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The Pitt tops 2026 Emmy nominations with 25 nods
The nominations for the 2026 Emmy Awards have been announced, with the HBO Max medical drama The Pitt leading the field with 25 nominations. The comedy Hacks followed closely with 24 nods — a single-year record for a comedy series — while newcomer Widow’s Bay led all new shows with 19. HBO Max dominated overall,…
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More Reform UK transactions worth millions reported to National Crime Agency
A Guardian investigation has found that a series of financial transactions involving Reform UK’s most senior figures were flagged by banking staff as potential money-laundering concerns and reported to the National Crime Agency (NCA). The revelation widens scrutiny of the party’s funding beyond an earlier disclosed £5m gift to leader Nigel Farage, raising questions about…
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Vampirium: 1997 casts you as Dracula’s assassin in a vampire immersive sim
Bithell Games, the studio behind Tron: Catalyst, John Wick Hex and Thomas Was Alone, has announced a new minimalist immersive vampire sim called Vampirium: 1997. The game casts players as an assassin serving the King of England — who is also Dracula — with the goal of infiltrating locked-down locations and eliminating his enemies to…
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Hacks lands 24 Emmy nominations, most for any comedy season ever
The HBO Max comedy “Hacks” has secured 24 Emmy nominations for its fifth and final season, setting a new record for the most nominations ever received by a single comedy season. This surpasses the previous benchmark of 23 nominations, held first by “The Bear” and then by “The Studio” for its debut season last year,…
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5 Video Games That Need an Anime Adaptation
In the wake of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and Devil May Cry’s success, here are five different video games that deserve an anime adaptation.
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Hug: new trio from Devendra Banhart, Gyan Riley and Noah Georgeson
Devendra Banhart has formed a new trio called Hug alongside guitarist Gyan Riley and producer and multi-instrumentalist Noah Georgeson. The group will release their self-titled debut album on 11 September through David Byrne’s Luaka Bop label, led by the single “Cow With Half Moon Parasol”. The project brings together three long-connected musicians and marks a…
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Interpol confront artificial intelligence on new single Iron City
Interpol have released ‘Iron City’, the third single from their forthcoming ninth album ‘This Mirror Weighs A Ton’, due out on 28 August via Partisan Records. The atmospheric track engages directly with the subject of artificial intelligence, framed by frontman Paul Banks as a conversation between a human narrator and a future AI that is…
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Mario Kart Tour servers to close on 30th September with no offline mode
Nintendo has confirmed that Mario Kart Tour, its mobile racing app, will permanently shut down its online service on 30th September 2026, at 7am BST. Crucially, and unlike the earlier closure of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, which was replaced by a paid offline version, Nintendo has stated that no offline mode for Mario Kart Tour…
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British Airways Cancels Barbados-London Flight After Crew’s Heavy Alcohol Consumption at Resort
A scheduled British Airways service from Barbados to London was cancelled following an incident in which flight crew members consumed significant quantities of alcohol at a luxury resort accommodation the night before th
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Meta to disable smart glasses camera when privacy light is tampered with
Meta has announced an update to its smart glasses that will automatically disable the built-in camera if the device detects that its privacy LED light has been tampered with or destroyed. The move responds to a wave of public backlash and to modders who have circumvented the indicator, in some cases by physically drilling into…