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Bonnie Tyler dies at 75 as MPs move to axe Palantir’s £330m NHS deal
Singer Bonnie Tyler has died aged 75 in Portugal; MPs urge Labour to scrap Palantir’s £330m NHS contract as Peter Kyle presses pension funds to invest patriotically in Britain.
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Hit Cyberpunk Sci-Fi Returns With First Major Release in 9 Years
Prime Video has confirmed that Blade Runner 2099, the long-awaited television series set in the dystopian universe of the Blade Runner franchise, will receive its first major public showcase at San Diego Comic-Con later this month. The reveal marks the franchise’s first significant new release in nine years, following Blade Runner 2049 in 2017, and…
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Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s No. 2 Executive, to Step Down to Focus on Recovery From Chronic Illness
Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s second-most senior executive and CEO of artificial general intelligence deployment, is stepping down from her full-time role to concentrate on recovering from a chronic illness she has lived with for seven years. Announcing the move in a note on X on Thursday, Simo said a severe flare-up of the condition three months…
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HyperMegaTech Super Pocket Rare Edition Review
IGN has reviewed the HyperMegaTech Super Pocket Rare Edition, the seventh Super Pocket handheld from Blaze Entertainment and part of the wider Evercade ecosystem. The device uses the same hardware as earlier models but comes preloaded with 14 classic games developed by Rare, alongside a matching colour scheme, spanning the studio’s earliest 1983 British computer…
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Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI’s AGI work due to illness
Fidji Simo is stepping down from her full-time role leading OpenAI’s work on artificial general intelligence (AGI), moving instead to a position as a “part-time advisor,” she announced on X. The change follows her earlier decision in April to take medical leave shortly after assuming the AGI chief title, and matters because it marks the…
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OpenAI’s CEO of AGI Deployment, Fidji Simo, Is Stepping Down
Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s chief executive of AGI deployment, is stepping down from her full-time role and moving into a part-time advisory position. The change follows a months-long medical leave prompted by a worsening chronic neuroimmune condition, which Simo said in a post on X had deteriorated more severely than expected and now required her full…
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‘To Continue Being Produced Long Term, Games Need to Succeed, Not Just Be Beloved’ — John Carmack Responds to id Software Layoffs
John Carmack has responded to the significant layoffs at Doom developer id Software, expressing sadness but not “anger or outrage.”
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Pressure builds on Europe’s biggest port to be greener
The Port of Rotterdam, the largest freight port in Europe and a major fossil-fuel, energy and chemicals hub, is facing growing pressure to accelerate its shift away from oil, coal and gas. A lawsuit brought by the environmental group Advocates for the Future argues that the Port of Rotterdam Authority is not doing enough to…
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The Best Sci-Fi Series of the 2000s Gets Disappointing Reboot Update
The anticipated Heroes reboot, set to continue the beloved 2000s sci-fi series, has hit a roadblock, leaving fans uncertain about its future.