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Zambia treason charge, Big Church Festival death and CERN’s tiny Big Bang mark busy day
Overseas turmoil deepens as Zambia charges opposition leader Mundubile with treason, while a wooden sign collapse kills a father at West Sussex’s Big Church Festival. Elsewhere: CERN recreates early-universe plasma, Chelsea sign Martinez, and Mark Rylance stars in a new Tartuffe.
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1666: Amsterdam interview – The beauty of early access and how randomness improves replayability
At Gamescom 2026, Assassin’s Creed creator Patrice Desilets discussed his new roguelike title 1666: Amsterdam, explaining why randomness is central to its design and how early access is helping the team refine it. He said unpredictability is core to the game’s identity, as it stems from the story itself: modern-day protagonist Cleo is deciphering an…
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Valve archive leak exposes 12TB of pre-2013 Steam files
More than 12TB of internal Valve files, spanning Steam content published between 2003 and 2013, was leaked and made public, with much of it since compiled into a GitHub catalogue by the online community. According to X user Gabe Follower, the breach stemmed from a publicly accessible endpoint, which also explains why no material from…
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How to adjust the audio settings for your AirPods (and why you should)
AirPods work fine out of the box, but Apple offers several customisation options that can improve the listening experience, and users may not realise how much control they have. On AirPods 4 and AirPods Pro models, pressing and holding the stem switches between listening modes, which can explain unexpected changes in sound if triggered accidentally,…
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The Witcher 3 Remastered Accessibility Options Include Health Regen, Auto Loot, Infinite Item Durability
CD Projekt Red has revealed a set of accessibility options coming to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered, shown during the studio’s Gamescom livestreams and captured by fans on Reddit. The settings are designed to strip out some of the game’s more tedious mechanics, letting players tailor their experience without missing out on trophies, which…
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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ & ‘Odyssey’ In Global Brawl Atop Late Summer Frame; Universal First To Cross $3B Overseas YTD – Worldwide Update
Universal became the first Hollywood studio in 2026 to pass $3 billion at the international box office, a milestone driven largely by Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey, which continued a strong overseas run in its seventh weekend. It marks only the third time any studio has crossed that threshold internationally since 2019, and comes shortly after Universal…
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Why it matters that President Trump just dialed into a NASA news conference
US President Donald Trump unexpectedly dialled into a NASA post-launch news conference on Sunday at Kennedy Space Center, interrupting proceedings to congratulate staff on the successful launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The gesture is highly unusual, as presidents rarely engage with routine NASA briefings, and it underscores an increasingly close relationship between…
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Musk’s faster path to more gas turbines comes with pollution problem
Elon Musk has confirmed that a secretive foundry SpaceX has been building in Bastrop, Texas, is intended to manufacture the turbine blades and vanes used in natural gas power plants, a move aimed at overcoming a key bottleneck slowing the rollout of AI data centres. The disclosure came after The Information published a report, based…
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Burnham excludes killer drivers from early release as Iran sanctions tighten, Nissan cuts Sunderland output
PM Andy Burnham has ruled unlawful killers out of his early-release scheme, keeping PC Andrew Harper’s killers jailed, as the US launches sweeping new sanctions on Iran; plus Nissan’s Sunderland plant runs at half capacity amid Brexit fallout, and a scam warning for Britons.