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Nigel Farage cries foul as Beaumont’s Thames terror and Square Enix denial dominate
Farage brands a Commons probe into a £5m Harborne donation “rigged”; a PE teacher stands trial over sex with a pupil; rower Jack Beaumont recounts a Thames boat scare; Brazil’s new “Taylor Swift Law”, a vandalised Dolly Parton star and Square Enix’s denial round off the bulletin.
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Meta Pushes Its New AI Agent on Employees—but Eases Off on Tokenmaxxing
Meta has quietly softened its internal push for staff to maximise use of AI tools, updating performance-review guidance this week to drop explicit references to “usage of AI” and labels like “AI Native” in favour of judging employees on overall impact, “supported by AI or other means”. The shift follows months of controversy, including a…
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Trump’s DOJ Skewered By NYT For Backing OpenAI & “Trillion-Dollar AI Companies” In Media Heavyweights & Star-Studded Scribes Copyright Suit
The US Department of Justice has filed a court submission backing OpenAI in a major copyright lawsuit brought by The New York Times, several other newspapers and a group of prominent authors, prompting a sharp rebuke from the Times. The intervention matters because it signals the Trump administration’s willingness to use federal legal weight to…
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Utopai Studios, DeNA Team on AI-Assisted Animation Projects in Japan (EXCLUSIVE)
Utopai Studios and DeNA have launched an AI-assisted animation partnership in Japan, marking Utopai’s entry into the country’s anime industry. DeNA’s Entertainment Development Business Unit will trial Utopai’s storytelling AI system, PAI, within experimental animation workflows, with a team of Utopai specialists working alongside DeNA’s creative staff on early visual concepts, character and environment design,…
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Rumour: Nintendo Might Be Updating The Switch 2’s LCD Panel
A rumour circulating since June 2026 suggests Nintendo could be quietly updating the LCD panel in its Switch 2 console, according to hardware analyst account Nintendo Patents Watch. The claim rests on listings from Chinese resale sites appearing to show a new panel variant with similar specifications to the current screen, but assembled by Sharp…
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Adobe brings 70+ tools from Photoshop, Illustrator and more to Slack
Adobe has launched a new integration bringing more than 70 tools from its creative and productivity applications directly into Slack, allowing users to complete design and editing tasks without leaving the chat platform. The move mirrors a similar plugin Adobe recently released for ChatGPT, suggesting a near-identical underlying implementation, and reflects a broader push by…
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‘Marshals’: Kayce Dutton Is A “Chaos Magnet” In Season 2 With Explosive New Trailer For ‘Yellowstone’ Spinoff
CBS has released the first trailer for Season 2 of “Marshals,” the “Yellowstone” spinoff starring Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton, ahead of its October return. The trailer resolves several cliffhangers from the Season 1 finale, confirming that fellow marshals Cal (Logan Marshall-Green) and Belle (Arielle Kebbel) survived a shoot-out and appear to be growing closer,…
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Steve Ballmer & Clippers Vow To Fight Historic NBA Punishment, Claim Investigation Was “Heavily Biased”
The Los Angeles Clippers and owner Steve Ballmer have vowed to fight historic penalties imposed by the NBA after a year-long investigation concluded the team had circumvented salary cap rules. The league found that star forward Kawhi Leonard had agreed to a $28 million no-show contract with former team sponsor Aspiration, plus improper arrangements with…
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High society feud erupts in Brisbane’s ‘Millionaire’s Row’ over 16m pontoon outside luxury $5.9m mansion
A row has broken out in Brisbane’s exclusive New Farm neighbourhood, dubbed “Millionaire’s Row”, after developer Cameron Massie sought approval to build a large pontoon outside his $5.9 million riverside home. His neighbour, real estate agent Theresa Fitzgerald, has objected, arguing the structure is disproportionately large for the site and could limit her own use…
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The 8 Most Immersive Open-World Games, Ranked
Collider has published a ranked list of the eight most immersive open-world video games, celebrating titles that give players freedom to explore, solve problems and progress at their own pace rather than following a fixed path. The article argues that in open-world gaming “the journey matters more than the destination”, and highlights how strong world-building…