journey home from Troy. The film has defied early online scepticism to become a major hit, taking $124.5 million domestically on its opening weekend and prompting speculation about a possible…