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There are less than 48 hours to save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket
TechCrunch is reminding readers that discounted early-bird pricing for its Disrupt 2026 conference closes on Friday, 21 August at 11:59pm PT, giving prospective attendees under 48 hours to save on tickets. Disrupt 2026 takes place from 13-15 October at Moscone West in San Francisco and typically draws more than 10,000 founders, investors and members of…
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Take-Two Loses Billions In Market Value Since GTA 6 Leaks Began
GTA 6 is set for a big reveal on August 27 with an extended trailer coming to Netflix, but ahead of that, alleged gameplay footage is leaking everywhere. The leaks began earlier this week, and Rockstar owner Take-Two’s stock price has fallen this week as well. Take-Two has seen its total market cap lose billions,…
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Two teenage girls each win enormous payout after they were trapped upside down on malfunctioning fairground ride for 25 minutes
A Portland jury has awarded two teenage girls a combined $550,000 (£275,000 each) after they were left trapped upside down for 25 minutes on a malfunctioning fairground ride. Xitlali Gomez-Salais and Evie Yannotta, both now 16, had sued Oaks Amusement Park and ride distributor Zamperla Inc. for $2 million, alleging psychological and physical trauma from…
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‘DAU’ Director Defends Film After Ukraine Backlash
Director Ilya Khrzhanovsky has publicly defended his film DAU after Ukraine’s government branded it Russian propaganda and demanded it be pulled from the Venice Film Festival next month. In a Facebook post, Khrzhanovsky rejected the accusations, stressing that he has renounced his Russian citizenship in protest at the war and that the film is “an…
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AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D review
PC Gamer’s 20 August review finds that AMD’s Ryzen 7 7700X3D delivers very strong gaming performance but occupies an awkward place in the company’s range. The eight-core, 16-thread Zen 4 AM5 processor carries 96MB of L3 cache, including 64MB of 3D V-Cache, and has a 120W TDP. It is effectively a lower-clocked Ryzen 7 7800X3D:…
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Netflix’s 10-Episode Revenge Thriller Is Too Good To Miss for ‘John Wick’ Fans
Netflix’s new 10-episode series “Agent Kim Reactivated” is being highlighted as a must-watch for action fans, blending the family-peril premise of Taken with the brutal fight choreography of John Wick, set against the backdrop of North-South Korean espionage. Based on the popular webtoon “Manager Kim”, which has amassed more than 47 million views, the show…
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Sen Morimoto Announces New Album Time Is On Your Side: Hear “Overthinker”
Chicago-based, Kyoto-born musician Sen Morimoto has announced a new album, Time Is On Your Side, due out on 23 October via their own label, Sooper Records. It follows 2023’s Diagnosis and its 2024 companion EP BONK!, and marks another stylistic shift for an artist known for moving between genres such as jazz and rap. The…
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2026’s Best Horror Game Isn’t Even A Horror Game
By almost every account, playing Big Walk with your friends is a charming, sweet, and borderline magical experience. It’s a game about exploring, communicating, and collaborating, and it eschews traditional systems familiar in other games. For example, there is nothing in this open-world puzzle-adventure game designed to harm you–no health bars, stamina meters, or any…
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Paul Simon, politics, 40 years of ‘Graceland,’ and its two finest songs
A complicated legacy. The post Paul Simon, politics, 40 years of ‘Graceland,’ and its two finest songs first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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The Cloning Company Trying to Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth Enlists ‘Paw Patrol’ in Its Efforts (Exclusive)
Colossal Biosciences, the de-extinction company known for its efforts to revive the Woolly Mammoth, has partnered with Paramount and Spin Master to use the children’s franchise Paw Patrol to promote real-world conservation. The campaign, timed alongside Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie, aims to teach children that endangered animals face genuine threats such as disease and…