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Google updates Android Bench with new LLMs, but Gemini still lags behind
Google has released a significant update to Android Bench, its benchmark for measuring how well large language models handle Android app development tasks. The update adds eight new models and switches to a more accessible testing framework, but the headline finding is that Google’s own Gemini models continue to trail rivals from OpenAI and Anthropic.…
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Amazon is reportedly working on a more powerful agentic Alexa assistant
Amazon is working on a project codenamed ‘Moonraker’ that would enable the AI assistant to handle multi-step tasks more effectively.
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Ex-SLIPKNOT Drummer JAY WEINBERG Teams Up With SOFTCULT On New Single ‘Drown Fountain’
Former Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg has released a new collaborative single, “Drown Fountain”, featuring the Canadian “grunge-gaze” duo Softcult. The track is a notable departure from his heavy-music roots, swapping powerful percussion for shoegaze, drone and atmospheric textures, and it also marks Weinberg’s debut as a vocalist. He described the song, which he began writing…
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Prime Intellect raises $130M Series A to help enterprises build their own AI agents
Prime Intellect, a startup founded in 2024 that supplies computing power and specialised software for building AI agents, has raised a $130 million Series A at a $1 billion valuation. The round was led by Radical Ventures, with backing from corporate investors including Nvidia Ventures, Intel Capital and Dell Technologies Capital, alongside prominent founder-angels such…
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Reform UK branch forced to apologise over AI blunder after posting fake photo of village cleanup
A local branch of Reform UK has been forced to apologise after posting AI-generated “before and after” photos purporting to show a village clean-up in Sarre, Kent, carried out by party volunteers. The images quickly drew suspicion online and mockery from opposition councillors, raising questions about the honesty of the party’s promotion of its community…
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Apple AI security update proves hackers move fast
Apple has released iOS 26.5.2, iPadOS 26.5.2 and macOS Tahoe 26.5.2, an unusually early security update pushed out on 29 June 2026 to patch flaws in the kernel, WebKit and WebRTC. The move matters because Apple reportedly accelerated the rollout in response to concerns that artificial intelligence can help attackers study and exploit software weaknesses…
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‘Evil Dead Burn’ Review: New Entry Ramps Up the Deadite Savagery, Giving Gorehounds What They Want While Sticking to the Formula
David Rooney’s Hollywood Reporter review assesses *Evil Dead Burn*, the sixth feature in Sam Raimi’s supernatural horror franchise, which began in 1981. Directed by Sébastien Vanicek (whose 2023 debut *Infested* is on Shudder), the standalone entry is portrayed as a relentlessly brutal, gore-soaked instalment that delivers exactly the savagery hardcore horror fans crave, even as…
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These AI startups are growing revenue at faster and faster rates
A range of AI-focused companies say their revenue is not merely rising but accelerating, with each new milestone reached in a shorter timeframe than the last — a pattern TechCrunch describes as “flywheel” growth. The trend matters because it suggests demand for AI products is compounding rapidly, and, as the examples of older firms such…
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‘Slopfix’: A software team is charging up to $10,000 to clean up AI-generated code, with the help of *checks notes* AI
PC Gamer reports on a software team offering a paid service, dubbed “Slopfix”, that charges clients up to $10,000 to clean up messy, unreliable code generated by AI tools. The story’s angle is the irony that a business has emerged to fix the problems created by AI-assisted “vibe coding”, highlighting growing concerns about the quality…
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Spinoff ‘Soulm8te’ Headed Straight to Home Video After ‘M3GAN 2.0’ Bombed
Universal has removed the M3GAN spinoff Soulm8te from its theatrical release schedule, and Blumhouse Atomic Monster will instead send the AI sci-fi thriller straight to home video. Directed and co-written by Kate Dolan (You Are Not My Mother), the film will launch exclusively on digital platforms from 1 August through a deal with Universal Pictures…