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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…
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10 Sci-Fi Movies That Will Make You See the World Differently
Collider has published a list of ten science fiction films chosen not just for their entertainment value but for their capacity to change how viewers see the world, whether through ideas about communication, technology or humanity’s future. Written by Michael Block, the piece argues that while sci-fi is often discussed purely as art or spectacle,…
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Pokémon Pokopia Updated To Version 2.0.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Pokémon Pokopia has received its Version 2.0.0 update on Nintendo Switch 2, released on 4th August 2026. The update is significant because it arrives alongside “Bubbly Basin”, the first instalment of the game’s Expansion Pass DLC, and introduces the new move Dive along with the ability to build houses underwater, marking a major expansion of…
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OpenAI pays $3.2m to settle claims it discriminated against US workers
OpenAI and its subsidiary Statsig have agreed to pay $3.2m (£2.5m) to settle US justice department claims that they discriminated against American job applicants by favouring foreign workers on temporary employment visas. The department alleged the companies discouraged US citizens from applying by requiring paper applications, advertising roles late at night on the radio, and…
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AMD’s results spotlight risks of putting all your AI eggs in too few baskets
AMD reported strong second-quarter results and an upbeat outlook, betting heavily on its new Helios rack systems and Instinct MI400-series GPUs to drive future growth, yet investors reacted by sending its shares sharply lower. CEO Lisa Su told analysts that data-centre revenue is expected to more than double in 2027 as Helios and MI450-series deployments…
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7 Sci-Fi Books You Need To Read Before Their TV Adaptations Premiere
Television’s appetite for prestige science fiction adaptations is drawing on decades of print and comic-book source material, with new shows ranging from cyberpunk thrillers to space operas due for release across 2026. The article makes the case that reading the originals first enriches the viewing experience, noting several projects are already close to broadcast while…