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Tech Experts Call GTA 6 ‘the Most Impressive Example of Real-Time Rendering We’ve Ever Seen’
Digital Foundry’s initial analysis of GTA 6’s newly released gameplay footage has praised Rockstar’s technical achievement, describing it as an exceptional example of real-time rendering on consoles. The footage, captured on a standard PS5, suggests the game aims to combine high-end visual detail with a densely populated open world, raising expectations ahead of its planned…
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Andy Burnham says he will sit out new vote on legalising assisted dying to avoid influencing MPs
Andy Burnham says he will not take part in the forthcoming Commons vote on legalising assisted dying, arguing that, as Prime Minister, he should not influence MPs’ personal decisions. The move preserves the Bill as a free vote and matters because it returns Parliament to a divisive issue involving end-of-life choice, safeguards and care provision.…
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AI Has Human Doctors Asking: What’s Left for Us?
A review paper argues that autonomous artificial intelligence could outperform both doctors and doctor-AI partnerships in core clinical tasks by 2030, raising questions about the future role of physicians. Its authors contend that human involvement may sometimes worsen AI performance, while critics say such claims are premature and that medical care must remain led by…
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Keepers of Noble Numbats to be offered a Resolute Racoon: Ubuntu 26.04.1 is coming
Canonical has released Ubuntu 26.04.1, the first point update to April’s long-term support release, enabling Ubuntu 24.04 LTS users to receive upgrade offers. The release matters because Canonical normally waits until the first point release before promoting LTS-to-LTS upgrades, offering a more settled version supported until 2031. Most official Ubuntu flavours have issued matching updates,…
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Eco campaigner given suspended sentence for injuring marshal
Garry Oates, 66, was given a suspended prison sentence after being convicted of dangerous driving and assault occasioning actual bodily harm for driving into traffic marshal Mark Patterson at an Isle of Wight car boot sale in June 2021. The case matters because the court heard that Patterson suffered significant physical injuries and lasting psychological…
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Li Jin Hao: Falling from a Moon review – Mr Nostalgia is now the man of the moment
Li Jin Hao’s award-nominated Edinburgh show, *Falling from a Moon*, is praised as a confident and inventive exploration of nostalgia, memory and the challenge of living in the present. Moving between his current life in London, his childhood in China and youth in Singapore, and an unresolved past romance, the stand-up uses myths and sharply…
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id Software’s former co-owner says they absolutely would’ve used gen AI back in the day: ‘John Carmack would be like making Skynet or something’
Former id Software co-owner Tim Willits said the studio would “absolutely” have used generative AI if the technology had been available during its formative years. His comments matter because they add a prominent veteran game developer’s support to a continuing industry debate over whether AI should be treated as a practical production tool or a…
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Ukraine takes out one of Putin’s feared TU-95S nuclear-capable bombers in attack on Russian airbase, Zelensky reveals
Ukraine said it had severely damaged a Russian Tu-95MS strategic bomber in an overnight strike on Engels-2 airbase in the Saratov region. The aircraft is used to launch conventional missile attacks on Ukraine and forms part of Russia’s nuclear-capable bomber force, so the reported hit could further strain Moscow’s ageing long-range aviation fleet. Satellite imagery…