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xMEMS unveils super tiny cooling fan that fits inside smart glasses

• xMEMS reveals tiny XMC-1200 cooling fan for smart glasses
• Fan is 46mm², uses 70mW, cuts temperature by up to 10°C
• Production expected Q4 2027, glasses likely arriving in 2028

xMEMS Labs has unveiled the XMC-1200, described as the world's smallest active micro fan, designed to fit inside the temple arm of smart glasses as well as AR and XR headsets. Improved cooling could help future glasses sustain higher processor performance, record longer video and stay more comfortable…

megiapa Announces New Album ‘Intentions’

• megiapa's new album 'Intentions' arrives 25th September via International Anthem
• Lead single 'Open Your Eyes' released with self-directed video
• Album completed in LA after grant-funded start in Chicago

Chicago-raised, Los Angeles-based artist megiapa has announced her new album 'Intentions', due for release via International Anthem on 25th September. The record is being introduced with the lead single 'Open Your Eyes', a self-directed video release that blends alt-R&B with spoken word over Madlib-influenced production. Megiapa began making…

BBC Introducing Stage axed from Reading & Leeds festival after 18 years

• BBC Introducing Stage dropped from Reading & Leeds after 18 years
• Part of biggest-ever staging and arena overhaul at both sites
• New Canopy stage to support emerging acts instead

The BBC Introducing Stage is being dropped from Reading & Leeds Festival after 18 years, as part of a major overhaul of the event's staging and arena layout. Organisers Festival Republic describe the changes as the biggest in the festivals' history, and say the new Canopy stage will…

3 Songs That Graham Nash Wrote About Joni Mitchell

• Graham Nash dated Joni Mitchell from 1968 to 1970.
• Their relationship inspired "Our House", "I Used To Be A King" and "Simple Man".
• "Simple Man" was written the day after their break-up.

Graham Nash, the singer-songwriter, dated fellow musician Joni Mitchell between 1968 and 1970, and their relationship, along with its eventual end, inspired several of his best-known compositions. The songs offer a window into how the pair's romance shaped some of the era's most enduring folk-rock material, both during…

Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe will become a TTRPG, even though Vampire: The Masquerade already exists

• Renegade Game Studios is making an Immortal Universe TTRPG based on AMC's adaptations
• It will rival Vampire: The Masquerade, which Renegade also publishes
• BackerKit crowdfunding launches this autumn, starting with an Interview with the Vampire set

Renegade Game Studios, publisher of Vampire: The Masquerade, is developing a new tabletop role-playing game based on Anne Rice's Immortal Universe, drawing specifically on AMC's television adaptations of her novels. The move sets the new game up as a direct rival to Vampire: The Masquerade, a gothic horror…

UK.gov’s tech department gets the chop after two years

• DSIT is being scrapped after two years, duties split up
• Digital transformation and GDS likely move to reborn DCMS
• Tech industry liaison shifts to new Business department (BIST)

The UK government is abolishing the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), the department set up under former Conservative prime minister Rishi Sunak to lead digital and technology change across the public sector. Its responsibilities are being redistributed following Science Secretary Liz Kendall's removal by new Labour…

Final Fantasy 14’s Third Walk raid starts with FF11’s most infamous boss being bodied in a cutscene because a raid designer wanted to show off the true strength of your first foe

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