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SiriusXM Is Launching a Sports Subscription Service
SiriusXM is launching SiriusXM Sports Pass, a new $5-a-month audio subscription that bundles all of its sports channels and terrestrial sports radio partners into a single package. It marks the satellite radio company’s cheapest offering to date and reflects an attempt to attract sports fans with a more affordable, focused product than its existing bundled…
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Peter Gabriel – “One By One”
Peter Gabriel has released “One By One,” the latest instalment in the extended rollout of his forthcoming album o/i, with new tracks appearing on each full moon throughout the year rather than as a handful of advance singles. The near-ten-minute song revives Mozo, a mythical character Gabriel first introduced during his Genesis years in the…
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Mooney leads Rockets to comfortable win over Fire
Trent Rockets secured a comfortable eight-wicket victory over Welsh Fire in Cardiff during The Hundred women’s competition, marking their second win of the tournament. Batter Beth Mooney was the standout performer, guiding her side to a routine chase and helping the Rockets build early momentum in the campaign. The report is video-based coverage from BBC…
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Is AI facing a big financial reckoning?
Sharp falls in the share prices of major chip makers have fuelled investor concern that enthusiasm for artificial intelligence-related stocks is cooling. Korean firms SK Hynix and Samsung have dropped 46% and 35% respectively over the past month, with US chip giants Micron and Intel also falling sharply, as investors question whether demand for AI…
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Iran-linked CyberAv3ngers suspected in attacks on Minnesota water systems
Security researchers at Tenable suspect the Iran-linked hacking group CyberAv3ngers was behind a cyberattack that disrupted more than 30 community water systems across Minnesota, though state and federal officials have not officially attributed the incident. The timing is notable, as CISA had updated an advisory on 22 July warning that Iran-linked actors were targeting programmable…
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What happens when you put AI to work deciphering lost languages?
An AI engineer’s claimed breakthrough in decoding Linear A, the undeciphered Bronze Age script of Minoan Crete, illustrates both the promise and the limits of using artificial intelligence to tackle ancient languages. Unlike previously deciphered scripts, Linear A and Etruscan lack a “bilingual anchor” such as the Rosetta Stone or a confirmed relative language, making…
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Marvel Brings Back James Gunn’s Favorite ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Member for New Solo Adventures
Marvel Comics is putting Rocket Raccoon back in the spotlight with a new solo one-shot, “Rocket Raccoon: Rocket Rewind” #1, released to mark 50 years since the character’s creation. The book focuses on the wisecracking, weapons-loving member of the Guardians of the Galaxy, who director James Gunn has previously named his favourite of the team,…
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AI storage boom is keeping Seagate’s hard drives spinning
Seagate says the AI infrastructure boom is driving unprecedented demand for its high-capacity hard drives, as cloud providers race to buy mass-storage hardware to cope with data generated and retained by AI applications. The company reports that datacentre customers now account for around 90 percent of its exabyte shipments, and long-term supply agreements have already…
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Pokémon Pokopia’s Bubbly Basin DLC and underwater-themed free update is coming as soon as next week
Nintendo appears to have briefly and prematurely published a trailer confirming that Pokémon Pokopia’s first paid DLC, Bubbly Basin, along with a free accompanying update, will launch on 5th August. The clip, spotted by gaming outlets and fans on the game’s subreddit, was taken private shortly after going up, suggesting an early upload rather than…
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Lindsay Clancy’s best friends stand by her in ‘America’s saddest murder trial’ as ex-husband prepares to give emotional testimony about the night the children were killed: Live updates
A live-updates article covers the ongoing US trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three young children in January 2023, describing it as “America’s saddest murder trial.” The piece reports that Clancy’s close friends have publicly voiced their continued support for her as proceedings continue, while her ex-husband, Patrick Clancy, is…