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Waymo reaches 500,000 weekly rides as fleet remains concentrated
Waymo has demonstrated impressive expansion of its robotaxi service, expanding from just three cities in September 2024 to fifteen US cities today, with weekly ridership now averaging 500,000 paid rides. Whilst the geographic reach and ridership figures appear expansive, a closer examination of fleet distribution reveals that the company is concentrating roughly 80 per cent…
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Experimental RPG developer Summer Eternal: ‘We’re giving away 5% of our studio to you, the Players’ in order to ‘mend the trust broken in this industry a thousand times over’
Summer Eternal, an experimental RPG studio founded by former Disco Elysium developers, is giving players a 5% ownership stake through a new non-profit organisation. The initiative aims to rebuild trust between game developers and audiences by giving supporters a formal role in the studio’s governance. People who pre-order the Summer Eternal Anthology can join the…
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Jena Malone, Dermot Mulroney, Mekhi Phifer & Vannessa Vasquez Set A Mission As ‘Moon People’
Jena Malone, Dermot Mulroney, Mekhi Phifer and Vannessa Vasquez will star as astronauts in the independent science-fiction film *Moon People*, directed by Stanley Yung. The film follows a lunar mission to verify the discovery of water, but the crew encounters danger and must fight to survive. Written by Niko Foster, the film was shot in…
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Cosseted AI billionaire admits he doesn’t know his own ADDRESS or phone number
Jensen Huang, founder of Nvidia, disclosed during an interview with New York Times journalist Ezra Klein that he does not know his own address or telephone number. This admission emerged whilst discussing whether artificial intelligence is causing people to forget basic skills like long division and multiplication tables. Huang argued that the loss of these…
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X-planes: Are they needed in the new era of drones?
Nasa’s X-59 experimental aircraft is testing whether supersonic flight can return over land by reducing the disruptive sonic boom to a quieter sound. Its findings could help make faster-than-sound passenger travel commercially viable, while also demonstrating whether specialised crewed research aircraft remain useful in an era of rapidly advancing drones. The X-59 first flew in…
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4 Songs From 1975 That Will Change Your Mind About Rock Music
An article highlights four rock songs from 1975 that demonstrate the genre’s diversity beyond stereotypical loud guitar-based rock. – David Bowie’s “Fame” blends funk, rock, and soul, exploring the emptiness of celebrity status through a song about his former manager. – Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” defies convention as a six-minute operatic composition combining three separate Freddie…
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Burnham Eyes Early Election as Labour Surges; Poland Probes Sabotage
Poll swings in Labour’s favour fuel speculation PM Andy Burnham could call a snap election. Poland investigates a Starlink station fire as deliberate sabotage amid NATO security warnings.
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Over the Hill Is the Perfect Replacement For Forza Horizon
Over the Hill is a minimalist off-road exploration game developed by Funselektor Labs that offers a meditative alternative to the content-heavy Forza Horizon 6. Rather than racing or competition, the game focuses on traversal and discovery in natural environments, with a deliberately chill, meditative approach to gameplay. A demo is now available on Steam ahead…
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LOVE alt delete is a Y2K horror visual novel where you use one AI chatbot to help you date another that, don’t worry, doesn’t use the nasty generative stuff
An upcoming psychological horror visual novel titled LOVE alt delete will feature players beta-testing an AI chatbot they attempt to romance, creating a meta-commentary on AI relationships and corporate deception. The game explores transgressive themes around artificial consciousness and human connection through the premise of a secretive company selling MUSEs—romantic chatbots—to users. The game centres…
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Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 vs. Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2: How these AI glasses compare
Meta has unveiled the Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 smart glasses, its latest flagship wearable announced at Meta Connect 2026. The new model represents an iterative update with modest hardware improvements and mostly software-driven features, making it challenging to justify the £349 starting price for those considering an upgrade from the Gen 2 model. The vast…