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DesignArena creators raise $7.9 million to bring taste to AI models
DesignArena, an AI evaluation platform built by startup Intelligence, has raised $7.9 million in a seed round led by Index Ventures, with participation from Conviction, A*, Valkyrie and others. The tool, which now has 5.3 million users, lets AI labs collect scalable human feedback on design outputs such as websites and images, addressing a gap…
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More Pokémon Pokopia DLC and update news revealed
Pokémon Pokopia is set to receive the first instalment of its three-part expansion pass, Bubbly Basin, this Wednesday, alongside a free update (v2.0.0) that adds new features and quality-of-life improvements. Japan’s Famitsu magazine previewed the expansion during development and shared new details, including which Pokémon will be added and how underwater exploration will work, giving…
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Sharon Osbourne Insists Ozzy AI Avatar Is Not a “Money Grab”
Sharon Osbourne has publicly defended the planned digital AI avatar of her late husband, Ozzy Osbourne, rejecting online criticism that the project is a cynical “money grab.” Speaking to Metal Hammer, she argued the initiative reflects Ozzy’s own wishes rather than a commercial scheme, framing the backlash as unfair given the couple had discussed the…
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Lego deploys Hubble Space Telescope as detailed desktop model
Lego has released a new, more detailed model of the Hubble Space Telescope as part of its Icons line, marking a fresh tribute to the observatory 35 years after its launch. The set is notable for being the first Lego Hubble model built to minifigure scale, complete with removable panels revealing internal instruments, making it…
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Newlywed couple’s honeymoon is almost ruined after groom left behind at Gatwick when easyJet overbooked the flight
A newlywed groom was left behind at Gatwick Airport after easyJet overbooked his honeymoon flight, threatening to disrupt the couple’s trip together. The incident highlights the ongoing problem of airline overbooking, where carriers sell more seats than a plane can hold on the assumption that some passengers will not show up, occasionally leaving paying customers…
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Influencers draw backlash for attending OpenAI’s first luxury trip
OpenAI has faced online backlash after sending a small group of social media influencers on its first luxury “brand trip,” dubbed “Summer Club,” amid growing public unease about the impact of artificial intelligence. The retreat, held over the weekend in upstate New York, saw creators post lighthearted content about farm-to-table dinners and wellness classes, but…
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An AI-supervised remote exam went so badly that 58,000 students must retake it
Nearly 160,000 applicants sat Mexico’s UNAM university entrance exam remotely for the first time this year, using a lockdown browser and AI-powered webcam proctoring. The results were so anomalous compared with previous years that a specially convened expert commission has recommended around 58,000 people retake the test in person, after the remote format appears to…
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Street Fighter 6 players furious about latest update as new character Yasmine is released
Street Fighter 6 received its long-awaited yearly balance update on 3 August, alongside the release of new character Yasmine, but the patch has drawn strong criticism from players. The update leaves the game’s most contentious systems, Drive Rush and throw loops, unchanged despite years of complaints, while making roster balance changes many consider inconsistent or…
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Apple finally fixed Siri. So why does it feel anticlimactic?
Apple’s revamped Siri AI has arrived in the consumer beta of iOS 27, released in July 2026, finally delivering the natural-language, context-aware assistant the company promised years ago. The launch matters because it addresses a longstanding weakness in Apple’s product line, but arrives after a lengthy delay during which rival AI tools have advanced to…