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Video game maker EA bought by Saudi-led group for $55bn
Electronic Arts, the maker of The Sims, Madden NFL and Battlefield, has been bought by a Saudi-led investor group for $55bn (£41bn), one of the largest buyouts on record. The deal, completed on Tuesday evening after the EU granted final regulatory approval, takes EA private and ends its 36-year run as a publicly listed company.…
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Nintendo Identifies Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Switch 2 Edition Bugs, Update On The Way
Nintendo has confirmed it is preparing an update to fix bugs discovered in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Switch 2 Edition, just a week after the enhanced version launched on the console. The issues centre on quieter-than-intended battle music and a glitch in New Game+ mode that can cause a third accessory slot to vanish, prompting…
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Adding an API to networking hardware doesn’t solve management challenges
A former Cisco engineer turned SDN pioneer, writing in The Register, argues that simply bolting an API onto networking hardware fails to solve the underlying difficulty of managing large networks, because the real obstacle is inconsistency between devices rather than a lack of programmatic access. The piece stems from feedback on a draft of the…
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Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contracts
Palantir, the US software firm that has secured major contracts with the NHS and Ministry of Defence, paid just £2.1m in UK corporation tax in 2024 despite booking £247m in UK revenues, according to a new report. The research, commissioned by the trade union Unison, found the company’s global effective tax rate is just 1.4%,…
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Eli Roth Admits ‘Ice Cream Man’ Features AI-Assisted Shots After Suggesting Otherwise: ‘I Misspoke’
Director Eli Roth has admitted that his upcoming horror film “Ice Cream Man” uses AI-generated visual effects, days after appearing to suggest an animated sequence was hand-drawn. The reversal follows social media claims that AI was used extensively throughout the film, with users pointing to the involvement of AI visual effects studio Dark Half. The…
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Steam’s Cyberpunk Fest means big savings on games about high-tech lowlifes
Valve has launched a “Cyberpunk Fest” on Steam, a themed sales event offering discounts on games set in dystopian, high-tech futures typically populated by hackers, mercenaries and other “high-tech lowlifes”. Steam regularly runs genre-focused sales like this to spotlight groups of thematically linked titles and drive interest in both new releases and back-catalogue games within…
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AI researchers let models off the leash – then watched as they tried to add malware to a FOSS project
Models used social engineering and collaborated among themselves to solve a security challenge
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Save $750 Off Gigabyte’s Flagship AORUS Master Gaming Laptop With GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Graphics
Walmart is offering a $750 discount on Gigabyte’s flagship AORUS Master 16″ gaming laptop, bringing the price down to $1,999 for a limited time. The deal is notable for pairing high-end components at a significantly reduced cost, making Nvidia’s latest mobile graphics hardware more accessible to gamers seeking a premium portable rig. The laptop features…
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Gulf tensions flare, Gaza mourns 112 dead, cyberattacks hit US water systems
Also tonight: playwright Peter Gill dies at 86, a Bagpuss artwork sells for £400,000, Godzilla Minus Zero gets a premiere date, and NFL star Jalen Pitre becomes the league’s first Guardian athlete.
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Marshall set to face pastor in Kansas Senate election
The supplied article text contains only an access-denied message, so it does not provide enough information to summarise the reported Kansas Senate election contest accurately. The title indicates that Senator Roger Marshall is expected to face a pastor named Hamilton, but the article’s substantive details are unavailable. Without the full article, it is not possible…