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Two Fossil Fuel Companies Are Betting Big on Data Centers
Two major American oil and gas firms, Williams and Chevron, are increasingly positioning natural gas infrastructure for data centres as a key growth area, presenting the artificial intelligence boom’s soaring energy demands as a lucrative new market for fossil fuels. Executives from both companies told investors on recent earnings calls that they expect to keep…
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The three biggest RAM makers have already sold all their 2027 output, report says, potentially stretching price woes into 2028
Samsung, Micron and SK Hynix – the world’s three largest memory chip makers – have reportedly sold out their entire manufacturing capacity for both 2026 and 2027, according to Taiwanese outlet DigiTimes. This means PC gamers and buyers hoping for relief from soaring RAM, storage and graphics card prices are likely to be waiting until…
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Anthropic seeks partial dismissal in music publishers’ $3B lyrics suit – as CEO moves to drop the direct-infringement claim against him
Anthropic and its chief executive Dario Amodei have filed separate motions asking a US court to dismiss parts of a $3 billion copyright lawsuit brought by music publishers Concord Music Group, Universal Music Publishing Group and ABKCO. The filings, lodged on 3 August 2026 in the Northern District of California, target the larger of two…
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Super Mario Party Jamboree TV Is The Second ‘Switch 2 Edition’ To Break One Million Physical Sales
Nintendo’s latest financial data, covering sales up to June 2026, shows that Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV has become only the second “Switch 2 Edition” title to sell more than one million physical copies. The milestone is notable because it counts physical sales alone, excluding digital downloads, and…
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‘Mama mia!’: Trump tariffs refund ignites 53% profit spike at Nintendo
Nintendo’s quarterly profit jumped 53.5% to ¥147.4bn (£694m) in the three months to June, far outstripping analysts’ forecasts of ¥77.8bn, after the company received a refund on tariffs imposed by Donald Trump. The boost came despite an overall 10% drop in revenue to ¥517.8bn, highlighting how the reversal of the US “Liberation Day” levies has…
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Tough Cookie Return With New Single ‘Mercy!’
London group Tough Cookie have released their new single “Mercy!”, marking a return following last year’s well-received mixtape “The Countryside Is Good For You”. The band mix 90s grunge-adjacent guitar tones with careful songwriting, and the new track continues that approach with an accompanying music video. Frontperson August describes “Mercy!” as a deeply personal song,…
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Heartless scammers set up fake fundraiser after ‘talented young footballer’, 14, drowned in the River Thames
Scammers set up a fake GoFundMe fundraiser within hours of 14-year-old Banta Sillah being named as the boy who drowned in the River Thames at Millwall Outer Dock during the recent heatwave. The bogus page, which claimed to be raising £6,000 for his “burial and a memorial”, collected more than £3,000 from well-meaning members of…
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This new Final Fantasy board game passed me by, but I’m sold already thanks to the pixel art
Fans just got their first look at a new, officially licensed Final Fantasy board game at Gen Con
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25 Movies To Watch if You Love ‘Gladiator’
This Collider article by Jeremy Urquhart is a listicle recommending 25 films for fans of Ridley Scott’s Oscar-winning epic “Gladiator” (2000), which won Best Picture and later spawned a 2024 sequel. The piece is aimed at viewers who enjoyed the film’s blend of historical spectacle, revenge narrative and battle action, and points them towards similar…
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Madison Brooks’ mom slams attempt to ban pink at trial for slain LSU student: ‘We wear it to honor her’
The mother of Madison Brooks, a Louisiana State University student who was allegedly gang-raped and then struck and killed by a car in 2023, has criticised a defence motion seeking to stop courtroom spectators wearing pink during the trial of one of her accused attackers, Desmond Carter. Ashley Baustert said the colour is worn by…