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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced patch makes the very important change of letting you hide Edward’s blowpipe
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced has received update 1.0.6, headlined by a long-requested option to hide protagonist Edward Kenway’s Blowpipe weapon. Though a minor cosmetic tweak, it addresses a common complaint from players who found the Blowpipe clashed with certain outfits or clipped visibly through the character model, with some having already found manual workarounds…
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Merlin Signs Licensing Agreement With Spotify for AI Remixing Tool
Merlin, the trade body representing independent record labels, has signed a licensing agreement with Spotify allowing the streaming platform’s AI remixing tool to be used with songs from its member catalogue. Announced on 4 August, the deal lets artists on Merlin-affiliated labels choose whether to participate, extending a feature first launched with Universal Music Group…
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OpenAI calls out Apple’s ‘careless, aggressive and oddly personal lawsuit’ in latest blog post
OpenAI has published a blog post pushing back against a lawsuit filed by Apple, describing the legal action as a “careless, aggressive and oddly personal” attempt to stifle competition. The dispute centres on Apple’s objection to OpenAI’s use of the name “io” for a hardware venture developed with former Apple design chief Jony Ive, with…
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Tokyo’s TIFFCOM 2026 Expands IP Market, Adds AI and Anime Conferences
Tokyo’s TIFFCOM content market will expand its Tokyo IP Market: Adaptation & Remake for its 2026 edition and add new conference sessions on artificial intelligence and anime. The market, one of Asia’s leading content trading events, is jointly organised by two Japanese government ministries and industry body Unijapan, and runs alongside the Tokyo International Film…
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Cloud giants pour nearly $600B into capex as AI demand surges
Amazon and Google have both raised their capital expenditure forecasts for 2026, underlining how the AI boom continues to outstrip the enormous sums cloud providers are already investing in datacentre capacity. Alongside Microsoft, the two hyperscalers are collectively pouring close to $600 billion into infrastructure this year, driven by surging demand for the computing power…
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Is the future of data centers portable? Runware builds a pod to find out
AI infrastructure firm Runware has launched the Sonic Inference Pod, a modular, transportable data centre designed to sit alongside the vast facilities being built by hyperscalers such as OpenAI. The company argues that distributed compute positioned closer to end users, rather than a handful of giant fixed sites, will ultimately win out, offering faster and…
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos Are Teaming to Save Endangered Species With $200M Initiative
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos have launched the Phoenix Species Project, a $200 million conservation initiative aimed at pulling 100 critically endangered species back from the brink of extinction. Described as one of the largest philanthropic efforts ever dedicated solely to species recovery, the project reflects DiCaprio’s decade-long environmental campaigning since his 2016 Oscar acceptance…
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Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Ultra Aura Edition review: A capable ultralight laptop that’s way too expensive
Engadget has reviewed Lenovo’s Yoga Slim 7i Ultra Aura Edition, praising it as one of the best Lenovo laptops in years but criticising its steep price. The 14-inch ultralight impresses with its extremely low weight, a vibrant OLED screen and a sturdy yet comfortable magnesium alloy case, marking a notable step up in build quality…
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Rumours of an Unannounced Elder Scrolls Game Have Been Debunked
Rumours spread over the weekend that Bethesda was secretly developing a second, unannounced Elder Scrolls title, after a former developer’s LinkedIn profile appeared to hint at a hidden project. The claim spread quickly across social media and Reddit and was subsequently picked up by several gaming news outlets, but the developer in question has since…