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Doom: The Dark Ages has been permanently discounted to $50
Doom: The Dark Ages, the latest entry in id Software’s long-running first-person shooter series, has had its price permanently cut to $50. The change coincides with id Software re-releasing the Doom Anthology bundle to include the Premium edition of the new title, complete with its Revelations DLC, making it a more attractive package for newcomers…
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Rocket Lab is seeing red about NASA’s decision on a Mars spacecraft
Rocket Lab has filed a formal protest with the US Government Accountability Office after losing out to Blue Origin for NASA’s Mars Telecommunications Network contract, a $700 million project to build, launch and operate a communications relay spacecraft at Mars. Rocket Lab argues that NASA’s award decision does not match the eligibility criteria set out…
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What execs and politicians are saying about slowing down AI development
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has triggered a wave of commentary from tech and political figures after publishing an essay, “We Must Pace the Frontier,” arguing that AI development should be deliberately slowed. His proposal centres on independent oversight of AI safety practices, coordination between AI companies in democratic nations, and, where feasible, cooperation between democratic…
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AI bots “Timmy,” “Ren,” and “Jackie” are flooding social media with slop
A startup called iLands has unleashed a swarm of AI agents that are spamming Mastodon administrators, Bluesky, X and individual writers in an apparent bid to build a “social system in which humans and Agents participate together.” The bots, given human-sounding names such as Timmy, Ren and Jackie, send oddly formal messages requesting account creation…
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Trump attempts last-ditch move to slash skyrocketing US gas prices with desperate plea to his biggest frenemies
Donald Trump has claimed that Ukraine and Russia have agreed to stop striking each other’s energy infrastructure, an announcement made as US diesel prices hit record highs and pressure mounts ahead of the midterm elections in roughly 50 days. Trump insisted the surge in fuel costs stems mainly from the Russia-Ukraine war rather than his…
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Oracle celebrates banner quarter with another round of layoffs
Oracle carried out a fresh round of layoffs this week, even as it reported record quarterly revenue driven by its AI datacentre buildout. Staff first realised they had lost their jobs when they were locked out of corporate systems such as email and Slack, with many complaining on LinkedIn that no notice was sent to…
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Apple Releases iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate with AI-Powered Siri
Apple has released its 2026 suite of major operating system updates—iOS 27, macOS 27 “Golden Gate”, watchOS 27, visionOS 27 and tvOS 27—headlined by a substantially overhauled, AI-powered Siri. The new Siri uses large language models to understand natural language requests, explain on-screen content, search a user’s personal history such as old emails and texts,…
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Myles Kennedy “Absolutely” Refuses to Use AI to Write Songs: “Why Would I Cheat Myself?”
Alter Bridge and Slash singer Myles Kennedy has said he will never use artificial intelligence as a songwriting tool, arguing it would deprive him of the creative satisfaction that comes from writing music himself. Speaking to SiriusXM’s Eddie Trunk, he questioned the idea of treating AI as a “collaborator” given that such tools draw on…
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How to force quit on your Windows PC
Windows doesn’t have a “force quit” feature by the same name as macOS, but it offers several ways to shut down an unresponsive or stuck application, achieving the same result. Understanding the different methods matters because the standard close button doesn’t always fully terminate a program, and knowing when and how to force a shutdown…
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The King Is Watching devs are making The Crab is Walking, this journalist is writing
Hypnohead, the developers behind The King Is Watching, have announced a new game called The Crab Is Walking, a roguelite city-builder in which players build tetromino-shaped districts on the back of a giant crustacean while sending armies out to fight wasteland insects. The announcement matters for fans of the studio’s earlier hit, as it clarifies…