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Britain has finally grasped the nettle on defence, but tough choices lie ahead
The new PM must balance the security budget and other urgent spending priorities, with little room for manoeuvreBurnham left with £4.7bn bill for Starmer’s new defence investment planKeir Starmer’s defence investment plan leaves behind spending problems that his successor will not be able to avoid.Military budgets will be well short of the UK’s Nato commitments…
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Union urges GTA 6 maker Rockstar to address working conditions
The union has called for better working conditions and pay transparency ahead of the GTA 6 release.
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Disassembling the Steam Machine suggests Valve are protecting its precious RAM by burying it under a dozen other parts
I, uh, completely took apart a Steam Machine by accident. What began as merely wanting a closer look at its RAM setup ended up as a more-or-less full teardown, the heavily layered, almost Russian Doll-like structure of Valve’s teeny-tiny PC demanding a component be removed for a component to be removed for a component to…
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Ania Magliano: Peach Fuzz review – body and soul comedy from superb SNL UK star
Soho theatre, LondonThe co-host of Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update delivers an expertly constructed set of jokes about her quest to live a more embodied lifeAfter serving an eye-catching apprenticeship in live comedy, Ania Magliano’s profile has now surged as co-host of SNL UK’s Weekend Update, a spoof news bulletin recalling to viewers of my…
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What Will Be Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s First Dance Song?
From “Landslide” to “Thinking Out Loud,” here are the top contenders
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Day 5 making a new song everyday in my shed till our UK Tour sells out!
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The Guardian view on the defence investment plan: the UK needs security, not dependency on a wayward US | Editorial
Sir Keir Starmer cuts civilian investment while deepening reliance on American power. That doesn’t feel like national renewalSince Brexit, Daphne du Maurier’s final novel, Rule Britannia, has been seen as a prescient warning about the UK cutting itself adrift from Europe. After joining and then leaving the EU’s predecessor, the Common Market, in a referendum,…
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IO Interactive look set for layoffs as their external partner for Project Fantasy pulls out
Update: Bloomberg have reported that IO’s external partner on Project Fantasy was indeed Xbox. Sigh. It’s another one of those days, as layoffs are essentially imminent yet again, this time at 007 First Light and Hitman developer IO Interactive. The studio shared a post earlier today regarding their as-of-yet not formally revealed Project Fantasy, in…
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Wow! Muse Singer Matt Bellamy Says Band Is ‘Trying to Build a Spaceship’ For Their Upcoming U.K./European Tour – Billboard
Wow! Muse Singer Matt Bellamy Says Band Is ‘Trying to Build a Spaceship’ For Their Upcoming U.K./European Tour Billboard
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Starmer’s delayed defence investment swansong satisfies absolutely no one
The Dip couldn’t be more Keir if it tried: the military, the allies and probably not even Keir himself were happy Starmer warns Burnham not to borrow to fund defence as he reveals £15bn planThere was an air of melancholy as the defence investment plan (Dip) was announced at Malloy Aeronautics in Maidenhead, Berkshire. A…