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How USAID’s elimination hit US efforts on cyclospora

  • USAID’s closure reportedly reduced CDC cyclospora-response capacity.
  • About $29 million in linked funding was lost.
  • Staff cuts have raised concerns over outbreak preparedness.

The elimination of USAID is reported to have weakened US preparations for cyclospora outbreaks by removing funding that supported the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s parasitic-disease work. This matters because cyclospora, a food-borne parasite that causes prolonged diarrhoeal illness, can require rapid epidemiological and laboratory work to…

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Stalker 2 studio founder’s claims that Xbox paid more for exclusivity than the game cost to make “do not reflect the actual facts”, according to GSC Game World

  • GSC Game World denies ex-founder's claims about Xbox exclusivity payments.
  • Founder Sergiy Grygorovych said the deal "paid for itself" instantly.
  • GSC says current owner Max Krippa funded most development costs.

GSC Game World, developer of Stalker 2, has publicly rejected claims made by the studio's original founder Sergiy Grygorovych that Xbox paid more for a console exclusivity deal than the game cost to produce. The dispute matters because it touches on the finances and ownership history of one…

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Remember When the Original Members of The Byrds Reunited for a Half-Hearted LP in 1973?

  • Original Byrds members reunited for a 1973 self-titled comeback album
  • Critics panned it; McGuinn's signature guitar sound was largely missing
  • Reunion fizzled fast, ending with McGuinn's solo album soon after

In 1972, the four principal original members of The Byrds—Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby and Chris Hillman—set aside their solo careers to reunite for a self-titled comeback album, encouraged by a lucrative deal from David Geffen's Asylum label. The reunion mattered because The Byrds had been hugely…

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Amazon’s AGI department finds humans are optional

  • Amazon cuts jobs within its own AGI/AI division despite calling AI a top priority
  • Part of a 30,000+ job reduction since October amid $200bn 2026 AI capex
  • Model customisation and post-training teams reportedly hit hardest

Amazon has cut an undisclosed number of jobs within its Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) division, the unit responsible for building its large AI models, even as the company insists AI remains one of its top priorities. The move highlights a broader contradiction at play across the tech industry,…

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Super Mario Galaxy Movie Directly Led To New Star Fox And Yoshi Games, Miyamoto Confirms

  • Miyamoto says Mario Galaxy Movie inspired new Star Fox and Yoshi games
  • Peach: Showtime! similarly grew out of first Mario movie discussions
  • Super Mario Galaxy Movie streams on Peacock from 30th July 2026

Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed that The Super Mario Galaxy Movie directly prompted Nintendo to develop new Star Fox and Yoshi games, in an interview with Famitsu covered by Nintendo Everything. He explained that once the studio decided to write Fox McCloud and Yoshi into the film, this created…

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Blasphemous and Sekiro enjoyers may savour the boss rushing of Rubinite, a dark fantasy action RPG about a red-eyed murder princess

  • Boss-rush RPG Rubinite has launched and is on sale on Steam.
  • Combat centres on marking enemy weak points for finishing blows.
  • Praised for Sekiro-like precision and Blasphemous-style dark art design.

Rubinite, a new boss-rush action RPG from Gameworks Ventures and Cup Dog Games, has launched on sale via Steam. The dark fantasy title casts players as Ruby, an exiled princess of the conquered Scarlet Kingdom, who must fight through a gauntlet of grotesque sentinels to reach and defeat…

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The music in Nolan’s Odyssey is as well-crafted – and bloodlessly unmemorable – as the movie itself

  • Göransson's Odyssey score avoided orchestras for ancient/metallic instrumentation instead.
  • Composer Tom Smail says it's technically impressive but emotionally forgettable.
  • Score reflects the film's own perceived lack of emotional depth.

In a Guardian opinion piece, composer Tom Smail assesses Ludwig Göransson's score for Christopher Nolan's blockbuster The Odyssey, arguing it is technically accomplished but ultimately fails to leave a lasting impression, mirroring what he sees as the film's own emotional flatness. Smail, who has personal experience composing in…

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The end of Heartstopper is a bittersweet loss – it’s never felt scarier to be young and queer | Alim Kheraj

  • Netflix's Heartstopper ends after three seasons and a film finale
  • Book series sold over 10m copies worldwide, 1.3m in the UK
  • Show tackled trans rights issues amid current rollbacks in the UK

Heartstopper, Netflix's adaptation of Alice Oseman's LGBTQ+ young adult graphic novels, has concluded after six books, three television seasons and a film-length finale, Heartstopper Forever. Widely praised as one of television's most wholesome shows, it turned stars Kit Connor and Joe Locke into household names and became a…

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How predominantly Black areas in 6 states have been split up by redistricting

  • Six GOP-led states redrew maps, splitting up Black-majority districts
  • Changes follow a Supreme Court ruling weakening Voting Rights Act protections
  • Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama and others saw Black voting power diluted

Republican-led legislatures in six states — Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee and North Carolina — have redrawn congressional maps mid-decade in ways that break up predominantly Black communities, following a Supreme Court ruling that weakened Voting Rights Act protections and a push by President Trump for states to…

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These Catholic sisters want to start a new order with a difficult mission: helping clergy abuse survivors

  • Two US nuns start first order devoted to clergy abuse survivors
  • Founders themselves fled abuse within their former religious order
  • Bishop-backed group offers survivors prayer, listening and counselling

Two American Catholic sisters, Theresa Aletheia and Danielle Lussier, have founded the Sisters of the Little Way of Beauty, Truth and Goodness, believed to be the only Catholic religious community devoted entirely to supporting survivors of abuse by clergy and church leaders. The pair left their previous order,…

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